"God made them as stubble to our swords."
— English Civil War

January 1, 1970

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Civil wars involving the states and peoples of EuropeMilitary history of EnglandPolitics of the United Kingdom17th-century military history
Original Language: English

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Oliver Cromwell, in a written remark after the defeat of Royalist forces in the Battle of Marston Moor. As quoted by John Richard Green in his book History of the English People, Volume III: Puritan England 1603-1660, The Revolution 1660-1688 (1882), p. 230