ACcording to my Ingagements to your selfe formerly , after my love remembred . I thought good to advertise you of the newest , and true newes from the North , which through the Malignant Party and wicked Counsell about His Majestie , who have first diverted the Kings Majesty from his High Court of Parliament , and do daily persist to animate His Majesty and his good Subjects , to be raisers of a civill warre , which themselves have been the chief actors ; and nothing is in their minds as can be thought , but to seek the ruining of this Kingdome : And so is it at this time , that the Court of Yorke doth entertaine all sorts of Delinquents , of whom , some by His Majesty have been Proclaimed Traitours , as the Lord Digby , and others , and yet have made the Court of Yorke a sanctuary of all Delinquents , against the justice and Priviledge of Parliament ; to the great danger , not only of the disturbance , but even of the subversion of the originall constitution and frame of this Kingdome .

We credibly heare from New-Castle , that the Earle of New-Castle being sent by His Majestie , Marched with 500. men to place a Garrison more stronger for the defence therof , whom the Townsmen seeing their insolency and violence they committed upon the Towne , making their will a Law , and taking mens goods nolens volens , the Towne and Colliers of New-Castle manfully resisted them , and made them Retreat out of their Bulwarks and out of the Town ; and upon their resistance killed eleven of their men , but the Townsmen and Colliers escaped without the losse or hurt of these bloudy minded Cavaleers : But we hear since , the Earle of New-Castle is gone back to Yorke for more strength , to go against the Inhabitants of New-Castle ; which if they should any wayes overcome them , the Citie of London is like to undergo great damage , it being the chiefest place for Sea-coale . Therefore 't is very necessary and convenient , that the High Court of Parliament would take it into serious consideration , that their may some ayde be sent to their reliefe . And indeed so is it in all the Northern parts of England ; for every man is in feare , that is rich , of present surprizall , seeing a civill War alreadie begun in many parts and Counties of this Kingdome ; as namely , at Leicester by Master Hastings , of whose successe he hath no great reason to boast ; and also by the Lord Strange in Lancashire , against the whole County , but especially against the Citie of Manchester ; and likewise now at New-Castle by the Earle of New-Castle ; but their hopes are by the great mercie of God frustrate of what they thought ere this to have had possession of .

His Majestie is now at Beverley with a great Armie of men , with an intention to take the Towne of Hull ; and to that end hath imployed many men in worke to digge Trenches , and make Bulwarks to command the Town , and hath stopped the passage of all fresh-water for comming into Hull ; but the whole County of Lincoln are very observant to Sir John Hotham , and the Parliaments desires , that they will spend their lives and estates , to maintaine that Town with all necessaries , against any opposition , for the KING and Parliament . But the strength and scituation of that Town in such , that 40. thousand fighting men are not able to take it , if the hearts of them be true to their KING and Countrey , which are in the Town .

We hear newes to Yorke , that the Lord Strange hath fallen from his designs concernning the Commission of Array , and the placing of the Militia , and will not do any thing contrary to Law , or that shall be prejudiciall to the Kingdome .

The Cavaleers are at Yorke very insolent , that men dare not without great feare of danger walke the Streets after Sun-set ; for they will three or foure of them set upon one man , and take all that he hath , and wound him , and slash him with their swords , upon refusall to them , what is his own

They have here beene so presumptuous and opposite to Justice , that upon Thursday night last , there was nine Cavaleers walked the streets of York seeking what prey they might devour to enrich their beastly and carnall lusts , though with the utter impoverishing of whom they ransack , they met with three Gentle-men of note in the County of York , who came to York upon their occasions , they cowardly set upon them , with dam , and sinke them , they must have what money they had , or else they would make them a prey for the fowls of the ayre ; but the Gentle-men being resolute , rather then they would thus be out-dared , they would endanger themselves to resist their desires , which very manfully they did , & cut two of them very shrewdly that t is thought they will never recover with life ; the other seven being never a one free from some cut or other about them ; they so manfully behaved themselves . The gentlemen being all of them in the Surgeons hands , and all something wounded , but in no danger of death . Four of the Cavaleers are taken and are in hold , but the favours they receive from Court from the hands of Noble-men , 't is thought will easily free them without any trouble at all , but a shew ; which makes them to run on in these and the like courses of injustice and wickednesse , without the feare of God , or man . Thus desiring of the Lord , that he would please to put a period unto these cruell and civill Wars and distractions ; and that it would please the Almighty God , who is the onely Governour and Ruler of of Kings ; put it into the heart of our King , with an unanimous consent , to expose his evill Counsellours now about his Majestie , to the just censure of the high Court of Parlia . and himselfe joyn with them for the establishing of this kingdom in Peace .

Thus with my love to all my friends till the next conveniencie , I rest .