Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	captain_n	colonel_n	lieutenant_n	1,180	5	9.4650	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84189	An exact and true relation in relieving the resolute garrison of Lyme in Dorset-shire, by the Right Honourable, Robert Earle of Warwicke, Lord High Admirall of England. Besieged by Prince Maurice, the Lord Inchiquin, and his Irish rogues, together with the Lord Pawlet. As also the particular passages in many gallant sallyes and assaults betwixt the enemy and themselves, with the brave courage of many female souldiers: as also the taking two ships of great value, that were comming to relieve the enemy: and the present condition in which the town at this instant is, with other remarkable mews fron Exceter. As it was sent by a speciall and faithfull hand, from His Majesties ship called the Iames, riding now at anchor before Lyme, dated Iune the first.		1644 (1644)	Wing E3611; Thomason E50_23; ESTC R6326	3,322	8

An Exact and True RELATION In Relieving the resolute GARRISON Of LYME In DORSET-SHIRE By the Right Honourable Robert Earle of Warwicke Lord High Admirall of ENGLAND Besieged by Prince Maurice the Lord Inchiquin and his Irish Rogues together with the Lord Pawlet As also the particular passages in many gallant Sallyes and assaults betwixt the Enemy and themselves with the brave courage of many female Souldiers As also the taking two ships of great value that were comming to relieve the enemy and the present condition in which the Town at this instant is with other remarkable news from Exceter As it was sent by a speciall and faithfull hand from His Majesties Ship called the Iames riding now at Anchor before Lyme Dated Iune the first Iune 10. Printed for Mathew Walbanke 1644. An exact and true RELATION IN Relieving the resolute garrison of LIME in Dorcetshire Deare Sir I Have written one Letter to you since I came into this Bay Yesterday I received yours of the 24 of May rejoycing much in that health which God pleaseth yet to continue to you and my familie at home I thank God I am well onely much sadnesse of spirit is contracted from the sad spectacle that besieged Lime doth continually offer to ou● view a Towne that deserves abundance of pittie and love they being still under the violence of a cruell Enemie Captaine Pine of whose wounding I writ to you in my last is since dead God brought my Lord hither to a singular purpose it tending to save that distressed Towne hitherto having not in it at his Lordships comming above two dayes bread and a small quantitie of Ammunition There are in the Towne 4000 soules whereof 1000 in G●rrison who though they want Shooes Stockings Clothes and pay and have not departed from Lime since the beginning of the siedge yet are all of them resolved to stand out to the last man and when they can doe no more to breake through the Enemie with their swords At my Lords first comming he sent on shoare neere 40 barrells of Powder and some Match which came along with his Lordship purposely for their reliefe The Ships under his Lordships commands did before his comming spare what Provisions they could none comming to them from other parts and the passages by Sea being neer blockt up his Lordship contracted for 350 pounds worth of Come and other Provisions being then bound for Plymouth to be sold there and tooke order to send it into the Towne himselfe undertaking the price The condition and courage of the besieged did so prevaile with our Sea-men that on Saturday last out of their poore overplus they sent them above 30 paire of Boots 100 paire of Shooes 160 pure of Stockings some Linnen and old clothes and some quantitie of Fish and Bread that they had formerly saved out of their Sea allowance They did also unanimously give one fourth part of their bread for the next foure moneths amounting to 9000 weight which their hard labour and constant cutie might advise them to have reserv'd rather for their own bellies On Monday lasts my Lord and the Ships with him determin'd to spare them 2000 weight of bread more and some quantities of Beefe Porke Shot Fish and other necessaries That day some of our Sea-men were desired by the Towne to looke to the Lyme while 600 of the Garrison sallyed on the Enemie and 300 men were resolved to be sent but the same day the Towne received a terrible for me from the Enemie yet with little advantage to the besiegers they 100 sing about 60. and the Town but eight onely some of their Comanders were then hurt viz. Colonell Ware was shot in the bellie but not dangerously and Lieutenant Colonell Blake was slightly hurt in the foot The Townesmen of the three Captaines that led up the forlorne hope killed one Captain Southern who had on the Lord Paulets own Armour and tooke prisoner another viz. Captaine Aston who was the next day brought aboard our Ship This Captaine Aston is brother to a servant of Master Ketchmar in Fish street the Enemie refused to take off their dead resolving to burie them and to take the Towne altogether But God afterwards corrected their daring