MAy it pleaſe all and every one that ſhall caſt her cood and favourable eyes upon this ſheets of papers, to know and believe that all her Country-men of Wales by whatſoever appellations they be called, are wonderfull ſorry for her late temerities and raſhneſſe, whereunto the Tivell owing her a ſpight led her blind-fold, for her doe with teares overflowing her cheeks, and drowning her hearts inward and outward acknowledge and confeſſe, (which her will not doe at a Seſſions, for fear of hanging) that her was very ſtrangely deceived by politike jeeres, flatteries, and temptations, to make walks and preambulations out of her Countries of Wales, to kill and fight with her know not whom, and her have curſt her ſelfe many dayes together in Welſh for being ſuch ſimple puppies, to be carryed away by witch-crafts as her thinkes, and as it will appear in her lamentable and pitifull recantations, which her do now intend to make out of the coodneſſe of her Prittiſh bloud, and valiant diſpoſition a great while agoe, her was perſwaded to put on her Armes, and to march with crete courage and magnanimeſties upon crete buſineſſe, and matters of high and generous conſequences as are conceived to conduſt and bring her cood and gracious King to her Parliament, and that his perſon might be ſecured from all indignities and injuries, for which her will ſpend her beſt plood in her pellies, her being true Brittain and love her King and Prince with all integrities, and all her hearts, but after her had conſented to go in warlike faſhions, her was led away in a fooles paradizes, to fall by the ſwords of her enemies, and to make her appearances in Kenton, Naſeby, and many other Battels, where there was nothing but killing and ſlaying of all perſons, without reſpect of degrees and petidegrees, and ancient Gentlemen and Lords were in as much pericles and dangers as her pooreſt Countrey-men; Lord bleſſe us, Guns went off like a clutter of haile ſtumbling down from her old Regiments in Wales, when her couſen Boreas ſwaggers and domineers on her Mountaines, and was crete deluges and overflowings of blood which was ſpilt, to make the ground bluſh for inhumanities and mercileſſe cruelty, and bullets flew about her ears as commonly as if her ſhould have told her ſome tale, and bid her beware, but her could not take heed of her comming, but thoſe round pellets hit her in inviſible miraculous manners her know not how, but her Country-men was killed and ſlaine, and dyed like rotten Muttons, before her could make her Inventories and Wills to aule her loving couzens, her was ſtroke dead without giving her leave to ſend commendations of her ſelfe and her valour to her Countrey-men: and Saint Winifreds Well could not flow in greater big ſtreams then her ſaw plood run in ſtreams mingled with vulgars and Shentlemens plood, her could not know her conſanguinity nor her Cozen, gentle bloud, but was aule running out of her veins and pellies, her cannot make terrible deſcriptions of awle thoſe cruell fights, and horrible battels, which her was ſpectators and beholders of, but her can tell, that her was never put into ſuch aſtoniſhments, and amazements in all her dayes, for her cannot with all her fancies and imaginations ſet out her pictures, and deadly repreſentations of this hot skirmiſh, her know not about what, but meer piples, and papiles, and words, ſuch as her never knew about Pregorgatives, and Commiſsions of Array, her do not know, but her was ready in her breeches to bewray her ſelfe, and ſometimes for very fears and affrights it run down her heeles, as if it had been three-penny new ale, ſuch a work it did make, and that without authorities, but upon plain neceſſities and fears and frights, but her is now in all humility and ſubmiſſion ready and deſirous to crave pardon for her following and obeying the Commiſſion of Array; her thought like the poore dog, that her was going to a break faſt, when her was going to hanging, her thought to have marched out of her Countrey, only to bring her King and Parliament to meet lovingly, but by the way, many thouſand tivels met us, and ſpit fire againſt us, and ſent us ſuch hot anſwers, as bounce bounce, that her was almoſt deafe, and was lamed in all her ſenſes, ſo that her thought her ſhould never heare her Welſh harps more melodiouſly playing: and beſides the ſin oake of Gun-powder ſpoiled her ſtomack, that her did wiſh her had been toſting cheeſe by the fire-ſide in her own Country, there her could fight at country Machets, and crack her Couzens crown, and he took it for good payment for a Welſh Runt: But here at Keinton, Naſeby, and Newberry, our crownes were crackt, and yet they would not be content, but we muſt pay our deare lives, and keep us from running home to Wales, though our legs was as cood and better then their hearts. Her was truly conformed before her went out of her Country, that her ſhould get honour and crete ſtore of pillage, and cood pay for her labour, by Gods plutra nailes, her had ſuch cood pay, that her deſire never to be ſo paid again, the Red-coats did ſo pay her, that her was fain to run from her pay, marke her that now, her could have found better occupying at home, and better payment made there, then her did at this Keinton, Newbery, and other battels, for her loſt one arme, and almoſt one leg, inſomuch, that her ſhall never deale truly, nor go uprightly with her beſt friends,; Yet her do much thank her Fates in that her hath but one hand, for now her can pilfer and ſteale but halfe ſo much with one, as her could before with two, and ſo her ſhould not be hanged ſo ſoon as her ſhould, if her had two hands.

