Exceeding joyfull news from Oxford-shire. Being a true relation of a victorious battell fought by the apprentizes, of London, against the cavaliers wherein were slaine 16 of the said cavaliers. And not one of the apprentizes wounded, but one shot through the arme with a pistoll. With divers other exployts against the said cavaliers by the valiant apprentizes. Whereunto is annexed the couragious proceedings of the said apprentizes who are resolved to spend their dearest blood for the good of King and Parliament. Also some remarkeable passages from Banbury and Warwickshire.

Divers passages concerning the taking of some ord∣nances from Banbury, by the Eaple of Northamp∣ton, and of the Cavalieres violent actions in these Counties.

TO give you farther particular notice of some vi∣olent passages committed by these nefarious Sonnes of tumult and Rebellion; it is most certaine, that there happened a great contention between my Lord Brook, and the Earle of Northampton, about the carrying of a peece of Ordinance to Warwicke Castle, which was staied by my Lord Brook, And afterward upon agreement betweene them were returned and brought backe to Banbury, and kept in the Castle; but the Cavaliers layd this plort, and telling those that they met, comming to Aide Banbury that all things were quiet, they beleeved them, and went backe, hereupon the Earle of Nor∣thampton

having plant••d Ordinances on Crowch-Hill, The Town was in a great feare and uproare, their Captaine forsooke them and ranne out of the Town, by whom it is most certaine that they were Betrayed, so that men, Women, and Children fled out of the town, the Ministers trembled, fearing to be abused by the Cavaliers; Who having taken Master Sutton a neighbour Minister forced him on his knees to drinke a health to the confusion of all the Round header, and to sweare that ••e would read the Common prayer, and never preach any more fac∣tious Sermons, they tooke also possession of Master Harris his house minister of H••nwell, and of the La∣dy Copes house, after this the Ordnance wee deli¦vered up to the Cavaliers, 300 horse comming ••o their aid from the Earle of No••thampton, giving the Lord Brookes no warning thereof, as he promised to doe three dayes before they should be removed, there were in company with the Earle of Northamp∣ton, Colonell Lunsford, the Lord Wilmot, and the Lord Dunsmore, who for denying to deliver up the Town Arms by vertue of the Commission of Array very violently used the Constable, and the Armes and Ammunition forcibly tooke away from him.

It is most certaine also, that some Cavaliers ha∣ving at Warwicke mounted Ordnance upon a Steeple by the breaking of some of them in the discharging, three of the Cavaliers were slaine, to shew that those that fight against the Church, and Religion, are no where safe from Gods severe Iudgments. Besides

these troopers do daily committ and perpetrate ma∣ny violent Acts of hostility round about the Coun∣try: benig at Rugby, Hilmorton, Cranburrow, and other Townes, where they have done very much mischeife, and tooke away their Armes, And thus the poore Country is but the Stage, whereupon these cutting Cavaliers do Act daily tragedies, to the great feare and ter∣rour of the whole County, who to their utmost power, will ever persist in standing for the defence of the Parliament.