Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	foot_n	horse_n	rout_v	1,672	5	12.3956	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

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' London Printed for Edward Husband Printer to the Honorable House of Commons July 7. 1648. At the LEAGUER before Colchester July 5. Eleven at night SIR THe Enemy sallyed forth at East-bridge about eight in the morning with One thousand Foot and Three hundred Horse and fell on our guard very suddenly and surprised some of them being countrey-men the rest retreated to the main guard Colonel Whaley perceiving what advantage the Enemy had got presently advanced with his horse and got between them and home whilest the Tower Regiment advanced towards the Front and routed both Horse and Foot together and took about One hundred prisoners the most of them miserably wounded the Soldiers giving them a payment for their poysoned Bullets About Twenty of the Enemy was slain on the place most Gentlemen their good apparel and white skins speak no less Lieutenant Colonel Weston eldest Son to Sir Richard Weston and two Captains more were taken prisoners they confess they were One thousand Foot besides Horse and some of the prisoners say a Colonel was slain on the place where their Foot fell the Retreat was so hasty that our two Drakes which they surprised at East-bridge they left behinde so that we gained them the house and Turnpike where we formerly were Lieut Colonel Shambroke was shot in the body the Bullet since taken out and we finde it poysoned boyled in Copprice our Soldiers hope to be revenged of them the next engagement for this poysoned Bullet Captain Moody who commanded a Troop of Suffolk horse was taken prisoner ingaging the Enemy very boldly in person one Soldier had his Leg shot off with a great Bullet and some wounded The Enemy was this day so sufficiently beaten that unless hunger which breaks stone walls inforce them to play their last game they will no more appear Your servant J. R. POSTSCRIPT The Colonel or person of quality slain had Rings on his finger which the Soldiers cut off before he was dead many of them had two shirts on which would make one believe they intended an escape One Wood a Commander of Horse lately a Supermerary Reformado vvas slain on their side FINIS