A true copie of a letter sent from Mr VVilliam Bulwarke, a grand recusant in his Maiesties Army, to a friend of his, one Mr. Iohn Greenall in Drury Lane Which letter on the 16. of this moneth of November was intercepted, and in which is manifestly expressed the horrible designes of the Papists and cavaliers for the surprizing of the Citie of London, and the destruction of the Parliament. Bulwarke, William. 1642 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A77796 Wing B5459 Thomason 669.f.6[92] ESTC R212547 99871154 99871154 160953

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A77796) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160953) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f6[92]) A true copie of a letter sent from Mr VVilliam Bulwarke, a grand recusant in his Maiesties Army, to a friend of his, one Mr. Iohn Greenall in Drury Lane Which letter on the 16. of this moneth of November was intercepted, and in which is manifestly expressed the horrible designes of the Papists and cavaliers for the surprizing of the Citie of London, and the destruction of the Parliament. Bulwarke, William. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for Francis Wright, [London] : 1642. Place of publication from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "nouemb: 19:". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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A true Copie of a Letter ſent from Mr VVILLIAM BVLWARKE, a Grand Recuſant in his Maieſties Arms, to a friend of his, one Mr. Iohn Greenall in Drury Lane. Which letter on the 16. of this Moneth of November was intercepted, and in which is manifeſtly expreſſed the horrible deſignes of the Papiſts and Cavaliers for the ſurprizing of the Citie of London, and the deſtruction of the Parliament.

SIR, I had well hoped, there ſhould not have been any need of ſending any more letters to our friends in London, but in the ſtead of your enjoying me by paper, that wee ſhould have enjoyed one another in perſon, where our loves ſhould have feared neither interception nor ſuſpition; how ſoever I have ventured this laſt by the ſafeſt hand I could, and I hope it will arrive as ſafe as it is meant. What ſucceſſe our deſignes had on laſt Saturday, being the 12. of November, you well underſtand: all the hopes and promiſes from you, and the failings of them, we know not which way to impute either to your feare, or to the miſreport of what had happened in our Army. This for a certaine, that the Catholique cauſe could never find a better opportunity to advance it ſelfe, had you but the ſpirits to conceive it. The beſt Regiment that the Parliament had, and ſtouteſt, was that day ſorely diſtreſſed, they had fire and water enough; and from the fury of one element, they plunged themſelves into the mercy of the other. The other Regiments that came in to their reſcue, were quickly weary of their taske. In the mean time the City was in a tumult, their Generals diſtracted, their Forces ſcattered, neither could there have been a greater advantage, had we then but hands & hearts to follow it. This bearer can truly poſſeſſe you how ſenſible we are what a loſſe by your neglect, the Catholique cauſe then received. Let us underſtand by this bearer, the reaſon of it: and becauſe his memory is but weake, let us partake it in ſome letter. We are ſorry to underſtand of the Captivity of our friend who was taken at Mile-End, & do much lame at his • ni fortune, that ſo great a head ſhould be overtaken by ſo weak agents. Remember me kindly to your brother Nicol • s, & if no further good can be done with you, adviſe him to haſte to the army. Our army is not ſo weak either in number or in courage, as it is reported in the City, and ſome three hundred of the Parliaments Forces are reported this day to be united to ours. It is commonly reported, that all the vaults and cloſe wayes under ground, from S. Pauls unto Weſtminſter, are diſcovered unto the inhabitants, who have made it knowne unto the Parliament. I pray be carefull to ſend direct word of it: for upon that (as you ſufficiently know) the chiefeſt of our deſignes depend. Let me not faile to heare of you by the returne of honeſt Thomas: for though we are ſo neer unto intelligence, yet we heare nothing certaine, ſome affirming one thing, ſome another; and oftentimes we have more newes from a Round-head then a Catholique. I have no good newes from Yorke, if you heare any, I pray impart it. We are now at Kingſtone, where we beleeve we ſhall reſide a while. Some of our Cavaliers did weare the Earle of Eſſex his colours, and by that meanes we found an eaſier admittance into the towne. Remember to fend me true word what is become of our friends in Summerſetſhire. We hope within theſe few dayes to kiſſe the hand of the good Queen againe, whoſe preſence will be a great encouragement to the whole Army; but eſpecially to him who is

Your moſt affectionate friend who prayes for the happines of your ſoule and body, William Bulwarke.
This Letter was intercepted by one Thomas Harland, and delivered to Mr. Greenall as from the aboveſaid Meſsenger, who although (it ſeemes) he ſomething did ſuſpect him, did give unto it this reply as followeth.

SIR, I am moſt ſorry in hope to receive you, to receive your Letter: And I more wonder, that you ſhou'd write now to me by ſuch a Meſſenger in ſo dangerous a time, whoſe face before I never ſaw, nor ever heard of his name; but becauſe that you are p • eaſed to repoſe ſo much truſt in him, I have done ſo too, and as necre as I can, to give you ſatisfaction to the materials of your Letter. If you knew in earneſt, how thin our numbers are here, how much wee are of late diſcountananced and cryed downe, there would remaine no further ground for your wonder of our neglect. For my part, the Catholique and our cauſe are growne ſo odiou unto the Cirie, with the moſt narrow eye they are ſo much ſought after, and ſentenced, that we ſcarce dare hold any commerce in private, our numbers are every day grown leſſe and leſſe, and I am almoſt afraid to ſee my own face in the glaſſe. What could be expected where there is ſo little to be done; and where, if that little was done, it would put the whole cauſe into a greater diſtreſſe and ieopardy then as yet it is. The Forces of the Parliament were that night moſt carefull that no opportunity ſhould be neglected, the fields and the City were filled witharmed men; and there wanted, I beleeve, no reſolution to their numbers: even their women (forſooth) were ſo full of courage, that in that tumult and alarme, they would ſeeme to put new courage into the men, and were as buſie in arming their friends, as they were of late in aſſiſting their workes againſt us. To confirme your beliefe in this truth, the other night there was a falſe an alarme raiſed, I beleeve on purpoſe in the City, and it is a wonder to conſider, what multitudes in every ſtreet were immediatly gathered together, whereby their reſolution, by thoſe who raiſed the coyle, might eaſily be obſerved. The day following, our friends houſe on Clarkenwell Green, who belonged ſometimes to the Spaniſh Embaſſador, was plundred by their Souldiers. You would wonder to ſee how all his moveables were torne from him, and made a prey to the violence and greedineſſe of the Souldiers. I much lament the taking of our brave friend at Mile-End, and juſtly partake in his ſufferings with you. I heare nothing of the diſcovery of any vaults, and I much wonder that you would intruſt ſo great a ſecrer unto paper, and from ſuch a bearer, who although hee told me his name was Thomas, yet is not that Thomas I expected from you. Our affaires at Yorke doe move but ſlowly forward, neither doe I beleeve are there thoſe Heroicke ſpirits which was conceived there had been. If I be not much miſtaken in your brother Nicolas, who hath been lately there, and laſt night intended to be with you, can give you a true and exact rel • tion of all things that have happened there, and the Countries thereabouts. I am glad with you to partake of the good newes of her Ma • eſties returne to England, which in theſe manifold afflictions and daily feares which doe ſurround me, brings ſome eaſe and comfort to

Your true diſtreſsed friend, Iohn Greenall.

Printed for Francis Wright, 1642.