ACcording to my Ingagements to your selfe formerly, after my love remem­bred. I thought good to advertise you of the newest, and true newes from the North, which through the Malignant Party and wicked Counsell about His Majestie, who have first diverted the Kings Majesty from his High Court of Parliament, and do daily persist to animate His Majesty and his good Subjects, to be raisers of a civill warre, which themselves have been the chief actors; and nothing is in their minds as can be thought, but to seek the ruining of this [Page 2] Kingdome: And so is it at this time, that the Court of Yorke doth entertaine all sorts of Delin­quents, of whom, some by His Majesty have been Proclaimed Traitours, as the Lord Digby, and o­thers, and yet have made the Court of Yorke a san­ctuary of all Delinquents, against the justice and Priviledge of Parliament; to the great danger, not only of the disturbance, but even of the subver­sion of the originall constitution and frame of this Kingdome.

We credibly heare from New-Castle, that the Earle of New-Castle being sent by His Majestie, Marched with 500. men to place a Garrison more stronger for the defence therof, whom the Towns­men seeing their insolency and violence they com­mitted upon the Towne, making their will a Law, and taking mens goods nolens volens, the Towne and Colliers of New-Castle manfully resisted them, and made them Retreat out of their Bulwarks and out of the Town; and upon their resistance killed eleven of their men, but the Townsmen and Col­liers escaped without the losse or hurt of these bloudy minded Cavaleers: But we hear since, the Earle of New-Castle is gone back to Yorke for more strength, to go against the Inhabitants of New-Ca­stle; which if they should any wayes overcome them, the Citie of London is like to undergo great da­mage, it being the chiefest place for Sea-coale. Therefore 'tis very necessary and convenient, that the High Court of Parliament would take it into serious consideration, that their may some ayde be [Page 3] sent to their reliefe. And indeed so is it in all the Northern parts of England; for every man is in feare, that is rich, of present surprizall, seeing a ci­vill War alreadie begun in many parts and Coun­ties of this Kingdome; as namely, at Leicester by Master Hastings, of whose successe he hath no great reason to boast; and also by the Lord Strange in Lancashire, against the whole County, but espe­cially against the Citie of Manchester; and like­wise now at New-Castle by the Earle of New-Castle; but their hopes are by the great mercie of God frustrate of what they thought ere this to have had possession of.

His Majestie is now at Beverley with a great Ar­mie of men, with an intention to take the Towne of Hull; and to that end hath imployed many men in worke to digge Trenches, and make Bulwarks to command the Town, and hath stopped the passage of all fresh-water for comming into Hull; but the whole County of Lincoln are very observant to Sir John Hotham, and the Parliaments desires, that they will spend their lives and estates, to maintaine that Town with all necessaries, against any opposi­tion, for the KING and Parliament. But the strength and scituation of that Town in such, that 40. thousand fighting men are not able to take it, if the hearts of them be true to their KING and Countrey, which are in the Town.

We hear newes to Yorke, that the Lord Strange hath fallen from his designs concernning the Com­mission of Array, and the placing of the Militia, [Page 4] and will not do any thing contrary to Law, or that shall be prejudiciall to the Kingdome.

The Cavaleers are at Yorke very insolent, that men dare not without great feare of danger walke the Streets after Sun-set; for they will three or foure of them set upon one man, and take all that he hath, and wound him, and slash him with their swords, upon refusall to them, what is his own

They have here beene so presumptuous and op­posite to Justice, that upon Thursday night last, there was nine Cavaleers walked the streets of York seeking what prey they might devour to enrich their beastly and carnall lusts, though with the ut­ter impoverishing of whom they ransack, they met with three Gentle-men of note in the County of York, who came to York upon their occasions, they cowardly set upon them, with dam, and sinke them, they must have what money they had, or else they would make them a prey for the fowls of the ayre; but the Gentle-men being resolute, rather then they would thus be out-dared, they would en­danger themselves to resist their desires, which very manfully they did, & cut two of them very shrewd­ly that tis thought they will never recover with life; the other seven being never a one free from some cut or other about them; they so manfully beha­ved themselves. The gentlemen being all of them in the Surgeons hands, and all something wounded, but in no danger of death. Four of the Cavaleers are taken and are in hold, but the favours they re­ceive from Court from the hands of Noble-men, [Page 5] 'tis thought will easily free them without any trou­ble at all, but a shew; which makes them to run on in these and the like courses of injustice and wic­kednesse, without the feare of God, or man. Thus desiring of the Lord, that he would please to put a period unto these cruell and civill Wars and di­stractions; and that it would please the Almighty God, who is the onely Governour and Ruler of of Kings; put it into the heart of our King, with an unanimous consent, to expose his evill Counsel­lours now about his Majestie, to the just censure of the high Court of Parlia. and himselfe joyn with them for the establishing of this kingdom in Peace.

Thus with my love to all my friends till the next conveniencie, I rest.