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A95077	A true narration of the most observable passages, in and at the late seige of Plymouth, from the fifteenth day of September 1643, untill the twenty fift [sic] of December following. Attested from thence under the hands of the most credible persons: wherein is manifested to the world the handy-work of God, and his gracious assistance to the united forces of that towne and garrison. Together with an exact map and description of the town and fortifications thereof; with the approaches of the enemie. As also the summons of the cavaliers to the major and governour of the said towne. And Prince Maurice his warrant to the countrey since the raising of the seige. Imprimatur Iohn White.	Maurice, Prince, 1620-1652.; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.	1644 (1644)	Wing T2763; Thomason E31_15; ESTC R11842	10,654	22

A TRVE MAPP AND DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWne of Plymouth and the Fortifications thereof with the workes and approaches of the Enemy at the last Seige Aº 1643. A True NARRATION Of the most Observable Passages in and at the late Seige of PLYMOUTH from the fifteenth day of September 1643 untill the twenty fift of December following Attested from thence under the hands of the most Credible Persons Wherein is manifested to the World the handy-work of God and his gracious assistance to the United Forces of that Towne and Garrison Together with an exact Map and Description of the Town and Fortifications thereof with the approaches of the Enemie As also the Summons of the Cavaliers to the Major and Governour of the said Towne And Prince MAURICE his Warrant to the Countrey since the raising of the Seige Imprimatur IOHN WHITE LONDON Printed by L. N. for Francis Eglesfeild and are to be sold at the signe of the Marygold in Pauls Church-yard 1644. A true Narration of the most observable Passages in and at the late Siege of Plymouth from the 15 of September 1643 Untill the 25 of December following c. AFter Colonell Wardlaw Commander in chiefe and Colonell Gould with the 600 men shipt at Portsmouth about the 15 of September for the reliefe of this Towne had stopt in Torbay and finding Dartmouth besieged left 100 men there for the strengthning of that Garrison we arrived at Plymouth the last of September which Towne had been blockt up by horse so that no provisions was brought in from the Countrey for six weeks before and having refreshed our men and mounted some 150 of them on horseback the enemy having only one regiment of foot besides their horse lying before us at their quarter at Plymstoke and keeping a constant guard at Howe close under Mount Stanford consisting of about three hundred foot and a Troop of horse which fort they intended first to assault about nine dayes after our arrivall the eighth of October we put over some three hundred men before day in boats to Mount Stanford and at breake of day fell on and surprised the enemies guard at Howe took Captaine Slowley one Ensigne fifty two common souldiers prisoners two Colours and three barrels of powder and put the rest to flight with the losse only of two men of our side about the same time we secured some Malignants in the Towne and sent up three of them to the Parliament By this time the Enemy had taken Dart mouth and was on his march with his whole army to sit downe before us and we receiving intelligence that the enemy kept a guard of two Troops of Horse at Knockers-hole about two miles from our Workes the fifteenth of October we sallied out with our Horse and two hundred Musquetiers surprized that guard and had taken twenty or thirty prisoners but about sixteen of our horse pursued the rest that fled so fast that their orders for retreat could not overtake them engaged themselves too farre and returning loaden with prey and prisoners other Troopes of the Enemy comming from their quarters on Roborrow-Downe to answer the Alarme met with our pursuers and took them all save only Major Searle charged thorow them and escaped Lieutenant Chasing with fourteen more were taken and after escaped out of prison and returned to us save only two or three And now the Enemy being setled in his quarters at Plympton Plymstoke Causands Buckland Tamerton c. With an army consisting of five Regiments of Horse nine Regiments of foot brought over land from Yalme thirteene fisher-boats into Plunket-Mills Bay over against Prince Rock with an intention as we conceived to land men on Cat-downe in the night which they did not attempt but set on Mount Stanford in good earnest and the twenty one of October in the night they raised a square Work within Pistoll shot of our Fort of Stanford on the North-east side and from thence were drawing of a Line with Halfe Moones to surround the said Fort thereby to hinder our reliefes from comming unto it To prevent which the same day we fell on the Enemy in their New Worke they had raised with all the disadvantage on our part that possibly could be imagined exposing our open naked bodies to an Enemy within a strength and assisted by their Horse who much anoyed us we having none of our Horse to assist us nor could have the Sea being betweene us and them after long skirmish and diverse repulses at last we got their Halfe Moone and after three