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A57928	A true relation of the storming Bristoll, and the taking the town, castle, forts, ordnance, ammunition and arms, by Sir Thomas Fairfax's army, on Thursday the 11. of this instant Septemb. 1645. Together with severall articles between Prince Rupert, and Generall Fairfax, before the delivering up of the castle. Sent in severall letters to the Honorable William Lenthall Esq; Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons, and read in the said House. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that this relation with the articles, beforthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.	Rushworth, John, 1612?-1690.; Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1645 (1645)	Wing R2336A; ESTC R200264	11,447	24

a day a part for the Army to seek God by Prayer and Fasting to direct them in what they were to undertake At which Councell it was resolved on to storm the place as most necessary to the timely reducing of it and of having the Army timely in a condition to oppose an enemy that should advance towards us Laying this for a Ground That if all the Citie and Forts were not carryed at first yet so much would be gained by Gods blessing as a small strength with the assistance of the Clubmen would keepe them in in a narrow compasse and the rest of the Armie would be at libertie to meet an enemie Hereupon and other weighty ●easons a Summons and friendly advise was Septemb. 4. sent from the Generall to Prince Rupert of which I sent you a Copie formerly And September 5. returned answer that he desired to know if the Generall would give him leave to send it to the King who returned Answer he could not because of delay give way unto it And fearing lest the Prince intended by this overture of a Surrender to gaine time rather then otherwise The manner of Storming was agreed on which was to be after this manner Collonel Weldon with his Brigade consisting of the foure Taunton Regiments Viz-Collonel VVeldon Collonel Twooldsbies Col. Fortescues and Col. Herberts Regiments whose Posts were to make good Somersetshire side was ordered to storme in three place viz. two hundred men in the middle two hundred on each side as forlorne hopes to begin the storme twenty Ladders to each place two men to carry each Ladder and to have five shillings a peece two Serjeants that attend the service of the Ladder to have 20 shillings a man each Musquettier that follows the Ladder to carry a faggot a Serjeant to command them and to have the same reward 12 Files of men with fire armes and pikes to follow the Ladders to each place where the storme is to be those to be commanded each by a Captaine and Lievtenant The Lievtenant to goe before with five Files the Captaine to second him with the other seven Files the two hundred men that are appointed to second the storme to furnish each partie of the twenty Pyoneers who are to march in their Reare The two hundred men each to be commanded by a Field-officer and the Pioneers each by a Serjeant Those Pyoners are to throw down the Lyne and make way for the Horse the partie that is to make good the Line to possesse the Guns and turn them A gentleman of the Ordnance Gunners and Matrosses to enter with the parties the Draw-bridge to be let down two Regiments and a halfe of Horse to storme in after the foot if way be made Much after this manner was the Generalls Brigade under Col●onel Monta●ues Command Consisting of the Generals Col. Montagues Col. Pickerings and Sir Hardresse VVallers Regiments to storm on both sides of Lawfords Gate both to the river Avon and the lesser river Froome The Bridge over Froome to be made good against Horse with Pike or to break it down Collonel Rainsboroughs Brigade consisting of his own Major Generall Skippons Col. Hamonds Col. Birches and Col. Barkleys Regiments to storm on this side the river Froome beginning on the right hand of the sally Port up to Pryors Fort and to storm the Fort it selfe as the maine businesse two hundred of this Brigade to goe up in Boates with the Seaman to storm VVaterfort if it be to be attempted one Regiment of Foot and one of Horse to be moving up and down in the Closes before the Royall Fort and to ply hard upon it to Alarum it with a Field officer to command them The Regiment of Dragoones with two Regiments of Horse to carry Ladders with them and to attempt the Lyne and Workes by Clifton and VVashingtons Breach The manner of storme being thus agreed on though its probable some more certaine information might change the attempts from some place to another the Souldiers were drawn out to try their inclination in whom more courage joy and resolution could not appeare in men The Generall to make good his promise to reward them for the service at Bridgewater ordered them six shillings a man which by the care of the Commissioners of Parliament was immediatly payd unto them and put a great obligation upon the Souldier On the last Lords day Prince Rupert being prest by the Generall for a positive Answer to his summons sent Propositions of surrender the answering of which and Replyes on both sides spent time til Tuesday five in the afternoone and then the Prince appeared in his proper colours to be a man that pretended one thing and intended another delatorie proceedings you will the better discerne by all the Letters and Answers which time will not now give me leave to repeat The Prince Noblemen Souldiers and Citizens being left inexcusable for refusing such honourable Conditions as was offered them and being guiltie of that blood that should be spilt The same night after the Treatie broke off Tuesday September 9. at 12 at night all the Armie Horse and Foot round the Citie were set in a posture to fall on The signes were to be to give notice when the storme should begin by kindling a fire of straw and shooting off soure great Guns The Word during the storme was David the word after the Lyne was entered was The Lord of Hosts About two of the clock in the morning the storm begun the Souldiers shouted for joy the service was very hot for a time especially with Collonel Rainsboroughs Brigade who with a partie of his force spent almost three houres in the storming of the Pryors Fort a place of great advantage Which piece of service was as bravely performed as ever thing was done by man In re●ard they were put to the utmost by scaling Ladders to win the Fort they cut in pieces most of the forces in the Fort and made the rest unserviceable they gave no quarter to Major Price in the Fort This Brigade tooke foure great Peeces in this Fort and two more in a Redoubt and Collonel Montagues Brigade tooke sixteen Peeces in the severall Workes and halfe Moones which they gained by storming The other Brigade under Colonel Welden fell on on S●mmerset-shire side with a great deale of Resolution but when the Ladders were sett to the Workes they were to short the Moat being very deepe so they only alarum'd the Enemy The Clubmen they fell on at Bedminster and much terrified the enemy Our losse of men was inconsiderable not credible almost I assure you that in Col. Rainsboroughs and Collonel Montagues Brigade not fortie men are lost our Horse entred with the Foot The Pyoneers having thrown down the Lyne and beat off the enemies Horse and took Col Taylor formerly a Member of Parliament being mortally wounded we had on our part Capt. Ireton sore wounded a Captain of Horse an honest and stout man Major Bethel slightly wounded Major

