not leave the room, till he had, by ſolemn prayer, acknowledged his deliverance. During this ſiege, the townſmen made ſtout defence, till once one of the king's gunners planted a great gun, ſo conveniently upon a riſing ground, that therewith he could command the whole wall, upon which the townſmen made their greateſt defence. Upon this they were forced to ſorfake the ⟨wall⟩ in great terror, and though they had ſeveral guns planted upon the wall, no man durſt undertake to mannage them. This being told Mr. Welch with great affrightment, he notwithſtanding encouraged them ſtill to hold out, and running to the wall himſelf, found the cannonier, who was a Burgundian, near the wall, him he entreated to mount the wall, promiſing to aſſiſt him, in perſon, ſo to the wall they got. The cannonier told Mr. Welch, that either they behoved to diſmount the gun upon the riſing ground, or elſe they were ſurely loſt; Mr. Welch deſired him to aim well, and he ſhould ſerve him and God would help him; ſo the gunner fell a ſcouting his piece, and Mr. Welch runs to the powder to fetch him a charge; but as ſoon as he was returning, the king's gunner fired his piece, which carried both the powder and ladle out of Mr. Welch's hands, which yet did not diſcourage him, for having left the ladle, he filled his hat with powder, wherewith the gunner loaded his piece, and diſmounted the king's gun at the firſt ſhot ſo the citizens returned to their poſt of defence.
This diſcouraged the king ſo, that he ſent to the citizens to offer them fair conditions, which were, That they ſhould enjoy the liberty of their religion, their civil privileges, and their walls ſhould not be demoliſhed (illegible text) only the king deſired for his honour that he might enter the city with his ſervants in a friendly manner. This the city thought fit to grant, and the king with a few more entered the city in a ſhort time. But while the king was in the city, Mr. Welch preached as was his ordinary, which much offended the French court; ſo on a day while he was at ſermon, the king ſent the duke de Eſperon to fetch him out of the pulpet into his preſence. The duke with his guard, and as ſoon as he entered the church
