As done in ev’ry town elsewhere,
In form, all market towns he past,
To Staffordshire he came at last:
Where the Duke’s army lay ’fore him
Well prepar’d for to devour him.
He here to fight had no desire,
Took east the muirs for Derbyshire,
Directed his rout by th’ town of Leek,
Left Cumberland to claw his cheek:
Kept south by east to Derby town,