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King’s army 3,000 foote in 40, 50, and 60, in companies ; 
wee kept the field all Sunday night, and all Munday, and 
then marched to our quarters, and on Munday the enemy 
would have given us another charge, but they could not 
get the foote to fight, notwithstanding they did beat them 
like dogs, this last Relation of the enemy I received from 
one who was a prisoner and got away. 
“Banbury is taken by the King, there was 1000 Foote in 
it, the Captaines did run away, and the souldiers did 
deliver the Towne up without discharged one musket. It 
was God’s wenderfull work that we had the victory. We 
expect to march after the King. The day after the 
Battell, all our forces, horse and foote, were marched up, 
and other forces from remote parts to the number of 5,0C0 
horse and foote, more than were at the Battell. Now at 
my writing, my Lord Generall is at Warwick, upon our 
next marching we doe expect another Battell. Wee here 
think that the King cannot strengthen himself, for the 
souldiers do still run daily from him, and I believe if we 
come to fight, a great part of them will never come up to 
charge. The King’s Guard were Gentlemen of good 
quality, and I have heard it that there were not above 40 
of them which returned out of the field. This is all I shall 
trouble you with, what is more, you will receive it from a 
better hand than mine. Let us pray one for another, God 
I hope will open the King’s eyes and send peace to our 
Kingdome. I pray remember my love to all my friends, 
if I could write to them all I would, but for such newes I 
write to you impart it to them; my Lieutenant and I 
drink to you all daily, and my runawayes I stop their pay, 
some of them for two dayes, some three dayes, and some 
four dayes, which days they were gone from mee, and give 
