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<P>A LETTER OF THE SVRRENDER OF STERLING-CASTLE, VVith 5000 Arms, 40 peece of Ordnance, provi&s;ion for 500, men for above a yeare, 30 barrels of <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">laret</HI> and Strong-Water, 26 barrels of Powder, all the Records of <HI>Scotland,</HI> with the Chaire, Cloath, and Sword of State, and much furniture of the Kings and Parli|ament Robes.</P>
<P>VVith the Articles at large for Surren|der of the &s;ame.</P>
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<P>Publi&s;hed by &s;peciall Order.</P>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Francis Leach.</HI> 1651.</P>
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<HEAD>A LETTER Of the &s;urrender of <HI>STERLJNG-CASTLE.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_THis day &s;evenight we perfected our Platforms for the reducing of <HI>Sterling,</HI> and 2. Morter pieces brought up from <HI>Leith</HI> for the reducing of <HI>Sterling</HI> Ca|&s;tle, the Enemy &s;hot through and through our bat|teries, but did not hurt any of our men, they plaid hard again&s;t our men that were in the &s;teeple of the Town Kirk (which did much annoy them) they &s;hot through the &s;teeple, but in all their &s;hot hurt but one man, 2. Morter pieces were drawn to the Platforms this evening. All things being in readine&s;&s;e to go roundly to work with the Ca&s;tle, the Lieut. Gen. &s;ent a &s;ummons into the Ca&s;tle, requiring the Governour to deliver the &s;ame to
<PB N="3" REF="2"> the u&s;e of the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> to which he returned a verball an&s;wer, That he would keepe the Ca&s;tle as long as he could, the Lieut. Gen. al&s;o &s;ent about exchange of pri&s;oners for &s;ome of ours he had in the Ca&s;tle, but it &s;eemes he would ex|change none, in hopes to make terms by them.</P>
<P>Col. <HI>Pinchbanck</HI> an Engli&s;hman, and one of the Colonels that Col. <HI>Blake</HI> gave pa&s;s to come from <HI>Scilly</HI> into <HI>Scotland,</HI> ki&s;t the Kings hand, went as far as <HI>Gla&s;co</HI> with him towards <HI>England,</HI> but is come backe hither, declaring much di&s;affection and di&s;&s;atisfaction to the enemies de&s;igne, and &s;ayes he will not meddle any more with them.</P>
<P>Wedne&s;day the two Morter pieces were planted and <HI>Mr. Hean</HI> the Engineer which was &s;ent from St. <HI>Iohnstons</HI> for that purpo&s;e, made two &s;hots with each of them for triall, two of which fell and brake in the mid&s;t of the Ca&s;tle.</P>
<P>Thur&s;day the 14 both Guns and Morter pieces plaid hard again&s;t the Ca&s;tle, we made two of their Guns un&s;erviceable, they hurt us two Gun|ners with &s;mall &s;hot.</P>
<P>In the afternoon whil&s;t our Morter pieces were playing hard, they in the Ca&s;tle beat a parley, which being harkned unto, they &s;ent out a Drum|mer with a letter containing de&s;ire of a treaty, the
<PB N="4" REF="3"> Lieut. Gen. &s;ent in a letter, wherein he took no|tice of the Governors &s;lighting his fir&s;t &s;ummons, but propo&s;ed 3 Articles to him, which he would grant if he would render forthwith; hereupon a|bout half an hour after the Governor &s;ent out Capt. <HI>Iames Cunningham</HI> and one Mr. <HI>Wright</HI> as Commi&s;|&s;ioners to Treat, but the Records of <HI>Scotland</HI> which the Governor de&s;ired might be conveyed to &s;ome other Garri&s;on of theirs, being denied them, <HI>Mr. Wright</HI> &s;aid his commi&s;&s;ion was blown up, and would not Treat, &s;o that by night the Articles in|clo&s;ed were agreed and Ho&s;tages &s;ent forth. The rea&s;on of their ha&s;ty &s;urrender was from a mutiny of the Soldiers in the Ca&s;tle, being a commanded party of theirs, and mo&s;t Highlanders, and not accu&s;tomed to Granadoes were much affrighted, and beat the Drum without Order, threatning to throw over their Officers i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> they &s;hould di&s;turbe them, &s;aying, they would fight for their King and Kingdom, but not for their countries Geer,</P>
<P>The next day the Governour with about 300 Officers and Souldiers marched forth according to Agreement; the Souldiers had the night be|fore broken open many of the Trunkes in the Ca&s;tle, and went away with as much Geere as they could carry: There was in the Ca&s;tle 40
<PB N="5" REF="3"> peece of Ordnance, <HI>viz.</HI> 27 were fair bra&s;&s;e pee|ces, 2 great Iron Guns, and 11 Leather Guns, pro|vi&s;ion of meat to &s;erve 500 men above 12 moneths 40 or 50 barrels of beef, about 5000 arms (new muskets and pikes) 26 barrels of powder, 30 or 30 ve&s;&s;els of Claret Wine and Strong Waters, great &s;tore of match with other Ammunition, Lances, Swans, feathers, Darts, and other in&s;truments of war in that nature: all the Records of <HI>Scotland,</HI> the Chair and cloth of State, the Sword and other rich furniture of the Kings the Earl of <HI>Marres</HI> co|ronet and &s;tirops of gold, with his Parliament Robes, there was al&s;o &s;tore of goods of the coun|trey and Towns people in the ca&s;tle, which they had liberty to carry away according to Articles&punc; and came in great numbers for three or four days together, little or no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">hing being imbeazled, but what had been taken away by their own men.</P>
