Cannon (from the Towne) upon the Admirall, which was twice shot, and the Viceadmirall once; they riding both close by the Towne, and shot being made from those ships, they dismounted the Spaniards Peece within, and hurt their chiefe Gunner, so as it played no more.

Betimes in the morning those three Peeces from the poynt of the Hill, neere the water played upon the Towne, doing great hurt, by reason they were so neere planted, but because the day fell out extreame windy and rainy, they were enforced to leaue, and spent the rest of the day in drawing downe some other Peeces, that were planted upon the first plat

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The Towne of Kinsale summoned, and Don Iuan his Answer. Spaniards beaten out of their trenches. The Marshall went to view the Towne, to discover a fit place to batter. A skirmish entertayned for the viewing of the breach. An intrenchment made on the West side of the Towne A bold attempt of a Sergeant of ours, wherein he was slaine. A Souldier slaine standing betweene the Lord Deputy and Lord President. The great sully made by the Enemy with a furious charge, both upon the plat-forme where the battery was placed, and upon a new entrenchment on the West side of the towne; the Enemy repulsed and beaten. The Enemy gained our entrenchment on the West side of the towne. The entrenchment recovered from the Enemy. The losse on the Enemies part, and on our part.

IN the morning a Trumpeter was sent to summon Kinsale, who was not suffered to enter into the

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Towne, but receiving his answer at the Gate, viz. that they held the Towne first for Christ, and next for the King of Spaine, & so would defend it, Contra tutti inimici: upon his returne with this answer, the Lord Deputie gaue direction to beginne the battery with all the Artillery, who continued in shooting the Gate till towards night, and brake a great part threof, during the time the Ordnance played; Sir Christopher Saint-Lawrence drew out from the other Campe some Foote, and gaue upon the Spaniards trenches, which they possessed (with great numbers ;) at the other end of the Towne being enforced to goe thereunto, through the furie of the shot, which they could not endure in that part of the Towne, where the Ordnance played, at his first giving upon them, hee beate them out of the trenches following them to the very Gate of the Towne, and killed some of them returning, without losse on our side saue onely some hurt.

All the Artillery still played, and brake downe most part of the Gate, and some part of a new worke made before the Gate.

The Marshall taking some fiftie shot, went to the wall of the Towne to view, which was the best place to make a breach, and found the wall close to the Gate on the right hand to bee the fittest; after he had taken view, and made a slight skirmish with the Spaniards, hee returned without any losse, saving some three hurt, and caused the Artillery to beate

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that place, who played upon it (without any intermission) and brake downe before night, a very great part of the wall, which the Enemy attempted to make up in the night, but were beaten from it by our Guards, who played upon them most part of the night: A Spaniard ran away this day from Kinsale, who reported to the Lord Deputie, that our Artillery had killed divers Captaines in the Towne, besides private Souldiers.

Resolved in Councell (and by the Councell of warre) that some Foote should be drawen out of the Campe to giue the Spaniards a bravadoe, and to view whether the breach was assaultable, and to cause the Spaniards to shew themselues, that our Artillery might the better play upon them; whereupon two thousand Foote commanded by Sir Iohn Barkley and Captaine Blaynie were presently put in Armes, and drawen neere the wals of the Towne, who entertayned a very hot skirmish with the Spaniards, that had lodged themselues in a trench close to the breach without the Towne; during the continuance of this skirmish, our Artillery played upon those that shewed themselues, either on the breach or in the trench, and killed many of them, besides such as were killed and hurt by our small shot; after an houres fight (or thereabouts) when full view was taken, in what manner the breach was, and found not to bee assaultable, our men were drawen off with little or no hurt on our side, saving some three hurt, and Captaine Guests horse killed

under him, who before killed two or three with his owne hands: This night the Marshall, Sir Iohn Barkley, Captaine Blaynie, and Captaine Bodly (the Lord Deputie leaving the President in the Campe, being almost all night present) drew out fiue and twentie of every Company, and intrenched themselues on a Hill, on the West side of the Towne, within lesse then halfe Callivers shot of the same, and cast up a small fort, to lodge some Foote to serue as seconds for the Artillery (that was to be planted) not farre from it; our men being at worke, the Spaniards about midnight began to play upon them from the wals, and from a trench, they possessed close to the West gate, and so continued very hotly till the morning; our men (that guarded the Pioners) playing likewise upon them, and divers hurt and killed on either side.

Our men continued still in that worke, and brought the same before night to very good perfection, though the Spanyards (from their high Castles, and other places of the Towne) sought to annoy them what they could. While our men were thus at worke, a Sergeant of Captaine Blaynies drew out some seven or eight shott, and suddenly fell into a trench (that the Spaniards possessed) close to the towne, wherein were some nine or ten Spaniards, of which the Sergeant killed two with his owne hands, and the rest every man one; Not being contented therewith, he attempted to giue upon another Trench possessed by the Spanyards some good distance from it; but in

going on, the Sergeant was shott through the body, and his company in bringing him off had two hurt, and returned without any more losse.

The same day the Lord Deputie, and the Lord President came to see the new Worke, and as they were discoursing very neere together, a Musket shot from the Towne passed betweene them, and brake the backe bone of a Souldier that stood close by them, whereof hee dyed.

This night the Trenches where the Cannon was planted, being manned with the Lord Deputies Company, (commanded by Captaine Iames Blunt) Sir Thomas Burkes, commaunded by his Lieutenant, Sir Benjamin Berries, commanded by his Lieutenant, Captaine Rotheram himselfe, and Captaine Hobbie, Captaine Muses commanded by his Lieutenant, and Captaine Roger Harvie commanding in chiefe, being Captaine of the Watch: in a fort on the West neere the Towne betweene the two Campes, that was made the morning before, being manned by Captaine Flower, with Sir Arthur Savages Company, Sir John Dowdalls Company, Captaine Dillon, Captaine Spencer, Captaine Mastersons Lieutenant, and Sir William Warrens Lieutenant, with certaine Squadrons out of the Earle of Thomonds Quarter, who stood in guard without the Trenches The Enemie sallyed about eight of the clocke in the night (being extreame darke and raynie) with about two thousand men, and first gaue slightly towards the new Trenches upon the West side, and