I Have much wondred, that having so frequently writ­ten unto you, I could never receive as much as one Letter from you: Whatever the reason was, Charity wishes me to imagine it to be either your not recei­ving my Letters, or else your not knowing how yours might be conveyed unto me. I invite you once more by this, to hold a constant Correspondence; which if you do, I shall give you a weekly Account of our proceedings in these Northern parts. We have now drawn the most con­siderable part of our Army into Scotland, the Van quarters this night within ten miles of Edenburgh: there is part of the Army left behinde to block up Berwick; two Regiments of Foot, and the Lieut. Generals Regiment of Horse block it up on the English side, we have others that keep strong Guards on Scotland side. The Lieut. General, and the Com­manders [Page 4] and Officers, express very great tenderness to that Kingdom, in being very careful that the Soldiers give no of­fence justly to the Inhabitants, by Plundring, or being other-ways uncivil. Upon our first entrance into Scotland, a Re­giment lately raised in the Bishoprick of Durham behaved themselves rudely; which as soon as the Lieut: General had notice of, he caused it to Rend [...]zvouz upon Tweed Banks, and the Scottish people having challenged several Horses ta­ken from them by that Regiment, which the Lieut: General caused to be restored back, and the Plunderers to be ca­shiered; a Lieutenant that countenanced such deeds, was de­l [...]vered into the Marshal hands, and the Colonel himself con­niving at them, and not doing Justice upon the Offendors when C [...]mplaints were brought to him, was taken from the head of his Regiment, and suspended from executing his Place, until he had answered at a Councel of War for his neg­ligence in the performance of his Duty. This notable and impartial piece of Justice did very much take with the peo­ple, and the Regiment is ordered back into Northumberland. Friday last 22 of Septem. the Marquis of Argyle, the Lord Elcoe, Sir John Scot, and others, came as Commissioners from the honest Party in Scotland, to the Lord of Mording­tons house at Mordington, to the Lieut: Generals quarters two miles from Berwick within Scotland; we went all to meet him four miles from the house: That night my Lord sent in a Trumpet to Berwick, for a safe Conduct for the said Lord Elcoe, and the rest of the Commissioners; which being granted by the Governor, they were Conducted in the next morning: Little or nothing could be done by them to the gaining of the Town. The Lords day my Lord sent in to de­sire the Governor himself to come forth, which he accord­ingly did: After much Debate he was brought to this, To desire to send two Gentlemen to Lanerick and Monro, to know their pleasure concerning the surrender of that Gari­son. Monday morning the Gentlemen went, having the Lieutenant Generals Pass, and a Letter from the Lord Mar­quis. [Page 5] We fall to our-business in order to our taking the Town; and the Lords day at night Colonel Pride possessed himself of Tweed mouth, and the Bridge foot on the English side, and the next night he blew up the house of Guard which they had built upon the Bridge: We are very near them by the Scottish side, having driven away many of their Sheep from under the wall. Monday in the forenoon there came an Express from General Leven and Lieut. Gen. David Lesley, certifying my Lord Marquis, that they were very like to agree upon the old Treaty, which was to hold no longer then that night: The Conditions, in case they do agree, will be these.

1. That both the Armies, that under the Lord Marquess Arguile, and that under Lanerick, with all Forces in any of the Garrisons in the Kingdom of Scotland, together with Berwick and Carlisle be disbanded.

2. That the securing and setling Religion at home, and promoting the work of Reformation abroad, both in Eng­land and Ireland be referred to the determination of the Ge­nerall Assembly or their Commissioners, and that all que­stions and civill differences whatsoever be referred to the de­termination of a Parliament speedily to be called.

3 That to prevent the ruine of Religion and breacd with England, no party that were in the late engagement against England, may be of the new Parliament or generall Assembly.

From Cockermouth briefly thus; It hath been a long time besieged by 500 Countrymen. The Lieutenant Generall or­dered the Lancashire forces under Colonel Ashton, with Colonel Brigs his horse, together with Colonel Hacker and Colonel Whites Regiments of Horse, from Pontefract to march up to their reliefe; they might have been there three weeks agoe, but are not yet come up. The honest [Page 6] Governour Lieutenant Bird hot [...]s out gallantly; he hath a fortnights provision yet. The Enemy had mined very near the wall, he sallyed out, killed and took them all that were at work, and brought away their Tools, and burnt the barn that sheltered them. He can hold out one part of the Castle, though they should take the other, but I hope he will be releived suddenly, for that I heare there are Forces upon their march towards them. The Marquesse of Ar­guile took seven daies ago a ship with ten thousand Arms that came from Denmark, intended for Duke Hamilton; they came to Leith, where they were seized upon. There are about eighty Officers armed that ran away from Duke Hamiltons Army; now lurking about Cheviot Hills, wee have sent one hundred and twenty Horse of the Lieutenant Generalls Regiment, and forty Dragoons towards them, which we hope will be able to give a good account of that business.

SIR,
The Godly Party in Scotland seem to be very sensible of the benefit they have lately reaped by the victory God gave to our Army, and say they hope never to forget those Instruments which the Lord chose to work their delive­rance; and check themselves for the hard thoughts they formerly had of this Army: And its very observeable, That this Army which the honest Party in Scotland looked upon as a Bundle of Sectaries, not fit to be continued, and did many ways unjustly reproach, should now, un­der God, be the onely authors of their Deliverance. Some of the most eminent and honorable in Scotland have inge­nuously confessed to me their error and rashness in charging the Army last year with Rebellion unjustly, seeing now there is a necessity put upon them to tread in that very path: Nay, they acted now against a clearer Authority, where was the concurrence of the three States, King, Lords and Commons, I am much perswaded that the Lord hath [Page 7] a glorious work in Scotland as well as in England. The In­terest of the godly people in Scotland, as to the Civil, was once different from that of the godly people in England, or at least acted as it had been different; but now the Lord hath been pleased so to order the Affairs of that Kingdom, as that the Interest of the godly people there, is become the same with ours in England, and they and we must act upon the same Grounds and Principles: And I am perswaded, that so much of their Power as the Princes of the Earth have lent to the support of that Man of Sin, God hath and will suddenly utterly break and destroy. I have no more at present, but that I am