Ioyfull newes from Lichfield, being the true copie of a letter sent from a captain in Lichfield to his wife in London, dated Aprill 17. Wherein is contained the proceedings of Prince Rupert against the Parliaments forces in the said town: containing 1 The manner of Prince Ruperts assaulting Lichfield. 2 His endeavouring to undermine the wall with pick-axes. 3 How he attempted to scale the wals of the close, and what men he lost in that attempt. 4 How he was repulsed by the Parliaments forces, and how they rung the bels in defiance of him. 5 A postscript annext to this letter, declaring Prince Ruperts death upon great probabilities. Published at the desire of those that upon occasion will justifie the truth of what is herein contained. Captain in Lichfield. 1643 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2014-11 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A87402 Wing J1138 Thomason E99_13 ESTC R20349 99863435 99863435 155841

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Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A87402) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 155841) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 17:E99[13]) Ioyfull newes from Lichfield, being the true copie of a letter sent from a captain in Lichfield to his wife in London, dated Aprill 17. Wherein is contained the proceedings of Prince Rupert against the Parliaments forces in the said town: containing 1 The manner of Prince Ruperts assaulting Lichfield. 2 His endeavouring to undermine the wall with pick-axes. 3 How he attempted to scale the wals of the close, and what men he lost in that attempt. 4 How he was repulsed by the Parliaments forces, and how they rung the bels in defiance of him. 5 A postscript annext to this letter, declaring Prince Ruperts death upon great probabilities. Published at the desire of those that upon occasion will justifie the truth of what is herein contained. Captain in Lichfield. [2], 6 p.4#20. Printed for Thomas Watson, London : 1643. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aprill 22th". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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eng Rupert, -- Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682 -- Early works to 1800. Lichfield (England) -- History -- Siege, 1643 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Campaigns -- Early works to 1800. 2020-09-21 Content of 'availability' element changed when EEBO Phase 2 texts came into the public domain 2013-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2013-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-05 Sampled and proofread 2013-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

Ioyfull Newes FROM LICHFIELD, BEING The true Copie of a Letter ſent from a Captain in LICHFIELD to his wife in London, Dated Aprill 17.

Wherein is contained the proceedings of Prince Rupert againſt the Parliaments Forces in the ſaid town: CONTAINING 1 The manner of Prince Ruperts aſſaulting Lichfield. 2 His endeavouring to undermine the wall with pick-axes. 3 How he attempted to ſcale the wals of the cloſe, and what men he loſt in that attempt. 4 How he was repulſed by the Parliaments Forces, and how they rung the bels in defiance of him. 5 A Poſtſcript annext to this Letter, declaring Prince Ruperts death upon great probabilities.

Publiſhed at the deſire of thoſe that upon occaſion will juſtifie the truth of what is herein contained.

LONDON, Printed for Thomas Watſon. 1643.

True Intelligence FROM LICHFIELD Declaring the proceedings of Prince ROBERT, againſt the Parliaments Forces, with the true eſtate of the Siege, &c.

IT is apparent that Prince Rupert hath alwaies been ſince the firſt beginning of theſe Warres, and at this preſent doth continue very active in promoting, countenancing, and perſonally executing thoſe deſtructeve, diſhonourable, and ſo much deteſted deſignes of pillaging and plundering the inhabitants of this Kingdome, alwaies expreſſing his vallour where he finds, or expects the weakeſt oppoſition, otherwiſe he had not ſo valliantly aſſaulted Cirenceſter, had not his ods in number, and times advantage given him a daring reſolution.

Had he aſſaulted Bromiſham, had it been a town fortefied, or had it had in it any conſiderable ſtrength, but places weakeſt in themſelves, and fartheſt from the reliefe of others, are onely made the ſubject of his vallour.

Let it be examined what honourable exploit he has performed ſince the begining of theſe Warres, that he ſhould be ſo much cried up by his malignant and evil-affected admirers.

