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his reserues of horse and fFootte ; some bodyes of horse with 

 muskeiteires hee bestow'd vpon some other places of the hill, 

 where hee thought there was an}' accesse ; thus fortyfied stood the 

 foxe gazing at vs when our whole Army was rang'd in order of 

 battle vpon the large Corne feild neare Tughill. In this posture 

 wee continued about two houres ; nothing passing but loose 

 skirmishes vpon Tughill, betwixt a party of our vantgard and a 

 party of horse and dragoones of the enemys sent downe the hill 

 for that purpose. The kings Army found that the Eebells would 

 not bee drawne to fight but vpon extreame aduantages ; and 

 therefore faced about and marched towardes our quarter in order 

 as wee had stood w"*" the ground would admit of, being a 

 continuing j)laine large feild all the way to Marsfeild ; when wee 

 had marched neare a mile the whole strength of Wallers horse 

 and dragoones descends the hill, and falls vpon our Eeare ; wee 

 faced about againe and aduanced vpon them endeav.oring to 

 regaine our ground where wee were before rangd : w* wee 

 gott with muche dificultye and hazard, our horse receiving some 

 dangerous foiles ; soe that had not our flfootte bin excellent wee 

 had certainly suffer'd theire : the rebells horse not enduring our 

 charges of horse and volleys of small shott that fell vpon them 

 from our approaching bodys of ffootte, they retir'd themselues out 

 of that feild ; but left all theire dragoons vpon the walls and 

 hedges vpon the farre end of feild the neare Tughill from whence 

 our ffoote beate them suddenly. The enemys horse being now 

 forest into the laine that leades oner Tughill to Lansdowne, were 

 obseru'd to be in some disorder by reason of the narrow and ill 

 passage. Prince Maurice therefore takes all our horse and wings 

 them on both sides the laine within the hedges with small shott, 

 and soe smartly fell vpon them, that some run in greate disorder; 

 but it seemes they had (like prouident souldiers) placed theire 

 best horse in the Eeare who being compeld, turnes about and 

 fights desperately, and theire giues our horse another foile with 

 the death of Major Lower, Major James and many others : but 



