We again quote the words of the journal:—­

“This action continued an houre, with the loss of two men on our part, who, after they were mortally wounded, still fired upon the enemy, till all retreating.  What number of the enemy were slain it is not easy to guesse.  Besides the execuc’on done in their trenches, Capt.  Farmours and Capt.  Rattcliffes reserves, w^th the best marksmen, played upon them from the walls with much slaughter, as they quitt theire holds.  Our men brought in many armes, three drums, and but five prisoners, preserved by Capt.  Chisnall to show that he had mercy as well as valour.  One of theese was an assistant to their engineere, Browne, who discovered to us the nature of their trench, in which they had laboured two monthes to draw away our water.  Theire first designe was to drayne and open our springs, not considering theire rise from a higher ground south-east from the house, w^ch must needs supply our deepe well, where-ever they suncke their fall:  this invenc’on faileing, they bringe up an open trench in a worme work, the earth being indented or sawed for the securitie of their myners, and the ditch two yards wide and three deepe for the fall of the water.

“But now neither ditches nor aught els troubled our souldiers, theire grand terror, the morter-peece, which had frighted ’em from theire meate and sleepe, like a dead lyon, quyetely lying among ’em; everye one had his eye and his foote upon him, shouteing and rejoiceing as merrily as they used to doe w^th theire ale and bagpypes.  Indeed ev’y one had this apprehenc’on of the service, that the maine worke was done, and what was yet behind but a meere pastime.

“Her la^pp though not often overcarryed w^th any light expressions of joy, yet religiously sensible of soe great a blessing, and desirous, according to her pious disposition, to returne acknowledgements to the righte authour, God alone, presently commands her chaplaynes to a publike thanksgiving.

“The enemy, thus terrifyed with this defeate, durst not venture theire workes agayne till midnight; towards morneing removeing some of theire cannon, and the next night stealeing away all the rest, save one peece for a memorand.  This one escapyt nayleing, which the colonells durst not venture on its owne mount, but planted att a distance, for feare of the madmen in the garrison.

“One thing may not heere bee omitted:  that day that our men gave Rigby that shameful defeate, had hee destined for the p’secuteing of his utmost cruelty.  Hee had invited, as it is now gen’ally confest, all his friends, the holy abettors of this mischiefe, to come see the house yeelded or burnt, hee haveing purposed to use his morter gunne w^th fireballs or granadoes all afternoone; but her la^pp before two o’clocke (his own tyme) gave him a very skurvy satisfying answ^r, soe that his friends came opportunely to comfort him, who was sicke of shame and dishonour, to be routed by a lady and a handfull of men.”