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|DECLARAT10N|
I The Barbarous and Cruelll
^ praftifes committed by Prince |*
^ Robert^^thtGavsllkrs^and others in his Ma-
?3! jefties Army, from the time of the Kings
^ going froni his Parliament untill
^ this prefent day.
t§ Alfo the names and places of ail thofe whofc hou-
feshave bin plundred, and loft their lives and eftates,
compared with the bloudy cruelties oftheRebellsin
Ireland, whofe examples tkey follow and make ufc
of them as their Agents to a6t their
^ cruelties in England, ,
IT-I
♦g Together with the new Oaths, and blafphemous ^
Speeches they doe daily invent, and how Prince T^o- .
^ berts Capraines offer fumrres of money to thofe K"*
-ta that can ftudy new Execrations againft
^ the Round-heads.
.1^ ^
4^G Colletftcd by R. Andrev^es Chyrurgion, who is now ^ prifoncr amongft ^
dW tlic Cavailicrs, and was taken at Kyncon bat:cll.
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Printed at London for I;r. Cenle, 1642, " b! *
A per fed Declaration of the barbarous and cruell
pradiics committed by prince R</kertj the CavaJIiers^
and others in his Majefties Army, &c,
j^Oc to paralell. the prclGnt diflraAions of England with the
VV arrs of Germany, which were ncxiifparity ,I liiall oncly ap-
lymy fclfe to let torch the truth ©f fuch caniagcs that have
I happened iincc the beginning of thefc prclcnt warrcs by rtafoa
of the cruelty and iulblency of the Cayallicrs that arc in his
i V ajcffics Army,and becaufc I lore not to naukiply diicourfe
! or rofrcnd time in relating thofc things which are not fo per-
tincntto my pfcfcBt purpolc, I will not ftand to particularize
the fiivc promifcs aiid pretences wherewith thofc that have bin chiefly intrufted by
his Majcky have deluded and deceived the people, nor the trarterous praAifcs of
thoTe that have pretended good to the King and Country, as that of Coloncll G^rtn^
^traying the T own of Portfmouch, under the fpecious viaaid of (brae fpcciall feryice
to 1m done for the King and ParliimenC;but to give a true relation of tnofc bloudy jc
cruell pracftjfes that hive bin comnlitted by the Cayalliers, whofc wicked cntcrprifcs
have not onely purchafctl them hatred and difdainc in thofc places where ihcy have •<
b.in, but render them odious to the whole world.
I (hall begin with that barbarous and inhumane aft committed by the Cavallicrs-
at Leiceftcr, where after they had gotten entrance into the Townc, and falling oa
plundering and pillaging thereof and when there was no man oppofcd thcni they fee-
reed as fierce as Lions,and fwore damme me and finke me if \vc doc not kill ali the
Puritans and Round-heads in the townc. There was a good Religious honcft wo-
man named lane fVliite, that hearing them fo rotorioully to fweate and blafphcamc
began to reprove them for ic,cftcfing no manner ofrcfitiancc unto themiwh^eupon
one of this wicked rabble fhoc her with a biacc of'bullccs thorough the back and bel-
}y, upon which fhe immcdi.acly dyed; Hac being great wiih child and within three
wcckes ofthctiircofher delivery, and burnt many honcft mens houfes which did
I. fafc to make divifion, and to feparatc the King and the Parliament, and plundrcd
firf^/jvurd^Wf/hishoufein York-fhirc, and afterwards burnt it downc to the
ground, and tookc away all his Goods, killed one of his Servants, and violently u-
led others, and thclikc infolcncteshavc they committed by pillaging, burniag and
fpeyling in every Country where tlicy come, fctting on fire whole fields of Cornc
immcdiatly before Harveft : as at Bro»d-way, when fir William Walter was juft-
ly apprehended there by one Maftcr Steevens that was chicfe Conftable : When
the Cavallicrs came from Oxford they rcfcucd away the faid fir WtlUemt Waltery
and burnt the Cornc-ficldscf the faid Maftcr Steeveut, and attempted to fire his
HoufcSj and would mott cruelly have put him to death if they could have come at
~ himj.
