The Welsh-mans' public and hearty Sorrow and Recantation, That ever her took up Arms against her could Parliament, declaring to all the world how her hath been abused by fair words and flatter, telling what booties and honours her should get if her would but help to conduct her King to her crete Council the Parliament. Also her new Oath and Protestation never to bear Arms against he could Parliament any more. By Shone up Morgan Shentileman. Feb" 25 Printed and published for the use and benefit of all her loving Countrymen in her Kingdom and principality of Wales, 1647. The Welsh-mans' public and hearty sorrow and Recantation, that ever her took up Arms against her could Parliament. MAy it please all and every one that shall cast her could and favourable eyes upon this sheets of papers, to know and believe that all her Countrymen of Wales by whatsoever appellations they be called, are wonderful sorry for her late temerities and rashness, whereunto the Tivell owing her a spite led her blindfold, for her do with tears overflowing her cheeks, and drowning her hearts inward and outward acknowledge and confess, (which her will not do at a Sessions, for fear of hanging) that her was very strangely deceived by politic jeers, flatteries, and temptations, to make walks and preambulations out of her Countries of Wales, to kill and fight with her know not whom, and her have cursed herself many days together in Welsh for being such simple puppies, to be carried away by witchcrafts as her thinks, and as it will appear in her lamentable and pitiful recantations, which her do now intent to make out of the coodnesse of her Prittish blood, and valiant disposition a great while ago, her was persuaded to put on her Arms, and to march with crete courage and magnanimesties upon crete business, and matters of high and generous consequences as are conceived to condust and bring her could and gracious King to her Parliament, and that his person might be secured from all indignities and injuries, for which her will spend her best blood in her pellies, her being true Britain and love her King and Prince with all integrities, and all her hearts, but after her had consented to go in warlike fashions, her was led away in a fool's paradizes, to fall by the swords of her enemies, and to make her appearances in Kenton, Naseby, and many other Battles, where there was nothing but killing and slaying of all persons, without respect of degrees and petidegrees, and ancient Gentlemen and Lords were in as much pericles and dangers as her poorest Countrymen; Lord bless us, Guns went of like a clutter of hail stumbling down from her old Regiments in Wales, when her cousin Boreas swaggers and domineers on her Mountains, and was crete deluges and overflowings of blood which was spilt, to make the ground blush for inhumanities' and merciless cruelty, and bullets flew about her ears as commonly as if her should have told her some tale, and bid her beware, but her could not take heed of her coming, but those round pellets hit her in invisible miraculous manners her know not how, but her Countrymen was killed and slain, and died like rotten Muttons, before her could make her Inventories and Wills to aule her loving cousins, her was stroke dead without giving her leave to sand commendations of herself and her valour to her Countrymen: and Saint Winifred's Well could not flow in greater big streams than her saw blood run in streams mingled with vulgars' and Shentlemens' blood, her could not know her consanguinity nor her Cousin, gentle blood, but was all running out of her veins and pellies, her cannot make terrible descriptions of awl those cruel fights, and horrible battles, which her was spectators and beholders of, but her can tell, that her was never put into such astonishments, and amazements in all her days, for her cannot with all her fancies and imaginations set out her pictures, and deadly representations of this hot skirmish, her know not about what, but mere piples, and papiles, and words, such as her never knew about Pregorgatives, and Commissions of Array, her do not know, but her was ready in her breeches to bewray herself, and sometimes for very fears and affrights it run down her heels, as if it had been threepenny new ale, such a work it did make, and that without authorities, but upon plain necessities and fears and frights, but her is now in all humility and submission ready and desirous to crave pardon for her following and obeying the Commission of Array; her thought like the poor dog, that her was going to a break fast, when her was going to hanging, her thought to have marched out of her Country, only to bring her King and Parliament to meet lovingly, but by the way, many thousand tivels met us, and spit fire against us, and sent us such hot answers, as bounce bounce, that her was almost deaf, and was lamed in all her senses, so that her thought her should never hear her Welsh harps more melodiously playing: and besides the sin oak of Gunpowder spoiled her stomach, that her did wish her had been toasting cheese by the fireside in her own Country, there her could fight at country Machets, and crack her Cousins crown, and he took it for good payment for a Welsh Runt: But here at Keinton, Naseby, and Newberry, our crowns were cracked, and yet they would not be content, but we must pay our dear lives, and keep us from running home to Wales, though our legs was as could an better than their hearts. Her was truly conformed before her went out of her Country, that her should get honour and crete store of pillage, and could pay for her labour, by God's plutra nails, her had such could pay, that her desire never to be so paid again, the Red-coats did so pay her, that her was feign to run from her pay, mark her that now, her could have found better occupying at home, and better payment made there, than her did at this Keinton, Newberry, and other battles, for her lost one arm, and almost one leg, insomuch, that her shall never deal truly, nor go