The Squire Papers [Letters of O. Cromwell] List of the Long Parliament, and Lists of the Eastern-Association Committees [Ed. by T. Carlyle] (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ... your Brother for the Wines he got me out of Spain to my mind.--Sir, let me once more wish you 'would' think over your resolution, that I may serve you. Your Friend, Oliver Cromwell. Squire, in his idle moments, has executed on this sheet a rude drawing of a Pen and Sword; very rude indeed; with these words: "Ten to one the Feather beats the Iron: " that is Squire's endorsement on this his last remaining Letter from Oliver; indicating a nascent purpose, on the part of Squire, to quit the Army after all. With which nascent purpose, and last Letter, we should so gladly take our leave of him and his affairs; were it not that there still remain, from the burnt Journal, certain miscellaneous Scraps, transitory jottings of Lists and the like, copied by our Correspondent, --which, though generally of the character of mere opaque ashes, may contain here and there some fragment of a burnt bone, once a hero's; and claim to be included in this which may be called the Funeral Urn of the Ironsides, what is left to us of them after the fire. These Scraps too, let us hastily shoot them in, therefore; and so end. Scrap 1. On a Slip of Paper in Squire's hand first, but ending with a line in Oliver's Ely, this 12th day of March, 1643. Sick: M. Kearnes T. Allen Wounded: P. Jenkins P. Frisby Tab. Tomlins Sh. Wales 4 horses want new shoes; 14 bridles want repairs turns the leaf; 4 greaves want repair. Paid for Hay for Horses SO shillings. The rest all well. Saw.. Squire. Bottom of the Paper. Sixth Troop to go to Downham. O. C. Scrap 2. My Correspondent says: "These Names are written on a Sheet of Paper, folded and marked, Troops,"--probably, as my Correspondent guesses elsewhere, the names of the original Ironside Captains; well worth...