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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	charge_v	left_a	wing_n	1,112	5	9.1719	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97082	Alter Britanniæ heros: or The life of the most honourable knight, Sir Henry Gage, late Governour of Oxford, epitomiz'd.	Walsingham, Edward, d. 1663.	1645 (1645)	Wing W648; Thomason E303_6; ESTC R200291	20,449	31

imployment of exigence and necessity this Summer afforded here was almost all imposed upon him Basing Castle the dwelling house of the Honourable and Loyall Marquesse of Winchester had now endured a second Siege for two and twenty weekes and was now brought to that necessity for Provisions that unlesse it were supplied by a speedy reliefe it must be forced to surrender This once certified to the Commissioners at Oxford added much trouble to the exigence of their present condition For they saw no suddain assistance could be expected from His Majesty they considered the importance of the place the quality and gallant behaviour of the defendants together with their owne inabilities to assist them which concurrence of difficulties made them very anxious till consulting with the famous Gage they find him beyond expectation proffer himselfe voluntarily to run the hazard of all obstructions and undertake the businesse Though here they considered that Abingdo● Ailysbury Reading and the Leaguer it selfe did severally afford greater numbers then they could send with him though they waighed the length of the March and difficulty of the passes yet such was their opinion in him and confidence in his Courage and experience that they resigned all to his discretion The action was so eminent and so deserving memory so Souldier like and fortunately attempted and performed that I cannot pretend to honour his Noble Genius should I omit a punctuall relation of it Vpon Monday the ninth of September that at ten a clock at night he Marcht out of Oxford towards Basing with 400 Foot 250 Horse 12 barrells of Powder 1200 waight of Match passes by Wallingford where he received an addition of 80 Horse with as many Foot on Tuesday Morning they rested and refreshed and then he dispatched an expresse to the Governour of Winchester Sir William Ogle d●sirine him according to his former promise to Sir Edward Nicholas to draw out with his Forces and to fall into Basing Parke in the reare of the Rebells Quarters betwixt foure and five a clock the next Morning being Wednesday the 11th of September whilest he with the Oxford Troopes assaulted them on the other side and the Lord Marquesse from the House plyed them with a fierce Sally Having finisht this dispatch he Marcht forward with as much speed as the Foot Souldiers could make towards Aldermerston where he intended to repose againe They past through the Country for Parliamenteers with Orange tawney Scarfes and ribands till a Wallingford Captaine who was sent before with his Troope together with the Quarter-masters of each Regiment to discover and have provisions in a readinesse against the Souldiers arrived found in the Towne some of the enemies Scoutes and forgetting his disguise fell fowle upon them took some Prisoners and so discover'd themselves This evening the Foot were extreamly wearied having had scarce 3 houres rest since they went out of Oxford which the prudent Colonell perceiving alighted himselfe from his Horse by whose example and intreaty the other Officers and Troopers did the like and walkt three miles whilest the tired Foot refresht themselves in their Saddles By which meanes he came to Aldermerston about eight in the evening seven miles from Basing and rested till eleven when againe he set forward and Marcht all night though the Foot were faint and much dejected So that being come within two miles of the place they began to lye downe as not able to advance farther whereupon he caused all his Horse-men every man to take one of them up behind him himselfe giving the first example which u●wo●●ed 〈◊〉 so took them that they wholly forgot their former ●●●gue and with hopes of Pillage and promise of M●ny when they returned to Oxford were so encouraged that they desired nothing more then to attaque the Rebell● In the interim arrives a Lie●●e●ant from Wi●chester who a●●●res them the Governour by reason of the Enemies Horse which lay betwixt him and Basing 〈◊〉 not draw ●●t to assist them Whereupon the Colonell was compell'd to enter into new Counsells wherefore seeing himselfe deprived of that assistance and presuming the Enemy having notice of his comming would draw to a head he resolves contrary to his first resolutions with united Forces to fall strongly upon them in one place In order to which he Commands the men to be put in readinesse riding up to every Squadron gave the word which was Saint George chearing them with what possible encouragements he could and Commanding every of them to tye a handkerchiefe on their right armes above their elblow for a distinction to be knowne as well to one another as to the Lord Marquesse his men if they should chance to make a Sally and for want of such a signall fall foule upon one another After this preparation they marched on the gallant Colonell alighting from his Horse arm'd only with his Sword led up the Foot and being come as he conceived within hearing of the House he Command his Drummes and Trumpets to cheare the besieged with the newes of his long wisht arrivall The Rebells having notice the day before of his comming and of the place he was like to fall on had drawne forth all their best men all fresh and pamper'd in number farre exceeding his with these they possest the Passes with some crosse hedges of advantage lining them with Musketiers Here stood the rest of the Horse and Foot in Batagli● ready for him and answer'd his Drummes and Trumpets with their owne which he perceived were very neare though clouded under the wing● of an obscure mist Our Forces had advanced not many paces further before they discovered a Body of the Enemies Horse consisting of sixe Troopes standing in very good order ready to receive our charge Which though we hastened to acc●st them with before we came at them we were first saluted from the hedges by a smart Volley of Musket shot though accompanied with more Terror then Execution for notwithstanding this the right wing of our Horse commanded by gallant Colonell Webb Charg'd the Enemy so home that ●● 〈◊〉 they all turn'd head and ran away The left wing 〈◊〉 ●● after the● followed the Chase till the Rebells were got into a place of safety In this pursuit we took a Cornet of theirs which since is knowne to be Morleyes Vpon the Rout of the Horse Colonell Gage advanced with the Foot towards the hedges where after two houres dispute he beat them from hedge to hedge till at last he brought them to abandon all their holdes on that side and give him free entrance to the House Where after he had delivered the Munition he brought with him and paid my Lord Marquesse the respects due to a Person of his quality leaving 100 Souldiers of his owne with him he marcht with the rest of the Horse and Foot to Basingstoke a good halfe mile distant thence and with small resistance possest himselfe of it whence all that day he continued sending to the Garrison as much Wheat Malt