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of the river without any Eng. m. in their Co., to make discovery of the emy. (which was generally conceived quartered thereabout.) But this did not at all discourage our Chr. Inds. from marching out for discovery + if they had met with them to beat? up their quarters. But god had so ordered it that the emy. were all withdrawn + were retreated in unclear night. Our Ind. solds. having made a thoro discovery + to their great grief (for some of them wept when? they saw so many Eng. lie dead on the place among the slain) some they knew unclear, those two worthy + pious Capts. Cap. Broklebanke? of Rowley + Cap. Wadsworth of Milton, who with about 32 private soldiers were slain the day before, for Cap. Wadsworth lying with his Co. at Marlboro being left there to strengthen that frontier upon the return of the army, he understanding that the emy. had attacked Sudbury unclear unclear of his men about 6 files + marched for their unclear with whom Cap. Broklebanke?? (who kept quarters at unclear) went, taking this opportunity as a good convoy to go to Boston to speak with the unclear. Cap. Wadsworth being a valiant + active man, + being very desirous to rescue his friends at Sudbury, marched in the night with all the speed he could, + his solds., being spent + weary with travel + want of rest, fell into the emy's ambushment in unclear morning, and the emy, being numerous encompassed him round, so that they were generally cut off except a few that escaped to a mill which was fortified, but the people were fled out of it, but the enemy knew not of their flight, + so supposing the mill to be strong they ventured not to attack it; at the same time Cap. Cutler (1) of Charlestn with

(1) There was a John of Charlestown, who was a representative in 1680, + '82.