A Chaleng sent from Prince Rupert and the Lord Grandison to Sir Wjlljam Belford at Windsor, Janvary the eighteene, 1643 by a trumpeter not aboue 14 yeares of age : wherein is declared how Prince Rvpert and the Lord Grandison doth dare the said Sir William, to meete them at any place whatsoever to fight a single dvell, or else to bring his troope of horse, to end the contreversie : likewise, Sir William his answer to the said chaleng. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A57899 of text R5937 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing R2287). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. 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A57899) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 54851) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 242:E85, no 34) A Chaleng sent from Prince Rupert and the Lord Grandison to Sir Wjlljam Belford at Windsor, Janvary the eighteene, 1643 by a trumpeter not aboue 14 yeares of age : wherein is declared how Prince Rvpert and the Lord Grandison doth dare the said Sir William, to meete them at any place whatsoever to fight a single dvell, or else to bring his troope of horse, to end the contreversie : likewise, Sir William his answer to the said chaleng. Balfour, William, Sir, d. 1660. Grandison, William Villiers, Viscount, 1614-1643. Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682. [8] p. Printed for Thomas Green, London : 1643. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Balfour, William, -- Sir, d. 1660. Grandison, William Villiers, -- Viscount, 1614-1643. Rupert, -- Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. A57899 R5937 (Wing R2287). civilwar no A chaleng sent from Prince Rupert and the Lord Grandison, to Sir William Belford, at Windsor, Janvary, the eighteene, 1643 by a trumpeter, n [no entry] 1643 903 5 0 0 0 0 0 55 D The rate of 55 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2004-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2004-02 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2004-03 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2004-03 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2004-04 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A CHALENG SENT From Prince Rupert and THE LORD GRANDISON , TO SIR WILLIAM BELFORD , AT WINDSOR , IANVARY , THE Eighteene , 1643 ▪ by a Trumpeter , not aboue 14. yeares of Age . WHEREIN IS DECLARED , how PRINCE RVPERT , and the Lord GRANDISON doth dare the said Sir WILLIAM , to meete them at any place whatsoever , to fight a single DVELL , or else to bring his troope of horse , to end the controversie . Likewise , Sir . WILLIAM his answer to the said CHALENG . Published by the entreaty of all the Officers and Commanders in his Excelencies Army . LONDON , Printed for Thomas Greene , 1643. A Chalengc sent from Prince Rupert , AND THE Lord Grandison : TO SIR William Belforde : at WINDSOR , Ianuary , 18. 1643. VPon the 17. of this present moneth of Ianuary , There came a Trumpeter from the Lord Grandison , who was formerly taken prisoner at Winchester , by Sir William Belford ▪ with a chaleng to the said Sir Willliam from Prince 〈…〉 which Chale●● was to this effect , and agreeing to these ensuing words . Sir William Belford having thought the Lord Grandisons entreaty and earnest desire , granted him his liberty to take his pleasure where his Lordship thought fitting ; the said Lord Grandison , promising upon his honour , to continue and remaine a prisoner to him , and at every 6. dayes end , to appeare in person before him ▪ But proving false and trecherous in this his promise , Sir VVilliam sence his comming to Windsor , sent one of his Trumpeters to the aforenamed prisoner ; with a Message , claiming him as his owne , and according to his vow and promise . This Trumpeter was detained and kept there by the Lord Grandison and Prince Rupert , and after 4. or 5. dayes present there , it was agreed and concluded of by the said Prince RVPERT , and the Lord GRANDISON ; that a Challeng should be sent to Sir WILLIAM . Which to give all good Christians and well affected people , that have a helping hand in this cause of Christ , I thought fit and meete , to set it here downe in briefe , in this following and reall relation . The Lord GRANDISON haing after some time spent in consultation upon the Message sent be Sir WILLIAM , he made it knowne to Prince RVPERT ; where they both consulted together that these ensuing words would be sent to the party that were the Author of the Message , and it was performed accordingly . For a Trumpeter came from them , with a warrant under the hand of P. Rupert , wherein was this Chalenge . Sir , I having received your Message , I could do no otherwise , but to send you this chaleng , for the reputation and vindication of my honour , and fidility ; Wherein I do dare you ( seeiug that you claime me as your prisoner ) to meete at any place where you shall thinke fitting , there to encounter with me at a single Duell , or else to bring your Troope of Horse , and so to have a pitched Battle to try the valour of us both , and our followers . And I do promise , that there shall no man come with me , then you will appoint to come with you . Sir William having received this chaleng , he was not a little over joyed , but immediately made his Excellency acquainted with the same ; And sent this answer by the Trumpeter that brought the chalenge . That as the Lord GRANDISON had sent such a Message to him , dareing to meete him in any place where he did thinke fitting . So he did send the like words to him ; desiring and dareing the said Lord , or Prince RVPERT ; or any other person of Honour in His MAIESTIES Army , either to encounter with him at a single Duell or else with their Troopes of Horse ; And that although the Lord promised to bring an equall number to Sir William . He made answer , that he did not feare to meete him , if that he did bring five to one ; And for his promise , he did not value it at all . Declaring , that he had stained his honour , and blemished his name , by proving Trecherous , and deceitfull . This answer Sir William returned by the Trumpeter that brought the chaleng , a youth not above fifteene yeares of age , who came first unto Maiden-head , and there had a safe conduct to Windsor , where the Trumpeter was had before my Lord Generall and after some examination of the youth , his Excelency gave him a twenty shillings peece , for his good behaviour before him ; and upon Tuesday last , the Trumpeter returned from Windsor , and came to Maiden-head , where he was blindfolded out of the towne , and is now gone to the Kings Army . By the next post , you shall heare what will become of this Challeng . FINIS .