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Whereas the militia are by special orders of the government acually imployed in defense of the countrey, [sic] and many of them excuse their attendance, upon pretence that they are already inlisted in the Army, or intend to be so which we conceive very prejudicial to Their Majesties service.

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Main Author:	Cox, Richard, Sir, 1650-1733
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Cork : publisher not identified, 1691]
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	England and Wales. > Army > Organization > Early works to 1800. England and Wales. > Army > Military policy > Early works to 1800. Great Britain > Militia > Early works to 1800. Broadside > England > 17th century.
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