A Letter to Major General Browne, read in the Honourable House of Commons, etc.  
Honourable Sir,  
THE last night I had intelligence the Enemy was dr●wne out of Oxford, and gave out, that they ●id intent to plunder Newnham, wherefore I sent to Colonel Betsworth, to desire him to draw his Horse towards Abingdon, which he did; but early this morning we had intelligence that six hundred Horse marched out of Oxon through Conmer and Fifield; whereupon I Commanded forth our Horse and Dragoones, and marched with Colonel Bettsworth after the Enemy, and it pleased God to direct us, that we found them at Farringdon, and quartered in the Towns thereabouts; We had gallant hunting them from place to place over the Hills, and pursued them into Farringdon Town, and afterwards we discovered a good party of about two hundred, between the two Coxwells, who ran down into a Meadow, and would have parlyed to surrender their Horse and Arms, but our men fell on them, and took them all save very few that escaped: Afterwards we gleaned up divers more in several places, so that I am confident, that party is so broken, that the King will scarce be able to get such a body of Horse again in the Kingdom; We took above three hundred Horse, and almost as many prisoners, there was brought in this evening about two hundred and fifty into Abingdon, the Major and most of the Officers of Sir William Comptons' Regiment belonging to Banburie are prisoners, it was esteemed the best Regiment the King had, and the news of their engagement being reported at Oxon this day, that they would come off with honour or be lost, they sadly replied, if that Regiment were lost, they were all undone.  
Sir, I desire your advice about sending up some of these and other Prisoners formerly taken, many of them offer to take the Covenant, some would take up arms here, others desire to go home into their own Country, I suppose if your Honour think fit it will do well to send up three hundred of them. There are some Irish men taken, which I do intent to hang up to morrow morning.  
I shall take it for an expression of your love if I may receive some satisfactory answer to my Letters formerly sent, and I shall make it my endeavour to deserve your favour and remain.  
Abington April. 3. 1646. Sir your most humble & faithful servant, Geo: pain.  
There was but one man slain on our parts and not many of the enemies.  
FINIS.   

Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament that this be forthwith printed and published.  
Hen. Elsing. Cler. Parl. Dom. Com.