THe Kings forces to be revenged on us, for our falling into their Quarters on Thursday last, came on Saturday morning with seven or eight Regiments of their Horse, foure hundred Dragoneers, and two hundred commanded Musqueteers, moun­ted behind the Troopers, this party com­manded by Prince Rupert, about seven in the morning fell upon our Quarters, our Scouts gave us the Alarum some what too late, not above a quarter of an houre before their body appeared within Musquet shot of the Townes end, and they assured us [Page] that they had well viewed their whole party, and that it could not be more than five hundred, which imboldned me to draw forth, our Troope into the Field, but no sooner had we drawne out, but their grosse appeared, at which time but eight Troopes were marched out of the Towne, but not drawn up, the Enemy came downe the hill amaine to charge us, to prevent our em­battelling, the want of which, with the sight of their great body, occasioned ours to retreat too fast, and disorderly into the Towne, and some much farther. The Enemy entred the Towne, and up­on their first falling in, we beate them out againe with a very small number, but they sent a fresh and a greater supplie, and for­ced us to retreat over the Bridge, at the end of which, we drew up all we could pre­vaile with to stand, which was about two hundred, and the Enemy came also over the Bridge, and drew up in the same Mea­dow, but with forty Horse or thereabouts, I charged those then there drawne up in number about sixty, and they most hastily [Page] retreated over the Bridge, we pursuing them, where many of them were wounded, slaine, and tumbled over the Bridge, but with their Musqueteers they beate us backe againe, to the end of the Bridge next Newport. This done, we againe marched over the Bridge with fiftie Horse, and in despight of them, entred into the Towne, and advanced, and kept the Towne, and cleared it, and drew out into the Field, and faced them. In great haste and feare, (as those we tooke after confessed) they mar­ched away, and some of those beaten out of the Towne (as some of Towcester assu [...] ed us) ran thither and told the rest that the Round-heads had cut them all off, which gave them a hot Alarum, so that thence they sent threé hundred Musqueteérs to their reliefe, and the better to make good their retreate. There were found dead up­on the place 19 persons of theirs and ours, and twenty of theirs were dressed two miles beyond Oulny, and the Lieutenant to the Earle of Downe, with our other there by us taken Prisoner who stayed behind; [Page] We [...]ooke also a Coronet of theirs Prisoner, whose name as I remember is Gatton, one of your Excellencies Life-guard, and sir others, threé persons of quality of theirs (by their habite slaine) one reported to be a Major, another a Captain of Horse, whose bodies they in our sight carryed away; they tooke eight or nine of ours prisoners, the revenge I hope they will not brag of, we lost about forty Horses and tooke of theirs more, we saved our owne Col­lours, and tooke none of theirs. My Lord be pleased to excuse me for the delaying, as to give your Honour a speedy account as was my duty, which I ommited, save on­ly, I sent my Captaine Lieutenant to do it verbally that so in writing I might set it forth more certainly, then at that time I could, which is all I dare present (save onely) that from the Committee at Nor­thampton yesterday, I received advertise­ment, which instantly I sent to the Ma­jor General, that foure other Regiments of Horse the night before, were come from Oxford to Prine Rupert, and more Foote to [Page] march up unto him: when this party was abroad they left a guard of Horse & Foot, with their Ordinance in Towcester, which was before those foure Regiments came up, so that it's apparant they have a great party, and they give it out they will have Newport againe what ever it cost them. With pardon for my boldnesse in present­ing these unto your Excellency, I remain