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A88366	A true experimentall and exact relation upon that famous and renovvned siege of Nevvcastle, the diverse conflicts and occurrances fell out there during the time of ten weeks and odde dayes: and of that mightie and marveilous storming therof, with power, policie, and prudent plots of warre. Together with a succinct commentarie upon the battell of Bowdon Hill, and that victorious battell of York or Marston Moore, never to be forgotten. / By him who was an eye witnesse to the siege of Nevvcastle, William Lithgovv.	Lithgow, William, 1582-1645?	1645 (1645)	Wing L2545; Thomason E292_31; ESTC R200156	18,343	31

A TRUE EXPERIMENTALL AND EXACT RELATION UPON That famous and renovvned Siege OF NEW CASTLE The diverse conflicts and occurrances fell out there during the time of ten weeks and odde dayes And of that mightie and marveilous storming thereof with Power Policie and prudent plots of Warre Together with a succinct commentarie upon the Battell of Bowdon Hill and that victorious battell of York or Marston Moore never to bee forgotten By him who was an eye witnesse to the siege of NEVVCASTLE WILLIAM LITHGOVV EDINBURGH Printed by ROBERT BRYSON 1645. Cum Privilegio A just and exact discourse upon the Siege and Storming of NEVVCASTLE with a succinct commentarie upon the two Battells of BOVVDON Hill and MARSTON Moore IN these turbulent times when opinions grow variable and the diversity of doubtfull reports more voluble than the rushing winde yet have I adventured like to an old practicioner in Prose Poesie and unparalelled peregrination to cast in my Myte of known Experience upon the Brazen faces of ignorant understanders that with the knowledge of my quotidian inspection I may either enlighten their blindesse or give truth the glory of a just deserving And why because now too too many calumnious Criticks being more prone to censure other mens labours then to do any thing themselves worthie of censure yet dare to upbraid that which hardly their sinistruous judgement can rightly construct The world being turned to such a crabbed and crooked condition that either they will approve what they conceive though never so erronious or otherwise disprove that which they affect not though never so illustrious Wherefore damnifying the one and villifying the other I come to court my present purpose and thus I begin This long cross'd labour now it comes to light And I and my discourse set in my right Which reason craved for where can truth prevaile But where sound judgement may it countervaile For what seek I in what these times afford But of my Countries praise a just record Which God allows and what can contraires bring But man for men the light of truth may sing Else after ages would be borne as blinde As though our time had come their time behinde For curious Penmen and the Paper Scroule They are of memorie the life and soule After our first Army levyed in the hollow time of Winter 1644 and led by the Earl of Leven Lord General had with certain oppositions recoursed over Tyne and thence falling downe to Sunderland situate upon the River Weir Durhams dallying and circulating consort after I say they had beene provoked by the Lord Newcastle and Lieutenant Generall King upon the Sabboth day to give them Battell it was skirmished and fought two dayes together at Bowdon Hill March 20 21. 1644. whereby the great mercy of the divine Providence that laudable Victory fell to our Armie and the enemie in a retyring way flying for Durham fled shortly thereafter in a confused march unto York To which place their refuge his Excellence with our Army mainly advancing beleagured the greater halfe of the Towne the Earle Manchester and Lord Fairfax envyroning the rest Where diverse weeks and dayes being spent in advancing their Works their atchievements and other approaches there fell out interim certaine accidentall Skirmishes and countermatching assaults In one of which that mirrour of Mars and manhood Lieutenant Cōlonell Ballantine was deadly wounded whereof he dyed A large subject have I here to handle if time might suffer me but true it is hee was a Cavalier of such extraordinary fortune being onely 28 years of age at his last vale that in Germany Ireland and twice in England hee became exceeding auspicuous in Martiall affaires though indeed he was best understood under the name of Major Ballantine All which discourse and this epitomizd memoriall I purposely abandon till a fitter time and so I returne to my former Commentary and thus This Siege of Yorke continuing still with many fortunate and misfortunate adventures at last our severall Armies were enforced to incorporate themselves in one maine body and that on Long-Marston Moore Where the day following Prince Rupert imbracing their left field our Armie upon advertisement thereof were engaged to make a speedy returne for rancountring the enemie and to recover that ground which formerly they had freely forsaken Which in the end amongst many difficulties and mighty oppositions they both adventerously and advantagiously obtained to the enemies absolute overthrow and their own victorious safety The summarie whereof I now involue in these following lynes as unwilling to imbarke my selfe within the lists of intricated passages