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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Great Britain -- History
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 May 17, 2024.

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EXCEEDING Good Newes from the Earle of ESSEX And that noble Commander, Sergeant Major SKIPPON;

VVherein is declared how the said Sergeant-major Skippon, with 4000. Horse and Foote, met with Prince Robert, 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,, with the losse of 60. men, putting the rest to flight, and tooke foure Pieces of Ordnanc, with store of other Ammunition.

Also Sergeant-major Skippons resolution concerning Prince ROBERT.

December 16. printed for Joseph Hutton, 1642.

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