Their clergy endeavored to infuse courage into them.

After singing some psalms, the rebels turned on the enemy; and being assisted by the advantage of the ground, they received the first charge very resolutely.

But that was all the action: immediately they fell into disorder, and fled for their lives.

About forty were killed on the spot, and a hundred and thirty taken prisoners.

The rest, favored by the night, and by the weariness, and even by the pity of the king's troops, made their escape.
* November 28, 1666.
The oppressions which these people had suffered, the delusions under which they labored, and their inoffensive behavior during the insurrection, made them the objects of compassion: yet were the king's ministers, particularly Sharpe, resolved to take severe vengeance.