or too peremptory and punctuall particulars and why because I was not there an occular Testator and so to build upon the wings of flying report were meerly erronious the diversities whereof being already innumerable and incredible but only done by way of introduction to bring me the more facily upon the face of Newcastle or otherwise more properly to enlighten memorie for present and future times And thus In Iuly last the second day and more One thousand six hundred fourtie and foure On Marston Moore two awfull Armies met Oppos'd then stood one 'gainst another set To quarrell for Religion and that light Which far excels all humane power and might And yet the darknesse of these dangrous times Would faine ecclypse Gods glory and Mens crymes But here I stay lest that in straying much I gall the mighty and the loftie touch Then cease sad Muse returne and let me show This sequell stroke for now begins the blow To worke they go well ordred on both sides In stately posture experience divides In Regiments and Brigads Horse and Foot Two mightie Armies then began to shoot The roaring Cannon and their eccheing worce Made Hills and Dales rebound their violent force That fell on fatall breasts the Musket shoures Went off like thunder pryde and strife devoures The saiklesse standers the naked sword and Pyke Commanded crueltie to push and strike Which been obeyd the Drum and Trumpet sounded Some here some there fell downe some deadly wounded On all hands there was slaughter And what worse Some of our foot were troad by our owne Horse And Fairfax too But true it is that course Brought fame to some to others sad remorse Which sorrow felt And yet our Staile stood fast And wrought a passage on their foes at last That made Opposers quake Wings and Reserves By hard pursuit on their part shortly swerves For Truth enragd these Romish Butchers fled Gorg'd with Atheisme their Bastard bloud they shed Like Jezabels on ground and there was left For Dogs to glut on so their lives were rest With admiration that the world might see The Heavens and Scots gaynd both one victorie Which in them was engrossd and wondrous too For what could valour more for valour do Than they that mannd this battell It is true That valiant men would have a gratefull due To cherish fame so they our Northren hearts As stout as steele dischargd their

manly parts Where Noble Lindesay Earle of Crawfurd now Stood bravely to it made his foes to bow And left no ground nor did his foote remove Such was his courage graft in Iesus love Then here his badge which well his worth may yeeld A Lamb at home a Lyon in the field And so he prov'd where then all happie he Seald up his name in Tymes eternitie So forward Eglintoun he actd his part And fiercely road with a couragious heart To front his foes Where in that conflict he Installd his name 'mongst Peeres of Chivalrie Where his brave sonne behav'd himself so well Some may come near but none his worth excell Which if we had as Romanes wont to have A twofold triumph might their merit crave What should I speak of Baillie but admire How th' heavens his mynde with Noble gifts inspyre For manners manhood wisedome skill and wit Both Mars and Pallas in his bosome sit Their Throne his heart their honour his desert Where judgement raignes there knowledge bears a part And understanding too for now these three Crowne all his gifts with love and modestie For laureat Lumsdale fixt in Bellones camp Procurd what hee deserves became that lamp Which crownes a Chiftayne and his fame to blaze Still as he acts the world may sing his praise There there he stayd and stood so stronglie to it Mongst mortall men no Champion more could do it Then Gallant Leslie leader of our Trowpes Traversd alwhere mad spytete valour stoupes VVhere he adventrous he spurrd up and downe And cleard the field regaynd that Delphian crowne Which courage fought for And what worth allowes A laurell Garland may decore his browes Last here and there the ground with slaughterd Corps Was cled from York to five adjacent Dorps The blood lay on the grasse like shoures of rayne That fill the furres the heapes of them were slaine Like Dunghills were that on the wearie fields Some fought some fled some stood and many yeelds That even me thought the groans of Rome and Spayne Were heard the coast about on shoare and Maine And father falshood swore their Iesuit plots Could not prevail gaynst our triumphant Scots The enemie thus quelld and scatterd round Alwhere about nay some in everie ground In came the Lord of Hostes and he proclaimd The field was his or what more could be nam'd For person place or time for he alone Beat downe that Dagon Babells Idoll Throne And buryed superstition and blynd rites Within the gulf of ever gnashing sprits For which be praise to whom all thanks and power From this time forth and so for evermore Within a few dayes thereafter upon considerable conditions the citie of York yeelding and the Lord Fairfax made governour thereof our most victorious General and his redoubted army with great expedition returned through Yorkshyre and Bishoprick for Newcastle to assist that Noble and judicious Chiftayne of whom now as it is my mayne purpose I begin to discourse of his and their proceedings and as impartially as an honest heart may do without either