THE DECLARATION AND ENGAGEMENT Of the Officers and ſouldiers of Col. Ingoldsbies Regiment for the preſent Government, whereunto is added two Letters.
OF A great fight between Col. Jones and the Marq. of Ormond, with the routing of Ormonds whole body of horſe, and purſuing him to Waterford, The ſurrender of Roſs and other Garriſons to the Lord Lievt. Cromwell, ſince the taking of Waxford, with the beſieging of Duncanon.
ALSO An Act made at Edenburgh for receiving all perſons to the Sacrament, that were formerly debarred from it, the expectation they have of the Prince, and the Earl of Mourtons joyning with the enemy in the North.
⟨Octob 30⟩London, Printed by B. A. 1649.
WHereas there is a great and horrid deſign now on foot for the raiſing a new war and bringing the Nation in bloud again by which combuſtion, and confuſion, to take an opportunity to ſet up the Princes intereſt in this Nation, to which end they have2 and do uſe all endeavours, to raiſe diſcontents in the hearts of the people and ſpecially of the private ſouldiers, caſting unjuſt aſperſions upon the Parliament thereby, to render them odious as alſo repreſenting the Generall and his Councell ol Officers to be Tyrannicall and unfaithfull, perſwading the people and ſouldiers, on theſe and the like grounds, to diſown the Parliament, to caſt off the Lord Generall and his Councell, dividing the ſouldiers from their Officers, and ſo to be without Parliamentary and Military, Authority, for the carrying on of which deſign, they have ſent their Agents abroad with traiterous and rayling Pamphlets to all the Regiments of the Army, ſome of them being of late among us, have by their wicked deluſions ſo farre enſnared and engaged that had not God wonderfully prevented, we had been a means of involving the whole Nation in bloud, and had not our noble Generall been mercifull unto us, ſome of us had deſervedly loſt our lives with deluſions and deceipts; we do beſeech our fellow Souldiers of the Army, to be carefull leaſt they be enſnared as ſome of us were, and for the prevention of the like miſchief among us for the future, we do declare, that ſuch traiterous plots we do utterly abhorre and diſclaim looking on ſuch men as our greateſt enemies, that ſhall endeavour to ſeduce us to them, and ſhall if at any time we find ſuch amongſt us, apprehend and perſecute them to the utmoſt, and do likewiſe freely and really engage, to continue our due obedience to the Parliament, our Generall, and all others, now in juſt Authority over us, and do bleſſe God for the good3 we & this Nation do enjoy, by their acts of Piety and juſtice, & wiſe managing of the publik affairs, for the eſtabliſhment of peace upon good and ſure grounds, in the proſecution of which things we do engage to ſtand or fall with them, againſt all attempts whatſoever, end by whomſoever.
IT hath pleaſed God to bleſſe our Army with ſucceſſe, that ſince the taking of the Gariſon of Wexford (of which I beleeve you have already received the particulars) there is ſurrendred into our poſſeſſion, Roſſe (another Port-town of great conſequence and ſome other Gariſons. It is moſt certain there were but two men loſt at the taking of Wexford, and it is as true, that Colonell Jones hath had a great fight with Ormond, and beaten his whole party of Horſe, himſelf being in the head of them, After the rout, Colonell Jones had the purſuit of them to Waterford, by which meanes the Enemies Horſe, which was the only ſtrength that Ormond had, are very much ſhattered and broken. Some additionall foot from England would be very uſeful for this ſervice, for that a great number of our men are as uſefull to be be left behind in Gariſons, as others re for the ſupporting of a ſtanding Army in the field. We underſtand there be ſix companies of Colonell Fenwicks, and four of Colonell Moots, ready to be tranſported, we hope they will be ſupplyed with ſhipping, rud be ready to go over by the next fair wind; part of their proviſions are already put aboard. Our army is now ſet down before Duncanon.
October 27. 1649.
OUr Garriſon is in a good condition, ſo is Carliſle and Barwick, we have this week, been very much troubled with a Witch-finder, that hath ſeized upon twenty ſeven women in this town for being witches, but being queſtioned he hath privately gotten away, and it is probable that if there be any witch in England he is one. Our Regiment was drawn forth on Tueſday and the Officers and Souldiers did unanimouſly ſubſcribe to the new engagement. For the news from Scotland it is not much, but a copy of my Letter is as followeth.
If our King come hither, I hope I ſhall be ſhortly with you, and we are now beginning to be in expectation what newes from him, though little is is here at the preſent. Our Miniſters here fly very high againſt the Sectaries. From the North little, only that the Earle of Mourton is joyned with them of Orkenay, and it is reported they ſhould be raiſing men, but uncertain: many of our horſe are drawn northward, for ſecuring of thoſe parts, there is newes in the printed Papers of the taking6 the Scots ſhip with Ammunition and landing men in Caithneſs is not true; from Ireland we hear that Collonel Aconet with a party of about fifty lying in Antrim, were cut off by Col. Hambleton and the town hurnt, here is a flying report that Belfaſt is beſieged. There is an act of the Presbytery in Edenburgh lately come forth, giving liberty to all which were debar'd from the Sacrament by an act of the Kirk, to come in and give ſatisfaction proferring thereupon, that they ſhall be admitted, to the next Sacrament the ninth of Novemb. next, ſo that it is very probable moſt of our ſinfull engagers will be received into the fellowſhip of the Church,
Newcaſtle24. Octob. 1649.
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