"We had not powder to fight two hours.

There was a breach of almost four hundred paces, another of three score, another of fifty, saltable for horse and men.

We had lain continually eighteen nights all on the breaches.

He gave us honourable composition.

Had the state of England lain on it, our lives could not defend the place, three hours, for half the rampires were his, neither had we any pioneers but ourselves.