Her was likewiſe drilled to Coventry, and it was told her that it was a very rich Town, and cood ſtore of pillage was therein, and that her ſhould have fine ſhorts and fine ſheets, her muſt confeſſe that put her into ſome heart to get ſome ſhirts, for her had never an one of her back, but a couple of nimb'd napkins tacked together, and ſo put upon her ſhoulders, and with never a ſleeve, and thoſe her wore 4. months, inſomuch that her had neer threeſcore and two Moabites about her, beſides Nitites and Jebuſites, which leapt like our Welſh goat over the pales and over the mountains, when we hunt her for veniſon. And ſome of them were grown grey with old age, others with a long red liſt downe their backs, others black all over, as nimble as a ſpirit, but the divelliſh back-biter of all the reſt was the grey Moabite; ten thouſand civels take em. And for her running away, her think is very cood wiſedomes, for her do remember her Welſh proverb, de huma comr a • bo in daneth whee, that is, one paire of leggs is worth two paire of hands: yet her can ſhuſtifie that her Country-men did not face about and run away the firſt, but did ſtoutly ſtand to it, and for her part, her did but winke twice in ſhooting thrice her gun off with a pellet in it, but her was in ſuch a ſweat with it, as if it had been St. Taffies day when all her cheeſes are ſet to the fire to roaſt for joy.

And her tell her that for her own credit, that it was the Engliſh-man that firſt run away, and it doth much rejoice her heart to hear, that not only ſome of her Country-men run away, but that divers Engliſh Captains not being content to run away on foot, but rode away like Cowards upon their horſe backs, and with the Parliaments money alſo, bidding their ſouldiers ſhift for themſelves, for they were all loſt men. Nay her do caknow them very well, there was one Captaine Ramſey and Captain Frith, and that ſtout pot Captaine Sir Faithfull Forteſcue, which her will rather call Faithleſſe Forteſcue, who durſt not come up to her enemies face, but winked and ſhot of his piſtoll in the ground, and run away without her word of command, and another Hobhardy Captain cal • ed Richard Parker, who looks like bul-beef, and would have frighted her with her looks, her do warrant her, but he like a •• oward run away, and did not like an honeſt man go through-ſtitch with his work ſuch a raſcall would be hanged if her was in our Countrey, yet her would not have him hanged, for that would ſpoile his whiſtling, for if all run-awaies ſhould be hanged, what would become of her none ſelfe: But her would have him marked for a white-liver'd ſlave, and where her had a horſe of 12, l. price, her ſhould have one of 12. s. the next time, and her Lord Generall ſhould ſerve the ſouldiers as her cozen Iulius Caeſar did when her firſt entred England, brought all his men in ſhips, and when he had landed them, commanded the ſhips to be ſent home again, ſo that they had no hope left of running away, but to ſtand to it, and fight like men, or dye like cowards; So her would have her Parliament let none of her Captaines have horſes above 10. s. price, that if they offer to flye or run away, they may ſoone be overtaken, and puniſhed, or ſo branded that they may be taken notice of for fugitives: for her owne part (alas poore Taffie) all that her could get for guarding up her King to the Parliament was the loſſe of one of her armes, and almoſt one of her legs, the Tivell take her Commiſſion of Array, and her alſo, if ever her fight again for the Array, for it made her in a wofull caſe, I would I had her ſtones between her anvill at home, that firſt invented or found out the Commiſſion of Array, but will conclude, as her cozen Sir Francis Iones did upon the Seſſions houſe bench when her cozen was condemn'd to be hang'd, he ſtarting up hearing her Countryman cry for mercy, ſaid it is wel you ſcape ſo too, ſo ſay I, it is wel I ſcaped ſo too, and ſo her will march home to her own Countrey, and make ſome new Alminacks and Prognoſtications from yeare to yeare hereafter.