My lord, I think Major-general Morgan would offer nothing to your lordship but what he thinks feasible, and he knows he has good fighting men.' Upon this, Marshal Turenne asked Majorgeneral Morgan, How many English he would venture?' The Major-general said, 'That he would venture six-hundred common men, besides officers, and fifty pioneers.' Marshal Turenne said, 'That six-hundred of Monsieur la Ferte's army, and fifty pioneers, and six-hundred of his own army, and fifty pioneers more, would make better than two-thousand men :' Major-general Morgan replied, They were abundance to carry it, with God's assistance.' Then his Excellency said, he would acquaint the King and his Eminence, that Major-general Morgan had put him upon that desperate design; Major-general Morgan desired his pardon, for it was in his power to attempt it, or not to attempt it' But, in the close, Marshal Turenne said to the Major-general, That he must fall into Monsieur la Ferte's approaches, and that he should take the one half of Monsieur la Ferte's men, and that he would take the other half into his own approaches.' Major-general Morgan begged his pardon, and said, He desired to fall on with the English intire by themselves, without intermingling them.' Marshal Turenne replied, He must fall on, and cut off one of the approaches: The Major-general replied, That he would fall on in the plain between both approaches.' His Excellency said, That he would never be able to endure their firing, but that they would kill half his men, before he could come to the counterscarp;' the Major-general said, That he had an invention, that the enemy should not perceive him, till he had his hands upon the stockadoes.' Next, his Excellency said, 'For the signal, there shall be a captain of Monsieur la Ferte's, with twenty firelocks, shall leap upon the point, and cry, Sa sa vive le Roy de France; and, upon that noise, all were to fall on together.' But Major-general Morgan opposed that signal, saying, The enemy would thereby be alarmed, and then he should hardly endure their firing.' His Excellency replied then That he would give no signal at all, but the Major-general should give it,' and he would not be persuaded otherwise. Then the Major-general desired his Exellency, that he would give orders to them in the approaches, to keep themselves in readiness against sun-set, for, at the shutting of the night, he would fall on: He likewise desired his Excellency, That he would order a major out of his own approaches, and another out of Monsieur la Ferte's approaches, to stand by him; and, when he should be ready to fall on, he would dispatch the two Majors into each of the approaches, that they might be ready to leap out, when the Major-general passed between the two approaches, with the commanded English.' Just at sun-set, Marshal Turenne came himself, and told the Majorgeneral, He might fall on when he saw his own time.' The Major-general replied, He would fall on just at the setting of the night, and when the dusk of the evening came on.' The Majorgeneral made the English stand to their arms, and divided them into bodies; a captain at the head of the pioneers, and the Majorgeneral and a colonel, at the head of the two battalions. He ordered

the two battalions, and the pioneers, each man to take up a long fascine upon their musquets and pikes, and then they were three small groves of wood. Immediately the Major-general commanded the two majors to go to their approaches, and that they should leap out, so soon as they should see the Major-general march between their approaches. The Major-general did order the two battalions, when they came within threescore-of the stockadoes, to slip their fascines, and fall on. But so it happened, that the French never moved out of their approaches, till such time as Major-general Morgan had overpowered the enemy. When the pioneers came within sight of the stockadoes, they slipped the fascines down, and fell on; the Major-general and the other two battalions were close to them, and when the soldiers began to lay their hands on the stockadoes, they tore them down for the length of six score, and leaped pell-mell into the counterscarp amongst the enemy. Abundance of the enemy were drowned in the moat, and many taken prisoners, with two German princes, and the counterscarp cleared. The French were in their approaches all this time. Then the English fell on upon the half-moons, and immediately the red-coats were on the top of them, throwing the enemy into the moat, and turning the cannon upon the town; thus the two halfmoons were speedily taken. After the manning of the half-moons, he did rally all the English, with intention to lodge them upon the counterscarp, that he might be free of the enemy's shot the next morning; and they left the other half-moon for Marshal Turenne's party, which was even before their approaches.

