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killed or taken, though many of their leaders are certainly cut 

 off. Their foot ran twice, and would not stand longer than their 

 officers forced them on with the sword ; the Lord Marquis hath 

 taken many of their arms, especially of their Scottish pistols. Next 

 morning (Tuesday) his Excellency drew towards them again, 

 faced them a long while, but they had too much of the two days 

 before, and would by no means be entreated to show themselves.' — 

 (Mercurius Aulicus, March 30, 1644). 



On the 25th of March, after this unsuccessful attempt to bring 

 on a battle, Newcastle wrote to congratulate Rupert on his success- 

 ful relief of Newark and to urge again his own need of assistance. 

 ' I must assure your Highness ', he says, ' that the Scots are as 

 big again in foot as I am, and their horse, I doubt, much better 

 than ours are, so that if your Highness do not please to come 

 hither, and that very soon too, the great game of your uncle's will 

 be endangered, if not lost ' (Warburton, ii, 397 ; see also 399). In 

 his old quarters at Durham, Newcastle awaited the arrival of aid 

 and continued his former tactics. The Scots established their 

 headquarters at Easington, midway between Hartlepool and Dur- 

 ham, where they continued till the 8th of April, and then marched 

 to Quarendon Hill, within two miles of Durham. On the nth of 

 April took place the defeat of Bellasis at Selby, and on the 13th 

 Newcastle commenced his retreat to York. His next letter is 

 dated from York, 18th April (Warburton, ii, 433) ; he says that 

 Eairfax and the Scots are too strong for him, and ' have put them- 

 selves in such a posture as will soon ruin us, unless there be some 

 speedy course taken to give us relief . I have not been able to find 

 any letter of Newcastle giving an account of the latter part of the 

 campaign, or the retreat to York. 



VIII 



EIGHT LETTERS WRITTEN BY THE MARQUIS OF 

 NEWCASTLE DURING HIS EXILE 



Of the following letters, the first was intercepted and published 

 in a newspaper, and it is uncertain to whom it was written. The 

 other seven were all written to Secretary Nicholas. 



My Lord, — Your Lordship's Letter by Creswell is so nobly kind, friendly, 

 and so wise counsel, as it is too big for my Pen, Inke, and Paper, only it 

 hath made me all over thankfulnesse, and that is as much as I can either 

 say or do. For my estate they are now selling of, it is against all the old 

 tenents that I should be a Traytor and Rebell, and all my estate confiscate, 

 and I to be hanged without mercy, and none will lend me two shillings here, 

 but uye me, and know not how to put bread into my mouth, as if I was 



