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A38666	Eye-witness of their most noble courage for the example of their neighbouring counties.	Essex's excellency, or, The gallantry of the freeholders of that country being a short account of the brave British behaviour of those worthy freeholders, in the choice of their knights to serve in the next Parliament : together with the truly noble Lord Gray his speech at the close of their choice / published by an eye-witness of their most noble courage for the example of their neighbouring counties.	1679		.xml	application/xml	5911	92	31	Book wherein their names were entered , can testifie there were as many Gentlemen of Estates , and men of quality appeared for the Collonel , as they had , and rather more , except Clergy , my Lord Howard , my Lord Gray , with Sir Eliab Harvey himself , and divers other Lords and Gentlemen , making up the numbers of Freeholders on the Collonel's side . A Mildmay and Honeywood ; which being done , my Lord Gray and the Sheriff dined at the Collonel's Chamber , with some other of his friends , and the People attended on Horse-back to wait on my Lord Gray and the Collonel , and Mr. Honeywood out of Town , which was done about five of the clock , with near five hundred Horse ; But I must not forget to relate one Passage which was committed by a person that was against the Collonel , and one that call'd himself a Gentleman , ) that while my Lord Gray and the rest were at Dinner , a little before they were taking Horse to go out of Town , a poor Country-man going along the Streets , by the Door where the Opposites lodged , and crying out , A Mildmay and Honeywood , he seeing the Country-man's Zeal , knock'd him down , and broke the Country-man's Legg , and afterwards fled to the Inn for shelter ; but the Country-man's friends acquainted the Lord Gray and the Collonel with the action , they immediately ordered the person that did the fact to be seized , which was done , and he committed to Goal , and ordered the poor man to be carefully lookt after ; which ill Action ought not to be laid to the charge of any but malicious persons ; and indeed so much of malice did appear by the words and actions of those that Polled against the Collonel , that a sober man would blush to hear ; and among the rest was given out , That no Gentleman , or like a Gentleman , would appear on the Collonel's side , which was so notoriously false , that by the very .	cache/A38666.xml	txt/A38666.txt
