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his Soldiers being witlidrawn in confidence of some faire end by the present 

 parley), gave in upon the same and wone it, and from then set npon the 

 rest: that the horse, both troopers and dragoons, seeing how little hope 

 there was of safety if they should abide it, went fairly off and saved 

 themselves for better times, leaving about 300 of their foot behind them, 

 who were had prisoners into Gloucester, besides 300 or thereabouts which 

 were killed in the defence of the works. This is the sum of the iatelligince 

 as near as possible I could collect it. 



The following extracts are from tlie " Kingdom'' s Weekly Intelli- 

 gencer" of Tuesday, 28th. March to Tuesday, 4th April, 1643. 



" But I hope I shall suj^ply that defeat with a successe in another place of 

 far greater consequence, by Sir William Waller against the malicious 

 Welchmen, who while he gave out he would take in Cicester and Tewkesbury 

 before he marched against the Lord Heebert, in the night time diverted 

 his course, and having a bridge ready provided of boats which the Earl of 

 Essex sent to Gloucester when he was at Worcester, and marched over the 

 brave river Severne, and fell upon the reare of the Lord Herbert's Welsh 

 forces, whilst the Gloucester men came in the front and slew neere upon six 

 hundred on the place, and tooke above one thousand prisoners, and neere 

 two thousand armes, besides the Lord Herbert's long guns, and other 

 Engines of War. But a more particular relation hereof you shall have in 

 the conclusion of this week's intelligence." 



' ' Whereas it was mentioned a particular relation should be made of the 

 manner of the defeat given to the Welsh in Gloucestershire, the parties that 

 holds a weeklie correspondence thence hath not writ, or rather his letter is 

 miscarryed. But so many letters are come to London to Merchants and 

 others of the truth of that fact, that there is no doubt of it. Some of the 

 letters speake of but three or four hundred at most that were slaine, but all 

 agree in the taking of one thousand three hundred prisoners, and two 

 thousand arms, and one hundred gentlemen commanders of great qualitie 

 in Wales and most Papists." 



The following occurs in the "Continuation of Certain Special 

 and BemarJcahle Passages :" — 



"The great overthrow given to the Welch army before Gloucester, by 

 letters from thence on Mohday last, was more fully confirmed to this effect, 

 dated the first of April. 



'•Sir, 

 " I presume the Report of Sir William Waller, his good successe 

 against the Welch is very common with you, yet, least you may not have 

 full information of the truth, I have made bold to insert upon assured 

 knowledge. Sir William, pretending when he went from Malmesbury to 

 fall upon Cirencester, sent hither all his prisoners whereof one hundred 



