_But I am so far from that foul crime of publishing what's false, that I can safely say, I know not one line unauthentick; such has been my care to be sure of the truth, that I have diligently collected the particulars from most of their mouths, who were the very actors themselves in this scene of miracles._ _To every individual person (as far as my industry could arrive to know) I have given the due of his merit, be it for valour, fidelity, or whatever other quality, that any way had the honour to relate to his Majesties service._ _And though the whole complex may want elegance and politeness of style (which the nature of such relations does not properly challenge) yet it cannot want truth, the chief ingredient for such undertakings. In which assurance I am not afraid to venture myself in your hands._ Read on and wonder. THE HISTORY OF HIS SACRED MAJESTIES MOST MIRACULOUS Preservation AFTER _THE BATTLE OF WORCESTER, &c._ It was in _June_ in the year 1650. That CHARLES the Second, undoubted heir of CHARLES the First, of glorious memory, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, (after his Royal father had been barbarously murdered, and himself banished his own dominions, by his own rebellious subjects) took shipping at _Scheevling_ in _Holland_, and, having escap'd great dangers at sea, arrived soon after at _Spey_ in the North of _Scotland_. On the first of January following, his Majesty was crown'd at _Scoon_, and an army raised in that kingdome, to invade this; in hope to recover his regalities here, then most unjustly detain'd from him, by some members of the _Long Parliament_, and _Oliver Cromwell_ their general; who soon after most traiterously assum'd the title of _Protector_ of the new minted Common-wealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. The first of August 1651. his Majesty with his army began his march into England, and on the fifth of the same month, at his Royal Camp, at _Woodhouse_ near the Border, publish'd his gracious declaration of general pardon and oblivion, to all his loving subjects of the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales, that would desist from assisting the _usurped_ authority of the pretended Common-wealth of England, and return to their obedience. Except only Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton, John Bradshaw, John Cook, and all others, who did actually sit and vote in the murder of his royal father. His Majesty, after the publication of this gracious offer, march'd his army into Lancashire, where he received some considerable supplies from the _Earl of Darby_ (that loyal subject,) and at Warrington Bridge met with the first opposition made by the rebels in England, but his Majesties presence soon put them to flight.