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<P>A TRUE RELATION OF THE Twenty weeks Siege of <HI>London derry,</HI> By the Scotch, Iri&s;h, and Di&s;-affected Engli&s;h, with the Daily Proceeding Pa&s;&s;ages thereof: As al&s;o the number of men killd, and taken Pri&s;oners on both &s;ides.</P>
<P>RELATED In two Letters from Captaine <HI>Henry Finch,</HI> one of the Captains of <HI>London derry,</HI> and one of the Aldermen of the City.</P>
<P>To His Friend in <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by R. I. for S. G. and A. W. and are to bee &s;old at the Exchange, and at We&s;tmin&s;ter. 1649.</P>
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<HEAD>A True Relation of the twenty weeks Siege of <HI>London-Derry,</HI> By the <HI>Scotch, Iri&s;h,</HI> and <HI>Di&s;-affected Engli&s;h.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>London-Derry</HI> <DATE>19 <HI>June</HI> 1649.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>Worthy Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_LAtely I have received none from you, My la&s;t to you was the 14 of <HI>Februa|ry</HI> of all pa&s;&s;ages; with &s;ome relation of the alteration &s;ince, but I thought it would never have come to this height, as then there was a grumb|ling, and pre&s;ently it grew hotter, and in the Lagon they began to deny the payments agreed upon, &s;o as Souldiers were &s;ent out for Di&s;tre&s;&s;es, and brought in &s;ome money, but Sir <HI>Alexan. Stuarts</HI> Quarters re|fu&s;ed to pay any.</P>
<P><HI>March</HI> 22. Two Troops of Hor&s;e went to Lether|kenny
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<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters">+keteers went out to make good the hor&s;e retreate, but went not a mile off.) where wee tooke 45 pri&s;oners, killed 16. whereof one was Maj. <HI>Belfore</HI> an able &s;oul|dier, and a wi&s;e man, and another Captaine. 30 and odde. of the pri&s;oners were exchanged for &s;o many boules of meale, the re&s;t being Lieu. Col. <HI>James Gal|braith;</HI> 2 Majors, 1 Captain and other Officers and Country men, who are re&s;erved for ran&s;ome or other ends; brought eight coulors, and narrowly e&s;caped many other Commanders, and all this without the lo&s;&s;e of one man, one hurt.</P>
<P>26 We begin to fire our Sabberles over the Bog, and pull down the cabines, ditches, and cut down all the Orchards and Gardens.</P>
<P><HI>May</HI> 2, A party of our men went over the water and fired &s;ome of the hou&s;es, killed &s;ome men, and brought away &s;ome plunder.</P>
<P>The 3. All the Cowes wee had about the <HI>Derry</HI> (which was about 80) was taken by the enemy, which was very grievous to the poor people, and many hou&s;|holders.</P>
<P>The 5th. They came with their Tents and laid clo&s;e &s;iedg to <HI>Derry</HI> within Cannon &s;hot of the towne, and in one night intrenched them&s;elves beyond expectati|on, which daily &s;ince the enemy have been &s;trength|ening.</P>
<P><HI>May</HI> 13 Our Hor&s;e upon the Strand beyond the Gallows, was charged with a &s;tronger party of their Hor&s;e, but God gave us the Victory, and five of theirs was laid dead, and only one was brought alive into the Town, being &s;hot thorow, and exchanged for one
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of ours then taken, but he dyed within a few dayes after his return, we had little hurt.</P>
<P><HI>May</HI> 15 Another Skirmi&s;h by the Bogge &s;ide, where was three pri&s;oners of theirs taken, and &s;ix kild.</P>
<P>17 We gave an allarm in the night, to the other &s;ide of the water, with our Boats, but landed not, yet rai&s;ed the whole Country from <HI>Strabaine</HI> to <HI>Magilli|gan.</HI></P>
<P>19 They de&s;ire a Treaty, which was continued to the 23 day, but it was on their parts feignedly, not with any reall intentions, and &s;o to no effect, but to gain time to &s;ecure their leagure by making new works which our ordnance did annoy.</P>
