UPon Munday last, we march­ed thorough Synock, about which the said Combustion did first begin, but finding none of the adverse party there, we hastened towards Tunbridge, where wee had intelligence, that a strong party of them lay being a place, by nature very strongly fortified, and before we came to make any assault upon the Town, Colonell Browne sent a Trumpeter to them to summon them to yeeld up the Towne and to lay down their Armes, whereupon they returned answer to this effect; That they stood for their ancient Lawes and Customes, without which they refused to lay down their Armes, but desired to treat further about the said businesse, upon which, Colonell Browne sent them word, that he would come and treat with them himselfe. And so [Page 2] about three of the clocke in the after noone, a part of our Forces having matched about nine miles that day: Wee approached within halfe a mile of the Town, where wee discovered the Enemy upon a hill within a quarter of a mile of the Towne, upon which our Souldiers expressed much joye, and were exceeding forward to fall upon them: After which three or foure files of Nusqueteers were drawing out upon the forlorn-hope, and marched down into a bot­tome, neere to the Enemy, through a lane where we could march but six a breast, there being in the bottome, a narrow Bridge, where the Enemy lay in Ambuscado, and charged upon us before we percei­ved them, yet thorough Gods mercy, there was but one man of us hurt (being of the left-hand File) which was shot thorow the thigh, but not killed: we charged them again, but running away, they escaped: Then we played upon them with two Drakes, and forced them into the Towne: Wee drew neerer to them, and both with our Drakes and Musket shot did much annoy the Enemy, who having the advantage of a Towne of such consequence, and houses, and o­ther places of refuge, they hold us fight for about three or foure houres together, after which percei­ving the Enemy forces to begin to fly, wee marched up to the very Towne, with our body of Foot (the Horse having little opportunity to performe any con­siderable service) and et our entrance into the Towne, the Enemy gave us a volley of shot, but did us little hurt, onely Sergeant Major Rowes Ensigne was slaine.

Having thus entered the towne and finding the ene­mie [Page 3] to, fly command was given to the Horse to pursue them towards the Bridge, which the Enemy perceiving, many of them left the Bridge and leaped into the River, and were drawned; others that got over the River, left the high wayes and betooke themselves to by pathes and hedges, but if night had not over­taken us, we had taken, in all probability, all their Horse (as we did a great part) and few of their Foot had escaped.

The neighbouring Towns were very joy­full at our enterance into this Town, and the next morning hundred and fifty Dragoones came in to us, profering their aid and assi­stance, and there being five hundred of the Malevolents at a Town called Yawlden, a­bout six miles from Tunbridge, the strength of the County came against them and put them to flight.

Wee tooke a hundred and fifty prisoners, but the next day some of them were released, and the rest being a hundred and foure, wee have brought away to Synocke, besides the Minister of the Towne, who is a great Ma­lignant, and had a hand in inviting the Cava­liers [Page 4] thither, & an ancient Gentleman which is thought to bee one of their chiefe Com­manders.

We lost in all six of our men, whereof the Ensigne before mentioned, was the chiefe, and notwithstanding the great advantage the Enemy had in the Towne, we found three men dead in the streets, besides those that were drowned in the River, and one man (being mortally wounded) desired our Soul­diers to put him out of his paine, whereupon some of our Souldiers asking who was their chiefe Leader or Commander, he answered, hee knew not, but he thought, the Devill.

It seemed that the Enemy expected aide and assistance from other places, which fai­led them; for during the fight they rung the bels hackwards, yet none durst come to aid them: What strength they had was not certainly knowe, but they had both Horse and Foot, and some Armes, though many of them were forced to make use of Birding-peeces, yet to shew their malice, they which we tooke prisoners had many of them poysoned bullets in their pockets.

[Page 6] Thus having given a faithfull and true Re­lation of such things as happened in our mar­ching upon this service and having so much dispersed them that as we knew not where to find them, so will it be hard for them to ga­ther together again, we returned to Synocke with our prisoners, where the Army doth as yet remaine, and a Counsell of War is this day holden to proceed to tryall of such pri­soners as we have taken, and if the Malig­nants are not wholly dissipated and dispersed we shall be ready to performe such service as may tend to the good and safety of the King­dome and the Peace and prosperity of the Common-wealth, against all that shall raise and increase the divisions and distractions of the State, and make the breach greater be­tween the King and the Parliament.