A perfect declaration of the barbarous and cruell practises committed by Prince Robert, the Cavalliers, and others in His Majesties army, from the time of the Kings going from his Parliament untill this present day ... together with the new oaths and blasphemous speeches they doe daily invent ... : also, a justification of Prince Robert his cruelties ... / collected by R. Andrewes ...
         Andrewes, R., 17th cent.
      
       
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             A perfect declaration of the barbarous and cruell practises committed by Prince Robert, the Cavalliers, and others in His Majesties army, from the time of the Kings going from his Parliament untill this present day ... together with the new oaths and blasphemous speeches they doe daily invent ... : also, a justification of Prince Robert his cruelties ... / collected by R. Andrewes ...
             Andrewes, R., 17th cent.
          
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           A
           perfect
           DECLARATION
           Of
           The
           Barbarous
           and
           Cruell
           practises
           committed
           by
           Prince
           
             Robert
             ,
          
           the
           Cavalliers
           ,
           and
           others
           in
           his
           Majesties
           Army
           ,
           from
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Kings
           going
           from
           his
           Parliament
           untill
           this
           present
           day
           .
        
         
           Also
           the
           names
           and
           places
           of
           all
           those
           whose
           houses
           have
           bin
           plundred
           ,
           and
           lost
           their
           lives
           and
           estates
           ,
           compared
           with
           the
           bloudy
           cruelties
           of
           the
           Rebells
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           whose
           examples
           they
           follow
           and
           make
           use
           of
           them
           as
           their
           Agents
           to
           act
           their
           cruelties
           in
           England
           ,
        
         
           Together
           with
           the
           new
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           blasphemous
           Speeches
           they
           doe
           daily
           invent
           ,
           and
           how
           Prince
           
             Roberts
          
           Captaines
           offer
           summes
           of
           money
           to
           those
           that
           can
           study
           new
           Execrations
           against
           the
           Round-heads
           .
        
         
           Also
           a
           Justification
           of
           Prince
           
             Robert
          
           his
           cruelties
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Vindication
           lately
           printed
           ,
           onely
           forged
           and
           invented
           by
           some
           of
           his
           followers
           .
        
         
           Collected
           by
           
             R.
             Andrewes
          
           Chyrurgion
           ,
           who
           is
           now
           a
           prisoner
           amongst
           the
           Cavalliers
           ,
           and
           was
           taken
           at
           Kynton
           battell
           .
        
         
           Printed
           at
           London
           for
           
             Fr.
             Coule
             .
          
           1642.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           perfect
           Declaration
           of
           the
           barbarous
           and
           cruell
           practises
           committed
           by
           prince
           
             Robert
             ,
          
           the
           Cavalliers
           ,
           and
           others
           in
           his
           Majesties
           Army
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           NOt
           to
           paralell
           the
           present
           distractions
           of
           England
           with
           the
           Warrs
           of
           Germany
           ,
           which
           were
           no
           dispa
           〈…〉
           y
           ,
           I
           shall
           onely
           apply
           my selfe
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           truth
           of
           such
           carnages
           that
           have
           happened
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           these
           present
           warres
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           cruelty
           and
           insolency
           of
           the
           Cavalliers
           that
           are
           in
           his
           Majesties
           Army
           ,
           and
           because
           I
           have
           not
           to
           multiply
           discourse
           or
           to
           spend
           time
           in
           relating
           those
           things
           which
           are
           not
           so
           pertinent
           to
           my
           present
           purpose
           .
           I
           will
           not
           stand
           to
           particularize
           the
           faire
           promises
           and
           pretences
           wherewith
           those
           that
           have
           bin
           chiefly
           intrusted
           by
           his
           Majesty
           have
           deluded
           and
           deceived
           the
           people
           nor
           the
           trai
           〈…〉
           us
           practises
           of
           those
           that
           have
           pretended
           good
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Country
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Colonell
           
             Goring
          
           betraying
           the
           Town
           of
           Portsmouth
           ,
           under
           the
           specious
           vizard
           of
           some
           speciall
           service
           to
           be
           done
           for
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           to
           give
           a
           true
           relation
           of
           those
           bloudy
           &
           cruell
           practises
           that
           have
           bin
           committed
           by
           the
           Cavalliers
           ,
           whose
           wicked
           enterprises
           have
           not
           onely
           purchased
           them
           hatred
           and
           disdaine
           in
           those
           places
           where
           they
           have
           bin
           ▪
           but
           render
           them
           odious
           to
           the
           whole
           world
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           begin
           with
           that
           barbarous
           and
           inhumane
           act
           committed
           by
           the
           Cavalliers
           at
           Leicester
           ,
           where
           after
           they
           had
           gotten
           entrance
           into
           the
           Towne
           ,
           and
           falling
           on
           plundering
           and
           pillaging
           thereof
           and
           when
           there
           was
           no
           man
           opposed
           them
           they
           seemed
           as
           fierce
           as
           Lions
           ,
           and
           swore
           damme
           me
           and
           sinke
           me
           if
           we
           doe
           not
           kill
           all
           the
           Puritans
           and
           Round-heads
           in
           the
           towne
           .
           There
           was
           a
           good
           Religious
           honest
           woman
           named
           