<P>26 A comfortable &s;upply of wheat came from <HI>Lon|don,</HI> with a boate laden with barley, taken by the Convoy bound for <HI>Dublin,</HI> which was landed for our &s;tore, but my Lord gave &s;atisfaction for it to the ow|ner, with a &s;mall Barke wherein was &s;ome few Cowes and Hor&s;es, which were taken by the &s;aid Convoy being bound for <HI>Scotland.</HI></P>
<P>The &s;ame day came Sir <HI>Robert Stuart</HI> and Col. <HI>Mer|vin</HI> to the Leagure which (as is &s;aid) had been broke up that night had they not come.</P>
<P>29 They took two Pri&s;oners of ours in the night out of their beds lying without the Bi&s;hops gate, which were re&s;tored for one of theirs.</P>
<P>30 Our men went over the water, and burnt &s;ome hou&s;es, &s;ome men killed, and plunder taken.</P>
<P><HI>June</HI> 1. All our Hor&s;e, 150 Foot, went over the water, the Hor&s;e went to Gold&s;miths new Towne, fought with a party of Hor&s;e and Foot, routed them, fired the Country, killed about thirty, took two pri|&s;oners,
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more they might, but would not, brought over &s;ome Engli&s;h, took a prey of 300 and odde cowes, as many &s;heep, &s;ome hor&s;es, with other plunder, fired and killed to the very Mough without any lo&s;&s;e, onely one man, which lo&s;t him&s;elfe in a glotious attempt, and God was mercifull in &s;hewing &s;o great a mercy to &s;o few hands.</P>
<P>3. The Cows being too many to keep for eating up our gra&s;&s;e, and not fit to kill, &s;o many as were not u&s;efull, was &s;old to the Enemy for 10 <HI>s.</HI> a peece, upon parrole, and was currantly paid.</P>
<P>8. The Enemy in one night had built an incredible peece of work within almo&s;t musket &s;hot of our Towne, upon the top of the hill upon the way of <HI>Bal|lymackerooty:</HI> upon which my Lord Pre&s;ident drew out all his Hor&s;e, and about 200 Foot marcht up to the worke, who immediately left it, gave alarm to the Leagure, our men marched round about it, a party of Hor&s;e encountred theirs, routed them, and our other part of hor&s;e comming in, gave them the cha&s;e for two miles, killed 25, took pri&s;oners 6, got many hor&s;es, good &s;tore of cloaks, &s;ome arms, and came and threw downe their new worke, and after &s;ent a challenge to the Leagure to come out and fight them, &s;tanding in Battalia above an houre within Musket &s;hot of their Leagure, but they came not out, nor gave any an&s;wer to their &s;ummons, although they were more then three for one; much &s;hot was exchanged this day be|tween their Musketteers and ours, but no hurt done to our party, many &s;lightly wounded, but none mor|tally; the charge of Hor&s;e was in &s;ight of the Towne bravely and re&s;olutely given and received on both
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&s;ides, but admirable was the &s;ucce&s;&s;e, and divine pro|vidence did &s;hew it &s;elfe mightily therein in the cha&s;e they fired two miles, and beat up all their out-guards, &s;ome of their powder in the Leagure blew up, and kill'd one man.</P>
<P>13. A new Fort which were a building at the Windmill was near fini&s;hed, being throwne downe by the Enemy this night, the wind being high, he was not di&s;covered till done.</P>
<P>15. Three companies of Engli&s;h came in about 200. be&s;ides officers, without victualls or cloaths, and a great defect in Armes, not above halfe armed, which is &s;upplied by my Lord Pre&s;ident in &s;ome mea&s;ure.</P>
<P>18. White Ca&s;tle was this night plundred by &s;ome of our men, and the Sea-men, got &s;ome Mault, Barly, meal, and much other luggage from thence, and other places.</P>
