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A letter from Sir William Waller, a member of the House of Commons, to the Right Honorable, Robert Earl of Essex his excellencie;: of a great victory he obtained at Malmsbury, 23. Martii, in the county of Wilts: with the names of divers of the commanders in chief that he took, with 300 foot, a troop of horse, and many peeces of ordnance. Also a true relation of Sergeant Major Burghells valour, who went into the enemies quarters at Sherston, routed them, took twenty five prisoners, one captain, two lieutenants, one quarter-master, killed eight, and took forty or fifty horses and arms, without the losse of one man. Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, that this letter be forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cl. Parl. D. Com.

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A letter from Sir William Waller, a member of the House of Commons, to the Right Honorable, Robert Earl of Essex his excellencie;: of a great victory he obtained at Malmsbury, 23. Martii, in the county of Wilts: with the names of divers of the commanders in chief that he took, with 300 foot, a troop of horse, and many peeces of ordnance. Also a true relation of Sergeant Major Burghells valour, who went into the enemies quarters at Sherston, routed them, took twenty five prisoners, one captain, two lieutenants, one quarter-master, killed eight, and took forty or fifty horses and arms, without the losse of one man. Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, that this letter be forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cl. Parl. D. Com.
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Waller, William, Sir, 1597?-1668.
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London :: Printed for Edw. Husbands, and are to be sold at his shop in the middle Temple,
March 28. 1643.
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Malmesbury (Wiltshire) -- Siege, 1643
Great Britain -- History
Burghell, -- Sergeant Major
Essex, Robert Devereux, -- Earl of, -- 1591-1646
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"A letter from Sir William Waller, a member of the House of Commons, to the Right Honorable, Robert Earl of Essex his excellencie;: of a great victory he obtained at Malmsbury, 23. Martii, in the county of Wilts: with the names of divers of the commanders in chief that he took, with 300 foot, a troop of horse, and many peeces of ordnance. Also a true relation of Sergeant Major Burghells valour, who went into the enemies quarters at Sherston, routed them, took twenty five prisoners, one captain, two lieutenants, one quarter-master, killed eight, and took forty or fifty horses and arms, without the losse of one man. Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, that this letter be forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cl. Parl. D. Com." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A97042.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.

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A LETTER From Sir William Waller, A Member of the House of Commons, To the Right Honorable, ROBERT Earl of ESSEX his Excellencie; OF A GREAT VICTORY he obtained at Malmsbury, 23. Martii, in the County of WILTS:

With the Names of divers of the Commanders in chief that he took, with 300 foot, a Troop of horse, and many Peeces of Ordnance.

Also a true Relation of Sergeant Major Burghells valour, who went into the Enemies quarters at Sherston, routed them, took twenty five prisoners, one Captain, two Lieutenants, one quarter∣master, killed eight, and took forty or fifty Horses and Arms, without the losse of one man.

Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, That this Letter be forth∣with printed and published:

H: Elsynge, Cl. Parl. D. Com.

London, Printed for Edw. Husbands, and are to be sold at his shop in the middle Temple. March 28. 1643.

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