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water ; he would transport his forces along the River of Seveme past 

 Gloucester, and fall upon the reare of Lord Herbert's Welch forces when 

 they should the least dread him, and withall gave the Gloucester forces 

 notice when they should fall upon the front of the Welch Army, as he 

 would upon the reare, which designe was no better plotted than it tooke 

 effect ; for when the Lord Herbert was in skirmish with the Gloucester 

 forces, upon their comming out to him with full thought to cut them all 

 off, being so few in comparison of his, Sir William Waller brought his 

 forces neare the Forest of Deane,- and fell upon the reare of them with 

 such fmy that the Welchmen soon showed their Welch valour, and would 

 gladly have tooke flight if they had known which ways to escape them. 

 Sir William making such havocke amongst them that there was slaine, 

 as is conceived, at least 500 in the place, neare 1000 taken prisoners, 

 with all their arms and Ammunition, and the rest of the forces wholly 

 routed, the Lord Herbert, as was at first supposed to be slaine, for that 

 he coiild not be found; but it is since informed he got away and fled 

 to Oxford, leaving all his Welchmen behind him, which make them swear 

 by Saint Taffie, they'll never fight for him againe, unless he passe it under 

 his hand and scale he will stand it out." 



These two extracts are frora the " Parliamentary Organ." That 

 which follows is from the ^' Mercurius Aulicus," which was the 

 organ of the King's pai-ty. The loss is here fully admitted^ 

 although it is accounted for by an allegation of treachery 

 against Sir William Waller. 



' ' This day was taken up in scouring and examining the reports which 

 came from Gloucester, touching a blow said to be given by Waller to the 

 Lord Herbert's forces neare that city, which being first noised to be a total 

 overthrow of that little army, and after confidently affirmed to be nothing, 

 but rather that they had the better and repulst the enemy, ended at last in 

 this relation ; that the Lord Herbert had entrenched his forces at a place 

 called Hineham, on the further side of Gloucester, beyond the Seveme 

 expecting forces to come down from the hither side and so block it up. 

 That Waller, perceiving the co-operation of the King's other forces with 

 those at Hineham would be a great danger to the Towne passed over the 

 Seveme secretly, at a place called Newnham, about Friday, and fell upon 

 the back of the Lord Herbert's quarters, who then was at the Court, but 

 met with such resistance that there he lost 400 of his men, and so gave over 

 for that time. Finding the next day that the King's forces were williag to 

 admit of parley, he hearkened to it, and entertained a treaty with them, 

 having lost so many of his men in the former onfalls. But while they were 

 upon debate of the conditions and almost come to a conclusion, some of 

 the men perceiving one of the outworkes to be but meanly manned (most of 



