The Copy of a LETTER Sent from his excellency, ROBERT Earl OF ESSEX: to Mr. PYM, A Member of the House of Commons. Also an Order for the printing of Sr Edw. Nicholas his Letter, His majesty's Secretary, to Sir Will. Boswell his majesty's Resident with the States of the united Provinces, whereby the notorious falsities of that Letter may appear to the world, and how as well foreign States as the good people of this kingdom are misled and abused by the false informations of the wicked and malignant counsellors that are about his majesty. Read the marginal Notes. Together with the true Relation of the passages at Sherbourn-Hill, which have relation to the aforesaid Letters.  

ORdered by the COMMONS, That this be forthwith Printed and published.  
H. Elsing, Cler. Parl. D. Com.   
London, Printed by L. N. for E. Husbands and J. Frank and are to be sold at their shops in the Middle-Temple, and next door to the Kings-head in Fleetstreet. 1642.   

A Copy of a Letter sent from his excellency ROBERT Earl of Essex, to m PYM, a Member of the House of Commons.  
Mr. PYM,  
YOu will find in Master secretary Nicholas Letters, what strange fictions they make concerning this Army, (it is true they did plunder those that were thought Malignant or Papists) but since my coming down, I heard not the least complaint that way, I have been in many armies; but never saw any quieter, or freer of disorder. All that I know one soldier (a great many being about him), called to me as I was at Sir Philip Stapleton's window in the market place, and told me he had not his 5. ●. I presently called him up, called for a sergeant, he presently fell upon his knees and asked pardon; at one of the Ports a company being at the guard that wanted a Captain, demanded of me his lieutenant might be captain▪ I presently commanded him to follow me, which he did, fell upon his knees and asked pardon. They have the Articles read, the Advocate saying at the end, God bless the King and Parliament; they cried God bless the Parliament: I never saw any drunk since my coming hither. And I am as confident as I can be of any worldly thing, if they be paid it will be ● brave army, I confess there is a defect in some Regiments of the Foot officers; the Foot have a general muster this day.  
R. ESSEX.  
Sir Edw: Nicholas his Letter to Sir William Boswell.  
SIr, I wrote to you on Monday before our coming away Fronnottingham, to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the eleventh Currant, & to give you part of the news we had then.  
On Tuesday His majesty marched with his Banner from Nottingham, with five hundred horse and five Regiments of Foot; and twelve pieces of Artillery: The Trained bands met him at about seven miles hence, five hundred whereof offered themselves to attend his majesty: And being received are billeted with the Army, and the rest are disarmed. Being arrived here His majesty understood the news of a second blow given to the E●rle of Bedford, by the Lord 
a The falsity of this Relation is referred to be discovered by the relation of the truth of that proceeding subscribed by the Earl of Bedford and other officers that were present at the action, where the shameful defeat the marquess of Hartford's forces suffered by a very few of my Lord of Bedford's is truly declared.  marquess Hertfords' forces, whereof two hundred horses and three hundred dragoons, were sent in pursuit of him; and about Yevell met with about a like number. Sir William Balfoures son in a bravado rode out single from his troop, brandishing his sword, as if he would dare somebody to combat with him: Whereof colonel Lunsford giving notice to young Stowell, telling him there was honour for him, He straight made up: balfour discharged his Pistols at some distance, but Stowell reserved his till he might be surer of his mark: Which he did so well, that he fired the others buff at his breast; and with a quick blow with his sword, 
b When this narration was read concerning captain Balfour, the Speaker informed that captain Balfour that morning was with him to sign a warrant for Post-horses for him to ride towards Sherbourn, and this Relation is so far from truth that young Stowell ran away▪ and Captain Balfour returned after he had chased him victoriously.  made an end of the duel and his Adversary, and so returned to his troop full of the Honour he went for. In the encounter of the two horse-bodies; the marquess lost fifteen men, and the Earl above an hundred, to whose assistance a body of two thousand Foot appearing, the marquess his forces retreated in very good order.  
Sir John Byron with as many scholars as could get horses, and arms hath left Oxford by his majesty's directions, and is marched to Worcester, where he is to expect the King's Orders. Mean while the university is discharged, and each man hath provided for himself.  
His majesty removes hence to morrow to Vxester, whither the Artillery, and train with eight hundred dragoons, and some Foot advanced yesternight, and more of our horse and foot are following this day. Whither we shall bend our Course from thence, we shall know there, His majesty now giving out his gifts but overnight. I shall not now trouble you more, than that our Army is in very good heart, and the Earl of Essex his men are very mutinous, saying still that they are all fellow traitors; insomuch as he stirs not with them out of Northampton. I hear the Parliament hath now lately received a ship or two laden with arms from Holland, for which I am very sorry; that so ill a Cause should have any countenance, from so near allies. I am sorry now to hear that Portsmouth is rendered. I am  
Derby 15. Septembris. 1642. Sir, Your affectionate friend and servant. Edw: Nicholas.   

