I Received Yours of the 27 of June, and thanke you for your Intelligence: You tell mee that upon the request of Colonell Morley, it was granted him of the House of Commons to raise our County of Sussex. Such are the suddaine commotions of the Times, that it is done already; so that that noble Colonell may now spare his pains, unlesse hee make extreme haste into this divided County. The Countrey is generally risen about Hor­sum, and protest they will fight for the King and the Countrey. At Pulborough they are in the same condition, for the People there are much exasperated to heare some of their Neigh­bours are imprisoned by a Warrant from Colonell Stapley and others, for daring to Petition the high and honourable Court of Parliament. With us at Horsum here are now 500 lusty men in Armes, the occasion was this. Upon Friday June the sixteenth, the Magazine which was laid up at this Towne was commanded away by the Committee to Arundell, but our Countrey-men are generally so ill affected, that they rose, with one Consent, and two or three hundred appeared in an instant, leaving their Mattocks and Plowes to rescue the Swords and Musquets: To the Market-house they come immediatly, and cause George David (who thanks God hee is well mended in these times) and the rest of the pious zelots, who had loaded the Carts with countrey-Armes, to carry them back into the Market-loft: Since that, these stout Rusticks have endured watching every night, and by turnes have attended the Armes some nights sixtie at a time. On Tuesday night last at a full Assembly in the Market-place it was vo­ted unseasonable, unreasonable (as Master Chatfell said of the Petition) to watch them any longer, and Resolved upon the Question, That the day following, being Wednesday, at the sound of Drum and ringing of the Bells, those men both in Towne and Countrey who are re­solved to fight for the King and the Liberties of the County, against the encroachments of one Freeman, and his Followers, should come in and take what Armes they pleased. About eleven of the clock yesterday, there was a great appearance, two or three hundred at least, every one chose his Musquet and other Armes▪ and then marched out to trayne in the Common. On this day, June 29, there came in as many more Countrey-men, expecting Armes likewise; so that now there are five or six hundred well Armed, and many of them very good Horse. This wee doubt will bee but the beginning of sorrow to our distressed County, for all the well-affected begin to leave us, and then what can wee expect but mischiefe? As soone as the Drum beate Captaine Shepheard felt himselfe not well his Belly-ak't, as if hee feared the Egyptians would make a Drum of it, and hee thought best to goe to Lewis for some Phisick. Lievetenant Hunniwood that knocking agitator left his forge and went to London for some forces Mistris Chatfield advised her husband to withdraw for feare they should doe him more mischiefe then with songs.

The Souldiers say had they known of their going they would have held their Styrrops. Their words and demands are very high; as yet they hurt noe man, but threaten to dis-Arme three or foure which is the totall number of us that are well-affected. But that was allwaies the subtletie of our desperate Malignants to pretend they would doe no body any hurt; that they may gaine the more love, but wee have learnt they are Egiptians and therefore may and must bee plundered: But good Sir how shall wee doe it? Our Minister is gone and dares not stand to tell us; the well-affected are all fled: Master Dod and Penfold are trussing up their packets for Arundell again, and those who are accounted the godly; so that wee feare the wicked will inherit the earth again. To conclude, our feares are great, the County is risen both heere and at Pulborough and they pretend the bottome of the businesse to bee, because their Petition was not answered: Bold varlets; had they beene answered as their neighbours the Surry men were, perhaps they would have beene as quiet as they. But the better wee use them the worse they appeare; their number is so great and likely to increase so much that unlesse a thousand bee sent downe presently they are like to bee as high heere as in Essex. For your comming down I know not what to advise you, if you come your person will bee in danger, if you come not, your Armes. Farewell.