but for want of this, and nothing will quiet England but this way, to reduce all
unto the Scriptures, and deduce all Laws, &c. from the Scriptures, for that wil
quiet all Consciences, and bring all to unity in Christ Jesus.
From Leith in Scotland, 18. September.
I wish the Cumberland Intelligence were truer. I read a story in
Print of Sir Phillip Musgraves being taken, and of divers Lords and
Lairds: I thought I had formerly given you a true Accompt of that
business, which was this. I sent out a Party of Horse and dragoons
to suppress, their riseing about Dumfrize; when they came to Dumfreize,
they found there had been three hundreds of the Enemies
Foote, but they were gon the day before to Quarter upon
the Country, so that ours found no opposition there. Then having
notice, that there was a Randezvouz of the Enemy in another place,
they marched thither and ingaged about two hundreds of their Horse,
tooke one Coll. Douglass of Keile-Head, Sir John D'yale, a L. Colonell
and two or three Captaines, with about twenty foure private souldiers;
and slew about fourteen or fifteen, and scattered the rest. The Earle
of Galloway and Lord Johnstons escaped, but I never heard of Sr Philip
Musgrave, that either he was there or in the Country. What
was don was of good use for the scattering of their present Levies.
I hear that the Lords and captive Ministers are put in at Newcastle:
We hear at present little news, but that great man, past all understanding
(Argile) is raising Forces, and so are divers Shires in the West, and
in the North, with great confidence. Many will not yet believe the
fatal Rout at Worcester, but rather, that their Countrymen have success;
becaus none return. They think they would not stay so long in England,
but that they finde good entertainment. A good force, and good
Councell might doe well to reduce and settle this Land. We have a
Party at Dumfrieze, waiting like a Trout in a Stream, for some thing to
com down, but they cannot catch one Scot. I beleeve you have caught
them all with your Weels in England.
Letters out of Spain inform us, of a sad Accident hapned there, to
the Town of Bilbo, to the undoing of the Inhabitants and Merchants, it
being wholly overwhelmed with an inundation of Waters.
Westminster 24 September.
The Parliament yesterday kept a day of Humiliation: This day they
went on in the debate touching a new Representative.
In the Evening the Funerals of Generall Popham were performed at
the Abbey, with very great Solemnity. His Herse was attended from
Exceter House in the Strand, by the Speaker, the Lord Generall, and
many Members of Parliament and Councel, as it became a person of so
much honor and integrity.
LONDON, Printed by Tho. Newcomb, 1651.