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Lord General did quarter in a small villiage, where the 
battel was fought, in the field called Great Kings field, 
taking the name from a Battell there fought by King John 
as they say. On Sunday, the 23 of October, about one of 
clocke in the afternoone, the battell did begin, and it con- 
tinued untill it was very darke; the field was very great 
and large, and the King’s forces came down a great and 
long hill, hee had the advantage of the ground and wind, 
and they did give a brave charge, and did fight very 
valiently ; there were 15 Regiments of Foot and 60 
Regiments of Horse. Our Horse were under 40 Regiments, 
and our Foot 11 Regiments. My Lord Generall did give 
the first?charge, presented them with two pieces of Ordnance, 
which killed many of their men; and then the enemy did 
shoot one to us, which fell twenty yards short, in plowed land, 
and did no harme; our Souldiers did many of them run 
away, to wit, blew Coats and grey Coats, being two 
Regiments, and there did runne away 600 horse. I was 
quartered five miles from that place, and heard not any 
thing of it untill one of the clocke in the afternoone. I 
hasted thither with Serjeant-Major Duglis’s troope ard 
overtooke one other troope, and when I was entering into 
the field I think 200 horse came by me with all the 
speed they could, out from the Battell, saying that 
the King had the Victory, and that every man cried for 
God and King Charles. I entreated, prayed, and per- 
suaded them to draw up in a body with our troopes, 
for we saw them fighting, and the field was not lost, but 
no persuasions would serve, and then I turning to our 
three troopes, two of them were runne away, and of my 
troope I had not six and thirtie men left, but they were 
likewise runne away. I stayed with those men I had, 
