The book Tour Through Eastern Counties of England, 1722 was written by author Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 Here you can read free online of Tour Through Eastern Counties of England, 1722 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Tour Through Eastern Counties of England, 1722 a good or bad book?
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7th. The townspeople became very uneasy to the soldiers, and themayor of the town, with the aldermen, waited upon the general, desiring leave to send to the Lord Fairfax for leave to all theinhabitants to come out of the town, that they might not perish, towhich the Lord Goring consented, but the Lord Fairfax refused them. 12th. The rabble got together in a vast crowd about the LordGoring's quarters, clamouring for a surrender, and they did thisevery evening, bringing women and children, who la...y howling andcrying on the ground for bread; the soldiers beat off the men, butthe women and children would not stir, bidding the soldiers killthem, saying they had rather be shot than be starved. 16th. The general, moved by the cries and distress of the poorinhabitants, sent out a trumpet to the Parliament-General, demanding leave to send to the Prince, who was with a fleet ofnineteen men of war in the mouth of the Thames, offering tosurrender, if they were not relieved in twenty days. The LordFairfax refused it, and sent them word he would be in the town inperson, and visit them in less than twenty days, intimating thatthey were preparing for a storm.
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