him; an44nce they hare takeft the Taiil Mafter Stetvint piifoHcr, where bee is dci
taynci with hard and eruell ufagc And in Lciceftcr-fliif e and StafFord-ihirc tiiey
fpoyled his Majeftieagood fubjcc^s , and many were raurthcrcd and barbarouQy
ufcd, rariihing of women, and bloudily killing otlicrs, nor fparJEg thofe chat were
great with child, nor ptttying poore little infants ; nay fuch was tneir inhumarnty.
that at the late Battcll fought ncere Kynton, when they (aw they were not able to
rcrcngcthcir malice upon the Parliaments Army: they kit fighting with Souldicrs
and Qcd about the Country, killing of men women and children that were altogether
unable co defend thcmfclYCs, killing any living crcaonrc that they met with j for
they flew the very Doggs and all, and as if the moft cmcll and mercileflb of this
Nation could not inrciit cruelties anfwerablc to their bloudymmds : they doc en-
tcrtainc into their Army a great nunabcr of the Inlh Rcbeils, wliercof arc great
floic ofIrifli women, whkh pillage and rob m the Counutcs where foey come
work than the Souldicrs, and arc more cruel! and mcrcilcffc than they ; and at
chc Battcll at Kynton did not oncly get the beft pillage of the dead Corpes at die
cime when the bacccU was a fighting; but thofc chat they found wounded oi may.
racd that they were not able to get off from the place ( although other wife might
have tecorctcd ) they moft cruelly cue their throaies with great Knives wl^h
they carry for that purpofe, or clfc knocked out their btaincs with theii;
Pole-axes.
When the Caralliers were at Shrewsbury they plundrcd mofl of «hc honcft metis
houfes both in that Townc and Country adjacent, and teoke their Cattcll, and
did drive them to their quertets, aftd what they could not catc they drove to feme
other ^aces and these fold them, and when they had made a prey of all that they
could osccte wkh about Shrewsbury, they played the like prankcs at Bridg-north,
and dtha places thereabouts, and at their going away out of that Country, bcfidcs
what hurt they did at Kitternaafter and. Bcwdly, which bought their frcedomeat a
very dearc rate; they canied away with litem all the Butter, Chccfc, Bacon and
other prorifions they could find, which hath bred a great fcarcicy thereof.
From thcncc they wen: to a Town called Burttsegam in Warwkkfhirc , where
without any rcfpcfft of pcrfons they fell co phtudcr the vv hdc Town, and took all the
money, plate, and other things that were ofany value that they could findc,and not
being content therewith , they came to divcrle pcrlons of ability f v\hich by rcidon
ofthcir Icrrwatdneftc to givcthcni cntcitainmcnt, and fhcwing them fricndrnipy ex-
pe6led-other ufagc at their hands) and held their piftolscharged againll their breafts,
with many wicked imprications, that if they cotdcffcd not where the reft of their
monk was, they would fhoot them thorough ; by which means they got the whcle
■ wealth of that T own, and fpoiled their Utenltlls of hotiftiold- ftuffe and other things
Which they were not able to cary away with them, and lb left it in a mifttibk con-
ditiou : and yec their wicked dcfires to do mifchkf not being liiusfied, ibcy made an
attempt to fire the whole Townc; but byrcalonihat they were fuddaindy put to
■fljoht through kate of the Parliaments Forces which were marching atlcr them, they
went away uufatjsfkd in that particular.
