Another great Victory obtained by the Lord Fairfax his Forces againſt the Popiſh Army neere Hull.

NOw all men may ſee the grand effect and operation of the Co­venant, thus it was with Scot­land, God carryed on their De­ſigne without impediment, it was the meere force of their Covenant which wrought it, and brought them on ſo ſucceſſefully, and ever ſince the firſt day of ſtriking in and Confedera­ting in ſuch a wonderfull manenr, God hath gi­uen us ſucceſſe; the victory at Newberry, the re­liefe of Gloceſter, were even when we were con­ſidering and conſulting, and taking our Cove­nant, and now very lately upon the ſecond ſo­lemnity of it by the houſe of Lords, a Meſſenger came with the joyfull tydings of the Earle of Mancheſters victory neere Bullingbrooke.

And now one Captaine Clayton, an Officer in the Lord Fairfax Army came hither the 17 of October from Hull in Yorkſhire at 3. of the clocke, that place which was formerly b•ſieged with the Earle of Newcaſtle's Army, hee having divers times ſhot into the Towne hot flaming bullets which to the wonder and aſtoniſhment of all never fell but on ſome Malignant houſe in the town, but now the Newcaſtelian Forces lying ſtil in their ſiege, and fancying to themſelves ſome unexpected ſucceſſe either by treachery within, or by their conſtant lying before it, hoping at length to worke ſome terrour in the Inhabitants, and to bring them into ſtraits, it pleaſed God to put into the hearts of the noble Lord Fairfax, Sir Iohn Mel­drum, and the reſt of the noble Councell of War to take into their thoughts and deſignes how to fall upon the enemy who lay before the Towne, they called a ſecret or Cabinet Counſell, and delibera­ted ſeriouſly upon the buſineſſe, and diſputed the feaſeableneſſe of it, for there were many diffi­culties in it; as firſt the adventuring any conſide­rable party out of the Towne, and then the diſ­couragements which might follow, if any loſſe or defeature ſhould happen, then the great Army3 and Forces which the Earle of Newcaſtle had; and though they might ſally out upon one Work, yet he m•ght with his numbers ſo ſupply the aſ­ſailed, that it would prove a mighty hazard; theſe things thus agitated, it pleaſed God to warme the ſpirits of our worthy Commanders, the Lord Fairfax, Sir Iohn Meldrum, and the reſt, and to put new reſolutions into their hearts, and they reſolved to ſally forth; then order was given to divers Captaines to make ready for drawing forth; and 800 were appointed by the Lord Ge­nerall Fairfax, and they were only deſigned for this great victory: They marched forth upon Wedneſday laſt, being the very day on which the Earle of Mancheſter, and Sir Tho Fairfax, Lord Willoughby, and Colonell Cromwell obtained their famous victory upon the place neere Bullin­brooke, which is a very wonderfull and obſerva­ble Providence, for God did ſeeme to give us a compleat victory in two ſeverall Counties at the ſame time, the one being a victory over Horſe, the other over Foot, ſo as now the whole body of the popiſh Army is routed, having divided it ſelfe into two parts, viz. Lincolnſhire and Yorkſhire, Newcaſtles Forces lying in their Trenches, and4 having made ſeverall workes one within ano­ther, in a very ſtrong and Artificiall manner, our forces fell upon their main Quarter, beat them from one Worke into another, and ſo out of all the workes of their Quarter, but the Popiſh forces came one again and beat ours back again, and recovered their workes, then it pleaſed God to put new courage and reſolutions into our men and then they went on again drove them all out, killed 80 on the place tooke 100 priſoners, routed all the reſt, took 9 great Peices of Ordi­nance whereof one of them was called her Ma­jeſties Gog and Magog being their greateſt Can­non, ſhooting Bullets of 36 pound weight, theſe being taken thus, all his army run away and they purſued and might have followed them to the gates of Yorke, the enemy was in that great aſtoniſhment, but the forces of my Lord Fairefax contented themſelves for the preſent with theſe, only this further, ſuch was the diſorder and di­ſtraction of the enemies army upon this admi­rable difeate the divers of the newcaſtlians came into Hull to ſurrender themſelves to the Lord Fairfax mercy; now there are ſuch ſad•a­mentings in the Popiſh army, that they know5 not wh•t courſe to take, they are at their witts end, now they are thinking it is verily ſuppoſed of providing for themſelves; either by flight to Newcaſtle and ſo to take ſhipping, or to Scar­brough and ſo to be gone for Ireland.

Sir Hugh Cholmley is in greate diſtraction and it is thought would come over againe to the Par­liaments ſide, if he might be received; for he hath had little ſound comfort and content ſince he re­volted.

The quarters now which the Enemy had about Beverley, Cottingham, Newland, Stoneferis, Stamfordbrigge, and other places are now left ve­ry empty, and they are intending to gather all into a body, & to retreate to Yorke but it is thought by thoſe that run away from the enemies ſide daily, that the deſigne will not hold, and that they will rather run all away and ſo deſert the Marqueſſ of Newcaſtle & leave him with his na­ked title; who of all men that ever took up Armes againſt the Parliament ſerves moſt to be hanged and have his quarters hung, the one upon Yorke minſter the other upon Lincoln minſter, and the other upon Durham minſter and the other6 upon Weſtminſter, becauſe he firſt gave a riſe to the Papiſts of this land.

And let all men take notice of that wicked and unfortunate Marqueſſe, who hath been the only Generall for the Popiſh Army, giving them all the encouragement he could, and being the greateſt obſerver of the Queen, and her jeſuiti­call faction, doing their Commands like a pack­horſe.

And now all men are deſired to looke upon our Cauſe, and not to faint, but to raiſe up their ſpirits in the ſouth, that we may now totally end the buſineſſ, and haſten our peace and happineſſ which muſt only be by victo­ry over our enemy.