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Vpon Saturday being the 6. of this moueth, 1643. Iames Earle of Northampton, the true heire of his fathers loyalty and valour, encountered with a Body of the
A Briefe relation of the most remarkeable feats and passages of what His Most Gracious Majesties commanders hath done in England against the rebells and of his severall glorious victories over them sithence [sic] Ianuary 1641. till December 1643. and from the first of May 1644. till the fifth of this present Iuly / collected out of severall papers printed at Oxford, 1644. and divers letters printed from His Majesties campe to Chester, Bristoll, &c.
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- A Briefe relation of the most remarkeable feats and passages of what His Most Gracious Majesties commanders hath done in England against the rebells and of his severall glorious victories over them sithence [sic] Ianuary 1641. till December 1643. and from the first of May 1644. till the fifth of this present Iuly / collected out of severall papers printed at Oxford, 1644. and divers letters printed from His Majesties campe to Chester, Bristoll, &c.
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"A Briefe relation of the most remarkeable feats and passages of what His Most Gracious Majesties commanders hath done in England against the rebells and of his severall glorious victories over them sithence [sic] Ianuary 1641. till December 1643. and from the first of May 1644. till the fifth of this present Iuly / collected out of severall papers printed at Oxford, 1644. and divers letters printed from His Majesties campe to Chester, Bristoll, &c." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A29474.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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Rebels in Middleton-Cheney, Towne field neere Banbury (consisting of 〈…〉〈…〉 hundred foot, and five Troops of Horse) where he wholly routed their Foot•• 〈…〉〈…〉 two hundred and seventeen upon the plaine, tooke above three hundred prisoners, all their Ordnance, and Ammunition, 416 Musquets, 150. piques, and above 500. swords, pursued the fugitive horse, and killed, and tooke many of them: the rest made what hast they could to Northampton. In this fight his Lordship lost but three men, and those not of any note: Nor had above one Officer so much as hurt.
Vpon the 16. of this moneth, 1643. the Lord Hopton assaulted the great rebelli∣ous Body then intrenched neere Straton, on the borders of Devonshire, fought with them full ten houres; and having spent his ammunition, insomuch that he had not Powder left to serve one houre longer, fell upon the Rebels with Swords, Piques, and Musquet-stocks: And? with unexpressible valour) wholly routed the Rebels Army, killed many hundreds of them in the place, wounded many more; tooke 1700. prisoners, whereof above thirty Commanders, all their canon, being eleven pieces of brasse Ordnance, and foure of iron; two morter pieces; 75. barrels of pow∣der, with shot and match proportionable; betwixt two & three thousand armes: and three thousand pound in money; there being not above 46. of the Kings Forces killed & hurt, & amongst those not any one Commander or Gentleman of quality.
Vpon the 20. of this moneth, 1642., it was voted by both Houses, That the King intended to levy warre against the Parliament: which they did on purpose to excuse them∣selves, for raising a Rebellion against His Majesty, as appeared within few dayes after.