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Lansdowne, by that time they came to the foote of the hill, the 

 Enimy, by the advantage of his neernes to it, was possest of the 

 ground, and themselves with the whole Army, especially the 

 Carriages which were most troublesome, engaged in a ffield just 

 vnder them, out of which there were verie inconvenient wayes 

 to retreate, to advance noe possibility, and to stay there least of 

 all, for the Enimye's Oaiion played into them, and they had noe 

 meanes to requite them. So about one in the afternoone the 

 chiefe Comanders resolved of a retreate. towards Marsfield, and 

 cofnitted the order of it to Sr Ralph Hopton, who drawing vp 

 the Army in the best order he could to face the Enimy, first 

 sent of the Canon and Carriages Avith convenient guards by the 

 li narrow lanes that went from thence towards Marsfield, and 

 presently after sent 1000 Muskettiers to line the hedges vpon 

 the entrance of both those wayes, then he sent off the Army in 

 parts, remayninge onely to hold vp the Enimy with a strong 

 forlorne hope of Horse with which at last he marched off without 

 any loss and drew a strong party of the Enimye's Horse within 

 the Ambuscade of Muskettiers, which haveing tasted they 

 quickly retired. And so the Army came that night safe to 

 Marsfield sending out theire Parties of Horse everie Aray to 

 secure their Quarters. 



The next morning earlie Sr Wm. Waller drew out his whole 

 Army over Lansdowne to that ende which lookes towards 

 Marsfield and there vpon the verie point of the hill over the 

 high way suddenly raysed breast workes with faggots and earth, 

 and sent downe strong partyes of Horse into the field towards 

 Marsfield, where they lighted vpon a party of Horse and beate 

 them in. This roused the Army at Marsfield and so about 8 

 that morning being the 13th of July, 1643, all drew forth, and 

 within verie short time a light skirmish was engaged with 

 dragoones in the hedges on eache side ; But the chiefe Comanders 

 of the King's Army considering that the continuing of that 

 kinde of fight would be to little effect, but might onely waste 



