Memoirs of Prince Rupert, and the Cavaliers: Including Their Private Correspondence, Now First Published from the Original Manuscripts, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1849 - Great Britain |
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arms army Arthur Aston artillery Banbury battle besiegers brave Bristol Byron Captain Castle Cavaliers charge Charles Cirencester Clarendon's Rebellion Colonel command Cromwell desire dragoons Duke Earl Earl of Essex Earl of Newcastle enemy enemy's England Essex Fairfax fight forces gallant garrison give Gloucester governor Hampden haste hath Highness Highness's most humble hither honour hope Hopton humble servant hundred horse King King's Legge letter London Lord Byron Lord Clarendon Lord Digby Lord Hopton Lord Newcastle Majesty Majesty's Marquis morning musketeers Newark Nicholas night officers Oxford Parliament Parliamentary peace plundering Prince Maurice Prince Rupert Prince Rupert's Diary Prince's prisoners quarters Queen RALPH HOPTON rebels received regiment rest retreat Roundheads Royal Scots sent shew shot side siege Sir John Sir John Berkeley Sir William Waller slain soldiers soon subjoined Tertia town trainbands troops unto victory Warwick Wilmot Worcester writes
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Page 41 - CAPTAIN or colonel, or knight in arms, Whose chance on these defenceless doors may seize, If deed of honour did thee ever please, Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee, for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses...
Page 228 - He frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford; and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for that had an allowance so large that he spent at the rate of a £-1000 a year, as I have heard...
Page 478 - For every Englishman is intended to be there present, either in person or by procuration and attorneys, of what pre-eminence state, dignity, or quality soever he be, from the prince (be he king or queen) to the lowest person of England. And the consent of the parliament is taken to be every man's consent.
Page 19 - And he has bound a snow-white plume Upon his gallant crest. He looked upon his people, And a tear was in his eye ; He looked upon the traitors, And his glance was stern and high. Right graciously he smiled on us, As rolled from wing to wing, Down all our line, a deafening shout,
Page 477 - The most high and absolute power of the realm of England consisteth in the parliament...
Page 41 - ... please, Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses
Page 206 - It is a tradition, that he was seen first moving in the direction of his father,in-law's (Simeon's) house at Pyrton. There he had in youth married the first wife of his love, and thither he would have gone to die. But Rupert's cavalry were covering the plain between. Turning his horse, therefore, he rode back across the grounds of Hazeley in his way to Thame.
Page 100 - ... to take command in a profession he had not willingly chosen, yet as his advice was of great authority with all the commanders, being always one in the council of war, and whose notable abilities they had still use of in their civil transactions, so he exposed his person to all action, travel, and hazard ; and by too forward engaging himself in this last, received a mortal shot by a musket, a little above the knee, of which he died in the instant...
Page 21 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
Page 484 - I know to be the cause and fomenters of these humours, to be about my wife any longer ; which I must do, if it were but for one action they made my wife do, which is, to make her go to Tyburn in devotion to pray; which action can have no greater invective made against it, than the relation.