             Iane
             White
             ,
          
           that
           hearing
           them
           so
           notoriously
           to
           sweare
           and
           blaspheame
           began
           to
           reprove
           them
           for
           it
           ,
           offering
           no
           manner
           of
           resistance
           unto
           them
           :
           whereupon
           one
           of
           this
           wicked
           rabble
           shot
           her
           with
           a
           brace
           of
           bullets
           thorough
           the
           back
           and
           belly
           ,
           upon
           which
           she
           immediatly
           dyed
           ;
           she
           being
           great
           with
           child●
           and
           within
           three
           weekes
           of
           the
           time
           of
           her
           delivery
           ,
           and
           burnt
           many
           honest
           mens
           houses
           which
           did
           refuse
           to
           make
           division
           ,
           and
           to
           separate
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           plundred
           sir
           
             Edward
             Roodes
          
           his
           house
           in
           York-shire
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           burnt
           it
           downe
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           tooke
           away
           all
           his
           Goods
           ,
           killed
           one
           of
           his
           Servants
           ,
           and
           violently
           used
           others
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           insolencies
           have
           they
           committed
           by
           pillaging
           ,
           burning
           and
           spoyling
           in
           every
           Country
           where
           they
           come
           ,
           setting
           on
           fire
           whole
           fields
           of
           Corne
           immediatly
           before
           Harvest
           :
           as
           at
           Broad-way
           ,
           when
           sir
           
             William
             Walter
          
           was
           justly
           apprehended
           there
           by
           one
           Master
           
             Steevens
          
           that
           was
           chiefe
           Constable
           :
           When
           the
           Cavalliers
           came
           from
           Oxford
           they
           rescued
           away
           the
           said
           sir
           
             William
             Walter
             ▪
          
           and
           burnt
           the
           Corne-fields
           of
           the
           said
           Master
           
             Steevens
             ,
          
           and
           attempted
           to
           fire
           his
           Houses
           and
           would
           most
           cruelly
           have
           put
           him
           to
           death
           if
           they
           could
           have
           come
           at
           
           him
           ;
           and
           since
           they
           have
           taken
           the
           said
           Master
           
             Steevens
          
           prisoner
           ,
           where
           hee
           is
           d●●●yned
           with
           hard
           and
           cruell
           usage
           :
           And
           in
           Leicester-shire
           and
           Stafford-shire
           they
           spoyled
           his
           Majesties
           good
           subjects
           ,
           and
           many
           were
           murthered
           and
           barbarously
           used
           ,
           ravishing
           of
           women
           ,
           and
           bloudily
           killing
           others
           ,
           not
           sparing
           those
           that
           were
           great
           with
           child
           ,
           nor
           pittying
           poore
           little
           infants
           :
           nay
           such
           was
           their
           inhumanity
           that
           at
           the
           late
           Battell
           fought
           neere
           Kynton
           ,
           when
           they
           saw
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           revenge
           their
           malice
           upon
           the
           Parliaments
           Army
           :
           they
           left
           fighting
           with
           Souldiers
           and
           fled
           about
           the
           Country
           ,
           killing
           of
           men
           women
           and
           children
           that
           were
           altogether
           unable
           to
           defend
           themselves
           ,
           killing
           any
           living
           creature
           that
           they
           met
           with
           ;
           for
           they
           slew
           the
           very
           Doggs
           and
           all
           ,
           and
           as
           if
           the
           most
           cruell
           and
           mercilesse
           of
           this
           Nation
           could
           not
           invent
           cruelties
           answerable
           to
           their
           bloudy
           minds
           :
           they
           doe
           entertaine
           into
           their
           Army
           a
           great
           number
           of
           the
           Irish
           Rebells
           ,
           whereof
           are
           great
           store
           of
           Irish
           women
           ,
           which
           pillage
           and
           rob
           in
           the
           Countries
           where
           they
           come
           worse
           than
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           are
           more
           cruell
           and
           mercilesse
           than
           they
           :
           and
           at
           the
           Battell
           at
           Kynton
           did
           not
           onely
           get
           the
           best
           pillage
           of
           the
           dead
           Corpes
           at
           the
           time
           when
           the
           battell
           was
           a
           fighting
           ;
           but
           those
           that
           they
           found
           wounded
           or
           maymed
           that
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           get
           off
           from
           the
           place
           (
           although
           otherwise
           might
           have
           recovered
           ▪
           they
           most
           cruelly
           cut
           their
           throates
           with
           great
           Knives
           which
           they
           carry
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           or
           else
           knocked
           out
           their
           braines
           with
           their
           Pole-axes
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Cavalliers
           were
           at
           Shrewsbury
           they
           plundred
           most
           of
           the
           honest
           mens
           houses
           both
           in
           that
           Towne
           and
           Country
           adjacent
           ,
           and
           tooke
           their
           Cattell
           ,
           and
           did
           drive
           them
           to
           their
           quarters
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           could
           not
           eate
           they
           drove
           to
           some
           other
           places
           and
           there
           sold
           them
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           had
           made
           a
           prey
           of
           all
           that
           they
           could
           meete
           with
           about
           Shrewsbury
           ,
           they
           played
           the
           like
           prankes
           at
           Bridg-north
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           thereabouts
           ,
           and
           at
           their
           going
           away
           out
           of
           that
           Country
           ,
           besides
           what
           hurt
           they
           did
           at
           Kittermaster
           and
           Bewdly
           ,
           which
           bought
           their
           freedome
           at
           a
           very
           deare
           rate
           ;
           they
           carried
           away
           with
           them
           all
           the
           Butter
           ,
           Cheese
           ,
           Bacon
           and
           other
           provisions
           they
           could
           find
           ,
           which
           hath
           bred
           a
           great
           scarcity
           thereof
           .
        
