WE have had some pretty passa­ges here which I thought good to make you acquainted with. On Thursday and Friday last, being the 26. and 27. of this instant Moneth, Collonel Mountague went forth into the Enemies quarters with onely 2. Companies of Dragoneers, and 1. troope of horse going to Bedford, for we heard they had some small force there: but when we came there, they were all gone from thence. But take notice by the way, that we went as a partie of the Kings horse, and were made very welcome in the Town; And having heard before that the Commission of Array had given them charge to raise Money and Horse for the Kings use, and they being as ready as may be to put it in practise: we ask­ed them where the honest men lived that [Page] was to gather the Money: being directed, we came to the house and asked for the men, who said, VVe had very small time as yet to do any thing; but what they had we should have it very willingly, wishing they had more to do the King good, and so had we too, the summe being but 7. li. and 4. good horse: VVe taking them thankfully, and tel­ling them we would visit them for more shortly: Do, and welcome, say they, and so being prayed for by them, we left them and marcht towards S. Needs, where we had more of the same sport, taking more horse that was kept for the same purpose also. And another pretty passage had almost forgot­ten, at a little Tovvn by the way we had 5. horse that vvas kept for the same purpose al­so, and while they were searching the house I had command to stand at the back side of an orchard to see that no body ran out at the back side, and whilest we stood there, there came a man down the lane, and seeing some [Page] Force stand there, he rode back again: I seeing, having the command of those that stood vvith me, I took Souldier vvith me and rode after him, and vvhen vve had gai­ned him vve told him that he vvas going to Cambridge to tell the Roundheads that we vvere there: and telling him that he vvas an old usuring Roundhead, and one that had lent the Parliament money, and being urged upon it, swore that he never lent them any, nor payd the taxations, but vvhat they strai­ned and took by force; telling us that for the King he would do any thing: He was high Constable of the place 5. year, and gathered the Ship-money, and put some men in pri­son for non-payment of the Money, and told us that he had perswaded as many as he could not to take the Oath nor Protestation, and giving us notice of all the parts and par­ties of the Countrey, and how every person of quality stood affected, and by that means we got more horse, and are promised more [Page] for the King; but when they are ready we shall turn Cavaliers again to fetch them: the mans name is Edward Cosens, and he liveth at a place called Rocxson; And the Captains names are, Cap. Taylor, Cap. Lawrence, Cap. Langrige, and so marcht to Huntington, sen­ding Captain Taylors Quarter-master to quarter 500. of the Kings Forces, saying, Collonel Hurrey and his company was to quarter there that night, and Sir Lues Dyves and others, who when they heard that the Kings forces was coming there, they rang the Bels for joy, and so we did know our friends from our foes, and still raised our force of horse, so that we had a considerable number which did help us to make up our Dragoneers. And so in haste I rest,

I Intend the next weeke (God willing) to give you a larger relation of the proceedings neere our Quarters, in the meane time be satisfied with these lines ensuing: On Friday last being the 27. of this month, we marched from Hull, having continued there in Garrison for the space of fourteene dayes; and on the ele­veth day of this month Captaine Rainesborough, who is Cap­taine of the good Ship called the Lion, for the King and Par­liament, comming to relieve the towne of Yarmonth with the number of two hundred of his shipt Souldiers, together with three hundred souldiers under the command of Captain Wels, as also with the Townesmen themselves issuing forth of the Towne, set upon the Earle of Newcastles forces and gave them battell, the Sea-men went on with such a courage and so hot, that they beate the Earles forces from their great Guns, and tooke from them nine or ten great Pieces of Ord­nance, one whereof was one of the two great Guns that the Queen sent them, which she had from the King of Denmark, calling them by the name of her pocket Pistols, but I hope she shall never have them againe to shoote fiery bullets into the Towne, for they did shoote into the Towne out of them pocket Pistols Granadoes and bals of thirty and six pound weight, one of them shot into a house where a woman lay in Child-bed, and burnt the bed and the woman was in it, but such was Gods mercy and goodnesse that the woman recei­ved no hurt at all, and although they shot both day and night continually for the space of sixe or seven weekes together, they killed onely two, a man and a woman, all the time of their siege against the Towne, but on the eleventh day when we [Page] gave them the onset and overthrow, we lost ten me [...] and twelve hurt, and ten taken prisoners, one was that valia [...] and worthy Commander Captaine Ramesborow, wee tooke that day of the Kings forces at least six or seven score prisoners, but how many of them were killed is not certainly knowne, for as they were killed, they stript them and threw them into ditches, so that wee cannot heare of above three or foure score that were killed, but I beleeve they lost more: They demand for the ransome of Captaine Ranisborow foure of his best Guns in his ship, but it will not be granted them; my Lord F [...]irefax doth offer them two Knights, or any of their Captaines that we have taken of theirs for him, but as yet it will not be taken for him: They are all quite runne away to Yorke, and have carried Captaine Rainsborow Prisoner with them, but I doubt not but that they will bee glad to release him againe. Thus in hast I rest,