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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93434	A true and exact relation of the proceedings and victorious successe of the ships in the service of the King and Parliament, which were sent for the reliefe of Ireland, under the command of Captaine Swanley, Admirall: in the taking divers ships in Milford Haven. As also their valorous undertakings (& the wonderfull blessing of God upon them) in the principality of Wales, in taking divers castles, commanders, ammunition, souldiers, and in the totall subduing of the county of Pembroke. Written by Captain William Smith, Vice-admirall in the same voyage.	Smith, William, Vice-Admiral.	1644 (1644)	Wing S4350; Thomason E42_14; ESTC R13021	10,114	16

so amazed the Knight that being afraid of his own shadow his worship ran to the head of their forces swor Gods-wounds the Round-headed dogs were comming at which report they marched out of the town calling to mind the valiant example of their L. Generall Carbury they wheeled about and ran away the boyes of the towne perceiving them to run fell on the reare and took from them threescore Muskets this disorder in the reare made those in the front beleeve that the Round-heads were at their heels indeed The feare thereof metamorphosed aule our Cozen Taffies into Mercuries and winged speed every man fled for his life some threw away their Armes and those that had the charge of the Powder flung it into the River And in this manner was the Towne of Haverfordwest surrendred verifying that saying of the kingly Prophet David The wicked flyeth when no man pursueth them When the enemy fled they left behinde them in Haverfordwest a hundred red Coats which were never worne a quantity of victuals and ten peeces of Ordnance all which argued they wanted nothing but a good Cause to maintaine Now our forces being againe refreshed having our Demi-Cannon and a Demi-Culvering mounted on field Carriages and being supplyed from our Ships with Powder and all other Ammunition they marched towards Tynbie on the 6. of March On the same day the Swallow and Crescent Frigot with the Prosperous Merchant set saile from Milford and came to anchor before Tynbie where I summoned the Governour and Maior to surrender the Towne for the service of the King and Parliament but receiving a negative answer I desired the Governour and Maior to send out of the Towne all the women and children for unlesse they would comply I must in discharge of my duty use my uttermost endeavours to force them thereunto The same night our Land Forces came within two miles of the Towne from whence Colonell Langhorne sent aboard the Swallow and desired me to summon the Town the which I had done before his Letter came and returned the Colonell their Answer And receiving no satisfaction from the Governour or Maior the next morning about eight of the Clocke we began to play into the Towne with our Ordnance from our Ships and about one a clocke in the afternoone our Land Forces came before the Towne And having placed their Demi-cannon within a quarter of a mile of the Towne they fell to battery and so wee continued three dayes The small shot on both sides performed well The Towne was maintained with brave resolution and more bravely assaulted by our Seamen and Landmen presenting their naked bodies even in the face of danger Commissary Guine the Governour of the Towne shewed himselfe to be a man of undaunted spirit issuing out of the Towne bringing up his small shot to make good their Ambuscadoes and his valour exposed that Towne to unavoydable misery in voting hee would neither give nor take Quarter But I may say of his valour as Saint Paul said in another case to certaine Christians in his time Shall I praise him for this No I praise him not for all our actions that tend not to the glory of God lead us to our destructions To which indeed this resolution of his had almost brought him for leading on his men to face our small shot who plyed their Musquets so fast that his men forsooke him and himselfe received a shot under his right Pap which inforced him to retreat all alone in an orderly pace He was no sooner entred the Towne but the Master Gunner thereof was also slaine In which we must not omit to manifest Gods providence towards us for our small shot having forced the enemie out of their Ambuscadoes pursued them close to the town Gate their Gunner having laden a peece of Ordnance with Case shot and watching for such an opportunity having travysed the Gunne said to those that stood by Now you shall see me make a slaughter of these Roundheads at which word a small shot from our forces hit him in the head after which he never spake more whose fall so daunted the enemy both Commanders and Souldiers that forthwith they cryed out for Quarter The first that forced their entry into the towne was Captaine Peter Whitty with his Company of Seamen and Subordinate Officers Lieutenant Greene and Ensigne Dodson with Lieutenant Calte who led on the Swallow men and immediately after them Colonell Langhorne with his Troope of horse This Towne of Tinbye was held by the judgement of the most judicious almost impregnable it being not to be entred but by single File wherein were taken three or foure hundred prisoners as many Armes seven peeces of Ordnance all which were taken on Saturday the 9. of March and on Sunday the 10. Carew Castle was surrendred in which was consummated the totall subduing of that Malignant and insulting Party in the County of Pembrooke wherein the Lord of Hosts gave his servants the victory over his and their enemies which gives us just cause to put our confidence in him and in that comfortable Ejaculation expressed by holy David to cry and say By this we know that thou Lord favourest us in that thou hast not suffered our enemies to triumph over us The true relation of him who is a most humble and faithfull servant in this great worke according to the trust reposed A list of the names of the worthy and valiant Commanders now in action in the County of Pembrooke in the service of the King and Parliament which opposed the Earle of Carbury Rowland Langhorne Colonell and Commander in Chiefe Symon Thelwell Colonell Voluntiere Thomas Langhorne Serjeant Major Capt. Ri●e Powell Capt. Walter Cuney Capt. Iohn Poyer Capt. Peter Whittye Lieutenant Owgin Lieut. Richard Iones Iohn Powell Coronet A list of the uames of the Malignant Commanders taken prisoners at the Pyll with their Inferior Officers in the County of Pembrooke by these gallant Commanders above specified John Barlow Esquire Master of the Ordnance and Captaine of a Troope of Horse Capt. Edmond Brashaw Capt. John Brashaw Capt. John Butler Capt. Arnold Butler Capt. William Marychurch Cap. John Price Cap. Fran Edmonds From the Earle of Carbury we tooke in this action 4 Castles 53 peeces of Ordnance about six or seven hundred Souldiers as many armes and the whole County of Pembrook totally subdued and unanimously have taken the Covenant and there is great hopes that Carmarthyn and Cardyganshire will both comply with us Commanders which ran away from Haverford West Sir Henry Vaughan Major Generall of the Army Sir John Stepney Knight and Baronet and Governor of Haverford West Sir Francis Flyde Knight Capt. of a Troop of Horse James Martin Capt. of a Troope of Horse Capt. John Edwards Commanders taken at Tynbye with their inferiour Officers John Gwyn Governour of Tynby and Commissary of the Army David Gwyn Colonell Tho. Butler Lieutenant Colonell and High Sheriffe for the County of Pembrooke Capt. George Lewis