flatterie or favour In this last springtydes second expedition 1644. for England our Parliament then sitting Iames Earle of Calendar Lord Almond was selected and appoynted by them to be Lord Lieutennant Generall of all our Scottish forces in Scotland and in England Whereupon a considerable Armye being leuyed consisting of six thousand foote and eight hundred horse he advanced for Northumberland and courting Tweed crossd the Tyne at Newburne Where his Armye reposing all night made me call to minde these following lynes I wrote upon that former conflict fought there foure years agoe 1640. Let Conway bragge of Armes and his great horses Let Papists boast of men and their fled Coarses Let Newburne rayle on Tweed and curse their Tyne Let Prelats sweare the fault was thine and mine I 'le tell you newes their Popish drifts and plots Were curbd and crushd by our victorious Scots The day following our aforesaid armie accoasted Lumley Castle where sojourning certaine dayes the Lord Calendar with a number of horse and foot in this time set face for Hatlepoole and Stocktoun Where when come and after a promiscuous parleye seazing upon both townes he left garrisons there and governours to overrule them Whence returning to the residue of his armye lying at Lumleye he set forward to Osworth From which place my Lord Calendar sending some horse and foote to clear the way for the Gatesyde they were rancountred with the enemye at the tope of the wynd mill hill where being prevented by night and theenemye stronger than they they were constrained to turne back Whereupon the next day the Lieutennant Generall himselfe came up with the residue of his armye and fiercelie facing the enemy beat them from the hill chased them downe the Gatesyde and hushing them along the bridge closed them within the towne Hereupon he forthwith commanded the Gatesyde and then the next day he begunne to dispute for the enjoying of the bridge with the fierie service of Cannon and Musket which indeed was manfully invaded and as couragiously defended Yet at last in despight of the enemy he gained the better halfe of the Bridge and with much adoe fortified the same with earthen Rampiers and Artilerie which still so defensively continued untill the Towne was taken in by Storme This being regardfully done he caused to erect five Batteries along the Bankhead and just opposite to the Town from whence the Cannon did continually extreame good service not onely against the walls and batteries but also against particular places and particular persons Besides the frequent shooting of Potpieces and other fireworkes of great importance which daily annoyed the Inhabitants within Towne At the most of which firie imployments the Lord Calendar himself was ever personally directing them to the which dexterity of charge I was often both an eye witnesse and observer By this time or there about his Excellence arryving here from York and accoasting the Tyne he caused immediatly build a Bridge over the River of Keill boats over the which his Armie having safely and peaceably past he caused lay downe their severall quarters with great promptitude and expedition And so beleaguring the West and Northwest parts of the Town they inclosed all that circuit till they joyned with the Lord Sinclairs Regiment Sheeffield Fort belonging to the Town only dividing them And so this rebellious Town was mainly blocked up on all quarters Now and at this time also the Earle Calendar recrossing Tyne tooke presently in Sandgate the one end whereof standing contiguat with the Towne wals Where setting sundrie Regiments there and about that place he forthwith caused to construct a strong Bridge of Keill boats over Tyne and within his quarters for the passing and repassing of his forces to both sides and fixed the same a pretty way below the Glasse-house This advantagious passage became very steedable not onely for the Souldiers but also for the Countrey people that brought in daily provision

wonderfull strong which the other two have not Yet what availeth either Towres walles or Turrets where the force of Armyes command Nay just nothing for indeed these walles with their pendicles were first erected to resist the Scottish invasions and yet in vayne for now we have shaken their foundations and by the same strength they relyed upon we have by the selfe same meane overthrowne them all glorie be to the God of glorie therefore As for the Inhabitants resyding within the richest or better sort of them as seven or eight Common Knights Aldermen Coale Merchants Pudlers and the like creatures are altogether Malignants most of them being Papists and the greater part of all I say irreligious Atheists The vulgar condition being a Masse of silly Ignorants live rather like to the Berdoans in Lybia wanting knowledge conscience honesty than like to wel disposed Christians Plyable to Religion civill order or Church discipline And why because their bruttish desires being onely for libertinous ends Auarice and Voluptuousnesse they have a greater sensualitye in a pretended formalitye than the savage Sabuneks with whom I leave them here engrossed And now forsaking this present introduction I come backe to my continewing discourse The siege growing dayly more and more hotter and hotter at all quarters and in all