A LETTER FROM 

The Earl of NORWICH,  
The Lord CAPEL.  
AND Sir CHARLES LUCAS,   TO The Lord General FAIRFAX; And his Answer thereunto.  
ALSO, A sally forth upon the Lord Fairfax his Forces on Friday last, and Propositions for making addresses to the Prince.  
WITH A great Fight in the County of Hereford, between Sir Henry Lingen, and Major Harley. Another Fight in the North between Lieu. Gen. Cromwell and the Scots, and Major Gen. Lambert's Speech at the head of his Army.  
Printed at London by B. A. Anno Dom. 1648.   

NEWS From the NORTH  
SIR,  
WE are here in continual fears of the Scots Army, not only from the present sufferings of our Neighbour Counties who have most grievously tasted of their cruelties, but because we hear they have many friends in parts more remote, and unto them we shall only say this (for a charitable construction is best) that had we not by the relation of our fathers and our present and pastime sufferings palpably felt that which is like to ring in the ears more and more every day of the whole Kingdom we might have been deluded in the like manner, as others spetious pretences & colourable excuses oftentimes avail much with those which are not acquainted with the manners of the people which may be rendered as one reason why those that inhabit in the South of England have generally been observed to hold a better opinion, of that nation, than those which live in the North (this in the time of peace) now we are come to dispute it with the sword. It is not necessary for us to remember the service they did heretofore in reducing Newcastle or mentioning their josse at the siege at Hereford; for their Army was since new modelled and but few that were in those services, are now in England, or under the same conduct; we thought we understood the cause of their coming in then, and conceived they would never have broken amity, with the Parliament of England, neither would they if the advice of the Kirk had been taken (and in that the Clergy of that Kingdom deserve double praise for whereas it hath been the General speech abroad of late years, that the Clergy whereas forward if not more, than others in abetting of a War) the Clergy of Scotland are of a contrary judgement, and for that the coming of that Army into this Kingdom was against their consents they have excommunicated most of the chief Officers and others that were the occasion of their coming in by which if they persist, it seems that censure is much slighted; for in ancient times men were of opinion, if history may be credited, that if they lay under the censure of excommunication they thought their corn would not grow, or if it did, it would not be well inned, and if it come into the barn, some causualty would fall upon it before it came to be made use of, but I shall leave this discourse and proceed to that which is more pertinent by way of the intelligence concerning our present affairs the conjuncture of Major General Cromwell and Lieutenant General Cromwell was not without great exclamation, Scarborough is well blocked up and no shipping suffered to come thither by Sea, and no coming in of any supplies that way, which is the more care taken of, for that we hear that the Prince hath a fleet at Sea, and hath attempted to have men at some other places of this Kingdom, and this place is the better secured against that danger, for that the harbour but little above 30 miles from York, and is an inroad into the heart of that County, it was hardly believed that Lieutenant General Cromwell would have appeared so soon in these parts, the expediting of his work in Wales was very seasonable, some of the Scots confess that their march into this Kingdom was hastened by intelligence was brought them of the rising of a party under the Earl of Holland in England, the discipating of which hath been very small discouragement to them, but now they are here, they play swoop stake, and what will not make money, or be for present use, if valuable, they seize for redemption as they have done the sons and young daughters of divers Country Gentlemen and Yeomen, if men say they are for the King hoping to far the better, they call them Cavaliers and took all under that notion, if they say they have taken the Covenant; they say they are against the King and must take what follows if they say they have not taken the Covenant they are used a like, which the Country's adjacent, through which they have not yet marched are so sensible of, that they come in a pace to the Major General, and Lieutenant General Cromwell and were but moneys procured for buying necessaries and food, for breadcorn, is very dear, we hope to prevent the further march of the Scots Southwards, the taking of the Town of Pomfract was a very corsiderable service performed by Lieut. General Cromwel's, about forty men were killed and the Enemy driven into the Castle and close begirt there where we hope a small number of the new raised men will keep them, and the old Soldiers keep in a body in the field, the Lieut. Gen. was with Maj. Gen. Lambert at Leeds the 12 instant, and some of their forces had a Randezvouze about three miles off, when the two Brigards met the Major General with the Lieut. Gen shown themselves at the head of each Regiment and the Maj. Gen. as well by way of entertainment as favourable reception made a speech Declaratory to the same effect as also by way of encouragement to the soldiers which was recented with great applause echoing a forwardness in the service.  
The Scots advance not, as if they intended to relieve Colchester, neither can they, for the Maj. Gen. hath made good the passes about which there hath been some dispute, when the forces for the Parliament in these parts and others expected are drawn into entire body which is hoped to be done in few days you are like to hear of further actions till, when I rest,  
York August the 14 Your humble servant.   

Westminster, 19 August 1648.  
Letters from the Leaguer before Colchester say, that the Earl of Norwich, Lord Capel. Sir Charles Lucas, and the rest of the Officers in the Town, sent a letter to the Lord Fai●fax wherein they desire 20 days leave to address themselves to the Prince, and if things go not suitable to their desires, than etc. This Letter was received by the General, and answer was returned by a Trumpeter, though not according to the expectation of the besieged. Hunger bites those in the town, and their desires not being granted, if the old proverb be true, that hunger breaks stone walls, some are of opinion, that men of that desperate condition will endeavour to break the line once again, before they submit, but more danger is in attempting a quick line (to hold out the proverb) than a dead wall; for the General hath fitted all things for a storm if occasion be, and is every minute so well provided to receive the Enemy if they sally forth that if the distressed condition of the besieged should put them upon any desperate design is more probable they will be accessary to hasten their utter destruction then that that any of them should deliver themselves by an escape.  
Letters out of Hereford-shire, say, that there was a late fight between a party of horse for the Parliament commanded by Maj. Harley and a party for the King commanded by Sir Henry Linging, in which its said Sir Henry Linging had the better at the first but Maj. Harley having a reserve charged with great gallantry, rescued some prisoners, took many other of the adverse party, and divers Officers; amongst whom it is said Sir Henry Lingen himself is one, but receiving this only upon report I shall leave the certainty to further relations, Col: Stepkins which have betrayed a Garrison against the Parliament in Staffordshire betook himself to a house of defence and having g●tten men to his assistance the Governor of Stafford came against them brought a deny Culverin with him began a battery took the house by storm, Stepkins finding an entrance made, betook himself with some few men into a Tower belonging to the said house, fought it out to the last, and himself died in the assault.   
FINIS.