A Relation of the Actions of the PARLIAMENTS Forces, under the Command of the Earl of Bedford, general of the Horse, against those which came from Sherbourn unto Babel-hill, near unto Yerrell, upon Wednesday the seventh of this instant Sept. 1642.  
UPon Tuesday the sixt of September, the Parliaments Forces did rise from before Sherbourn, and went that night unto Yerrell, a town being four miles distant from Sherbourn; where we lay on Wednesday to refresh ourselves, upon which day it pleased God to give us a great taste of his goodness, to the great shame and loss of the enemy: About two of the clock in the afternoon there appeared a great body of their horse and foot upon a great hill within a little mile of the town called Babel-hill, and so was it truly to them a Babel of Confusion. Upon which we presently put ourselves in Array as well as we could, to make good all the outways, and guard the Magazine, which to do we found but very few men, and more Pikemen than Musquetiers, for the Musquetiers found themselves to be most employed upon all occasions, and therefore they principally shifted away, and we sent out to that side where the enemy appeared, three Troops of horse, and some Musquettiers, they standing still at the top of the hill, braving of us, and calling us Rogues and roundheads, our men went up the hill to charge them, captain Aiscogh one way, captain Tomson another way a little after him, and Captain Balfour a third, and our Musquetiers after as fast as we could; Aiscogh came up to them first, and charged one of the Troops through and through, and charged the second, but than was glad to wheel about; by that time Tomson came in to him, and upon the sight of him all the enemy's horse began to shog a little, and our two Troops coming to charge, they turned and ran away, disbanded and routed, and ours followed upon the execution, and killed many of them, they think about eighteen or twenty, some very well habited, who seemed to be persons of quality, and their foot who had played upon our horse and foot coming up the hill, were left to our mercy, our foot and horse killing them, and they running away like dogs▪ He that commanded them was one Bamfield a sergeant Major, who is taken prisoner, and with him about a score of his common soldiers, the rest that commanded the foot are believed to be slain; amongst them one Hussey a Captain, for his Commission was found in his Pocket, himself clad in plush, Balfours troop was forced to fetch a great compass, for it is a very high hill, and ill way, who could not come in soon enough; if the night had not come on and a very dark one, we had made a great execution amongst them, for their whole strength of horse was there, five or six Troops and most of their foot, Sir Ralph Hopton was there with his Troop, Captain Digby, and Sir Francis Hawley with theirs, and the Lord Paulet, Sir John Paulet, Sir John Stowell, Sir Thomas Lunsford, colonel Asburneham, Sir John Barteley, colonel Lawdy, and lieutenant colonel Lunsford were there: we do verily believe that some of them are come short of home, for they came in the night before the moon rose with lanterns and candles, and fetched away the bodies of them of quality, we only found the next morning twenty or thirty of our men; there were but five lost in all, and a very few, not above three hurt, all (but one) of the slain, are of Captain Aiscoghs Troop, who hath showed himself a very valiant young man; We desire to know what must be done with the prisoners, whom, till we receive order, we will take care shall be safely kept: Thus it hath pleased the good God of Heaven, who is the great God of battles to bless us, whose name we cannot sufficiently magnify for his goodness to us, bringing on the Enemy in their great jollity and strength, to be so shamefully defeated by an handful of us, and those who were tired out with extraordinary sufferance of watching and cold; Blessed be his Name for it.  
FINIS.   

This was extracted out of a Letter sent to the Parliament from Dorchester, the tenth of September, Signed by Bedford, Denzill Hollis, John Northcot, George Chudley, Walter Earl, Thomas Wroth, Alexander Popham, Charles Essex, William Strode, Io. Pine, Cle. Walker, Hugh Rogers, Ro. Hartin.