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The insolency and cruelty of the cavaliers, : being a true and exact relation of the plundering and pillaging of Winslow, and Swanborne, and diverse other townes in the counties of Buckingham, and Hartford, with the manner of their coming to the said towns, the number of their forces, what opposition they found, how they fired Swanborn, and forced the townsmen into the church, and what pillage they have taken, which businesse was informed on Wednesday last. Also what order is given for preservation of that county, and Colonel Hambdens and Colonell Goodwins going down thither upon Wednesday the 17. of this present moneth.

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Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for Robert Wood, 1643.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Goodwin, Arthur, > 1593 or 4-1643. Hampden, John, > 1594-1643. Buckinghamshire (England) > History, Military > Early works to 1800. Great Britain > History > Civil War, 1642-1649 > Atrocities > Early works to 1800. Hertfordshire (England) > History, Military > Early works to 1800.
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