Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 216
t to be; but he used to say, An enemy reducedto a necessity of fighting, is half beaten. Tis true, we were all but young in the war; thesoldiers hot and forward, and eagerly desired to cometo hands with the enemy. But I take the more noticeof it here, because the king in this acted against hisown… … Prince Ruif.kt Fell on with Such Fury. The Battle of Edgehill 183 and yet he gave way to these hasty counsels, andsuffered his judgment to be overruled by majority ofvoices; an error, I say, the King of Sweden was neverguilty of. For if all the officers at a council of warwere of a different…
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