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<P>SIR THOMAS FAIRFAXES TAKING OF Dennis Ca&s;tle, AND Felford Haven; And twenty &s;ix peeces of Ord|nance taken in a Dunkerke &s;hip that came to relieve <HI>Pendennis,</HI> all the men taken pri&s;oners, and all their Ammunition and provi&s;ions in the &s;hip, and fifty men put in her for the &s;ervice of the <HI>PARLIAMENT.</HI></P>
<P>With the Generalls &s;ummons &s;ent in|to <HI>Pendennis</HI> Ca&s;tle, and the Governors An|&s;wer. And the proceedings in blocking up of <HI>Micha|alls Mount,</HI> where Marques <HI>Hamilton</HI> is pri&s;oner. Eighty come in to the Parliament from thence; With the la&s;t pa&s;&s;ages of Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfaxes</HI> victorious proceedings in <HI>CORNEWELL.</HI></P>
<P>This being a true Copie and examined, is Printed and publi&s;hed according to Order of PARLIAMENT.</P>
<P>Printed for <HI>Matthew Walbanke</HI> at <HI>Gray&s;-Inne Gate.</HI> March. 26. 1646.</P>
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<HEAD>SIR Thomas Fairfaxes taking of Dennis Ca|&s;tle &amp; <HI>Felford</HI> Haven, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Mo&s;t Honoured Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_THE French and Walloons who dis|banded on the Lords day la&s;t were to &s;tay at the next port Towne un|till Shipps might bee procured for their tran&s;portation, all the re&s;t of the <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> both Commanders and Souldiers had Pa&s;&s;es, either to goe out of the Land, or repaire unto their owne Countreyes, and places of dwelling: the re&s;t disbanded day by day, and marched out of this coun|trey Ea&s;tward, and the Gentlemen of the Countrey un|to their owne hou&s;es; This day the two la&s;t Brigades did lay downe their armes and march away. There were nine Brigades of them, and it is verily beleeved that they were about five thou&s;and hor&s;e and foote. The Fort on the Ea&s;t &s;ide of the Harbour of <HI>Faymouth,</HI> and right over again&s;t <HI>Pendennis</HI> Ca&s;tle is yeelded up by <HI>Bow|than</HI>
<PB N="4" REF="3">(that was the Lieutenant thereof) unto the General five dayes &s;ince, who hath placed a very &s;trong Garri&s;on in it, it lyeth neare the mouth of the Harbour, and much lower then <HI>Pendennis</HI> Ca&s;tle, and is more fit &s;eated for the commanding of that Harbour. Ye&s;terday la&s;t being the 18th of this moneth, <HI>Dennis</HI> Ca&s;tle, being a Fort made by Sir <HI>Richard Vivian</HI> at the charge of the Country, at the mouth of <HI>Felford</HI> Haven, being &s;cituated on a <HI>Pena In&s;ula,</HI> much after the manner of <HI>Pendennis</HI> Ca&s;tle, was yeelded up into the hands of the Generall by tho&s;e that had the command thereof. This Ca&s;tle and Harbour li|eth a league to the We&s;t of <HI>Pendennis,</HI> full in &s;ight of the Ca&s;tle. The Harbour is a very &s;afe and deepe Harbour, the greate&s;t &s;hip in the Kingdome may ride a floate in it at low water, it will prove to be of very great u&s;e to us, for the taking in of <HI>Pendennis,</HI> by meanes that our &s;hips lying there, may prevent (by the helpe of St. <HI>Mawes</HI>) the conjunction of any &s;hips for the reliefe thereof: I went with the Generall and the Committee to receive the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of this Fort, and in the way the Generall went unto <HI>Arwinkle,</HI> Sir <HI>Peter Killegrew's</HI> hou&s;e, where and in the Village of <HI>Pennicomquicke</HI> we had quarted two Regiments for the blocking up of <HI>Pendennis</HI> Ca&s;tle on the land &s;ide. The day before the Generall &s;ent thither tho&s;e two Regiments, the enemie in the Ca&s;tle &s;et on fire Sir <HI>Peters</HI> hou&s;e, and burned a great part there of downe to the ground, and would have done the like with <HI>Pen|nicomequicke,</HI> had not our mens unexpected comming prevented them in the Ca&s;tle, and the man of War that hath 40. pieces of Ordnance in him, which lyeth a ground on the North &s;ide of the Fort let us pa&s;&s;e very quietly through <HI>Pennicomquicke,</HI> and to <HI>Arwinkle,</HI> which lyes within halfe musket &s;hot of the enemies Out-workes, but is blinded by the hou&s;es and trees, &s;o that they cannot &s;ee tho&s;e that are on the other fide of the hou&s;e: but when we came off, and were pa&s;t <HI>Pennicomequicke,</HI> and advan|ced