<P>VVe had relea&s;ed a little before our entrance thirty two pri&s;oners, among which Mr. <HI>Cornelius van Behmen</HI> Engineer, Lieut <HI>Iones&punc;</HI> and others taken at <HI>Newark.</HI></P>
<P>Thus hath God in le&s;&s;e than a weeks &s;pace, nay le&s;&s;e than a dayes &s;pace (for we did not play &s;o long with our Guns and Morter peeces) given into our hands one of the &s;tronge&s;t and mo&s;t mag|nificent
<PB N="6" REF="4"> Ca&s;tles in <HI>Scotland,</HI> and the mo&s;t (if not only) con&s;iderable pa&s;&s;e into the Country, when we came before it, a quaere was made who &s;hould lead us into the &s;trong Ca&s;tle, it was an|&s;wered, the Righteous &s;hall po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e the gates of their enemies, and &s;urely the mercy is not the le&s;&s;e for being gained with &s;o little lo&s;&s;e, but the greater, and is a pledge of what he will do for tho&s;e that are now like to be engaged in <HI>England;</HI> &s;ince my coming into the Ca&s;tle (which is one of the mo&s;t &s;tatel<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;t buildings I have &s;eene in <HI>Scotland</HI>) I ob&s;erved this motto over the Chappell doore, I. R. <HI>Nobis haec invicta mi&s;erunt Centum &s;ex proavis</HI> 1617. it &s;eems it had pa&s;t the 107 uncon|quered but not the 108.</P>
<P>Colonell <HI>Okey</HI> is returned with his party who went into the We&s;t, he hath taken the Laird <HI>O&s;|bo&s;ton,</HI> Mr. <HI>Alexander,</HI> and Mr. <HI>H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">nder&s;on,</HI> and o|thers, who were &s;itting at <HI>Pei&s;ley</HI> for the rai&s;ing of a Regiment to be under the command of Col. <HI>Cockram,</HI> which their King had &s;ent out of <HI>England</HI> for that purpo&s;e, though he had before promi&s;ed it to M. G. <HI>Van Ro&s;s,</HI> they were both in the Towne the day before, but got away with the Lord <HI>Blands</HI> troop into the holds.</P>
<P>We are now preparing for a march with our
<PB N="7" REF="4"> little handfull of 2 Regiments of Hor&s;e and 2 Re|giments of Foot towards <HI>Dundee,</HI> we have left all our field pieces in this gari&s;on, where Colonell <HI>Rede</HI> with his Regiment is left, and marcht with three battering and one morter peece, not doubt|ing of the continuance of the good hand of God with us.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Sterling</HI> <DATE>19 <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1651.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<P>When our convoy had brought tho&s;e that marcht out of the ca&s;tle of <HI>Sterling</HI> as far as St. <HI>Iohn&s;tons</HI> they all went to their &s;everal homes ex|cept about 7 &s;core.</P>
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<HEAD>Articles agreed on between Col. <HI>Edward Gro&s;ve<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">er,</HI> and Col. <HI>Rich A&s;hfield,</HI> commi&s;sioners on the behalfe of the Right Honorable <HI>L. G. Mo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ke,</HI> and Capt. <HI>Iames Cony<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">gham</HI> on the behalfe of the Honorable col. <HI>William Conyngham,</HI> Go|vernour of the ca&s;tle of <HI>Sterling</HI> for the Renditi|on thereof.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><HI>1.</HI> THat the Governour and all Officers and Souldi|ers &s;hall have liberty to march with their hor&s;es (not exceeding &s;ix) arms, beat of drum, lighted matches, and what baggage belongeth to them to any part of this
<PB N="8" REF="5"> Kingdom, and to have a &s;ufficient convey for five miles beyond any of the Garri&s;ons or Guards belonging to the forces of the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> and &s;uch of them as &s;hall be de&s;irous to go to their owne homes &s;hall have liberty and pa&s;&s;es for that purpo&s;e.</P>
<P N="2"><HI>2.</HI> That all Noblemen, Gentlemen or Inhabitants of the towne of <HI>Sterling</HI> who have goods in the Ca&s;tle &s;hall have eight dayes liberty to tran&s;port their goods to &s;uch place as they &s;hall plea&s;e, provided that no bedding be re|moved out of the towne without order.</P>
<P N="3"><HI>3.</HI> That the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Sterling</HI> with all the Ordnance, arms, ammunition and other Provi&s;ion of War therein be delivered unto L. G. <HI>Monke</HI> or whom he &s;hall appoint without any &s;poile or imbezlement, by ten of the clock to mor|row morning.</P>
<P N="4"><HI>4.</HI> That all pri&s;oners which are now in the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Sterling</HI> be forthwith relea&s;ed.</P>
<P N="5">5 <HI>That ho&s;tages he forthwith &s;ent out for performance of the&s;e Articles.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Ed. Gro&s;vener;</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ri. A&s;hfield:</HI></ITEM>
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<DATELINE><DATE><HI>4 Augu&s;t 1651.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
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<P><HI>I do hereby ratifie and confirm the&s;e Articles.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>George Monke.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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