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<P>HONOUR ADVANCED: <HI>OR,</HI> A briefe account of the long keeping, and late leaving of the Clo&s;e at <HI>Liechfield,</HI> Being a full Relation of all the Pa&s;&s;ages worthy ob&s;ervation during the whole time of the Siege; As al&s;o of the honourable tearmes upon which it was re&s;igned.</P>
<P>Together with The Names of tho&s;e valiant Com|manders who have done this &s;ervice both for Church and State; Some of them unexperienced in Warre, yet all couragious for the Truth.</P>
<P><HI>By Captaine</HI> John Randolph, <HI>A Com|mander, and eye-witne&s;&s;er in the &s;aid Clo&s;e.</HI></P>
<Q><BIBL><HI>1 Sam. 2.30.</HI></BIBL>
<P>Them that honour me, I will honour.</P></Q>
<P><HI>Printed for</HI> Tho: Underhill. 1643.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>Gods goodne&s;&s;e and &s;everity:</HI> MANIFESTED IN The &s;trange pre&s;ervation of the Gar|ri&s;on in <HI>Liechfield</HI> Clo&s;e; and after a long Siege, honourably &s;urrendred to Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> and his Forces.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Faithfully Related by <HI>Jo: Randolph,</HI> one of the Captaines in the &s;aid Clo&s;e.</HEAD>
<P>_I Need not tell the world what (to their co&s;t) they know, That Souldiers by action, and Printers by promulgation, are the two great Engli&s;h Factors. I am content to lay by my Sword, and handle the Pen at this time, not to encroach upon anothers imployment, but that &s;uch as will, may know the truth of the pa&s;&s;ages concerning <HI>Liech|field</HI> Clo&s;e, of which I was an eye-witne&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>The Clo&s;e of <HI>Liechfield</HI> hath a &s;trong wall and buildings incompa&s;&s;ing the Cathedrall Church, which all together make a very defen&s;ible Fort; This was gained from the Earle of <HI>Che&s;terfield,</HI> and divers other Commanders and
<PB N="2" REF="3">Souldiers (by the forces rai&s;ed by the Lord <HI>Brooke</HI> after his death) under the Conduct of Sir <HI>John Gell,</HI> then Com|mander in Chiefe, who afterwards by advi&s;e of the Com|mittee of the County, placed a Garri&s;on in it, con&s;i&s;ting of about two hundred &s;ouldiers, be&s;ides Captaines: This Garri&s;on Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> (having drawn his forces into <HI>Staf|ford&s;hire</HI>) &s;ummoned by a Trumpeter (the &s;ouldiers u&s;uall Herauld) on <HI>April</HI> the &s;ixth, to yeeld up the Clo&s;e unto him, conditioning that the Captaines and Souldiers &s;hould be entertained to &s;erve his Maje&s;ty in their re&s;pective pla|ces, or el&s;e march away; we returned a direct deniall, and told him we re&s;olved to fight it out: Hereupon, on <HI>Satur|day, April</HI> the eighth, he advanced into <HI>Liechfield,</HI> the In|habitants petitioning him &s;o to doe, his forces then were a|bout foure thou&s;and: <HI>Sunday,</HI> the ninth of <HI>April,</HI> they well ob&s;erved us, intrenching them&s;elves, and in the night plant|ed their Ordnance on the Ea&s;t &s;ide of the Clo&s;e, fitting their in&s;truments, which on <HI>Munday, April</HI> the tenth, they plaid with in earne&s;t, &s;hooting about one hundred and fiftie bullets roundlie, mo&s;t of which weighed nineteene pound, and not all in vaine, for they pierced our walls very fre|quentlie, which we repaired with &s;tones and earth without any prejudice to our &s;elves, this de&s;igne not an&s;wering their expectations, they removed their Ordnance thence, and planted them on the South &s;ide, in a garden of Sir <HI>Richard Dyets,</HI> This proved to them labour in vaine, and then be|cau&s;e we had lei&s;ure, we bravely mounted three or foure leather Buckets upon wheeles like a Morter-piece, which they let flie at furiou&s;ly, and &s;o &s;pent the re&s;t of that day, in playing while we danced, &s;ome of them that while having laid the great Pond drie, that lay between their Ordnance and us, in the night following endeavoured with Fagots
