Great
News
FROM
SALISBURY
,
The
Sixth
of
December
,
1688.
HIS
Highness
the
P.
of
O.
Enter'd
this
City
on
Tuesday
,
with
Bonfires
,
and
Ringing
of
Bells
,
and
attended
with
the
Mayor
and
Aldermen
in
their
Formalities
,
and
the
loud
Acclamations
of
the
People
.
He
spake
to
them
,
and
said
,
That
he
came
,
(
being
Invited
)
to
Restore
their
Liberties
,
and
Preserve
their
RELIGION
;
but
the
shouts
of
the
People
would
not
permit
him
to
go
on
.
He
intends
to
stay
here
a
day
or
two
.
Here
came
a
Trumpeter
from
the
three
Commissioners
last
Night
,
to
let
the
Prince
know
they
were
at
Andover
,
and
to
desire
a
Meeting
.
The
Trumpeter
desir'd
also
a
Cessation
of
Arms
,
and
Liberty
of
Treating
,
in
Order
to
a
Free
Parliament
.
It
's
said
here
,
that
the
Lords
of
his
Highness's
Council
met
without
the
Prince
,
and
they
declared
,
that
a
Free
Parliament
they
took
up
Arms
for
,
and
that
they
would
give
Passes
for
the
Coming
and
Going
of
any
that
should
come
to
them
;
and
that
they
were
coming
to
London
,
in
Order
to
a
Free
Parliament
.
It
's
also
Discourased
his
Highness
said
last
Night
,
That
he
wonder'd
what
he
had
done
in
his
Life
,
that
should
give
cause
to
think
he
used
to
break
his
Word
and
Declarations
like
some
others
;
for
nothing
could
be
done
but
in
Conjunction
with
the
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
who
had
taken
Arms
(
with
him
,
and
also
in
other
parts
of
England
)
in
order
to
settle
all
things
in
a
Parliamentary
way
.
The
Earl
of
Oxford
came
hither
yesterday
.
This
City
and
all
the
Corporations
in
the
West
Engage
themselves
,
and
declare
for
a
Free
Parliament
,
and
the
Protestant
Religion
.
Just
now
Advice
is
brought
,
how
that
the
Lord
Herbert
of
Cherbury
,
Sr.
Edward
Harley
,
and
most
of
the
Gentry
of
Worcestershire
,
and
Hereford-shire
,
with
a
great
Body
of
Horse
,
the
5th
.
Instant
enter'd
Worcester
,
and
that
in
a
few
days
their
Number
would
be
very
great
.
The
Lord
Herbert
with
a
Party
of
Horse
Seized
on
Ludlow
Castle
,
a
place
of
great
strength
,
and
vey
Rich
in
Plate
;
and
that
another
Party
seized
Sir
Walter
Blunt
,
the
Pop.
High
Sheriff
Worcester
,
and
secured
him
in
Ludlow
Castle
.