ON the eighteenth day of this present moneth of Iuly, the Militia was put in execution at which place there met four hundred foot compleatly armed, under the command of Captain Diggs, Captain Daniel, and others, about an hun­dred Voluntiers from the Town of Marlborough, these men have made gallant expressions of their in­tentions to spend their lives and fortunes in the de­fence of the King and Parliament, at Skipnam there is this day expected six hundred Foot, besides divers Voluntiers, the Lord Marques Hartford and the Lord Seymor are every day expected at Marlborough, to put the Commission of Aray in execution.

ABout some few dayes past there were some five Cavaliers that came into Windsor Forest to kill some of his Majesties Deer, and having gained a fit stand, took the oportunity of the next approaching Ga [...]e, which were two lovely Stagges, the Cavalier [Page 4] that was to shoot indeavoured so to place them in his eye, that he might send a mortall wound to them both, and having shot like a good markes man, made good his determination, upon the discharge, the rest of the company came in with chearfull coun­tenances to the fall of the Deer, endeavouring with all celerity to carry these Stagges away without a discovery, but their care and industry could not pre­vent their ensuing danger, the Foresters having [...]eard the report of the Piece hasted to the place from whence the sound came, where they found these Ca­valiers busie about their stollen pleasures, the Fo­resters being all well armed martialled themselves in in such aray as they might best encounter with these Cavaliers that had been the destruction of their game, no sooner had they observed the approaching danger, by way of Fortification each Gentleman placed his Horse before him as a Bulwarke to de­fend their Bodies, and having laid their Pieces upon their Horses, gave fire and sent a volley of shot a­mongst the Foresters, the sight was for a while very hot, yet with little losse of blood, but the continu­ance of it made the Cavaliers spend most of their shot and powder, one of them flying was pursued by a Forester, and forced to deliver his Armes, the rest of the Gentlemen upon a fair treaty had liberty to de­part, leaving behinde them their Stagges. Much troubled were they at the consideration of their ill fortunes, and thereupon entred into a deep con­sultation how they might be revenged on the Fo­resters, having laid their Plot, their next thoughts [Page 5] were the putting of it in execution, in the first place they made inquiry for the Forester that had seised on the Gun, and being advertised that he was at a neighbouring Alehouse, they entred the house, seis­ed on the Keeper, each man laying hold upon a part of him, insomuch as the miserable Keeper thought his limbes should be torne from his body, having haled him up and down, and putting him into a piti­full fright, they would not free him from the pu­nishment they intended, till he had paid whatsoever expences they should then be at, and returne them their Gun with one of their Stagges, so much was the poor Forester tormented, that he willingly condiscended to their desires after they had received their Stagge, and taken the benefit of his sees, they departed each man to his severall habitation, where they feasted themselves with fat Venison, not long after one of the Cavaliers were taken and awarded to go to prison, but so well was he beloved of the Fe­male sex, that thirty Amazonian spirits rescued the Prisoner, the conductors presently fled from the fury of these malignant spirits, the prisoner presently hasted to some place of safety, and though the Sheriffe of the same County was then present, and gave order to a Trained Band that was then in rea­dinesse to stay him, yet such was his nimblenesse, that hee passed through the severall rankes of the Souldiers and escaped. Such was the activenes that the by-standers imagined he had long conversed amongst those wilde creatures of the Fo­rest, and that he was transformed into the nature of [Page 6] them. It were to be wished, that such Cavaliers as these that will not be kept within the compasse of the Law might suddenly feel the scourge thereof, lest these extravagant courses makes others (that are bet­ter minded) follow their bad examples, and pillage houses.

THe Inhabitants of the Citie of Bath expresse their great greifes in that they have had little Company this Summer, they fear that their chief [...]enefactours bends towards the North, and that cold Climate makes them thinke the lesse of Bathing, for having had recourse to the waters of Knavesbo­rough their heat is allayed, the poor Guides are now necessitated to guide one another from the Alehouse, least they should loose their practise, the Ladies that are there are fallen into a Lethargie for want of stir­ring Cavaliers to keep them awake, were it not for these Nymphes the waters would lose their vertue, Pluto's cauldron had never lesse purboyled flesh in it to please the palate of his Courtiers, the poor Fid­lers are ready to hang themselves in their stringes for a pastime, for want of other imployments.

1. THat the money gathered be not imployed a­gainst him, but for the relief of Ireland, &c.

2. That his Town of Hull be delivered up to him and then he will pardon all persons that have offend­ed, &c.

3. That the Navie be forthwith resigned and de­livered into such hands as he hath directed, decla­ring it high Treason in the Commanders of those Ships so detained from him.

4. That his Parliament [...] adjourned and remo­ved from London to a place more secure and safe for his Person, &c.