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and our musquetiers after, as fast as we could, Aiscogh 

 came up to them fii'st, and charged one of the troc ps through 

 and through, and charged the second, but then was glad to 

 wheel about ; by that time Tomson came into him, and upon 

 the sight of him all the enemies horse began to shog a little, 

 and our two troops Coming to charge, they turned and 

 ran away, disbanded and routed ; and ours followed upon 

 the execution, and killed many of theni; they think about 

 eighteen or twenty, some very well habited, who seemed to 

 be persons of qualitie ; and their foot, who had played upon 

 our horse and foot Coming up the hill, were left to our 

 mercy, our foot and horse killing them, and they running 

 away like dogs. He that commanded them was one Bam- 

 field, a serjeant-major, who is taken prisoner, and with him 

 about a score of his common souldiers. The rest that com- 

 manded the foot ai-e believed to be slain ; amongst them 

 one Hussey, a captain, for his commission was found in his 

 pocket, himself clad in plush. Balfoure's troop was forced 

 to fetch a great compasse, for it is a veiy high hill and ill- 

 way, who could not come in soon enough. If the night 

 had not come on, and a very darke one, we had made a great 

 execution amongst them, for their own strength of horse 

 was there, five or six troops, and most of their foot. Sir 

 Ralph Hopton was there with his troop, Captain Digby, 

 and Sir Francis Hawley, with theirs, and the Lord Faulet, 

 Sir John Faulet, Sir John Stowell, Sir Thomas Lunsford, 

 Colonen Asburneham, Su* John Barkeley, Colonell Lawdy. 

 and Lieutenant-Colonell Lunsford were there, We do 

 verily believe that some of them are come short of home, 

 for they came in the night before the moon rose, with 

 lanthorns and candles, and fetched away the bodies of them 

 of qualitie. We only found the next morning, twenty or 

 thirty of our meu ; there were but five lost in all, and a 