<PB N="3" REF="3">to make a Bridge over the mud, and did halfe per|forme it before we could di&s;cerne it, after which we plaid them a &s;it with our muskets, to their lo&s;&s;e, which yet did not deter them, for that de&s;igne (as much conducing to their advantage) they pro&s;ecu|ted divers nights, though we laid the man for the mo&s;t part with the Fagot; and how ever they had a &s;tocke &s;ufficient, and might &s;pare men yet was the &s;ervice too hot, dead men and Fagots did not joyne han&s;omely together, neverthele&s;&s;e the day follow|ing they &s;hot from the Garden or backe&s;ide where they had pitched, by rea&s;on whereof they fired a hou&s;e in the Town which they intended not, where|by eight or ten other hou&s;es were con&s;umed, and that while we made way through the flames with our Bullets to meete our Adver&s;aries, and there ma|ny of them fell. Upon Saturday, April 15. they planted their great Ordnance at the South Gate neere the Mill, which is within a few yards of the Clo&s;e, and thence &s;hot about &s;ixtie times, thereby battering all the Wall over the Percullis, intending to make their entry there on Sunday morning, and therefore during the &s;moake of the &s;hot, attempted to &s;cale the Walls, which the Sentinell e&s;pying di&s;|charged, as did other of our &s;ouldiers upon his A|larum, who were exceeding ready and diligent, notwith&s;tanding their continuall &s;ervice day and night, for the &s;pace of &s;ixteene dayes and nights, for &s;o long the Siege continued, and &s;o that Plot (as the re&s;t) mi&s;carried: In this a&s;&s;ault we lo&s;t one man, and they (as wee conceive) about &s;ixtie, yet &s;o indefati|gable were they, that they cau&s;ed the Colliers
<PB N="4" REF="4">which they called to their a&s;&s;i&s;tance to under-mine us, which wee once or twice prevented by counter|mining and &s;moaking them out: Another Mine they had &s;ecreatly made from the Angell under one of our Towers, which wee &s;u&s;pected not; this being fully prepared, Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> did againe; <HI>viz.</HI> on Thur&s;day morning, April 20. &s;ound a Parly, and tendred us the former Conditions, which we againe refu&s;ing, they pre&s;ently blew up our Tower, and there made a terrible wide breach, and entered it pre&s;ently with much eagerne&s;&s;e and &s;ecurity as wee conceived, for many of their chiefe Commanders appeared fir&s;t in it; about 40. of our Musketeers en|deavoured to make good the breach, the re&s;t of our &s;ouldiers being imployed on the Walls, which they were al&s;o now indeavouring to &s;cale; the&s;e fortie &s;eeing little execution done by their &s;hot, being lead on by that truely valiant Souldier, Leiute|nant <HI>Mydhope</HI> did fall upon their Adver&s;aries (being betweene two or three hundred) pell mell, and with their Butt ends of their Muskets, their Swords, and Holbeards, did mo&s;t bravely repell them, &s;lew many, among which was Colonell <HI>U&s;her,</HI> Captaine <HI>Corbet</HI> (&s;ay &s;ome Sir <HI>John Corbets</HI> Son) and many other Officers, to the number of about 60. and wounded neare upon 100. others a|mong&s;t which were the Lord <HI>Digbie</HI> who is &s;not in|to the knee, Colonell <HI>Wag&s;taff,</HI> Mortally wounded, Colonell <HI>Garret</HI> hurt, tooke Pri&s;oners divers great Commanders, among which was Capt. <HI>Legge,</HI> and Prince <HI>Ruperts</HI> Chaplaine, one <HI>Askin</HI> a <HI>Scotti&s;h</HI> man, unto whom a Chirurgion was &s;ent, Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> having before reque&s;ted it, after this, while &s;ome
<PB N="5" REF="4">of our &s;ouldiers made good the breach, we went pre&s;ently to cleare the Clo&s;e of tho&s;e that ru&s;hed in, being about 150. who apprehending all their owne, as in probability they well might, fell on Plundering; divers of the&s;e wee tooke Pri&s;oners, o|thers of them e&s;caped downe the Ladders that were reared for their comming over unto us, a faire &s;cape by Ladders.</P>
