Sacharissa; alcuni account di Dorothy Sidney, contessa di Sunderland, la sua famiglia e gli amici, 1617-1684 . in tempo per takepart nella lotta a Newbury. Quella notte i due eserciti layin i campi sotto un luminoso cielo stellato, impaziente, writesan funzionario nel campo parlamentare, di accidia e l'oscurità,che intendono per la luce del mattino per esercitare il loro valor, incap-in grado di sonno, il loro nemico essendo così vicina. Egli va su todescribe grave e solenne pensieri, le preghiere thatwent fino al dio delle battaglie dal Puritan soldati. Tasto re lato vi sono stati alcuni i cui pensieri wereserious troppo, alcuni

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Sacharissa; some account of Dorothy Sidney, countess of Sunderland, her family and friends, 1617-1684 . in time to takepart in the fight at Newbury. That night the two armies layin the fields under a bright starlit sky, impatient, writesan officer in the Parliamentary camp, of sloth and darkness, wishing for the morning light to exercise their valour, incap-able of sleep, their enemy being so nigh. He goes on todescribe the grave and solemn thoughts, the prayers thatwent up to the God of battles from the Puritan soldiers. Buton the Kings side there were some whose thoughts wereserious too, some Cavaliers who did not spend the night indrinking and dice-playing. Falklands heart, we know, washeavy with the weary longing for peace that was soon to bestilled for ever. Sunderlands thoughts were turning to thegreen fields of his home, and the pleasant memory of hiswife. At break of day the Kings horse appeared marshalled inbattle array on the brow of the hill, and after a few momentspause they dashed in magnificent confusion on the pikes ofthe London trained bands, men till that day held in too. Henry, First Kaki. ok .SrNnERi.AND. * ??> •? From the picture by Robert II alker. DEATH OF LORD SUNDERLAND lOI cheap an estimation, but who now presented an invinciblerampart to the Cavalier charge. Officers and commanders, says the same eye-witness, did many of them leave off their doublets, and with daringresolution did bring on their men, as if they came rather totriumph than to fight. Three times over that splendid troopof horse, the flower of the Cavalier army, rode at headlongspeed to the charge. Each time they were met by the sameserried barrier of pikes, standing fast and immovable, like agrove of pines in a day of wind and tempest. Three timesthe Kings horse wheeled round and then charged again. Andthree times over they went reeling back among a cloud ofbullets, which made fearful havoc both of men and horses. Foremost in the brilliant company which charged thatday, say

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