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labour'd all night both to preuent vs, and to seruc himselfe of 

 such an advantage : and indeede that Generall of the Eebells 

 was the best shifter and chooser of ground when hee was not 

 Master of the field that I euer saw ; wch are greate abilityes 

 in a Souldier. 



Vpon this south side of Lansdowne hee shewes vs his whole 

 body; that day wee spent in looking vpon one another; the Enemy 

 veiw'd our whole Army as it stood rang'd in the valley whose 

 number could not then bee disguis'd, soe that it appear'd too big 

 to invite him downe to fight : towardes night wee marchd of the 

 ffeild towardes Marsfeild, vpon our remoouall a lusty party of 

 the Enemys horse falls on our Eeare, who att first bred a litle 

 trouble, but were att last repulsed with losse and shame : 



That night wee lay att Marsfeild and next day fought 

 Lansdowne batle the Kebells being then drawne vp vpon the 

 North side of the hill." 



After the Rehells are drawn out on North side of the Hill. Col. 

 Slingshy's relation of the battle of Lansdown, July 5th, and 

 that of Roundway, July 13th. Clarendon MSS., 173S. (2). 



The night before the battaile att Launsdowne the kings Army 

 •quarter'd att Marsfeild ; in the morning betimes Waller sent a 

 strong party of horse towardes our head quarter, who beate in 

 all our horse guards, and alarum'd all our quarters : wee instantly 

 •drew into the feild and marched two miles towardes Launsdowne 

 where wee could see the Eebells Army drawne vp vpon the top 

 of the hill, he stood vpon a piece of ground almost inaccessible. 

 In the brow of the hill hee had raised brestworkes in w"'' his 

 Cannon and greate store of small shott was placed ; on either 

 fflanke hee was strengthned with a thicke wood w'''' stood vpon 

 the declining of the hill, in w'^'' hee had putt store of mus- 

 keiteires ; on his reare hee had a faire plaine where stood rang'd 



