52 The Duchess of Newcastle 



time and his present condition would permit, and 

 constituted an honourable person governour of York 

 and Commander-in-Chief of a very considerable party 

 of horse and foot for the defence of the county (for 

 Sr. Thomas Glemham was then made colonel general, 

 and marched into the field v/ith the army) he took 

 his march to Newcastle in the beginning of February 

 1643, to give a stop to the Scots army. 



Presently after his coming thither with some of 

 his troups, before his whole army was come up, he 

 received inteUigence of the Scots armie's near ap- 

 proach, whereupon he sent forth a party of horse to 

 view them, who found them very strong, to the 

 number of 22,000 horse and foot well armed and 

 commanded: they marched up towards the town 

 with such confidence, as if the gates had been opened 

 for their reception; and the general of their army 

 seemed to take no notice of My Lord's being in it, 

 for which afterwards he excused himself ; but as they 

 drew near, they found not such entertainment as they 

 expected ; for though they assaulted a work that was 

 not finished, yet they were beaten off with much loss. 



The enemy being thus stopt before the town, 

 thought fit to quarter near it, in that part of the 

 country; and so soon as my Lord's army was come 

 up, he designed one night to have fallen into their 

 quarter ; but by reason of some neglect of his orders 

 in not giving timely notice to the party designed for 

 it, it took not an effect answerable to his expectation. 

 In a word, there were three designs taken against the 

 enemy, whereof if one had but hit, they would 

 doubtless have been lost; but there was so much 

 treachery, jughng and falsehood in My Lord's own 

 army, that it was impossible for him to be successful 

 in his designs and undertakings. However, though it 