         
           From
           thence
           they
           went
           to
           a
           Town
           called
           Burmegam
           in
           Warwickshire
           ,
           where
           without
           any
           respect
           of
           persons
           they
           fell
           to
           plunder
           the
           whole
           Town
           ,
           and
           took
           all
           the
           money
           ,
           plate
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           that
           were
           of
           any
           value
           that
           they
           could
           finde
           ,
           and
           not
           being
           content
           therewith
           ▪
           they
           came
           to
           diverse
           persons
           of
           ability
           (
           which
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           forwardnesse
           to
           give
           them
           entertainment
           ▪
           and
           shewing
           them
           friendship●
           expected
           other
           usage
           at
           their
           hands
           )
           and
           held
           their
           pistols
           charged
           against
           their
           breasts
           ,
           with
           many
           wicked
           imprications
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           confessed
           not
           where
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           monie
           was
           ,
           they
           would
           shoot
           them
           thorough
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           they
           got
           the
           whole
           wealth
           of
           that
           Town
           ,
           and
           spoiled
           their
           〈◊〉
           of
           houshold
           -
           〈…〉
           and
           other
           things
           which
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           cary
           away
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           left
           in
           a
           〈…〉
           ble
           condition
           :
           and
           yet
           their
           wicked
           desires
           to
           do
           mischief
           not
           being
           satisfied
           ▪
           they
           made
           an
           attempt
           to
           fire
           the
           whole
           Towne
           ;
           but
           by
           reason
           that
           they
           were
           suddanely
           put
           to
           fight
           through
           feare
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           Forces
           which
           were
           marching
           after
           them
           ,
           they
           went
           away
           unsatisfied
           in
           that
           particular
           .
        
         
         
           In
           York
           when
           they
           had
           continued
           long
           in
           that
           City
           ,
           and
           exceedingly
           impoverished
           the
           inhabitants
           taking
           all
           the
           provision
           that
           was
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           drinking
           out
           both
           beere
           and
           wine
           without
           giving
           any
           satisfaction
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           at
           last
           they
           fel
           to
           plundering
           and
           pillaging
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           plundered
           a
           great
           part
           thereof
           ,
           and
           imprisoned
           those
           that
           withstood
           them
           ,
           threatning
           to
           kill
           divers
           of
           the
           ●est
           Ministers
           .
           When
           they
           came
           to
           Banbury
           ,
           although
           his
           Majestie
           himselfe
           gave
           his
           hand
           and
           Seale
           to
           the
           Major
           that
           no
           injury
           nor
           violence
           should
           be
           offered
           to
           that
           Town
           to
           any
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           yet
           such
           was
           the
           barbarous
           carriage
           of
           the
           Cavalliers
           at
           that
           Town
           ,
           that
           without
           charity
           or
           respect
           of
           the
           Kings
           honour
           ,
           having
           engaged
           his
           word
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           they
           plunered
           the
           whole
           Towne
           ,
           taking
           from
           thence
           not
           only
           money
           ,
           plate
           ,
           jewels
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           of
           good
           value
           which
           they
           found
           in
           their
           houses
           ,
           but
           took
           their
           Catell
           ,
           horse
           ,
           sheepe
           ,
           &c.
           and
           carryed
           them
           away
           ,
           and
           also
           tooke
           away
           the
           cloath
           and
           other
           commodities
           that
           were
           in
           Trades-mens
           shops
           ,
           to
           the
           ruine
           and
           destruction
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           saying
           that
           the
           King
           doth
           not
           know
           the
           condition
           and
           state
           of
           War
           ;
           and
           likewse
           have
           plundered
           the
           Lord
           
             Say
          
           his
           house
           there
           ,
           leaving
           nothing
           but
           the
           walls
           ,
           drove
           away
           his
           Cattell
           ,
           destroyed
           his
           Deere
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           they
           could
           not
           kill
           ,
           they
           plucked
           downe
           the
           pales
           to
           let
           them
           out
           :
           At
           Abington
           it
           was
           not
           sufficient
           to
           plunder
           the
           Towne
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           gotten
           a
           great
           sum
           of
           contribution
           money
           ,
           and
           to
           leave
           the
           Inhabitants
           in
           as
           naked
           a
           condition
           as
           they
           did
           those
           at
           Banbury
           ,
           but
           there
           being
           an
           honest
           man
           of
           good
           repute
           ,
           
