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being in a little field, and there was a way through, and 
divers of the enemy did runne that way, both horse and 
foote. I tooke away about tenne or twelve horse, swords, 
and armour. I could have killed 40 of the enemy, I let 
them pass, disarming them, and giving the spoil to my 
Troopers. The armies were both in a confusion, and I 
could not fall to them without an apparent losse of myself 
and those few which were with me. The powder which 
the enemy had was blowne up in the field, the enemy ran 
away as well as our men. God did give the victory to us, 
there are but three men of note slain of ours, namely my 
Lord Saint John, Colonell Essex, and one other Captaine, 
whose name I have forgot; Captain Fleming is either 
slaine or taken prisoner, and his Cornet, he had not one 
officer which was a souldier, his waggon and money is lost, 
and divers of the Captaine’s money are lost to great value, 
our Foote and Dragoneers were the greatest pillagers; wee 
had the King’s Standard one houre and a halfe, and after 
lost it againe; wee did lose not above three hundred men, 
the enemy killed the waggoners, women, and little boyes 
of twelve years of age, wee took seventeene colours and 
five pieces of Ordnance. I believe there were not less 
than three thousand of the enemy slaine, for they lay in 
their own ground twenty and thirty of heapes together, 
the King did lose Lords, and a very great many of 
gentlemen, but the certain number of the slaine cannot 
be knowne. Wee did take my Lord of Lindsey, General 
of the foote being shot in the thigh, who dyed the 
Tuesday morning following, and his body is sent away to 
be buryed, the Lord Willoughby his son was taken, 
Lunsford, Vavasour, and others, being prisoners in 
Warwick Castle; on Munday, there did run from the 
