THese are to give your Lordship accompt of the victo­rie. It hath pleased GOD to bestow on us far above our deserts. The way was thus, Prince Rupert advan­cing for York, we brake up our beligering to meet him, having an order (which wee intercepted) from the [...]ing, that nothing but impossibilities should stay him from beating [...]he Scots: As we were marching, he put the River of Ewes betwixt us, so that he came to York without any stop, so that we lay foure myles there-from, and on the morrow brake up the march to Todcaster to attend his retreat.

Our Foot having the way, we were not one myle from it, the Alarme was sent us by our Horse, that Prince Rupert was with his whole armie advancing, which made us presently march back to the bounds we had left, where we found him drawing up in a plaine field three myles of length and breadth; the fairer for such use I had not seene [...] England, we finding him so neer, and no possibilitie to have our [...] in two houres, keeped the advantage of a sleeke, and the hills [...] our Horse, till the Foot as they came up was put in order: In [...]e meane time wee advanced our Canon, and entred to play on them on the left wing; which made them a little to move; which they perceiving, brought up theirs, and gave us the like. This continued [...] long, when it was resolved wee should advance downe the hill [...] a great field of corne, to a ditch they had in possession, [...] it pleased God so to prosper, they were put from it, so that the service went on verie hote on all sides: We losing on the right Wing, and gaining on the left, they that fought stood extraordinar well to it; whereof my Lord Lindesays Briggad beeing commanded by himself, was one. These Briggads that failyied of the Vane were presently supplied by Cassels, Cowper, Dumfermling, and some of Clydisdailes Regiment, who were on the battell, and gained what they had lost, and made themselves master of the Canon was next to them, and tooke Sir Charles Lewcas Leivetenant Generall of their Horse prisoner: These that ran away shew themselves most basely. I com­manding the Battel, was on the head of your Lordships Regiment and Bucleuches; but they carried themselves not so as I could have wished, neither could I prevaile with them: For these that fled, never came to charge with the enemie, but were so possest with a panatick fear, that they ran for an example to others, and no enemie following them, which gave the enemie to charge them, they intended not, & they had only the losse. These that fought, God preserved them miraculously with no losse, we have only the Lord Dudup prisoner, and Lievete­nant Collonel Brison is killed, two Captaines, and some Souldiers: We have Sir Charles Lewcas, Generall Major Porter, some Collo­nels, and other officers, with sundrie of their chiefe Officers killed. The number killed to the enemie as is estimate, is two thousand, and above, with fifteene hundreth prisoners, twentie piece of Canon, [Page] which was all they had, all their Amonition, all their Bagauge, ten thousand armes, all their foot Colours, many Cornets, the horse on the right winge were beat: My Lord Eglingtown not being well se­conded, Sir Thomas Fairfax commanded there in chief, a brave Com­mander, but his horse answered not our expectation nor his worth, they gave some blame to the commanded Muscatiers that were with him: My Lord Eglingtown commanded our horse there, who shew­ed himselfe most valiantly, his Son relieving his father, who w [...] far ingagded, is sore wounded, our left wing of horse, which was [...] manded by Lievetenant General Cromvel, and General Major David Leslie caried themselves bravely, and under God was a maine occasi­on of our victorie. I must not overpasse Manchesters Foot, who did good service under the command of Generall Major Crawfurd; Our Generall being chief Commander himself, Lievetenant Generall Bail­lie commanded the Vane of ours under him, so Fairfax and Manche­ster of their own. So not troubling your Lordship further, I rest.

At our Leigour at York, the fifth of July, 1644.

AT our comming before Yorke yesterday, the Towne was summoned to render to our Generall by a Trumpeter; wee had this day a fair answere from Sir Thomas Glenning, and the Mair of the Citie Master Cowper, which was neither a grant, nor a refusall: But we hope since the Prince hath left them, with a s [...] bodie of horse, and our whole Caviliers is in pursute of him, [...] that the Marques of Newcastle with our Countrey- [...] King, and all their good Officers are gone: They will shortly accept of quarters, for as we understand, and by certaine intelligencers from [...] Town this day, they have not five hundred Souldiers in the Town, b [...]side the traine Bands, and the Burgars: So if they render not upon [...] which wee heartily wish to prevent more bloud, wee intend by [...] assistance, to take it by storme: Wee were certainly informed from one which came out of the Towne this day, That the Prince brought scarce in with him to the towne of his Foot (confessed by Sir Cha­rles Lewcas to be twelve thousand) not five hundreth, but were ei­ther killed, or run away: The Papists and Bishops, and their com­plices have all left the Town, Bag and Baggade: The greatest losse we have was the spoiling of our Baggadge, and hor [...] [...] battell, by our owne men that fled, and our Ba [...] [...] [...] ­ses are estimed to be in horse, money and clothes, abov [...] [...] thousand pounds Scots: I hope some of it shall be recovered, [...] losser my selfe above three thousand merkes, and Sir James Lum [...] den two thousand. But we heartily dispence with the losse of meane since God hath prospered the worke in our hands, I hope by Gods blessing, this blow the Prince hath gotten shall bee a good meanes to bring all the bussinesse here to a good hap [...]e close, to Gods glorie, (to whom only the praise of the worke is due) and the good of the three Kingdomes.

This battell was fought on twesday the second of July; a day ought never to be forgot in the three Kingdoms, as one of the greatest acts of Gods great power and mercie manifested to us, for which we have a solemne thanksgiving the next Lords day: And as at is expected in all the Kingdomes will be the like, so soone as can be ex­pediently.