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A63081 A new and true relation from Ireland, sent in a letter from Sir Robert Traverse, to Lievtenant James Finch in London ; of a great defeat given by the Protestants army under the command of Sir Charles Vavasour, to twenty foure thousand of the rebels, under the command of O Sulivan Beare, and Macharta Reb, besieging Brandon-bridge ; where five hundred of ours with two thousand of the towne routed them, kild two thousand of them, and took O Sulivan Beare prisoner, and a great booty. Travers, Robert, Sir. 1642 (1642) Wing T2065; ESTC R8758 2,195 9

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