THis will give you a finall account of my imployment, which is now ended; be­ing a Prisoner in Nottingham Castle, where I have civill usage. You have heard the condition I was in at Settle and Sigleswick, with about 3000 Foot and 600 Horse, the 13. of August, where hearing the Parliament Forces [Page 2] were gathered together, and Marching towards me, I went to acquaint Duke Hamilton therewith to Horneby, where he determined for Preston, where (his Army be­ing numerous in Foot) he might have the greater ad­vantage upon his Enemy in those inclosed Countries. I Marched neere Clitherow towards Preston, in the March I met with the Lord Callender and divers of the Scottish Officers Quartered in my way, with whom I was resol­ved to March to Preston, but for the present the Intelli­gence was, that the Parliament Forces were divided, some part whereof were marched to Colne, and so to Manchester, to relieve that Towne in case we should presse upon it. This made the Officers of Horse more negligent of repayring to Preston, but Quartered wide in the Country; the same night certaine intelligence came, that Lieutenant Generall Cromwell with all his Forces was within 3. miles of my Quarters, which I imediately sent to the Duke, and told it to my Lord Le­viston, to acquaint Lieutenant Generall Middleton therewith, and drew my Forces together in a field, and so marched towards Preston betimes in the morning; where I found the Duke and Lord Callender with most part of the Scottish Foot drawne up; their resolution was to march to Wiggan, giving little credit to the In­telligence that came the night before, but suffer their Horse to continue in their Quarters 10. and 12. miles off; Within halfe an hower of our meeting, and by that time I was drawne into the Close neere Preston, the Enemy appear'd with a small body of Horse: The Scots continue their resolution for Wiggan, for which end they drew their Foote over the Bridge; The Ene­my comming the same way that I had marched fell up­on my Quarter, where we continued skirmishing six [Page 3] houres, in all which time the Scots sent me no reliefe: they had very few Horse come up, so as those they sent me at last were but few, and were soone beaten; but if they had sent me 1000 Foote to have flanked the Ene­my, I doubt not but the day had been ours. Yet I kept my post with various successe, many times gathering ground of the Enemy, and as the Scots acknowledg they never saw any Foote fight better then mine did: The Duke being incredulous that it was the whole Army sent Sir Lewis Dives to me; to whom I answered that it was impossible any Forces that were inconsiderable would adventure to presse upon so great an Army as we had, therefore he might conclude it was all the power they could make, and with which they were resolved to put all to the hazard, therefore desired that I might be se­conded, and have more Powder and Ammunition, I having spent 9. Barrels of Powder: The Scots continue their March over the River, and did not secure a Lane neere the Bridge, whereby the Parliament Forces came upon my flankes; Neither did the Forces that were left for my supply, come to my relief, but continued in the Reare of mine, nor did they ever face the Enemy but in bringing up the Reare; When most part of the Scots were drawne over the Bridge, the Parliament Forces pressed hard upon me in the Van, and Flankes; and so drive me into the Towne, where the Duke was in person, with some few Horse, but all being lost, Retreated over a Foord to his Foote; After my Forces were beaten, the Parliament Forces beat the Scots from the Bridge presently, and so came over into all the Lanes that we could not joyne with the Foote, but were forced to Charlow, where we found Lieutenant Generall Middle­ton ready to advance towards Preston to the Foote, [Page 4] which he did; but not finding them there, returned to Wiggan, where the Duke was with his Foote, (mine to­tally loft.) There they tooke a resolution to go to my Lord Biron, for which end they would march that night to Warrington: In their march the Parliament Forces fell so fast upon their Reare, that they could not reach Warrington that night. And Lieutenant Generall Mid­dleton finding himselfe unable to withstand their Forces, left the Foote in Warrington to make their owne condi­tions: So as we marched towards Malpas, six of the Scottish Lords in this march left us, whereof my Lord Traquaire was one; Most part submitted to the Sheriff of Shropshire, who sent two Gentlemen of that Country to the Duke to offer him the same Quarter that the Earl of Traquaire had: From Malpas we marched to Dray­ton, and so to Stone; in our march from thence to Ut­oxeter the Parliament Forces fell upon the Reare and tooke Lieutenant Generall Middleton; At Utoxeter the next morning going to attend the Duke for his resolution, I found him extreame sick, not able to March; My Lord Callender seemed to refuse all wayes of Treaty, but rather to march Northward where we had a considerable Force, and the whole Kingdome of Scotland at our backs, upon this we marched over the River toward Ashburne; I had the Van, and was march­ing, presently my Lord of Callender came to me, told me he would march with me, but that none of his For­ces would, and that he had much ado to eseape them; that he was come himself alone, his Horse pricked in the foote, and without a Cloake. I perswaded his Lord­ship that it was better to returne to his Forces, because I could not protect him, and seeing the Scots had left me, I was resolved to sever, and shift every man for him­self; [Page 5] but to capitulate I could not with a safe conscience: After some little discourse he returned to his Forces, and I marched towards Nottingham, where those few I had, tooke severall wayes, and I got that night over Trent, and came to a house 6. miles from Nottingham, where My selfe, Collonel Owen, Lieutenant Collonel Galliard, and Major Constable, thought to have shrowd­ed our selves as Parliamenteeres, and so made no resi­stance, but were discovered, and are now in Nottingham Castle this 26 of August 1648.