An Exact of Lievtenant Generall MIDDLETONS LETTER: To the Honourable Sir WILLIAM WALLER.
And by him communicated to, and Read in the Honourable Houſe of COMMONS, on Saturday laſt, being the 24. of this inſtant Moneth of Auguſt. 1644.
Wherein is ſet forth a VICTORY, Obtained againſt the Enemy by a Partie of Horſe and Dragoones, under the Command of Captaine Fincher, Quarter-Maſter Generall to Sir William Waller, at Farrington.
Wherein were taken, ſlaine and diſperſed neere 600. Horſe and Foot of the Enemy; As alſo a Liſt of the Names of the Officers that were taken, with many other particulars in that great Defeat.
And withall, How one Captain Blunt a Papiſt, killed moſt cruelly a godly Miniſter, which Captain, was with many others, there taken Priſoners in this Fight.
LONDON, Printed according to Order, by G. Biſhop. Auguſt. 28. 1644.
THE Forces I am to have from Lime, are to be to morrow with mee at Charde, the London Regiment at Weymouth, I think will be with me a day or two hence, our piſtolls and Saddles are landed at Weymouth; I have given Orders to Commiſſary Fox, to bring them to my Quarters4 at Charde; I have taken a Courſe to recruit, by leaving a proportion of Horſe upon divers Hundreds in Summerſetſhire; I doubt not, but the Horſe will be in a good poſture ere long; Having receiv'd intelligence of ſome new Leavies neere Briſtoll, I commanded Captaine Fincher, Quarter-maſter Generall, with a party of three Hundred Horſe, and one hundred Dragoones that way, he came very opportunely about the time they were to March to their rendezvous, killed only five in the place, diſperſed and took the reſt priſoners, I have ſent you a Liſte incloſed, of the priſoners Names; I hope the leavie is marr'd: One of the priſoners, Captaine Blunt, a Papiſt, killed a Miniſter not long ſince, moſt cruelly; I intend to ſend over all the priſoners to Lime, I think this Captaine Blunt deſerves to be hanged. Your Honour5 may acquaint the Committee of both Kingdomes with this cruell Act: It is impoſsible to heare of any thing from my Lord Generall, but by ſea, hee is in good condition, as I am informed; ſince our comming into theſe parts, wee have not onely ſtopped their leavies of men & money, but likewiſe we have ſtreightened the Kings Army much of proviſion, I doe heare his Majeſties Army is either retreated, or intends ſhortly to retreat; I cannot affirme the truth of this. I doubt not, but I ſhall be able ſhortly to informe you; for I intend to go towards Exeter, and as neer as poſſibly I can, to the Kings army, with a good party of Horſe and Dragoones, ſo ſoon as I have diſtributed the piſtolls to the ſeverall Troopes; Colonell Stroude is here, and hee is to raiſe a Regiment of Horſe, which I make no queſtion hee6 doe quickly. If the Parliament will imploy their Forces this way, the VVorke was done.
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