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their heeles, before our Troope departed, among whom I 
went away, and Captaine Greaves observing his time 
betwixt the woods, faced about, and charged the pursuers 
most valiantly, at they themselves confesse, and drove 
them back againe: in which charge Denby was slaine 
immediately, and the rest fled, and so we escaped with 
safety, only Captain Greaves received one shot in the 
face, and a cut in the arm, but not mortall; in the pursuit 
of the Troope God made away for all our souldiers saving 
some two or three, to escape most with their armes, 
which they threw and hid away in pits and ditches as 
they could, whereof the most, I think, the Cavaleers 
found not, and not one Captaine or Officer was hurt or 
taken prisoner, nor any considerable man, but most poore 
fellows and malignants because they could meet with no 
better, and all are released saving two of the best, though 
of no great quality. Some redeemed themselves for 2d. 
12d and 18d apiece and some one or two for 20s. Prince 
Rupert being enragd that he should take never a prisoner 
of so great a company, and of those not to raise £20, 
when he himself had undergon so great a losse; and of 
those that were slaine of our side were most poore malig- 
nants, some three young men of ordinary quality that 
bare armes, and John Carter, and that in their flight ; for 
but one was slaine and one lightly shot in the ftesh; in 
the entrance for pillage they spared none, friend or foe, 
they lighted of, yet for the most part those that did most 
against them escaped best; the same I may say of the 
fire, though they intended to burn the Towne utterly, as 
may be known by their laying lighted match with powder, 
and other combustible matter, at the other end, which 
fired in divers places, and divers was found out and pre- 
vented, so that we may truly say that the flames, sword, 