Then the French fell on upon the other half-moon, but were beaten off. The Major-general considered, that that half-moon would gall him in the day-time, and therefore did speak to the officers and soldiers, that it was best to give them a little help; the red-coats cried, Shall we fall on in order, or happy-go-lucky?' The Major-general said, 'In the name of God, at it happy-go-lucky;" and immediately the red-coats fell on, and were on the top of it, knocking the enemy down, and casting them into the moat. When this work was done, the Major-general lodged the English on the counterscarp; they were no sooner lodged, but Marshal Turenne scrambled over the ditches, to find out the Major-general; and, when he met with him, he was much troubled the French did no better, for indeed they did just nothing. Then his Excellency asked the Major-general, to go to his approaches to refresh himself; but the Major-general begged his pardon, and said, He would not stir from his post, till he heard a drum beat a parley, and saw a white flag over the walls.' Upon that, Marshal Turenne laughed and smiled, and said, They would not be at that pass in six days, and then went to his approaches, and sent the Majorgeneral three or four dozen bottles of rare wine, with several dishes of cold meats and sweet-meats. Within two hours after sun-rising, a drum beat a parley, and a white flag was seen over the walls. The Major-general ordered a lieutenant with a file of musquetiers, to go and receive the drummer, and to blindfold him, and carry kim straight to Marshal Turenne in his approaches. Marshal

Turenne came immediately with the drummer's message to the Major-general, and was much troubled he would not receive the message before it came to him. The Major-general replied, That that was very improper, his Excellency being upon the place.' The message was to this effect, That, whereas his Excellency had offered them honourable terms in his summons, they were now willing to accept of them, provided they might have their charter, and the privileges of the city preserved: That they had appointed four of their commissioners, to treat farther with four commissioners from his Excellency.' Marshal Tureune was pleased to ask the Major-general, whether he would be one of the commissioners; but the Major-general begged his pardon, and desired that he might abide at his post, till such time as the city was surrendered up. Immediately then his Excellency sent for Count Schomberg, and three other commissioners, and gave them instructions how to treat with the four commissioners from the enemy. Just as Marshal Turenne was giving the commissioners instructions, Majorgeneral Morgan said, That the enemy were hungry, so that they would eat any meat they could have; whereupon his Excellency smiled, and shortened their instructions, and sent them away. Within half an hour, the commissioners had concluded, That they should have the city charter preserved, and that they were to receive a French garison in, and the Prince de Ligny was to march out with all his forces next morning, at nine of the clock, with one piece of cannon, colours flying, bullet in mouth, and a match lighted at both ends, and to have a convoy to conduct him into his own territories. Marshal Turenne was, in the morning betimes, with several noblemen and officers of the army, and Major-general Morgan attending near the gate for the Prince de Ligny's coming out. The Prince having notice that Marshal Turenne was there, came out of his coach. Marshal Turenne, being alighted off from his horse, and the Major-general Morgan, at both their meeting there was a great acclamation, and embracing one another. After a little time, Marshal Turenne told the Prince, He very much admired, that he would expose his person to a garison before a conquering army: The Prince de Ligny replied,That, if Marshal Turenne had left his English in England, be durst have exposed his person into the weakest garison the King of Spain had in Flanders ;' and so they parted, and his Excellency marched into the town with a French garison, and the Major-general with him. So soon as the garison was settled, Marshal Turenne writ his letters to the French King, and his Eminence the Cardinal, how that the city of Ypres was reduced to the obedience of his Majesty, and that he was possessed of it; and that Major-general Morgan was instrumental in that service, and that the English did wonders; and sent the intendant of the army with his letters to the king and cardinal. Monsieur Tallon, the intendant, returned back from the King and Cardinal to the army within eight days, and brought a compliment to Major-general Morgan, that the King and his Eminence the Cardinal did expect to see him at Paris, when he came to his winter

quarters, where there would be a cupboard of plate to attend him. Major-general Morgan, instead of going for his cupboard of plate, went for England, and his Majesty of France had never the kindness to send him his cupboard of plate: so that this is the reward that Major-general Morgan hath had from the French King for all his services in France and Flanders.