             William
             Wright
          
           in
           the
           said
           Towne
           ,
           that
           before
           the
           Cavalliers
           came
           thither
           ,
           gave
           counsell
           and
           advice
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           to
           stand
           up
           on
           their
           guard
           ,
           and
           oppose
           them
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           keepe
           the
           said
           Towne
           from
           violence
           and
           oppression
           :
           And
           that
           the
           Ammunition
           that
           was
           in
           that
           Towne
           might
           be
           secured
           out
           of
           their
           hands
           ,
           that
           so
           it
           might
           not
           be
           employed
           against
           the
           Parliament
           .
           By
           the
           speciall
           command
           of
           Prince
           
             Robert
          
           this
           person
           was
           condemned
           by
           martiall
           Law
           ,
           and
           banged
           up
           at
           his
           own
           doore
           :
           such
           is
           the
           bloody
           mind
           of
           Prince
           
             Robert
             ,
          
           that
           it
           would
           make
           any
           Christian
           mans
           heart
           to
           ake
           ,
           to
           think
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           as
           he
           was
           begot
           in
           the
           heate
           of
           a
           bloody
           war
           ,
           so
           he
           lives
           and
           hopes
           to
           thrive
           by
           his
           bloody
           practises
           :
           But
           the
           neerer
           their
           approach
           is
           towards
           London
           ,
           the
           more
           sad
           demonstrations
           we
           shall
           finde
           concerning
           this
           subject
           .
           Then
           they
           began
           to
           burne
           houses
           ,
           the
           pillaging
           of
           goods
           will
           not
           suffice
           ,
           nor
           the
           like
           enormities
           which
           ●efore
           is
           rela
           〈…〉
           e
           ,
           but
           the
           violating
           of
           all
           lawes
           both
           humane
           and
           divine
           .
        
         
           Two
           Gentlemen
           of
           good
           repute
           being
           travelling
           from
           London
           into
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           were
           taken
           in
           their
           way
           at
           Hounsloe
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Kathern-wheel
           by
           the
           Cavalliers
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           forraging
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Countrey
           to
           see
           what
           booty
           and
           pillage
           they
           could
           get
           ,
           who
           violently
           broke
           into
           the
           chamber
           where
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           had
           taken
           them
           prisoners
           they
           hasted
           into
           the
           stable
           and
           seized
           on
           their
           horses
           and
           forced
           these
           Gentle-men
           to
           ride
           behind
           two
           of
           them
           to
           Eggham
           ,
           and
           there
           they
           found
           Prince
           
             Robert
             ,
          
           who
           had
           made
           a
           Vow
           ,
           never
           to
           vndresse
           nor
           shift
           himselfe
           till
           he
           had
           brought
           King
           
             Charles
          
           to
           white-hall
           ;
           and
           being
           examined
           by
           him
           it
           was
           laid
           to
           one
           of
           these
           Gentle-mens
           charge
           that
           his
           wife
           was
           a
           Round-head
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           had
           her
           there
           present
           ,
           they
           did
           sweare
           they
           would
           hang
           her
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           alleadged
           
           against
           the
           other
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Preacher
           in
           a
           tub
           ,
           but
           nothing
           being
           proved
           they
           were
           carried
           to
           the
           Court
           of
           Guard
           ,
           and
           a
           Captaine
           that
           was
           a
           French
           man
           had
           the
           charge
           over
           them
           ,
           who
           set
           them
           in
           such
           a
           smoky
           chimney
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           almost
           quite
           choaked
           ,
           yet
           they
           durst
           not
           stir
           for
           a
           strong
           guard
           was
           set
           over
           them
           which
           threatned
           ,
           and
           swore
           
             God
             damme
             them
             ,
          
           they
           would
           pistoll
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           night
           Prince
           
             Robert
          
           being
           to
           march
           to
           Hounsloe
           ,
           these
           Gentlemen
           (
           rather
           out
           of
           their
           cruelty
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           them
           merry
           then
           otherwise
           )
           were
           made
           their
           conducts
           ,
           and
           following
           them
           with
           pistols
           ,
           they
           swore
           that
           if
           they
           led
           them
           but
           a
           yard
           out
           of
           the
           way
           they
           immediately
           would
           shoos
           them
           .
           And
           they
           were
           not
           suffered
           to
           eate
           or
           drinke
           one
           drop
           ,
           though
           they
           offered
           to
           pay
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           were
           ready
           to
           starve
           for
           cold
           &
           hunger
           ,
           but
           were
           pursued
           with
           reproachfull
           words
           ,
           as
           lead
           on
           lead
           on
           ,
           you
           Parliament
           dogs
           ,
           we
           will
           hang
           you
           in
           chaines
           ,
           as
           we
           did
           your
           friend
           
             ●lague
          
           and
           such
           other
           Round-headed
           rascalls
           we
           will
           pistoll
           you
           ,
           &c.
           and
           were
           driven
           on
           with
           many
           other
           prisoners
           ,
           being
           coupled
           with
           cords
           two
           and
           two
           together
           ,
        
