Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	call_v	town_n	village_n	1,428	5	9.2518	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14422	A continued iournall of all the proceedings of the Duke of Buckingham his Grace, on the Isle of Ree, a part of France, from the beginning vntill this 17. of August In whom are combined religion, fortitude, and clemencie; being the true characters of a noble generall. Published by authoritie.	Garetson, Mr.	1627 (1627)	STC 24741; ESTC S111523	10,959	26

Horse to haue followed them we had killed them vp euery Man That night we intrenched our selues in that place fearing the Enemie would giue vs an assault in the night My Lord Generall spent that euening in viewing of the dead Bodies and visiting those that were hurt on our side and giuing great charge to the Chirurgions to take speciall care of them We tooke fower of the French Gentlemen but they were all hurt before two of them dyed the next day one of them is aliue yet in the Tryumph his thigh being shotte to peeces the other being a Page the Lord Generall sent him to his Master The next morning very earlie the Lord Generall came on shore againe and spent all the whole daie there calling the Commanders to him and ordering them to bring him notes of euery seuerall Companie how many they were and how manie were perished in the conflict By which vve found there was nineteene Captaines Antients and Lieuetenants killed and twelue other Officers hurt but in no danger of death and some thirty fiue common Soldiers drowned but none killed for the French men discharged all on our Gentry and neuer looked at the Common sort Our Gentry when the common Soldiers began to route clapt themselues together and shewed themselues the brauest Men in the world espetially Sir Iohn Burrowes Sir Alexander Brett Sir George Blundell and a Brother of Sir Alexander Bretts There was not one Gentleman of our Nation in the field that did not act his part brauely This being Friday the day after the Battaile the 13. of Iuly Monsieur de Thorax Gouernour of the Island sent the Barron Ambleuile with a Trumpet to speake with the Lord Geuerall His Message was to desire my Lords fauour to giue them leaue to fetch away their dead bodies they being so suddenly demaunded by them my Lord made scruple in granting it Whereupon the Gentry made meanes by some of our Officers to buy the bodies and offered for one 1000. pounds When my Lord Generall had considered he gaue leaue that they should take them away Within foure houres the Gouernours sent another Trumpet with one of his Pages to giue him thankes for his fauour and to report to him that he would neuer after harbour an ill thought of the English for hee iudged the Gentry of them to be the brauest men in the world Although before the Battaile he made no more account of vs then if wee had beene all Beeues and enquiring what number we were wee tolde him 6000. He said he would kill vs and salt vs as wee did Oxen in England At the same time he sent my Lord Generall word that he would wayte on him himselfe so that we made full account that hee would giue vs Battell The same day wee put our selues in Battalia and expected them all that day yet hee came not The next day being the 14. of Iuly we made our selues ready to Martch and at 6. of the clocke we marched an English mile further into the Countrey leauing Sir Peregrine Bartue in the place with some Companies The 15. by 6. of the clocke in the morning vve marched on to a village vvithin an English mile and tooke in that vvithout any disturbance Then vve marched on two English miles further to a Towne called St. Maries vvhen vvee came neere to the Towne the Protestants came out and yeelded the Towne to the Lord Generall so hee went with some Gentlemen with him and tooke possession and made the Souldiers martch by and not suffer them to come to the Towne fearing they vvould pillage and disturbe the people so vve marched on the same day to a Towne called La Flote In the mid vvay the Enemie appeared vvith 120. horse and 1500. Foote the which were left vnkilled Wee did verily thinke they would haue giuen vs Battell but it did not proue so for as soone as they viewed vs they returned backe againe We vvere ready for them for our men vvere very forward to fight so vve marched on vvithin halfe a mile of La Flote vvhere the Protestants of that Towne met vs and surrendred the Towne and themselues vvith a suite they had to the Lord Generall vvhich vvas that hee vvould for their sakes shew fauour to the Romish Catholiques for that they had liued long together in that Towne and euer receiued good Quarter and vsage from them And that now seeing he vvas become Master of both he vvould requite it on their behalfe to the Catholiques vvhich hee very Nobly consented vnto and vvent vvith them to the Towne and tooke possession and presently turned backe to the Souldiers and Encamped them round about the same and vvould not suffer any of them to goe into it fearing they vvould make Pillage and that night lay amongst them in the open Field vvith no other bedding saue one Cloake vnder his head and another vpon him The next day being the 16 he went into the Towne accompanied with Monsieur Subesa and some other Lords to bury Sir William Heydon and returned into the Field at night and lay as he did before But that night about two of the clocke there fell very miserable vveather vvith Thundering and Rayning and continued so till twelue of the clock the next day The next day being the 17. vve martched on towards St. Martyns though it Rayned very fearefully and about 12. of the clocke it grew faire at which time vve vvere vvithin three English miles of the Towne By that time we had marched a mile further we could see the Enemie sally out of the Fort vvith Horse and Foote so they Martched towards vs and vvere vvithin the distance of an English mile and wee thought they vvould take the aduantage of our weary Martching and giue vs Battell Therefore it was holden fit by the Lord Generall that we should take all aduantage we could in that place which was onely to gaine the Sunne and the Winde of them We marched on toward the end of the Towne that lay next vnto the Sea side and furthest from the Fort. And by that wee had aduantage both of Sunne and Winde Within lesse then an Euglish mile of the end of the Towne we could see the Horse approach very fiercely as though they would come suddenly vpon vs. Whereupon the Lord Generall gaue order to the Master of the Ordnance to shoote some of our Drakes at them which he did and killed a Gentleman and two Horses and put all the rest in feare and disorder Here Captaine Coningham Lieuteuant of the Horse aduanced himselfe on horsebacke and proffered a single combate but no Man answered him Whereupon they presently put out a Flagge of Truce and sent some of the Protestantes to vs to render the Towne without any condition So that we presently marched into it in Battalia and quartered all our Soldiers therein The Lord Generall rode to euery Company and desired them to be carefull of themselues and not to wrong the Towne and that they should take