Capt^n Rawstorne hadd the charge of
the musketeers upon the walls, which hee plac'd to the best advantage
to vex the enemy in their flight. Capt^n Foxe, by a collours from the
Eagle Tower, gave signall when to march and when to retreate, according
to the motions of the enemy, which hee observed at a distance.--In all
this service wee had but one man mortally wounded, and wee tooke onely
one prisoner, an officer, for intelligence. In former sallyes some
prisoners were taken, and by exchange releast, Colonel Ashton and Rigby
promising to sett at liberty as many of the king's freinds, then
prisoners in Lancaster, Manchester, Preston, and other places proposed
by her ladishipp. But most unworthily they broke condic'ons, it suiting
well with their religion neither to observe faith with God nor men; and
this occasioned a greater slaughter than either her la^pp or the
captaynes desired, because wee were in no condic'on to keepe prisoners,
and knew the co'manders wold never release 'em but upon base or
dishonorable terms."
Though their cannon had been injured in the spiking, yet were they not
rendered useless; for the same night they "played a sacre twice," it is
said, "to tell us they had cannon that wold speke tho' our men had
endeavoured to steele up all their lippes.
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