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having noted, the account of the Battle of Lansdown as printed 

 in 1875. He had, however, perhaps better not remark further 

 on this. The letter now read to them was not new, as he had 

 used it very much, practically embodied it, in his Lansdown 

 paper, and duly gave the reference to it, where it could be found. 

 Perhaps, again, a notice of this and a comparison should have 

 now been made. The whole of these MSS. had just then been 

 arranged, and he thought he was the first who had referred to 

 them. It seemed that Mr. Skrine, from his minute knowledge of 

 the roads about Claverton, had detected that the Royalists could 

 not have been at Monkton Combe as stated; and looking up 

 this reference had found the place therein written Monkton 

 Farleigh. The relation of this march from Frome was epitomised, 

 being introductory, not as giving full particulars, but merely to 

 bring both forces to Lansdown. The object in view was the 

 Battle on Lansdown. Writing at the time full of Somerset, the 

 more familiar name of Monkton Combe had been substituted 

 and passed unnoticed ; it was evidently wrong, as it placed both 

 forces on that side of the river. But it was a slip, a clerical 

 error, not an error affecting any statement or fact. The para- 

 graph now as it stood, was meaningless and obscure ; Farleigh 

 not Combe was clearly intended, as by substituting Farleigh for 

 Combe all became clear and the account read on correctly. The 

 narrative of the Lansdown fight was taken from his full 

 manuscript of the Civil War as relating to the whole county, and 

 probably a reference to this would show the name written 

 Farleigh*. The Royalists passing round by Bradford bridge were 

 met at Monkton Farleigh by Waller's advanced guard which he 

 had passed over the " ford " below Claverton, his main body 

 being drawn up on Claverton Down. Beaten back and losing the 



* The Secretary has since been informed by Mr. Green that on 

 referring again to hia original MS. of the Lansdown fight he finds 

 therein — " Monkton Farleigh and not Monkton Coombe." 



