item: #1 of 913 id: A01996 author: Gower, John, Master of Arts. title: Pyrgomachia; vel potius, Pygomachia Or, in cleane English, The castle-combat. Performed; by Iames Fencer, and William Wrastler. At nine of the clock of the night of the ninth day of the ninth moneth of the ninth yeare of the reigne of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles. Recorded by the ninth of the nine Muses, in the ninth part of nine weekes: and devided into nine files. date: 1635.0 words: 8439 flesch: 83 summary: f This welcome ●as bestow'd ●…n Iames in ●●…dleigh in ●uffolke by one ●escended from be line of Mars . g Which they brought underground from Colchester . a Two of t●● Turrets still r●maine in the first top-galla●… height , thou●… other parts b● defaced . keywords: brave; castle; combat; day; doe; doth; english; gower; great; iames; king; know; mee; night; tcp; text; thee; thou; ● ● cache: A01996.xml plain text: A01996.txt item: #2 of 913 id: A03752 author: Howell, James, 1594?-1666. title: Dendrologia Dodona's grove, or, the vocall forrest. By I.H. Esqr. date: 1640.0 words: 49766 flesch: 37 summary: A secure and easie going out for the Native , and a doubtfull hard comming in for the stranger ; which made the Caerulean God so indulgent of his Druina , and to repose in her such a rare confidence , that besides the clustre of Diadems which begirt her high fronded fore-head by land , he transmitted to her long since his very Trident , making her Impresse , yea , Empresse of the Sea , and that in so high a degree of Soveraignty , that in her owne waves , hee gave her an Exclusive propriety ; in so much that the utmost extent of her desmenes royall , are adjudged , by some great Clarkes , to bee the shoares of the neighbouring Forrests . Druina and Ampelona intervend to compose these differences , but they had a short answer of the Olive , that hee needed not the helpe of any , to reduce his own subjects to conformity , but the oddes that were , he would referre to the Cedar his Cozen , who as it seemes proving no indifferent Arbiter , Leoncia sheltred her selfe ( though Druina had the first tender made her both of protection and Soveraignty ) under the branches of the Royall Vine , who sending the very next of his owne stemme to governe her , he attempted , by the praecipitat Counsell of some greene springals about him , to ravish her , and render himselfe absolute . keywords: altapinus; ampelona; armes; bee; body; branches; cedar; court; crowne; day; doe; druina; earth; elaiana; fall; farre; fire; forrest; good; great; hath; heaven; hee; himselfe; holy; honour; ill; itelia; ivie; kind; king; love; martiall; nature; neighbours; new; oke; olive; owne; passe; peace; petropolis; places; plants; point; power; prince; princely; reason; regard; religion; rhenusium; rocalino; royall; royall oke; sayd; sea; seemes; shee; soveraigne; state; strength; subject; things; thought; time; treasure; trees; vine; way; world; yeares cache: A03752.xml plain text: A03752.txt item: #3 of 913 id: A09908 author: Powell, Thomas, 1572?-1635? title: A VVelch bayte to spare prouender. Or, A looking backe vpon the times past Written dialogue wise. This booke is diuided into three parts, the first, a briefe discourse of Englands securitie, while her late Maiestie was liuing, with the maner of her proceeding in gouernment, especially towards the papists and puritanes of England, whereof a letter written late before her death, specifics, as followeth in this first part. The second, a description of the distractions during her Maiesties sickenesse with the composing of them. The third, of the aptnesse of the English and the Scotte to incorporate and become one entire monarchie: with the meanes of preseruing their vnion euerlastingly, added therevnto. date: 1603.0 words: 10078 flesch: 57 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. 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Which to effect Sathan his writts doth readily direct To all the peeres of darknes . All the fabrick falls not , assoone as ever the foundation sinckes : but the mystery of iniquity runnes on so many wheeles , that it is to be feared , the removall of one ( though it may slacken ) can ●●●●●erly hinder the motion . keywords: cause; church; doe; doth; english; foes; friends; god; hath; haue; hovv; king; like; men; novv; spanish; state; tcp; text; thou; thy; time; truth; vpon; vvas; vve; vvhat; vvhen; vvhich; vvho; vvith; vvould; ● ● cache: A10294.xml plain text: A10294.txt item: #5 of 913 id: A11864 author: Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631. title: A briefe discourse, concerning the power of the Peeres and Comons of Parliament, in point of judicature written by a learned antiquerie, at the request of a peere, of this realme. date: 1640.0 words: 2318 flesch: 63 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A11864 of text S120646 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 22165). 69 D The rate of 69 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: commons; king; lords; parliament; peeres; power; sentence; text cache: A11864.xml plain text: A11864.txt item: #6 of 913 id: A16382 author: Abbot, George, 1562-1633. title: The kings maiesties letter to the the Lords Grace of Canterbury, touching preaching, and preachers. date: 1622.0 words: 2881 flesch: 50 summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). keywords: church; doe; eebo; england; preachers; preaching; tcp; text cache: A16382.xml plain text: A16382.txt item: #7 of 913 id: A19445 author: Church of England. Diocese of Exeter. Bishop (1598-1621 : Cotton) title: William, by the prouidence of God, Bishop of Exeter, to all and singular archdeacons, officials, parsons ... and all other ecclesiasticall officers ... greeeting [sic] whereas His Majesty, for the seasoning of all youth in their due alleageance, hath caused a booke to bee compiled and imprinted ... intituled God and the King ... date: 1616.0 words: 1733 flesch: 58 summary: (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A19445) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 28975) Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). keywords: english; euery; said; tcp; text cache: A19445.xml plain text: A19445.txt item: #8 of 913 id: A20838 author: Ar., A. title: The practise of princes. Published by A. Ar date: 1630.0 words: 9964 flesch: 58 summary: What a miserable thing it is , to see wicked counsellors get such a hand over theire King , that he is wholy ruled by them , and dares not doe or say any thing , but what they like ? nor favour a good man and his cause further then they admit ? as it was with Zedekiah , who durst not be knowne of the talke he had with Ieremie , but was forced to faigne a busines , and an answer to stop the mouths of his Princes and Councellors , so verie a child they made of him ; though it be saide , woe to thee o Land whose King is a child : when with a couragious & constant frowne , he might have dispersed them all , and have saved himselfe and the citie , by beeing perswaded by Ieremie . Al Princes are as much bound to observe his lawes and directions , as theire meanest subiects are to regard theirs , for he is the King of kings , and all his Rules and directions are perpetuall lawes ; so immutable and irrevocable that all designes and determinations that are contrary unto them , how faire a shew soever they make of wisdom and a probable good , they are but meere wickednes , and can not establish the Prince that puts them in practise , but rather tend to his undoing : for that is one infallible principle left us by Wisdom , A man can not be established by wickednes , and therefore the Lord saith , Woe to the rebellious children , that take counsell , but not of me , and cover with a covering but not of my spirit : which walke to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh , and trust in the shadow of Egypt as Asa also sought a league with Syria , and relyed on it , and not on the Lord , , and was therefore punished , wherefore Wisdom saith , It is an abhomination to Kings to commit wickednes : for the throne is established by justice : by carrying themselves justly towards God and their people , therefore state policies that stand not with pietie must needes overthrow it . keywords: duke; god; gods; good; honour; king; lord; man; parliament; people; practises; princes; pro; religion; saith; things; wisdom cache: A20838.xml plain text: A20838.txt item: #9 of 913 id: A22096 author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) title: By the King, a proclamation for the continuance of His Maiesties farthing tokens date: 1614.0 words: 1582 flesch: 58 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 23825) keywords: farthing; proclamation; tcp; text; tokens cache: A22096.xml plain text: A22096.txt item: #10 of 913 id: A22097 author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) title: By the King, a proclamation conteyning His Maiesties royall pleasure concerning the proiect of dying and dressing of broad cloathes within the kingdome, before they be exported. date: 1614.0 words: 1717 flesch: 60 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). keywords: eebo; english; haue; tcp; text cache: A22097.xml plain text: A22097.txt item: #11 of 913 id: A22133 author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) title: By the King, a proclamation against steelets, pocket daggers, pocket dagges and pistols date: 1616.0 words: 1200 flesch: 62 summary: By the King, a proclamation against steelets, pocket daggers, pocket dagges and pistols England and Wales. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1752:14) By the King, a proclamation against steelets, pocket daggers, pocket dagges and pistols England and Wales. keywords: eebo; english; pocket; tcp; text cache: A22133.xml plain text: A22133.txt item: #12 of 913 id: A22153 author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) title: By the King, a proclamation for reforming the abuses in making of gold and siluer threed within this realme and for the inhibiting the importation thereof, from the parts beyond the seas. date: 1617.0 words: 3108 flesch: 49 summary: Wee therefore for the better execution of Our said will and pleasure , and preseruation of Our Bullion within this Our Kingdome , do further straitly charge & command , that no Goldsmith or Goldsmithes , Finer or Finers , Parter or Parters of Gold and Siluer within Our said Dominions , shall for their vse or benefit , vses or benefittes , fine , part , or cause to bee fined or parted any Gold or Siluer , or prouide or cause to bee prouided any Gold or Siluer , and the same vtter and sell or otherwise dispose to any person or persons whatsoeuer , whereby to make or cause to be made the said Gold and Siluer threed , except to such person and persons , as We shall license to make the same to Our vse ; And that the said Goldsmith or Goldsmithes , Finer or Finers , Parter or Parters or any of them , or any for them or to their vse or vses , shall not prouide , vtter , sell , or deliuer any Gold or Siluer at all to any person or persons whatsoeuer , without taking speciall notice of the names and habitations of such person and persons , as shall buy , receaue , or haue any such Gold or Siluer of them , to the end it may appeare to Us , to what vse and vses the same Gold and Siluer shall bee imployed , vpon paine of forfeiture of all such Gold and Siluer , and of vndergoing Our high indignation and displeasure , with such further paines and punishments , as for the same their defaults , may any wayes bee inflicted vpon them and euery of them , in this behalfe offending . And We doe further straitly charge and Command all and singuler person and persons whatsoeuer , within Our said Realmes and Dominions , that they nor any of them do , or shal at any time or times hereafter make , erect , set vp , mend , or vse any Frame , Engine , Instrument , Mill or Toole whatsoeuer , for the Drawing , flatting , milling and spinning of Gold and Siluer threed , or of Copper Gold and Siluer threed , or for the Drawing or Flatting , of wyer to the ende to make the same , without the lycence of Us , or such as We in that behalfe shal