. England's worthies. Under whom all the civill and bloudy warres since anno 1642, to anno 1647, are related . Robert, Earl of Essex, Lord Generall of the Army. A LIST OF THE SEVERALL Vi&ories in which his Excellencywas ingaged in Perjbn. Is Excellency being madeCaptain Generall by the Par-liament over all the Forcesin England as was Voted byboth Houfes of the 12 day ofJuly, 1642, protefting to live and dye withhim. And by the firft of August followinghis Excellency had 10000 Men, which heecaufed to be committed to Officers, anddrawne into Regiments, and fo marchedimmediately into the Field. T
. England's worthies. Under whom all the civill and bloudy warres since anno 1642, to anno 1647, are related . Robert, Earl of Essex, Lord Generall of the Army. A LIST OF THE SEVERALL Vi&ories in which his Excellencywas ingaged in Perjbn. Is Excellency being madeCaptain Generall by the Par-liament over all the Forcesin England as was Voted byboth Houfes of the 12 day ofJuly, 1642, protefting to live and dye withhim. And by the firft of August followinghis Excellency had 10000 Men, which heecaufed to be committed to Officers, anddrawne into Regiments, and fo marchedimmediately into the Field. The 23 of October next after was a verygreat Battell fought betweene Keynton andEdge-hill by his Excellency and his Army ;and that of the Kings led by his Majefty:. Englands Worthies. At which time his Excellencies army killedthe Kings Generall the Earle oi Lindfey ,\hzLord Auboney, Sir Edmund Verney, and di-vers more; and tooke Prifoners the LordWilloivby, three Colonels and many hun-dred more, and brought away 16 of theKings Enfignes. His Excellency was in the battell enga-ged againft a great Army, where was theKing in perfon, and Princes, Dukes, Mar-queiTes, Earles, Yifcounts, Barons, Knights,and Gentlemen of all orders, who engagedthemfelves againfl him ; yet his Excellen-cies Army fought mod chearfully by theexample of their Generall, whose undaun-ted courage put life into every man. Afterwards the Kings Forces being comeup to Branford and Henley in November,his Excellency after feverall engagementswith them, and affiftance comming to himfrom the City of London, who protefted tolive and die with him ; he forced the KingsArmy to retreat to Oxford with the loffe ofabove two hundred men. In Aprill, Anno 1643, his Excellency be-ing recruted, mar
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