<P>19. The Scotch boat that was taken with the Cows and Hor&s;es bound for <HI>Scotland</HI> before mentioned, was manned out, and this day brought in two other &s;mall Scotch boats bound for <HI>Scotland</HI> from <HI>Colraine,</HI> laden with &s;taves, Clobords, Rounds, and &s;ome butter, but they mi&s;&s;ed of their maine de&s;igne, being a Bark laden with Butter, Tallow, and other good commodi|ties, &amp;c.</P>
<P>As if the Lord Pre&s;ident had had a fore&s;ight, or &s;ome in&s;piration of this bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, before any appea|rance was here, cau&s;ed &s;ome 80. Hor&s;e, and about 100. and odde Foot, to come hither <HI>Feb.</HI> 5. out of <HI>Connough,</HI> and made &s;tay of all manner of victualls and provi&s;ions, of which at this time of the yeare this
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Towne was never &s;o furni&s;hed, which hath mightily di&s;appointed our adver&s;aries, who did believe one month would have &s;tarved us, but prai&s;ed be God, af|ter three months &s;iege, there is not one &s;icke or feeble body among us, and now in a better condition then the fir&s;t day of the &s;iege, our greate&s;t want is and will be firing, there being no other firing but old hou&s;es and trees got out of Orchards; for we &s;uppo&s;e provi|&s;ions will be plentifully &s;ent us by the Parliament, which we daily expect: It is not without a great pro|vidence of God, that &s;alt Beef, Herring, &s;alt Cod, &s;alt Salmon, at the time of the year drinking little (&s;ome nothing) but water, &s;hould prove &s;o nouri&s;hing as it doth, and not rather breed di&s;ea&s;es. This is a part of the proceedings here &s;ince my la&s;t; but &s;hould I write you the laborious care, indu&s;try, and vigilency of our Go|vernour, &s;carce once in a week going to bed, nor &s;lee|ping at mo&s;t times above two hours in twenty four, the gallantry of our hor&s;e, and &s;toutne&s;&s;e of our foot, with every particular action. I &s;hould be too large, I &s;hal I fear, lo&s;e the conveyance of this by my prolixity. So I conclude, with commendations to your &s;elfe, friends, and re&s;t,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>London derry</HI> <DATE>15. <HI>June,</HI> 1649.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your a&s;&s;ured friend and &s;ervant, <HI>Henry Finch.</HI></SIGNED>
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<P>I cannot &s;ay punctually that ju&s;t &s;o many men were killed at the skirmi&s;hes mentioned, yet by the report of the Souldiery, and of the Country, they were rather more then le&s;&s;e.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE>London-derry, <DATE>Augu&s;t <HI>15. 1649.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>Worthy Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>MY la&s;t I writ to you, was of 19. or 20. of <HI>June,</HI> &s;ince no occa&s;ion hath pre&s;ented, nor none came from you, nor indeed from any place el&s;e, all pa&s;&s;ages having been ob&s;tructed.</P>
<P><HI>June</HI> 24. What had pa&s;t from the beginning of our &s;iege to that time, I adverti&s;ed; &s;ince the mo&s;t materi|all are: Mo&s;t of our hor&s;e, and 100 foot before day, went to &s;urpri&s;e the Enemies hor&s;e-guard, which lay at <HI>Mervins</HI> Mill, a mile of the Towne, but were di&s;cove|red by the guards on the other &s;ide of the water, the alarm being given, they took hor&s;e, and left the place, killed three men, and tooke nine cowes, &s;o we took the plunder, and fited the Mill, and foure or five hou&s;es.</P>
<P>28. The&s;e dayes pa&s;t was &s;pent in pulling downe of hou&s;es, and the mills, bringing home the wood for firing, and the &s;tones for hor&s;e-mills, onely one day a skirmi&s;h of the foot, where the Enemy lo&s;t foure men.</P>