specially appoint , vpon the paines & penalties before expressed : nor that any person or persons whatsoeuer shall prouid or sell , or cause to bee prouided , or sould any Silke to be throwen or made fitting for the making or spinning of Gold or Siluer Threed , or of Copper Gold and Siluer Threed , except to such person and persons as We shal license to make the same to Our vse , vpon the like pains and penalties before mentioned . keywords: copper; gold; person; shall; siluer; siluer threed; vpon cache: A22153.xml plain text: A22153.txt item: #13 of 913 id: A22174 author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) title: By the King, a proclamation concerning ale-houses date: 1618.0 words: 2828 flesch: 57 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). keywords: ale; clerkes; houses; iustices; peace; tcp; text; time cache: A22174.xml plain text: A22174.txt item: #14 of 913 id: A22216 author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) title: By the King, a proclamation to restraine the planting of tobacco in England and VVales date: 1619.0 words: 1864 flesch: 56 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 23832) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text; tobacco; wee cache: A22216.xml plain text: A22216.txt item: #15 of 913 id: A22223 author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) title: By the King, a proclamation for preuention and restraint of the abuses and inconueniences occasioned by dying with logwood date: 1619.0 words: 2069 flesch: 54 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A22223) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 23834) keywords: assignes; eebo; english; logwood; tcp; text cache: A22223.xml plain text: A22223.txt item: #16 of 913 id: A22251 author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) title: By the King, a proclamation for the banishing of Giles Mompesson date: 1621.0 words: 1275 flesch: 59 summary: Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 23835) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1709:22) By the King, a proclamation for the banishing of Giles Mompesson England and Wales. Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). keywords: eebo; mompesson; tcp; text cache: A22251.xml plain text: A22251.txt item: #17 of 913 id: A22266 author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) title: By the King, a proclamation declaring His Maiesties pleasure concerning the dissoluing of the present conuention of Parliament date: 1621.0 words: 3754 flesch: 39 summary: The Lords with all duetie and respect , submitted to Our resolution , passed the Act , & sent it with speciall recommendation to the house of Commons ; but they neither read it , nor proceeded with businesses , but forgetting that the time was Ours & not theirs , continued their discontent , as they pretended , for being so soone dismissed , we ( though it were strange to obserue such auersnes for Our resoluing vpon such waighty reasons , that wherin We needed not to be measured by any other rule , but Our owne Princely will ) yet were contented to descend from our owne Right , to alter Our resolution , and to continue the Session for a fortnight more , wherein they might perfite such publique Billes , as were esteemed of most importance : for which purpose , We Our selfe came in person vnto the Higher house of Parliament , and made offer thereof vnto them , which being , in effect , as much as the Commons had formerly desired , was no sooner offered , but yeelding thankes to Us , the said Commons resolued the same day directly , contrary to their former desire , to refuse it , and to accept Our first Resolution of an adiournement ; but attending Us at Greenwich , presented no grieuances : this inconstancie , as We passed by with a gentle admonition ; so for the matter of grieuances , aswell of England , as Ireland , We promised to take them into Our owne care , though not presented to Us , and really performed the same so far forth , as time , and the aduice of Our Councell of each Kingdome could enable Us , as is witnessed by Our seuerall Proclamations , published in both Realmes , as likewise in granting at the same time those three suites which were proponed vnto Us by the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury , at the request , and in the name of both the Houses : And although in Our Answer to their petition , Wee gaue them full assurance that wee would bee as carefull of the preseruation of their Priuiledges , as of Our owne Royall Prerogatiue , and in Our explanation after sent vnto them by Our Letters , written to Our Secretary , We told them that Wee neuer meant to denie them any lawfull priuiledges that euer that House enioyed in Our predecessours times ; and that whatsoeuer priuiledges or liberties they enioyed by any Law or Statute , should euer bee inuiolablie preserued by Us ; and We hoped Our posterity would imitate Our footsteps therein ; and whatsoeuer priuiledges they enioyed by long custome , and vncontrolled and lawfull Presidents , We would likewise be as carefull to preserue them , and transmit the care thereof to Our posterity , confessing Our selues in iustice to bee bound to maintaine them in their Rights , and in grace , that We were rather minded to increase , then infringe any of them , if they should so deserue at Our hands , which might satisfie any reasonable man , that We were farre from violating their priuiledges . keywords: bee; day; house; parliament; tcp; text; time; vnto; wee cache: A22266.xml plain text: A22266.txt item: #18 of 913 id: A22289 author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) title: By the King, a proclamation commanding noblemen, knights, and gentlemen of quality, to repayre to their mansion houses in the country, to attend their seruices, and keepe hospitality, according to the ancient and laudable custome of England date: 1622.0 words: 1402 flesch: 56 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 27017) keywords: eebo; england; english; tcp; text cache: A22289.xml plain text: A22289.txt item: #19 of 913 id: A22349 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King a proclamation signifying His Maiesties pleasure, that all men being in office of government, at the decease of his most deare, and most royall father, King Iames, shall so continue, till His Maiesties further direction. date: 1625.0 words: 1581 flesch: 59 summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). Sheet 2, line 1 of text ends in. keywords: eebo; king; maiesties; tcp; text cache: A22349.xml plain text: A22349.txt item: #20 of 913 id: A22350 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King a proclamation for better furnishing the nauy, and shipping of the realme, with able and skilfull mariners. date: 1625.0 words: 1996 flesch: 54 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). keywords: eebo; english; king; seruice; tcp; text cache: A22350.xml plain text: A22350.txt item: #21 of 913 id: A22362 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: Charles by the grace of God king of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. to our right trusty and welbeloued cousin, William Earle of Northampton ... date: 1625.0 words: 2480 flesch: 47 summary: EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). And by these presents doe giue full power and authoritie vnto you , That you , from time to time may leuie , gather , and call together , all and singuler Our Subiects , of what estate , degree or dignitie , they or any of them bee , dwelling or inhabiting within the Principalitie , Dominions , Marches and Counties aforesaid , aswel within Liberties as without , meet and apt for the Warres , and them from time to time to trie , array , and put in readinesse ; And them also , and euery of them after their abilities , degrees and faculties , well and sufficiently from time to time , to cause to be armed and weaponed ; And to take the Musters of them from time to time , in places most meet for that purpose , after your discretion : And also the same Our Subiects so arrayed , tried , and armed , aswell Horsemen , Archers , and Footmen as other men of Armes , of all kindes and degrees , meet and apt for the Warres , to leade , and conduct , aswel against all and singuler Our enemies , as also against all and singuler Rebels , Traytors , and other offenders and their adherents against Vs , Our Crowne and dignity , within the said Principalitie and Dominions of North-Wales and South-Wales , the Marches of the same , and Counties and places aforesayd , and euery of them from time to time , as often as need shall require by your discretion : keywords: counties; euery; tcp; text; time; wales cache: A22362.xml plain text: A22362.txt item: #22 of 913 id: A22368 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King a proclamation for restraint of disorderly and vnnecessary resort to the court. date: 1625.0 words: 2133 flesch: 54 summary: By Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, Printed at London : THe Kings most Excellent Maiesty , hauing taken into His Princely consideration , the many inconueniences which may fall out by the vnlimited concourse of people of all sorts to His Court , or the Townes or Parishes neere the same , especially at this time , and in this season of the yeere , which growes euery day more dangerous for increasing the infection , already begun in the Citie of London , and Confines of the same ; And being graciously and prouidently carefull to take away and preuent all occasions tending thereunto , hath thought fit by aduice of His Priuie Councell , by this Proclamation to publish and declare his Royall pleasure and commandement concerning the same , That although his Maiestie cannot but conceiue great ioy and contentment , when His louing Subiects , out of their loyall and dutifull affections towards him , shall desire to see the Persons of Himselfe , or of his deare Consort the Queene , who is ( by Gods blessing ) shortly to come ouer into England ; yet , in his Princely care of His people , Hee is contented to dispence with those publike shewes of their zeale , chearefulnes , and alacritie at this time ▪ lest the present occasions of ioy and reioycing , should produce a contrary effect , by dispersing the Infection into other parts of the Realme , where his Maiestie shall keepe his Royall Court and residence . keywords: court; eebo; english; maiesties; tcp; text; time cache: A22368.xml plain text: A22368.txt item: #23 of 913 id: A22370 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation for restraint of disorderly and vnnecessary resort to the court date: 1625.0 words: 2125 flesch: 54 summary: THe Kings most Excellent Maiesty , hauing taken into His Princely consideration , the many inconueniences which may fall out by the vnlimited concourse of people of all sorts to His Court , or the Townes or Parishes neere the same , especially at this time , and in this season of the yeere , which growes euery day more dangerous for increasing the infection , already begun in the Citie of London , and Confines of the same ; And being graciously and prouidently carefull to take away and preuent all occasions tending thereunto , hath thought fit by aduice of His Priuie Councell , by this Proclamation to publish and declare his Royall pleasure and commandement concerning the same , That although his Maiestie cannot but conceiue great ioy and contentment , when His louing Subiects , out of their loyall and dutifull affections towards him , shall desire to see the Persons of Himselfe , or of his deare Consort the Queene , who is ( by Gods blessing ) shortly to come ouer into England ; yet , in his Princely care of His people , Hee is contented to dispence with those publike shewes of their zeale , chearefulnes , and alacritie at this time ▪ lest the present occasions of ioy and reioycing , should produce a contrary effect , by dispersing the Infection into other parts of the Realme , where his Maiestie shall keepe his Royall Court and residence . And therefore his Maiestie doth hereby straitly charge and command , That aswell in the Iourney , which Himselfe shortly intendeth to Douer in Kent , for the reception of his deare Consort , the Queene , at Her arriuall , as also in His , and Her Maiesties returne from thence , and in all other Iourneys and Progresses , which they or either of them shall make this Summer now ensuing , till they shall returne to a standing house in Winter , No person or persons whatsoeuer , not being thereunto called or appointed , or not hauing speciall cause of personall attendance at the Court for his Maiesties seruice , or for some necessary occasion of extremity concerning their owne estate , doe presume to follow , or resort to the Court with Petitions , or vpon other pretence , or vnto any Citie , Towne , Uillage , or priuate house within twelue miles of the same , as they tender his Maiesties displeasure , and will answere for the same , as contemners of this his Maiesties iust and Royall commandement . keywords: court; eebo; english; maiesties; tcp; text cache: A22370.xml plain text: A22370.txt item: #24 of 913 id: A22377 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King a proclamation concerning the adiournement of the Parliament. date: 1625.0 words: 1203 flesch: 64 summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). [1625] Arms with C R at top of sheet; text has historiated initial. keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A22377.xml plain text: A22377.txt item: #25 of 913 id: A22378 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King a proclamation for remouing the receipt of His Maiesties exchequer from Westminster to Richmond. date: 1625.0 words: 1230 flesch: 64 summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). line 1 of text ends conside-. keywords: exchequer; maiesties; tcp; text cache: A22378.xml plain text: A22378.txt item: #26 of 913 id: A22385 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation for the adjournement of part of Michaelmas terme date: 1625.0 words: 1763 flesch: 62 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). keywords: courts; eebo; maiesties; tcp; text cache: A22385.xml plain text: A22385.txt item: #27 of 913 id: A22389 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation for the avoyding of all intercourse betweene His Maiesties Royall Court and the cities of London and Westminster, and places adioyning date: 1625.0 words: 1412 flesch: 62 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 27572) keywords: court; eebo; tcp; text cache: A22389.xml plain text: A22389.txt item: #28 of 913 id: A23597 author: Penn, William, 1644-1718. title: England's great interest in the choice of this new Parliament dedicated to all her free-holders and electors. date: 1679.0 words: 4406 flesch: 59 summary: Insomuch as No man according to the ancient Laws of this Realm can be adjudg'd in matter either of Life , Liberty or Estate , but it must be by the Judgment of his Peers , that is , Twelve men of the Neighbourhood , commonly called a JURY ; though this hath been infringed by two Acts made in the late long Parliament , one against the Quakers in Particular , and the other against Dissenters in General , called An Act against seditious Conventicles , where persons are adjudged Offenders and punishable without a Jury : which 't is hoped , this ensuing Parliament will think fit in their Wisdoms to repeal , though with less Severity , then one of the same Nature ( as to punishing men without Juries ) was by Henry the Eighth , who for executing of it hang'd Empson and Dudly . To guide and fix your Choice upon Men , that you have reason to believe are Well Affected , Able and Bold to serve the Country in these Respects . keywords: choice; chuse; god; government; man; men; parliament; tcp; text cache: A23597.xml plain text: A23597.txt item: #29 of 913 id: A25258 author: Ames, Richard, d. 1693. title: Chuse which you will, liberty or slavery: or, An impartial representation of the danger of being again subjected to a popish prince date: 1692.0 words: 8170 flesch: 44 summary: eng James -- II, -- King of England, 1633-1701. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. keywords: church; conscience; duke; england; english; french; government; interest; james; king; liberty; prince; religion; return; tcp; text; time cache: A25258.xml plain text: A25258.txt item: #30 of 913 id: A25499 author: Agitator in the city. title: An ansvver of a letter from an agitator in the city to an agitator in the army date: 1647.0 words: 2782 flesch: 65 summary: I could here wish our friends in the Army had not so often insisted to the Parliament to have them put out of London by Ordinance : for some of them said openly , the Army are affraid of us , therefore we will continue in the City : Besides for our obedience to the Parliament , and relinquishing the Rebellious mutineers , we are called desertors of the Army , and are voted to be disbanded ; and one day ( say they ) the House was ready to vote down Sir Thoma's Commission and Declaration , and the rest of those Officers Traitors which summoned the City : and afterwards the case was altered , and the same Traytors accused the 11 Members . Sir Henry Hamon , and 40. more at the least , for this is our strongest party in number : though not for wisdome and power , for one of our richest and best friends , Master William Perpoint ( who hath carryed on the great designe , with as much secresie , industry and gravity as any of our Party is for closing with the King : My advise is to joyn with the King only to save stakes , for he grows daily in the Affection of the People , and there are Pestilent books daily writ , especially in Law Points , which are not for our turne : if we prosper , we must reform the Lawyers as well as the Parliament or Devines , for they grow sawcy , I feare you have too many of the Kings party in the Army , trust not to them , for they look through our designes , and incourages their party in London to joyne in the last Petition : for your Army drawing up neer London , I feare you have lost your time , for they are able to draw 40000. keywords: agitator; army; city; king; london; party; sir; text cache: A25499.xml plain text: A25499.txt item: #31 of 913 id: A25574 author: Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. Letter to a member of the convention. title: An Answer to the author of the Letter to a member of the convention date: 1689.0 words: 3941 flesch: 65 summary: Suppose that he should grant all that you can ask , bating White-hall , the Revenue , the Title of King , and the Right of calling Parliaments , and making Peace and War : What security have we that he will acquiesce in this low restrained Estate ; Oaths , Laws , and Promises , we had before , but what did they signifie , who shall be Garantee , what shall we do if he break out again ? You , Sir , suppose your Parliament Man , in these words , to be one who will regard no Arguments from Justice , Reason , Religion , or the Laws of God or Man ; Interest is the only thing which is likely to prevail ; an excellent Complement to a Parliament Man ; but it goes higher yet , and takes in the Majority of the States , for no one Man shall ever determin these great things . keywords: king; laws; men; prince; sir; tcp; text cache: A25574.xml plain text: A25574.txt item: #32 of 913 id: A25739 author: Worthy gentleman. title: An aproved [sic] ansvver to the partiall and vnlikt of Lord Digbies speech to the bill of attainder of the Earle of Strafford which was first torne in pieces and afterwards disgracefully burnt by the hangman in Smithfield, Cheapside, Westminster upon Fryday being the 15 day of July 1641 / written by a worthy Gentleman. date: 1641.0 words: 1974 flesch: 67 summary: An aproved [sic] ansvver to the partiall and vnlikt of Lord Digbies speech to the bill of attainder of the Earle of Strafford which was first torne in pieces and afterwards disgracefully burnt by the hangman in Smithfield, Cheapside, Westminster upon Fryday being the 15 day of July 1641 / written by a worthy Gentleman. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 259:E198, no 2) An aproved [sic] ansvver to the partiall and vnlikt of Lord Digbies speech to the bill of attainder of the Earle of Strafford which was first torne in pieces and afterwards disgracefully burnt by the hangman in Smithfield, Cheapside, Westminster upon Fryday being the 15 day of July 1641 / written by a worthy Gentleman. keywords: earle; law; speech; strafford; text cache: A25739.xml plain text: A25739.txt item: #33 of 913 id: A25934 author: England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. title: Articles of impeachment against George Lord Digby by the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, in maintenance of their accusation whereby hee standeth accused with high treason in their names, and in the names of all the Common in England : whereunto is added a strange and unheard of oraison put by the papists ... date: None words: 1628 flesch: 71 summary: Articles of impeachment against George Lord Digby by the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, in maintenance of their accusation whereby hee standeth accused with high treason in their names, and in the names of all the Common in England : whereunto is added a strange and unheard of oraison put by the papists ... England and Wales. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 805:44) Articles of impeachment against George Lord Digby by the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, in maintenance of their accusation whereby hee standeth accused with high treason in their names, and in the names of all the Common in England : whereunto is added a strange and unheard of oraison put by the papists ... England and Wales. keywords: commons; digby; george; lord; parliament cache: A25934.xml plain text: A25934.txt item: #34 of 913 id: A26019 author: Ashhurst, William, 1617-1680. title: Reasons against agreement with a late printed paper, intituled, Foundations of freedome, or, The agreement of the people vvhereby it doth appear, that the particulars proposed in the said paper are not foundations of freedome, but of tyrannie and slaverie to the people, being destructive to religion, laws, liberty, and government, against our Covenant and protestations, and very dangerous and unsafe for the kingdom / by William Ashhurst ... date: 1648.0 words: 6192 flesch: 45 summary: 1 First , Because it proposeth , that the People ( or rather some small part of them ) without any colour of Law or right , should agree together to alter the present Government , and to take away a legall right from Burroughs to choose Members to the Parliament ; which admitted , they may with as much Justice and Right agree to take away any Law , or any mans life or estate , by which Rule we should injoy nothing but at the will or any number of men that would call themselves The People . THe Publisher of this Paper called , An Agreement of the People , tells us , that it was tendered to the Consideration of the Generall , and Counsell of the Army ; but before it was approved by them ( which I hope it never will ) he held it just to be published , that men might offer their Reasons against it : wherein he is so ingenious , that however both the Epistle and Paper might give occasion to some personall Reflections , yet I will onely give him fairly my Reasons why I cannot agree to this Paper ; having for the more clear proceeding first layed down the most principall parts of this Agreement , which ( as I take it ) is briefly , That the People who shall subscribe this Paper shall agree , To take away this Parliament , And to choose an equall Representative consisting of 300. men , who shall have full power without the Consent or Concurrence of any other person or persons , ( either King or House of Peers ) to make , Repeal , Alter , and Declare Laws : and that none do resist their Laws or Orders upon pain of death , except such Representatives expresly violate this Agreement , and they shall have power to choose a Councell of State for the managing of publick affairs : keywords: agreement; government; kingdom; paper; parliament; people; power; reason cache: A26019.xml plain text: A26019.txt item: #35 of 913 id: A26143 author: Atkyns, Robert, Sir, 1621-1709. title: The Lord Russel's innocency further defended, by way of reply to an ansvver, entituled, The magistracy and government of England vindicated by Sir Robert Atkyns ... date: 1689.0 words: 6527 flesch: 58 summary: For that Statute of 25 Edw. 3. did not intend to make it Treason , to consult or conspire to levy War , without the actual levying of War. eng Russell, William, -- Lord, 1639-1683. keywords: answerer; author; freehold; king; law; lord; lord russel; russel; statute; treason; tryal cache: A26143.xml plain text: A26143.txt item: #36 of 913 id: A26203 author: Audley, John, Preacher of the Gospel. title: Englands common-wealth shewing the liberties of the people, the priviledges of Parliament, and the rights of souldiery : with epistles to the persons mentioned ... / written by John Audley ... date: 1652.0 words: 18332 flesch: 72 summary: First , God himselfe hath prescribed to all people Lawes to keep up Nature in Freedome , and to rebuke the unnaturall , Gen. 9. 