250 uproare, and this happ' ning upon a Lord's day in the morn ing, m May 1645, all the people were in such a consternation that they could keepe no sabbath that day. Then the li eftenant-colloncll had an experiment of Yulgar spiritts, for even hi s owne souldicrs, who were guilty of the losse of the place by being out of their quarters, b egan to excla ime against h!m for a thousand causelesse things; and although he lahour'd amongst ihem with as much courage and vigour as any man could use, to settle their spi rius and regaine the place, yet they slighted him most uniustly, aqd all cried out now. to have the governor sent for, as if he himselfe had bene their castle. Immediately after the unhappic su rprize of the bridges the lieftenant- collonell sent away to his brother a post, wh o by some of the lower fords got ove r the water, and ca 1-ri ed hi s sad ne1res to London. A trumpett was sent to the bridges and obtein'd the' dead bodies . of the sonldiers who were slaine at the surprize, and they were brought up to the towne in carts and buried. There was abont twenty of them, very good and stout men, thoagh it avail'd them not in their last need, when a multitude had se i ~'d them unawares. All that clay a body of the enernie fac'd the towne, which, through terrors without and discouragements and discontents within , ,,-as in a very sad posture . The mallignant faction aga inst the governor, improv'd even this occasion, and sugges ted to the towne tha t the castle would be the cause of their ruine ; that the gon;rnor and his souldiers would secure themselves there, and leave the towne unclefended; and because the lieftenant-colloncll was very strict that none of the cas tle soulcliers should li e out of the ir quarters, least that place rnight be surpriz'cl as well as the other, the to~vnsn'len renew' cl their ra'ylings against the castle, and their mallice to all that were in it, b ut the li eftenant-collonell , regarding none of their uniust raylings, by God 's blessing upon his vigilance, kq~,t the towne <;ncl castle till hi s brother's rcturne. Assoone as the newcs came to the governor at London, he
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