Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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alarme through the campe. The Scots were discried from our quarter
pitched on a hill neare Dunce, soe all the souldioui's stood to their
amies ; but about 9 a clock, the king and the amiy were better
quieted, soe there was noe command layed upon us to attend,
onely my selfe was inforced to bee there all night in Mr. Hin ton's
tent, because I could not get out of the army. Some thought the
king knew of their intention to come thither long before, but would
suffer it to come as a soddaine alaram to the campe to try their
courage and affeccons, which, as the same poUiticians saved, his
majestie began now to distrust, but theise were clerg}-. I know not
how well the king was satisfyed, but hee was as inquisitive and curious
as might bee and came to the bulwark© with his perspective, and there
stood veiwing and counting the tents a long while, and was followed
with his nobles and courtiers, as all amazed and wondring at the
approach of the Scotts, the king having sent them word they should
not come within 10 miles of his campe.
[June] 6. The 6 of June wee showed our selves in compleat amies
in the feilds neare the campe. The king went forward with his
trench on the other side Tweede, yet altered his designe from the first
intention for the fashion of the woorke, and made a strong home
woorke of it and kept watch in it every night, but never manned it,
neither was it wholly finished before the paoificacion. And now
for the king's better passage they made a bridge over Tweede with
boates.
It was supposed the lord generall's goeing with such a power of
horse to Dunce, made the Scots come soe soddainely downe, fearing
least the king should fall in with fire and sword uppon them, and
therefore the(y) pitched soe neare to prevent it.
In the Whi(t)son weeke, I remember not well what day, the lord
generall of the horse, with \_a space is Jeff here] horse and 1,500 foote
commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Ernley and Cromewell, went into
Scotland to Kellsoe, to descry the army, and what further intentions
there were I know not, but the horse over went their foote soe farre,
the weather beeinw exceeding hott, that thev found themselves engaged
to the whole Scottsh army, and had beene ruled by some hott
heads amongst them, it was thought they had been cut of, ere theire
foote could have come up to them, and when they had come, theire
march was so long, and they soe weary, they could have given them
noe assistance. Soe the lieutenant general. Goring, and Commissary
Willmot, perswaded my Lord Holland to retrait, which consideracions,
and the king's command by letter to that purpose, caused them to
retire.
Then the Scotts began to seke the king, but, with their woonted
justificacion, neither craving his pardon nor acknowledging any
offence.
[June] 6. On Thursday in Whitson weeke they sent the Lord
Dumfarlin, a young man, sonne in law t'o the Lord Morton, with a
letter to the lords and a peticion to the king.