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enemy_n colonel_n horse_n regiment_n 1,920 5 9.9256 5 true
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A92113 5 Iulii, 11 at night. A letter from the Leaguer before Colchester, sent to the Honorable Committee at Derby-House, of the great fight between his Excellency the Lord Fairfax, and the forces in Colchester. Ordered by the said Committee, that this letter be forthwith printed and published. Gualther Frost, Secr' Rushworth, John, 1612?-1690. 1648 (1648) Wing R2321; Thomason E451_23; ESTC R203407 835 7

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