A full relation of the great victory obtained by the Parliaments forces under the command of Lievt. Gen. Cromwel against the whole army of the Scots, under the conduct of Duke Hamilton. With the numbers slaine and taken prisoners. Sent in a letter under the Lievt. Generals owne hand: which was read in both Houses of Parliament upon Wednesday the 23 of Aug. 1648. With an order of Parliament for a thanksgiving for the same. Die Mercurii 23 August. 1648. Ordered by the lords assembled in Parliament, that Lievt Generall Cromwels letter be forthwith printed and published. Joh. Brown Cler. Parliament.

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Title: A full relation of the great victory obtained by the Parliaments forces under the command of Lievt. Gen. Cromwel against the whole army of the Scots, under the conduct of Duke Hamilton. With the numbers slaine and taken prisoners. Sent in a letter under the Lievt. Generals owne hand: which was read in both Houses of Parliament upon Wednesday the 23 of Aug. 1648. With an order of Parliament for a thanksgiving for the same. Die Mercurii 23 August. 1648. Ordered by the lords assembled in Parliament, that Lievt Generall Cromwels letter be forthwith printed and published. Joh. Brown Cler. Parliament.
Author: Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Publication: Imprinnted [sic] at London :: for Iohn Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley,; 1648.
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Subject terms: Preston, Battle of, 1648 -- Early works to 1800.; Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "A full relation of the great victory obtained by the Parliaments forces under the command of Lievt. Gen. Cromwel against the whole army of the Scots, under the conduct of Duke Hamilton. With the numbers slaine and taken prisoners. Sent in a letter under the Lievt. Generals owne hand: which was read in both Houses of Parliament upon Wednesday the 23 of Aug. 1648. With an order of Parliament for a thanksgiving for the same. Die Mercurii 23 August. 1648. Ordered by the lords assembled in Parliament, that Lievt Generall Cromwels letter be forthwith printed and published. Joh. Brown Cler. Parliament." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A84991.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.

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Die Mercurii 23 August. 1648.

ORdered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled, That Thursday come fortnight, the seventh of September next, be appointed a day of solemne Thanksgiving thorow the whole Kingdome, unto Al∣mighty God, for his wonderfull great mercy and successe bestowed upon the Parliament Forces under the Com∣mand of Lieutenant Generall Cromwell, against the whole Scots Army under the Conduct and Command of Duke Hamilton on the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth of this present August in Lancashire.

Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.

FINIS.