Exceeding good newes from the Earle of Essex and the noble commander, Sergeant Major Skippon;: VVherein is declared how the said Sergeant-major Skippon, with 4000. horse and foote, met with Prince Robert [sic], with 5000. cavaliers, neere the city of Gloucester, on the twelfe of this instant December. Where they fought for the space of seven houres, and slew 800. of the cavaliers,, [sic] with the losse of 60. men, putting the rest to flight, and tooke foure pieces of ordnance, with store of other ammunition. Also Sergeant-major Skippons resolution concerning Prince Robert [sic].

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Exceeding good newes from the Earle of Essex and the noble commander, Sergeant Major Skippon;: VVherein is declared how the said Sergeant-major Skippon, with 4000. horse and foote, met with Prince Robert [sic], with 5000. cavaliers, neere the city of Gloucester, on the twelfe of this instant December. Where they fought for the space of seven houres, and slew 800. of the cavaliers,, [sic] with the losse of 60. men, putting the rest to flight, and tooke foure pieces of ordnance, with store of other ammunition. Also Sergeant-major Skippons resolution concerning Prince Robert [sic].
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[N.p.] :: December 16. printed for Joseph Hutton,
1642.
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Rupert, -- Prince, Count Palatine, -- 1619-1682
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"Exceeding good newes from the Earle of Essex and the noble commander, Sergeant Major Skippon;: VVherein is declared how the said Sergeant-major Skippon, with 4000. horse and foote, met with Prince Robert [sic], with 5000. cavaliers, neere the city of Gloucester, on the twelfe of this instant December. Where they fought for the space of seven houres, and slew 800. of the cavaliers,, [sic] with the losse of 60. men, putting the rest to flight, and tooke foure pieces of ordnance, with store of other ammunition. Also Sergeant-major Skippons resolution concerning Prince Robert [sic]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A84234.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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