':!54 The governor being dismist from the parliament, immediately tooke post, and coming through Northampton, mett his old engineer Hooper, and brought him with him to Nottingham, where, by God's mercy, he arriv'd safe about three dayes after the losse of the bridges, and was wellcom'd, as if safety and victory and all desireable blessings had come in his traine. His presence reinforc'd the drooping garrison, and he immediately consulted how to goe about regaining the fort. To this purpose, and to hinder the enemie from having an inlett into the towne by the bridges, he made a little fort on the next bridge, and put a lieftenant and thitty men into it, thereby enclosing those in the fort the enemie had surpriz'd, whom he resolv'd to assault on the towne side, having thus provided that their friends should not come from the other side' to helpe them. But those of Newark understanding this, came as strong as they could one morning and assaulted the little new fort, where the Lieftenant Hall, fai ling of that courage which he had profess'd when he begg'd the honor of keeping it, gave it up, which the governor seeing on the other side, was exceedingly vext, and marcht up to the bridge to assault them in that fort, but found that they had only storm'd the other little fort to make their owne way to be gone, and that they had made shift to get to their friends upon the ribbs of two broken arches, which, when they had serv'd to helpe their passage, tbey pull'd up, to hinder persuite after them: and thus in a month's space God restor'd to the governor the fort which was lost in his absence, and he new fortified the place, and repair'd the bridges, whereby the greate markett out of the vale was againe brought into the towne, to their exceeding ioy and benefitt. o To understand this rightly it is necessary to be informed, that in approaching Nottingham from the south there is a very wide valley, through which the Trent and the Lene run in several branches, over which are bridges united by a cause· way.
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