THE GLORIOUS AND MIRACULVOS BATTLE AT YORK.  
This Letter being directed to a Noble and honourable Lord, from the Scots Leagour lying at York.  
My LORD,  
THese are to give your Lordship account of the victory. It hath pleased GOD to bestow on us far above our deserts. The way was thus, Prince Rupert advancing for York, we broke up our beligering to meet him, having an order (which we intercepted) from the ●ing, that nothing but impossibilities should stay him from beating ●he Scots: As we were marching, he put the River of Ewes betwixt us, so that he came to York without any stop, so that we lay four miles therefrom, and on the morrow broke up the march to Todcaster to attend his retreat.  
Our Foot having the way, we were not one mile from it, the Alarm was sent us by our Horse, that Prince Rupert was with his whole army advancing, which made us presently march back to the bounds we had left, where we found him drawing up in a plain field three miles of length and breadth; the fairer for such use I had not seen 〈◊〉 England, we finding him so near, and no possibility to have our 〈◊〉 in two hours, keeped the advantage of a sleek, and the hills 〈◊〉 our Horse, till the Foot as they came up was put in order: In ●●e mean time we advanced our Canon, and entered to play on them on the left wing; which made them a little to move; which they perceiving, brought up theirs, and gave us the like. This continued 〈◊〉 long, when it was resolved we should advance down the hill 〈…〉 a great field of corn, to a ditch they had in possession, 〈…〉 it pleased God so to prosper, they were put from it, so that the service went on very hot on all sides: We losing on the right Wing, and gaining on the left, they that fought stood extraordinar well to it; whereof my Lord Lindesays Briggad being commanded by himself, was one. These Briggads that failyied of the Vane were presently supplied by Cassels, Cowper, Dumfermling, and some of Clydisdailes Regiment, who were on the battle, and gained what they had lost, and made themselves master of the Canon was next to them, and took Sir Charles Lewcas Lieutenant General of their Horse prisoner: These that ran away show themselves most basely. I commanding the Battle, was on the head of your Lordship's Regiment and Bucleuches; but they carried themselves not so as I could have wished, neither could I prevail with them: For these that fled, never came to charge with the enemy, but were so possessed with a panatick fear, that they ran for an example to others, and no enemy following them, which gave the enemy to charge them, they intended not, & they had only the loss. These that fought, God preserved them miraculously with no loss, we have only the Lord Dudup prisoner, and Lieutenant Colonel Brison is killed, two Captains, and some Soldiers: We have Sir Charles Lewcas, General Major Porter, some Colonels, and other officers, with sundry of their chief Officers killed. The number killed to the enemy as is estimate, is two thousand, and above, with fifteen hundreth prisoners, twenty piece of Canon, which was all they had, all their Amonition, all their Bagauge, ten thousand arms, all their foot Colours, many Cornets, the horse on the right wing were beat: My Lord Eglingtown not being well seconded, Sir Thomas Fairfax commanded there in chief, a brave Commander, but his horse answered not our expectation nor his worth, they gave some blame to the commanded Muscatiers that were with him: My Lord Eglingtown commanded our horse there, who shown himself most valiantly, his Son relieving his father, who w● far ingagded, is sore wounded, our left wing of horse, which was ●●●manded by Lieutenant General Cromvel, and General Major David Leslie carried themselves bravely, and under God was a main occasion of our victory. I must not overpasse Manchesters' Foot, who did good service under the command of General Major Crawfurd; Our General being chief Commander himself, Lieutenant General bailie commanded the Vane of ours under him, so Fairfax and Manchester of their own. So not troubling your Lordship further, I rest.  
At our Leigour at York, the fifth of July, 1644.   

Hear is another Letter written by a trusty Gentle man, to another Noble and honourable Lord, in the Kingdom of Scotland.  
My LORD,  
AT our coming before York yesterday, the Town was summoned to render to our General by a Trumpeter; we had this day a fair answer from Sir Thomas Glenning, and the Mair of the City Master Cowper, which was neither a grant, nor a refusal: But we hope since the Prince hath left them, with a s●●●●… body of horse, and our whole Caviliers is in pursuit of him, 〈◊〉 that the Marquis of Newcastle with our Country- 〈◊〉 King, and all their good Officers are gone: They will shortly accept of quarters, for as we understand, and by certain intelligencers from 〈◊〉 Town this day, they have not five hundred Soldiers in the Town, b●side the train Bands, and the Burgars: So if they render not upon 〈…〉 which we hearty wish to prevent more blood, we intent by 〈…〉 assistance, to take it by storm: We were certainly informed from one which came out of the Town this day, That the Prince brought scarce in with him to the town of his Foot (confessed by Sir Charles Lewcas to be twelve thousand) not five hundreth, but were either killed, or run away: The Papists and Bishops, and their complices have all left the Town, Bag and Baggade: The greatest loss we have was the spoiling of our Baggage, and hor●●… 〈…〉 battle, by our own men that fled, and our Ba●●●… 〈…〉 ●●●ses are esteemed to be in horse, money and clothes, abov● 〈…〉 thousand pounds' Scots: I hope some of it shall be recovered, 〈…〉 losser myself above three thousand merkes, and Sir James Lum 〈…〉 den two thousand. But we hearty dispense with the loss of mean since God hath prospered the work in our hands, I hope by God's blessing, this blow the Prince hath gotten shall be a good means to bring all the business here to a good hap●●e close, to God's glory, (to whom only the praise of the work is due) and the good of the three Kingdoms.  
This battle was fought on twesday the second of July; a day ought never to be forgot in the three Kingdoms, as one of the greatest acts of Gods great power and mercy manifested to us, for which we have a solemn thanksgiving the next Lord's day: And as at is expected in all the Kingdoms will be the like, so soon as can be expediently.   

Gentle Reader, I crave your Patience concerning the drawing up of the Briggads, because they were not altogether so perfect as I would have them: But ye shall have them very shortly God willing printed in a perfect form.   

Printed at EDINBURGH. by James Lindesay, 1644.