258 former mallitious prosecutions, now pretends the most tender care and love that could be declared, with all imaginable flattery, and perswades the governor not to hazard himselfe in so dangerous an attempt, but to consider his wife and children, and stand by among the horse, but by no meanes to storme the place in his owne person. Notwithstanding all his false insinuations, the governor perceiv'd his envie at that honor which his vallour was ready to reape in this encounter, was exceeding angrie with him, and went on upon the place. This being seated on a flatt, was encompass'd with a very strong bullwarke, and a greate ditch without, in most places wett at the bottom, so that they within were very confident, there being no cannon brought against them, to hold it out; because alsoe a broken regiment of the queene's, who were all papists, were come in to their assistance. A regiment of Londoners were appoynted to storme on the other- side, and the governor at the same time began the assault at his post. His men found many difficulties more then they expected, for after they had fill'd up the ditches with faggots, and pitcht the scaling ladders, they were twenty staves too short, and the enemie, from the top of the workes, threw downe loggs of wood, which would sweep of a whole ladder-full of men at once: the lieftenant-collonell himselfe was once or twice so beaten downe. The governor had order'd other musketeers to beate of those men that stood upon the top ofthe workes, which they fail'd of by shooting without go.od ayme, but the governor directed them better, and the Nottingham horse dismounting, and' assailing with their pistols and headpieces, helpt the foote to beate them downe from the top of the worke, all except one stout man, who stood alone, and did wonders in beating downe the assai lants, which the governor being angrie ' at, fetcht two of his ~wRe musketeers and made them shoot, and he immediately fell, to the greate discouragement of his fellows. Then the governor himselfe first enter'd, and the rest of his men came in _as fast as they could. But while his regiment was
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