Memoirs Of Edmund Ludlow Esq Lieutenant General Of The Horse Commander In Chief Of The Forces In Ireland In Three Volumes The Second Edition To Which Is Prefixd Some Account Of His Life And Writings Of 3 Volume 3

Author : Edmund Ludlow
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266250418
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book The Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow, Lieutenant-General of the Horse in the Army of the Commonwealth of England, 1625-1672, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Edmund Ludlow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow, Lieutenant-General of the Horse in the Army of the Commonwealth of England, 1625-1672, Vol. 2 of 2 Great endeavours were used in Ireland to perswade lieut.-col. Walker, an honest man and a good Officer, to undertake the command of those forces that were ordered to be sent from thence; but he perceiving the design, and being throughly sensible that this Offer was not made to him from any affection to his person, or sense of his services, refused to bite at the bait, tho it was gilded as much as might be, by advancing a considerable sum, and satisfying the arrears Of those that went out of the forfeited lands in such places as they should chuse. Upon his refusal, Major Moor accepted the imployment with the title Of Colonel; but on condition that after he had conducted the men to Jamaica, he should have liberty to return, which he did after many difficulties and hazards of his person 3. Capt. Chester, a stout man, and one who at a general council of Ofiicers had Openly expressed his discontent against the usurpation, was also perswaded to engage in this service, and lost his life in the expedition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.