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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	french_a	great_a	king_n	16,597	5	4.3459	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85611	Great news from the King in Flanders giving a full and true account of the present state of the confederate and French armies / in a letter to a friend.		1691 (1691)	Wing G1735B; ESTC R43865	1,566	2

GREAT NEWS FROM THE KING IN FLANDERS GIVING A Full and True Account OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE Confederate and French Armies In a LETTER to a FRIEND SIR I Have very much long'd to send you my Acknowledgments for good News but things have not Answered our Expectation yet the French will not come to a Battel for they are as fearful of the King as a Child is of a Rod as soon as e'er the King comes nigh still they go away On Friday Morning about nine of the Clock the King had notice that the French Army Decamped from Florinness the Night before and were on their March towards Beaumont At ten of the Clock ours had Orders to Decamp and March but to leave our Baggage behind us by Eleven the whole Army Horse and Foot were actually on their March and the King in the Van of them between Two and Three we came up to Beaumont in the full sight of all the French Army which lay incamped on a Hill and both sides very Steep and Rocky at the bottom of it was a deep Miry Ditch not passable The King and General Officers spent that Afternoon in going from place to place to see it and to find out the best place from it for our Army to pass at and at two several places we pitched our Bridges but the French made Batteries there and it was with Disadvantage but the Night coming on the King could not visit more of the Valley till next Morning the Armies lay down in the Fields as did every Body else the King himself eat in a great Barn full of Corn and Hay and then lay down upon some of it The next Morning at break of Day he was on Horse-back again and went accordingly towards the French Camp to see what places there were for our Men to pass but ●ou●d them such as no Man could have Climb●d had there been no Oppo●●tion On Saturday Noon the French began to play their Cannon but did very little or no hurt there were three killed one was a Dutch-Man one of our Garducorps the other two Spaniards so at the Evening we returned to our Camp again ●t C●●r which 〈◊〉 five English Miles from them but the King is in hopes ●o meet with them as soon as ev●● they come out of the●r D●●s Our O●●-Gu●rds and the●rs are every d●● picquiering at one another We have abundance of Deserters come in to us and we have taken abundance of them Prisoners a Foraging and we hear a great many more will come if they can get Opportunity there were two Hundred got in●● a Wood to come away but the French had notice and have got most of them back aga●● and since we hear they are mighty busie at Hanging them But if the King cannot possibly get them to Battel it is thought he will Besiege still some Town for we have Army enough to Cover and Besiege and fight in the Field our Army consists of near a Hundred Thousand Men and you would not imagine the pai●● our good King takes he is mightily Concerned he cannot get to Fight them The very Name of the King being at the Head of this Army puts the French into a great Consternation insomuch that they have made such a Law that whosoever shall say the King of England is at the Head of the Army it is present Death We hear the Duke of Berwick is got into the French Army but in a very poor Equipage he is in no Command of any thing We have had very great Rejoycing in the Army for the Conquest in Ireland God be thanked the Work is almost done there I could wish with all my Heart I could send such News as would make English Hearts Rejoyce but thanks be to God we do hunt them up and down we have the pleasure of that It makes the King Smile to see the poor Dogs what a fuge they be in and always a getting under their Garrisons and under their Cannon and where ever they come they cannot Sleep for fear and always at work to Intrench themselves So having no more at present but hoping to give you a better Account by Michaelmass which is all from From the Camp at Cour in Flanders Aug. the 3d 1691. Your humble Servant c. LONDON Printed for T. Bunce 1691.