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 116 LETTERS OX MONMOUTH'S REBELLION January gentlemen first into the town, who afterwards marched five miles farther towards Miniard.* On the way we picked up a good many stragglers, but they are nowhere in any body. We are informed that the Duke of Monmouth and my Lord Grey and one more with them have changed clothes with some country fellows and are fled over Mendip. The biisiness being quite. at an end my Lord designs to-morrow to wait on the Duke of Beaufort at Bristol, and from thence to go to Bath for 3 or 4 days, which he is advised to by Dr. Lawrence, his Lordship being troubled with heat break out on his hands and body, very like the itch. He has been already let blood for it and been purged : the doctor says the Bath will perfect the cure. His Lordship desires you would present his most humble duty to my Lord Duke, and to desire that his Grace's commands may be sent to Bath about his coming to London or staying with the army. We marched hither this day and left Colonel Kiike^ with his regiment at Bridgwater. The gentlemen, who I writ you word were killed, are not yet dead but desperately wounded, and I do not hear of above one or two gentlemen more that are hurt. Sir, Your most humble servant Phineas Pett. We are sending presents to all the Whiggish towns of rogues to be hanged there, and four are ordered to be hanged in chains on the place where we fought. ' Minehead. ' Colonel Percy Kirke.