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A67598 Wareham taken by the Parliament forces also Collonel Mittons valiant exploits certified by two severall letters dated at his quarters : and the particulars of his good succese at Shrewsbury-Fayre against the Cavaliers : as also, at Welch-Poole, where he tooke many prisoners of note, and divers horse, and made the rest of the Cavaliers flye many miles, some in their shirts and some of them naked : with other atchievments [sic] performed by him and Sir Thomas Middleton, and the particulars of each, very exactly related. T. J.; M. D. 1644 (1644) Wing W854; ESTC R10189 2,709 10

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