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breaches very broade that his horse might charge if theire were 

 occasion, w'''' breaches were guarded by his Cannon and bodyes 

 of Pikes. 



Thus stood the two Armys taking breath looking vpon each 

 other, our Cannon on both sides playing without ceasing till it 

 was darke. Leges and Armes flying apace the two Armys being 

 within muskett shott : After it was darke theire was great 

 silence on both sides, att wch time our right wing of shott gott 

 muche nearer theire army lodging themselues amongst the many 

 litle pitts betwixt the wall and the wood from whence wee gald 

 them cruelly. 



About 11 of ye clock wee receiu'd a very greate volley of 

 small shott but not mixt with Cannon by which some of vs 

 iudg'd that liee was retreating, and gaue this att his expiring ; 

 but the generall apprehension through our Army was that the 

 Enemy had intention to trye a pushe in the night for theire 

 ground, wch they had soe dishonorably lost; for wee Avere 

 then seated like a heauy stone vpon the very brow of the hill, 

 wch with one lustye charge might well haue bin rowl'd to 

 the bottome. 



It was not long before wee knew certainly that they were gone, 

 att theire departure they left all theire light matches upon the 

 wall and whole bodys of Pikes standing upright in order within 

 the wall as if men had held them : wee were glad they were gone 

 for if they had not I know who had within an hower ; but indeede 

 had our horse bin as good as the Enemys the rebells had never 

 gone of the feild unruin'd. We kept the ffeild till it was day 

 light and then plundered it, and sent severall partys of horse 

 seueral waies, att whose retourne we were inform'd that the 

 Enemy was in Bathe : at eight of the clocke we marched of 

 towards Marsfeild.* Upon Tughill one of our ammunicon 

 waggons tooke fyer, blew up many men and hurt many ; especially 



* End of Bath, Lansdown. 



