The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., volume 5
The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., volume 5
Hume, David, 1711-1776
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Essex had now received his instructions. The import of them was, to present a most humble petition to the king) and to rescue him and the royal family from those desperate malignants who had aeized their persons.* Two days afler the departure of the royalists from Shrewsbury, he left Worcester. Though it be commonly easy in civil wars to get inteUigeace, the armies were within six miles of each other ere either of the generals was acquainted with the approach of his enemy. Shrewsbury and Worces...ter, the places from which they set out, are not above twenty miles distant ; yet had the two armies marched ten days in this nuitual ignofaoce : so much had military skill, during a long peace, decayed in Engiand.t The royal army ky near Banbury ; that of the parliament, at. Keinton, in the county of Warwick. Prince Rupert sent intelligence of the enemy^s approach. Though the day was far advanced, the kiag resolved upon the attack : Essex drew up his men to receive him. Sir Faithful Fortescue, who had levied a troop for the Irish wars, had been obliged to serve in the parliamentary army, and was now posted on the left wing, commanded by fiamsay, a Scotchman.
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