A letter, from a gentleman in Colchester, to his friend in London. I. B. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A78167 of text R210904 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.12[61]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A78167 Wing B84 Thomason 669.f.12[61] ESTC R210904 99869656 99869656 162854 2240946699

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A78167) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162854) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f12[61]) A letter, from a gentleman in Colchester, to his friend in London. I. B. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1648] Dated at end: Colchester 26. June 1648. Signed: I.B. Imprint from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jul June 30 1648". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Colchester (England) -- History -- Siege, 1648 -- Early works to 1800. A78167 R210904 (Thomason 669.f.12[61]). civilwar no A letter, from a gentleman in Colchester, to his friend in London. I. B. 1648 1 366 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A LETTER , From a Gentleman in Colchester , to his friend in London . SIR

I Am happie in this occasion , to tell you how greatly I affect you , and what high content and satisfaction it would bring to me to heare of your wel-fare , and other my loving friends . Bee assured our condition here is very good : Our Store-houses and Magazines are full , Our Souldiers at as good command as the Centurians in the Gospell . One said ; should hee paint Warre like a Beast , hee would begin with his Belly : Money may bee the Nerves and Sinnues of Warre ; But Meate and Drink is the Soule of it . This place is the Grannary of the County , and Fish-market of these Eastern-parts , Wee have infinite quantities of Corne , Salt , &c. and had they not got the Block-house at the mouth of the River , Wee had liv'd in too much luxurie , yet have wee no Dearth of Oysters and other Fish . The Lord Fairfax hath made a Battery on the Conny-Warren , halfe a mile from us , but our Cannoneers shoote so exactly well they have little rest in their new workes ; Wee heare they dwindle away daily by reason of fresh Insurrections in other places , and that some Bumpkins are come to them from Suffolke , but all that are Arethmeticians know that a great many such Ciphers stand for nothing . Mounsieur Thomas is Lievtenant to his Cozens Troopes and salutes you all . Commend me kindly to all friends . I pray you doe it particularly . I would faine see a perfect relation of the fight wherein Lambert was slaine . I pray for you all daily . Wee heare you had a Common-Hall in London on Saturday , Wee expect glorious events thereby : I wish you could at last become a Loyall Subject , and leave that Idoll the present Parliament which you so much adore , I pray for your conversions ; and rest .

Your faithfull servant I. B. Colchester 26. June 1648.