For the Right Honorable William Lenthal Eſq; Speaker of the Parliament of the Common­wealth of England.

I Am not able yet to give you an exact Accompt of the great things the Lord hath wrought for this Commonwealth, and for his People, and yet I am un­willing to be ſilent, but accord­ing to my Duty ſhall repreſent it to you as it comes to hand: This Battel was fought with various Succeſſes for ſome hours, but ſtill hope­ful on your part, and in the end became an Ab­ſolute Victory, and ſo full an one as proved a total Defeat and Ruine of the Enemies Army, a Poſſeſsion of the Town, (our men entring at the Enemies heels, and fighting with them in the ſtreets with very great Courage) and of all their Baggage and Artillery; what the Slain are I can give you no Accompt, becauſe we have not taken an exact View, but they are4 very many, and muſt needs be ſo, becauſe the Diſpute was long and very near at hand, and often at Puſh of Pike, and from one defence to another; there are about Six or ſeven thouſand priſoners taken here, & many Officers and No­blemen of very great quality, Duke Hamilton, the Earl of Rothes, and divers other Noblemen, I hear the Earl of Loutherdail, many Officers of great quality, and ſome that will be fit ſubjects of your Juſtice: We have ſent very conſider­able Parties after the Flying Enemy; I hear they have taken conſiderable numbers of Pri­ſoners, and are very cloſe in the Purſuit: In­deed I hear the Countrey riſeth upon them every where, and I believe the Forces that lay through Providence at Bewdley, and in Shrop­ſhire and Staffordſhire, and thoſe with Colonel Lilburn, were in a Condition as if this had been foreſeen, to intercept what ſhould return. A more particular Accompt then this will be pre­pared for you as we are able: I heard they had not many more then a Thouſand Horſe in their Body that fled, I believe you have near Four thouſand Forces following and interpo­ſing between them and home: Their Army5 was about Sixteen thouſand ſtrong, and fought ours on Worcester ſide of Severn almoſt with their whole, whileſt we had engaged half our Army on the other ſide but with parties of theirs; In deed it was a ſtiff buſineſs, yet I do not think we have loſt Two hundred men: Your new raiſed Forces did perform ſingular good Service, for which they deſerve a very high eſti­mation and acknowledgement, as alſo for their willingneſs thereunto, foraſmuch as the ſame hath added ſo much to the reputation of your Affairs; they are all diſpatched home again, which I hope will be much for the eaſe and ſa­tisfaction of the Countrey, which is a great Fruit of the Succeſs. The Dimenſions of this Mercy are above my thoughts, it is for ought I know a Crowning Mercy; ſurely if it be not, ſuch a one we ſhall have. If this pro­voke thoſe that are concerned in it to Thank­fulneſs, and the Parliament to do the will of him who hath done his will for it and for the Nation, whoſe good pleaſure it is to eſtabliſh the Nation and the change of the Government, by making the people ſo willing to the De­fence thereof, and ſo ſignally to bleſs the En­deavors6 of your Servants in this late great Work. I am bold humbly to beg, That all thoughts may tend to the promoting of his Honor, who hath wrought ſo great Salvation; and that the Fatneſs of theſe continued Mer­cies may not occaſion Pride and Wantonneſs as formerly the like hath done to a choſen Na­tion; but that the Fear of the Lord, even for his Mercies, may keep an Authority and a People ſo proſpered and bleſſed, and witneſſed unto, Humble and Faithful, and that Juſtice and Righteouſneſs, Mercy and Truth may flow from you as a thankful Return to our graci­ous God; this ſhall be the Prayer of

Your Officers behaved themſelves with much Honor in this Service, and the Perſon who is the Bearer hereof, was equal in the performance of his Duty to moſt that ſerved you that day.