uprightly with her best friends,; Yet her do much thank her Fates in that her hath but one hand, for now her can pilfer and steal but half so much with one, as her could before with two, and so her should not be hanged so soon as her should, if her had two hands. Her was likewise drilled to Coventry, and it was told her that it was a very rich Town, and could store of pillage was therein, and that her should have fine shortss and fine sheets, her must confess that put her into some heart to get some shirts, for her had never an one of her back, but a couple of nimbed napkins tacked together, and so put upon her shoulders, and with never a sleeve, and those her wore 4. months, insomuch that her had near threescore and two Moabites about her, besides Nitites and Jebusites, which leapt like our Welsh goat over the pales and over the mountains, when we hunt her for venison. And some of them were grown grey with old age, others with a long read list down their backs, others black all over, as nimble as a spirit, but the devilish backbiter of all the rest was the grey Moabite; ten thousand civels take 'em. And for her running away, her think is very could wisdoms, for her do remember her Welsh proverb, de huma comr a● bo in daneth whee, that is, one pair of legs is worth two pair of hands: yet her can shustifie that her Countrymen did not face about and run away the first, but did stoutly stand to it, and for her part, her did but wink twice in shooting thrice her gun of with a pellet in it, but her was in such a sweat with it, as if it had been St. Taffies day when all her cheeses are set to the fire to roast for joy. And her tell her that for her own credit, that it was the Englishman that first run away, and it doth much rejoice her heart to hear, that not only some of her Countrymen run away, but that divers English Captains not being content to run away on foot, but road away like Cowards upon their horse backs, and with the Parliaments money also, bidding their soldier's shift for themselves, for they were all lost men. Nay her do caknow them very well, there was one Captain Ramsey and Captain Frith, and that stout pot Captain Sir Faithful Fortescue, which her will rather call Faithless Fortescue, who durst not come up to her enemy's face, but winked and shot of his pistol in the ground, and run away without her word of command, and another Hobhardy Captain cal●ed Richard Parker, who looks like bul-beef, and would have frighted her with her looks, her do warrant her, but he like a ●●oward run away, and did not like an honest man go throughstitch with his work such a rascal would be hanged if her was in our Country, yet her would not have him hanged, for that would spoil his whistling, for if all runaway should be hanged, what would become of her none self: But her would have him marked for a white-livered slave, and where her had a horse of 12, l. price, her should have one of 12. s. the next time, and her Lord General should serve the soldiers as her cousin julius Caesar did when her first entered England, brought all his men in ships, and when he had landed them, commanded the ships to be sent home again, so that they had no hope left of running away, but to stand to it, and fight like men, or dye like cowards; So her would have her Parliament let none of her Captains have horses above 10. s. price, that if they offer to fly or run away, they may soon be overtaken, and punished, or so branded that they may be taken notice of for fugitives: for her own part (alas poor Taffie) all that her could get for guarding up her King to the Parliament was the loss of one of her arms, and almost one of her legs, the Tivell take her Commission of Array, and her also, if ever her fight again for the Array, for it made her in a woeful case, I would I had her stones between her anvil at home, that first invented or found out the Commission of Array, but will conclude, as her cousin Sir Francis jones did upon the Session's house bench when her cousin was condemned to be hanged, he starting up hearing her Countryman cry for mercy, said it is well you scape so too, so say I, it is well I scaped so too, and so her will march home to her own Country, and make some new Almanacs and Prognostications from year to year hereafter. The Welsh-mans' new Oath. IN considerations therefore of the premizes most bloody and cruel, beyond all comparisons and stories of all ancient fights, we the old Britain's do here, from the bottom and top of our hearts, which do trouble her yet to think on that battle, do here promise' and take an hundred oaths upon Books, that we will never hereafter be so mad as to go a gathering of wool, or wealth, or moneys, upon the ways of pillaging and plundering, and getting good estates, and apparel, by the Commission of Array, her will rather go in her country habit, rather than to venture for the could apparel and get nothing but knocks, nay and lose her life, and march , against her could friends, the Parliaments forces, and her desire tat te Parliament would not take their forwardness to assist these Commissioners of Array and her King, as a contempt against all her honours and urships, for her will hung herself, if ever her be seduced and led away to look our Army in the face again, or to fall to blows i● open field, where her blood was like to have been shed, ha● not her being wiser than the rest, run away, and so having escaped with her life, and made this Recantation, and doth desire▪ all the worships of the Parliament, to pardon her crete temerity, and errors in standing for the Commission of Array and her King, her do vow and make Protestation, that hereafter her will be wise and discreet in the effusion of her true prittish blood and will upon all occasions handle her arms and legs in defending the Protestant Religion, be they what they will and her King, Parliament, and Country, this is her true Resolution and Recantation, and hearty sorry that ever her took up Arms against her could Parliament of England. FINIS.