Two great victories. I. One obtained by Collonel Fleetvvood at Shaftsbury on Sunday, August the 3. 1545 [sic]. 51 of the Kings Commissioners taken prisoners as they sate in Councell, with a perfect list of all their names. II. Another victory obtained by Lieutenant Generall Crumwell, against the Club-men at Hambleton-Hill. 2500 routed. 300 taken prisoners. 2000 armes taken. 12 slaine upon the place. Many wounded. Also all their colours, and drums taken, and all the rest of their baggage. Commanded to be printed, and is published according to order.

A Relation of the routing and dispersing of 2500 Club-men, by Leiutenant Generall Crom∣well, that were gathered in a Body in Batalia upon Hambleton-Hill neere Blanford.

SIR,

FOR my last, it was but in part of what (God be thanked) is since perfected; For since the bring∣ing in of the Commissioners I then gave you an ac∣count of, which were the Malignant heads of the Club-men; we have now broken and routed the bo∣dy also, the manner thus;

The Club-men sent (on the Lords day at night) to have their Leaders delivered to them, and caused their Bells to be rung in all places, and Alarms to be given in their usuall way of rising, and this morning about 2500. instantly met at Hambleton-Hill with their Colours which were all White, (for they had got white silken Colours) and their Drums, and seve∣rall Weapons, Muskets, Pikes, Pisto's, Birding∣peeces, Bills, Halberts, and many severall Weapons and had drawn themselves into a body.

Leiutenant Generall Cromwell with 500. Dra∣goones, and 500. more in a reserve to march after them, marched out from the Leaguer towards the Club-men, and facing them, they drew into Batalia and stood in a great and ancient Roman worke which is upon those hills, and admitted a Parley.

Lieutenant Generall Crumwell demanded of them the reason of their rising, they answered to redeeme

their heads, requiring the Commissioners to be deli∣vered to them, and then they said, they would return, home, but without their Leaders they would not dis∣band.

Lieut: Gen: Cromwell returned answer, that they had them Prisoners: and that they were to answer for what they had done; and that they were at Sherburne with the Generall, and made a very full and worthy speech to them, to perswade them to be wise and re∣turne home in peace; shewing them how they have been misled by a company of Malignants: and decla∣ring what care the Generall had taken to secure their estates, and settle peace amongst them and what com∣fort they found, that submitted thereunto.

But the Club-men were very unruly; vapouring, and protesting, pounctually to rescue, and redeeme their Leaders, (& indeed, they are the very notorious ringleaders of the Malignants of these parts) but the moderate party (especially about Sommersetshire) doe much deride their folly.

Lievttenant Generall Cromwell took great paines to appease them without shedding of blood, but no∣thing would satisfie them, but to have (their Lea∣ders) their Heads, delivered to them.

Whereupon, the Club-men being in Battalia, Leivtenant General Cromwel drew up his Forces and charged them with the 500. Dragoons, and slew some 12 of them, wounded ma∣ny, tooke some 2 or 300 Prisoners, of the most notorious of them, and routed and dispersed the rest, who fled all home, leauing their Colours, and their Armes behinde them. And we hope that now they will no more trouble us so againe.

Sherburne, August 4^th, 1645.