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to him from the town ; and upon examination find- 

 in^j' 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 hours, and 

 given a sign to the town by hanging out a wift, that 

 he was in distress, and no relief came, and the towns- 

 men, for some reasons which you shall hear anon, 

 being unwilling to go over, and Colonel Gould's 

 regiment being those that were tired, and put to the 

 retreat, unfit to encounter the enemy's whole army 

 thus fresh and victorious, the Captain yielded the 

 fort on composition, about four of the clock, upon 

 conditions that he should march off with colours 

 flying, matches lighted, bullets in mouth, and a 

 demi-culverine, the best in the work, with bag and 

 baggage, and that the enemy should exchange all 

 the prisoners they had taken of ours that day, being 

 about forty, for the like number of their prisoners 

 with us, which the next day was effected accord- 

 ingly : but we are unwilling to let the world know 

 by whose treachei'y, at least neglect, this fort was 

 lost, for want of convenient quantities of ammunition 

 and provisions. 



While the enemy was busied about Mount Stam- 

 ford, we had begun to raise a work upon Haw Start, 

 where our men retreated after they were, beaten from 

 Mount Stamford, whi^h being unfinished, and the 

 same wearied men enjoined to keep it till next 

 morning, (for we had no other) the townsmen refus- 

 ing to go over for fear of the enemy's horse, quitted 

 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 harbour, 

 and others to shoot into the town, and at our wind- 

 mill on the Hoe ; but, notwithstanding, they have 

 done no harm to any ship or boat that hath passed 

 in or out for these two months past ; nor hath any 

 shot, of the many hundreds they have sent into the 

 town from thence, done the least hurt to man, woman, 

 or child, (except one woman hurt in the arm by a 



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