6. who so sheds mans blood , by man shall his blood be shed ; not by force and violence , but by course of Law . Your silence before the Lord ( when a cloud was upon the Campe ) had great confidence , when the Lord went before you like a Pillar of Fire by night , shining upon your wayes , and telling you , that you should be to your enemies , as Threshing instruments with teeth , Isa. 41. 15. and this your confidence in God , what boldnesse wrought it before the Battle ? and what humblenesse of minde after the Victory ? refusing honour of men , when God had put glory upon you , in sight of all the world . keywords: christ; church; doe; england; freedome; god; good; hath; justice; king; law; lawes; liberty; lord; man; men; nature; non; peace; people; persons; power; right; yee cache: A26203.xml plain text: A26203.txt item: #37 of 913 id: A26415 author: Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677. True coppy of the Lord George Digbies last letter to the Queenes Majesty. title: Admirable and notable things of note viz, 1. the royall letter sent from the French King to his brother the King of England : 2. a true coppy of the Lord George Digbies last letter to the Queenes Majesty : 3. the Queenes Majesties gracious answer to the same : 4. a horrible treason discovered from Holland which was plotted by a company of Iesuites and papists against the Lady Elizabeth at the Hague the seventh of March last, 1641. date: 1642.0 words: 3144 flesch: 53 summary: For we royally protest and affirme , with our cordall assertion , that whereas the dolefull intelligence of the British distraction came to our first audience , We were so farre from entertaining any derisive alacrity , that we seriously rather deplored the preposterous condition of of the same : And as for the rebellion in Ireland , it did so astimulate Our just indignation , that Wee alwayes dis-affected the same , and did not onely de●ort our subjects from presuming to conjoyn with them , but also did publish a Proclamation to the Epidemicall Aspect of all in disswasion from that resolute intention . yet we conceive , had shee tarryed longer in England , she would have suddenly brought the State to a destructive ●u●ne : notwithstanding all the sinister deprecations which we wish her , are , that in what Climate soever she resides in , at length she may peaceably consummate her dayes in an happy period . keywords: digbies; king; letter; lord; majesty; royall; text cache: A26415.xml plain text: A26415.txt item: #38 of 913 id: A26544 author: Trapp, Joseph, 1679-1747. title: The Age of riddles, or, A true list of certain extraordinary positions formerly call'd contradictions, but now distinguished by no names at all / faithfully extracted from several modern doctrines and practises. date: 1682.0 words: 1276 flesch: 65 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A26544) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 109744) keywords: books; eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A26544.xml plain text: A26544.txt item: #39 of 913 id: A26612 author: Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670. title: A letter from his Excellencie the Lord General Monck, and the officers under his command, to the Parliament, in the name of themselves and the souldiers under them date: 1660.0 words: 2190 flesch: 60 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A26612 of text R208245 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A854). Army 1660 1953 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 B The rate of 5 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: english; nation; officers; parliament; text cache: A26612.xml plain text: A26612.txt item: #40 of 913 id: A26614 author: Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670. title: A letter from the Lord General Monck and the officers here, to the several and respective regiments and other forces in England, Scotland, and Ireland date: 1659.0 words: 1200 flesch: 50 summary: Dear Brethren and Fellow-Souldiers , YOu cannot be ignorant of the many endeavours and earnest desires of many good men in these Nations , to bring us to a Settlement , which it hath pleased God to disappoint unto this day , and leave us as a broken and divided People , ready to run into blood and confusion ; which that we might prevent so great calamities impending , after our earnest seeking God for his Direction and Assistance , we finde no expedient so likely for the satisfaction of the good people , and the quiet and welfare of this Commonwealth , as the re-admission of the Secluded Members , in order to a Legal Dissolution of this Parliament by their own free consents , and to issue Writs for a future Full Representative of the whole Commonwealth of England , Scotland , and Ireland , under such Qualifications as may secure our Cause , to convene on the twentieth day of April next at Westminster , for the establishing of this Commonwealth upon the Foundations of Justice and true Freedom , and to take away all just jealousies from you , we do assure you , that we shall joyn with you in the maintenance of those ends expressed in the enclosed , and do expect your cheerful concurrence with us ; and we desire to take God to Witness , that we have no Intentions or Purposes , to return to our old Bondage ; but since the Providence of God hath made us free at the Cost of so much blood , we hope we shall never be found so unfaithful to God and his People , as to lose so glorious a Cause ; But we do resolve with the Assistance of God , to adhere to you in the continuing of our Dear Purchased Liberties , both Spiritual and Civil . This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A26614 of text R232497 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A857). keywords: monck; parliament; text cache: A26614.xml plain text: A26614.txt item: #41 of 913 id: A27156 author: Beale, Thomas, 17th cent. title: A true discovery of a bloody plott intended to have been put in practice on Thursday the 18 of this present November, against some of the chiefe of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled by bloody minded papists : as also a relation of intended insurrections in six severall parts of this land on the same day, discovered by Thomas Beale and by him presented to the high court of Parliament in protestation against divers other libellous pamphlets printed already by false, scandalous, and lying copies. date: 1641.0 words: 2532 flesch: 70 summary: A true discovery of a bloody plott intended to have been put in practice on Thursday the 18 of this present November, against some of the chiefe of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled by bloody minded papists : as also a relation of intended insurrections in six severall parts of this land on the same day, discovered by Thomas Beale and by him presented to the high court of Parliament in protestation against divers other libellous pamphlets printed already by false, scandalous, and lying copies. A true discovery of a bloody plott intended to have been put in practice on Thursday the 18 of this present November, against some of the chiefe of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled by bloody minded papists : as also a relation of intended insurrections in six severall parts of this land on the same day, discovered by Thomas Beale and by him presented to the high court of Parliament in protestation against divers other libellous pamphlets printed already by false, scandalous, and lying copies. keywords: george; lords; parliament; philip; text cache: A27156.xml plain text: A27156.txt item: #42 of 913 id: A27252 author: Beech, William. title: A view of Englands present distempers occasioned by the late revolution of government in this nation, wherein (amongst others) these following particulars are asserted : (viz) that the present powers are to be obeyed, that parliaments are the powers of God, that the generality of Gods enemies are the Parliaments enemies, et contra : together with some motives, ground, and instructions to the souldiery, how and wherefore they ought to subdue by arms the enemies of the Parliament in England &c. date: 1650.0 words: 26572 flesch: 69 summary: Lyons , Wolves , Dragons , Serpents , Asps , Bulls , Dogs : For as Faith in God , and love to the Brethren , do unite hearts together , that we may with one heart , and one mouth glorifie God the Father ; so on the other side , where men are begotten of this seed , and made of Satans family , they must needs be haters of the professors of godliness , as being in actual Arms against them . And of all Ahabs posterity and persecuting house , there was not a man left to pisse against the wall : And of all that Court-Faction that conspired against Jeremy , The Lord saith , Cast them out of my sight , and let them goe forth ; such as are for death , to death ; and such as are for the Sword , to the Sword ; and such as are for the famine , to famine ; and those for captivity , to captivity : And though Moses and Samuel stood before me , saith God , my minde should not be towards them , Jer. 15.1 , 2. See here , holy men may possibly become Mediators , to get off Malignants from their Fines , and Sequestrations , and punishments , and imprisonments , and leave their brethren and friends under all the ruines that these ill-affected persons have brought upon them , without any restitution at all ; but it shall not take with God ; but such as are for death , shall suffer death ; and such as deserve the punishment , punishment shall be dealt out accordingly and restitution compleatly made to his justice : It is not so here in the world , nor can it be ( to perfection ) while men are men . keywords: children; church; enemies; enemy; england; english; friends; god; gods; good; hate; hath; hatred; ireland; irish; israel; lord; love; man; men; midianites; nation; parliament; people; powers; saith; text; things; thou; time; use; words cache: A27252.xml plain text: A27252.txt item: #43 of 913 id: A27453 author: Bergice, Dan. title: A lecture held forth at the calves-head feast before a society of Olivarians & Round-heads, at the white L---n in Cornhill, on the thirtieth of January, 1691/2 in contempt of the martyrdom of King Charles I / by Dan. Bergice. date: 1692.0 words: 3795 flesch: 61 summary: 2006-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-05 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-09 Judith Siefring Sampled and proofread 2006-09 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A LECTURE Held Forth at the Calves-Head Feast Before a Society of Olivarians & Round-Heads , At the White L — n in CORNHILL , On the Thirtieth of January , 1691 / 2. In Contempt of the Martyrdom of King Charles I. By Dan. A LECTURE Held Forth at the Calves-Head Feast , &c. keywords: bacon; beloved; calves; calves head; head; man; tcp; text cache: A27453.xml plain text: A27453.txt item: #44 of 913 id: A27454 author: Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691. title: The original of kingly and ecclesiastical government by T.B. ... date: 1681.0 words: 30377 flesch: 42 summary: Dear Christians , are we better pleased with the glittering tin●el of a painted Baby from a Pedlers shop , than with the rich , and inestimabl● Jewels of Divine truth ? will we suffer our s●lves to be cozene● with the g●lded slips of error ? and what Enthusi●smes every pretended spirit , if not ev●ry ●obler , Weaver , Groom , or Coach-man , shall dictate , who are but velut ign●ae , and velut status , as it were of fire , or as it were a mighty an●●ushing wind , but nothing sensible , some hot exhalations of the brain set on fire , by th● continual motion , an● agitation of the tongue . He was neither exalted of the p●ople , nor chosen of the people , I have exalted one chosen out of the people , said God , ( vers . keywords: apostles; bishops; chap; christ; church; david; doth; episcopacy; father; god; gods; good; gospel; government; hand; hath; head; holy; king; lords; man; oyl; people; power; prince; reason; religion; saith; sam; scripture; self; state; thing; thou; thy; time; touch; unto; word; ● ● cache: A27454.xml plain text: A27454.txt item: #45 of 913 id: A28167 author: Bingley, William, 1651-1715. title: A lamentation over England and faithful warning to the inhabitants thereof by William Bingley. date: 1682.0 words: 10920 flesch: 49 summary: Oh! you my native Country Men and People of England ( in general ) for whom a travail is upon my Spirit at present , and hath been many a time , that you might be prevailed upon ( whose Day of Mercy is not yet ended and over , whom the shadow of Death and the Night is not yet wholly spread ) to consider your latter end , before it be too late ; and to turn from your Sins and Transgressions , your Haughtiness , Pride and vain Glory , and your abusing your selves with those things which God hath extended as Mercies unto you , viz. So that at this very day , many undergo great Hardships , Abuses and cruel Usages , for no other Cause that can justly be laid to their Charge , than for keeping their Consciences clear in the sight of God , for Worshipping him according to his holy Requirings , and for reproving sin in the Gate , and crying to People , To leave off their Wickedness , Pride , Drunkenness , Whoredoms , Cursing and Swearing , with many other gross Abominations which abound too much among many , both Rulers Priests and People ; for which God Almighty is angry with this Nation , and will bring his dreadful Judgments on all those that continue therein . keywords: day; england; evil; god; hath; inhabitants; lord; lord god; peace; people; wickedness cache: A28167.xml plain text: A28167.txt item: #46 of 913 id: A28201 author: Birkenhead, John, Sir, 1616-1679. title: The assembly-man date: None words: 5432 flesch: 71 summary: 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. He seditiously stirr's up men to fight : he 'll teach others the way whereof himself is most ignorant ; and perswades men to take an Oath , because himself had sworn it before . Shew me such a Picture of Judas as the Assembler , ( a griping , false , Reforming Brother ; rail's at Wast spent upon the Anointed ; persecutes most those Hands which Ordein'd him ; brings in men with swords and staves ; and all for Money from the Honourable Scribes and Pharisees : ) keywords: assembler; assembly; church; devil; eebo; english; great; man; men; new; tcp; text cache: A28201.xml plain text: A28201.txt item: #47 of 913 id: A28358 author: Bland, Peter, of Gray's Inne. title: An argvment of ivstification of the five members accused by His Majesty vvherin is proved that the raising of this present army by authority of Parliament, is not treason : by which it likewise appeareth, that never any king of England received losse or damage by any Parliament, from the first that ever was called to this present Parliament / by Peter Bland of Grays-Inne, Gent. date: 1643.0 words: 4639 flesch: 61 summary: And besides , who can shew a greater Right or Title to the exposition of that Statute , and determining what is a levying of War within that Statute , and what not ; then those that can expound with the same authority that the thing expounded was made by ; however I am sure , That as those Parliaments wherein the Kings of this Land have satisfied the people , have beene ever prosperous both to King and people ; so where Kings have restrained the House , the contrary hath hapned . I say , that King was not bound to performe the Acts of that Parliament , because the Lords , beeing too strong for the King , enforced his consent ; for these be the words of our own History , viz. keywords: doct; hath; house; king; lords; parliament; sir; stud; text cache: A28358.xml plain text: A28358.txt item: #48 of 913 id: A28446 author: Blount, Charles, 1654-1693. title: The Sale of Esau's birth-right, or, The New Buckingham ballad to the tune of the London gentlewoman, or Little Peggey Ramsey. date: 1679.0 words: 1541 flesch: 71 summary: That Beef and Ale should yet prevail You need no longer wonder ; For men of wit , must still submit To Fools of greater number . He huffs and rants , and calls to Hall , But will not give men warning : When drunk o're night , he takes delight To play the Rogue i' th' morning . keywords: eebo; english; men; tcp; text cache: A28446.xml plain text: A28446.txt item: #49 of 913 id: A29267 author: Bray, William, 17th cent. title: To the right honourable, the supreme authority of this nation, the Commons assembled in Parliament an appeal in the humble chain of justice against Tho. Lord Fairfax, general of the English army, raised, and declared to be raised, for the propogation and defence of impartial justice, and just liberty in the nation / by Captain William Bray ... date: 1649.0 words: 5883 flesch: 52 summary: Right Honourable , I Have traced the Actions of men in Authority , and I find , that ( to my griefe ) Justice and Righteousnesse ( as names ) are but a stalking horse to the designes of meer Power and Greatnesse , and to be in a capacitie to lead whom it will , like sheep to the slaughter , without the bounds of Law or Reason . But this is no argument why I should not seek Justice ; but be destroyed , ( together with others ) inslaved , and wasted time after time , by the wils of men , or of a man . keywords: army; generall; justice; king; men; nation; parliament; people; power; right cache: A29267.xml plain text: A29267.txt item: #50 of 913 id: A29284 author: Brayne, John. title: A vision which one Mr. Brayne (one of the ministers of Winchester) had in September, 1647. date: 1649.0 words: 627 flesch: 75 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A29284 of text R37463 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing B4335). Early English books online. keywords: brayne; text cache: A29284.xml plain text: A29284.txt item: #51 of 913 id: A29577 author: Bristol, John Digby, Earl of, 1580-1654. title: A speech made by the Right Honourable Iohn Earle of Bristoll in the high court of Parliament May 20, 1642 concerning an accommodation date: 1642.0 words: 3413 flesch: 54 summary: A speech made by the Right Honourable Iohn Earle of Bristoll in the high court of Parliament May 20, 1642 concerning an accommodation Bristol, John Digby, Earl of, 1580-1654. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 259:E200, no 43) A speech made by the Right Honourable Iohn Earle of Bristoll in the high court of Parliament May 20, 1642 concerning an accommodation Bristol, John Digby, Earl of, 1580-1654. keywords: accommodation; hath; kingdome; miseries; parliament; text; wee cache: A29577.xml plain text: A29577.txt item: #52 of 913 id: A29668 author: Brooke, Robert Greville, Baron, 1607-1643. title: Three speeches spoken in Gvild-Hall concerning His Majesties refusall of a treaty of peace and what is to be done thereupon / two of them spoken by the Lord Brook and one by Sir Henry Vane on Tuesday the 8 of Novem. 1642 ; also votes of the Houses of Parliament made on Munday the 7 of Novem. and read in Guild-hall on Tuesday the 8 of Novem. 1642. date: 1642.0 words: 3032 flesch: 49 summary: MY Lord Maior , and Aldermen , and the rest of the Gentlemen here assentbled , it is not unknown to you , with what difficulties , with what dangers both Houses of Parliament have a long time conflicted , for to bring the Liberties , and the Religion , and the welfare of this Kingdom into such a posture , as might give all the Inhabitants thereof full satisfaction : It is not unknown likewise , how busie the Enemies of this great work have been , to cast Scandals , to cast false Aspersions upon the proceedings , upon the carriages of Parliament ; They therefore thought fit ( that they might undeceive all persons of the greatest malice , and of the greatest opposition , of their endeavours ) not long since to frame a Petition , a Petition full of humility , a Petition full of modesty , whereby they did desire His Maiestie , that they might apply themselves to make Propositions to him , as might effect this great work : This Petition , that it might be delivered , they thought fit for to name ( as this Noble Lord hath told you ) six persons , two of the Lords house , and four of the house of Commons ; men that they though altogether without the least scruple , without the least exceptions , knowing that nothing in the carriage of these persons could render them liable to exception , but their duty , and their observance to the Commands of both houses ; when that these persons , the Names of them were sent to his Maiestie , for to have safe Conduct , immediately , I think the very day before , there came out a Proclamation against one of them , excepting him out of the grace and favour of his Maiesty , ( as it is termed ) and laying him in the condition of a Rebell , and of a Traytor against him , for the obedience , and the observance of that he had performed to the Commands of Parliament : This being brought to both houses , they looked at it as a businesse of such great importance , that if they should suffer any one Member , or any one person , that through his dutifulnesse and observing of their Commands , should lye under a cloud with his Maiesty , should not be admited to his presence , but be looked at in such a condition , as this Proclamation put him in ; they looked at it as the greatest indignity , and the greatest calumny that could befall a Parliament , and the greatest discouragement that should lye upon all men to stand to a Parliament , if they should not be defended and protected . Hereupon they resolved to declare , that the unwillingnesse lay not in them to make peace , but it lay in that ill Counsell , and that desperate Counsell that hath hemm'd in his Maiesty , and will not suffer such points , will not suffer such Propositions as these to take effect with him , but will labour to destroy all the Estates and Properties , and all that is neer and dear to you in this Kingdom ; therefore the house of Commons have thought it fit to acquaint you with these proceedings , to let you know how carefull they are by all good wayes , and by all good means to present their loyalty , and duty to his Maiesty , to take care of themselves , and all that belongs to you ; but when they see all will not take effect , they doubt not but you will ioyn cordially , and ioyn resolutely , with your purses , with your endeavours , and all that lyes in your power , to acquit your selves like men , to defend your selves , to defend them that have labour'd in your work , in your cause , and who are willing to spend their lives and blood in your service to the utmost man ; therefore they desire this of you , that since they have taken this care , that you will hearken to no Reports that shall tend to the disparagement of their proceedings ; but will unanimously concur , to defend your selves against that violence and oppression , that is now almost at your doors ; and this is that we have to recommend to you . keywords: house; lord; novem; parliament; text cache: A29668.xml plain text: A29668.txt item: #53 of 913 id: A29910 author: Brownrig, Ralph, 1592-1659. title: A sermon preach'd on the coronation day of K. Charles I March 27, 1644, in S. Mary's in Cambridge / by Bishop Brownrigg when he was vice-chancellor of the vniversity, for which he was cast into prison. date: 1661.0 words: 8289 flesch: 76 summary: When God had finished the World , and