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A76763 A more particular and exact relation of the victory obtained by the Parliaments forces under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax. Wherein divers things very considerable are mentioned, which before are omitted in the severall relations formerly published. Being two letters, / the one written by G.B. a gentleman in the army, unto Lievtenant Colonell Roe, Scoutmaster Generall for the city of London. The other by Colonell Okey to a citizen of London. With the true coppy of a letter of the regaining of Leicester. Bishop, George, gentleman in the Parliamentary army.; Okey, John, d. 1662.; Farmer, Edward, fl. 1645. 1645 (1645) Wing B3019B; Thomason E288_38; ESTC R200113 5,018 8

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