<P>We lo&s;t in this dreadfull commotion not above eight men, two were blowne up with the Tower, and &s;ome foure or &s;ix wounded, and in all the &s;iege before not above three or foure men; when we had breathed a little, a Councell of War was called, and perceiving our danger, how de&s;titute of all re|liefe from men, and which was wor&s;t of all, how very neere &s;pent our Match and Powder were, not enough to make good another a&s;&s;ault, we re&s;olved on the&s;e Articles to pre&s;ent to Prince <HI>Rupert.</HI></P>
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<ITEM>1. <HI>To leave the Clo&s;e, and to march out with our Bag and Baggage, and all our &s;ouldiers armed, and Colours flying.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>To have eleven Carts provided for us.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>That all the pri&s;oners that any of the Kings forces had taken in</HI> Stafford&s;hire, <HI>&s;ince my Lord</HI> Brookes <HI>ar|rivall there, &s;hould be relea&s;ed.</HI></ITEM>
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<P>Unto which we added, that if Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> re|fu&s;ed the&s;e termes, we would put all our pri&s;oners we then had to the Sword, and die our &s;elves upon the walls.</P>
<P>Upon the receipt of the Articles, Col. <HI>Ha&s;tings</HI> came in to treate with us, and in a very &s;hort time con&s;ented to them, whereupon we marched forth orderly the next morning, being Friday, with our
<PB REF="5">Colours di&s;played, being about 80. Musketiers, and as many Hor&s;emen with their Hor&s;es and Armes, be&s;ides the Commanders, and &s;o pa&s;&s;ed through Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> his Army, which was &s;et guard wi&s;e about a mile in length, none of his Souldiers offer|ing any abu&s;e to us, and &s;o we came &s;afe to Coven|try, &s;ome on Friday night, others on Saturday morning, and however we have cau&s;e to be humble, yet ble&s;&s;ed be God, who hath not delivered us over unto death, but by us cut of many hundreds of our enemies.</P>
<P>That both our Commanders and Common &s;oul|diers who kept <HI>Liechfield</HI> Clo&s;e may have their due commendations, this may not be omitted, namely, their great faithfulne&s;&s;e as well as courage, for al|though Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> and <HI>Ha&s;tings</HI> u&s;ed all meanes [as by commending them for their valour, proffering them preferment and good pay, &amp;c.] to cau&s;e them to de&s;ert the Parliament, and &s;erve under them, yet they refu&s;ed, although they had never received pen|ny pay in all that &s;ervice.</P>
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<HEAD>The names of the Com|manders in the Clo&s;e.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Capt. <HI>Edw. Leigh.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Serjeant Major <HI>Ru&s;&s;ell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Capt. <HI>Greives.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Capt. <HI>Henry Stone.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Capt. <HI>Edward Foley.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Capt. <HI>John Randolph.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Capt. <HI>Spearing.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Capt. <HI>Richard Smith.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Capt. <HI>Holmes.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>The Names of &s;ome Commanders in Prince <HI>Ruperts</HI> Army.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Prince <HI>Rupert.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Earle of <HI>Northampton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord <HI>Digby.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord <HI>Capell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Col. <HI>Ha&s;tings, Stanhop, Wag&s;taffe, U&s;her, Garret, Harding, &amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
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