Montrosse totally routed at Tividale in Scotland on Saturday last, by Lieutenant Generall Lesly, where were taken and kill'd two thousand foot, eight hundred horse, and nine knights; and all the Kings papers and writings sent to Montrosse are taken. Sent to a member of the Honorable House of Commons, and appointed to be forthwith printed. Thompson, William, d. 1649. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A94287 of text R200271 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E301_19). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A94287 Wing T1019 Thomason E301_19 ESTC R200271 99861077 99861077 113205 2240896699

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A94287) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 113205) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 49:E301[19]) Montrosse totally routed at Tividale in Scotland on Saturday last, by Lieutenant Generall Lesly, where were taken and kill'd two thousand foot, eight hundred horse, and nine knights; and all the Kings papers and writings sent to Montrosse are taken. Sent to a member of the Honorable House of Commons, and appointed to be forthwith printed. Thompson, William, d. 1649. 6, [2] p. Printed for Edward Husband, printer to the Honorable House of Commons, London, : Sept. 18. 1645. Signed and dated on page 4: VVilliam Thompson. Hull 15. Sept. 1645. 11. at night. The final leaf is blank. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Montrose, James Graham, -- Marquis of, 1612-1650 -- Early works to 1800. Leven, Alexander Leslie, -- Earl of, 1580?-1661 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Campaigns -- Early works to 1800. Philiphaugh (Scotland) -- History -- Early works to 1800. A94287 R200271 (Thomason E301_19). civilwar no Montrosse totally routed at Tividale in Scotland on Saturday last, by Lieutenant Generall Lesly,: where were taken and kill'd two thousand Thompson, William 1645 7 472 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 C The rate of 21 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-06 Sampled and proofread 2007-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

MONTROSSE Totally Routed at Tividale IN SCOTLAND On Saturday last ,

By Lieutenant Generall LESLY ,

Where were taken and kill'd , Two thousand Foot , Eight hundred Horse , and Nine Knights ;

And all the Kings Papers and Writings sent to MONTROSSE are taken .

SEnt to a Member of the Honorable House of Commons , and appointed to be forthwith printed .

London , Printed for Edward Husband , Printer to the Honorable House of Commons , Sept. 18. 1645.

TO THE WORSHIPFULL Edmund Prideaux Esquire , One of the Honorable House of COMMONS . SIR ,

I Think it my duty to give you notice at present , of the good News come hither this Night out of the North by Sir Iames Hachet , of a Battell fought in Tividale , on Saturday last in the morning , betwixt Montrosse , and Lieutenant Generall David Lesly , where Montrosse , after a short dispute , was totally Routed , his Army consisting of One thousand Horse , and Two thousand of his prime Foot , of which not twenty escaped , about Two hundred of his Horse with himself , saved themselves by flight : There are 9. Knights taken Prisoners , amongst which , Sir David Murrey , Sir Alexander Lesly , Sir William Rog , Sir William Tewes slain , with whom is found all the Writings from the King to Montrosse .

We had this News about nine this night , and to second it , we Received yours about eleven at Night , of the taking of Bristoll , which was welcome News here ; for which I expresse my thankfulnesse , and rest

Your humble Servant , William Thompson . Hull 15. Sept. 1645. 11. at night .
FOR YOVR SELF . SIR ,

IN few words , Montrosse had this day One thousand four hundred Foot , and One thousand horse , or thereabouts in the Field ; the Foot are most of them killed , many of the Horse are escaped ; Lanerick took Spotwood prisoner , with the Seal of Secretary in his pocket : One thousand four hundred Foot and Horse were sent by Monroe into the Highlands , and six hundred another way , being confident that Lieutenant Generall Lesly was South of Newcastle , when in truth he was in Scotland . All Montrosse his Papers are taken : Two thousand two hundred Scottish sent for into Ireland , are landed in the North of Scotland : We hear no further news of a meeting about our businesse ; my service to your Master ▪

From your Servant .

The good service of some English in Commissary Generall Middletons Regiment is much spoken of .

Barwicke 13. Sept. 1645. FINIS .