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were shot in the breach, but their colours were rescued : 

 the Generals by Captaine Sampsons Lieutenant, and 

 Captaine Wingfields by himselfe. Amongst them that 

 the wall fell upon, was Captaine Sydenham pitifully lost ; 

 who having three or foure great stones upon his lower 

 parts, was held so fast, as neither himselfe could stirre, 

 nor any reasonable company recover him. Notwith- 

 standing the next day being found to be alive, there was 

 ten or twelve lost in attempting to relieve him. 



The breach made by the canon was woonderfully well 

 assaulted by them that had the charge thereof, who 

 brought their men to the push of the pike at the top 

 of the breach. And being ready to enter, the loose 

 earth (which was indeed but the rubbish of the outside 

 of the wall) with the weight of them that were thereon 

 slipped outwards from under their feet. Whereby did 

 appeare halfe the wall unbattered. For let no man thinke 

 that culverin or demy-canon can sufficiently batter a 

 defensible rampire : and of those pieces which we had ; 

 the better of the demy-canons at the second shot brake 

 in her carriages, so as the battery was of lesse force, being 

 but of three pieces. 



In our retreat (which was from both breaches thorow 

 a narrow lane) were many of our men hurt : and Cap- 

 taine Dolphin, who served very well that day, was 

 hurt in the very breach. The failing of this attempt, 

 in the opinion of all the beholders, and of such as 

 were of best judgement, was the fall of the mine ; 

 which had doubtlesse succeeded, the rather, because the 

 approch was unlooked for by the enemy in that place, 

 and therefore not so much defence made there as in 

 the other ; which made the Generall grow to a new 

 resolution : for finding that two dayes battery had so 

 little beaten their wall, and that he had no better 

 preparation to batter withall : he knew in his experi- 

 ence, there was no good to be done that way; which 

 I thinke he first put in proofe, to trie if by that 

 terror he could get the upper towne, having no other 



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