The Wonderfull and Miraculous escape of our Gracious King, from that dismal, black and gloomie defeat at [...] Together with a pattern to all true and faithfull Subjects, by the [...] Loyall and faithful Brothers, with their care and diligence, observance and obedience 8 dayes in the time of his Majesties obscurity.
The tune is, Come lets drink the time invites.
COme you learned Poets let's cal
our Fathers and our Mothers,
For wee'l write Historicall,
of
[...] faithfull Brothers.
Richard, Humphry, John and George
William once who had the charge
of brave King
Charles and others.
After Wor
[...]ers off
[...] all day,
here's a true Relation,
How our King escapt away,
And who was the preservation,
Of his Sacred Majesty,
In his great necessity,
beyond all admiration.
He great Kingly acts did do
[...]
With a brave intention.
Ventred Crown and Kingdoms too,
in one day for our Redemption,
But in this I'le not insist,
The books doth make it manifest,
beyond my wits indention.
For when he perceiv'd in fight,
the a
[...]ten ground did rout him,
Five and twenty miles that night
he
[...] with all his Lords about him,
But it would have griev'd your heart
For to have seen them all depart.
[...] sorrow was throughout them.
Though with grief and double feare,
they yet did hold together,
On the confines of
Staffordshire,
but to goe they knew not whether.
The conclusion in the end,
Earle Derby said he had a
friend,
hard by and they'd goe thither.
Then to the place they all did goe,
where the Earle intended,
But the people did not know
from what blood they were descended
But they s
[...]t them Bread and Cheese,
And the King did highly please,
his sorrow much amended.
The Earle of
Derby in the end,
all his mint disbursed,
Askt if there was any friend
that wherein he might be trusted
William Pendrall then came in,
Who said he would be true to him,
else let him b
[...] accursed.
Ane further said ift 'twas the King,
nothing should be lacking,
In any part that lay in him
for the escap
[...] which he was making.
And like unto the Turtle-Dove,
This honest
William
[...]ill did prove,
in all his undertaking
[...].
ANd
George the yongest brother t
[...]
made hast and set his clothing,
For his Sacred Majesty.
cause the country should not know him
Richard he did round his haire,
For true Royallists they were,
all five were faithfull to him.
Humphry fetcht him Hat and Band.
of the Country Fashion,
Shipskin gloves for his white hand,
likewise
John had great compassion
Fetcht him shirt and shooes the while,
Then the King began to smile,
at his accommodation.
Richard fetcht his coat by stealth,
and his best arrayment,
Then the King describ'd himselfe,
of his rich and Princely Garment.
Nimbly he did put them on,
And a Wood Bill in his hand,
this was our Kings preferment.
William then went with th
[...] King.
Richard he did leave them,
Cause Intelligence hee'd bring,
least the
[...]ood it should decei
[...]e them,
George and
Humph
[...]y scenting were,
Seei
[...]g if the coasts were cleare
none might come aneere them,
The tydings
Humphry had in Town,
pu
[...] his reines a quak
[...]ng,
Hearing twas a thousand pound
bid for any one to take him,
The Kin
[...] was somthing then dismaid,
To think what b
[...]its the Iews had laid,
and
[...] P
[...]ots were making.
All the day they w
[...]ed then,
in great consultation,
Like forlorne distressed
[...],
that ne'r were in such condition.
William to the King bespoke,
And said he know a hollow Oake,
might be his preservation.
Then through
[...] they did
[...],
the trees were so
[...]ed,
With brakes and bryers leave & bows,
that in number they ab
[...]nded,
It was the Castle of our King,
And his Royall Court within,
for ever is renowned,
William he did bring him food,
like he were a ranger,
While he staid within the Wood,
though
[...]ood King he was a stranger:
Hol
[...]ow Oaks his dwelling place,
Where he staid for five days space,
in sorrow and in danger.
At last he came to the Lady
Lane,
being all dis
[...]sed,
And to her exprest his name,
the
[...]ood Lady then advised,
And appointed out a day,
When they both might come away,
and never be surprised.
then
Humphry▪ Richard, John & George
[...]a
[...]yd to surrender,
The King which they had in their charg
on the eighth day of
September,
The King he leave then took of them,
And said if e'r he came agen,
their lotes he would remember.
Printed for F. Coles. T Vere, and W. Gilbertson, 1660.