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 ( 44 ) of the Scots ſeemed co fly before him the bulk of the army, having-zaken a unica quned road, completely interc-pted his To rest; hich was now rendered ſtill more impoſſible by the bridge having been broken down by the eight of ſo many armed men, and nultitudeere drowned in the river. Excepe Sir Marmadake, and a few who made their eſcape by ſwimming the Forth, all the Engliſh who had croſſed to the num- ber of fix or ſeven thouſand, were put to the ſword. During this awful diſaſter, Surrey ſtood on the fouth ſide of the river, and bad the 115 mortification to behold his men Maughtered in thouſands, or perishing among the waves, without having at in his power to afford them the ſmalleſt re ief. When Marinaduke joined Surrey, he adviſed to ſet on fire the remaining part of the bridge to prevent the victorious Scots from pur- ſuing and haraſſing the Engliſh army. But this expedient was of in all advantage, for the great 'Stewart of Scotland, and the Earl of Leunox, having previouſly poſted themſelves in an ambuſh not far from the Engliſh, rushed from behind the mountains, and charging the Earl, him to fight, and purſued his army with ſuch alacrity, that with difficulty he eſcaped to Berwick. English hiſtorians themſelves inform us, that