Bij tlic llev. E. J. l-Uulirujtun. 599 



500 amies. No man of note was killed or liiirL, only Sir Arthur 

 Haselrigge, who received a wound in his anno and ear, ])ut not 

 (hingerous. He fought very hravely." ^ Indeed, his regiment is 

 said to have been the only regiment of his sid(3 which " fought 

 vehemently,"^ l)Ut indeed, tlie figures of the casualties are, as 

 usual, very difficult to get. Piohahly Hopton's figures given a))Ove 

 were correct, so far as they go. Ihit 1h3 does not l(dl us of his own 

 losses, not of those of the enemy's cavalry. On tJie oLh(,'i' hand, 

 the Parliamentary colonel was apparently only giving iIk; casualties 

 of the cavalry, and he says notliing about the wounded on the 

 Parliamentary side. These must have been man}-; more, says 

 Clarendon, from falls down the precipices than from wounds. And 

 it is to be noted that Waller lumself admits that he reached Bristol 

 with only a small number of cavalry. It is plain he had ceased 

 to be a fighting force. 



All the same, it is not the losses that were so important as the 

 consequences involved. Bristol was lost to the Parliament. Waller 

 liimself seems to hint this was because the morale of its defenders 

 was intluenced by the success of the lioyal party, which after he had 

 reached Bristol he " lieard of continually," "which (Royal party) 

 took heart on this mischance of mine " (at Roundway)."^ AVhat 

 were the causes of the defeat ? Waller, rightly no doul)t, attributed 

 his defeat to specific causes, which shall be given as far as ])ossible 

 in his own words. First of all Essex " would not accede to Par- 

 liament's " request that he should "join him (Waller) to tlo a mighty 

 worke." It is clear thatEsse.x from Thame should have cooperated 

 with Waller at least by keei)ing the ivini;- too much enijiloyed to 

 be abl(i to help Hopton. But Mssex " would have his great name 

 stand alone.'' The bad terms which Waller and Essex were on 

 with each other were well known to all the world. " ^ly ilismal 

 defeat at Roundway Down \vas owing t.o those heartburnings ami 

 •jealousies; for the (liMieral (/>., Ess<\\) sulfered the I'uendes' Imrse 



' A True Brhitimt, etc. " iftrntr}/, 19th July.lfii3. 



•'' See the Eecol/cctions a/ Sir ]Villi<ii,i W-ilUr, p. \t\\ puh. in tlie I\'^try 

 of Anne Matilda, 17SS. (Also MS. iu \V;uihain College). 



