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trenches in so much yt. they mad.gret trenches

and by the space of a month did come allmost into themydst of our towne, in so much that ther lay nightly wt. inour town . . . thousand turkes ; the trenches wer coveredwith thick tabulles and holes in them for theyr springardes

that we could not aproche them.and a monithe

after we saw, presisly that the toune was loste we wouldnever geve over in esperance of socours, and at suchetyme as we sawe yt. theyr come no socours nor no socoursreddy to come, and considering that the most of our men

were slain, we had no powther nor.

maner of munycone nor vitalles hut allonly brede and

water, we ever as men desperat.determynd

to dye apon them in the felde, rather than be put upon thestakes; for we doubted he wold give us our lyvesconsidering ther wer slain so many of his men ; hutin the ‘end of seson they came to parlement wt.vs and demandyd to lino of -vs whether we] would

make any partid.and said

that the gret turk was content if we wold geve himthe walles of the towne, he wold geve us our lyvesand our goodes; the commons of the towne hering

this gret profer, came.to the lord master

and said that considering that the walle and strengthof the towne ys taken and the municone spent andthe most of yor Knights and men slaine and allsoseing ther ys no socours redy to come, they deter-myned .... this partido that the gret turk gevethvs lyves of our wiffes and children. The lord master heringthe opinion of the hole comonalty resolved to take that