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charg'd and beaten back with disorder. There was Sr Bevil 

 Grenvile slayne in the head of his Pikes, and Major Lower in 

 the head of a Partye of Horse, and Sr Nicholas Slanings Horse 

 kild vuder him with a greate shott, and the whole body of 

 Horse soe discomforted that of 2000 there did not stand aboue 

 600. Yett at last they recovered the hill, and the Enimy drew 

 back about demi-oulverin-shott, within a stone wall, but there 

 stood in reasonable good order, and eache part played vpou the 

 other with theire Ordnance, but neither advanced being both 

 soundly batter'd. So the night came on, and all things grew 

 quiett, where Prince Maurice and Sr Ralph Hopton remayning 

 in the heads of the Troope? all that night, aboute one of the 

 clocke heard an advancing of Horse and flfoote, but without 

 drum or trumpet and they presently received a smart voUye 

 from the Enimye's Muskettiers, which was answeared with the 

 like, but being verie darke noe more was done and all things 

 grew quiett again e. So after an liowers silence the chiefe 

 Comanders before mentioned rightly iudgeing that this might be 

 the Enimye's parting blowe, gave a comon souldier a rewarde to 

 creepe softly towards the place where the Enimy stoode to bring 

 certaine notice whether they were retreated or no, who found 

 them gone. By this time it was towards breake of daye, and 

 in the morning the Comanders founde themselves possest of the 

 field and of the dead, and of 3 or 400 of the Enimye's Armes, 

 and 9 or 10 barrells of theire powder, And so about 9 in the 

 morning they retired Avith the Army to Marsfield, where they 

 rested the next day, principally by reason of Sr Ealph Hopton, 

 he having bin in the begining of the battell shott through the 

 Arme and in the ende of it blowen vp with Gun-powder, and 

 so was verie vnfitt to be removed the next daye." 



