At any rate, I need not assure you that you will have my aid and assistance in any matter." The Parliamentary leaders did not allow the grass to grow under their feet after Naseby.

Prince Rupert, with considerable force, had marched to Bristol, and Fairfax and Cromwell followed him there.

A considerable portion of the prisoners were sent to London, but some were retained with the army.

Among these was Harry Furness, whom it was intended to confine with many others in some sure place in the south.

Under a guard they were conducted to Reading, where they were for awhile to be kept.
Essex and Cromwell advanced to Bristol, which they surrounded; and Prince Rupert, after a brave defense, was forced to capitulate, upon terms similar to those which had been granted by the king to the army of Lord Essex the year before.