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and_o summon_v it_o but_o the_o governor_n colonel_n synnoâ—_n politic_o treat_v about_o term_n till_o he_o be_v reinforce_v with_o five_o hundred_o foot_n under_o the_o earl_n of_o castlehaven_n and_o then_o seem_v to_o defy_v any_o attack_z whereupon_o cromwell_n present_o plant_v a_o battery_n against_o the_o castle_n at_o the_o southeast_n end_n of_o the_o town_n as_o be_v of_o great_a consequence_n to_o the_o gain_v it_o and_o have_v not_o play_v long_o upon_o it_o before_o the_o governor_n surrender_v it_o of_o which_o the_o soldier_n have_v possession_n and_o show_v themselves_o to_o the_o town_n affright_v they_o from_o the_o wall_n which_o they_o soon_o perceive_v in_o a_o instant_n scale_v the_o wall_n without_o much_o resistance_n and_o enter_v into_o the_o town_n cut_v off_o all_o that_o be_v in_o arm_n till_o they_o come_v to_o the_o marketplace_n where_o the_o enemy_n make_v a_o stand_n and_o fight_v it_o out_o to_o the_o last_o but_o at_o length_n be_v subdue_v and_o 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