         
           The
           28.
           day
           of
           this
           month
           was
           apprehended
           a
           Gentleman
           clothed
           in
           very
           good
           habit
           ,
           and
           hanged
           in
           a
           with
           upon
           a
           Tree
           ,
           for
           saying
           he
           was
           for
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           for
           speaking
           in
           honour
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           no
           man
           suffered
           to
           cutt
           him
           downe
           or
           cover
           his
           face
           untill
           he
           had
           been
           made
           a
           publique
           spectacle
           to
           the
           whole
           Army
           .
           At
           a
           towne
           called
           Istle-worth
           the
           Cavalliers
           tooke
           an
           other
           honest
           Religious
           man
           called
           good
           man
           
             Bray
             ,
          
           who
           because
           he
           said
           he
           was
           for
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           most
           inhumanly
           d●d
           cart
           of
           his
           Eares
           and
           gave
           him
           besides
           thirty
           woundes
           in
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           not
           being
           content
           with
           this
           Butchery
           they
           threw
           him
           after
           wards
           on
           the
           Dunghill
           ;
           with
           this
           most
           unchristian
           scoffe
           ,
           
             Let
             the
             doggs
             licke
             him
             whole
             .
          
           They
           tooke
           another
           in
           the
           same
           towne
           who
           flying
           from
           their
           fury
           got
           into
           a
           house
           ,
           and
           having
           barred
           fast
           the
           gate
           ,
           his
           wife
           comming
           he
           was
           enforced
           to
           open
           it
           for
           her
           ;
           and
           the
           Cavalliers
           rushing
           violently
           in
           after
           her
           fastned
           a
           coard
           upon
           his
           feet
           and
           dragged
           him
           about
           the
           streetes
           ,
           and
           being
           weary
           of
           their
           owne
           cruelty
           :
           they
           said
           why
           should
           we
           weary
           our selves
           any
           longer
           with
           this
           Parliament
           dog
           ;
           and
           so
           discharged
           three
           pistolls
           at
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           eased
           him
           of
           his
           torments
           ,
           and
           his
           life
           together
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Cavalliers
           came
           to
           Brainford
           about
           five
           thousand
           of
           them
           ,
           with
           many
           peeces
           of
           Ord●ance
           fell
           upon
           Collonell
           
             Hollis
          
           his
           Regiment
           ,
           being
           all
           that
           were
           quartred
           at
           that
           towne
           ,
           who
           fought
           very
           couragiously
           before
           they
           would
           yeeld
           to
           their
           mercilesse
           cruelty
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           the
           Cavalliers
           said
           that
           they
           were
           either
           Saints
           or
           D●vills
           :
           for
           if
           they
           could
           have
           done
           execution
           upon
           any
           thing
           〈…〉
           able
           the
           great
           vollies
           of
           shotte
           they
           bestowed
           upon
           they
           had
           quickly
           killed
           every
           man
           of
           them
           in
           the
           place
           ,
           but
           after
           many
           houres
           fight
           having
           taken
           many
           of
           them
           prisoners
           they
           put
           them
           in
           a
           pound
           and
           pinnioned
           them
           together
           being
           stript
           to
           their
           shirts
           and
           without
           stockings
           or
           shooes
           and
           the
           next
           day
           drove
           them
           like
           sheep
           ▪
           whipping
           them
           like
           dogs
           to
           Hounsloe
           over
           furrs
           and
           bushes
           ,
           which
           was
           more
           torment
           than
           of
           death
           it selfe
           .
           And
           some
           of
           Collonell
           Hollis
           his
           Souldiers
           fl
           〈…〉
           into
           the
           Thames
           for
           safety
           ,
           where
           the
           Cavalliers
           shot
           at
           them
           till
           they
           were
           drowned
           ,
           amongst
           which
           was
           one
           Captaine
           
             Lacy
          
           a
           stout
           and
           Valliant
           man
           ,
           they
           tooke
           five
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Essex
          
           his
           Souldiers
           prisoners
           ,
           and
           tyed
           their
           hands
           and
           forced
           them
           
           into
           the
           River
           ,
           and
           a
           Trooper
           rod
           into
           the
           water
           after
           them
           and
           forced
           them
           into
           the
           depth
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           drowned
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           the
           fight
           began
           at
           Brainford
           they
           placed
           ten
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Essex
          
           his
           Souldiers
           whom
           they
           had
           formerly
           taken
           prisoners
           at
           Kynton
           pinioned
           in
           the
           front
           of
           their
           men
           at
           a
           breast-worke
           to
           receive
           the
           bullets
           that
           came
           from
           Collonell
           
             Hollis
          
           his
           Regiment
           :
           but
           such
           was
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           them
           were
           hurt
           though
           shot
           through
           the
           cloathes
           in
           many
           places
           ;
           when
           they
           had
           possessed
           themselves
           of
           the
           towne
           ,
           first
           they
           dranke
           and
           wasted
           the
           Beere
           and
           wine
           in
           the
           severall
           Innes
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           they
           could
           not
           drinke
           they
           let
           it
           out
           upon
           the
           ground
           .
        
         
           They
           likewise
           pistolled
           to
           death
           one
           
             Francis
          
           who
           lived
           at
           Vxbridge
           ,
           because
           he
           said
           he
           was
           for
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           just
           as
           he
           came
           out
           of
           his
           Inne
           riding
           home
           to
           his
           wife
           and
           children
           .
        
