We sent both partys to skirmish, they of foot and we of dragoons; they run for it, and sent down a battaillon of foot against them; we sent threescore of dragoons, who made them run again shamfully; but in end they percaiving that we had the better of them in skirmish, they resolved a generall engadgment, and imediately advanced with there foot, the horse folowing; they came throght the lotche; the greatest body of all made up against my troupe; we keeped our fyre till they wer within ten pace of us: they recaived our fyr, and advanced to shok; the first they gave us broght down the Coronet Mr Crafford and Captain Bleith, besides that with a pitchfork they made such an openeing in my rone horse's belly, that his guts hung out half an elle, and yet he caryed me af an myl; which so discoraged our men, that they sustained not the shok, but fell into disorder.

There horse took the occasion of this, and purseued us so hotly that we had no tym to rayly.

I saved the standarts, but lost on the place about aight or ten men, besides wounded; but he dragoons lost many mor.

They ar not com esily af on the other side, for I sawe severall of them fall befor we cam to the shok.

I mad the best retraite the confusion of our people would suffer, and I am now laying with my Lord Rosse.