I hope, mine of September the 20th. came safe to your hand, and what was contained was very acceptable. I have now greater news to impart of the happy Progress of the Christi­an Armies, of the taking of Gran, but before I be­gin, I think it convenient, to give you a short Description of this Famous Town Gran, anti­ently called Arigimum, is very strongly seated upon the Danub, and defended with Extraordi­nary Walls, and deep Ditches, having a most impregnable Castle, upon a little Hill called St. Thomas's, a prety way out of the Town, so they that beseige Gran, are forced to take this strong Castle, or else they will be continually plagued by the Enemies Cannon upon their Backs. Our Army having defeated the Turks at Barkan, & so having made the way open, resolved upon the Seige of this Town, which has been in the hands of the Turks, ever since the time of Ach­met the 8th. and upon the 14th. of the last they called a General Council of War, where it was resolved first to fall upon St. Thomas Fore, which we next day, began with great bravery, the Turks making several furious Salleys, and perpetually playing upon us, but we beat them back with great slaughter, our Cannons answer­ing them in the same Language, which was con­veniently planted on another hill, elevated much [Page 2] by Art. This hot service continued several days, but at last our Cannon making a great breach &, many of the Turks being killed, and seeing no hope of relief, they came to a parley, and the day after it was surrendred, they having Good Military Honourable Conditions, and as soon as the Poles saw the Castle was surrendred, several of them went to the King, & the Duke of Lor­rain, to beg the most difficult places in the attaque of the Town; which honourable request, the KING with tears of joy Granted them; then we surrendred the Town, making the greatest effect upon the lower Town, and after ma­ny furious assaults, at last carry'd it; when they of the higher town, saw that the Castle was taken, and that the lower town was lost and that all hopes of succour was gone, their Garrison being reduced to a small number, they hung out the vvhite Flag, and submitted to such Conditions as pleased our Commanders, which however were honourable enough. Thus vvith no great loss of the Christian side, but of many hundreds of the Turks, is this great tovvn (once the Bull-work of Christiandom) now again in the hands of the Chri­stians, and our Army, is now upon the march, to beseige Buda, the Metropolis of all Hungary, of which I hope we shall give account e're long, in the interim.