A Letter written out of Bedfordshire unto the Earl of MANCHESTER, And intercepted by one of His MAJESTY'S Scouts.  
My Lord,  
THE Sadness of our condition (though I have been a long while silent) enforceth me to write unto you, and again become a suitor, that laying all other thoughts aside, you will be pleased to think of your own safety, upon whose depends ours that are your friends. They are no Romanses that I shall relate unto you, but such truths as, in good faith (if they wake you not now from your Lethargic Dream) I think you must sleep till the last Trumpet, for my part I must ingeniously confess it has dispersed all the Chimaeras that have jingled about my understanding, and I must ask your pardon for that I can be no longer of your Opinion, To omit all other of the Kings, or rather Heavens Scourges of us, who have boasted so much of our strengths, a lessen for all men to learn, to beware of that hand that strikes with the Sword of justice, would any man have believed, after we had seen so many Pamphlets of the great Strength, and huge Victories of the Lord Farefax, against the Lord of Newcastle in the North, we should have seen the QUEEN lead an Army from thence under our Noses (no man daring to oppose Her) up unto the King, able to beat us in the South, and in the mean time the Lord Newcastle taking from us all our Towns, not leaving a hole to hid our heads in (except Hull,) and that too, how near losing? Did not you write me from London, that Sr William Waller (who you styled the Conqueror) had beaten Sr Ralph Hopton:, and the Cornish who you so much dreaded, into the vieth, and that you hoped by the next you should write me, he had made sure the West by the taking the Foot from the Prince, and the Horse they were all routed and run away. On the contrary I know of certain, that the Horse you so despised, have on Thursday last in the afternoon totally routed Sr William Waller, taken all his Foot (said to be 1500.) all his Ordinance, Arms, and Ammunition, killed and taken divers of his Horse, and so dispersed the rest, that there is hardly ten of them in a body any where, and whether he himself escaped is not yet certain, but if not, so wearied and discomforted, as I am confident he can never make head again in that County to any purpose, which Victory was given by Heaven as a happy Omen at the joyful meeting of the King and Queen at Edg-hill where the first Battle was Fought, at the very instant when they met as an earnest no doubt of their future favours. They coming afterwards to OXFORD in little less than a Triumph, accompanied with the joyful acclamations of all the People as they came along, making Bonfires on the Hills (as if they had a desire the Light of Israel should be seen) what the issue of this will be, you well know, and how you have now nothing left you to trust unto, but the falsehearted South, who assure yourselves having becn false to their King, will never be true to you. I'll say no more, 'tis high time to bethink yourself, and God of his mercy give you understanding to see and eschew evil, so wisheth  
july 15. Your most affectionate friend.  
I have sent you the Particulars. 

Our strength in Foot. 2500.  
Six Regiment of Horse. 2500.  
One Regiment Dragooners 500  
We lost. 600.  
Taken Prisoners of ours. 900.  
Colours lost of Foot. 28.  
Cornets of Horse. 9  
Brass Ordinance. 8.  
Prisoners redeemed from us. 130.  
Their Horse was 1500.  
We lost all our Arms, Ammunition, and Baggage.