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<P>An Exact and True RELATION OF The DANGEROUS and BLOODY FIGHT, Between His Maje&s;ties Army, and the Parliaments Forces, neer <HI>Kyneton</HI> in the County of <HI>Warwick,</HI> the 23 of this in&s;tant OCTOBER.</P>
<P><HI>Sent in a Letter to IOHN PYM E&s;quire,</HI> a Member of the Hou&s;e of COMMONS.</P>
<P>Which Letter was Signed by
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<ITEM>Denzell Hollis:</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ph: Stapleton:</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho: Ballard:</ITEM>
<ITEM>William Balfore:</ITEM>
<ITEM>Io: Meldrum:</ITEM>
<ITEM>Charls Pym:</ITEM>
</LIST> Who were then pre&s;ent.</P>
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<P>ORdered that this Relation be forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed:</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler: Parl: D: Com:</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>LONDON: Printed by <HI>John Field,</HI> for <HI>Edward Husbands</HI> and <HI>John Franck</HI> and are to be &s;old at their &s;hops, in the Middle-Temple, and next door to the Kings-head in Fleet&s;treet. <HI>October</HI> 28. 1642.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_WE &s;hould do our Army a great deal of wrong, and not di&s;charge our duty of thankfulne&s;&s;e to|wards God, if we took not the fir&s;t occa&s;ion to declare his goodne&s;&s;e, in giving &s;o great a ble&s;|&s;ing as he hath now done to the re&s;olute and unwearyed endeavours of our Souldiers, fight|ing for him in the maintenance of his truth, and for them&s;elves and their Country, in defence of their Liberties, and the Privi|ledges of PARLIAMENT. This makes us give you now a Nar|ration of a ble&s;&s;ed Victory which God hath given us upon the Army of the Cavaliers, and of tho&s;e evil per&s;ons, who upon Sun|day the 23 of this in&s;tant, ingaged His Maje&s;tie in a dangerous and bloody fight again&s;t His faithfull Subjects, in the Army rai&s;ed by Authority of Parliament, for the pre&s;ervation of His Crown and Kingdom; We marched from Wor&s;ter, Wedne&s;day the 19, upon Intelligence that their Army was moved from Shrewsbury, and Bridgenorth, and bending Southward; our Train of Artil|lery was &s;o unready, through want of Draught hor&s;es, and through other omi&s;&s;ions of Mon&s;ier <HI>du Boys,</HI> that we were forced to leave it behinde to follow us, and with it the Regiments of Co|lonell <HI>Hambden,</HI> and Colonell <HI>Grantham;</HI> and &s;taying for it, we could advance no further then to a little Market-town called Kyneton in Warwick&s;hire, &s;ix miles from Warwick, whether we came the Saturday night with 11 Regiments of Foot, 42 Troops of Hor&s;e, and about 700 Dragoons, in all about Ten thou&s;and men; there we intended to re&s;t the Sabbath day, and the rather, that our Arrillery, and the Forces left with it, might come up to us. In the morning when we were going to Church,
<PB N="4" REF="3">we had News brought us, That the Enemy was two miles from us, upon a high Hill, called Edge-hill: Whereupon we pre&s;ently marched forth into a great broad field under that Hill, called the vale of the red hor&s;e, and made a &s;tand &s;ome half a mile from the foot of the Hill, and there drew into Battalio, where we &s;aw their <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">orces come down the Hill, and draw likewi&s;e into Battell in the bottome, a great broad company: Their Forces appeared to by much greater then we could po&s;&s;ibly have conceived them to b<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> by the confe&s;&s;ion of the pri&s;oners we have taken, they that &s;ay lea&s;t day, Fourteen thou&s;and, which is the Earl of Lin|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> Relation, who was their Generall; but others &s;ay, Eighteen thou&s;and, and above 4000 hor&s;e and Dragoons: The winde was much for their advantage, and they indeavoured to get it more, which to prevent, we were inforced to draw out our left Wing t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> a great bredth, and by that means, before the Battell was done, gained it wholly from them: In our right Wing were three Regiments of hor&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Sir John Meldrum, and were of his Brigado.