Englands sorrow for the losse of their late generall or an epitaph upon his Excellencie Robert Earle of Essex, &c. Who died September 15. 1646. with a perfect memoriall of the particular services and battels that he himself was engaged in person.

Author: Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682.1646

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Englands sorrow for the losse of their late Generall: OR, An Epitaph upon his Excellencie ROBERT Earle of Essex, &c. Who died September 15. 1646. with a perfect Memoriall of the particular Services and Battels that he himself was engaged in Person.BRing Reader, to this sacred Hearse,
A teare Cemented with a Verse.
First let thy melting fancie be
Thaw'd to some pious Elegy;
Then to these Reliques let thy eyes
Disburse their watrie subsidies,
Which by that Cold our sighs dispence,
Shall into Christall straight condense,
Which being thus enchas'd, shall shine
Like Pearle congeal'd upon this Shrine,
But when they find what flame does burne,
Shut up ith Casket of this Urne,
How Palme with Olive interweaves,
And in this Tombe both twist their Leaves,
And that within this Marble Cell
The Ashes of great Essex dwell,
Who under-rating his high bloud,
Sought only to be great and good,
And first himselfe, Exacted then
By just commands too, other men,
That us to vertue he might draw,
More by Example then by Law;—
They'l to resent this losse, I feare,
Resolve into one Generall teare,
Which being distild into his Tombe,
Shall Balsome unto his dust become;
So shall thy teares this Charter have,
To lie as Leigers in his Grave,
And to these honor'd Ashes bee
A perpetuall Obsequie.
Thomas Philipot.

A perfect List of 150. Castles, Garrisons, and Townes that were taken from the King by his Excellency the Earle of ESSEX.

1 ARundell Castle
2 Taken twise
3 Aulton
4 Axolme Iland
5 Alnwick
6 Axolme Garrison
7 Adlington
8 Abbingdon
9 Bewly house
10 Burton on Trent
11 Burley house
12 Burlington
13 Bish. of Eclies house
14 Bredport
15 Brereton Castle
16 Bewdley
17 Barnstable
18 Bellasith
19 Bleachington
20 Cawood Castle
21 Chichester City
22 Chepstow
23 Crowland
24 Three times
25 Taken
26 Cirensister
27 Cokquet Iland
28 Cawood
29 Crow house
30 Carnarven
31 Carnarven Castle
32 Chippingham
33 Compton house
34 Cholmely house
35 Carlile
36 Christleton
37 Deddington
38 Duresme
39 Eccleshall
40 Evishalme
41 Farnham Castle
42 Flint
43 Foy
44 Farringdon
45 Gainsborough
46 Grafton house
47 Gusanna
48 Greenland house
49 Greenhill house
50 Gateshead
51 Higman
52 Hereford
53 Haggerston Castle
54 Haughton Castle
55 Horne Castle
56 Holt Bridge
57 Holt house
58 Harwarden house
59 Hilson
60 Hilsley
61 Haverford West
62 Holton Castle
63 Hemsley Castle
64 Knasborough
65 Leedes
66 Lancaster towne
67 Lancaster Garrison
68 Litchfeild close
69 Lastoll
70 Lemster
71 Lynne
72 Lincolne
73 Twice taken
74 Lacock house
75 Lumley
76 Lincolne house
77 Lumley Castle
78 Lanceston
79 Leverpoole
80 Laughorne
81 Lincolne City
82 Madbury
83 Twice taken
84 Malmsbury
85 Twice taken
86 Mostan
87 Mylus
88 Morpeth
89 Monmouth
90 Twice taken
91 Milford-Haven
92 Mount-Stamford
93 Malpasse
94 Marlborough
95 Munster Castle
96 Namptwitch
97 Newbury
98 Taken twice
99 Newbridge
100 Newcastle
101 Oswestry
102 Portsey Iland
103 Portsmouth Castle
104 Preston
105 Plimpton
106 Rossebridge
107 Redding
108 Rushall
109 Redcastle
110 Russell house
111 South-sea Castle
112 Sherborne Castle
113 Stafford Castle
114 Stamford
115 Sunderland
116 Shewdley Castle
117 Saltash
118 Tewksbury
119 Twice taken
120 Tamworth Castle
121 Tadcaster
122 Twice taken
123 Tinby Castle
124 Taunton Dean
125 Tickhill
126 Tinmouth Castle
127 Winchester
128 Wiggon
129 Whalley
130 Wakefeild
131 Warrington
132 Wrepam
133 Wareham
134 Twice taken
135 Wootton
136 Whitbey
137 Whit-church
138 Waltham
139 Withinshaw
140 Waymouth
141 Twice taken
142 Wilne Ferry
143 Welch-poole
144 Worhall Iland
145 Wingfeild Manor
146 Yarmouth
147 Yorke City
148 And three
149 Other Garrisons
150 In Wales

