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[1] A True and Brief Relation of the famous Siege of Breda, etc., by Henry Hexham. Delft, 1637.
[2] Captain Fox to Pennington, S. P. Dom. November 11th, 1641.
[3] The above details are from a letter amongst the Longleat MSS., written by one of Monk's captains to a correspondent in England, a transcript of which was most kindly sent me by the Marquis of Bath.
[4] Edw. Butler to Rupert, Hist. MSS. Rep. IX., pt. 2, p. 440 b.
[5] Rinuccini to Card. Pauzirolo, October 31st, November 9th and 29th, 1648; Memoirs, p. 441; Walker's Hist. of Independency, vol. ii. pp. 150, 233-248; Capt. Stewart's MSS., Hist. MSS. Rep. X., iv. p. 82, Col. Moore to Gen. Monck; "The Declaration of the British on the North of Ireland, etc.," April 9th, 1649; Br. Mus. E-556/15; Council Book during May and August 1649; Gilbert's app. to Aphorismal Discovery; Ormonde Letters and Com. Journ.
[6] Monk's biographers give him the credit of originating the whole movement, but in the face of Cromwell's despatch that is hardly possible. Heath (Chron. p. 274) is probably right when he says that "at the general's request he did draw and design the whole fight and embattle the army," but he cannot be trusted in assigning the whole credit of the victory to Monk. Hodgson, of course, attributes everything to Lambert, and states that at the end of the Council one stepped up and asked that he (Lambert) might have the conduct of the army that day—an assertion which is only credible on the supposition that Cromwell had previously taken the conduct out of his major-general's hands. In view of Monk's recent feat at Haddington this is not unlikely, and Lambert may well have been given the post of honour at the head of the attack to reconcile him to the slight.
[7] Or June 1st. See for this and all the movements at this time Jordan's Log of the Vanguard, printed in Penn's Life of Penn.
[8] For the whole battle cf. the published despatches with the principal flag-officer's account, Gumble's Life, p. 67; Vice-Adm. Jordan's Log and Hoste's account, both printed in Penn's Life of Penn; and the three despatches in Cal. S. P. Dom., August 2nd.