houres hot fight their close VVorke and in it Captaine White and fifty other prisoners in which Work we put a Guard that night of thirty Musquetires commanded by an En●igne by whose treachery or cowardize the Enemy falling on that night the said Guard quitted the Worke to them without giving any Alarme to the Fort for which he was shot to death shortly after which cost us a new labour the next day with farre greater difficulty and danger then before the Enemy having of their Horse and Foot ready to second their guard in their new regained Worke which yet we againe made ours after the losse on our part of Captaine Corbet who was shot in the Forehead as wee fell on upon their Work and three other of our Captaines were also wounded this day and the day before and wee had in both fights some twenty men killed and above one hundred wounded of whom many are since recovered The Enemy lost six Commanders whose names were concealed from us and many men besides those taken prisoners After we had gained the Enemies Worke the second time we slighted it but to prevent the like approaches in regard Mount Stanford being a small Worke and very untenable of it selfe much lesse to keepe so large a circuit of grounds as it was built to defend we were necessitated to draw a Line of Communication both on the East and West side of the Worke to maintaine a long ridge of ground with Halfe Moones at each end of the Line which we defended diverse dayes with extraordinary duty to our men and divers skirmishes with the Enemy till the third of November when the Enemy planted their Batteries within Pistoll shot of our Forts and on the fifth of November battered our Worke with two hundred Demy-Cannon and whole Culverin shot besides other smaller Cannon that continually played on us and flanked our Line from Osan-Hill whereby breach was made in the Fort at severall places and the Lieutenant and some Gunners of the Fort slaine the breach we repaired in the night thickning the Rampart asmuch as the smallnesse of our work would admit and strengthned the weakest places with Woolsackes The next day they continued their Battery till noone with too much successe yet so as no considerable breach was made that day the enemy whither they had intelligence of the want of provisions and Ammunition in the Fort about one of the clock fell on with horse and Foot on

the powder roome being buryed in it and he having the keyes which was discovered by the said Kneebone after he had concealed it diverse dayes God not suffering his conscience to give him rest till he had revealed it Upon the apprehension of Carkeete two notorious Malignants Henry Pike a Vintner and Moses Collins an Attourney conceived to be privie to his treason fled to the Enemy And upon the third of December being the Lords day the enemy as is credibly informed guided by these two Renegadoes with foure hundred Musquetires three houres before day surprized our guard at Lary point ●nd in it three peeces of Ordnance The worke is but a Halfe Moone and the guard there placed only to give the Alarme if the enemy should approach Lare-Point over the sands when the tyde is out By which meanes the enemie comming on under Lipson-worke being a false varable ground to them by reason of its steepnesse and comming on the back of our guard easily surprized it the Alarme being given to the Towne and one hundred and fifty Horse and three hundred Musquetires at break of day ready to fall on upon the Enemie that were possest of our worke which the enemy at Mount Stanford perceiving for we fell on upon the South side of the hill that was from the enemies view gave the maine body of the enemie that was at Compton all in armes a Warning-piece upon which Prince Maurice and all the gallantry of their armie with five Regiments of Horse and foure of Foot having in the night made their way with Pioneers advanced under protection of their owne Ordnance and a hedge which they possest where we usually had our Centries and where since we have built a Worke under Lypson to the assistance of those who in the night had surprized our guard we were in hope to have beaten off the enemie before their seconds came up and with Horse and Foot falling resolutely on them met with strong opposition and Captaine Wansey a gallant man charging at a gap which formerly he knew to be open but now made up by the enemie was unfortunately slaine which made our Horse give ground and both Horse and Foot after to an absolute Rout for three fields together at which time some of the enemies Horse mixt themselves with ours and came within Pistoll shot of the wals and were killed or taken When a stand being made upon the height of the Hill above Lypson-worke and fresh men being drawne from severall guards our men being encouraged we held our ground for foure houres During which time our ship at Lare-point seeing our Guard there taken entertained a Parley with the enemy and so stood Newrers till we had beaten the enemy to a retreat for which some of them are in question for their life The enemy likewise sent a Trumpet to Lypson worke to summon it and was answered with the Cannon after the Trumpet was commanded to depart And wee having gotten a small Drake planted in the crosse way discharged it foure or five times on the enemies Horse with good execution