Good and true News from Bedford: Declaring the politic and profitable exploit of Colonel Montague coming with his Forces from Cambridge, and obtaining entrance into that Town under the denomination of being Forces commanded by Colonel Hurrey and Sir Lewis Dives for the King, by which means he was well entertained, and under pretence seized many Horses, and took divers sums of money, which was before collected for the use of the King, but now employed for the benefit of the Parliament and State; In a Letter sent from Bedford to London▪ by a Gentleman there residing.  
Together with another Letter from the LION, a Ship in service for the Parliament resident now at Hull, declaring the good service performed by the Seamen on Land, against the Eearle of Newcastles Forces, driving them from their siege took nine Pieces of Ordnance, whereof one was called the Queen's pocket Pistol, received from Denmark, Anno Dom. 1643.  
This is licenced and entered into the Hall Book according to Order.  
LONDON Printed for R. Astine. A. Coe. 1643.   

SIR,  
WE have had some pretty passages here which I thought good to make you acquainted with. On Thursday and Friday last, being the 26. and 27. of this instant Month, Colonel Montague went forth into the Enemy's quarters with only 2. Companies of Dragoneers, and 1. troop of horse going to Bedford, for we heard they had some small force there: but when we came there, they were all gone from thence. But take notice by the way, that we went as a party of the King's horse, and were made very welcome in the Town; And having heard before that the Commission of Array had given them charge to raise Money and Horse for the King's use, and they being as ready as may be to put it in practice: we asked them where the honest men lived that was to gather the Money: being directed, we came to the house and asked for the men, who said, We had very small time as yet to do any thing; but what they had we should have it very willingly, wishing they had more to do the King good, and so had we too, the sum being but 7. li. and 4. good horse: We taking them thankfully, and telling them we would visit them for more shortly: Do, and welcome, say they, and so being prayed for by them, we left them and marched towards S. Needs, where we had more of the same sport, taking more horse that was kept for the same purpose also. And another pretty passage had almost forgotten, at a little Town by the way we had 5. horse that was kept for the same purpose also, and while they were searching the house I had command to stand at the back side of an orchard to see that no body ran out at the back side, and whilst we stood there, there came a man down the lane, and seeing some Force stand there, he road back again: I seeing, having the command of those that stood with me, I took Soldier with me and road after him, and when we had gained him we told him that he was going to Cambridge to tell the Roundheads that we were there: and telling him that he was an old usuring Roundhead, and one that had lent the Parliament money, and being urged upon it, swore that he never lent them any, nor paid the taxations, but what they strained and took by force; telling us that for the King he would do any thing: He was high Constable of the place 5. year, and gathered the Ship-money, and put some men in prison for nonpayment of the Money, and told us that he had persuaded as many as he could not to take the Oath nor Protestation, and giving us notice of all the parts and parties of the Country, and how every person of quality stood affected, and by that means we got more horse, and are promised more for the King; but when they are ready we shall turn Cavaliers again to fetch them: the man's name is Edward Cousins, and he liveth at a place called Rocxson; And the Captain's names are, Cap. Taylor, Cap. Laurence, Cap. Langrige, and so marched to Huntingdon, sending Captain Tailor's Quartermaster to quarter 500 of the King's Forces, saying, Colonel Hurrey and his company was to quarter there that night, and Sir Lues Dyves and others, who when they heard that the King's forces was coming there, they rang the Bells for joy, and so we did know our friends from our foes, and still raised our force of horse, so that we had a considerable number which did help us to make up our Dragoneers. And so in haste I rest,  
Yours.   

SIR,  
I Intent the next week (God willing) to give you a larger relation of the proceed near our Quarters, in the mean time be satisfied with these lines ensuing: On Friday last being the 27. of this month, we marched from Hull, having continued there in Garrison for the space of fourteen days; and on the eleveth day of this month Captain Rainesborough, who is Captain of the good Ship called the Lion, for the King and Parliament, coming to relieve the town of Yarmonth with the number of two hundred of his shipped Soldiers, together with three hundred soldiers under the command of Captain Wells, as also with the Townsmen themselves issuing forth of the Town, set upon the Earl of Newcastles forces and gave them battle, the Seamen went on with such a courage and so hot, that they beat the Earls forces from their great Guns, and took from them nine or ten great Pieces of Ordnance, one whereof was one of the two great Guns that the Queen sent them, which she had from the King of Denmark, calling them by the name of her pocket Pistols, but I hope she shall never have them again to shoot fiery bullets into the Town, for they did shoot into the Town out of them pocket Pistols Granades and balls of thirty and six pound weight, one of them shot into a house where a woman lay in Childbed, and burned the bed and the woman was in it, but such was God's mercy and goodness that the woman received no hurt at all, and although they shot both day and night continually for the space of six or seven weeks together, they killed only two, a man and a woman, all the time of their siege against the Town, but on the eleventh day when we gave them the onset and overthrow, we lost ten me● and twelve hurt, and ten taken prisoners, one was that valiant and worthy Commander Captain Ramesborow, we took that day of the King's forces at least six or seven score prisoners, but how many of them were killed is not certainly known, for as they were killed, they stripped them and threw them into ditches, so that we cannot hear of above three or four score that were killed, but I believe they lost more: They demand for the ransom of Captain Ranisborow four of his best Guns in his ship, but it will not be granted them; my Lord F●irefax doth offer them two Knights, or any of their Captains that we have taken of theirs for him, but as yet it will not be taken for him: They are all quite run away to York, and have carried Captain Rainsborow Prisoner with them, but I doubt not but that they will be glad to release him again. Thus in hast I rest,  
Yarmouth, October 24. 1643. Yours T.U.  
FINIS.