of_o biddeford_n and_o barnstable_n kill_v 100_o of_o their_o foot_n take_v 211._o officer_n and_o common_a soldier_n prisoner_n most_o of_o which_o be_v miserable_o wound_v two_o piece_n of_o ordnance_n six_o barrel_n of_o powder_n 400._o weight_n of_o bullet_n 200._o and_o a_o half_a of_o match_n and_o above_o 300._o arm_n beside_o all_o the_o foot-officer_n horse_n pursue_v their_o horse_n to_o the_o very_a work_n of_o biddeford_n and_o return_v victorious_o without_o the_o loss_n of_o more_o than_o one_o man_n not_o one_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o soldier_n be_v so_o much_o as_o hurt_v all_o that_o day_n august_n 22._o 1642._o the_o king_n set_v up_o his_o standard_n royal_a at_o nottingham_n for_o raise_v of_o force_n to_o suppress_v the_o rebel_n then_o march_v against_o he_o about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o this_o month_n 1643._o the_o inhabitant_n of_o tenby_n in_o pembrook-shire_n have_v but_o new_o make_v a_o agreement_n among_o themselves_o in_o which_o they_o declare_v 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a_o brief_a relation_n of_o the_o most_o remarkable_a feat_n and_o passage_n of_o what_o his_o most_o gracious_a majesty_n commander_n have_v do_v in_o england_n against_o the_o rebel_n and_o of_o his_o several_a glorious_a victory_n over_o they_o since_o january_n 1641._o till_o december_n 1643._o and_o from_o the_o first_o of_o may_v 1644._o till_o the_o five_o of_o this_o present_a july_n collect_v out_o of_o several_a paper_n print_v at_o oxford_n 1644._o and_o divers_a letter_n write_v from_o his_o majesty_n camp_n to_o chester_n bristol_n etc._n etc._n i_o f_o respicte_n volatilia_fw-la coeli_fw-la et_fw-la fullos_fw-la corvorum_n print_a at_o waterford_n by_o thomas_n bouâ—â—â—_n 1644._o janvary_n upon_o the_o ten_o of_o this_o month_n 1641_o his_o majesty_n with_o the_o queen_n prince_n and_o duke_n of_o york_n left_a white-hall_n &_o go_v to_o hampton_n court_n to_o avoid_v the_o danger_n of_o those_o frequent_a tumult_n then_o hazard_v the_o safety_n of_o his_o royal_a 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and_o valiant_a earl_n of_o northampton_n unfortunate_o slay_v upon_o the_o 23._o of_o this_o month_n 1643._o gramham_n be_v take_v in_o by_o some_o of_o his_o majesty_n force_n under_o the_o command_n of_o colonel_n charles_n cavendish_n wherein_o be_v take_v three_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o prisoner_n withal_o the_o captain_n and_o officer_n three_o foot_n ensign_n two_o cornet_n together_o with_o three_o load_n of_o arm_n &_o ammunition_n and_o afterward_o the_o work_n demolish_v april_n upon_o monday_n the_o three_o day_n of_o this_o month_n one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o forty_o three_o prince_n rupert_n enter_v &_o possess_v that_o seditious_a tower_n of_o burmingham_n wherein_o be_v three_o hundred_o foot_n and_o two_o troop_n of_o horse_n who_o be_v gallant_o charge_v by_o the_o welsn-man_n in_o less_o than_o half_a a_o hour_n forsake_v their_o breast-work_n and_o retire_v to_o their_o barricado_n within_o the_o town_n wherein_o they_o find_v such_o slender_a defence_n that_o 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