and giving a signe by the found of a Drumme when our severall commanded places should fall on the enemy began to give ground and some two Hundred Musquetires of the Trained bands of the Towne being come to our assistance and a party of some sixty Musquetires sent about to play on the backes of the enemies was no sooner perceived by the enemy but he commanded a retreat which was followed so close by us that it was little better then a hasty flight for retreating most part over the Lare and not the same way they came on their Reare gard of Horse of about one hundred being cut off from their way of retreat were forced into the Mudde betweene Lypson Worke and Lare-point and the Horse were almost all taken or drowned when the Sea came in some of the Riders crawling through the Mud hardly escaped many of the enemy were killed in their retreat by our horse and foot and by the ship at Lare-point who then grew honest againe of prisoners wee tooke a Captaine-Lieutenant of Horse and one Langsford a Priest that was a Captaine and some thirty common souldiers and thirteene barrels of Powder two Teames of Horses with furniture by which they were drawing up our Ordnance against us Of ours the enemy tooke in our first retreat Captained Lieutenant Ro● Lieutenant Vpton Ensigne Crocker and Francis Rolles Ensigne and about forty common men besides Captaine Wansey and about twelve more killed and a hundred more wounded of whom some are since dead Colonell Gould had one horse killed under him and another shot but he mercifully preserved The Lord shewed himselfe wonderfully in our deliverance in that when the enemy had gotten a ground of advantage and were tenne to one against us yet was pleased by our handfull to drive them backe another way then they came For had the enemy possest the ground that they had gotten that night the next day they would have been masters of all Cat-downe and then we must have quitted our Out-workes as unusefull to us and have betaken our selves to the Towne walls which then were not fully finished and could not long have been defended The same day the enemy with horse and foote assaulted Penny-come-quick-works and were repulsed with much losse The enemy being thus repulsed suffered us to be quiet as his usuall manner was for 15 or 20 daies after in the meane time gathering up his routed Troopes save that one night he fel on upon a work we were raising under Lypson called in the Mappe Lypson-Mill worke for the prevention of the enemies incursion againe that way and partly slighted it our guard there quitting it without a shot from which they were suddenly beaten againe and the worke re-edified It were endlesse to acquaint you with the servall light Skirmishes that daily past betweene us sometimes about our cattell that stragled without our workes at other times to passe time by bravadoes and ambuscadoes made by our guards to entrappe the enemie And now the enemy finding his Battery against Lypson and his intent to possesse himselfe of Lare-point suceesselesse he takes about and beginnes to make his approaches against Maudlin work we in the meane time thickning that worke within to make it proofe and finding their Batteries planted within Musquet shot of our worke we planted a platforme close by Maudlin worke and drew out a Demy-Cannon which was taken in a prize that was going to the Rebells in Ireland to counter-batter against them intending to have planted another if it had been needfull Upon the eighteenth of December the enemy began to Batter but by reason of our counter-Batterie which played constantly into their worke through their ports whereby their men could not stand safely by their Ordance we having the advantage in playing downe into them from a commanding ground The enemy in two dayes time could do no good with his Batterie but on Wednesday night

our Half-moons Line where we had reasonable guard but tired with eight daies duty and long watching after an hours skirmish were enforced to retreat from the Half-moon and Breast work and were taken by the enemies Horse who came on the backs of them The Captaine of the Fort having but seven men of thirty-six left to mannage the Gunnes seeing himself thus surrounded by the enemy whereby no reliefe of provisions or Ammunition could be brought him from the Towne and upon examination finding but two barrels of good powder and a small quantity of Case shot with him and no provisions and having held off the enemy some two houres and given a signe to the Towne by hanging our a Wift that he was in distresse and no reliefe came and the Townsmen for some reasons which you shall hear anon being unwilling to go over and Collonell Goulds Regiment being those that were tired and put to the retreate unfit to encounter the enemies whole army that were fresh and victorious The Captain yeelded the Fort on composition about four of the clock upon conditions that he should march of with Colours flying matches lighted Buller in mouth and a Demy-Culverin the best in the worke with bagge and baggadge and that the enemy should exchange all the prisoners they had taken of ours that day being about fourtie for the like number of their prisoners with us which the next day was effected accordingly but we are unwilling to let the world know by whose Treachery at least