42 The Duchess of Newcastle 



victorious army, they fled away from thence into 

 Derbyshire, and left both town and castle (without 

 any blow) to My Lord's mercy ; and though the people 

 in the town were most of them rebelliously affected, 

 yet My Lord so prudently ordered the business, that 

 within a short time he reduced most of them to their 

 allegiance by love, and the rest by fear, and recruited 

 his army daily ; he put a garison of soldiers into the 

 castle, and fortified it in all respects, and constituted 

 a gentleman of quality Governour both of the castle, 

 town and country; and finding near that place some 

 iron works, he gave present order for the casting of 

 iron cannon for his garisons, and for the making of 

 other instruments and engines of war. 



Within a short time after, my Lord receiving 

 intelligence that the enemy in the garisons near 

 Wakefield had united themselves, and being drawn 

 into a body in the night time, had surprised and 

 entered the town of Wakefield, and taken all or most 

 of the ofiicers and soldiers, left there, prisoners 

 (amongst whom was also the general of the horse, 

 the Lord Goring, whom My Lord afterwards redeemed 

 by exchange) and possessed themselves of the whole 

 magazine, which was a very great loss and hinderance 

 to My Lord's designs, it being the moity of his army, 

 and most of his ammunition, he fell upon new counsels 

 and resolved without any delay to march from thence 

 back towards York, which was in May 1643, where 

 after he had rested some time, Her Majesty being 

 resolved to take her journey towards the southern 

 parts of the kingdom, where the King was, designed 

 first to go from York to Pomfret, whither My Lord 

 ordered the whole marching army to be in readiness 

 to conduct Her Majesty, which they did, he himself 

 attending Her Majesty^^in person. And after Her 



