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enemy_n colonel_n horse_n lieutenant_n 1,115 5 9.3142 5 false
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B20844 Good nevves out of the vvest, declared in a letter sent from Lieutenant Generall Cromwel, to a worthy member of the House of Commons. Shewing what great things God hath done by small means. Two thousand slain and taken prisoners: also fifteen hundred horse taken beside bag and baggage / Published by authority. Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. 1645 (1645) Wing C7089; Thomason E.293[18]; Interim Tract Supplement Guide 3850[20]; ESTC R200165 1,815 10

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