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horse_n fifty_o barrel_n of_o powder_n and_o other_o ammunition_n in_o a_o good_a proportion_n the_o poor_a inhabitant_n be_v overjoy_v at_o their_o deliverance_n though_o in_o a_o sad_a condition_n be_v so_o plunder_v by_o the_o enemy_n at_o first_o take_v the_o town_n that_o many_o have_v nothing_o leave_v but_o the_o bare_a wall_n who_o before_o have_v their_o shop_n and_o house_n well_o furnish_v the_o mayor_n house_n only_o escape_v at_o that_o time_n which_o now_o suffer_v for_o it_o there_o be_v one_o piece_n of_o eminent_a wickedness_n fit_a to_o be_v transmit_v to_o the_o notice_n of_o the_o world_n not_o only_o for_o its_o relation_n to_o this_o story_n but_o to_o rectify_v their_o conscience_n who_o have_v be_v lead_v with_o too_o good_a a_o opinion_n of_o the_o enemy_n and_o it_o be_v attest_v by_o person_n of_o good_a credit_n and_o quality_n it_o be_v concern_v colonel_n thomas_n a_o welshman_n a_o papist_n who_o be_v slay_v at_o the_o battle_n of_o naseby_n there_o be_v 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