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cromwell_n henry_n tame_o surrender_v ireland_n 423_o crosby_n betray_v kingsale_n condemn_v 248_o cumberland_n earlâ—_n 44_o cyrencester_n 42_o d_o danemark_n war_n declare_v against_o it_o 556_o daniel_n col._n john_n article_n 252_o davison_n etc._n etc._n kill_v a_o soldier_n at_o st._n james_n 379_o daw_n capt._n his_o courage_n 560_o davis_n a_o waterman_n betray_v lord_n capel_n 220_o declaration_n of_o the_o king_n conecrn_v the_o act_n of_o uniformity_n 514_o declaration_n of_o cromwell_n upon_o dissolution_n of_o parliament_n 340_o to_o 343._o of_o the_o rump_n 420_o decimation_n of_o cavalier_n 378_o delinquent_n capital_a and_o otherwise_o qualify_v 229_o democracy_n establish_v in_o the_o city_n 231_o denbigh_n earl_n kill_v 44_o dennington_n castle_n besiege_v and_o stout_o defend_v and_o yield_v 98_o denial_n self_n order_n 67_o 126_o denmark_n king_n 225._o dies_fw-la 577_o deploration_n of_o the_o loss_n before_o dublin_n the_o cause_n thereof_o 242_o derby_n earl_n 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271_o dorrington_n sir_n francis_n 63_o dorislaus_n slay_v at_o the_o hague_n 236_o downing_n sir_n george_n 448._o send_v into_o holland_n 528_o 529._o press_v for_o answer_v to_o the_o king_n demand_n 582._o return_v ibid._n he_o be_v commit_v ibid._n drogheda_n besiege_v and_o take_v by_o cromwell_n and_o a_o bloody_a massacre_n there_o 244_o dublin_n besiege_v by_o the_o marq._n of_o ormond_n 241._o siege_n raise_v and_o besieger_n rout_v 242_o duckenfield_n lieutenant-colonel_n stop_v the_o speaker_n coach_n 429_o dunbarton_n yield_v 308_o dunslo_n pacification_n 10_o dundalk_v take_v 23._o retake_v 25_o dundee_n storm_v by_o gen._n monk_n 301_o dunferling_a earl_n to_o london_n 10_o dumfreize_v riot_v there_o 557_o dunkirk_n take_v by_o the_o spaniard_n 325._o siege_n 405._o the_o battle_n there_o ibid._n a_o defeat_n give_v the_o spaniard_n 406._o yield_v and_o put_v into_o the_o english_a possession_n 407._o restore_v to_o the_o french_a 512_o dunotter-castle_n yield_v 313_o 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the_o french_a ibid._n e_o earl_n of_o pembroke_n and_o holland_n send_v with_o a_o declaration_n of_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o parliament_n to_o the_o king_n 31._o answer_v ibid._n earl_n create_v 470_o earthquake_n in_o cheshire_n 395_o east-indie_n ship_n dutch_n take_v 541_o edinburgh_n enter_v by_o cromwell_n 275._o castle_n yield_v 280_o elector_n prince_n palatine_n come_v to_o london_n depart_v take_v in_o france_n 10_o election_n for_o a_o free_a parliament_n 440_o elizabeth_n princess_n die_v 276_o emperor_n his_o brother_n die_v 146._o make_v peace_n with_o the_o turk_n 147._o offer_v to_o mediate_v 584._o his_o force_n march_v 597_o enfield-chace_n a_o skirmish_n there_o 423_o engagement_n annul_v 439_o england_n and_o the_o dominion_n make_v a_o free_a state_n by_o act_n 235_o english_a under_o lord_n marquis_n ormond_n and_o inchiqueen_n disband_v and_o dismiss_v by_o the_o irish_a 252_o eniskillon_n deliver_v to_o sir_n charles_n coot_n 250_o episcopacy_n reestablish_v 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