<P>30. The Pre&s;idents brother, and other officers of <HI>Connaugh</HI> (the number of twenty hor&s;e in all, who were long before expected with their forces) came hither, having made a ce&s;&s;ation for a month with the Scotch, but were to returne in 48 houres, which they did, but <HI>July</HI> 2. in the time of their &s;tay, a great skir|mi&s;h was almo&s;t all day between our foot and theirs, our hor&s;emen being all in Towne di&s;patching bu&s;i|ne&s;&s;e with their friends of <HI>Connaugh,</HI> onely a few
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which guarded the hor&s;es, 12. whereof went to &s;e|cond our foot, which was pre&s;ently encountred with a like party of theirs, which had &s;carce exchanged their pi&s;tols, when 100 and odde hor&s;e comes amaine upon tho&s;e few, and all their foot upon ours, beat our men to the walls, and with a full carrear came all a|long the wall within pi&s;toll &s;hot thereof, and clo&s;e un|der our new work, firing all the way; yet ble&s;&s;ed be God, we lo&s;t not a man, five of theirs was kill'd, and 2 taken pri&s;oners, &s;ome of ours hurt, mo&s;t recovered; in probability had the hor&s;men been out, and our foot had Ammunition, which they had not, having &s;pent it in the skirmi&s;h, a glorious day had been on our parts. <HI>Sligo</HI> &s;old to <HI>Clanricard</HI> by <HI>Hender&s;on,</HI> whereby <HI>Con|nough</HI> his lo&s;t.</P>
<P>The&s;e eight dayes pa&s;t, have re&s;orted to the Enemy great numbers of hor&s;e and foot, and daily skirmi&s;hes, and have brought to their Leagure 12 peeces of Ord|nance, whereof they &s;hot three peeces, carrying 4 <HI>l.</HI> bullet, but being without effect, they have made no more u&s;e of them. Col. <HI>George Monroe</HI> came to them with a party of hor&s;e and foot, who more then a month before, came to them with (as reported) 3 or 400 hor&s;e, 12 or 1500 foot Engli&s;h, Scotch, and Iri&s;h, which have mi&s;erably harried al the Country, retaken <HI>Colraine,</HI> and tho&s;e parts.</P>
<P>12. They built a Fort at the Knock of <HI>Ember,</HI> to &s;top &s;hipping and boats to come to us (which for 20 daies pa&s;t, mightily relieved this place out of <HI>Em|&s;toun</HI> with fre&s;h victualls) and having many hands, by noon, had made a defen&s;ible peece of worke; to &s;light which, and to get their Ordnance, the Pre&s;ident &s;ent
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Cap. <HI>Key&s;er</HI> (a Par<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;hip here) with 100 musketteers in boats, but they were &s;o provided, that after exchan|ging on both &s;ides good &s;tore of &s;hot both great and &s;mall, the &s;hip and boats went to <HI>Culmore,</HI> and could not returne.</P>
<P>13 <HI>Key&s;er</HI> went his way without leave, taking a great di&s;heartning to lo&s;e him, who &s;tood us in great &s;tead, and 100 of our be&s;t men which would not re|turne.</P>
<P>16 They vapoured very much all day, but approa|ching &s;omething too near, two of their hor&s;es, and one man was kill'd by one of our peeces of Ordnance, which indeed is all the hurt I know they have done: &s;ome fault there is in platforms.</P>
<P>19. This day came about 400 hor&s;e, and 150 Dra|goons of <HI>Connaugh</HI> forces on the other &s;ide the water, unexpected by us, and brought <HI>Humfry Galbraith</HI> and <HI>Dean Bartly,</HI> and a Lieu. pri&s;oners, immediately they &s;end downe a party of their hor&s;e to bring off out 100 men went with <HI>Key&s;er,</HI> who had lived the week pa&s;t upon <HI>Em&s;towne,</HI> wanting nothing, but taking what they plea&s;ed.</P>
<P>20. The la&s;t night they remove their &s;iege, and our men this day bring all their Cabins &amp; Huts that was in the Trench, and made of it for firing about 20. or 30 <HI>li.</HI></P>
<P>21 The enemy within a mile of the Towne draws up into battalia both hor&s;e and foot, and &s;eem re&s;olved to fight, ours the like, but the ground being bad, and night approaching, nothing was done.</P>
