XXVIII.
That in the Months of September and October last, he the said Earl of Strafford being certified of the Scotish Army coming into the Kingdom, and he the said Earl of Strafford, being Lieutenant General of his Majesties Army, did not provide for the defence of the Town of Newcastle, as he ought to have done, but suffered the same to be lost, that so he might the more incense the Eng∣lish against the Scots. And for the same wicked purpose, and out of a malicious desire to ingage the Kingdoms of England and Scotland in a Na∣tional and bloody War, he did write to the Lord Conway the General of the Horse, and under the said Earl's Command, that he should sight with the Scotish Army at the passage over the Tyne, whatsoever should follow, notwithstanding that the said Lord Conway had formerly by Letters informed him the said Earl, that his Maje∣sties Army then under his command, was not of force sufficient to encounter the Scots, by which advice of his, he did, contrary to the duty of his place, betray his Majesties Army then under his Command, to apparent danger and loss.