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son (the Lord Willoughby), and some other persons of 
note, are prisoners. Sir Edmund Varney, who carried the 
King’s Standard, was slain by a gentleman of the Lord 
General's troop of Horse, and the Standard taken, which 
was afterwards by the Lord Generall himself delivered 
unto his Secretary (Mr. Chambers) with an intention to 
send it back the next day unto His Majesty; but the 
Secretary, after he had carried it long in his hand, suffered 
it to be taken away by some of our troopers, and as yet 
we cannot learn where it is. By this time it grew so late 
and dark, and to say the truth, our ammunition at this 
present time was all spent, that we contented ourselves to 
make good the field, and gave them liberty to retire up 
the hill in the night.” It is to be observed that the 23rd 
October old style, would answer to the 4th of November, 
and that between four and five in the afternoon, darkness 
would prevail. I do not think this battle could have 
lasted much more than two hours. As to numbers, as far 
as I have been able to collect, the forces. of both armies 
were about equal. Ina short view of the late troubles in 
England, by Sir William Dugdale, the following account 
is given, in which the truth of the Parliamentarian account 
is contested :—‘*‘ So that on Sunday, the xxiijrd of October, 
being in view of the King’s forces, they put their army in 
order near Kineton, in Warwickshire, and bid his Majesty 
battel, by a signal thereof given with their great ordinance, 
wherewith they made five shot at his army, before any fire 
was given on the other part. But then began a sharp 
encounter which continued near three hours, wherein 
God so preserved his Majesty, that instead of being utterly 
destroyed by these violent rebels, who reckoned all their 
own; their invincible army (as they esteem’d it) was so 
bruis’d and shattered, that, instead of further pursuing 
the King, it retreated eight miles backwards, where the 
soldiers secured themselves many days by the advantage 
of the river Avon, under the protection of the town and 
castle of Warwick. To the end thereof that -their (the 
rebels) party might not be disheartened, they always took 
care not only to suppress any bad tidings, but to puff up 
the people with strange imaginations of victories and con- 
quests, by producing forged letters, counterfeit messengers, 
and the like, as was manifest by their committment (25 
Oct.) of sundry persons to prison, which came from Kineton 
Battel, and reported the very truth of the King’s success 
there, viz., Captain Wilson, Lieutenant Witney, and Mr. 
