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         I. B.
      
       
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         A78167
         Wing B84
         Thomason 669.f.12[61]
         ESTC R210904
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         99869656
         162854
         
           
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             A letter, from a gentleman in Colchester, to his friend in London.
             I. B.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1648]
          
           
             Dated at end: Colchester 26. June 1648. Signed: I.B.
             Imprint from Wing.
             Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jul June 30 1648".
             Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
         eng
      
       
         
           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800.
           Colchester (England) -- History -- Siege, 1648 -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
       A78167  R210904  (Thomason 669.f.12[61]).  civilwar no A letter, from a gentleman in Colchester, to his friend in London. I. B.  1648    366 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text  has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription.  
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           A
           LETTER
           ,
           
             From
             a
             Gentleman
             in
          
           Colchester
           ,
           
             to
             his
             friend
             in
          
           London
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
          
        
         
           I
           Am
           happie
           in
           this
           occasion
           ,
           to
           tell
           you
           how
           greatly
           I
           affect
           you
           ,
           and
           what
           high
           content
           and
           satisfaction
           it
           would
           bring
           to
           me
           to
           heare
           of
           your
           wel-fare
           ,
           and
           other
           my
           loving
           friends
           .
           Bee
           assured
           our
           condition
           here
           is
           very
           good
           :
           Our
           Store-houses
           and
           Magazines
           are
           full
           ,
           Our
           Souldiers
           at
           as
           good
           command
           as
           the
           
             Centurians
          
           in
           the
           
             Gospell
             .
          
           One
           said
           ;
           should
           hee
           paint
           Warre
           like
           a
           Beast
           ,
           hee
           would
           begin
           with
           his
           Belly
           :
           Money
           may
           bee
           the
           Nerves
           and
           Sinnues
           of
           Warre
           ;
           But
           Meate
           and
           Drink
           is
           the
           Soule
           of
           it
           .
           This
           place
           is
           the
           Grannary
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           and
           Fish-market
           of
           these
           Eastern-parts
           ,
           Wee
           have
           infinite
           quantities
           of
           Corne
           ,
           Salt
           ,
           &c.
           and
           had
           they
           not
           got
           the
           
             Block-house
          
           at
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           Wee
           had
           liv'd
           in
           too
           much
           luxurie
           ,
           yet
           have
           wee
           no
           Dearth
           of
           
             Oysters
          
           and
           other
           Fish
           .
           The
           Lord
           
             Fairfax
          
           hath
           made
           a
           Battery
           on
           the
           Conny-Warren
           ,
           halfe
           a
           mile
           from
           us
           ,
           but
           our
           Cannoneers
           shoote
           so
           exactly
           well
           they
           have
           little
           rest
           in
           their
           new
           workes
           ;
           Wee
           heare
           they
           dwindle
           away
           daily
           by
           reason
           of
           fresh
           Insurrections
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           Bumpkins
           are
           come
           to
           them
           from
           
             Suffolke
             ,
          
           but
           all
           that
           are
           Arethmeticians
           know
           that
           a
           great
           many
           such
           Ciphers
           stand
           for
           nothing
           .
           Mounsieur
           
             Thomas
          
           is
           Lievtenant
           to
           his
           Cozens
           Troopes
           and
           salutes
           you
           all
           .
           Commend
           me
           kindly
           to
           all
           friends
           .
           I
           pray
           you
           doe
           it
           particularly
           .
           I
           would
           faine
           see
           a
           perfect
           relation
           of
           the
           fight
           wherein
           
             Lambert
          
           was
           slaine
           .
           I
           pray
           for
           you
           all
           daily
           .
           Wee
           heare
           you
           had
           a
           
             Common-Hall
          
           in
           
             London
          
           on
           Saturday
           ,
           Wee
           expect
           glorious
           events
           thereby
           :
           I
           wish
           you
           could
           at
           last
           become
           a
           Loyall
           Subject
           ,
           and
           leave
           that
           Idoll
           the
           present
           Parliament
           which
           you
           so
           much
           adore
           ,
           I
           pray
           for
           your
           conversions
           ;
           and
           rest
           .
        
         
           
             
               Your
               faithfull
               servant
            
             
               I.
               B.
               
            
          
           
             Colchester
             
               26.
               
               
                 June
              
               1648.
               
            
          
        
      
    
    