         
           But
           one
           of
           the
           most
           inhumane
           actions
           that
           they
           did
           at
           Brainford
           was
           the
           pillaging
           of
           one
           Mr.
           
           
             Pierce
          
           a
           Brewer
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           tooke
           away
           all
           his
           beere
           and
           his
           cheife
           brewer
           ,
           but
           ten
           or
           twelve
           stout
           horses
           ,
           and
           not
           being
           contented
           therewith
           they
           came
           into
           his
           house
           ,
           and
           drove
           his
           wife
           forth
           thereof
           into
           the
           high
           way
           ,
           she
           being
           in
           her
           smock
           with
           her
           child
           in
           her
           armes
           ,
           though
           she
           had
           laine
           in
           but
           a
           week
           ,
           who
           suddenly
           dyed
           after
           it
           ;
           and
           had
           like
           to
           have
           fired
           his
           house
           ;
           such
           was
           their
           crueltie
           and
           inhumane
           actions
           at
           this
           poore
           Towne
           .
        
         
           Also
           his
           next
           neighbour
           one
           Master
           
             Smith
          
           a
           servant
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           being
           one
           of
           his
           guard
           ,
           and
           well
           knowne
           to
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           had
           much
           a
           doe
           to
           preserve
           his
           house
           from
           pillaging
           ,
           his
           life
           and
           his
           wives
           from
           pistolling
           ,
           and
           his
           house
           from
           firing
           ;
           for
           they
           shot
           divers
           times
           at
           it
           ,
           but
           yet
           mist
           it
           ,
           thanks
           be
           given
           to
           God
           ;
           And
           at
           their
           flying
           away
           from
           thence
           they
           tooke
           from
           the
           inhabitants
           their
           money
           ,
           Linnen
           ,
           wollen
           ,
           bedding
           ,
           wearing
           apparrell
           ,
           horses
           ,
           cowes
           ,
           swine
           ,
           henns
           ,
           &c.
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           victualls
           ▪
           also
           Pewter
           ,
           brasse
           ;
           Iron-pots
           and
           kettells
           ,
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           grocery
           ,
           chanlery
           ,
           and
           appothecary
           ware
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           feather
           beds
           which
           they
           could
           not
           beare
           away
           ,
           they
           cut
           the
           tikes
           into
           peeces
           and
           scattered
           the
           feathers
           in
           the
           fields
           and
           streets
           .
           And
           to
           be
           short
           ,
           they
           made
           spoile
           and
           hovocke
           of
           all
           things
           that
           were
           worth
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           towne
           :
           sparing
           neither
           rich
           not
           poore
           ,
           but
           either
           spoiled
           or
           carried
           with
           them
           ,
           all
           things
           from
           the
           costliest
           jewells
           ,
           apparrell
           and
           hangings
           of
           many
           Gentlemen
           of
           great
           quallity
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           poore
           alms-women
           ,
           and
           the
           poor
           beggars
           ,
           that
           begs
           at
           the
           townes
           end
           .
           And
           when
           they
           had
           used
           the
           towne
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           they
           defaced
           the
           houses
           and
           set
           one
           of
           fire
           ,
           of
           purpose
           to
           have
           burnt
           downe
           the
           said
           towne
           ,
           though
           afterwards
           it
           was
           happily
           quenched
           by
           an
           inhabitant
           .
        
         
           Nay
           their
           insolency
           and
           cruelty
           appeared
           yet
           greater
           for
           they
           set
           drawne
           swords
           and
           Pistolls
           cockt
           to
           men
           and
           womens
           breasts
           ;
           threatning
           them
           with
           death
           ,
           if
           they
           brought
           not
           out
           all
           their
           money
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           would
           cut
           of
           their
           noses
           ;
           and
           pluck
           out
           their
           eyes
           ,
           calling
           them
           Parliament
           dogs
           ,
           Round-headed
           Rogues
           ,
           beatting
           ,
           laming
           ,
           and
           wounding
           them
           ,
           tying
           others
           with
           ropes
           and
           〈◊〉
           and
           being
           stript
           to
           the
           shirts
           ,
           were
           carried
           away
           prisoners
           ;
           and
           as
           
           one
           was
           leading
           towards
           O●tland
           being
           very
           thrifty
           ,
           he
           stooped
           to
           take
           a
           litle
           water
           in
           his
           hat
           to
           drinke
           ,
           they
           most
           cruelly
           beate
           him
           and
           bruised
           him
           ,
           for
           offering
           to
           doe
           it
           .
           When
           they
           came
           to
           Kingston
           ,
           they
           used
           the
           like
           violence
           to
           that
           towne
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           to
           Brainford
           ,
           except
           to
           some
           few
           that
           were
           of
           the
           Malignant
           party
           ,
           and
           therein
           they
           shewed
           more
           humanity
           at
           this
           town●
           ,
           then
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           before
           or
           since
           ,
           for
           at
           other
           places
           they
           made
           no
           destinction
           of
           any
           .
           All
           is
           fish
           that
           comes
           to
           net
           to
           them
           ;
           for
           neither
           Carrier
           nor
           Trava●ler
           ,
           man
           nor
           horse
           shall
           scape
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           have
           robbed
           divers
           men
           ,
           especially
           two
           while
           I
           was
           an
           eye-witnesse
           ;
           namely
           one
           Mr.
           