A MOVRNEFVLL CLOVD Ouer vaylinge the face of England for the sorrowfull death of his Exelence Robert Deuourux Earle of Essex and Ewe Vicoūt Herryford Lord Ferreres of Chartley Boucher and Louains Lord General of all the Parlaments forces. &c and dyed y^e 15 of September 1646.

A List of the severall Victories in which his Excellency was ingaged in person.

HIs Excellency being made Captaine Generall by the Parliament over all the Forces in England, as was Voted by both Houses the 12 day of July 1642. protesting to live and dye with him. And by the first of August following, his Excellencie had raised 10000. men, which he caused to be committed to Officers, and drawn into Regiments, and so marched immediatly into the feild.

The 23. of October next after was a very great battell fought between Keynton and Edgehill by his Excellencie and his Army; and that of the Kings led by his Majesty: At which time his Excellencies Army killed the Kings Generall, the Earle of Lindsey, the Lord Auboney, Sir Edmond Varney, and divers more; and took prisoners the Lord Willowby, three Colonels, and many hundred more, and brought away 16 of the Kings Ensignes.

His Excellencie was in this battle engaged against a great Army, where was the King in person, and Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, Viscounts, Barons, Knights, and Gentlemen of all orders, who engaged themselves against him; yet his Excellencies Army fought most chearfully by the example of their Generall, whose undaunted courage put life into every man.

Afterwards the Kings Forces being come up to Branford and Henley in November, his Excellency after severall engagements with them, and assistance coming to him from the City of London, who protested to live and dye with him; he forced the Kings Army to retreate to Oxford with the losse of above two hundred men.

In Aprill, Anno 1643. his Excellency being recruted, marched againe into the feild with his Army, and took the Towne and Garrison of Redding from his Majesty, and after severall defeats given to parties of the Kings Armie he took the Town of Cirencester.

After which his Majesties whole Army being againe drawne into the feild, his Excellency marched up to them, the Queene came up to the Kings Army, and a great party with her to strengthen his Majesties Army against the Earle of Essex; But his Excellencie fought with them neare Nubery, where he killed five Lords, and divers others of quality, the King with the losse of 500 men retreated to Edge-hill, whither the Queen came to him.

In May, 1644. his Excellencie desired the Parliament to have a Committee to reside with him in the Army, and his Excellencie made preparations to the feild, and presently besieged Oxford where the King then was, and at the beginning of June got away towards the West, the King and the Prince being gone to Exeter with the Lord Paulet, and others; his Excellencie having taken divers prisoners, drew his Army after them; the Queen fled over into France; his Exellencie took in the West divers persons in severall places, amongst which many of quality, and divers Garrisons: In June his Excellencie secured Weymouth, Taunton Deane, Wareham Bavonestable, Mount Stanford neare Plymouth, Plimton, Saltash, and Lanceston. And in July his Excellencie gave a defeat to Greenvill neare Lestithiell in Cornwell, and took 100. prisoners, and killed 300. upon the place, and then took Tadcaster, and Foy; and did beat them from Newbridge, still taking more prisoners daily.

In August his Excellency fell upon the Cornish Brigade neare Saltash, and brake through their Army, slew many of them upon the place, tooke 300. prisoners and four Drakes.

