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A27266 The Beginning of civil-warres in England, or, A skirmish between the Lord Strange and the inhabitants of Manchester in Lancashire, July 4 with the number of the men that were slain and wounded ou [sic] both sides, and a catalogue of the officers that were in this skirmish : the occasion whereof was through the Lord Stranges resolution to take away their magazine by force, having received many forces from Yorke : likewise a letter which the Lord Strange sent to the gentry of Manchester, July 5, with their answer to the said letter : together with the Parliaments declaration and order concerning the aforesaid lord. Derby, James Stanley, Earl of, 1607-1651. 1642 (1642) Wing B1700; ESTC R3645 1,931 7

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