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 not leave the room, till he had, by olemn prayer, acknowledged his deliverance. During this iege, the townmen made tout defence, till once one of the king's gunners planted a great gun, o conveniently upon a riing ground, that therewith he could command the whole wall, upon which the townmen made their greatet defence. Upon this they were forced to orfake the in great terror, and though they had everal guns planted upon the wall, no man durt undertake to mannage them. This being told Mr. Welch with great affrightment, he notwithtanding encouraged them till to hold out, and running to the wall himelf, found the cannonier, who was a Burgundian, near the wall, him he entreated to mount the wall, promiing to ait him, in peron, o to the wall they got. The cannonier told Mr. Welch, that either they behoved to dimount the gun upon the riing ground, or ele they were urely lot; Mr. Welch deired him to aim well, and he hould erve him and God would help him; o the gunner fell a couting his piece, and Mr. Welch runs to the powder to fetch him a charge; but as oon 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 dicourage him, for having left the ladle, he filled his hat with powder, wherewith the gunner loaded his piece, and dimounted the king's gun at the firt hot o the citizens returned to their pot of defence.

This dicouraged the king o, that he ent to the citizens to offer them fair conditions, which were, That they hould enjoy the liberty of their religion, their civil privileges, and their walls hould not be demolihed only the king deired for his honour that he might enter the city with his ervants in a friendly manner. This the city thought fit to grant, and the king with a few more entered the city in a hort time. But while the king was in the city, Mr. Welch preached as was his ordinary, which much offended the French court; o on a day while he was at ermon, the king ent the duke de Eperon to fetch him out of the pulpet into his preence. The duke with his guard, and as oon as he entered the church