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The Rise of Oliver Cromwell

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16 Forty Five - Cromwell's Battle of Nasby

He starts as a captain. 16 forty two, he's promoted to a curbl that raises huge regiment. 16 forty four, he's made the second in command of the army of east anglia,. commanding its cavalry. He ends upat the battle of nasby, i suppose we should talk about in 16 forty five is nasby, and he performs a vital task on the left flank there. And he does that with such marked ability and success that in 16 fortyFive, to the dismay of some people in parliament, who are quite scared of him by now, he is the only man whom parliament pool together crack army for civil war. So even if cromwell's career had

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