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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87235	A brief relation of the surprise of the forts of Weymouth, the siege of Melcombe, the recovery of the forts, and raising of the siege. / By P.J. minister to the garrison.	Ince, Peter, b. 1614 or 1615.	1645 (1645)	Wing I128; Thomason E274_7; ESTC R210069	5,829	8

A Brief RELATION OF THE Surprise of the FORTS OF WEYMOUTH The SIEGE of MELCOMBE The Recovery of the FORTS And Raising of the SIEGE By P. J. Minister to the Garrison London Printed for Luke Fawne at the Parrot in Pauls Church-yard 1644. A Brief Relation SUch hath been the goodnesse of God to us that t is pitty it should passe without a memoriall and record and the rather that others may not onely blesse God with us but may be incouraged to a future dependency on the same power that saved us if they shall fall into the like distresse We desire not to detract any thing from the many acts of divine power and goodnesse whereby God hath manifested himself in other places but certainly there were not since these wars begun a people more strangely saved by the Lord. In the beginning of February we were in as sweet a quiet and security as any Garrison in the Kingdom no enemy neer us but one at Portland and that not very considerable being but about three or four hundred men It pleased God that on a suddain our Forts and quiet were lost one of the Forts commanded the Harbour the other the Town Some of the Townsmen having a long time been hatching a conspiracy with Sir Lewis Dives and the Portlanders now brought their designes to execution On Sabbath day the ninth of February about midnight they did lead our enemies by such secret wayes that they were upon our Centinels suddenly and undiscovered and entred the Forts without any thing worthy the name of resistance and now a late Alarm was given by the Drums and the shouts of our Enemies We finding such dangerous guests possest of those places which above a half yeers pain and swear had indevoured to make our security resolved upon a sudden assault which we attempted but were repulsed with the losse of the lives of some men and the blood of more though not many Major Sydenham the Governours Brother whose memory may not be buried with him here received a mortall wound of which he died the day following his death was no small joy to our enemies to whom he was a perpetuall vexation and terrour and no small grief to us who had our eyes too much upon him also Captain Salanova was wounded and Captain Allen with some others In the morning following we saw little but discomforts our own Guns Powder Shot Forts Gunners and in a manner every thing but our God against us In this condition when some of our friends deserted as lost men and our enemies look'd upon as conquered some of us made it a ground of our Belief That God would be our Saviour because he had taken other saviours from us We had not so much as one Ship left us but what lay under the command of our enemies About Noon Sir Lewis Dives who was expected sooner and as some say should at the same hour have faln upon Melcomb came up with Horse and Foot to ayd the Popish Knight Sir Walter Hastings in keeping what villainy and trechery he had gained from us and to see if they could gain what was yet left us In the Evening we left Weymouth which we could not any longer make good and betaking our selves to Melcomb drew the Bridge which lies betwixt the Towns This place of Melcomb our enemies tamely yeelded as untenable and we had scarce bestowed a Fortnights work on it since we possest this Garrison yet God made it tenable and so our adversaries found it All this day they spent their great and small shot lavishly upon us from the Forts and some of their Gunners ingaged themselves to levell us with the ground but the Weapons form'd against us did not prosper For our Houses stood and little of our blood was spilt After they saw the multitude as of great Bullets and Iron Bars hot and cold sent against us did us not the mischief they intended they abated somewhat of their successelesse fury Our Horse sallied out some times and fetcht us in some Provisions and prisoners On Tuesday Captain Martin came in the Ship called the Providence from Pool the fight of any friend was an incouragement and he was the welcomer because he brought along about fourscore of our men who were upon service abroad at the time of the surprise and might not well adventure by the Land passage to us On Wednesday came the Admirall into the Road Captain Batten and another of the Parliaments Ships to whose helpfulnesse both in easing us of our Prisoners of which we had above 200 and ayding of us with neer 200 men we must acknowledge our selves very much indebted It was a mercifull providence of God that the Winde served at that time to bring them hither On Thursday our enemies began to fire us and by small Iron Sluggs heated in a Forge which they shot out of their Muskets set fire on a Thatcht-House over against the Chappell-Fort from whence they shot about the House continually to hinder us from quenching the flames but without the least hurt to any man This fire was soon put out it onely consumed two Houses blessed be God Upon this we fell though unwillingly to the like course and fired a house in the Chappell-Fort but being little delighted with such sad spectacles we sent to the enemy that there might be no more such work on either side they sent us word They scorned to Parley with us and would do what they pleased The day after they fired again on the other side the Town over against the North-point Fort yet that also we quenched without the losse of one drop of blood Upon this we fired seven or eight of the Houses in Weymouth and whiles they endevoured to rescue their Houses from the flames one was shot dead that betrayed us and two others were wounded After this there was no more burning on either side On Saturday came to us our friend Lieutenant Colonel Haynes with about 100. Horse which was an addition to our strength and courage The next Morning the Governour whose valour and unwearied industry we have cause blesse God for went with Lieutenant Colonell Haynes and all the Horse and opportunely met with a Troop of the enemies Horse neer Rodipole routed them took 45 prisoners about 60 Horse slew 7. or 8. of them took a Captain and a Cornet And this was done without the losse of one man Major Brown and the Governours Brother being onely slightly wounded The Governour and some of our party chased the little remnant of them that escaped up to the Gates of Weymouth Hereupon somewhat of the insolency of our enemies was abated so that we might exchange prisoners and have a reputation with them In the beginning of the second week of our trouble our enemies lying at some further distance then formerly we had the opportunitie to go abroad with the Horse to fetch in Provisions We brought in 900 Sheep and took a Captain who expected not to finde our walk so