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The true copie of a letter sent from an inhabitant of Bridgewater in the county of Somerset which is now under the command of His Majesties forces unto a quartermaster of a troope of horse belonging to the westerne brigade : wherein is set forth the certainty of the landing of 1000 Irish rebels at Mynehead in the said county and of divers others landed at Bristol : together with the governour of Bridgewater his speech to restraine the garrison Souldiers from going to Mynehead to suppresse the progresse of the rebels.
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Davy, Henry.
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1643
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Wing D442
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