It was not only the ecclesiastical conditions laid down by the parliamentarians at the Treaty of Uxbridge which determined the King's refusal.

This rid the parliamentarians of some of their most incapable commanders.

A breathing-time succeeded; the firing ceased on both sides, and the adverse armies stood gazing at each other till the darkness induced them to withdraw,the royalists to their first position on the hills, and the parliamentarians to the village of Keynton.