The scrivener gave it up, and the officers, seizing it, rode through the enemy and recovered their ranks.

There was much confusion and no little angry discussion in the camp that night, the footmen accusing the horsemen of having deserted them, and the horsemen grumbling at the foot, because they had not done their work as well as themselves.

In the morning the two armies still faced each other, neither being willing to budge a foot, although neither cared to renew the battle.

The rest of the Parliamentary forces had arrived, and they might have struck us a heavy blow had they been minded, for there was much discouragement in our ranks.

Lord Essex, however, after waiting a day and burying his dead, drew off from the field, and we, remaining there, were able to claim the victory, which, however, my son, was one of a kind which was scarce worth winning.