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Dear Bondoman
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I have had a very bad state of Heath was since I left London I never had any
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thing worth your hearing till now, or else I shou'd have write to you sooner
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the following is a short Acct. of the Batle which was fought on Collodon
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moore (on April the 16th we march't from Narrin towards Inverness
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the Rebels Advance Guards frequently giving us honble tell we Advance
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to the Moore
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where we say the Rebles drawn up in line of
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Battle on
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Advance Ground Our gallant Hers causd the lines
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immediately to be form'd in which Order we march't towards the enemy
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tell we came within 200 yardes when all of a sudden four Peices of
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Artillery began to play
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from the enemeys Right, his Royall
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Highness caus'd our Artillery immediately to Advance which play
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on them with great success for the space of half an Hour, the Rebels
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finding their Disadvantage by our Canonading immediately made
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their Actact with their best Clans on our self, but the Constant
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Fine of Barrels, our's Mongoes & Wolfs plaster'd their intentions
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in such a Manner that render'd their sworde of small service its
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incredable to beleave the Perpetuall fire our Froghs made for five
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Minuts, which caus'd the Rebels to repeate, on which we made our
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Pursuite but could hardly march for dead bodys, sure never sucks
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slater ever was made in so short a time, up the best of their Clerks
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