The Welchmans Declaration: DECLARING Her Resolution to pe revenged on her enemies, for te [...]reat overthrow of a creat many of her Cousins and Countrey­men in Teane Forrest in Clocestershire, where her was most cruelly peaten: to­gether with her Complaint for the losse of Ragland Castle pelonging to her creat Cousin (the Earl of Worcester) while her was keep it, but now taken from her by her teadly enemy Sir William Waller, who was peat her in the foresaid Forrest, in the climactericall yeer of her unhappy Testruction. 1642.

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The Welchmans Resolution, to re­venge her selfe upon her enemies, for the teath of her Countrey-men in the creat overthrow given her by Sir WILLIAM WALLER, her teadly enemy.

HEr was thought to have shewed creat valour, and done extraordinary feats against her ene­mies, if her hand put te wit to describe tem, put her was so weak in ammunition and strength, tat her could do nothing, to her creat tiscouragement and tisadvantage, py reason Morgan ap Griffith her venerable Captain lost her life and armes in te combate, yet let her without fanity or ostentation speak truth, which her seldome can doe, her countreymen in tat bickering pehaved temselves like old Prittains, and fought it out pravely, and no doubt had her had put means to have escaped with her foule and pody conjunctly joyned, her had atchieved a creat overthrow worth remembrance in her yearly Prognostication, put it was to no purpose to fight without her head, her enemies plaid te men pravely, and made her cry peccavi, and instead of fight­ing, [Page 2]safe her selfe with her heels, cots plut, it was petter to live in hopes to do future service, ten upon te first skirmish to lose her life, or pe taken and made to dance parefoot after he enemies musicke, to some goale of bondage, where her must pe kept to give an account of her treason and rebellion against her countrey: but fe­rily her thought py her valour under pretence of fighting for her knowes not what, to win to her selfe immortall infamy, and creat wealth, peeing weary of her Welch Countrey, and in hopes to live on te fertile and smooth English soyle, which still her endeavour shall be to effect.

And now loving countrey-men and prethren in ini­quity, let us pee advising what way her was pest do her self good, and revenge te teath of her creat cousin and countrey-men, and pring to passe tese creat things, her will propound to her crave considerations tese parti­culars.

1 Inprimis, her was pest to return into her owne countrey, and rest her selfe till her has recovered her selfe, and re-furnished her selfe with some of her countrey pacon, sheese, put­ter, leek, and te like provision for her natu­rall reliefe in her next journey, for her was in feare pefore her can againe set forth her self to do her countrey service, te pelly-timber and prog, which her most aims at, will pe consu­med and devoured by her enemies, and if her [Page 3]happen to pe again peaten, her may pe strong to run away into te Woods and Mountaines, where her is sure her adversaries cannot easily pursue her, nor get any thing from her to re­lieve teir wants in teir pursuite.

Secondly her was conceited, when her was again imployed in service against her foes, to co put to te border of her own Country, and nor to adventure her selfe too farre in te Ene­mies Country and Territories, for feare that her should meet with her Countryman death and so her should never return again to make her will, and bequeath her coods left pehind her, to her Wife, Shildren, and Couzins, pi which meanes tey may pe teprived of them, py her covetous and teevish Countrymen and neigpours, which was wounding to her after her teath, Cot blesse her from a Cun, te ferry name of teath kils her pefore her is ready to dye, put her has petter hopes, tat her shall ne­ver come where her must fight in earnest, for her could never apide to heare the roring of the Cuns, neither could her ever endure such pultty doings in all her life.

Tirdly, Her was intended pefore her set forth again, pi an humble Petition to her next Captain Genarall to know te true reason wherefore her must fight, and for what her must venture her teare plud, for twas not yet manifest to her mind for what her did fight, which made her fight with no fery creat courage, and if it shall appeare to her sense tat te cause is good, for te te­fence of her unknown Welch Lawes, for te ma [...]e­nance of te tignity of te reverend Pishites and Prelates of Englant, and her own Country of Wales; wherby her Religion may pe maintained in te outward magni­ficence, yet were it for her ease or preferment, her would not stick to entertain any Religion whatsoever, for her do ferrily pelieve most of her Countrymen may yet chuse teir Religion without much danger to teir soules, put if te new should pe worse ten te old, her would spend her plud in tefending tat her hath hither­to learned and professed.

Fourthly, Her was thought requisite, that if her should happen to be compelled again to fight, it should be upon creat odds and advantages, observing te valo­rous deeds, and heroick exploits atchieved and per­formed pi tat trice Noble Warriour Prince Rupert, te onely enemy to te English Nation, that then when the Forces of our adversaries pe creater ten ours, not to fight at all, but put the Skirmish off with subtill slights and devices, and magnanimous Bravadoes, and turn her Force to plunder and spoile te Country, where little or no resistance can be made, furnish her selfe, and victuall her Campe, pi robbery and rapine, and make te night serve her, pi purning te hay and corn of te [Page 5]Country, making lights thereof to runne away pi un­pursued; put if her perceive her selfe strong enough or rather too strong for her foes, ten fall upon them with creat fury and violence, let not one escape, kill her and slay her every one, and cause her vallour to pe chronicled, for te perpetuall fame of her creat and haughty deeds of Chivalry, spread her renown with all speed about her Country, tat her selfe for her part in one pattle, killed hundreds, and tooke from tenne their Arms, Money, and Cloathes, some whereof, as Ensignes of her Honour, her must send to her friends and Cousins of her own plud in her own Country, thereby to encourage tem to undertake her cause, and helpe her to go forward in her prave victories.

Fiftly, If her can worke pi secreat plots with any of her friends in her Enemies Army, which are there put for an advantage to her upon occasion, to let her know te true strength of their Forces, how many of them are inclined to turn in Skirmish to her fide, what store of Ammunition, Powter, Pullets, Ordnance, te fery name whereof has almost kild her, they are furnished withall twill pe a cood pollicy to prevent her own dammage, preserve her safety, and encourage, or discourage her to fight, according to such information, and pi which her may pe te petter forewarned to runn away, if her find cood occasion.

And tus much of her present metitations which was come into her mind, and her thought cood to present to your crave sences and consultations, which her te­sire may pe weighed, and if approved, put in executi­on, pefore her Enemies has notice of her resolutions, and prevent te same pi their suddain rising against her in her own Country, her had thought to have given [Page 6]her mind touching the security of her Country, her meanes seizing to te cood of her homebred Foes, and taking away tere Armes, pi which tey may be disabled to hurt her at her setting forth again, put now her has no time to recapitulate te same, pecause her perceives her Enemies are at her heeles, and her must leave te discourse till her may get safe into her Country, at which time, her will call to mind her disgrace, recei­ved from time to time, pi her cruell foes, and metitate how her may with the assistance of her vallourous and courragious Countrymen, revenge that, and all other her past received Injuries, and tefend te Lawes, and te Religion of her Country, and her Liperies untermined pi het Adversaries.

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