neglect this Fort was lost for want of convenient quantities of Ammunition and provision While the enemie was busie about Mountstanford we had begun to raise a worke upon Howstart where our men retreated after they were beaten from Mount Stanford which being unfinished and the same wearied men enjoyned to keep it till the morning for we had no other the Townsmen refusing to give over possessed with feare of the enemies Horse quited that place also which the enemy soon after seized upon and have there built a Fort and divers Batteries to hinder Shipping from coming into the Habour and others to shoot into the Towne and at our windmill on the Hoe But notwithstanding they have done no harme to any Ship or boat that hath passed in or out for these two monethes past nor hath and shot of the many hundreds they have sent into the Towne from thence done the least hurt to man woman or childe except one woman hurt in the arme with a stone and but little to the houses save that they shot off one vane of the Windmill which was presently new grafted so that by experience we finde that the losse of Mount-Stanford was the wonderfull providence and goodnesse of God towards us which had we kept we must necessarily have lost the best of our strength in the defence of it and having lost it we finde small dammage by it our Ships being beaten out of Catwater before we lost Mountstandford by the enemies Cannon planted at Osan and by a Batterie under Mount-Edgecombe on the other side from riding between the Iland and the Main so that we were faine to take Mill-Baye for sanctuary nay rather the losse of that was infinitely advantagious unto us in the neerer uniting of our small strength for the defence of the Towne and the offering an opportunity to us to seize upon the Fort and Island the most considerable strengths in the Kingdome which then were utterly destitute of provision Ammunition or any thing else necessary for the defence of them of which neglect and the authors of it account may be given to the Parliament in due time for in the very instant of the losse of Mount-Stanford while all men stood in doubt of the issue Colonell Gould by order from Colonell Wardlaw Commander in chiefe tooke possession of both those places and afterwards setled stronger Garisons with store of provision and Ammunition of all sorts in the said Fort and Island The securing whereof and at the request of the well affected of the Towne of four deputy Lieutenants in them of whose unfaithfulnesse to the State the Townsmen had great suspition we have found since to have been a most effectuall meanes under God to preserve the Towne For these persons and places being secured and victualled the Towne which before was altogether divided and hartlesse in its defence now grew to be united with a Resolution to sticke by us in the defence thereof partly our of fear knowing that the Fort and Iland would be goades in their sid●● if the Towne should be lost but especially from their assurance of our reall intention to defend the Towne to the last man by the securing of those four deputie Lieutenants whom they suspected and by the many asseverations and resolutions of the officers that they would when they could defend the Towne no longer burn it to ashes rather then the enemies of God and his cause should possesse it which resolution of theirs they confirmed by joyning with us in a solemne Vow and Covenant for the defence of the Towne A copie whereof is annexed to the end of this relation The Enemy thus possessed of Mount-Stanford accounting now all to be his owne sends a Trumpet to us with a Summons a Coppie whereof also followeth at the end which was answered by silence The same day Mount Stanford was taken the Enemy made an attempt upon Lypson worke but were repulse with losse The eleventh of November a party of Horse and Musquetires were commanded out to Thorne-hill to guard in Wood and Hay but they transgressed their order and pursued some of the enemies Horse to Knockers-hole killed a Captaine and some common Troopers and tooke some prisoners but staying too long drew the maine body of the Enemies horse upon them and Major Leyton striving to make good their retreat was taken in the Reare after he had received five wounds And now the Enemy having refresht his men and having secured his new gotten purchase about the sixteenth of November sits downe on the North side of our Towne we in the meane time being busied in mending up some Hedges that were formerly pulled downe betweene the Workes the only Line of Communication we yet have scarce defensible against the stormings of Horse yet such places we must now resolve to defend upon equall termes with the Enemy for the Workes are of such a distance each from other and the grounds so uneven that an enemy may in some places approach within the workes without any molestation by them On the twenty eighth of November the enemy planted his battery against Lypson worke but could not approach within Musquet shot to batter our Worke in regard of a deepe Valley betweene by reason whereof after three dayes battery they did little execution on our worke About this time one Ellis Carkeet a malignant Mariner was accused and laid fast for tampering with Roger Kneebone the chiefe Gunner at Maudline Worke to blow up the said worke