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‘And his private message was that he wished us well, and would join us if we were in his country?’
‘That was the effect, my lord.’
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‘If we gain Beaufort we shall gain the town,’ quoth Sir Stephen Timewell. ‘There are already a strong body of godly and honest folk therein, who would rejoice to see a Protestant army within their gates. Should we have to beleaguer it we may count upon some help from within.’
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