Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	esq_n	sir_n	william_n	87,595	5	10.3830	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92117	A letter sent to the Honorable William Lenthal Esq; Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons, of the late fight at Colchester, and, how the suburbs of the said town were fired by the Lord Goring, Lord Capel, Sir Charls Lucas, and the rest of the enemy. Printed by the command of the Honorable William Lenthal Esq; Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons.	Rushworth, John, 1612?-1690.	1648 (1648)	Wing R2325; Thomason E452_42; ESTC R203404	1,038	6

A LETTER SENT To the Honorable William Lenthal Esq Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons Of the late Fight at Colchester AND How the Suburbs of the said Town were fired by The Lord Goring Lord Capel Sir Charls Lucas and the rest of the Enemy PRinted by the Command of the Honorable William Lenthal Esq Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons London Printed for Edward Husband Printer to the Honorable House of Commons July 17. 1648. To the Honorable WILLIAM LENTHAL Esq Speaker of the Honorable House OF COMMONS SIR IN my last I intimated to you That we hoped to gain the Gate-house the works about it church all which the Enemy had fortified very strongly and it pleased God this afternoon about Five of the clock to deliver all these places into our hands the maner was thus VVe discharged four pieces of Canon altogether vvhich much amazed the Enemy in the works and then discharged four more and immediately our Musquetiers fell on and storm'd the Gate-house with Ladders and threw in hand-Granado's The Enemy opposed very stoutly for a while and threw down several of the Ladders but at last gave back some held out their Handkerchiefs others fired very fiercely yet notwithstanding our men gained the work and part of the Gate-house and throwing in a hand-Granado where there was some of the Enemy stood to their Arms it hapned to light amongst their Magazine consisting of about four Barrels of powder and blew up about forty of their men It pleased God that we had but one man hurt with that blow All this evening our men have been digging and pulling out the dead bodies of the Enemy finding here and there a Leg and an Arm by it self There were in the whole number as some of the prisoners who had quarter confest Sevenscore and we had about Threescore prisoners not any could escape we getting between them and home so the rest were put to the Sword and destroyed as aforesaid I send you herewith some poysoned Bullets that you may see how they still persist in their venemous disposition to shoot such things as may be sure to rancour and poyson the flesh The Enemy vvas so enraged at this loss having totally by this means shut themselves up vvithin the walls and not having any part of the Suburbs that they set the Suburbs round the Town on fire and at this present there is the sadest spectacle to be seen that hath fallen out in this Age there being novv burning in a great Flame houses above a mile in length and with that violence that it is a wonder to behold it By this we conceive that they are desperately bent and will not onely destroy the Suburbs but even burn the Town also before they yield I hope in the Lord he will enable us very shortly to gain this place and to make such Destroyers of the Nation Examples to posterity Leaguer before Colchester July 15. 12 at night J. R. FINIS