themselves one the north sid of the castell within peternell shott of the castell, where thaye planted thee fore said peece, soe that now wee were soe compast in that wee were not abell to step forth of dore nor recovar any watar. The next morning thaie made triell of there lethern gun at us, but shee only gaue a great report, having 3li of powthar in har, but lett fly backwarde the bullet remaining within. Thaie lickwaies lett fly divars musket shot at all oure spick holles, but God be praised did noe hurt. Now upon this wee tuck great care in ordring strong and carefull wach, every one knowing his one plase, and sufar very leettell releefe to goe to the men in the hadgard, but would comonly lett halfe a dusen musket shott flie togethar at whome soe evar wee spied goeing with releefe, by which menes fowe scaped to them but were faine to ly by it. Wee continewed exchanging shots very hott tell the Sondaye morning, and had the kiling of divars, and lost not one within the castell. Now the enemies seeing that wee aimed not soe much at boyes-as men, thaie apointed two boyes to com with meat to the sow, the pigges within being in want; which boyes being discovard, one was kild and the othar wounded. Al this while the men in the haggard had bin disapoynted of there vittell in regarde of oure good wach, which cased them to rub out the eares of corne and feede upon it. But there felowes abrode considaring there great want, apoynted three men to ventar to them with a paire of quarnes and a sive, that thaye might make bread of the corne and releve them selves there with; but these 3 men could not eskape to them, but lost there lives by the waie, and there laie, soe that thaye were prevented of that plot. Now heere upon there comandars sent for a cott to releve them by watar; but the men being hungarly sett thaie ventard the Satardaye night to askape awaie, but divars of them lost there lives by it, and part remained in the haggard; whereupon there comandars comanded six to ventar in with provition, not knowing that soe many of them escaped and February taken. were slaine, for them that scaped being awery of the sarves went cleere awaie, and 4 of the 6 were by us slaine. Now the men that were within the sow being got neere the castell, began to raile and threeten that by Mondaye night thaie would draw us out of the castell by the neckes, to whome anshwer was returnd that wee would mak them wish thaye had kept furthar of; upon that one of them in a preshumtious waie stept out, but one of the castell being provided for any of them, lett fly and kild hem. This night Terlough O'Brien and Abram Baker came into the fort, the night being dark, and the said Brien cased Baker and anothar to goe with hem and make a hovell of bordes against the bane gate, and to boare holes through the gate, where by thaye might shutt at any that came out of the castell into the bane; but of that wee had prevented them, having foremarly ramed the doear within up with earth, where upon the said Terlough returned that night up to there camp. Watar was now groen extreame and skears amung all that were with in the castell, soe that thaye were faine to boyle there salte mette two or three times in one watar, and saved all the raine watar with sheets and vessells that poseble thaie could, but all was to leetell to quenc the thurst of all that were within, soe that many that had not beere were lick to peresh, and would have given six penc a quart for watar to any that would ventar for it, but being compast in the maner as thaye were none would ventar. One the Sondaie morning my brothars and the rest of the men 27th, sowes resolued to ventar forth for wattar, which most desparatly thaye perforemed, furst ventaring upon the men that were gon into the haggard, leving men suffishent within the castell to kepe the enemy of from releving the sow or haggard, which company in the haggard lost there lives, only one that shwam over the lough. Having had good succes heere, thaie then fell upon the sowes, re |