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cess; He was in his Death, as in hisLife, undismayed. (*) That Night,some of our Men made a 1mall Skir-mish, with those of the Enemy’sTrenches, to the End, that, thosewhich were appointed for the Firing ofthe Bark, might, with greater Securi-ty, go on ; But all was in vain.
On the seventeenth, Mr. AJhburn-ham returned from Paris , not sufferedto speak with the King, but used withas much Respect as befitted his Yearsand Person ; Presently after his Return,he was sent for England: About threeDays after, St. Serin came to St. Mar-tin's. At first my Lord Duke deniedto speak with him, and sent him aboardCaptain Porter's Ship, a Prisoner; Buthe continued not long there, but wassent for to St. Martin's ; where myLordDuke used him with great Respect.
On the twentieth, about Break ofDay, was discovered a Fleet of Boats,coming to the Citadel: And the Alarmbeing given, they made back again, butour Ships chasing them, took five, ladenwith Victuals and Munition, (v)
The four and twentieth, Sir HenryPalmer arrived at St. Martin's , withthirteen Sail of Ships, laden with Vic-tuals, and Munition, for our Army. (w)
On the six and twentieth, there camea Parly from the Fort; But my LordDuke would admit of none, in Regardof the ill Usage his Cousin Ajhburnhamreceived at Paris, and sent them an
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absolute Answer, that ho would holdno Parly with them, unless it weretouching the Delivery of the Fort.
Presently after the Return of this Mes-sage, came the Lieutenant-Governour .
of the Fort, Baron Monthault, with aTrumpet, to treat of Articles of yield- _ing, and withal told my Lord Duke, if frejhfip™they received no Succours from th z plies.Main, that Night, the Morrow follow-ing they would render it up ; whichthey were in a Manner forced to do,by the Mutiny of the Soldiers; But ourHopes were all defeated by the Comingof fifteen or sixteen Boats from theMain, which brought them, at the least,two Months Provision of Victuals andMunition ; which they stood in greatNeed of. For a Fortnight’s Time be-fore, we had not a great Shot from theFort, and our Soldiers marched to theGuards, in open View of the Fort,
(the Trenches being full of Water)without receiving any Hurt from theirsmall Shot, for Want of Powder. And,now, to add to our Miseries, our Sol-diers began to sicken apace, havingneither good Lodging, but in theTrenches j Nor Meat, but what stunk;
Nor Drink, but Water ; all the Provi-sion of Wine, in the Island being spent. Deceitful-Tet the Rochelers would not be sensible X tfjeof our Wants ; But for that small Provi- ° C 6 erS ’fon they sent, they sold it at a triple Va-lue of the Worth, (x)
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" Duke to give safe Conduct for a Messenger he“ was sending to the French King, on Condition,“ that an English Gentleman should accompany“ him, and be suffered to pass thro' France into“ England ; But on their Arrival in the French“ Camp, the English Gentleman, contrary to“ Faith given, was detained in Custody, while“ the Frenchman effectually performed his Er-“ rand, and returned to St- Martin’s, upon“ whose Arrival, Monsieur Thoiras put an End" to the Sham-Treaty.
(*) The Body of this worthy Gentleman wasbrought over, and honourably interred in West-minster-Abley, near that of his Father, who losthis Life in a Sea-fight against the Spaniards, An.JSP 4 . in the thirty-second Year of his Age.
[v) In the Morning, about fourteen Sail ofthe Enemy’s Boats attempted to relieve the Cita-tadel ; Our Boats pursued them, and took sevenof them, laden with Provisions and Ammunition.They put most of their Men to the Sword. Thefame Day we burnt two of their Boats on theMain Land.
This Day, likewise, there came a Trumpetfrom the Enemy, with a Letter to my Lord-*Lke ; But he would not receive it; And letthem know he would admit of no more Parlies,u nlefs they came to surrender the Fort.
(w) The five and twentieth, there came aParly from the Citadel, with a Letter to myLord Duke, which was received, and an Answerimmediately returned.
(x) There came another Parly from theFort, requesting Leave of an Officer to speakwith my Lord Duke, about surrendering it. Hewas admitted, and the Answer to his Messagewas, they should fend in their Articles the nextDay.
The seven and twentieth, Monsieur Thoirassent to my Lord Duke, to excuse their not send-ing the Articles, and promising to fend them thenext Day.
The next Morning, a little before Day, a-bout twenty Boats from the main Land got intothe Citadel, without any Resistance from ourBoats, by a Stratagem. They sent a Boat, onPurpose to give a false Alarm, and whilst ourBoats pursued her, the Rest set Sail, and got themost of them in, without any Hinderance. Onlythe Elizabeth of Ipswich took the Enemy’s Ad-miral, which hung in the Hawser of that Ship.She had in her the Governour of Olercn, withabout forty others. The Governour advised myLord Duke, that there were forty Sail of theEnemy’s Boats, and that they were laden withfour Months Provisions, besides great Store of
Ammunition,