The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Begun in the Year 1641. With the Precedent Passages, and Actions, 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 1660Printed at the Theater, 1717 - Great Britain |
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Page 143
... Strafford bearing a part in them ; to whom the first was very averfe , and the latter irrecon- cileable . DISPATCHES were fent into Ireland to quicken the Preparations there , which the Earl had left in a great for- wardness , under the ...
... Strafford bearing a part in them ; to whom the first was very averfe , and the latter irrecon- cileable . DISPATCHES were fent into Ireland to quicken the Preparations there , which the Earl had left in a great for- wardness , under the ...
Page 144
... Strafford for that Command , and to leave the Forces in Ireland , which were raised to make a diverfion in Scotland , to be govern'd by the Earl of Ormond . The Earl of Strafford , was fcarce recover'd from a great fick- ness , yet was ...
... Strafford for that Command , and to leave the Forces in Ireland , which were raised to make a diverfion in Scotland , to be govern'd by the Earl of Ormond . The Earl of Strafford , was fcarce recover'd from a great fick- ness , yet was ...
Page 145
... Strafford found the Army about Durham , bringing with him a body much broken with his late fickness , which was not clearly fhaken off , and a mind and temper confeffing the dregs of it , which being mar- vellously provok'd and inflam'd ...
... Strafford found the Army about Durham , bringing with him a body much broken with his late fickness , which was not clearly fhaken off , and a mind and temper confeffing the dregs of it , which being mar- vellously provok'd and inflam'd ...
Page 146
... Strafford , upon his firft arrival at the Army , call'd no perfons to a Council of War for that fhameful business of Newburn , or the more shameful quitting of New - Caftle ( where were not ten barrels of Mufquet - Bullets , nor Moulds ...
... Strafford , upon his firft arrival at the Army , call'd no perfons to a Council of War for that fhameful business of Newburn , or the more shameful quitting of New - Caftle ( where were not ten barrels of Mufquet - Bullets , nor Moulds ...
Page 149
... Strafford , and the Lord Cottington ; fome others being of State : joyn'd to them , as the Earl of Northumberland for ornament , the Lord Bishop of London for his place , being Lord high Treasurer of England , the two Secretaries , Sr ...
... Strafford , and the Lord Cottington ; fome others being of State : joyn'd to them , as the Earl of Northumberland for ornament , the Lord Bishop of London for his place , being Lord high Treasurer of England , the two Secretaries , Sr ...
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