Killed at the battle of Dunkirk, Lieutenant-colonel Fenwick, two captains, one lieutenant, two ensigns, two serjeants, thirty-two soldiers; and about twenty wounded.

Killed at the storming of Ypres,

One captain, one serjeant, eight private soldiers, about twentyfive officers of thirty-five; and about six soldiers slightly wounded, after they were lodged upon the counterscarp; Sir Thomas Morgan himself slightly hurt, by a shot in the calf of his leg.

For Cowper, &c. tried at Hertford, see Vol. II. p. 250 (where, by an accidental Error of a Figure, it is misplaced.)

AN ACCOUNT OF ST. SEBASTIANS,

IN RELATION TO ITS SITUATION, FORTIFICATIONS, GOVERNMENT, CUSTOMS, AND TRADE.

BY ONE LATELY COME FROM THENCE.

[From twenty-two Pages in Quarto, printed at London, 1700.]

T. Sebastians, in the province of Guiposcoa, in the kingdom of Castile, is a free town, in manner of a republick; subject to the crown of Castile, on conditions approved on by the kings of Spain. And in all their writings they stile it,

The Most Noble and Most Loyal City of St. Sebastians.

The kings of Spain have given them this title for the services they did the crown, in their wars against the French and kings of Navarre.

The province of Guiposcoa enjoys great privileges, and does not obey the king's orders, when that, which is required of them, is contrary to the privileges and liberties of the province, which is governed thus:

Every year there is a convocation or assembly, whither every town does send their deputies to concert affairs relating to their

county or province. Their meeting is in four different places by turns, and they are called,

St. Sebastians, Tolosa, Aspeitia, and Ascoitia.

The head, or chief of such as are chosen for the governing this province, is a judge, called Corrigidor, who is as Lord Lieutenant of a county, or intendant of a province. It is to him the king sends his orders to be executed in the county. Besides this Corrigidor, there is chosen, for the governing the said province, a deputation, so called by the Spaniards, consisting of several representatives of the several places in the said province, who have power of refusing the king's orders served to them by the Corrigidor, if any such orders, or commission, presented them, are against the rights of the deputation, or places whom they represent; but if the king's commission, or orders to the Corrigidor, do not contradict the rights of the deputation, they let him put them in execution to the full. For example,

When the king asks of the said province to supply him with a certain number of men, either landmen or seamen, the Corrigidor serves the king's orders to the province, and acquaints the deputation; they tell him they are a free people, and that they cannot oblige any inhabitant to leave his family to serve the king; but, when they find that the demand is not against their liberties and rights, they are so civil to give the king leave to order a drum to be beat, and they will not oppose it; otherwise they do as in the case of the Corrigidor, Duke Corsano, a few years ago, who requiring of this province of Guiposcoa, and in particular of the city of St. Sebastians, some things contrary to their privileges (which I shall not mention) they presented their Leij secundo, or charter, in one hand, and a sword in the other, with orders to him in four hours to leave the province; the Duke was fain to scowr for it.

The government of the city of St. Sebastians, whose magistrates are chosen once a year, about a week before Christmas, is thus:

There are about an hundred electors, who must be qualified as you will hear hereafter, for no body can be of the government of St. Sebastians, nor of the province, nor indeed of the least village, till he has proved his higuidalquir, viz. that he is noble,

Their magistrates are chosen thus:

There is a great silver bowl, into which are put, confusedly, all the electors names; the first eight, which a boy (like one of our blue-coat boys) takes out, are those who are to be Alcaijde, Subalcaijde, and Syndect, i. e. magistrates and jurates for the following year.

These eight name, every one of them, one to be Alcaijde and Subalcaijde; the first two of these eight, the boy takes out, are Alcaijde and Subalcaijde; the first Alcaijde, the second Subal

i. e. Judge or Sheriff.