Then the Kings whole Army, Maurices and Greenvils were drawn into the feild in Battalia, in number almost 20000 men, near Lestithiell, where his Excellencie daily skirmished with them, killed many, took prisoner Colonell Champernoone, who was sore wounded, and divers more, many lying sixe and eight in an heap, and upon desire his Excellencie granted them leave (at a parly) to bury their dead.

On Saturday the 24. of August 1644. his Excellency appointed Major Generall Whitcot, and Colonell Ware to guard the rear of Lestithiell, and make a damme to stop provisions from the Kings Army that way; and his Excellencie with a small party of Colonel Gowres Regiment beat off 3000. horse and foot from Blazy Bridge, appointed by the enemy to stop provisions from Millibilly-Bay, where his Excellencie▪ killed many, and took prisoners a Colonell, two Captaines, and divers others.

In the beginning of September, his Excellencie notwithstanding that he was so over-powred by the enemy, yet preserved both himselfe and his men, forced the enemy from the Sea-coasts, and got safe to the Lord Admirall; his horse not above 3000. brake thorough the whole body of the Kings Army; and his foot not above 6000. though incompassed with 20000. of the Kings, from Gromporond, Enedor, and Foy, even to Blazy Bridge, who were resolved to give no quarter to our men; yet they fought it out so gallantly, killing two of theirs for every man that were lost, untill at last they got Articles from the Kings party to have a safe convoy to Lestithiell, Poole, and Wareham, their sicke men to remaine at Foy; and none of them be pressed to desert their service to his Excellencie.

And his Excellencie being recruited in September from the Parliament, and in October had his Randezvous at Titchfeild, and falling on the Kings reare, took almost one hundred prisoners neare Kingscleare; and with the assistance of the Earle of Manchester and Sir William Waller, routed the Kings Army near Newbury, and took nine peeces of Ordnance, 300. prisoners, and 500. Armes.

A perfect List of 48. gallant Victories obtained by the Forces under the command of his Excellencie the Earle of Essex.

1 2 SIr Thomas Aston routed once at Namptwitch, and once at Middlewitch.

3 Lord Brereton routed at Esmore.

4 Earle of Carbery routed in Wales.

5 Cornish Forces routed at Madbury.

6, 7 L. Capell once driven back at Lappington, and once routed in Cheshire.

8 Lord Craford, routed at Alton.

9, 10, 11. Cheshire Cavaliers once routed near Stafford, once beaten at Tarvin, and once routed at Eaton.

12 Earle of Derby routed at Stockton Heath.

13 Lord Digby routed in Dorsetshire.

14 Egerton defeated at Farne in Cheshire.

15, 16, 17. Goring beaten once in Hamshire, defeated once at Lebridge, and once routed at Shrewsbury.

18 Greenvill routed at Lestithiell.

19 Grandy routed in Pembrookeshire.

20 Gloster City gallantly relieved, and the enemy forced away.

21 Hopton routed at Cheridoun.

22 Herefordshire forces routed on the borders of Wales.

23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. The King once defeated at Coventry, once routed at Southam, once repulsed on the borders of Warwickeshire, routed at Edge-hill, defeated near Henly, and twice at Nubery.

30 The Kentish-men that rose were subdued.

31, 32, 33. Prince Maurice defeated, once lost three troops of horse, once was routed at Wells, and once in the North.

34 Colonell Marrow routed in Cheshire.

35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41. Marquesse of Newcastle was once routed at Tadcaster, once at Bradford, once at Leedes, a fourth time on the borders of Yorkeshire, a fifth time at Horne-castle, a sixth time at Selby, and the seventh time at Marston-moore.

42, 43, 44. Prince Rupert was routed once at Marston-moore, a second time in Glostershire, and a third time in his Northern voyage.

45 Lord Strange routed at Manchester.

46 The Staffordshire and Cheshire Cavaliers beaten at Eccleshall.

47, 48. Sir John Winter defeated in the Forrest of Deane, and a second time totally routed.

Licensed, and Published according to Order.

London, Printed for William Ley, and are to be sold at his Shop at Pauls neer Doctors Commons. 1646.

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