             Sparkes
          
           a
           Draper
           ,
           and
           one
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
          
           a
           Book-seller
           of
           Bristoll
           ,
           they
           tooke
           from
           the
           first
           all
           his
           money
           and
           his
           sword
           ,
           from
           the
           other
           his
           watch
           ,
           his
           mony
           ,
           and
           his
           sword
           ,
           being
           threatned
           with
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           looked
           every
           hour
           when
           they
           would
           kill
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           esaped
           with
           their
           lives
           ,
           th●y
           search
           all
           men
           u●der
           pretence
           for
           conveying
           lette●s
           bu●
           instead
           of
           letters
           ,
           they
           take
           away
           their
           mony
           &
           rings
           .
        
         
           Yet
           such
           is
           the
           heathenish
           barbarousnesse
           of
           this
           accursed
           generation
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           without
           some
           prejudice
           to
           my
           precedent
           discourse
           ,
           and
           likewise
           injury
           to
           the
           indifferent
           Reader
           conclude
           this
           Tragicall
           story
           without
           speaking
           a
           word
           &
           no
           more
           concerning
           these
           unhumane
           creatures
           ▪
           whose
           practise
           is
           far
           worse
           then
           the
           heathenish
           Turkes
           or
           Caniballs
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           not
           contented
           with
           the
           exercise
           of
           all
           the
           bloody
           cruelty
           that
           all
           the
           malice
           in
           the
           world
           if
           it
           were
           contracted
           within
           the
           breasts
           of
           these
           furies
           of
           hell
           ,
           could
           devise
           in
           murthering
           and
           most
           cruelly
           handling
           men
           women
           ,
           little
           Infants
           ,
           &c.
           but
           that
           the
           generation
           to
           come
           ,
           might
           have
           every
           way
           cause
           to
           curse
           them
           ,
           they
           endeavour
           to
           usher
           into
           this
           Kingdome
           the
           miserable
           calamity
           of
           famine
           ,
           for
           they
           now
           begin
           daily
           to
           burne
           houses
           ,
           fire
           Towns
           and
           Villages
           ,
           destroy
           the
           Corne
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           field
           and
           in
           the
           barne
           ,
           cut
           downe
           and
           destroy
           the
           woods
           ,
           and
           plants
           which
           the
           earth
           is
           bringing
           forth
           ,
           drive
           away
           all
           manner
           of
           Cattell
           both
           of
           Horse
           ,
           Oxen
           ,
           Sheep
           ,
           and
           other
           Cattell
           making
           no
           distinction
           of
           fat
           or
           leane
           barren
           ,
           or
           those
           that
           are
           great
           with
           young
           but
           drive
           them
           all
           away
           that
           they
           light
           on
           ,
           both
           out
           of
           Bucking-shire
           Bark-shire
           and
           a
           great
           part
           of
           Oxford-shire
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           carrying
           them
           into
           such
           Towns
           where
           they
           are
           quartered
           ,
           and
           these
           that
           they
           cannot
           eate
           ,
           they
           kill
           and
           destroy
           ,
           and
           cast
           into
           the
           dirt
           or
           to
           the
           dogs
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           those
           cursed
           
             Ismaell
             〈…〉
          
           which
           do
           not
           only
           dishonour
           and
           abuse
           God
           his
           Annoynted
           by
           their
           oaths
           and
           blasphemies
           &
           would
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           pull
           God
           out
           of
           heaven
           ,
           for
           they
           make
           it
           a
           common
           saying
           amongst
           them
           ▪
           
             We
             will
             drinke
             and
             be
             drunke
             ,
             whore
             ,
             and
             be
             damned
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             be
             beholding
             to
             God
             to
             save
             us
             ▪
             And
             that
             they
             had
             rather
             be
             in
             hell
             with
             their
             Comrades
             ,
             then
             in
             heaven
             with
             the
             Round-heads
             :
          
           And
           they
           have
           such
           new
           invented
           oaths
           ▪
           imprications
           ,
           and
           healths
           ,
           ●o
           full
           of
           wickednesse
           and
           blasphemy
           ,
           that
           the
           like
           were
           never
           heard
           of
           before
           amongst
           other
           Turkes
           or
           Pagans
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           usuall
           amongst
           them
           to
           say
           :
           
             The
             Divell
             that
             made
             us
             damme
             us
             ,
             and
             damme
             mee
             ,
             and
             ram
             me
             into
             the
             mouth
             of
             a
             Canon
             ,
             and
             shoote
             me
             nine
             miles
             into
             hell
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           They
           make
           proclamations
           amongst
           themselves
           that
           if
           any
           Gentleman
           or
           souldier
           that
           can
           invent
           new
           oaths
           to
           damme
           &
           destroy
           
             Py
             〈…〉
          
           and
           his
           Adherents
           ,
           shall
           have
           100.
           l.
           for
           so
           doing
           .
           