<PB N="5" REF="3">into an open field in our way backe to <HI>Perin,</HI> the &s;hip that lay on the North &s;ide of the Ca&s;tle let flye at us, but their &s;hot (by Gods mercy) did us no harme, though the bullets flew very neer us, and one grazed not farre from mee, which wee found, and was a bullet of &s;ome 12 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> weight. As &s;oon as the Generall came to <HI>Perin</HI> he cau&s;ed a &s;ummons to be drawn up, and &s;ent it by his Drum-Major unto the Governour of the Ca&s;tle, requiring him to yeeld it unto him for the u&s;e of the Parliament, u|&s;ing divers rea&s;ons to per&s;wade him thereunto; But <HI>Arundell</HI> of <HI>Trever&s;e</HI> who is the Governour thereof, gave him a peremptory denyall, &s;aying, that hee was 70. yeares old, and could not have many dayes to live, and therefore would not in his old years blemi&s;h his ho|nour in &s;urrendring thereof, and would be rather found buried in the ruines thereof, then commit &s;o vilde a Trea&s;on, (or words to that effect.) Que&s;tionle&s;&s;e the place is very &s;trong, as well by its naturall &s;cituation, (it being almo&s;t an I&s;land, and &s;eated on a ri&s;ing hill) as by Art and great indu&s;try; and it is victualled (as they &s;ay) for nine or ten moneths, and they have in it a|bout one thou&s;and, or twelve hundred men, all de&s;pe|rate per&s;ons, and good &s;ouldiers; and they have pow|der and &s;hot great &s;tore, and at lea&s;t eighty great Guns mounted, be&s;ides forty in the &s;hip which lies on the North &s;ide of the Ca&s;tle. Therefore the Generall re&s;olves to block it up very clo&s;e both by Land and Sea: which he may the better doe, in regard that we have <HI>Denis</HI> Ca|&s;tle, and the Haven of <HI>Helford</HI> on the we&s;t, and St. <HI>Maws</HI> on the ea&s;t; and for that, if we draw a Line thwart the narrow necke of Land, a little on this fide <HI>Arwinkle</HI> hou&s;e, which is not above Mu&s;quet &s;hot over: <HI>Pendenis</HI> Ca&s;tle will remaine unto them but as a clo&s;e and &s;ure pri&s;on, and &s;o in the end the belly will conquer them, without &s;triking of a &s;troake. Here are in this Fort ma|ny very con&s;iderable men, and the mo&s;t de&s;parate Per|&s;ons
<PB N="6" REF="4">and the violente&s;t enemies that the Parliament hath in this kingdome; and the Country reports, they have a very great ma&s;&s;e of wealth in this Ca&s;tle, for this was ever a place the enemy did much confide in; and therefore without que&s;tion it cannot chu&s;e but bee very rich: I verily beleeve that if the Workes were once per|fected for blocking of them up, two thou&s;and good foote would keepe them in, that they &s;hould not be able to break forth to annoy the Countrey. <HI>Penicomquicke,</HI> and <HI>Peryne</HI> will be able to entertaine that number very well, &s;o that the Souldiers be well payed, that &s;o they may be able to pay for their Billets, The countrey is extreamly impoveri&s;hed, and I feare that Bread and all other provi&s;ions will grow very &s;carce, and &s;o con&s;e|quently very deare; for there is already no Hay or Oats to be gotten here, and fle&s;h growes very deare. The ene|my hath fortified the Mount where the Marque&s;&s;e of <HI>Hamilton</HI> is kept. Eighty Souldiers that &s;hould have gone into the Mount, came this day with their Arms, and tendred their &s;ervice to the Generall at <HI>Truro.</HI> The Ge|nerall intends to &s;end a Regiment to <HI>Market&s;ene</HI> to block up the Mount, and to keep them from Ranging abroad; They &s;ay the Mount is a place neither &s;trong, nor well victualled, and therfore cannot hold out long. This la&s;t night one of the &s;hips which came down with Sir <HI>George Askew,</HI> fell into the Harbour of <HI>Falmouth,</HI> on St. <HI>Mawes</HI> fide, and notwith&s;tanding both the Block-hou&s;e, and the Bulwarke at the poynt of <HI>Pendenis</HI> &s;hot very furiou&s;|ly at her, yet &s;he came very &s;afely into the Harbour, and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed upon the Tide, to a place in the Harbour called <HI>Mawpa&s;&s;e</HI> pa&s;&s;age, where a Frigot of Dunkerks had runne her &s;elfe a ground and came in on purpo&s;e to a&s;&s;i&s;t <HI>Pen|dennis</HI> Ca&s;tle, &s;he had in her 26. pieces of Ordnance, and though our men entered her, yet &s;he &s;tood very &s;toutly to her defence, yet at la&s;t we ma&s;terd her, and tooke all the men out of her, and put in her about fifty men of
<PB N="7" REF="4" MS="y">our owne, and &s;o intend to make her a Man of Warre to &s;erve the State, and &s;he may prove very u&s;efull, for &s;he is an exceeding good &s;ailer, and will bee good again&s;t our enemies Navigable &s;hips, that &s;o we may take them.</P>
<P>Sir, mo&s;t of the great Malignants of the Countrey (unle&s;&s;e tho&s;e that are in <HI>Pendennis</HI> and the Mount) are come in; If you alone do not take &s;ome &s;peedy cour&s;e to remove them out of the County, untill the County bee fully &s;etled, I feare it will not bee long before we &s;hall have new troubles here. Thus with the tenderne&s;&s;e of my be&s;t love and &s;ervice I re&s;t,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Yours in what ever I may &s;erve you <HI>T. M.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE>From Truro <DATE>the 19th. of March, 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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