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parallel line from Northampton to Worcester. Some 
account of this is recorded by Wharton. ‘‘ Munday 
morning (19th September), our regiment began to march 
towards Warwickshire, and passed through Wes Haddon 
Creeke and Hill Morton, where we had a supply of drink, 
which upon a march is very rare and extraordinary wel- 
come, and at the end of ten miles we came to Rugby, in 
Warwickshire, where we had good quarter. At this town 
Mr. Norton (Nalton) formerly preached. This town also 
was lately disarmed by the Cavaliers on the Sabbath day, 
the inhabitants being at church. Tuesday morning (20th 
September), our regiment marched two miles unto Duns- 
more Heath, where the Lord General and his regiment 
met us, as also the Lord of Stanford, Colonel Cholmley, 
and Colonel Hampden, with many troops of horse and 
eighteen field pieces, where we kept our rendezvous until 
even.” [It is not difficult to fix on the spot where this 
rendezvous was held; it was, I think, where the road 
from Rugby to Dunchurch joins the turnpike road from 
Northampton to Dunchurch, near to Bilton Grange, and, 
as the mile post shows, just two miles from Rugby.] The 
writer then continues : ‘‘ When we had tidings that all the 
malignants in Worcestershire, with the Cavaliers, were 
got into Worcester, and fortified themselves, whereupon 
we marched six miles unto Baggington, within two miles 
of Coventry. This night the rest of our regiments quar- 
tered about the country. Wednesday morning we marched 
towards Warwick, leaving Killingworth Castle upon the 
right, and after we had marched six miles our forces met 
again and quartered before: Warwick until forty pieces of 
ordnance, with other carriages, had passed by, in which 
time I viewed the antiquities on this side Warwick at Sir 
Guy’s cave, his chapel, and his picture in it (meaning uo 
doubt that gigantic sculptured representation of the 14th 
century of an armed warrior or knight which still, though 
- in a mutilated condition, is there to be seen), his stables 
all hewn out-of the main rock, as also his garden, and 
two springing wells whereat he drank as is reported. 
From hence our regiment marched through Warwick in 
such haste that I could not view the town, but had only a 
sight of the Castle, which is very strong, built upon a 
mighty rock, whereof there are store in this country. 
This night we marched two miles further, unto Burford 
(Barford), where our quarter was as constantly since his 
excellency’s coming. It is very poor, for many of our 
