UPon the eight and twentieth day of September, when the honou­rable Houses of Parliament were assembled, they received information by Letters from the Earle of Warwick, which was to this effect: That being resident with his charge in the Navie, wherewith he was intrusted by the Par­liament, for the security and peace of the Kingdome, he discovered two ships a­farre [Page 2]off, which were coming towards the coast of England from Denmark, full fraught, and when they perceived themselves to be discovered by the Eng­lish Fleet, which drew somewhat nigh to them, and seeing it were in vaine to think to save themselves by flight, and that they were no way able to defend themselves if they should run the haz­zard of an encounter with the English Fleet, without any opposition or resi­stance they suffered themselves to bee boarded by the Earle of Warwick, who found them to be laden with good store of ammunition and money, which mounted to the value of an hundred thousand pound, he seized upon them and their treasure, that they might not be imployed against the Parliament, and hath sent them guarded wi h two other of his ships up to London for the service of the King and Parliament.

Notwithstanding these and other the like meanes of assistance used for the up­holding and maintaining of the malig­nant [Page 3]and ill-affected party of the King­dome against the Parliament, yet have we no cause of discouragement, because of the neere union between the two na­tions of England and Scotland, from whom (upon Friday last) Letters were read in the House of Commons, dire­cted to the Lords and Commons now assembled in the high Court of Parlia­ment of England, in manner of a Re­monstrance, wherein they did declare the sense that they have of the great di­stractions and distempers of this King­dome, tending to the subversion of the long established government thereof, and the confusion of the whole State, and in the end would prove the distru­ction of that their Kingdome of Scot­land; and therefore the Lords and Commons of that Kingdome are resol­ved to present a Petition to His Majesty, with such reasons as they conceive may move him to an accommodation of peace & agreement with both his Hou­ses of Parliament; but if the same should [Page 4]be rejected, they are resolved to assist the Parliament with force of armes, to de­fend their just cause, and to bring all de­linquents and incendiaries that have di­sturbed the peace of the Kingdome, and caused these troubles, to condigne pu­nishment, which the House with great joy and much thankfulnesse accepted of.

On the 22. of September the great Rebel Oneal came before Munster with neer 15000. men, threatning ruine and destruction to all that should any way resist them, pretending withall, that he had the Kings authority for what he did: but I conceive that is but a coun­terfeit shew and false pretence, where­with he beguiled the ignorant Irish, ta­king example, as I conceive, of the ma­lignants of your Kingdome, who co­lour all their vvicked and malicious de­signes under a pretence of standing for His Majesty, and the defence of the true Protestant Religion, when indeed their ends are like his, tending to nothing but ruine. But we, being acquainted with [Page 5]his trecherous actions, and knowing that our chief security consisted in Gods protection and our own timely preven­tion, gathered our selves together under the command of our Vice-President: and though we were but a small num­ber in comparison of his forces, yet be­ing put into a martial equipage, we fron­ted boldly, without demanding the cause of his present arrivall.

This sudden and unexpected charge proved very advantagious to us, and dis­advantagious to them: for instead of making good their ground, they lost their order, which by the continuall motion and striving of the grosse body, was rather more disordered, then any way recovered, by which meanes our men did very great execution upon the army of the Rebels, routing of their maine Batalia. To be short, we slew a­bove 700. Rebels, and lost not above 25.

On the first of October the Parlia­ment received Letters from the Earle of Bedford, informing them that the Mar­quesse [Page 6]of Hartford, the Lord Pawlet, and the rest of that company, except Sir Ralph Hopton vvhich is departed from them, and escaped privately (as it is thought) backe againe into Somerset­shire, vvere closely follovved by the said Earle to Minyard, vvhere hee finding of some small Coale-ships, notvvithstand­ing the Earle of Bedford having used all possible meanes to prevent his passage over Severne, he vvas gotten over the ri­ver, and is escaped into Wales, but that the Earle of Bedford in his pursuit after them, had taken M. Pallart, Sir Henry Berkley, and two of his brothers, Sir Charles and Sir John Berkley, which the said Earle is sending up to the Parli­ament. The Earle is now disarming of the Papists and Malignant Party of that County, and placing sufficient Garri­sons for the preservation of the peace of that County.