Certain and true NEWS From ; with the besieging of Sir Ralph Hoptons' House, together with the valiant and manfully performed courage of Mr. Arnold Hyward Gentleman, Soldier, and Lieutenant to the Troop of young Captain Pym, Son to that worthy and well deserving Member of the House of Commons john Pym Esq.  
Commanded to be printed and published.  
Likewise the manner of taking Sir Edward Rodney, Sir Edward Berkley, and Mr. Dugdale prisoners, and are now in the Counter in London till further examination.  
Also a true relation of the sad and unfortunate mischance which befell our hopeful Prince Charles, and the Duke of York by Wild fire, etc.  
Printed at London for I. Underwood. 1642. October 15.   

Certain and true News from Somersetshire, with the beseiging of sir Ralph Hoptons' house, together with the valiant and manfully performed courage of Mr. Arnold Hyward Gentleman, Soldier and Lieutenant to the troop of young Captain Pym, etc.  
SInce the distractions of these times began, by the evil and unchristianable incendiaries of the same, who like Sponges desire to be filled with their own natural blood which n● less appears in their Counsels, hath not only poisoned the clear head of the Spring, but likewise labours to spoil the Ocean, in going to unsluce the Rivers into it, which God I hope at his good time will stop, and point out with his singer their shames and punishments that thus began in the disjointing peace to open Wars full gap, which lets in nought but red destruction on us, hand against hand, and one eye against another to shake and ruin all the body's Fabric, which we could wish might stop, and that his Majesty's good thoughts would open to rescue our future good intents towards him, his issue, and his future safety, and that this posture of fence we stand in, is for his Royal safety, the protection of his Issue, his Parliament and his Land, both against foreign and our homebred Papists, the worst of worsts that can be, in whose opposition hath amongst the rest his Majesty's Western parts, as namely Wiltshire, Summerset, Dorset, and Devonshire, harbour resolved spirits, will maintain those parts both for the King and Parliament; Likewise those Cities with their adherent and adjacent Towns, well fortified and Garrisoned with men, are by their brave Commanders well instructed, and fitted for the present entertainment, either for siege in managing of Forts, Ports, walls or Breaches, or meeting in Battalia face to face in the open field their daring enemy, as now I am to express with duty to his Prince and both the honourable Houses the ever re●dy, resolved, prepared and undaunted ●●urage of Mr. Arnold Hyward both a Gentleman and a S●uld●er, Leiutenant unto the troop of Captain Pym who h●ving certain intelligence that at one si● Ralph Hoptons' house were a couple of Knights, the one named sir Edward Rodney, the other sir Edward Berkeley, with a Minister named Master Dugdale, Chaplain to the marquis of Hartford, who were not only great upholders of the Malignant party, or Cavaliero rout, but were themselves the same, seducing and combining thereunto a larger link of power to knit against us, and with their friends, their Tenants and Freeholders' did therewith fortify and strongly guard the house or Castle of the aforesaid sir Ralph Hoptons', which being assaulted by some part of our Troop, they very hotly began to oppose us, and sent us shot for shot, and well they might stand upon daring terms, being immured in stone, knit with fast lime & hair, yet thanks be unto God, their labour spent on us wasted themselves and their mun●●ion with it, and they that time not only washed the Ae●hiop, but bathed themselves in the●r own fruitless sweat; This skirmish yet continued, at length with a command I left my Troop that they should follow and maintain the fight, who very careful were in the obeying, I espied their horsemen mounted, which were the Knights and Priest I did formerly mention but how or which way they could from the Castle make escape, outstrips my imagination, in a short space my willing horse and I oretook them, the which when I perceived the one to be Sir Edward Rodney, & the other Sir Edward Berkley, I bid them yield, and I would give them quarter, which they in a dressed careless slight disdainful manner seeing no more but I and my small Artillery, asked where I were a soldier, who returned them yes, I was, and wished them to yield without any more treat of words, whose answer thus to me strait returned, whose soldier are you that with so hot a courage puts on confidence to talk of yielding being 3 against one, my answer was, I am under Captain Pym, and wished them not to dress the time out in discourse, for I resolved was for to set on them and win them for my prisoners, or fall in the attempt of my ambition, they then being confident my resolve was them, or death, wished me to call my Captain, and they would yield to him, which so the more inflamed my wrath against them, that I said they should yield themselves to me, with that unespied by me, the one of them a pistol struck against me, but the fire took not, for which I recommended them a token from my Carbine being ready in my hand, but had the luck to miss, the other at me let fly, and I at both of them, the parson stood Neuter) and so began a skirmish pretty hot, in the mean time, my soldiers at the Castle did make a breach through a small postern door, which they within perceiving their surprisal, more than half killed with fear, for quarter cried, which soon was granted them, and straight were seized their arms with all the Castles other Ammunition, which soon in Carts from them was borne away. The other Knights that I held combat with, which I confess were Gentlemen of courage, were both constrained to call to me for quarter, and crowned me Conqueror of both their fortunes, which finished; I taking leave of Captain Pym, brought my three prisoners to the Parliament, the Knights and Minister along with me, where having welcome love and encouragement to follow my future fortunes in the defence of the King and them, my p●isoners now remain in the Counter, and I again preparing to my Captain and my Charge.  
Witness the Prisoners hands, and my own testification as hereafter follow.   

THE Manner of the taking of Sir Edward Rodney, Sir Edward Berkeley, and Master Dugdale.  
WHen I Arnold Hyward found them, I bid them yield and I would give them quarter, they demanded whether I were a Soldier, and who was my Captain; I told them I was a Soldier under Captain Pym, they desired me to call my Captain, and they would yield to him; I replied I cou●d not but would have them yield to me: during our discourse a pistol of theirs struck fire but went not off; thereupon I discharged my Carbine at them, than they a pistol at me, than I a pistol at them, and they another at me, and I another Carbine at them.  
While this was in doing, some others were breaking in upon them; whereupon they agreed to yield themselves to me, if I would give them quarter, which I did.  
witness their hands, who are now prisoners in the Counter in Wood-street, London. 

Edward Rodney.  
Edward Berkley.  
Ja. Dugdale.     

A true relation of the sad, and unfortunate mischance which befell Prince Charles and the Duke of York by fireworks and Gunpowder, near to Shresbury on thursday night last.  
THe manner of this sad and unfortunate mischance was written in a Letter to a Gentleman in London, which for certain truth was thus.  
A French man who is an Engineer to his Majesty, and a very skilful contriver of fireworks, being desirous to have his skill known, appointed a convenient time to show his Art, at which season the Prince and his brother james Duke of York were present, who standing by, the Engineer having laid his trains of powder to perfect his work, and both these princes, as it were in the midst of the trains of powder, a careless fellow running too and fro with a lighted match in his hand, there unfortunately and unluckeyly fell a spark of fire from the coal of the match, and happened amongst the train of powder, flashing up, fired the Prince's , burnt his band and his face, and hurt the Duke of York very shrewdly, in somuch that it is thought he will lose one of his eyes, to the great grief of his Majesty, the whole Court, and Country, and all good subjects that hears of it.   
FINIS.