The starting of the expedition was delayed beyond the intended time, for the government either could not or would not furnish the required funds, and the Earl of Peterborough was obliged to borrow considerable sums of money, and to involve himself in serious pecuniary embarrassments to remedy the defects, and to supply as far as possible the munition and stores necessary for the efficiency of the little force he had been appointed to command. It consisted of some three thousand English troops, who were nearly all raw and undisciplined, and a brigade, two thousand strong, of Dutch soldiers.
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"He is an idle vagabond!" the mayor of the good town of Southampton said, in high wrath-"a ne'er do well, and an insolent puppy; and as to you, Mistress Alice, if I catch you exchanging words with him again, ay, or nodding to him, or looking as if in any way you were conscious of his presence, I will put you on bread and water, and will send you away for six months to the care of my sister Deborah, who will, I warrant me, bring you to your senses." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Earl of Peterborough, King Charles, Lord Peterborough, Jack Stilwell, Marshal Tesse, Lord Galway, Captain Stilwell, Sergeant Edwards, San Matteo, Dame Anthony, Father Ignacio, Prince of Hesse Darmstadt, Archduke Charles, Andrew Carson, Colonel Southwell, Duke of Arcos, Duke of Savoy, Count of Cifuentes, General Stanhope, Mayor of Southampton, King of Spain, Mistress Anthony, Captain Mordaunt, Duke of Berwick, General Wyndham New!
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"He is an idle vagabond!" the mayor of the good town of Southampton said, in high wrath-"a ne'er do well, and an insolent puppy; and as to you, Mistress Alice, if I catch you exchanging words with him again, ay, or nodding to him, or looking as if in any way you were conscious of his presence, I will put you on bread and water, and will send you away for six months to the care of my sister Deborah, who will, I warrant me, bring you to your senses." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Earl of Peterborough, King Charles, Lord Peterborough, Jack Stilwell, Marshal Tesse, Lord Galway, Captain Stilwell, Sergeant Edwards, San Matteo, Dame Anthony, Father Ignacio, Prince of Hesse Darmstadt, Archduke Charles, Andrew Carson, Colonel Southwell, Duke of Arcos, Duke of Savoy, Count of Cifuentes, General Stanhope, Mayor of Southampton, King of Spain, Mistress Anthony, Captain Mordaunt, Duke of Berwick, General Wyndham New!
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