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<DATE>2007-12-04</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>A
LETTER
FROM
A Per&s;on of Honour, relating the &s;laughter of a Party of
300 Hor&s;e, by the Forces under the command of
the Earle of <HI>Holland,</HI> <DATE><HI>July 7. 1648.</HI></DATE></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_TO prevent the u&s;uall practice of the adver&s;e Party, to
belie us out of Victories, and to encourage their wel|affected-ones,
who follow onely Power and Succe&s;&s;e,
not the Ju&s;tice of the Cau&s;e; (for I cannot believe,
they can by the&s;e Arts, di&s;courage tho&s;e who are re&s;olved to joyne in
vindicating their King, their Religion, their Laws &amp; Liberties) I
&s;end you this brief information of what hapned the la&s;t night: After
a &s;hort Skirmi&s;h of our Scouts, we under&s;tood by them, a Party of
Hor&s;e were not far off, and the better to entertain them we lined
the Hedges (my ha&s;te will not give me leave to write you a Rela|tion
at large) we lo&s;t about 10 men, but amply revenged their
deaths, by the &s;laughter of the greate&s;t part of their 300 Hor&s;e.
My Lord now marcheth with his full body of Men: this you
may affirm to your friends, or any one you meet withall, from your&mdash;</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>JULY 8.</DATE>
From the Head-quarters
at Houn&s;low-heath.</DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>LONDON, Printed in the Year 1648.</P>
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