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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03133	A historicall relation of the famous siege of the Busse, and the suprising of Wesell Together with the articles, and points of composition graunted by his Excellencie the Prince of Orange to those of the towne. And a supposition of the state, and order of their garrison marching out of the city. and some other additions herevnto annexed. Written by H.H. ... .	Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?	1630 (1630)	STC 13262; ESTC S118791	37,502	49

of all which the Prince made good vse To goe on then the Tenaile being ours wee began a new sapp from the right point therof towardes the enemies halfe moone without the Vuchter port running our aproaches by oblique lines windings and turnings till wee came to the very brinke of the moate where the dummel fals into it making the moate and it aboue 300 foot ouer and euer as wee gott ground so we advanced our ordinance made batteries gards and blinds for the safegard of our men There began the first entrance of our gallerie into the moate to bee put ouer into the bullwarke on the right hand of the port On both sides the entrance of our long gallery there were made for y● defence of it two batteries of two halfe Cannon a peece which beate vpon the bricke foundation of the bulwarke and likewise flankard our Gallerie on both sides The ordinance likewise which were planted vpon the Tenaile playd vppon the Bullwarkes on each side the Port to dismount their ordināce which shot vpon the end of our Gallerie and of our workmē but the enemies ordinance were so suncke that wee could not come at them till they made other batteries yet our Ordinance from thence did so batter and shatter the Brickie linings of the Bulwarke on the right hand of the Port that it was made almost mountable before the Earth brush and blind were layd ouer the moate from the end of our gallerie to the Bulwarke it selfe From vnder this Tenaile was also a planke bridg layd ouer the Dummell and a blind made to get into the Vuchter eynt or Bleake field In this patch of ground were made blinds and batteries to dismount the enemies O●dinances which playd vpon our Gallerie and workemen from the Bulwarke on the left hand of the Port a peece which they had sunk in their halfe moone In this field also wee began to lay our secōd Gallery ouer to the right face o● the Bulwarke but the enemies Ordinance from the bulwarke on the farther side of the Port ●ackt thorow and thorow it 8 or ten times and shott some of the posts thereof assunder at the entrance of It into the moate yet at the last our baterie in that field put them to silence an English Captaine an excellent Cannonier whose name I haue forgot dismounted their halfe Cannon That day my Lord of Oxford had the gard by shooting iust into the Port bole after this our men wrought more safely in both the Galleries At the Entrance off our second Gallerie was likewise made a gard for the defence of It. Our long Gallerie being got some 30 or 40 ioynts or posts ouer the Dummell and the moate each ioynt being about 3 foot distant one from another And that it was counted a good night and dayes worke to fill vp the moate and set vp three or foure of them The gards batteries and blinds being made higher an● more defencible for our men On the left hand of that blind which ran to the entrance of our long Gallerie into the moate wee begun a sapp forwards towards the enemies halfe moone without the Port making still Gards batteries for our Cannon and morters till we came to the ve●y counter Scharfe of the halfe moone and so wee beate the enemy out of It into the●r halfe moone by the same token Sarant Coxe of my Lord veres company of Sehconhouer who fel on with the men was soundly thrasht with an yron flav●e for his labour the counter scharfe being taken in a bridge was layd ouer the ditch of the halfe moone to get a mine into the foundation thereof In this sap Captaine Clarke made a lofty gard which was a very good defence for our men especially to offend the enemy when they peept or shott ouer out of their halfe moone vpon our sappers and workemen On the 15th of August in the nig●t the enemy had a Stratagem in his head to cut our Trench by the little mile and Co●dewater so to haue let in the water vpon our aproaches to put this into execution Grubbingdon●k sent out of the Towne some hundered and fifty fire locks with Spades which stole in the night betweene the Petlar Sconce Count Ernests quarter thorow the inward line where it was not ●inished and came to the little windmill by our out line And there hauing layd an ambuscado of some of their firelocks in a ditch and behind some bushes fell to worke apace to cut our Trench some 30 foote broad betweene the hornework the Redoubts vpon the line not farr from that place where Count Harry of the Berks men would haue attempted It beefore but part of Captaine Broogs company hauing the gard in a Redoubt next vnto them gaue ●ire and the Alarum being giuen our horse which had the Gard in a house not farr from thence came vp to charge them and giuing fire likewise from that Redoubt they left their worke and retreated backe to their Ambuscado leauing some spads and a paire of old shoes behind them and as they retreated gaue fire vpon our horse men and slew a corporall and hurt too or three more besides But by reason of the mor●ace the ditche our horses could not come to charge them neither durst out foote fall out of their gards and so they retreated back againe into the Towne some to English mile from the place where they fell a cutting Surely If they had stavd but one halfe quarter of an houre longer or cut the gap not so broad they had effected the busines they came for because the water was not passing three ynches lower then the top of the Trench and so should haue let in an Invndation of water vpon vs. On Satterday at night the 18th of August my Leiutenant Coronell Sr Edward Vere had the commaund in the Trenches and on sunday his Excel who often times ventered his person very much came downe to the Gallery to se● the approaches a little beefore my Lieutenant Coronel was relieued Hee went to shew the Prince the Workes the sapp whiles the companyes being relieued were drawne off as farr a● the little Sconce my Lieutenant Coronel hauing shown his Excel thesap and taking his leaue of him walking of with Sr Tho. Conway being a tall man came that vnhappy shott thorow the blind and shot him behind in his head that It perisht his braynes That night being brought vp into his Hut in the quarter He cald vpon the LORD that he was his shield his buckler and defence and besought the LORD in mercy to pardon his sinns in Christ that he desired none in Heauen or Earth but Christ and his righteousnesse and so vttered many comfortable sentences sauouring of a gracious resolution and with in foure dayes after It pleased GOD to call him to his mercy and so wee lost our Lieutenant Coronel whose extraordinary valour Sufficiencie and compleat abilities for a commander a●●he● were well knowne vnto vs