122 The Duchess of Newcastle 



And leading his said Army in the midst of Winter 

 gave the Rebels Battel in his passage, vanquish' d them, 

 and put them to flight, and took from them several 

 Garisons, and places of Refuge, and restored Health 

 to the Subjects, and by his many Victories, Peace and 

 Security to the Country es : Witness those places, made 

 Noble by the death and flight of the Rebels : in Lincoln- 

 shire, Gainsborough and Lincoln; in Derby-shire, 

 Chesterfield; but in York-shire, Peirce-bridge, Sea- 

 croft, Tankeriy, Tadcaster, Sheffield, Rotheram, 

 Yarum, Beverly, Cavvood, Selb}^ Halifax, Leeds, and 

 above all, Bradford; where when the Yorkshire- and 

 Lancashire- i^e^c/s were united, and Battel oined with 

 them. ; when Our Army as well by the great numbers of 

 the Rebels, as much more the badness of Our ground 

 was so prest upon, that the Soldiers now seemed to think 

 of flying ; He, their General, with a full Carier, com- 

 manding two Troops to follow him, broke into the very 

 rage of the Battel, and with so much violence fell upon 

 the right Wing of those Rebels, That those who were but 

 now certain of Victory, iurn'd their backs, and fled 

 from the Conqueror, who by his Wisdom, Virtue and 

 his own Hand, brought death and flight to the Rebels, 

 Victory and Glory to Himself, Plunder to the Soldiery, 

 and 22 great Guns, and many Ensigns to Us. Nor was 

 there before this, wanting to so much Virtue, equal 

 Felicity, for Our most beloved Consort, after a dismal 

 Tempest coming from Holland, being drove ashore at 

 Burlington, and undergoing a more grievous danger, 

 by the excursions of the Rebels, then the tossing and 

 tumbling of the Sea ; He having heard of it, speedily 

 goes to Her with his Army, and dutifully receiveth Her, 

 in safety brings her, and with all security conducts her 

 to Us at Oxford. Whereas therefore the aforesaid Earl 

 Jiath raised so many Monimients of His Virtue and 