</NOTE> the Lo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> General's comanded by Sir <HI>Philip Sta|pl<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ton,</HI> Sir <HI>William Balfores,</HI> and the Lord <HI>Fieldings,</HI> Sir <HI>John Mel<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rums</HI> Brigado had the Van, Colonell <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> was in the mid|dle, and Colonell <HI>Ballards</HI> with the Lord Generalls Regiment, his own, the Lord <HI>Brooks,</HI> and Colonell <HI>Hollis</HI> in the Rear: In the left Wing were 24 Troops of Hor&s;e, commanded by Sir <HI>James Ram&s;ey,</HI> their Commi&s;&s;ary Generall. In this po&s;ture we &s;tood, when th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> other Army advanced towards us, the &s;trength of their hor&s;e were on their right Wing oppo&s;it to our left; In their left Wing they had but ten Troops, but their Foot which ap|pear<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d to us, divided into nine great Bodies, came up all in front, and after &s;ome playing with the Canon on both &s;ides, that part of it which was on their left, and towards our right Wing, came on very gallantly to the Charge, and were as gal|lantly received, and charged by Sir <HI>Phillip Stapletons</HI> and Sir <HI>William Balfore's</HI> Regiments of hor&s;e, a&s;&s;i&s;ted with the Lord <HI>Roberts</HI> and Sir <HI>William Con&s;tables</HI> Regiments of Foot, who did it &s;o home thrice together, that they forced all the Mu&s;que|tiers of two of their be&s;t Regiments to run in and &s;hrowd them&s;elves within their Pikes, not daring to &s;hoot a &s;hot, and &s;o &s;tood: When our Rear came up, and then charging all toge|ther, e&s;pecially that part of our Rear which was plac'd upon
<PB N="5" REF="3">the right hand, and &s;o next unto them, which was the Lord Generall's Regiment, and the Lord <HI>Brooks,</HI> led on by Colonell <HI>Ballard</HI> who commanded that Brigado, forced that &s;tand of Pikes, and wholly broke tho&s;e two Regiments, and &s;lew and took almo&s;t every man of them: The Earl of <HI>Lin&s;ey,</HI> his Son the Lord <HI>Willoughby,</HI> and &s;ome other per&s;ons of note are pri|&s;oners, Sir <HI>Edmund Varney,</HI> who carried the Kings Standard, was &s;lain by a Gentleman of the Lord Generalls Troop of hor&s;e, who did much other good &s;ervice that day, and the Standard ta|ken, which was afterwards by the Lord Generall him&s;elf de|livered unto his Secretary Mr. <HI>Chambers,</HI> with an intention to &s;end it back the next day unto His Maje&s;ty; but the Secretary after he had carried it long in his hand, &s;uffered it to be taken away by &s;ome of our Troopers, and as yet we cannot learn where it is: The other two Regiments of our Rear; Colonell <HI>Hollis,</HI> and Colonell <HI>Ballard</HI> charged tho&s;e which were before them, and then the whole Body of the Kings Foot, except two other Regiments ran away: by this time it grew &s;o late and dark, and to &s;ay the truth, our Ammunition at this pre&s;ent was all &s;pent, that we contented our &s;elves to make good the Field, and gave them leave to retire up the Hill in the night: But before we come to this, we will give you an accompt of what pa&s;&s;ed in the other parts of our Army, before our Rear came up to charge. Our Battle at the very fir&s;t wholly disbanded and ran away, without ever &s;triking &s;troke, or &s;o much as being charged by the Enemy, though Colonell <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> him&s;elf, and others that commanded tho&s;e Regiments, in chief did as much as men could do to &s;tay them; but Colonell <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> being for&s;aken by his whole Brigado, went him&s;elf into the Van, where both by his direction and his own execution he did mo&s;t gallant &s;ervice, till he received a &s;hot in the thigh, of which he is &s;ince dead: Now for our Rear, thus it was; before it, towards the out&s;ide of it &s;tood our left Wing of Hor&s;e, advanced a little forward to the top of a Hill, where they &s;tood in a Battalio lined with com|manded Mu&s;quetiers, 400 out of Colonell <HI>Hollis</HI> Regiment, and 200 out of Colonell <HI>Ballards;</HI> but upon the fir&s;t charge of the Enemy they wheeled about, abandoned their Mu&s;quetiers, and came running down with the Enemies hor&s;e at their heels,
<PB N="6" REF="4">and among&s;t them pell mell, ju&s;t upon Colonell <HI>Hollis</HI> his Regi|ment, and brake through it, though Colonell <HI>Hollis</HI> him&s;elf, when he &s;aw them come running towards him; went and planted him|&s;elf ju&s;t in the way, and did what po&s;&s;ibly he could do to make them&s;tand, and at la&s;t prevailed with three Troops to wheel a little about and rally; but the re&s;t of our hor&s;e of that Wing, and the Enemies Hor&s;e with them, brake through, and ran to Kine|ton, where mo&s;t of the Enemy left pur&s;uing them, and fell to plundering of our Waggons, by which many of us have received very great lo&s;&s;e, and by name, your Servants that now write to you: Notwith&s;tanding their breaking through Colonell <HI>Hollis</HI> his Regiment, it was not di&s;maid, but together with th'other Regiments of that Brigado marched up the Hill; and &s;o made all the ha&s;te they could to come up to fight, and got the winde of the Enemy, and came on (if we may &s;ay it our &s;elves, but we mu&s;t do the Souldiers right) mo&s;t gallantly, and charged the Enemy, who were then in fight with our Van, and the right Wing of our Hor&s;e, and as was &s;aid before, helpt to defeat the two Regiments forementioned, and made all the re&s;t run, but two other Regiments which retired orderly, and