The tone of boastfulness and anticipated triumph which had pervaded it before the second battle of Newbury had now entirely disappeared.

Gloom was written upon all faces, and few entertained any hopes of a favorable termination to their cause.

Here a year passed slowly and heavily.

The great proportion of Sir Henry Furness' troop were allowed to return to their farms, as at present there was no occasion for their services in the field.
All this time the king was negotiating and treating; the Parliament quarreling furiously among themselves.

The war had languished everywhere.