Manchesters Ioy, FOR Derbies Overthrow, OR An exact Relation of a Famous victory obtained by the Manchester Forces, against the Lord STRANGE, earl of DERBY: At Warrington in Lancashire: where the said earl was beaten into a Steeple with the loss of many of his men.  
With a true Declaration of what ensued thereupon.  
Published to prevent mis-information.  
Printed for Bernard Hayward, april .15. 1643.   

Manchesters Ioy, FOR Derbies Overthrow, Being an exact Relation of a great victory obtained by the Manchesterians, against the earl of derby, &c.  
TIs not unknown to all the kingdom, that the Manchester men, since the beginning of these distractions, have behaved themselves like men, and to their lasting famed have expressed themselves worthy Champions for the gospel of light, loyal Subjects to his Majesty, in maintaining the laws of the kingdom, faithful servants to the Parliament, in defending their privileges, and worthy Heires of freedom, in seeking to preserve the Liberty of the Subjects of this Land.  
To give you a touch of some worthy exploits performed by them.  
First call to mind how long they were besieged by the Lord STRANGE, and how by their own valour( encouraged and enabled by God)& persuaded by the justice of their cause, they removed the siege, and forced the said Earl to fly, and leave his Trenches, with the loss of many men.  
Nor were they sattisfied with their own enlargement, but considering that God had not lent them power and ability to free and enlarge themselves, but that there was some other end in it, which consideration, produced a public consultation, that consultation converted to resolution, resolution prompted them to action, and such actions as were full of Honour, Religion, and Love, they made their freedom, the instrument to preserve those that were in danger of surprisal, and to redeem those that already were surprzed, and all their actions, as far as in them lay, tended to the security of the peace of that County, of which they were the least considerable part.  
First they endeavoured to disarm all Papists, and evil-affected persons, to the end that they might be disabled to disturb the peace of the said County, by rising themselves in rebellion against the King and Parliament, or by assisting the said Earl and his confederates, who were actual disturbers of the peace of that County.  
Second, they endeavoured to their utmost endeavours to expulse the said Earl and his Forces out of the said County, and to take from him all such towns, or places of any strength, which he had taken, and to preserve all such other places, as at the present he had not taken, to the end that they might be secured for the service of the King and Parliament.  
In this Service, they underwent many hot Skirmishes, in which( if famed speak truth) the said earl had no great cause to boast of his great victories, for had he not prevailed by his treacherous designs, more then by his martiall attempts, I believe he had been a strange Lord in those parts before this time.  
Yet notwithstanding he hath so long escaped that deserved judgement which dogs him at the heels, yet let him and his confederates know, that every minute the Score is enlarged, and the longer the time, the larger the reckoning, they that climb the mountain of iniquity, must come into the vale of repentance, blood must have blood, the persecutors on earth, shall be persecuted elsewhere, victory is not chained to his Sword, nor success to so bloody an abbettor of so base a cause,( as the advancement of ☞) that this is apparent, see the information which that County affords.  
It is informed, that after the Manchester-men had routted the town of Wiggen in the County of Lancaster, where there was quartered about fourteen hundred of the earl of Darbies Forces, that Town being the onely place of receipt for Papists Goods& treasure of papists, where they slay many, and took about eight hundred prisoners, and 5. hundred more quiter routed, and above one thousand Arms, besides Ordnance taken, and treasure, and Goods of papists, to the value of twenty thousand pounds.  
This victory being obtained without any considerable prejudice to the Manchesterians, in respect of the great victory obtained, they were so fleshed with this, that having rallied their disordered Troops, who were scattered about the Town to refresh themselves, being somewhat weary after so hot a Skirmish, they marched towards Warrington, a Town of great strength, where some writ, the Lord Strange was quartered where being arrived, they gave a sudden, and valiant onset, against the Town, which put the faid Earl and his Forces to such a non-plus, that Maugre their resistance, they were forced into the Church, to secure themselves where without all question the said earl is surprised, or slain, for there is in human reason, no possibility for him to escape but either he must yield upon quarter, or fight it out against such odds, as death inevitable must follow, from either of which proceeds the sudden peace of that County, and happily of the whole kingdom, he being one of the greatest incendiaries and disturbers of the peace thereof.  
FINIS.