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Loving friend,
IT much troubles to heare of that lame∣nesse that is upon you, which hath brought so much paine with it, the Lord in his due time I hope wil deliver you from both, and in the meane time give you patience to submit; I received the sad newes of it, in your Letter on wednesday as we were upon our march from Okingham to Newberry; Where we quartered wednesday night, from whence we intended to relieve Marleborough which had valiant∣ly stood out against the enemy three or foure dayes, and slew divers of them with little losse on their side, never yielding untill their Towne was fired in foure or five places, which when it was taken, they plundered all the Town, and tooke some six score of the honest peo∣ple prisoners, and much like unto the Irish Rebells most Barbarously dealt with them all, which might have beene prevented if Mr. White. Mr Pitts friend his solicitation for three or foure dayes together of my Lord Generall, and the Councell of War could have prevailed to have sent us in time, but when it was too late we were sent; Thursday we heard it was taken & that 3000 were got into Wantage in Barkeshire: Thursday about 11 or 12 of the clock we marched toward that Town and drew