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A85606
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Great news from Dartmouth in Devonshire of the wonderful escape of divers French Protestants from Charente near Rochel, and thier safe arrival at Dartmouth, the 24th of March.
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1692
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Wing G1716A; ESTC R43862
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great_a news_n from_o dartmouth_n in_o devonshire_n of_o the_o wonderful_a escape_n of_o divers_a french_a protestant_n from_o charente_n near_o rochel_n and_o their_o safe_a arrival_n at_o dartmouth_n the_o 24_o of_o march_n 4_o april_n 1692_o license_v april_n 2._o 1692._o j._n f._n although_o there_o be_v too_o many_o person_n remain_v still_o among_o we_o who_o do_v both_o secret_o and_o open_o favour_v the_o french_a interest_n magnify_v their_o power_n and_o wisdom_n and_o wish_v good_a success_n to_o their_o arm_n in_o order_n to_o restore_v the_o late_o abdicate_v king_n notwichstand_v so_o many_o fresh_a example_n of_o their_o implacable_a malice_n and_o cruelty_n against_o the_o northern_a heresy_n as_o they_o call_v it_o that_o be_v the_o protestant_a religion_n endeavour_v by_o all_o possible_a method_n to_o root_v it_o out_o so_o that_o no_o person_n in_o their_o right_a mind_n can_v imagine_v but_o that_o shall_v they_o prevail_v which_o god_n forbid_v they_o will_v entire_o destroy_v both_o our_o religion_n and_o liberty_n for_o if_o they_o continue_v to_o exercise_v such_o unheard_a of_o cruelty_n on_o their_o own_o countryman_n and_o neighbour_n what_o must_v stranger_n expect_v the_o last_o week_n there_o put_v into_o dartmouth_n a_o small_a french_a vessel_n about_o twenty_o five_o tun_n which_o bring_v in_o about_o twenty_o french_a protestant_n man_n woman_n and_o child_n who_o be_v well_o know_v to_o their_o brethren_n of_o darthmouth_n where_o they_o have_v a_o pastor_n and_o congregation_n some_o of_o these_o poor_a people_n have_v procure_v this_o vessel_n and_o put_v a_o small_a quantity_n of_o wine_n and_o brandy_n on_o board_n pretend_v to_o go_v for_o dunkirk_n in_o company_n of_o a_o great_a fleet_n that_o be_v thither_o bind_v with_o a_o supply_n of_o provision_n for_o the_o french_a army_n in_o flanders_n and_o for_o so_o do_v they_o be_v force_v to_o give_v security_n by_o some_o of_o their_o brethren_n who_o be_v to_o remain_v as_o they_o think_v at_o home_n but_o in_o the_o nighttime_n they_o get_v all_o their_o security_n with_o their_o whole_a family_n on_o board_n hide_v they_o away_o in_o the_o best_a manner_n they_o can_v to_o prevent_v discovery_n some_o in_o cask_n other_o in_o bag_n and_o so_o come_v up_o our_o channel_n with_o the_o french_a fleet_n and_o take_v their_o opportunity_n in_o the_o nighttime_n to_o steer_v away_o for_o dartmouth_n where_o they_o get_v in_o in_o safety_n and_o relate_v that_o their_o brethren_n who_o have_v be_v dragoon_v do_v most_o earnest_o wish_v and_o hope_n for_o some_o deliverance_n from_o their_o most_o barbarous_a oppression_n of_o which_o there_o be_v now_o a_o good_a prospect_n entertain_v london_n print_v for_o richard_n baldwin_n near_o the_o oxford-arm_n in_o warwick-lane_n 1692._o