THis day wee have gotten more Intelligence of ye­sterdays business, and finde it to be a greater Victory then a­fore we conceived it, for we un­derstand from good hands within the Town, that as they had Offi­cers of quality slain in the field, so they have had some dead since they were brought into the town, and that divers of their officers re­ceived very dangerous wounds.

They much lament that their [Page 4] success was no better, in regard they drew out all the considerable Foot they had in the town, leaving not Six hundred upon the Line, and had thought by this upon our fresh soldiers, to have fleshed their men for further service.

This day the Enemy drew out on this side of the town, as if they would have interrupted our men in the new work they are making near the Lord Lucas his house, but they did not attempt it, neither vvould our Canon give them leave to stay long vvithout the walls.

It is certified from all hands within that town, that their hearts [Page 5] are very much down, and that the conditions offered would now be acceptable, that the Lord Goring and Lord Capel carry things high and peremptorily, but Sir Charls Lucas more moderate, the towns­men are infinitely weary of their company. Butter is not to be had under Five shillings a pound, and Cheese almost at so dear a rate, and the Soldiers do seize upon the Meal at the Mills, and Bread at the Bakers, which doth reduce the Townsmen to extreme misery for want of Bread: we are resol­ved to undergo hard duty, but we will ruine the Horse if they indea­vor to escape: Captain Moody [Page 6] who was taken prisoner is sore wounded, but is this day exchan­ged, the Enemy had forty two pri­soners of ours, and we ninety six of theirs, a Trumpeter is gone about the exchanging of them: Lieute­nant Colonel Shambrook is dead of the shot he received by the poi­soned Bullet, and many of the pri­soners we took yesterday are like­wise dead of those wounds and cuts they received, meerly for their using of poysoned Bullets, who otherwise had received fair quarter.