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Chapter 16 Of our Coming to Taunton
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The purple shadows of evening had fallen over the countryside, and the sun had sunk behind the distant Quantock and Brendon Hills, as our rude column of rustic1 infantry2 plodded3 through Curry4 Rivell, Wrantage, and Henlade. At every wayside cottage and red-tiled farmhouse5 the people swarmed6 out us we passed, with jugs7 full of milk or beer, shaking hands with our yokels8, and pressing food and drink upon them. In the little villages old and young came buzzing to greet us, and cheered long and loud for King Monmouth and the Protestant cause. The stay-at-homes were mostly elderly folks and children, but here and there a young labourer, whom hesitation9 or duties had kept back, was so carried away by our martial10 appearance, and by the visible trophies11 of our victory, that he snatched up a weapon and joined our ranks.
The skirmish had reduced our numbers, but it had done much to turn our rabble12 of peasants into a real military force. The leadership of Saxon, and his stern, short words of praise or of censure13 had done even more. The men kept some sort of formation, and stepped together briskly in a compact body. The old soldier and I rode at the head of the column, with Master Pettigrue still walking between us. Then came the cartful of our dead, whom we were carrying with us to insure their decent burial. Behind this walked two score of
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