blessed all in it , he made Man to be Lord over all ; so God bringeth here Zerubbabel to dress his Garden , and to over-see his Inheritance . Is it not a comfort to us that a son of Shealtiel is a Prince over us , one of the Royal Race , no stranger or servant , no Assyrian or Philistim ; but an issue of Royal Progenitours , designed to his Throne by God himself from the birth , Womb , and conception ? Is it not a great favour unto us , that our Zerubbabel is counted a servant of God ? and that not onely by place ; but by piety : not onely High Steward of his House , and so servant by office , but by devotion . keywords: church; david; god; gods; good; great; kings; lord; people; saith; servant; text; thee; throne; zerubbabel cache: A29910.xml plain text: A29910.txt item: #54 of 913 id: A29939 author: Brydall, John, b. 1635? title: The absurdity of that new devised state-principle, (viz.) that in a monarchy, the legislative power is communicable to the subject, and is not radically in soveraignty in one, but in more in a letter to a friend. date: 1681.0 words: 5028 flesch: 61 summary: And therefore you may read , that Henry de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick for the singular favour that King Henry the Sixth bare to him , Crowned him King of Wight : And thereupon whatsoever a King of this Land Grants to his Subjects , or to any other that is essentially in the Crown of this Kingdom , that is to say , rally annexed to the Person of a Man , as he is King of England , as that the parting with it , makes him to be no King , or a less King than he ought to be in Dignity or Royal Power the Grant is void , the Grant how large soever , It must be understood with this Limitation , Salvo Jure Corona . keywords: commons; consent; houses; king; laws; lords; parliament; power; tcp; text cache: A29939.xml plain text: A29939.txt item: #55 of 913 id: A30536 author: Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662. title: A message to the present rulers of England whether committee of safety, (so called) councell of officers, or others whatsoever : delivered unto them by an ambassadour from the only right heire of the government, whose right alone it is to rule : and by special authority and commission from him, this is sent unto them, that they may hear, and fear, and learn wisdom, and may deliver up the proper right of the only King unto him, that they may be blessed, but on the conrray dependeth their destruction / by Edward Burrough. date: 1659.0 words: 7435 flesch: -18 summary: Wherefore that you may be warned , I advise you be faithfull , let not the cause of God fall , nor the cause of his Enemies prosper before you , for there is no other way , wherby you can be preserved , nor no other defence shall you ever find from the wrath of the Lord , and from the fury of your devouring Enemies , then your faithfullnesse in Gods cause , and therfore relieve the oppressed , and take off all oppression , break down all unjust Lawes , and set all people free , from unjust burdens , and let all oppression cease , both in Church and Civill State , and even all oppressive Lawes , and unjust Judges , and evil men in power , let all this be removed , and the Nation clean quitted and discharged even from all men , and Lawes whatsoever , that have held under oppression the Persons , Estates , and Consciences of the good people of this Land , and let the Nation be corrected , and all orders and places of men , and Lawes and decrees purified , for this my Lord , the great King requireth ; and he will suddenly have it brought to passe in the Nation , if not by you , then contrary to you , and to your utter destruction , and this is the very substance of my Message to you , that my Master hath given me to say unto you , and on his behalf I am come to claime of you my Masters long lost right , let him have his right , from which he hath long bin banished , I demand it of you , all yee , whatsoever , that seemes to beare rule in this Nation , I charge you in his name , let him have his title and prerogative , let him be Lord and King wholly in his own Kingdom , let him have the excercise of his peoples consciences by his own Spirit , in all things , related to his worship and service , and let him have the full Authority by his Spirit , in all things pertaining to Church , and Ministry , and Faith , and Religion , and let his Spirit have the alone Authority , to perswade and diswade people from , or to such or such Ministry , Worship , and practises of Religion , and let all forced Maintenance to Ministers , and Tithes be speedily taken away , and let all Lawes , and decrees whatsoever , made , and practised in the dayes of Antichrist upon the Bodyes , Estates , and consciences of the People , in oppression and unjustnesse about Church , and Worship , and Religion , be utterly repealed , and made void , and never more be in force in this Nation ; But let my Lord be sole Ruler and Governour , and have the full Authority in his own Kingdom , in all things whatsoever pertaining thereunto , and let no man henceforth hereafter , ever be intrusted with the liberties of the Members of Christs Kingdom , as they are such , nor to judg over them , in any matters of Faith , and Worship , but give that right and priviledg wholly unto the Spirit of Jesus Christ , for unto him only it pertaineth , to be whole Judg , and to have full power in his own Kingdom , and untill you give him this right , and deliver up unto him his own Kingdome , and the excercise of Peoples consciences in all things about Religion , you shall never prosper , nor none that comes after you , that shall in any measure abridge my Master of his proper right , from which he hath long bin banished as I have said , and till his right be given him , in the case aforesaid , he will dash one man against another , and none shall never be Established , but horne after horne shall be broken , and one power after another brought into confusion And therfore ye men , do not strive with him in this matter , but yeeld unto him , the excercise of your own consciences by his Spirit in you , and let him do so unto all others , even as yee hope to prosper , and upon the penalty of his sore displeasure upon you in this World , and in the World to come ; and let just men and righteous men , and meek men , and men that have the fear and wisdom of God in them , without exceptation of Birth or otherwise , let such men have the Power and judgment committed to them , to determin in things between man and man ; down with all the false hearted flatterers that have ruled for man , and not for God , and for themselves , and not for the good of the people , cast all such out from among you , for the good among you is choaked by them , down with all that judge for rewards , & away with all hireling rulers , that executes the Law for money , and will not plead the cause of the poor without great fees ; and down with all that will not serve places of Trust without so large stipends , away with all these things out of the Land , for they are hainous oppressions unto men , and great abominations in the sight of God , and the Land has long groaned under the waight of these things , and the Earth is weary of them , and my Lord requires their utter dissolution , as being iniquities fully ripe , and having the guilt of so much cruelty , Injustice and oppression , lying upon the Nation because hereof , therfore is the Lords season to destroy them , and remove them out of the Land , which if you be the instruments in such a work , it will be your greatest Crown , and your perpetuall honour , for the Lords purpose is one way or other to cleanse the Land of all these and other oppressions whatsoever , that the people of this Land may be a free people from all the heavy yoakes of Antichrist , which hath long sorely pressed them down , and the purpose of the Lord is to break the yoakes of oppression and tyranny , from off the necks of this People , and therfore is it that he overturneth , yea , and will overturne all men and Authorities that shall oppose his work , and none shall be able to stand before him , for the presence of my Lord is more dreadfull to a Nation when he shews himself in his wrath , then any multitude of Armed men , and woe is unto you if you be found opposeing of him , and if you seek to stopp his work , you shall not cumber the Earth very long , nor oppresse the Nation many dayes , wherfore consider , cursed will you bee if you be unfaithfull in what you have to do on the Lords behalf , for your houre passeth over that is allotted you , and will be suddenly expired , never to be recalled , and then you cannot work . True it is , such hath bin the coming to passe of time , and of things for many Ages by-past , that my Master hath bin as it were banished from the Nation , and hath not bin suffered to enjoy his Right , but hath bin expelled , even as it were by the force of Satan , and Antichrist , who hath long usurped Authority over the inhabitants of this Nation ; and in my Masters absence , lamentable injustice , cruelty , unmercifulnesse , tyranny and oppression , hath bin exercised upon the inhabitants , and the poor creatures hath bin held in great slavery by their Rulers , that have ruled by the Dragons power , and bin kept in great blindnesse and ignorance , and under great oppression both in body and spirit , by Antichristian Teachers , for this many years , even while the great King hath bin absent , and as it were gone into a far Countrey : even all this time hath Antichrist and the devil ruled and reigned , and hath made and executed oppressing and tyrannical Lawes and Decrees , both in Church and State , and all the Nation hath bin out of right order , and laid waste and barren of good fruit , and it hath bin as a wildernesse , by reason hereof ; and men that have ruled for many years , have not ruled singly by my Masters Authority , but by another power , though not without the knowledge of my Lord , neither as though he had not power to have done otherwise ; but for his own pleasure he hath suffered it thus to be , and let men go on to rule and govern in their own wills , and after their own lusts ; and people have walked wickedly towards him , and towards one another , and all this he hath suffered , not as if he gave toleration for it : for his messengers now and then , and his witnesse in peoples consciences , have bin reproving their ungodly wayes , and he hath often shewed his dislike by divers wayes and tokens , and many judgments and strange overturning : to the way and proceeding of both Rulers , Prophets and Teachere of this Nation : keywords: authority; bin; hath; lord; men; nation; people; power; things cache: A30536.xml plain text: A30536.txt item: #56 of 913 id: A30914 author: Barbon, Praisegod, 1596?-1679. title: A petition presented by Praise-god Barebone &c. to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England date: 1660.0 words: 1349 flesch: 50 summary: The Representation and Addresse of the Well-affected Persons , Inhabitants of the Cities of London and Westminster , and places adjacent , being faithfull and Constant Adherers to this Parliament , who are resolved ( by the assistance of Almighty God ) to stand by , assert and maintain their Authority , against all opposers , notwithstanding the present confidence and bold attempts of the Promoters of Regall Interest , by the declared Enemies of their Cause and Authority . VVHereas the good Old Cause was for Civ●l and Christian Liberty , against oppression and persecution ; The Oppressours an● Persecutours , were chiefly the King , his Lords and Clergy , and their Adherents ; who to eff●ct their designs , raised War against the Parliament . keywords: god; parliament; text cache: A30914.xml plain text: A30914.txt item: #57 of 913 id: A30915 author: Barbon, Praisegod, 1596?-1679. title: To the right honorable, the high court of Parliament, sitting at Westminister the illegal and immodest petition of Praise-God Barbone, Anabaptist and leather-seller of London. date: 1660.0 words: 1361 flesch: 60 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A30915 of text R211623 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing B756). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A30915) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 106587) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1626:51) To the right honorable, the high court of Parliament, sitting at Westminister the illegal and immodest petition of Praise-God Barbone, Anabaptist and leather-seller of London. Barbon, Praisegod, 1596?-1679. 1 broadside. keywords: london; parliament; petitioner; text cache: A30915.xml plain text: A30915.txt item: #58 of 913 id: A30966 author: Barkstead, John, d. 1662. title: White-Hall fayre, or, Who buys good penniworths of Barkstead the fayre proclamed. date: 1648.0 words: 1977 flesch: 82 summary: O yes, come all who doe intend to buy good penniworths; [no entry] 1648 1879 2 0 0 0 1 0 64 D The rate of 64 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. White-Hall fayre, or, Who buys good penniworths of Barkstead the fayre proclamed. keywords: barkstead; doe; fayre; pedlar; spectator; text cache: A30966.xml plain text: A30966.txt item: #59 of 913 id: A31231 author: Castlemaine, Roger Palmer, Earl of, 1634-1705. title: The compendium, or, A short view of the late tryals in relation to the present plot against His Majesty and government with the speeches of those that have been executed : as also an humble address, at the close, to all the worthy patriots of this once flourishing and happy kingdom. date: 1679.0 words: 46282 flesch: 60 summary: Mr. Coleman , being then found Guilty upon the account of his Letters , ( for my Lord Chief Justice told him , ( as I already mention'd ) † That the Cause hung not on the Matter he insisted upon , to wit , on the Consult of August , which Oates pretends him to be at ) He was next day Condemned at the same Bar , where he declar'd , with all the Execrations imaginable , ‖ That he told the House of Commons , all that he knew of this Business : That he never heard of Proposition , or knew of any to Supplant the King , or Government , by Invasion , Disturbance ▪ or the like : That he thought , ( 't is true ) by Liberty of Corscience , Popery might come in ; and that every Body is bound , to wish all People of the Religion be professes , with much more to the same Purpose . Oates then not only repeats the beforementioned April Consult at the † White-Horse-Tavern ; his comming over with ‖ Sir John Warner , Sir Thomas Preston , Fa. keywords: april; bedlow; bin; body; charge; coleman; court; day; death; evidence; george; god; good; hand; hartcourt; house; ireland; jesuits; justice; king; langhorn; letter; life; lord; majesty; man; nay; oates; pag; persons; plot; present; reader; sir; thing; time; tryal; white; witnesses cache: A31231.xml plain text: A31231.txt item: #60 of 913 id: A31350 author: B. C. title: The souldiers alarum bell to awaken all such who are lull'd asleep in the supposed security of a Parliamentary conventicle unlawfully sitting at Westminster / by B.C. date: 1659.0 words: 2627 flesch: 40 summary: Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31350 of text R1657 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C15). keywords: conventicle; parliament; protector; pseudo; regiment; text cache: A31350.xml plain text: A31350.txt item: #61 of 913 id: A31491 author: Barwick, John, 1612-1664. title: Certain disquisitions and considerations representing to the conscience the unlawfulnesse of the oath, entituled, A solemn League and Covenant for reformation &c. As also the insufficiency of the arguments used in the exhortation for taking the said Covenant. Published by command. date: 1644.0 words: 22383 flesch: 61 summary: CERTAIN DISQUISITIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS Representing to the Conscience the unlawfulnesse of the Oath , entituled , A solemn League and Covenant for Reformation , &c. We Noblemen , Barons , Knights , Gentlemen , Citizens , Burgesses , Ministers of the Gospell , and Commons of all sorts in the Kingdoms of England , Scotland , and Ireland , by the providence of God living under one King , and being of one reformed Religion , having before our eyes the glory of God , and the advancement of the Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ , the honour and happinesse of the Kings Majesty , and His Posterity , and the true publique Liberty , Safety and Peace of the Kingdoms , wherein every ones private condition is included , and calling to mind the treacherous and bloody plots , conspiracies , attempts , and practices of the enemies of God against the true Religion , and professours thereof in all places , especially in these three Kingdomes ever since the reformation of Religion , and how much their rage , power , and presumption are of late , and at this time increased and exercised ; whereof the deplorable estate of the Church and Kingdome of Ireland , the distressed estate of the Church and Kingdome of England , and the dangerous estate of the Church and Kingdome of Scotland , are present and publique testimonies ; We have now at last , ( after other meanes of Supplication , Remonstrance , Protestations , and Sufferings ) for the preservation of our selves and our Religion from utter ruine and destruction , according to the commendable practice of these Kingdomes in former times , and the example of Gods people in other Nations , after mature deliberation , resolved and determined to enter into a mutuall and solemn League and covenant , wherein we all subscribe , and each one of us for himself , with our hands lifted up to the most high God , doe swear : ad Dracontium saith , that he who contemns the function of a Bishop , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} and that the Office is of those things {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} &c. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} : Ignat. epist. keywords: apostles; article; bishops; church; churches; conscience; covenant; endeavour; england; god; government; hath; king; kingdoms; law; lawfull; non; oath; power; reformation; religion; selves; words cache: A31491.xml plain text: A31491.txt item: #62 of 913 id: A31570 author: Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703. title: Angliæ notitia, or The present state of England together with divers reflections upon the antient state thereof. date: 1669.0 words: 57673 flesch: 64 summary: By His Letters Patents may ●ect new Counties , Bishopricks , ●niversities , Cities , Burroughs , ●●lledges , Hospitals , Schools , ●airs , Markets , Courts of Ju●●ice , Forests , Chases , Free ●arrens , &c. His Servants in ordinary a● priviledged from serving in an Offices ▪ that require their attendance , as Sheriff , Constable , Churchwarden ▪ &c. All Receivers of Money for the King , or Accompta●● to him for any of his Revenue● their Persons , Lands , Goods Heirs , Executors , Administrators , are chargeable for th● same at all times ; for , Nullu● tempus occurrit Regi . keywords: age; antiently; archbishop; arms; barons; bishop; blood; chamber; chappel; charles; christian; church; clergy; common; court; crown; day; dayes; dean; death; divers; doth; duke; earl; edward; england; english; fee; france; french; gentlemen; gold; great; grooms; hath; henry; high; honour; house; houshold; james; john; king; kings court; knights; lands; late; law; laws; lord; majesties; majesty; man; master; men; nobility; number; officers; order; parliament; peers; people; persons; place; power; presence; present; prince; priviledges; privy; queen; realm; right; royal; sea; servants; service; silver; sir; state; subjects; things; thomas; time; title; whereof; william; years; yeomen; ● ● cache: A31570.xml plain text: A31570.txt item: #63 of 913 id: A31591 author: Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703. title: Englands wants, or, Several proposals probably beneficial for England humbly offered to the consideration of all good patriots in both houses of Parliament / by a true lover of his country. date: 1667.0 words: 8906 flesch: 47 summary: That no man , til he attain to the age of 25 , ( according to the Custom of our Southern Neighbours where men are sooner ripe ) may be enabled to sell or alienate his Lands , considering that in England very many Estates have been most foolishly spent and sold , after the age of 21. which by the same persons , arriving to their Wits before 25. would have been preserved . For erecting Colledges in London ( as is done in Holland ) where old men deprived of Wife and Children may for a reasonable sum of Money be neatly accomodated during life , with Diet and Lodging , and pass the rest of their days without care or trouble in a comfortable society with men of like condition and age . keywords: christian; church; custom; england; english; god; hath; houses; king; law; laws; man; parliament; persons; tcp; text; work; year cache: A31591.xml plain text: A31591.txt item: #64 of 913 id: A31665 author: Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703. title: Of magistracy date: 1688.0 words: 3653 flesch: 70 summary: That publick Office and Imployment is the Foundation of the Relation of King and Subject , as many other Relations are likewise Founded upon other Functions and Administrations . And the same Law of England which has made him King , has made him King according to the English Laws , and not otherwise . keywords: england; english; god; king; law; laws; man; office; ordinance; tcp; text cache: A31665.xml plain text: A31665.txt item: #65 of 913 id: A31762 author: England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords. title: The charge of the Scottish Commissioners against Canterburie and the Lieutenant of Ireland together with their demand concerning the sixt article of the treaty : whereunto is added the Parliaments resolution about the proportion of the Scottish charges and the Scottish Commissioners thankfull acceptance thereof. date: 1641.0 words: 10485 flesch: 46 summary: When we had by our Declarations , Remonstrances , & Representations , manifested the truth of our intentions , and lawfulnesse of our Actions , to all the good Subjects of the Kingdome of England , when the late Parliament could not be moved to assist , or enter in warre against us , maintaining our Religion , and Liberties , Canterbury did not onely advise the breaking up of that high and honourable Court , to the great griefe and hazard of the Kingdome , but , ( which is without example ) did sit stil in the Convocation , and make Canons and constitutions against us , and our just and necessary defence , ordaining under al highest paines , that hereafter the Clergy shall preach 4. times in the yeare , such doctrine as is cōtrary , not only to our proceedings , but to the doctrine & proceedings of other reform'd Kirks , to the judgement of all sound Divines , & Politiques , and tending to the utter slavery and ruining of all Estates and Kingdomes , & to the dishonour of Kings & Monarchs . By his meanes a Parliament is called , And although by the sixe subsidies granted in Parliament not long before , and by the base meanes which himselfe and his Officers did use , as is contained in a late Remonstrance , that Land was extreamly impoverished , yet by his speeches , full of Oathes and Asseverations , that we were Traytors and Rebels , casting off all Monarchiall government , &c. he extorted from them foure new Subsidies , and indicta causa before wee were heard , procured that a Warre was undertaken , and forces should be leavied against us as a Rebellious Nation , which was also intended to be an example and Precedent to the Parliament of England for granting subsidies , and sending a joynt Army for our utter ruine . keywords: bee; booke; demand; doe; england; god; hath; kingdome; kirk; lordships; parliament; peace; prelates; scotland; time; wee; wes cache: A31762.xml plain text: A31762.txt item: #66 of 913 id: A31773 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: An act which His Maiesty hath promised his royall word to passe for justifying the proceedings of Parliament in the late war, and for declaring all oathes, declarations, proclamations, and other proceedings against it to be void. date: 1648.0 words: 936 flesch: 63 summary: An act which His Maiesty