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frigate_n take_v by_o our_o ship_n hilford_n castle_n take_v lieutenant_n colonel_n ingoldsby_n slay_v by_o musket_n shoot_v a_o day_n of_o solemn_a thanksgiving_n for_o the_o forementioned_a great_a mercy_n to_o the_o king_n our_o noble_a general_n advance_v to_o exeter_n inch-house_n surrender_v pouldram_n fort_n take_v higharchall_a surrender_v to_o the_o parliament_n bridge-north_n town_n take_v by_o shrewsbury_n force_n colonel_n billingsley_n slay_v in_o the_o storm_n portland_n castle_n surrender_v exmouth-fort_n near_o exeter_n take_v april_n 1646._o dennington_n castle_n take_v a_o order_n of_o both_o house_n of_o parliament_n for_o restraint_n of_o papist_n and_o other_o delinquent_n from_o come_v to_o the_o city_n of_o london_n and_o westminster_n a_o order_n also_o concern_v the_o king_n private_a come_n to_o london_n a_o brave_a defeat_n give_v to_o the_o king_n horse_n near_o farringdon_n treaty_n about_o the_o surrender_n of_o the_o city_n of_o exeter_n to_o the_o 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