             They
             drink
             a
             health
             to
             King
          
           Charls
           
             in
             whom
             they
             live
             ,
             move
             ,
             and
             have
             our
             being
             .
          
           And
           although
           their
           being
           is
           in
           him
           that
           is
           but
           a
           mortall
           man
           ,
           they
           at
           another
           time
           will
           wish
           him
           without
           being
           ▪
           in
           whom
           they
           say
           
           their
           being
           consists
           ,
           for
           when
           they
           were
           upon
           their
           hot
           march
           toward
           London
           ,
           in
           the
           expectation
           of
           the
           fruition
           of
           plentifull
           and
           rich
           treasure
           ,
           where
           they
           placed
           their
           
             summum
             bonum
             :
          
           His
           Majestie
           sleeping
           something
           long
           one
           morning
           ,
           which
           hindered
           them
           of
           an
           houres
           march
           ,
           they
           wished
           that
           hee
           might
           sleepe
           a
           whole
           fortnight
           together
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           the
           more
           eagerly
           pursue
           their
           bloody
           intentions
           ,
           and
           drunk
           healths
           to
           his
           confusion
           ,
           and
           the
           confusion
           of
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           his
           Gospell
           ,
           if
           his
           Majesty
           concluded
           of
           a
           Peace
           without
           their
           consent
           or
           privity
           .
        
         
           They
           do
           boast
           that
           the
           King
           cannot
           stir
           a
           quarter
           of
           a
           mile
           without
           their
           knowledg
           ,
           but
           they
           do
           watch
           him
           as
           a
           cat
           doth
           watch
           a
           mouse
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           perpetuall
           eye
           over
           him
           and
           his
           actions
           ,
           and
           so
           powerfull
           they
           are
           with
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           that
           if
           his
           Majestie
           resolve
           to
           have
           a
           thought
           of
           Peace
           and
           to
           come
           to
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           presently
           have
           their
           agents
           about
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           presently
           alter
           and
           change
           his
           minde
           like
           a
           weather-cock
           .
        
         
           They
           likewise
           drunke
           the
           destruction
           and
           confusion
           of
           these
           worthy
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           stand
           up
           for
           the
           King
           and
           Country
           ;
           calling
           them
           Traytors
           ,
           vowing
           to
           be
           avenged
           especially
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           the
           County
           of
           Essex
           ,
           and
           also
           of
           Kent
           as
           namely
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Lord
             
               Kimbolton
            
             now
             Earle
             of
             Manchester
             .
          
           
             
               Sir
               ,
            
             Arthur
             Hasting
             .
          
           
             
               Master
            
             Denzell
             Hollis
             .
          
           
             
               Master
            
             Iohn
             Pym
             .
          
           
             
               Master
            
             Stroud
             .
          
           
             
               Master
            
             Iohn
             Hampden
             .
          
           
             
               Sir
            
             Iohn
             Hotham
             .
          
           
             The
             Earle
             of
             
               Essex
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Earle
             of
             
               Warwick
               .
            
          
           
             
               Isaac
               Penington
            
             Lord
             Major
             of
             London
             .
          
           
             Serjeant
             Major
             Generall
             
               Skippon
               .
            
          
           
             
               Colonell
            
             Iohn
             Ven.
             
          
           
             
               Sheriffe
            
             Fouke
             .
          
           
             
               Colonell
            
             Manwayring
             .
          
        
         
           And
           the
           whole
           burthen
           of
           their
           songs
           at
           the
           drinking
           of
           their
           healths
           ,
           is
           
             
               And
               for
               Round-heads
               we
               will
               have
               none
               ,
            
             
               But
               hang
               them
               all
               up
               one
               by
               one
               .
            
          
        
         
           Therefore
           what
           outrages
           and
           cruelties
           will
           not
           these
           Sonnes
           of
           
             Belial
          
           commit
           against
           the
           Creature
           ,
           seeing
           all
           that
           they
           can
           invent
           will
           not
           satisfie
           their
           malice
           ,
           but
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lyes
           ,
           doe
           abuse
           the
           Creator
           and
           the
           sacred
           person
           of
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           Here
           would
           I
           faine
           make
           an
           end
           ,
           for
           as
           the
           consideration
           of
           these
           inhumanities
           and
           barbarous
           cruelties
           cannot
           but
           pirce
           the
           hardest
           heart
           that
           hath
           any
           love
           or
           regard
           to
           his
           native
           country
           ,
           for
           it
           makes
           my
           pen
           weary
           in
           writing
           these
           sad
           and
           pensive
           lynes
           ,
           to
           thinke
           that
           such
           horrid
           wicked
           practices
           should
           be
           acted
           in
           this
           land
           ,
           and
           by
           our
           owne
           nation
           ,
           which
           was
           first
           hatched
           in
           hell
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           working
           of
           the
           divill
           ;
           were
           afterwards
           practised
           in
           Ireland
           amongst
           the
           Rebells
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           by
           the
           example
           of
           those
           Rebells
           together
           with
           their
           ayde
           and
           assistance
           is
           now
           daily
           acted
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .