...excellent, pious, short, and soldierly prayer : for he lifted up his eyes and hands to Heaven, saying, ' O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not Thou forget me.' And with that rose up, crying ' March on, boys.' "t Between the town of Keinton and Edgehill was "...

...or death, your King will bear you company." Lord Lindsey's prayer before the battle is famous, " О Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me. March on, boys ! " The descent on the village of Radway is short, but very steep. At the northern angle,...

...characteristic prayer of the old Royalist general before the battle — '0 Lord, Thou knowest liow busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me. — March on, my boys !, The Leamington season begins about the 1st of January, and continues until...

...excellent, pious, short and soldierly prayer. Lifting his hands and eyes to heaven, he said, " O God, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, oh, do not Thou forget me." And with that he rose up, crying, " March on, boys." At the onset, fiery...

...short prayer, which he says was that of Lord Astley, before he charged at Edge-hill. It ran thus: "0 Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me."- And Hume adds, " There were certainly much longer prayers in the Parliamentary army, but I doubt if...

...like Lord Astley made at Edgehill, which battle was fought between Charles 1. and the Puritans: "Oh! Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me. March on, boys!" Like Coffee, Cockrell also recruited a regiment. Captain J.. O. Shelby — only a...

...The prayer before the battle of Sir Jacob Astley,* Major-General under Lord Lindsey, is famous : " O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me. . . . March on, boys." The princes Charles and James were placed during the battle under the care of...

...day. — Vide B1SHOP HORNE, vol. i. 303. Lord Astley's Prayer before the Battle of Edge/all. — ' O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day....not Thou forget me.' — ' There were certainly,' says Hume, ' much longer prayers said in the Parliamentary army, but I doubt if there was so good a...

...Parliament, one of the generals commanding was old Sir Jacob Astley. His last prayer before the fight was, " O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me." And of this we may be sure, that nothing, neither danger nor trouble, neither life nor death, can separate...

...battle joined, the simple prayer of Astley rose fervently to Heaven, as the veteran said aloud, " Oh, Lord ! Thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me ; " — and with that rose up, crying out, " March on, boys." It has indeed been too much the custom...