24 Julij, 1650.
Charles R.
Nemo me impune lacessit.
Vedinsday, 24 Julij, his Maiestie went from Perth to Dumfermling. He wisited the Lord Burlie by the way, quher he wes welcomed with a banquett.[433]
Thursday, 25 day of Julij, his Maiestie, after dinner, departed from Dumfermling to his auen housse, Streueling Castle.
One Wednisday, 31 of Julij, Gen: Maior Rob: Montgomerey, and Colonell Straquhane, led out a pairtey, against the enimey, of 2000 horsse and 500 foote, and beatt him soundlie; and if he had had 1000 more, they had routted his quhole armey. They killed to him 5 Colonells and L. Colonells; mortly woundit L. Gen: Lambert, and aboue 500 souldiers, and returned with no grate losse.
One Monday the 29 of Julij, Cromwell, with all his armey, assaulted our trenches neir the Quarrell holles, bot wes valliantly beat offe and repulsed, and 2 of his canon takin; and hes footte partey routted by Lawers regiment, quho doublett alone, mounted the hill at St Leonards chapell, and dange them from ther canon, wich they had planted ther to shotte one our trenches at the Quarrell holles. The Englishe flange ther armes from them, and betooke them to ther heiles, wntill a brigad of horsse aduanced, and reganed ther canon; bot with grate losse of men and horsse, quhom Lawers men from the hedges and rockes played wncessantly with ther musketts.
Cromwell being soundly beattin one Vednisday by our men, reteired backe to Muchellbrughe, Prestone and Inereske one Thursday, and ther begane to intrinche himselue; he made stables of all the churches for hes horsses quhersoeuer he came, and burned all the seatts and pewes in them; riffled the ministers housses, and distrayed ther cornes.
Cromwell sent a trumpte, on Thursday the 1 of Aguste, to L. Generall Lesley, with a liste of suche prissoners of ours as he had takin since his inwading the countrey, wiche amounted to the nomber of 80, and desyred that he might haue them exchanged.
The L. Generall, with the adwysse of the Committee, did returne the blasphemer this anssuer, that he had giuen strict order and command to all the countrey, not to take or moleste aney of his horsse ore footte souldiers in ther peceable retrait home to ther auen countrey, bot to intertane them kyndly, and assure them a saffe passage to ther homes.
The Comittee of Parliament for purging the armey, did meitt this 2, 3 and 5 dayes of Agust; they acted nothing against the enimey, bot purged out of the armey aboue 80 commanders. The ministers in all places preched incessantly for this purging, sheuing, if that committe did not proceid, the consequences that wold follow wold certanly proue lamentable and destructiue, and wold vndoubtedly multiplie Gods judgments vpone the land and armey.