Oliver Cromwell by John Drinkwater
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_Pemberton:_ Eleven thousand and perhaps three hundred. _Fairfax:_ Naseby will be three quarters--no, half a mile behind us. _Ireton:_ The right of the field is boggy, and pitted by rabbits. The action is like to move to the left. _Fairfax:_ Yes. There's a high hedge above there below Sulby. It would be useful to us then. _Staines:_ It has been marked, and dug almost to the waterside. _Fairfax:_ Good. Skippon and myself with the infantry there and there. Then the cavalry--you have one wing, Ireton, or you must command all, since General Cromwell is not come. _Pemberton:_ Is there any word of him? _Fairfax:_ None. _Staines:_ |
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