Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	army_n	horse_n	regiment_n	1,230	5	9.4676	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90652	Englands sorrow for the losse of their late generall or an epitaph upon his Excellencie Robert Earle of Essex, &c. Who died September 15. 1646. with a perfect memoriall of the particular services and battels that he himself was engaged in person.	Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682.	1646 (1646)	Wing P1996; Thomason 669.f.10[88]; ESTC R210630	3,649	1

place and then took Tadcaster and Foy and did beat them from Newbridge still taking more prisoners daily In August his Excellency fell upon the Cornish Brigade neare Saltash and brake through their Army slew many of them upon the place tooke 300. prisoners and four Drakes Then the Kings whole Army Maurices and Greenvils were drawn into the feild in Battalia in number almost 20000 men near Lestithiell where his Excellencie daily skirmished with them killed many took prisoner Colonell Champernoone who was sore wounded and divers more many lying sixe and eight in an heap and upon desire his Excellencie granted them leave at a parly to bury their dead On Saturday the 24. of August 1644. his Excellency appointed Major Generall Whitcot and Colonell Ware to guard the rear of Lestithiell and make a damme to stop provisions from the Kings Army that way and his Excellencie with a small party of Colonel Gowres Regiment beat off 3000. horse and foot from Blazy Bridge appointed by the enemy to stop provisions from Millibilly-Bay where his Excellencie killed many and took prisoners a Colonell two Captaines and divers others In the beginning of September his Excellencie notwithstanding that he was so over-powred by the enemy yet preserved both himselfe and his men forced the enemy from the Sea-coasts and got safe to the Lord Admirall his horse not above 3000. brake thorough the whole body of the Kings Army and his foot not above 6000. though incompassed with 20000. of the Kings from Gromporond Enedor and Foy even to Blazy Bridge who were resolved to give no quarter to our men yet they fought it out so gallantly killing two of theirs for every man that were lost untill at last they got Articles from the Kings party to have a safe convoy to Lestithiell Poole and Wareham their sicke men to remaine at Foy and none of them be pressed to desert their service to his Excellencie And his Excellencie being recruited in September from the Parliament and in October had his Randezvous at Titchfeild and falling on the Kings reare took almost one hundred prisoners neare Kingscleare and with the assistance of the Earle of Manchester and Sir William Waller routed the Kings Army near Newbury and took nine peeces of Ordnance 300. prisoners and 500. Armes A perfect List of 48. gallant Victories obtained by the Forces under the command of his Excellencie the Earle of Essex 1 2 SIr Thomas Aston routed once at Namptwitch and once at Middlewitch 3 Lord Brereton routed at Esmore 4 Earle of Carbery routed in Wales 5 Cornish Forces routed at Madbury 6 7 L. Capell once driven back at Lappington and once routed in Cheshire 8 Lord Craford routed at Alton 9 10 11. Cheshire Cavaliers once routed near Stafford once beaten at Tarvin and once routed at Eaton 12 Earle of Derby routed at Stockton Heath 13 Lord Digby routed in Dorsetshire 14 Egerton defeated at Farne in Cheshire 15 16 17. Goring beaten once in Hamshire defeated once at Lebridge and once routed at Shrewsbury 18 Greenvill routed at Lestithiell 19 Grandy routed in Pembrookeshire 20 Gloster City gallantly relieved and the enemy forced away 21 Hopton routed at Cheridoun 22 Herefordshire forces routed on the borders of Wales 23 24 25 26 27 28 29. The King once defeated at Coventry once routed at Southam once repulsed on the borders of Warwickeshire routed at Edge-hill defeated near Henly and twice at Nubery 30 The Kentish-men that rose were subdued 31 32 33. Prince Maurice defeated once lost three troops of horse once was routed at Wells and once in the North. 34 Colonell Marrow routed in Cheshire 35 36 37 38 39 40 41. Marquesse of Newcastle was once routed at Tadcaster once at Bradford once at Leedes a fourth time on the borders of Yorkeshire a fifth time at Horne-castle a sixth time at Selby and the seventh time at Marston-moore 42 43 44. Prince Rupert was routed once at Marston-moore a second time in Glostershire and a third time in his Northern voyage 45 Lord Strange routed at Manchester 46 The Staffordshire and Cheshire Cavaliers beaten at Eccleshall 47 48. Sir John Winter defeated in the Forrest of Deane and a second time totally routed Licensed and Published according to Order London Printed for William Ley and are to be sold at his Shop at Pauls neer Doctors Commons 1646.