quarters. He rested neither himself nor his men, but spent them
without caring, and drove not a few to desert in mere fatigue.
This was his way, and it differed from the way of my Lord Essex, who
rather spilled his strength by lethargy and grieved over it.
'Twas notorious these two generals loved not one another: and 'tis
not for me, who never served under Essex, to take sides. But I will
say this for General Waller--that he spared himself as little as any
common soldier; never forgot the face of a good servant; and in
general fed his men well and hated arrears of pay like the devil.

Nevertheless, and hate it though he might, our pay was in arrears.
Moreover, apart from their fatigue of marching and counter-marching,
the bulk of our infantry had been drawn from the London train-bands--
the Red Westminster Regiment and the Auxiliaries, Green and Yellow,
of London City and the Tower Hamlets; tradesmen, that is to say, who
wearied to be home again with their wives and families after six
months' separation, and others (such as the White Regiment of
Auxiliaries) freshly drafted, that had scarce got over the
remembrance of parting. These regiments, too, comprised many score
of apprentices, whom Parliament allowed to count their time of
military service as though it had been spent with their masters: and
as apprentice and master marched side by side, and it often fell that
the youngster won promotion, with leave to order his elder about, you
may guess there were heart-burnings. Add to this that it kept these
good citizens chafing to note how often (and indeed regularly)
advancement passed them over to light on some young gentleman of
family or 'imp,' as they growled, 'from the Inns of Court.'

We lay--in horse and foot some five thousand strong--well centred in
and about the town and castle of Farnham, with a clear road to London