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A87542 Lamentable and sad nevves from the north. Viz. Yorke; Lancaster, Darby, and Newcastle, sent in a letter from a gentleman resident in Yorke, to his friend living in Lumbard Street. Also strange newes from Leicester, how Colonell Lunsford, Captain Legg, and Mr Hastings have appeared in a warlike manner, with a true discovery of their intention, and the manner of the opposition by the Earle of Stanfoord lord lieutenant of that county. Jenkinson, William. 1642 (1642) Wing J617; Thomason E154_5; ESTC R20839 3,141 9

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