A SPEEDY POST with more news from Hull, Yorke, and Beverley, from the 25. of July, to the first of August 1642.

AFter the Tender of my respects unto you, wishing your good health, I have in these times of distraction, given a briefe relation of some pas­sages at Hull, upon wednesday night last, being the 28. of Iuly, which was thus, Sir Iohn Hotham gave a Command for 500 Musketies to sal­lie out of Hull at nine of the clocke at might, towards a little village lying upon Humber called An­laby, being about two miles of Hull, and a myle of this side a Towne called Hazell, which lves over a­gainst B [...]rton, these Muskiteres were conducted by Sir Iohn Meldron and Captaine Lowing [...]r there hun­dred of them m [...]r [...]ed by land, and two hundred of them was convered by water, in this Village Sir Ro­bert [Page 4]Strickelands Company was billetted, but he at this present was absent, and had left Sergeant Maior Duncombe in his place untill his returne, who is lately made his Leivetenant Colonell, who had no [...] a boue 100. men in the Towne then, whom Sir Iohn Meldren suddenly surprizing in the night, put them into such an amazement and feare, that most of them are runne away, leaveing all their armes behind them, in a great Baine, neere the Towne, where their powder and Magazine lay, which Sir Iohn seized on, and set the House on Fire, in this combustion two was slaine of Colonell Duncombes souldiers, but some report there, he also tooke 15. of his men prisoners, and brought them to Hull the next morning; This night came the King to Beverley, who was much incensed, at the news thereof, divers Souldiers in the Kings Army about Beverley is since runne away, for there is no beare to be got amongst them, but at an exc [...]ssive rate, and there is no lodgings to be had, which makes them weary of the Kings Service already, and it is report­ed in Yorke, the King found not that Reception and Entertainement at Leicester as he had at Lincolne; his Maiesty is expected at Yorke this night, and that he will returne to Beverley againe on Munday, every man heere daily expects to heere what Answer the Par­liament will send to the King, touching his last An­swer or propositions concerning Hull, and the Militia, wishing a happy Peace and Union amongst us.

Here is great Preparations for warre within this County, both of Horse and Foot, for all the great Horse that is within the North parts, are bought up for the Kings service, who daily repaire to Beverley, [Page 5]to augment his Maiesties forces there; and any man that profers himselfe to bee a Trooper is entertai­ned.

The 29 of Iuly the Lord Howard, the Earle of Bark­shires sonne brought to Yorke a Troope of Horse, with their Riders, who are a company of dissolute fellowes their number were forty foure, who are this day sent to Beverley, likewise the said Lord Howard hath been at Pocklington 10. myles of Yorke, (at a faire there) where hee bought 23 horses more for his Maiesties service, and brought them to Yorke this night to get Riders for them: Yesterday diverse Souldiers came from Notingham to be voluntiers for the King.

We heare Sir Iohn Hotham is releived with some three or fower Hundred fresh men, that came from LONDON and the Country thereabouts; This City of YORKE is generally against the proceed­ings of Parliament, giveing out many invective Speeches, not fit to be related, and if Peace be not concluded on suddenly betwixt the KING and Par­liament: It is thought by many heare, and given out by divers of His Captaines and other Officers, that His Majestie will Fire Hvll if it be not speedily de­livered up to him: For here in Yorke is an Engin [...]ere, a Cornish man that lived lately in Baldwins Gardens nere Grayes Inne lane in London, whose name is Master Lanayon, that now is casting of morter peece to shoot Granadoes in, to Fire a towne or City, and is intend­ed for Hull, from which calamite deliver them and us all; here is divers Engines making here of Wood, for the Firing of Hvll, which are also invented by this Engineere, the Country hereabouts is put in a [Page 6]great feare, if civill Warrs begin amongst us, that ru­ine and distruction will befall this Kidgdome, which God of his mercy prevent. Colonell Lun [...]ford, is a Commander for the King at Beverley, who was lately Accused of Treason in Parliament.

The Lord Leivetenant of Ireland, Yesterday came with a great traine into Yorke. Sir William Pen [...]y­man lately a Parliament man, hath given the King a Troope of Horse, so hath most of the Gentry of this County.

This night His Maiesty came to Yorke from Bever­ley, who was m [...] by divers Colonel [...]s and Captaines; and with severall troopes of Horse, and so conducted into the City, it is reported he returnes againe to Be­verl [...]y on Munday night.

This night, after His Maiesty was come into the City, a Command came from His Maiesty (by the beating of Drums) to the trained bands of Yorke, to meete in Trenity Church-yard, there to receive Or­der from Captaine Slingsby what His Maiesties plea­sure is therein.

These are all the particulars, and matters of any moment, which at this present I can informe you of, S [...]w [...]shing a happy agreement betwixt the KING and Parliament I leave you, untill the next oppotuni­ty invites me, Farewell.