A i
In York when they had continued long in that City, and exccedingly'lmpovrti-
ifhed the Inhabicants, taking all the provifton that was in the City, and drinking out
both bcerc and wine without giving any fatisfac^ion tgt the lame, at laft they tcl to
plundering and pillagin? the City, and-plundered a great part theteof, and nnprifo-
ned thole that withrtoocTthcm, thrcatniiig to kill divers oFthe rcftMiniftcis. Wbeu
they came to Banbury, although his Majcflie himfelfe gave his hand and Sealc to the
Major thjit no injury nor violence fliould be offered to that Town to any 0! his Sub-
jcfls, yet ftich was the barbarous carriage of the Cavalliers at that Town, that with-
outcharity or refpe^^l of the Kings honour, haying engaged his word to the contrary,
they pkincrcd the whole Towne, taking from thence not only money, plate, jewels,
and other things of good value which they found in their hou(cs,but took their Cat-
tell, horfc, (hecpe, $cc. and carryed them away, and alfo tookc away the cloath,and
other comraoditiet that were in Tradef-mcns fhops, to the ruinc and deftru6tion of
the Inhabitants,faying that the King doth not know the condition and ftatc ot Warj
and likcwfe have plundered the Lord Saj his houfe there, leaving nothing but the
walls, drove away his Cattcll, dcftrcyed his Dccrc, and fuch as tliey could not kill,
they plucked downe the pales to let thcin out : At Abington it was not fufficient to
plunder the Towne, after tlicy had gotten a great fum of contribution money,and to
leave the Inhabitants in as naked a condition as they did thofc at Banbury, but there
being an honcft man of good repute, fvilliam iVright ia the faid T ownc, that before
the Cavalliers came thiclrcr, gave counlcll and advice to the reft of the Inhabitants to
ftand upon their guard, and oppofc them, and thereby to kcepc thefiiid Towne from
violence and oppvcflion : And that the Ammunition that was in that Towne might
be fecured out oftheir hands, that fo it might not be employed agaiaft the Parlia-
mem. By thcfpcciall command of Prince .Stf^mthls pcrfonwas condemned by
martiall Law, and hanged up at his own doore; But the necrer their approach is to-
wards London, the more fad dcmonftr,ations wc fhall 6nde concerning this fubjcff.
Then they began to burnehoufes, the pillaging.of goods will not fuffce, nor the
like enormities w'hich before is related, buttlic violating of all lawcs both huraane
and divine,
T wo Gentlemen ofgood repute being travelling from London into the Countrey,
were taken in dicir way at Hounfloc at the hgnc of the Kathcrn-wheel by the Ca-
vallierSjwho had been forraging up and down dicCountrey to fee what booty and
pillage they could get, who violently broke into the chamber where they were, and
when they had taken them prifoners they hafled into the ftable and fcized on their
hotfe* and forced thefeOcntlc-mcn to ride behind two of them to Eggham, and
theic they fbi.n-d Piince Robert^ who had made a Vow, never to vndreflc nor fbifc
hiuifelfe till he had brought King Charles to whitc-hallj and being examined by him
it was laid to one of thefe Gcndc-mcns charge tliat his wife was a Round-bead,and
it they had her there prcfent, they did fwearc they would hang her, and it was aU
Icadged againft the other that he was a Preacher in a tub, but nothing bckig proved
they were carried to the Court of Guard, and a Capuinc tluit was a French man
had the charge over them, who fct them in fuch a iiiioky chimney,,that they were al-
moft
moft quite cWkcd, yet they dueft not ftirfor a flrong guard was fctovcr them
which threatncd, and fworc (^od dnmrce them^ they would pirtollthem,
And that night Prince Robert being to march to Hounfloe, thcfe Gentlemen (ra-
thcr out of their cruelty, or to make them merry then other wife) were n^adctneit
condudls, and following them with piftols, they fwore that if they led them but a
yard ciit of the way they immediately would flioot them. And they were n«t fuf-
fcred to cate or drinkc one drop, though they offered to pay for it,and were ready to
ftarvc for cold & hunger,but were purTiied with reproachfull words,as lead on, lead
on, you Parliament dogs, we will hang you in chaincs, as we did your friend 'RUgue
and ftich other Round-headed ralcalls, we will piftoll you, &c. and were driven orr
with-'many other priftsncrs, being coupled with cords two and two together.
