BRAVE NEWES Of the taking of the City of Chitchester by the Parliaments Force, UNDER The Command of Sir William Waller, Upon Wednesday last, at 5. of the Clock, halfe an houre before it began to Raine;

WHEREIN The Bishop, some Lords, and about four­score Commanders are taken Prisoners.

And OF THE MAINTAINING OF Bradford in Yorkshire by 40. Musquetiers, against 1300. Cavaliers;

With the manner of the Fight, and how our men were Victors, To the praise of God.

London Printed for T. Underhill, at the Bible in Woodstreete, Decemb. 30. 1642.

YOur solicitousnesse for my welfare made me impatient till I had informed you of it: our safety is included in this townes prosperity, and this towne prospers wonderfully; our distracti­ons were marvelously quashed, Delin­quents apprehended, and towne with parish united, in a resolution to stand upon our guard, and the Lord hath prospered us: The last Lords day 13. Colours came against us, under the command of Col: Goring, Col: Evers a Papist, Sir William Savill, Sir Mar­mad: Langdale, and Sir John Gothricke, a Papist, &c. They appeared in Barker End about 9. a clocke, when we had not in towne above 40. Musquetiers; planted their Ordnance in William [Page]Cookes Barne, marched downe the Causey with their foote, whilest their horse coasted about the towne to hinder ayde from comming in, possest themselves of those houses under the Church, and from thence plaid hotly upon our Musquetiers in the Church till 11. a clock, about which time Halli­fax men, and other neigh bours came in to our help; the Fight before hot, was then hotter: our men impatient to be coopt up in the Church, rusht out, forced a passage into the foresaid hou­ses, and there our Club-man did good execution upon them: thereabouts the Fight continued till it was darke: many of theirs was slain, their best Ca­noneer, 6. Commanders, they ac­knowledge 4. one of them (whose bo­dy we have) is discovered to bee the Commander of the foot, and Artilery [Page]in this expedition, by a commission found in his pocket, many taken, a commander, for whom they sent their Trumpeter yesternight; they writ him a captain, he sayes he is a Serjeant Ma­jor; Ralph Atkison took him, got from him, 2. peeces, a Ring, and might have had more if hee would: besides taken 24. common soldiers, about 10. horses, much powder, many musquets, some got 2. some 3. few that ventured came empty; wounded there are more a­mongst them, Sir Jo: Gothricke, as their Trumpeter confesseth, and some say Capt. nevill: nor can I heare that a­bove 2. of our men perished by the e­nemy in the Fight; their Canons,One Ca­ptaine Bins is dead since up­on his wounds received at Brad­ford. one of which shoots a 9. pound ball, plaied all that time upon the towne, but hurt no man, praised be God, who hath de­livered those that were ordained to death, &c.

The Readers are desired by T. Underhill, Stationer, that if they meete with any ting in Print, either fai­ned, or scurrilous, with his name at them (as such things have beene done with his name at them, to his great wrong not to beleeve that they are Printed or published by him, or by his meanes, but by ungod­ly fellowes, who usurpe his name, to credit their lies.

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