At the Battell at Edge-hill, when he ſhould have guarded the Standard, he was a plundering the Waggons, it ſeemes he fought for the ſpoile, not for honour and the cauſe, but happily ſhould he have ingaged himſelfe in ſo hot a ſ rvice, he might have been forced to beare either the Bearer, or Standard company, in death or reſtraint, therefore he made uſe of the old Proverbe, which concludes it good ſleeping in a whole Skinne, had he been killed or taken there, tis probable Cirenceſter had eſcaped a plundering, Bromiſham had not been fired, nor Lichfield endured ſo long a Siege, upon ſuch an advantage, being a place remote from any place where any of the Parliaments Forces makes their reſidence, and they in themſelves being but a handfull, in comparriſon of his power, being ſeconded by multitudes of his malignant and evill affected Friends, and dependant Collegiats, upon which advantage, it is no wonder if he valliantly venture to hazard his perſon at diſtance to give direction to thoſe, which are already practized in robbing and ſpoiling his Majeſties loyall Subjects, and Liege-People.

But I know the malignants of this City, are ſo chained to the errours of their Fore-fathers, that they thinke their own opinions orthodox, neither will they be drawn to believe ought that ſeemes contrary to their deſires, they will not believe that Prince Rupert will remain at Liechfield, Redding being beſiedged, and •• ford ſo much diſtracted, to take off theſe imagin tions, and to make the truth apparent, I will produce the evidence of two or three witneſſes, which in matters of Law doth determine the greateſt differences, much more then ought it to convince reaſonable men, in a matter of ſuch a nature as this is, concerning which I ſpeake.

By Intelligence bearing date the 16. of Aprill, it is manifeſted that Prince Rupert came before Liechfield, and plaid againſt it five dayees and nights, that this is true, enquire of the Intelligencer.

By another Letter from the Army, it is certified that he was expected at Oxford, but they received certain intelligence that before Liechfield on the 16. of Aprill likewiſe.

And by this Letter which I have here publiſhed, at the deſire of ſome Perſons of very conſiderable quallity, and fidellity to the King and Parliament, which was ſent from a Captain to his wife in London, bearing date the 17. of this inſtant Aprill, all which, although from ſeverall places, and from ſeverall Perſons, differs not in the time nor method, all which may ſeem ſufficient evidence to the moſt unbelieving man, however affected or infected with a ſpirit of malignant infidellity.

The Copie of a Letter ſent from a Captaine in Lichfield to his wife in London, bearing date Aprill 17.

ALL the newes I can write is, how bravely our men behave themſelves at LICHFIELD, in the Cloſe, againſt Prince RUPERT, he hath fought againſt it ever ſince the tenth of Aprill, and can do no good againſt it: he hath loſt many men, but we have loſt none as yet; he lay ſhooting againſt it for five dayes, and could not make a breach, whereupon he cauſed the Colliers to come in, and they brought with them all their pick-axes to undermine it, but could not for the rock and the water; ſo that failing, he ſent for all the ladde s within ten miles, intending to ſcale the wals, which work he put in execution, but could do no good that way: but in the ſcalling of the wals our men kild eight of his men, and took one, and that which they tooke they with advice hanged him three yards from the wall like a ſigne, and bid Prince RUPERT ſhoot him down, then Prince RUPERT ſwore, GOD dam him he would not give one man quarter, yet did not make a ſhot; but yet the next day Prince RUPERT ſent to the Cloſe to know if they would yeeld it upon quarter, and to have their goods: they ſent this anſwer to prince RUPERT, that before they would yeeld it up, they would all die, and withall asked the Trumpeter that came to offer them quarter, why prince RUPERT did ſhoot no faſter; and if he wanted powder, they would lend him a barrell: then prince RUPERT ſwore GOD dam him many times together, he would have the Cloſe, or els he would ſtay till Michaelmas, after this he cauſed all his Ordnance to be charged, and ſhot all together at the wall, but hurt not: then our men did ring the bels in the Cloſe in defiance of them. This is all the newes I have to write.

Since I writ this Letter I think prince RUPERT is ſlain, but I do not know the certainty of it.

Thus with my love to you, &c. Lichfield Aprill 16. 1643.

Although this Poſtſcript carry not that certainty and efficacy that happily is expected by ſome, and deſired of moſt men, eſpecially thoſe that wiſh well to the propagation of the Goſpell, (to which we have cauſe to believe him an Enemy) and the Peace of the King, Parliament, and Kingdome, yet let it not be concluded as a matter infallible, for believe it for a truth, the Captain that ſent this Letter, is a man of that conſcience and honeſty, that he would not have mentioned any ſuch thing, had he not had ſome ſpeciall probabillity thereof.

FINIS.