An account of the defeat of the rebels at Wisbich [sic] in the Isle of Ely. By His Majesties forces yesterday morning, with the number of the captains, lieutenants, ensigns, &c. taken prisoners, with their cannon and ammunition, &c. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B01354 of text R170031 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A271). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B01354 Wing A271 ESTC R170031 52211639 ocm 52211639 175374 2240875466

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B01354) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 175374) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2731:5) An account of the defeat of the rebels at Wisbich [sic] in the Isle of Ely. By His Majesties forces yesterday morning, with the number of the captains, lieutenants, ensigns, &c. taken prisoners, with their cannon and ammunition, &c. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n.], [Edinburgh? : Reprinted in the year, 1689. Caption title. Date of publication from colophon. Suggested place of publication from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. eng Lancashire Plot, 1689-1694 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702 -- Early works to 1800. Wisbech (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. eebo An account of the defeat of the rebels at Wisbich in the Isle of Ely. By His Majesties forces yesterday morning, with the number of the captains, lieu [no entry] 1689 1 542 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-11 Sampled and proofread 2008-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN ACCOUNT OF THE Defeat of the Rebels At WISBICH in the Isle of Ely. By His Majesties Forces yesterday Morning , with the number of the Captains , Lieutenants , Ensigns , &c. taken Prisoners , with their Cannon and Ammunition , &c.

SUch was the Villany of a great part of this Rebellious Regiment ( late the Lord Dunbarton's ) that notwithstanding his Majesties Princely Care , in sending them 1300 Guineas for Advance-money , and to pay off their Arrears , and the great Civility shew'd them by their Collonel and other Officers , nothing could take them off from their intended Revolt and Rebellion , the manner of which an Account has been already given , and since our last they continued in a Body , taking their way towards Cambridge-shire , to endeavour to get into the Northern Road ; but as they began their March , one of the Ammunition Waggons with Powder blew up , killed one , and hurt some others . The first Night they reached Stow-Market , and lay in the Church : But his Majesty having an immediate Account of this their rebellious Proceedings , forthwith dispatched Three Regiments of Horse , and one of Dragoons , with Instructions , if they refused to surrender at Discretion , to fall on and reduce them by Force , who were so expeditious in that Undertaking , that on Tuesday Evening they arrived at St. Ives , and there understanding , that they were marched from Mildenhall and retired to Wisbich , in the Isle of Ely ; Count Solmes , Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces , sent Marshal Schomberg an Express , That he was advanced within some few Miles of the Rebels ; which , tho they had got themselves into a Fastness almost impassible for Horse , being a Fenny Countrey ; and had planted their Cannon upon a Cause-way , where they must be approached , yet he was resolved the next Morning to attack them in their Post : And briskly advancing upon them , some of their Hearts began to fail , and were desirous to Surrender ; upon whom they held a Council of War , and hang'd , as it 's said , about Fourteen or Fifteen of their Companions : And being pressed by the King's Forces , and not Judging that Place of sufficient Security , they retreated to the Village of Sleeford , where being surrounded , and Fire being ready to be given upon them , they sent forth their Commander , with his Cravat about his Neck , Halter-wise , who submitted intirely to the Mercy of the King , forthwith laying down their Arms , and surrendering themselves into their Custody ; which Account Collonel Langstone sent Express this Morning to Whitehall . Six Captains , Eight Lieutenants , and Seven Ensigns , who are all in Prison , and His Majesties pleasure desired to know how they should be proceeded against : And we hear that some among them offers to Discover , who were Advisers of this Mischievous Project , to Ebarras the King's Affairs .

Reprinted in the Year , 1689.