<P>24 A party of 24 of our hor&s;e being &s;ent out to di&s;|cover the enemy, met with a party of theirs of 80, &s;ent for the &s;ame end, charged and routed them, took two
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pri&s;oners, both Engli&s;h, whereof <HI>Henry Pige,</HI> Col. <HI>Mer|vins</HI> Barber was one, 11 hor&s;es killed, 9 or 10 men, without any lo&s;&s;e to us, onely two men hurt; this night a party of 100 hor&s;e, and as many Dragoons, were &s;ent into <HI>Em&s;town</HI> for contribution.</P>
<P>25 The Enemy appears in great numbers, not le&s;&s;e of hor&s;e and foot then 3000. which put us in a great fright, our party out of Em&s;towne not being returned, about noon they drew into Battalia, &s;o did we, and &s;tood about an houre; when they marched to Em&s;|town to get between our party and us, who by Gods providence came only time enough to get the &s;helter of Culmore, but &s;o neer were they, that the Van beat up our Rear, one quarter of an houre longer had in|dangered or lo&s;t them all, a part of their prey they did take, but brought 500 Cows be&s;ides Sheep, &amp;c. The way not pa&s;&s;able on this &s;ide, they Ferryed over at Culmore, and came on the other &s;ide, but by that time they came here, the prey was reduced to 200, or le&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>26 The Lord of Ards, ordered by the Prince to be Governour, or Commander in chiefe of Ul&s;ter, by commi&s;&s;ion, wherof he &s;ent the Lord Pre&s;ident a Co|py and a Summons in a threatning way, &s;ets down before this Towne, at a little more di&s;tance then the former Leagure; but in the night forty of our men gave them a hot alarm, and put them in a cruell con|fu&s;ion.</P>
<P>27 One of our Scouts was &s;hot by an Ambu&s;h of Musketeers, wee took &s;everall pri&s;oners this day go|ing to their Leagure, all &s;aying they would not ri&s;e till they had the Town.</P>
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<P>21 A little before noon the enemies foote drawes neer our hor&s;es, then a gra&s;ing, and before they could wel bridle were upon them, but they pre&s;ently moun|ted and gave them the cha&s;e, cut and killed very ma|ny this was upon the &s;ide of the hill, the enemies hor&s;e were ready but out of &s;ight, fell in the pur&s;ute of the foot, ours di&s;covered them, who having &s;pent their &s;hot were glad to retreat a maine &s;peed, and were fol|lowed with much eagerne&s;&s;e; at the foot of the hill the enemies charge was received by a few of our hor&s;e, the main body of hor&s;e not moving as they &s;ay for want of Commanders, however great was the con|fu&s;ion, and the enemy followed our men to the wind-mill or as neer the town, but immediately they ralli|ed and faced about: the enemy made an orderly re|treat, but &s;o as the di&s;pute was hot, this Skirmi&s;h con|tinued near two hours all in much confu&s;ion, yet ble&s;|&s;ed be God we had no more lo&s;&s;e, when once all was in hazzard, we lo&s;t four men upon the place, two dy|ed n xt day, 12 or 14 wounded, I think mo&s;t is pa&s;t the wor&s;t;</P>
<P>Of the other party, Lieu. Col. <HI>Ro. Galbraith,</HI> dange|rou&s;ly wounded, Cap <HI>Fleming,</HI> of <HI>Phaughanvaile,</HI> Li u. <HI>Macklehan</HI> a bloody fellow, &s;ome other Officers, and about 30 or 40 in all kild: taken pri&s;oners 1 Lieu. 2 troopers of theirs, of ours eight, whereof one dyed.</P>
<P>We have two &s;hips at <HI>Culmore,</HI> came up to try the Fort to come by, the winde fell calme &s;o as they could neither come up nor return, between them and the Fort was di&s;charged 80 pieces of Ordnance, without any great hurt on either &s;ide.</P>
<P>29 While our hor&s;e came home the enemy removes