The 28. day ©fthis month was apprehended a Genthman clothed in very
good habit, and hanged in a with upon a Tree, for faying he wats for the King
and Parliament, and for fpcaking in honour of the Parliament ; and no man ■
foffered tocutthim downcor cover his faceuntill he had been m^dea pnb-
liqucfpcdaeljcto the whole Army. At a town? called Idle-worth theCavalli'
crs foakc another honed Rclrgicus man. ctslled go®d man who btcatife
he ftid he was for the King and'Parliament, they laoft inhumanly did- cdttof
4iisEarcs and gavehiinbcfidcs thirty woundcs ifthislxxly, and not being fcdn-
tent with this Butchery they threw him after wards onthfe Dtinghilh with
this moll unchriftianfcoffe, Lttthtdoigshcke himvchole. Thcytookc another
inthclametowrie who flying from their fury got info a houfc, and having bar-
red fall the gate, hisiwifc comming be Was cnfdhc^d to c^eri if for her; and the
Cavaliicrs tuiihin^iviolcntly in after her faftnei a eoatd Open hisf«Atahd drag-
gcd him about fho ftr€ctcs,and being weary of their ownc cruelty: they faid
why fhould we weary our fclvcs any ior^gcr with this Parlia^it dog j and fo
.difchargcd three piflollsat him,and fo cafed him of his totmcni^, and his life
together. ■ ' — <
Whcnthe Cavallicrsdamc to Brainford abbiif five'thou^nd of them, with
many pccces of Ordnance fell upon Colloncll his Regiment j being all
that were quartred at that townc, who fought very couragioufly before they
would yeclfi to their mercilcfle crnelty, infomvsch that the Cavalliers faid
that they were cither Saints or Divills; for if they could havtfdonc cxcccuticn
upon sny thinganfwcrablc the gtcat vollfes cf fliotfc thty bellowed upch
they had quickly killed every man of them in the place, but after marly hourcs
fight having taken many of thrm pri^bhcrs they put them in a pound and pin-
.niored them together'being ftrrpt to their Ihiris and without ftockings or
fhoocsiand thenextday drove them likcfljcep. dPhippifigthcm like dogs to
Hounfloe over furrs and bullies , which was more tormcm than of death it
felfc..And foma i^CoHonell HeUif his Souldiers fled itito the Thames' for
fafuy,where tba'Gavallicrs fticft at them till tbcy were drowned,amdngft
which was one Capfaioe Lficy a^ouc and Uallknt man, they too^ke fivdbfihe
Earl of il/eA-his Souldiersprilbhcrc, ani- tyc'd their hands aad-fi>rc«d them
A 3 into
latoihc RivCT, «ni a Trooper rod into the firatdt tftcr thcia and forced theini:
imo the dcp:h, where they were drowned.
And when the fight b«g»n at Brainford they pUccd ten of the Earl of Effix
bis SoaWicrs whem chey bad formerly tak cn prifoncrs at Kynton pinioned
in thefront ofthcirmcnat a brcaft-workc to receive the ballets that came
from ColloncllHfl//*/his Regitncnc; but fuch was the providence of God,
that none of them were hurt though ftiot through the cloatbcs in many places;
when they had poffcffcd themfclves of the towne, firll they dranke and waficd
the Beerc and wine in the fcverall Innes and other pliccs> and that which they
could not drinke they let it out upon the ground.
They likcwife piftolled to death ono Fr^ncu who lived at Vxbtidg«,bccau&
fac (aid he was for the King and Patliamcnc; juil a s ho came out of his Innc cv
ding home to his wife and children.
