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To prevente the Efusyon of Chrystian Blood I doe heerbye Require y« 
ymediately to deliver Mount edgcumbe house unto mee for ye use of the 
Kinge & Parliamt And y" shall have fayre quarter w if y" shall Refuse 
I have acquitted myselfe from the guilte of the Blood we may be spilte in 
obtayninge my just desire Rosr Marten 
Passage 15 May 1644 
To the Governour of 
Mount Edgcomb House: these. 
The landing was effected at the Warren, near the Old Block- 
house yet standing in the gardens. Here were mounted three 
small guns, which used greatly to annoy the boats going to Stone- 
house. These were captured at the outset, the gunners retreating 
to the house. Finding that his summons produced no result, 
Martin left a party to watch the garrison, and pressed onward. 
Maker Church tower was assaulted and taken, and therein a barrel 
of powder. A fort at Cawsand was surrendered ; Millbrook, en- 
trenched and garrisoned by 250 men, was carried. A fort at 
Inceworth was abandoned on the approach of the victorious 
Roundheads. But the captures could not be held. The Cavaliers 
came down in force from their head-quarters on the Cornish side 
of the Tamar, at Saltash; and so Col. Martin retreated with his 
booty, which was considerable—12 pieces of captured cannon and 
200 prisoners. On the road he assaulted Mount Edgcumbe, but 
was repulsed. The banqueting-hall and the out-offices were burnt, 
but the main building, being of stone, was not to be dealt with in 
that summary way. According to Col. Martin, the casualties in 
this affair were very slight ; not a tithe of the eighty slain by the 
writer in Mercurius Rusticus. When the sortie returned it was 
learnt that the besiegers had attacked the outworks with 1,000 
horse and foot, and been beaten back. 
On the 22nd of the same month (May) Warleigh House was 
assailed, and fifty horses taken. This was not effected without loss; 
for the party were considerably harassed in their return. 
Possibly there were other sorties. Whitelock mentions one in 
which forty prisoners, with horses, arms, and ammunition, were 
taken ; another, wherein the garrison issued forth two miles, and 
captured 9 guns, 150 prisoners, 100 cows, and 500 sheep; a third, 
whence forty horses and prisoners were brought in; a fourth, re- 
sulting in 100 prisoners; and a fifth, in which fifty horses were 
captured, Capt. Arundel and other inferior officers, and many soldiers 
slain. How far these are to be identified with the forays already 
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