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... march . For this five of them were sentenced to be shot , but with the ex- * " England's New Chains Discovered ; ” “ A Second Part " of the same ; and " The Hunting of the Foxes from Newmarket and Triploe - heath to West- minster , by ...
... march . For this five of them were sentenced to be shot , but with the ex- * " England's New Chains Discovered ; ” “ A Second Part " of the same ; and " The Hunting of the Foxes from Newmarket and Triploe - heath to West- minster , by ...
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... march into England ; Argyle alone opposed it in the council , and when his reasons were rejected he obtained permission to retire to his estates . The king then at the head of fourteen thousand men left Stirling ( 31st ) on his way for ...
... march into England ; Argyle alone opposed it in the council , and when his reasons were rejected he obtained permission to retire to his estates . The king then at the head of fourteen thousand men left Stirling ( 31st ) on his way for ...
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... march into England the council of state were in great alarm , for they supposed that it must have been concerted with the presbyterians , and they expected the royalists every where to rise : they even suspected Cromwell of treachery ...
... march into England the council of state were in great alarm , for they supposed that it must have been concerted with the presbyterians , and they expected the royalists every where to rise : they even suspected Cromwell of treachery ...
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... March 1650 , and had not been in the service of the parliament from August 1649 to March 1650 , or otherwise manifested their good affection to the common- wealth , were to forfeit one - third of their estates . It was the intention of ...
... March 1650 , and had not been in the service of the parliament from August 1649 to March 1650 , or otherwise manifested their good affection to the common- wealth , were to forfeit one - third of their estates . It was the intention of ...
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... March ( 1655 ) . Wilmot ( now earl of Rochester ) and sir Joseph Wagstaff came over privately to take the command of them , and Charles himself with Ormond and others moved from Cologne to Middleburg , to be ready to pass over to ...
... March ( 1655 ) . Wilmot ( now earl of Rochester ) and sir Joseph Wagstaff came over privately to take the command of them , and Charles himself with Ormond and others moved from Cologne to Middleburg , to be ready to pass over to ...
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