at la&s;t made a &s;tand, and having the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of Canon, and a ditch before them, held us play very hand&s;omly: And by this time it grew &s;o dark, and our Powder and Bullet &s;o &s;pent, that it was not held &s;it we &s;hould advance upon them; but there we &s;tood in very good order; drew up all our Forces both Hor&s;e and Foot, and &s;o &s;tood all the night upon that place where the Enemy be|fore the fight had drawn into Battalio, till toward morning that the Enemy was gone, and retired up the Hill: And then we re|turned al&s;o to a warmer place neer Kineton, where we had quar|tered the night before, for we were almo&s;t &s;tarved with cold in that bitter night, our Army being in extreme want of Victualls: And about nine or ten of the clock drew out again into Batta|lio, and &s;o &s;tood three or four hours, till the Enemy was clean gone from the Hill, and then we drew again into our quarter, and there have lain this night, and purpo&s;e this day, God wil|ling, after we have buryed our dead, to march to Warwick to ref<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> Army, which is exceedingly wearved with &s;o many n<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">g<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ts watching, and &s;o long a fight which held from noon till
<PB N="7" REF="4">dark night: Two particulars mu&s;t not be omitted, one of Sir <HI>William Balfore,</HI> who in the beginning of the day broke a Regi|ment of Foot which had green Colours, beat them to their Ca|non, where they threw down their Arms and ran away, he laid his hand upon the Canon, and called for nails to nail them up, e&s;pecially the two bigge&s;t which were Demy-canon, but finding none, he cut the Ropes belonging to them, and his Troopers killed the Canoneers: Then he pur&s;ued the flyers half a mile up|on execution, and after returned to Sir <HI>Philip Stapleton,</HI> who in the mean time was charging of the red Regiment, where the Kings Standard was, and had charged it home to pu&s;h of Pike with his &s;ingle Troop; and they then, together with the help of &s;ome of the Foot of our Rear, utterly broke it, as you had it be|fore: The other particular was of Sir <HI>Phillip Stapleton,</HI> who, when five Troops of the Enemies hor&s;e returned from pur&s;uit of our left Wing, and from plundering &s;ome of our waggons and pa&s;&s;ed by the out-&s;ide of our Rear upon the left hand, went and charged them with his Troop and made them run; but they finding a gap in the hedge, got away, and returned to the re&s;t of their broken Troops, where they rallyed and made up a kind of Body again: If we had time we could relate unto you many more ob&s;ervable pa&s;&s;ages, but what you have here &s;hall &s;erve you till we meet: This onely will we &s;ay, &s;ome of both &s;ides did extreamly well, and others did as ill, and de&s;erve to be hanged for de&s;erting and betraying as much as lay in them their party, but God alone is to be prai&s;ed who fought with us, and for us, and made it his own work, to give the victory unto his Servants: We have lo&s;t of note, onely Colonell <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> and we feare the Lord <HI>Saint-John</HI> who was dangerou&s;ly wounded; We here &s;end you a George, found in the field by a common Souldier, and bought of him for twenty &s;hillings by one Captain <HI>Skinner;</HI> We have promi&s;ed him he &s;hall have it again; we only &s;end it you as one of our Trophees that you may &s;ee it: we believe you will hear of very many of great quallity &s;lain on the other &s;ide; The Kings foot are either &s;lain, or mo&s;t of them run away, and are now very weak, and &s;hould have been pur&s;ued by us, but that we mu&s;t of pure nece&s;&s;ity refre&s;h our men for three or four dayes, and then we &s;hall, God willing, addre&s;&s;e our &s;elves to
<PB N="8" REF="5">fini&s;h the work. In the mean time tis very requi&s;ite, Letters from the Committee &s;hould be writ into the Countries, which are Southern, to &s;tir them up that they may ri&s;e and cut them off, or a&s;&s;i&s;t us at lea&s;t again&s;t them; which hoping you will forth with do; We re&s;t</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your faithfull and humble Servants,
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<ITEM>Denzell Hollis:</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ph: Stapleton:</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho: Ballard:</ITEM>
<ITEM>William Balfore:</ITEM>
<ITEM>Io: Meldrum:</ITEM>
<ITEM>Charls Pym.</ITEM>
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<P>Our Lord Generall went la&s;t night to Warwick, and is there very well, and had he been with us, we &s;hould not have pre&s;u|med to have given you the fir&s;t Adverti&s;ement. His Excellence did gallantly adventure him&s;elf that day in the Front again&s;t the Enemy, expo&s;ing him&s;elf to more danger then we could have wi&s;hed.</P>
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