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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88366	A true experimentall and exact relation upon that famous and renovvned siege of Nevvcastle, the diverse conflicts and occurrances fell out there during the time of ten weeks and odde dayes: and of that mightie and marveilous storming therof, with power, policie, and prudent plots of warre. Together with a succinct commentarie upon the battell of Bowdon Hill, and that victorious battell of York or Marston Moore, never to be forgotten. / By him who was an eye witnesse to the siege of Nevvcastle, William Lithgovv.	Lithgow, William, 1582-1645?	1645 (1645)	Wing L2545; Thomason E292_31; ESTC R200156	18,343	31

wonderfull strong which the other two have not Yet what availeth either Towres walles or Turrets where the force of Armyes command Nay just nothing for indeed these walles with their pendicles were first erected to resist the Scottish invasions and yet in vayne for now we have shaken their foundations and by the same strength they relyed upon we have by the selfe same meane overthrowne them all glorie be to the God of glorie therefore As for the Inhabitants resyding within the richest or better sort of them as seven or eight Common Knights Aldermen Coale Merchants Pudlers and the like creatures are altogether Malignants most of them being Papists and the greater part of all I say irreligious Atheists The vulgar condition being a Masse of silly Ignorants live rather like to the Berdoans in Lybia wanting knowledge conscience honesty than like to wel disposed Christians Plyable to Religion civill order or Church discipline And why because their bruttish desires being onely for libertinous ends Auarice and Voluptuousnesse they have a greater sensualitye in a pretended formalitye than the savage Sabuneks with whom I leave them here engrossed And now forsaking this present introduction I come backe to my continewing discourse The siege growing dayly more and more hotter and hotter at all quarters and in all places as we le in the one side as in the other then and at which tyme I must ingenuously confesse that these indefatigable pains my Lord Calendar took were more than praise worthy for late and early and at all times he was extraordinary carefull paynefull and diligent in overseeing here and there his Mynes in directing his batteryes in managing privat and prudent ends for a publick good in dispatching of messingers and messages and in ordering of his souldiers atchievements by night or by day as they were imployed insomuch that his industrious and vigilant actions became a merveilous amazement to all these that were acquainted with his paynes and for my part to shunne ingratitude worthy of deserved memorie The chief Cannoneirs that were upon his five batteryes in the Gatesyde were William Hunter Captain of the trayne of Artillerie Iames Scot Robert Spense and William Wallace men of singular skill and many moe which I purposely to avoyd prolixitie omit And now from here and hence the Lievtennant Generall traversing hourely the river to his other batteryes and workes at Sandgate being onely two he was ever in a fastidious action One of which batteries beat downe the top face and upmost parts of Carpenters Tower unto the dust The other batterie had been newly erected for repulsing the enemy from intercepting our Mines Yet notwithstanding whereof the Nullifidians within discovered the lowest Myne next to the river syde The which my Lord Calendar perceaving and thrusting a pyke with his own hand through the renting division and to prevent the drowning thereof gave presently order that the next morning it should be sprung Which accordingly done it tumbled over the demi-hornewark dissapointed the enemye and became a shelterage to our encroaching souldiers The other three adjacent Mynes were not as yet reddy neither now to be imployed as after you shall heare About this same time September 29. the Lord Lieutennant generall Baillie upon the Townes north syde and near to St. Andrews Church gave order for their his batterie lay to brash downe a part of the Towne wall which in three hours space was fortunatly accomplished where the wall fell down within half a yard of the roote and so large that ten men might have marched through it in a front This tryall gave indeed a great encouragement to our Armye and why because then our Commanders were assured that if their Mynes should be dissapointed the brashing of the walls should be their last advantage And yet this breach was never pursued in regard the enemie under the shaddow of a blynd of Canvesse reenforced or barrocaded it with trash and timber Vpon Weddinsday following at morne Octo. 3. the enemy discovered and drowned two of our Mynes with watter and the next day ensuing another also Whereat the enemie growing insolent gave order for ringing of bells all night to consolate as it were the distressed mindes of the starving communaltie who rather fed upon violent necessitie than any other kinde of cherishing or comfortable reliefe Being whiles flattered with impossibilities and other whiles tyrannized over by the malicious malignitie of the mercilesse and now miserable Maior For true it is that this Sir Iohn Marley their Governour an oeconomick Polititian more wilfull than skillfull did so inveigle and blindfold the common multitude that these letters which hee sent to our Lord Generall were all read by him in publike to them being too peremptorie and impertinent but for the answer of his Excellence that came to him he concealed them all making them to believe that he would admit of no condition nor grant any safety longer than the revenging sword might overreach their necks All which being falsly and perfidiously spoken was onely to irritate their doubtfull dispositions and to incense their desperate condition with the deceit of a treacherous despaire to make them bolder for their dreadfull defence for indeed there was an order condescended upon by the Committee some five weeks before their ruine approached which was that if they should render in time and prevent the greater effusion of bloud they should have faire and free quarters and all these liberall conditions that people in the like case could either look for or require But all these profers or offers were by the Maior vilified and by him concealed from the people till their day of desolation was declared And now the coppies of these intercoursing letters being lately published to the vulgar world and striving to relinquish unnecessary particulars or any obvious rancounter of small consequence I come to the maine point and thus After ten weeks siege and odde dayes with many disastruous affronts following on all hands there was a parley appointed being Fryday October 18. where in the forenoone our three Commissioners the Lord Humbie the Laird of Wedderburne and Iohn Rutherfurd Provest of Iedbrugh went in the three Hostages from the Towne being formerly come forth ours I say accoasting the Maiors presence there were diverse propositions and answers by both parties delivered but to no purpose nor effect The Maior ever dallying with drifts and delayes to procrastinate time till they had discovered our two chiefe Mines which indeed were very near the point yet neverthelesse in a jeering way our Commissioners being dismissed after five houres conference and their Pledges returned the next morning early the untimely preventing Maior sent forth a Drummer to the Lord Sinclair with two Letters the contents of one was thus My Lord I have received diverse Letters and warrants subscribed by the name of Leven but of late can heare of none that have seen such a man besides there is a strong report hee is dead Therefore to remove