The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, to which is Added an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland, Volume 4Clarendon Press, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... Arthur Aston should slight those works , and draw " off his garrison to the king ; " and that which made it less able to bear a siege , than the weakness of their works , was their want of ammunition ; for they had not forty barrels of ...
... Arthur Aston should slight those works , and draw " off his garrison to the king ; " and that which made it less able to bear a siege , than the weakness of their works , was their want of ammunition ; for they had not forty barrels of ...
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... all truths . g Within a week after the beginning of the siege , e easily raised ] Not in MS . f town ] MS . adds : and upon their line 8 many ] very many VII . 1643 . BOOK sir Arthur Aston the governor OF THE REBELLION . 27.
... all truths . g Within a week after the beginning of the siege , e easily raised ] Not in MS . f town ] MS . adds : and upon their line 8 many ] very many VII . 1643 . BOOK sir Arthur Aston the governor OF THE REBELLION . 27.
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Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon. VII . 1643 . BOOK sir Arthur Aston the governor being in a court of guard near the line which was nearest to the enemy's approaches , a cannon shot accidentally lighted upon the top of it , which was ...
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon. VII . 1643 . BOOK sir Arthur Aston the governor being in a court of guard near the line which was nearest to the enemy's approaches , a cannon shot accidentally lighted upon the top of it , which was ...
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... Arthur Aston ( a man of much greater reputa- tion in war than he deserved ) was governor , with three thou- sand good foot and a regiment of horse ; and if that body of foot ( which should have been drawn out within less than a month ...
... Arthur Aston ( a man of much greater reputa- tion in war than he deserved ) was governor , with three thou- sand good foot and a regiment of horse ; and if that body of foot ( which should have been drawn out within less than a month ...
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... Arthur Aston " with the state and condition they were in ; and though his indisposition of health was such , that " he would not give positive orders , he seemed to 66 approve of all that was done ; and though , for the " former reason ...
... Arthur Aston " with the state and condition they were in ; and though his indisposition of health was such , that " he would not give positive orders , he seemed to 66 approve of all that was done ; and though , for the " former reason ...
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able ammunition arms Arthur Aston battle believed body of horse Bristol cannon castle charge colonel command commons consent Cornish Cornwall council courage covenant declared defend desired earl of Essex earl of Newcastle enemy enemy's engaged England expected farther garrison gave gentleman Gloucester governor hath honour hope horse and foot house of peers houses of parliament hundred jealousy king king's army kingdom kingdom of England knew letters likewise London lord Hopton lord Wilmot loss majesty majesty's marquis ment night officers Oxford parlia party peace persons present prince Maurice prince Rupert prisoners provisions quarters raised Ralph Hopton reason rebels received regiment of horse reputation resolution resolved retired returned Scotland Scots sent side siege sir William Waller soever soldiers soon supply taken thence thing thither thought thousand tion town trained bands treaty troops trust victual VIII Westminster whereof whilst whole army
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Page 255 - Peace ; and would passionately profess, " that the very agony of the war, and the view of the calamities and desolation the kingdom did and must endure, took his sleep from him, and would shortly break his heart.
Page 256 - ... that his office could not take away the privileges of his age ; and that a secretary in war might be present at the greatest secret of danger ; but withal alleged seriously, that it concerned him to be more active in enterprises of hazard than other men, that all might see that his impatiency for peace proceeded not from pusillanimity, or fear to adventure his own person.
Page 256 - In the morning before the battle, as always upon action, he was very cheerful, and put himself into the first rank of the lord Byron's regiment, who was then advancing upon the enemy, who had lined the hedges on both sides with musketeers ; from whence he was shot with a musket in the lower part of the belly, and in the instant falling from his horse, his body was not found till the next morning; till when, there was some hope he might VOL.
Page 252 - Edge-hill, when the enemy was routed, he was like to have incurred great peril by interposing to save those who had thrown away their arms, and against whom it may be others were more fierce for their having thrown them away ; so that a man might think he came into the field chiefly out of curiosity to see the face of danger, and charity to prevent the shedding of blood.
Page 93 - He was indeed a very wise man, and of great parts, and possessed with the most absolute spirit of popularity, that is, the most absolute faculties to govern the people, of any man I ever knew.
Page 284 - ... kingdoms ; especially that we have not, as we ought, valued the inestimable benefit of the gospel, that we have not laboured for the purity and power thereof, and that we have not endeavoured to receive Christ in our hearts, nor to walk worthy of him, in our lives, which are...
Page 282 - III. We shall with the same sincerity, reality, and constancy, in our several vocations, endeavour with our estates and lives mutually to preserve the rights and privileges of the Parliaments, and the liberties of the Kingdoms...
Page 336 - Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 6. Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I...
Page 281 - Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, according to the Word of God. and the example of the best reformed Churches...
Page 280 - A solemn League and Covenant for reformation and defence of religion, the honour and happiness of the King, and the peace and safety of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.