presumptuous Cruckie The Garrison being in couraged by this successe resolved to prosecute their former purpose of sallying and in pursuance thereof on Tuesday night last the 300 men were sent safely on shoare though to make good their landing 3 or 4 of the Townsmen were shin On the same Tuesday his Lordship determin'd to send two of his Sips all the ship-boats futed with men towards Char●outh ●ir●port other places about six miles frō Line that the Enemies opinion of our landing men in those parts might draw off the horse whereby the sallie would be more secure and advantagious And on Wednesday last the ships and boats were accordingly sent out at a time signified from the towne by shooting off a Gun from Daves fort and giving an alarme on the East shoare obtained what was in designe For all the day long foure or five troopes of horse and some hundreds of foot attended the moving of the ships and boats from whence diverse great shot and small shot played into lands which forced the enemie to cast up a brest-work by the sea side for their owne defence The enemie mistooke the intention supposing that these boats had in the night taken men out of the Towne with purpose to set them on shore for getting of provisions into the Towne or to fall on the reare and thereby thinking the Towne to be weakned they did on the same Wednesday neere the time appointed for sallying assault the Towne with great surie from about sixe at night to about eight at night there was such a continuall peale of small shot and great shot that the Towne seemed to be all on a flame twice the enemie made an orderly retreat appearing each time in a body of about a thousand men The third assault was most violent the enemie advancing with brave resolution and being as gallantly received by the Townesmen A little after eight of the clock there was a remitting of the former furie and about nine an almost generall silence There was slaine of the enemie in this assault as some of the Towne this day aboord computed foure hundred and of the garrison but six or seven kild and wounded whereof Major Townsend was one who was shot in the head but is still alive Amongst the staine there was found one Gentlemen that came that morning from Exeter with Letters for Oxford whither he would faine have carryed the newes of the taking of Lyme but God prevented him and the Letters found in his pocket are sent to London the principall thing imparted by them being that they heard the wayes to Oxford began to be obstructed that the Queene was better then formerly and much comforted in Doctor Mirons comming on Sabbath day last On Thursday last there was a parley in the Towne the enemie desiring to burie their dead which before they scorn'd Yesterday some reliefe came for the Towne by Sea and in the afternoone part of the Towne was fired yet but three houses burnt This day another part of the Towne was fired and at this instant the fire encreaseth and twentie new houses are burnt You may now judge the state of poore Lyme but if you saw it as it is continually before us your eyes would much affect your baste considering that such gallant spirits worth a Nation indeed should be the subjects on which the rage and madnesse of a base and cruell enemie is from day to day exercised and imprinted If London knew their merit and condition I am confident they would not only compassionate them but relieve them what is wanting in men will bee made up I hope by the power and providence of heaven whose salvation hath him hither to appointed by God for their wals and bulwarkes somethings I may not omit that at the late storming one woman shot off 16 Musquets upon the enemy and the women of the Town generally did fill the Souldiers Bandileres while they sought the continuance of their dangers having much blunted the sence of their dangers retaining in their spirits a constant cheerefulnesse as knowing they shall have deliverance ther from the affliction or by it and to all let mee adde that this mercy to them was the result I doubt not of the prayers put up at the instant on their behalfe from aboard as well as in other parts of the Kingdome We have taken upon the seas since our setting from the Downs 2 prizes one a Dartmouth vessell laden with oyle and salt for Holland and the other was brought into us on Saturday last which was a Dutch Galliot laden with commodities for the enemie at Aptham and Exceter to the value of 8000 li. and the Master of the Galliot him selfe confessed that they had for her more safe convoy of the company of two States men of War who had aboard their ships 5 barrels of money amounting to 1000 Dollars confined to some malignants in Exceter the factor under whose charge the money went committed being aboard the men of war was loath to be discovered but at length being apprehended and brought before his Loadship was for some peremptory speeches to my Lord put in safe custody the goods will prove undeniable prize Erom aboard his Majesties ship the James at an●her before Lime the first of June This is Licensed according to Order FINIS