Answer being returned presently after dinner by the same Trumpeter he was detained till eight at night and then he brought this Answer from the Prince or to this effect in writing THat he hoped his Propositions had been such as need no explanation yet because some doubts were made he was willing to have the exceptions set down in writing and his Highnesse would return Answer So this night also though eight men were drawn out and appointed to their severall posts the storming was put off and to morrow a certain hour will be set the Prince peremptorily for his positive Answer There can be but two things in my opinion induces the Prince to offer Conditions either he is not able to defend the place and in fear of Sir Lewis Dives conditions if he be driven for refuge into the Fort Royall or else he doth it to gain time till his Counter-scarfes and Inner-lines be finished which he is very active in making day and night or that he expects aid from the King or Goring neither of which are moving this way as our Intelligence is and therefore on that reason one dayes time longer is given No man knows how this businesse may work especially with the Towns-men if the Generals Answer be made known to them or if a Treaty be imbraced the noise of it and the sight of Committees will make men greedy of Conditions or unwilling to resist if on the Princes part it be broken off Truely I think some good will come of the Proposition which I rather wish then by storm though by the latter we shall reduce them to more extremities God by his providence will order things for the best I doubt not of good successe which way soever is taken For the Articles that are point of honour I beleeve will not be much insisted on as to grant four peece of ordinance where ten is desired and so proportionably of other things and all demands of civility The essentiall Articles are Exemption from sequestration Cathedrall men to continue against which there is an Ordinance The works to be demolished and no Garison hereafter which may be inconvenient These Articles will receive dispute if they will agree the Fort and Castle may have a reasonable Garison the Town perhaps will be exempted By to morrow night I shall acquaint you more In the mean time I desire you these may not be too publike till you hear further from the Generall himself who is so busied he cannot write neither to your self nor the Committee of both Kingdoms Sept. 7. past 12 at night SIR BEfore I descend to the particulars of Bristol I shall humbly beg leave to offer a word or two to vindicate the Army for coming hither after the taking of Sherborn-Castle because some endevours have been to perswade a belief that for respect to some particular men or other self-end the Army was drawn to decline the West and come hither Me thinks it should be sufficient to convince any reasonable man That to adventure naked bodies against an Army defended with Stone-walls Strong-works and a Castle and to bring them into apparant danger of being visited with the Plague for that they must quarter where the sicknesse was very rife was an argument of little self-respect and when the City was gained little could our security be to remain there where 120 died weekly of the Plague Surely Sir it was God that put it into the heart of the Generall and his Officers to come before this place and a regard they had unto the publike And indeed God hath appeared to own our coming hither in preserving this Army from the Infection of the Plague considering that the Souldiers do what we can to prevent it run daily into infected houses and to this day not a man in the Army dead thereof that I can hear of but one For the reasons inducing this Army to come before this place rather then at that time to advance further West had I time I beleeve I should make it evident unto you That to come before this City was most for the service of the Kingdom and the safest and most secure course that could have been taken to reduce the West to a thorow obedience to the Parliament And this might be laid for a ground That this Army could not having a regard to the safety of other parts of the Kingdom on any emergent occasion or accident and to its own security march from Sherborne into Cornwall as in all probability the Army must have done if the enemy had drawn there together in a Body leaving Bristol a Garrison on our backs and Prince Rupert at liberty with neer 1000. Horse and 1000. Foot besides the addition of other Forces that might be joyned to his to range all over Wiltshire and Dorsetshire and draw to them the assistance of the ill affected Club-men we being not able to leave strength to secure Bathe Bridgewater and other Garisons and sufficient power to ballance his Forces But this place being reduced there is no Garison in the West of England left behinde us that can secure or countenance the raising of any considerable force Besides the reputation in the gaining of this place may operate so much among men that are not void of reason or sense as perhaps without many blows more to reduce the West of England and put fair to settle England too which was once very low when this place was first lost Also the Club-men are hereby engaged who have declared to assist this Army against the enemy The example whereof may do much elsewhere especially in Wales where by our gaining of Bristol and Kings-Road the people will undoubtedly be our friends Craving pardon for this digression I now come to the businesse of besieging and storming of Bristol Saturday the 23. of August the Army encompassed the City round both on Gloucestershire and Somershireside our Horse having been there some dayes before to prevent the burning of the Towns and Villages adjacent whose seasonable coming saved the burning of Stapleton Hanham and other Towns which the enemy had sent out Parties of Horse with Fire-balls to set them on fire but that our Horse repulsed them but Bedminster Clifton and other places they consumed by fire From that time till the 3. of September the weather was so extreme wet that both man and Horse with hard duty grew weak and died in the Field during that unseasonable weather the Army was unfit for Assault The weather no sooner changed but our Souldiers being refreshed with the warm beams of the Sun were impatient of falling on being not out of action the time before having had severall skirmishes with the enemy where they took Sir Barnard Ashley and others besides the taking in of Ports-head Point Fort and fix peece of Ordnance The Generall with Lievtenant Generall Cromwell having taken full and exact views of the Line and Works and what places most fit to enter on called a Councell of War having first set