places as we le in the one side as in the other then and at which tyme I must ingenuously confesse that these indefatigable pains my Lord Calendar took were more than praise worthy for late and early and at all times he was extraordinary carefull paynefull and diligent in overseeing here and there his Mynes in directing his batteryes in managing privat and prudent ends for a publick good in dispatching of messingers and messages and in ordering of his souldiers atchievements by night or by day as they were imployed insomuch that his industrious and vigilant actions became a merveilous amazement to all these that were acquainted with his paynes and for my part to shunne ingratitude worthy of deserved memorie The chief Cannoneirs that were upon his five batteryes in the Gatesyde were William Hunter Captain of the trayne of Artillerie Iames Scot Robert Spense and William Wallace men of singular skill and many moe which I purposely to avoyd prolixitie omit And now from here and hence the Lievtennant Generall traversing hourely the river to his other batteryes and workes at Sandgate being onely two he was ever in a fastidious action One of which batteries beat downe the top face and upmost parts of Carpenters Tower unto the dust The other batterie had been newly erected for repulsing the enemy from intercepting our Mines Yet notwithstanding whereof the Nullifidians within discovered the lowest Myne next to the river syde The which my Lord Calendar perceaving and thrusting a pyke with his own hand through the renting division and to prevent the drowning thereof gave presently order that the next morning it should be sprung Which accordingly done it tumbled over the demi-hornewark dissapointed the enemye and became a shelterage to our encroaching souldiers The other three adjacent Mynes were not as yet reddy neither now to be imployed as after you shall heare About this same time September 29. the Lord Lieutennant generall Baillie upon the Townes north syde and near to St. Andrews Church gave order for their his batterie lay to brash downe a part of the Towne wall which in three hours space was fortunatly accomplished where the wall fell down within half a yard of the roote and so large that ten men might have marched through it in a front This tryall gave indeed a great encouragement to our Armye and why because then our Commanders were assured that if their Mynes should be dissapointed the brashing of the walls should be their last advantage And yet this breach was never pursued in regard the enemie under the shaddow of a blynd of Canvesse reenforced or barrocaded it with trash and timber Vpon Weddinsday following at morne Octo. 3. the enemy discovered and drowned two of our Mynes with watter and the next day ensuing another also Whereat the enemie growing insolent gave order for ringing of bells all night to consolate as it were the distressed mindes of the starving communaltie who rather fed upon violent necessitie than any other kinde of cherishing or comfortable reliefe Being whiles flattered with impossibilities and other whiles tyrannized over by the malicious malignitie of the mercilesse and now miserable Maior For true it is that this Sir Iohn Marley their Governour an oeconomick Polititian more wilfull than skillfull did so inveigle and blindfold the common multitude that these letters which hee sent to our Lord Generall were all read by him in publike to them being too peremptorie and impertinent but for the answer of his Excellence that came to him he concealed them all making them to believe that he would admit of no condition nor grant any safety longer than the revenging sword might overreach their necks All which being falsly and perfidiously spoken was onely to irritate their doubtfull dispositions and to incense their desperate condition with the deceit of a treacherous despaire to make them bolder for their dreadfull defence for indeed there was an order condescended upon by the Committee some five weeks before their ruine approached which was that if they should render in time and prevent the greater effusion of bloud they should have faire and free quarters and all these liberall conditions that people in the like case could either look for or require But all these profers or offers were by the Maior vilified and by him concealed from the people till their day of desolation was declared And now the coppies of these intercoursing letters being lately published to the vulgar world and striving to relinquish unnecessary particulars or any obvious rancounter of small consequence I come to the maine point and thus After ten weeks siege and odde dayes with many disastruous affronts following on all hands there was a parley appointed being Fryday October 18. where in the forenoone our three Commissioners the Lord Humbie the Laird of Wedderburne and Iohn Rutherfurd Provest of Iedbrugh went in the three Hostages from the Towne being formerly come forth ours I say accoasting the Maiors presence there were diverse propositions and answers by both parties delivered but to no purpose nor effect The Maior ever dallying with drifts and delayes to procrastinate time till they had discovered our two chiefe Mines which indeed were very near the point yet neverthelesse in a jeering way our Commissioners being dismissed after five houres conference and their Pledges returned the next morning early the untimely preventing Maior sent forth a Drummer to the Lord Sinclair with two Letters the contents of one was thus My Lord I have received diverse Letters and warrants subscribed by the name of Leven but of late can heare of none that have seen such a man besides there is a strong report hee is dead Therefore to remove

