NY 604108). An inscription on the monument reads "Here at Black Dub; the source of the Livennet, King Charles II regaled his army and drank of the water on his march from Scotland. August 8th 1651"

However the Royalists were mistaken in supposing that the enemy was unaware. Everything had been foreseen both by Cromwell and by the Council of State in Westminster. The latter had called out the greater part of the militia on 7 August. Lieutenant-General