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ment, being betrayed to them by the 

 governor;* and was kept for their ufe 

 till the year 1643, when part of the Eng- 

 forces, who had been ferving againfl 

 the rebels in Ireland, upon the ceffation 

 there, came over to aflift the king in 

 England, and landed at Moftyn, a place 

 about lixteen miles diftant. Soon after 

 their arrival they made an attack on Ha- 

 warden Caftle, and being joined by fome 

 other forces " after a fortnight's iiege, and 

 " much ink,-f- but little blood fpilt, the 

 " caftle, being in want of provifions, was 

 " furrendered to Sir Michel Ernley, on con- 

 " dition to march out with half arms and 

 " two pair of colours, one flying and the 



* Carte's Life of the Duke of Onnond, II. 471. 



III. 204. quoted by Mr. Pennant, I. 100. 



t See the ridiculous letters which parted on both 

 fides, in Rufhworth's Hiftorical Collections, part 



IV. vol.. II. p. 301. and Pennant's Tour I. 101, 



IO2. 



D 2 " other 