Bnc one of the mod inhumane adions that they did at Brainford was the pil<*
laging of one Mr. Pierce a Bcewcr, who not only tookc away all bis bccreand
his cheife brewer > but ten or twelve ilout hories, and not being contented
therewith they came into his faoufe, and drove his wife forth thereof into
thehigh way>ihe being in her fmock wick her child in her armeS) though (he
hadlaincin but a week, who fiiddenlydycd after it; and bad like to have
fired his houfe > fuck was their ctueltle and inhumane adions at this poors
Towne.
Alfo his next neighbour one Mafiec Jwitlr a fcrvanttotheKing, being one
of his gutrd, and well knowne to fome of them, lad much a doe to prcferve
his houfe from pillaging, his life and his wives from pihoif^, and his houfe
from firing ; for they ibotdivers times at it, but yet mift h, thanks be given
to God ; And at their Bying away froia thence they cooke from the inhabi-
tanrs their mor>ey,Linren, wqllen, bedding,wcating, apparTelI,hotrcs,cowcs»
IwinCjbcnni, 8cc«and all manner of vi(3ualls. alfo Pewter,bra(rc;Iron-pots and
kdttclls, and all manner ©f grocery, chanlery, and appothccary ware, and
many of the feather beds which they, could noL bears away, they cut the tikes
infopcflces and fcattcrcd the feathers in the fields and ftrccts. And to be feort,
they made fpoile and hovocke of all things that were worth any thing fa
the fownc ; fparing neither rich nor poore, but either fpoilcd or carried
with them, tllthings from the coftlicftjcwclls , tpparrdl and hangings of
inanyGentle men ofgrcat qualHty,evcn to the poore almf-womcn,and the poor
Ijcggars, that begs at the towncs end. And whctt they hadufcd the towne in
•this manner, they defaced thshoufes and fct one of fire, of purpofe to have
burnt dowrtc the (aid towne, though afterwards it was happily qecncbcdby
an (nhaibkant. r
Nay their infolcncy and cruelty appeared yet greater for they fee djuvrnc
fwords and PiftoUs 'cockt to men and womcns breafts; tbrcatning them with
death, if they brought not out all thejr money , ind that they would cut of
their nqfc^tnd pluck out their eyes, calling them Pariumicntdogs, ®.ouDd-
headed
h«adcd R<^w, buttiag^Uming, and wounding them, tyi*>gothflts with roprs
and irons.'and being ftript to the ("hirts, were carried away prifoners; and>«
one was leading to -vards OatUnd being very thrifty, he ftooped to take a liuc
water in his hat to drinkc, they moft cruelly beate him and bruifed him, for
offering to doc ir. When they came to Kingfton, tbcy ofcd the like violence to
cfa*'-towne, .as they did to Bcainford, except to fomc few that were of tl>e
Malignant party, and therein they fhewed more humanity at this townc,
then I have heard of before or fincc, for at other places tbcy ar.adcrjo dcfliu-
ftionofany.
Ycc fuch is the hcathenifh haBbaroufscfle of this accurfed gcncrfttion, th st f caRnot
without feme prejudice to my precedent dhcourfe, and likewiic injury to the- indtfPe-
rent Reader ccaicludc this Tragicaii flory without fpeaking a word & no more con-
cctning thefcunhumanc creatures, whole praCfKe is far worfe tbca the hcathenifh
Turkcsor Caniballs, for they arc not contented with the excicifc of ail the bloody
cruelty that all the malice inihc world if it were contraifed within the breafts of'
thefe furies of hell, could dcvilc in murthcring and moft cruelly haiidbng men •wo-
men, litde Infants, &c. but that the generation to come, rniohr luve every way caule
to curie them, they endeavour touftier mto this Kingdome the raitcrablc-calamity of
famine, for they now begin daily tabaruc Iwmfcs, fire Towns and Villages, deltroy
the Cornc, both in the field and in the barne, cut dow^e and deftroy xhc woods,
and plants which thecarth is bringing forth, drive away all m tnnci: of Cattell, both-
cfHorfe, Oxen, Sheep, and other Cattell, making no diflinftion of fat or Icanc bar-
rcn, or thole that are great with young, but drive them all away that they light oii>
both outof Bucking-thire, Bark-fhirc, and a great pare of Oxford-fhirc, and othcir
places, cajriy ifig them into fijch Towns where the)rarc quartered, and thofc thatthcy
cannot catc, they kill and deftroy, and caft into the dirt or to the dogs.
