ɪn ɹᵻtˈɜːn, hiː kˈæɹid mˈɛsɪdʒᵻz fɹʌmðɪ ˈɑːɹmi tə tʃˈɑːɹlz, ðˈɛn bˌiːɪŋ hˈɛld baɪ ðə skˈɑːts ɪn nˈuːkæsəl ænd wʌz nˈaɪɾᵻd baɪ hˌɪm ɪn ɑːktˈoʊbɚ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈɪks.
In return, he carried messages from the Army to Charles, then being held by the Scots in Newcastle and was knighted by him in October 1646.