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<P>Sir <HI>Arthur He&s;ilrige</HI>'s LETTER To the Honorable Committee of Lords &amp; Commons AT <HI>DERBY-HO&V;SE,</HI> Concerning the Revolt and Recovery of Tinmouth-Ca&s;tle.</P>
<P>In which Action, Lieutenant Col: LILBURN (Governor of the Ca&s;tle) was &s;lain, with divers Seamen and others.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>14 Augu&s;ti, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Letter be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Hu&s;band,</HI> Printer to the Honorable Hou&s;e of Commons, <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 15. 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>For the Right Honorable, The Committee of Lords and Com|mons at <HI>Derby-Hou&s;e.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lords and Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_I Have &s;ent this Expre&s;s to your Lord&s;hips, not being willing that you &s;hould &s;ooner hear of the Revolt of Tinmouth-Ca&s;tle, then of the reco|very. Ye&s;terday between two and three of the clock in the Afternoon Lieut: Col: <HI>Lilburn</HI> being Deputy-Governor of that Ca&s;tle, commanded mo&s;t of the Officers upon &s;everal Ser|vices out of the Ca&s;tle, and then arm|ed and &s;et at liberty the pri&s;oners, and plucked up the Drawbridge, and told
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the Soldiers, That he would pi&s;tol eve|ry Soldier that would not be for him|&s;elf and King <HI>Charls;</HI> whereupon ma|ny ran over the VVorks, and a very hone&s;t and faithful Corporal refu&s;ing to deliver up his Arms to him upon tho&s;e terms, he thru&s;t him through the body, and killed him; and immediate|ly he &s;hot off &s;everal pieces of Ord|nance, declaring that he kept the Ca|&s;tle for King <HI>Charls,</HI> and &s;ent to the Sheels and other adjacent Towns, and made proclamation for all that loved him and King <HI>Charls,</HI> to come to the Ca&s;tle for his a&s;si&s;tance, and many Seamen and others came in to him im|mediately: So &s;oon as I heard the &s;ad news of his trayterous Revolt, I com|manded a very con&s;iderable body of Foot to be drawn out of the Regi|ments
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in this Gari&s;on, under the com|mand of Lieutenant Colonel <HI>A&s;hfield,</HI> and &s;ent al&s;o one hundred Dragoons with them; I &s;ent al&s;o many ladders down by water, and gave Orders to &s;torm the Ca&s;tle that night what&s;oe|ver hapned. Between one and two of the Clock this morning they drew near to the Ca&s;tle, Lieutenant Colo|nel <HI>Lilburn</HI> fired four pieces of Ord|nance upon them as they came up, Major <HI>Cobbet</HI> led on the Forlorn-hope, they took no notice at all of the Canon, but when they came within twenty yards of the VVorks, bringing their ladders with them, they gave a great &s;hout and fell on; the works are exceeding high, and though their lad|ders were long, they could not ea&s;ily get up, the Enemy &s;till as they mount|ed,
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with pikes and Gunners ladles pu&s;hed them down, &s;ome &s;torm|ing at the Gun holes, the Enemy were forced to come &s;o high upon the works, that our Soldiers under|neath &s;hot them into the bellies, and killed divers of them; but at la&s;t ours mounted the works, recovered the ca|&s;tle, and killed many Sea-men and others, and among&s;t the number that was &s;lain, they found Lieut: Col: <HI>Lil|burn.</HI> I &s;hall give your Lord&s;hips this account for my &s;elf, He was Governor of that Ca&s;tle before I had command of it; He hath been in the Parliaments &s;ervice &s;ince the begining of the wars, and under my command near &s;even years &s;ince; He was ever very active and faithful for the Parliament, and known to be a valiant man; He did not
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give the lea&s;t &s;u&s;pition of being a tray|tor to the Parliament, till the day of his Revolt: It was not for me to have put out &s;uch a man from his place, unle&s;s there had appeared &s;ome ju&s;t grounds for it, and I hope your Lord&s;hips will &s;o apprehend it: I ble&s;s God it is now in the Parliaments power, and by Gods a&s;si&s;tance I hope I &s;hall &s;o keep it; the goodne&s;s of God was &s;uch to us, we lo&s;t not one man, we have onely three wounded. I am</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>My Lords and Gentlemen,</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>Your faithful Servant, <HI>Arthur He&s;ilrige.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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