News From Ireland Being The Examination And Confession Of William Kelso A Scotch Rebel Taken In

by Battle Of Bothwell Bridge

$1,250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

4pp. 1 vols. Folio 32 cm . Unbound, partly separated at fold. Wing N972. Item #212225 The context here is the late-breaking news of the crushing defeat of he Scottish Covenanters at the Battle of Borthwell Bridge, on June 22, 1679, by government troops under the Duke of Monmouth, only 5 days prior the the publication of these relaed events. Several hundred Covenanters were killed, 1,200 were taken prisoner and marched off to Edinburgh, but

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