The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641: With the Precedent Passages, and Cctions, that Contributed Thereunto, and the Happy End, and Conclusion Thereof by the King's Blessed Restoration, and Return, Upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660, Volume 2, Part 1Printed at the Theater, 1717 - Great Britain |
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... Horse , which were under the Command of Prince Rupert at Leicester , and were not at that time in Number above eight hundred , few better arm'd than with Swords ; whilft the Enemy had , within lefs than twenty Miles of that place ...
... Horse , which were under the Command of Prince Rupert at Leicester , and were not at that time in Number above eight hundred , few better arm'd than with Swords ; whilft the Enemy had , within lefs than twenty Miles of that place ...
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... Horse , Foot , and Canon , at Northampton ; befides that Party which , in the end of the Fifth Book , we left at Coventry ; whereas His few Canon and Ammunition were still at York , being neither yet in an Equipage to march , though Sr ...
... Horse , Foot , and Canon , at Northampton ; befides that Party which , in the end of the Fifth Book , we left at Coventry ; whereas His few Canon and Ammunition were still at York , being neither yet in an Equipage to march , though Sr ...
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... Horse , raised by Mr John Digby , Son to the Earl of Bristol , and another by Sr. Francis Hawley ( both which were levied in thofe parts to attend the King in the North ) and a Troop of Horfe and a small Troop of Dragoons , raised and ...
... Horse , raised by Mr John Digby , Son to the Earl of Bristol , and another by Sr. Francis Hawley ( both which were levied in thofe parts to attend the King in the North ) and a Troop of Horfe and a small Troop of Dragoons , raised and ...
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... Horse , under the Command of Captain Pretty , with four pieces of Canon , in a very fplendid equi- page came to Wells , and from thence to Sherborne . The Mar- quis , by this time having encreafed his Foot to four hundred , with which ...
... Horse , under the Command of Captain Pretty , with four pieces of Canon , in a very fplendid equi- page came to Wells , and from thence to Sherborne . The Mar- quis , by this time having encreafed his Foot to four hundred , with which ...
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... Horse , to London ; where , after they had been expofed to the rude- nefs and reproach of the Common People , who called them Traytors and Rebels to the Parliament , and purfued them with fuch ufage as they use to the most infamous ...
... Horse , to London ; where , after they had been expofed to the rude- nefs and reproach of the Common People , who called them Traytors and Rebels to the Parliament , and purfued them with fuch ufage as they use to the most infamous ...
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