walls and shewed to the Moscovites, and at each bullwork
two great Guns were discharged, the Drums and Trumpets
and Kettle Drums being beaten most vehemently. His Armie
lying encamped beyond the River Dana, seeing this, made
a hiedous shout, supposing their fellow Souldiers had conquered
the City, and they making haste to have a share in
that booty, came in all haste over, but their great Prince
was much displeased with their hasty coming over. The
following night, he forsook his Saint George, where his men
were roured, and the fifth day of this month having set all
on fire round about, he quit[unr]ed the siege, leaving behind 17
iron pieces of Ordnance, and 16 of Lubish Gunpowder barre[unr]s
which he buried under ground. By this wee conjecture,
that the City hath put him into some fright, and never any
Enemie shal hereafter find such an advantage against this City
as this Moscovite found for this present time, because all the
outworks which were very strong, and cost many years labour
in the fortifying of them, were delivered to him, without any
oposition made against him, together with the pieces of Ordnance
and Ammunition; and all the inhabitants did runaway,
and leave all behind them. Yea the garden also, thorow
which he could come to the very moat of this City, as
also the Churches, Houses, and our own bat eries and bull
works, were delivered unto him; however by the providence
of the highest it was ordered so that hee was not prudent enough
to make any use of all those advantage. Wee wonder
at nothing more, but at his storming ladders which he left
behind him, after his retreate: for in case hee should have
made use of them, they would have fallen very short; and
wee are certainly informd, that above 10000 of the Mosco.
vites were destroyed during this siege. Yesterday, there came
a Greek who was the keeper of the Wardrobe of the great
Prince, over to us relating that he was not able to pass along
the River with his charge hee had about him, by reason of
the shallowness of the water, and saith further, that his
Master is mightily terrified by some news brought unto him,
how that the Field Marshall Lowen Haupt doth great mischief