650.
Margaret compensated this defeat by a victory which she obtained over the earl of Warwick.

That nobleman on the approach of the Lancastrians, led out his army, reenforced by a strong body of the Londoners, who were affectionate to his cause; and he gave battle to the queen at St.
Albans.

While the armies were warmly engaged, Lovelace, who commanded a considerable body of the Yorkists, withdrew from the combat; and this treacherous conduct, of which there are many instances in those civil wars, decided the victory in favor of the queen.

About two thousand three hundred of the vanquished perished in the battle and pursuit; and the person of the king fell again into the hands of his own party.

This weak prince was sure to be almost equally a prisoner whichever faction had the keeping of him; and scarce any more decorum was observed by one than by the other, in their method of treating him.