ten dayes longer unlesse the one halfe had devoured the other And now the encroaching Winter commanding expedition our Armie was sent to their Garrisons abroad reserving onely a proper Garrison for Newcastle some to Darnton Haulkland Durham Chester Morpet Exome and other near adjacent places Yet neverthelesse the plague was raging in Gatesyde Sandgate Sunderland and many countrey Villages about Vpon the eight day after the taking in of Newcastle the Lord Generall rode downe to Tinmouth Castle where after a short parley young Sir Thomas Riddell Governour thereof surrendred it upon easie conditions The occasion why was thus the Pestilence having been five weeks amongst them with a great mortalitie they were glad to yeeld and to scatter themselvs abroad but to the great undoing and infecting of the Countrye about as it hath contagiously begun And now before I draw to Finis I must water my muse a little in the Poeneian springs and gargarizing her throat with Newcastle I will bath her old inventions in Permessis streame fixt under that Heliconean forked hill where Soron breasting Parnassus saluteth with the pleasures of Pindus all aged Poets as I am now in my Climaterick yeare Now in this Treatise thou hast seen the Mappe Of revolution and that sudden clappe Of ever changing Tyme and how the fates And sterne-facd destinie ramverse the Mates Of stubbornnes and pryd and how the wind Bre●ks downe the talest Cedar that we find On Libans flowrie banks and how the Oake Though fensd with boughs must yeeld unto the stroake Of a septentrion blast Heavens Constellations Concurrd in one to judge these execrations Flew forth from steep-bankd Tyne what filthie rayling Brust from her gutts even when we were assailing Her girded sides with walls That even methought Sterne Radamanthus had their forgings wrought Then in came Iudgement in this cracking thunder And fac'd with terrour did produce a wonder That vomits spyte and blood Next headlong comes Backd with shrill Trumpets and lowd roaring Drummes Base stinking pryde quite stript where being naked The shryne of fortune blushd and blindnesse quaked But now to wheele about behold and see The divyne Iustice with an awfull eye Declaring sentence punishment and yoake To thrall their necks with a correcting stroake How long did pittie knock at their shut gate And offerd mercy to their desprat state Yet would they not receave't nor could they pitty Themselves brought under a judiciall dittie But sufferd death to stand where justice stood And they Delinquents to a gen'rall good Yet in came Mercy from their friendly foes And pleaded for their pardon Mercie goes Along with us to them which when they see They grew ashamd to finde such clemencie For what sought we but their desyred good And to prevent the effusion of blood Proposd them courteous proffers all to wonne Their Hearts and Soules to seek salvation And to professe that word Religions Lamp Where light and Truth have both one heavenlie stamp Yet this they would not and as hardly will Consent unforcd to leave their froward ill Now vanquishd they and from their dutye swervd May sweare our Scots shew mercie undeservd To hardned hearts like flint and what rests more But practise must the fall of pride deplore Which cankerd Natures keeps But they 're so blinded As if disdayne had all their malice winded With stiffnesse and contempt yet for their words Sometymes they 're fair and sometimes sharp like swords But what is that we have them under feet And needs not weigh their breath be 't sowre or sweet For where the victors rule the vanquisht stand Like Bajazet to Tamberlanes strong hand And freedome thrald by just disdaine then pryde Stoupes like a slave the sword must things decyde Yet mercy keeps some measure curbing reason With generous lenitie actd out of season Yea sometimes it s more honest for to saue Than to expide the vanquisht to the grave What though they bark like to Hircanian Doggs Or bleeting stand like winter-beaten Hogges Yet there 's compunction and reuenge to use Accordingly as tymes may time excuse And sealing mercie with a sworded hand Makes foes more loath to flie than forcd to stand And now to close the summary of this tragicall discourse I heartily beseech Almightie God to preserve and prosper our Armie and to be their guard guide and Governour whithersoever they go and to imprint the feare of his holy Name in their hearts And now most good and gracious Lord blesse so and sanctifie the hearts of their chief Commanders and Leaders with wisedome courage and magnanimity of minde that they never decline neither to the right nor to the left hand but keeping a straight course in Honour honesty and holinesse they may ever in all their proceedings have the glory of thy great and glorious Name before their eyes that the life and light of Peace and Truth may in all true beleevers abound Amen FINIS