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... force , which appears to have amounted to above 20,000 men , of whom 6000 were cavalry ; | a fleet of sixty - five vessels , of which thirty - five were ships of war , and the remainder laden with ammunition and victuals , being ...
... force , which appears to have amounted to above 20,000 men , of whom 6000 were cavalry ; | a fleet of sixty - five vessels , of which thirty - five were ships of war , and the remainder laden with ammunition and victuals , being ...
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... force almost within a complete inclosure of their enemies ; on which , we proceeded , says Patten , “ to compass them iu that they should no way escape us - the which by our power and number we were as well able to do as a spinner's web ...
... force almost within a complete inclosure of their enemies ; on which , we proceeded , says Patten , “ to compass them iu that they should no way escape us - the which by our power and number we were as well able to do as a spinner's web ...
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... force both of numbers and also of other elements of power . If the boy who occu- pied the throne was an enthusiastic Protestant , his sister , the Princess Mary , generally looked upon as the heiress presumptive , was as zealous and ...
... force both of numbers and also of other elements of power . If the boy who occu- pied the throne was an enthusiastic Protestant , his sister , the Princess Mary , generally looked upon as the heiress presumptive , was as zealous and ...
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... force con- sisted of about six thousand veterans 2 — partly French , partly German - under the command of D'Esse D ... forces should be the recovery of Haddington ; and accordingly an army composed of the whole of D'Esse's men , and of ...
... force con- sisted of about six thousand veterans 2 — partly French , partly German - under the command of D'Esse D ... forces should be the recovery of Haddington ; and accordingly an army composed of the whole of D'Esse's men , and of ...
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... forces of his friends ; and that he had got ready money enough to pay and maintain the said 10,000 men for a month . ' He ... force of lansquenets which the protector had brought over and kept in his pay . It appears , from the Burghley ...
... forces of his friends ; and that he had got ready money enough to pay and maintain the said 10,000 men for a month . ' He ... force of lansquenets which the protector had brought over and kept in his pay . It appears , from the Burghley ...
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