Thefe are thofc curfcdwhich do not only difhonour and abufc God his
Annoynted by their oaths and blalphcmies, &wouId if it were polTible pull God out
of heaven, for they make it a common laying amongft them, wtU drinke tind b»
drnnkt, ^hore, A»d be dAm^ed, And ivtil net be bele^lding t* G«d tt fave as ; And
thjtt thej had rather be in hell with their Ctntrades, then in heaven with the Romd-
heads : And they have fuch new invented oatlis.impvications, and healths, fo full of
wickedncfTc and blafpbcmy, that the like were never heard of before amongft cither
Turkes or Pagans, for it isufiiall amongft them to fay : The Divell that made ut
damme set, and damme mee,and ram me into the mouth of a Canon, and fhoptc me wtte
mtles into hell, ^c. They make proclamations amongfi thcmfclves, that if any Gen-
tlcman or fouldier that can invent ncwraths to damme & deftroy Pjm and his Ad-
hcrcnts, i^all have 1 oo. 1. for fo doing. They drmka health to Km^ Charls,;« whom
thej Itve, move, and have our btivg. And although their being is in him that is but a
niorail man, they at another ti ne will wifh him without being, in whemthcy fay
their being confifts, for when they were upon their hot mardb toward London,in the
expcftationof she fruition of plcntifull and rich trcafurc.'whcrc they placed their /hnw-
WHM bonam '. His Majcftic flccping lomething long one raQyning, 'vs hjch hindered
dieni
f't/l.. 0
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them of aft houres march, they wifhed that hce might flcepe x whole fortnight toge-
ther,that they might the more eagerly purfuc their bloody intentions,and drunk healths
to his confufion, and the confifion of our Saviour Chrift hitnielfe, and his Goipell, if
his Majclly concluded of a Peace without their confcnt or privity.
They likcsvilc drunke tlie deftruftion and confufion of thcfe worthy Gentlemen,
who ftand up f«r the King and Country; calling them Tray tors, rowing to b«
avenged cfpccially of them, and of the City of London, me County of Eflc:^
and alio of Kent as namely,
The Lord iCimbolton kow E^rU ef Mawhejhert
S/r Arthur Haflirig.
Afafter Dcnzcll Hollis.
ALafitr lohn Pym,
Stroud.
Mafier lolm Hampden.
^jr lohn Hocham.
The Earle o/Eflcr. H j
The Earle of
Ih^cVzmnotonLord Major ef London,
Serjeant Major Skippon,
Celone/lIohnVcn.
Shertffe Fouke.
Celoned Manwayring.
Therefore what outragesaiad cruelties will not thefc Softftescf Belial commit a«
gainrt the Creature, fecTng^li that they can invent will not iatisfie their malice, but
as much as in them lyes, doc abufc the Creator andthefacrcd pcrfon of our Saviour
Ghrift himidfe.
Here would I fainc make ari end ,for as the conlMcration of thcfe inha-
inanities and barbarous crueltica cannot bat pirce the hardcft heart that hath
any love or te^ard to hfs native coantry, for it makes my pen weary in wri-
ting thc^-fid and pcnfivc lyncs, to thinke that fuch horrid wicked prafticci
fiiouldbeaded inthisUtfd-rand^our ownenation, which was firft hatched
in hell, and by the working of the divill; were afterwards pradifed in Ire,
land amongftthcltciaiiiff, andiftoth thcnca by thccKBiplcofthofcRebclls
together with their aydf j^ttfliftancc iasow daal|ridi^in England,
F19^IS,