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many young boyes amongst them to mannage them. Indeed 

 the campe was not easy to bee assaulted, and the plaine 

 round about the hill for a mile or two was soe strewed with 

 great stones naturally, that art could not have made a better 

 defence against our horse (wherein was our greatest strength), 

 and to helpe them more, the generall caused every musquetier, 

 instead of a rest, to carry a short stafFe shod with iron at 

 both ends to stick sloaping into the ground for pallisadoes 

 against our horse : but all theise preparations and great lookes 

 upon one annother ended in a treaty ; and soe upon the 20th 

 of June the Scotsh army broke up. 



And upon the 22 of June, beeing Saturday, the king 

 retourned to Barwick and the army was dissbanded, onely 

 theire was retained a garrison of [a space left here] in Barwick 

 under the command of [a space left here]. 



And another garrison in Carlile of [a space left here] under 

 the command of [a space left here]. 



[June] 21. The 21, beeing Friday, I came from Barwick 

 and lay that night at one Carr's, in Anwick, where foi-mei'ly 

 I had layen. 



[June] 22. The next day the 22, and Saturday, I came 

 to Newcastle and lay at one Bambridge's. 



[June] 23. The 23, Sonday, I went to Durham and lay 

 at one Midcalfe's. 



[June] 24. The 2-1:, Monday, I went to a place called 

 Caterick and lay at the poast-master's. 



[June] 25. The 25, Teusday, I came to Rippon first, 

 where there is a cathedrall church subordinate to Durham, 

 and built very like it. Our countrey-man, Dr Dod,^^ is 

 deane thereof. This towne is famous for spurs : the best 

 woorkeman now is one Harman, and two brothers called 

 Portars. One Warwick, was accounted the best woorkman, 

 but hee is now remooved to Buri-oughbrigge. 



Tliis night I lodged at Ripley. 



^'■' Thomas Dod, D.D., Dean of the collegiate church of Ripon, was 

 chaplain of Charles I., and successively held the preferments of rector 

 of Astbnry and Malpas, prebendary of Chester and archdeacon of 

 Richmond. He died 10th February 1647/8. 