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in great ha&s;t and leaves their new leagure, marching away, gave order to the Country to &s;hift for them|&s;elves, as they did when they l ft their former leagure; we &s;ettle a Garri&s;on at <HI>John Elumes</HI> hou&s;e.</P>
<P><HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 2 and 3 We burn <HI>Carganes,</HI> Sir <HI>John Cun|inghams</HI> Newtown <HI>Colmacktreene;</HI> and St. <HI>John&s;town.</HI></P>
<P>4, 5 and 6. Some overtures and interchanging of letters have been about exchanging of Pri&s;oners, and offers of Treaty; but nothing done more then the pri|&s;oners exchanged, who came hither the 6th.</P>
<P>7 Upon &s;ome Articles of agreement, came <HI>Owen &mdash; Oneale</HI> with 300 Hor&s;e and 4000 foote to our releife, and incamped on the other &s;ide of the water.</P>
<P>8. <HI>O Neal</HI> &s;ent to &s;ummon <HI>Gold&s;miths</HI> town which was rejected, a party of our Hor&s;e and Dragoones with 500 of <HI>Oneales</HI> foot marched into <HI>Em&s;towne</HI> for a pre&s;ent releif of <HI>Oneals</HI> men and ours, but their con|tribution being not ready; they take of the readie&s;t 160 cowes and 30 or 40 Oxen.</P>
<P>9. <HI>Oneale</HI> by a party of his again comes to <HI>Gold|&s;miths</HI> town, attempts to &s;cale the bawne but were put off with the lo&s;&s;e of a Captain and 30 or 40 Souldiers.</P>
<P>Sir <HI>Robert Stuart</HI> with &s;o many as would &s;ide with him marched away, would have had the Country gone with him, promi&s;ing to return &s;uddenly with an Army of 10000.</P>
<P>10 <HI>New Buildings</HI> or <HI>Gold&s;miths</HI> towne quitted and taken by <HI>Oneale</HI> wherein was good &s;tore of mault and other provi&s;ions.</P>
<P>11 Their new Fort called <HI>Charles</HI> Fort upon the water was &s;urendred to the Pre&s;ident wherin was 180 men 11 Peeces of Ordnance and 4 &s;mall Drakes upon
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one carriage, little Ammunition or provi&s;ion.</P>
<P>The Souldiers left all their Armes: but their pow|der-bags, hornes, Bandaleeres, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> being laid upon a heap (through accedent or negligence) blew up and burnt &s;everall of our Officers and &s;ome Souldiers very &s;ore, and &s;ome hor&s;es, one or two in danger of death.</P>
<P>Two peece of Ordnance were taken at new Buil|dings.</P>
<P>12 <HI>Eale</HI> Ca&s;tle delivered up a Serjeant and two file of men left in it, <HI>Mogerline,</HI> Lieu. Col. <HI>Jam. Galbraiths</HI> hou&s;e delivered up, and Cap. <HI>Gore</HI> and a party of 20 or 30 left in it.</P>
<P>13 <HI>Rophee</HI> Ca&s;tle Summoned but rejected the Sum|mons.</P>
<P>Cap. <HI>Kilner</HI> came to town (having till Saturday at night pa&s;t, in a manner been kept pri&s;oner by the Scots) who then left them, the Engli&s;h and Iri&s;h return thither who hath about 40 good men, armes and ammunition and will &s;uddenly be &s;trengthened.</P>
<P>The Scots in the&s;e parts all fled to <HI>Ballicelly</HI> and <HI>Ballica&s;tle</HI> which they victual &amp; intend to make good.</P>
<P>14 A party of our own hor&s;e and foot and &s;ome of <HI>Oneals</HI> marched with 3 peeces of Ordnance to <HI>Rophee</HI> Ca&s;tle to beleagure it. The whole Country in effect comes in, &s;ubmits, and gets protections.</P>
<P><HI>Thus briefly have I given you a relation of our bu&s;ine&s;&s;e which you may beleeve to be true, a few daies will either strengthen or alter our conditions much, the grand party of the Scots drawing to heads I hear Mr. King is going down for aide, Now thinking I have been over tedious, communicate this to &s;uch and &s;o many of our friends as you think fitting to whom I de&s;ire, with your &s;elf to be remembred, I re&s;t, your a&s;&s;ured Friend.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Henry Finch.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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