. England's worthies, under whom all the civill and bloudy warres since anno 1642, to anno 1647, are related . r in , and taken divers other Townes andCaftles in Wales, and brought them intofubjection to the Parliament, and been afpeciall meanes under God, to reduce allthofe parts to a peaceable condition. 99 lOO Englands Worthies. i Richard Brown, i i Major Generall of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, i and Barkshire. i jnnHis mod gallant Gentleman being aI brave fpirited Citizen, and was fent bythe Parliament into Kent, in the yeereI 1643, ^^^ ^^^^ appeahng of a defperate and! dangerous
. England's worthies, under whom all the civill and bloudy warres since anno 1642, to anno 1647, are related . r in , and taken divers other Townes andCaftles in Wales, and brought them intofubjection to the Parliament, and been afpeciall meanes under God, to reduce allthofe parts to a peaceable condition. 99 lOO Englands Worthies. i Richard Brown, i i Major Generall of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, i and Barkshire. i jnnHis mod gallant Gentleman being aI brave fpirited Citizen, and was fent bythe Parliament into Kent, in the yeereI 1643, ^^^ ^^^^ appeahng of a defperate and! dangerous Infurreftion, raifed and fomentedin that County by the Malignants, the ill-affecled Gentry and common people there;where he managed things with fuch Angu-lar prudence and proweffe, that in a fhorttime, h3 put the main body of them toflight about Seanock, took 200 of themprifoners, found about 12 (lain on the place,behdes many whom they had fecretly con-veyed away ; and by this meanes he withthe fpeedy help of fome of the well-affefledGentry of the County, foon appeafed thatRebellion over the whole Englands Worthies. 2. .He alfo after this tooke the Towne ofWinchejier, with ail the Amies and Ammu-nition, in the mod famous battail at Alref-ford, in Hampfliire, fought by renowned Sir William Waller, againft Siv Ralph Hopton,and his potent Army, this moft valiant andrenowned Major-Generall was a principallaBor and mofh undaunted Commander, anda fpeciall meanes of obtaining a moft glo-rious Viftory there, over the Royall ene-mies. 3. In lune 1644, ^^^^ Parliament moftworthily having in mind his approved fide-lity, wifdome, and magnanimity, made himMajor Generall or Commander in chief ofthree Counties, viz. Oxfordfliire, Berks,and BuckinghamfJiire ; invefting him withfull power to exercife Martiall Law, for thereducing of thofe Counties to a peaceablecondition. 4. And not long after being made Gover-nour of Ahhington, he was a continuallThorn in the eyes, and Goad in the fid
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