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Anecdote of the Civil Wars

By C.

Horace Walpole alludes to an anecdote of a country gentleman, during the Civil Wars, falling in with one of the armies on the day of some battle (Edgehill or Naseby?) as he was *quietly going out with his hounds*. Where did Walpole find this anecdote?

Topics: Civil Wars, Anecdotes