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Title: England's worthies. Under whom all the civill and bloudy warres since anno 1642, to anno 1647, are related
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652
Subjects: Great Britain -- History Civil War, 1642-1649
Publisher: London, J.R. Smith
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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men, forced the enemy fromthe Sea-coafts, and got fafe to the Lord Ad-mirall; his Horse not above 3000, brakethorough the Kings Army; and his Footnot above 6000, though incompaffed with20000 of the Kings, from Gromperond, Ene-dor, & Foy, even to jBtey-bridge, who wererefolved to give no quarter to our men; 8 Englands Worthies. yet they fought it out fo gallantly, killingtwo of theirs for every man that were loft,untill at laft they got articles from the Kingsparty to have a fafe Convoy to Leftithiell,Poole and Wareham, their fick men to re-main e at Foy, and none of them be preffedto defert their fervice to his Excellency. And his Excellency being recruited inSeptemb. from the Parliament, & in Oclob.had his Rendezvous at Titchfield, and fal-ling on the Kings rear, took almoft ioo pri-foners, neare Kingscleare ; and with the af-fiftance of the Earle of Manchejier and SirWil: Waller, routed the Kings Army neareNewbury, and took 9 peeces of Ordnance,300 Prifoners, and 500 Armes.
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<J he riaktJioni ecfWarwicfy. Englands Worthies. Robert, Earle of Warwick, Lord Admiratl. ^His most Noble and renowned, and asValiant as virtuous and pious Patriotof his Countrey, being in the yeare 1642,made Lord Admirall of the Parliaments fa-mous Fleet of Ships by fea. Firft, his fhipsmet with five of the Kings great Shipsobftinately adhering ftill to Sir John Pe-nington and refufing to fubmit to the Par-liaments Ordinance therein ; at lad one ofthe 5 voluntarily came in, and the otherfoure were all inforced to the fab million ofthe Parliament, and came in under thisnoble Admirals command. 2. Not long after, this moft noble and re-nowned Sea-Commander, by fome of hisShips intercepted Letters (in a VefTell ta-ken by fea) and fent them to the Parlia-ment, wherein was difcovered the devillifhDefigne of Digby, Deves, Jermin, Hyde, 10 Englands Worthies. Percy, Prince Rupert, Prince Maurice, and50 Commanders more. 3. In the fame yeare bearing 42 Peecesof Ordnance, and had been diftref

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