hath promised his royall word to passe for justifying the proceedings of Parliament in the late war, and for declaring all oathes, declarations, proclamations, and other proceedings against it to be void. England and Wales. An act which His Maiesty hath promised his royall word to passe for justifying the proceedings of Parliament in the late war, and for declaring all oathes, declarations, proclamations, and other proceedings against it to be void. England and Wales. keywords: parliament; proceedings; text cache: A31773.xml plain text: A31773.txt item: #67 of 913 id: A31803 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Maiesties answer to the declaration of both Hovses of Parliament concerning the Commission of Array of the 1 of July 1642. date: 1642.0 words: 21973 flesch: 55 summary: For since ( as Wee hope none will deny ) the Kingdome must of necessity be ever in readinesse ( in time of danger at least ) by power of Arms to prevent or suppresse Rebellion at home , and Invasion from abroad ; and to that end the Subject must be armed and prepared before hand , and conducted after , as there shall be occasion : And that this cannot be done without a Command or Government , Wee desire much to know in vvhom , out of Parliament , ( for Parliaments are not alwayes , nor can bee called at all times , or meet on the suddaine ) this power can be but in Vs as the Supreame Governour ; ( as it is in all other States , be the persons of the Governours one or more , according to the forme of each State ) And can the Supreame Governour , according to his duty , and Our Selfe more particularly , according to Our Oath , otherwise afford Our people that protection which is due unto them , in maintaining to them the Lawes in the matter of Property and Liberty against private injury or oppression , As well as Our Selfe , and them , and whatsoever is deare unto any of Vs , against Enemies or Rebels , especially the just Rights and Prerogatives of Our Crowne , wherewith God hath trusted Vs , ( according to the fundamentall and well-established policy of Our State ) as well for the peoples good as Our owne honour , both which must bee preserved ; And will any man say , that by calling of Our Parliament , ( which is but a meeting of Vs and Our Subjects , ( and such they continue as well collectively in the two Houses , as they were before singly ) and a meeting in its owne nature dissolvable at Our pleasure ; and though now enlarged by Vs in time , yet not in power ) And as unto the pretended contrary practice , Wee agree that it is true , Divers Commissions of Array did issue out , which do vary from this Statute of 5. H. 4. yet Wee deny that they must be therefore contrary to it ; For ( however upon the Commission of 5 H. 4 as it was corrected in the severall Clauses in such manner as before ) it is enacted that from thenceforth forward no Commission should issue out otherwise then is contained in that copie ; yet it is most evident notwithstanding , that the meaning of the Law could never be to tye the King to the very words of that copie ; For then at all times the Commissions must have begun with Rex , &c. and not Carolus , or Regina , and ended with the same Teste for time and place , and just the same preamble of danger , be it true or false ( whatsoever other occasion had been ) must have been meant to be expressed ; All which are absurd . keywords: act; arms; array; commission; commissioners; declaration; defence; e. 1; law; parliament; powers; statute; time; wee; words cache: A31803.xml plain text: A31803.txt item: #68 of 913 id: A31819 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Majesties answer to the petition of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled presented to His Majestie at York, June 17, 1642 : together with a catalogue of the names of the Lords that subscribed to levie horse to assist His Majestie in defence of his royall person, the two Houses of Parliament, and the Protestant religion. date: 1642.0 words: 4794 flesch: 27 summary: His Majesties answer to the petition of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled presented to His Majestie at York, June 17, 1642 : together with a catalogue of the names of the Lords that subscribed to levie horse to assist His Majestie in defence of his royall person, the two Houses of Parliament, and the Protestant religion. His Majesties answer to the petition of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled presented to His Majestie at York, June 17, 1642 : together with a catalogue of the names of the Lords that subscribed to levie horse to assist His Majestie in defence of his royall person, the two Houses of Parliament, and the Protestant religion. keywords: commons; great; hath; lords; majestie; majesty; parliament; petition cache: A31819.xml plain text: A31819.txt item: #69 of 913 id: A31823 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: The Kings answer to the propositions for peace as was pretended in the club-mens petition to His Majesty with the copie of a letter from Sir Lewis Dives, and another from Colonell Butler, governour of Wareham, sent to them and read in their quarters : also a copie of articles and directions, and divers other passages of their proceedings and intentions, and a list of their chiefe leaders names and which of them are taken and who not : with other papers brought by our scouts from the army. date: 1645.0 words: 6122 flesch: 53 summary: The Kings answer to the propositions for peace as was pretended in the club-mens petition to His Majesty with the copie of a letter from Sir Lewis Dives, and another from Colonell Butler, governour of Wareham, sent to them and read in their quarters : also a copie of articles and directions, and divers other passages of their proceedings and intentions, and a list of their chiefe leaders names and which of them are taken and who not : with other papers brought by our scouts from the army. The Kings answer to the propositions for peace as was pretended in the club-mens petition to His Majesty with the copie of a letter from Sir Lewis Dives, and another from Colonell Butler, governour of Wareham, sent to them and read in their quarters : also a copie of articles and directions, and divers other passages of their proceedings and intentions, and a list of their chiefe leaders names and which of them are taken and who not : with other papers brought by our scouts from the army. keywords: army; bee; club; god; good; kings; majestie; man; men; parliament; peace; petitioners; text cache: A31823.xml plain text: A31823.txt item: #70 of 913 id: A31845 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: A declaration by the Kings Majestie concerning His Majesties going away from Hampton-Court written by his own hand and left upon the table in His Majesties bed-chamber, dated at Hampton-Court Novemb. 11, 1647 : presented to the Parliament ... Friday Nov. 12, 1647, with His Majesties propositions for satisfying of the Presbyterians and Independents, the Army, and all His Majesties subjects of England and Scotland. date: 1647.0 words: 1379 flesch: 67 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31845 of text R30886 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2189). A declaration by the Kings Majestie concerning His Majesties going away from Hampton-Court written by his own hand and left upon the table in His Majesties bed-chamber, dated at Hampton-Court Novemb. 11, 1647 : presented to the Parliament ... keywords: court; hampton; majesties; text cache: A31845.xml plain text: A31845.txt item: #71 of 913 id: A31855 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Majesties declaration for the relief of the poor miners within the county of Derby date: 1642.0 words: 824 flesch: 71 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31855 of text R35981 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2203). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 103952) keywords: county; miners; text cache: A31855.xml plain text: A31855.txt item: #72 of 913 id: A31921 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Maiesties gratiovs message and summons to the city of Glocester Aug. 10, 1643 with their answer thereunto. date: 1643.0 words: 1009 flesch: 77 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31921 of text R39004 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2324). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A31921) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107071) keywords: city; message; text cache: A31921.xml plain text: A31921.txt item: #73 of 913 id: A31928 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, His Majesties gratious offer of pardon to the rebells now in armes against him, under the command of Robert Earle of Essex date: 1643.0 words: 1083 flesch: 66 summary: By the King, His Majesties gratious offer of pardon to the rebells now in armes against him, under the command of Robert Earle of Essex England and Wales. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31928 of text R39011 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2340). keywords: earle; essex; text cache: A31928.xml plain text: A31928.txt item: #74 of 913 id: A31933 author: Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666. title: Englands looking-glasse presented in a sermon preached before the Honorable House of Commons at their late solemne fast, December 22, 1641 / by Edmund Calamy ... date: 1642.0 words: 18178 flesch: 79 summary: 1. That God hath an absolute power over all Kingdoms and Nations , to pluck them up , pull them down , and destroy them as he pleaseth . 2. That though God hath this absolute Prerogative over Kingdoms and Nations , yet he seldome useth this power , but first he gives warning . keywords: build; christ; day; evill; god; gods; good; hath; hearts; house; lord; man; men; mercy; nation; non; people; reformation; repent; repentance; roman; sin; sinne; text; turne; wee cache: A31933.xml plain text: A31933.txt item: #75 of 913 id: A31944 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Majesties late gratious message and summons to the city of Glocester Aug. 1643 with their answer thereunto. date: 1643.0 words: 1000 flesch: 78 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31944 of text R39014 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2383). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A31944) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107081) keywords: answer; city; text cache: A31944.xml plain text: A31944.txt item: #76 of 913 id: A31948 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Majesties letter of instrvction directed and sent to the iudges of assize of the severall circuits at the last summer assize. date: 1642.0 words: 1669 flesch: 59 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31948 of text R26000 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2392). Sovereign 1642 1389 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 B The rate of 7 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: assize; circuits; good; text cache: A31948.xml plain text: A31948.txt item: #77 of 913 id: A31963 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Majesties letter to the major, aldermen, sheriffes, and the rest of the Common-Councell of the citty of Bristoll date: 1643.0 words: 814 flesch: 67 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31963 of text R39015 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2412). Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649. A31963 R39015 (Wing C2412). keywords: citty; text cache: A31963.xml plain text: A31963.txt item: #78 of 913 id: A31974 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Majesties message sent to both Houses of Parliament January 20. 1641. date: 1642.0 words: 860 flesch: 70 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31974 of text R39016 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2439). 43 D The rate of 43 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: houses; parliament; text cache: A31974.xml plain text: A31974.txt item: #79 of 913 id: A31993 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Majesties message to both Houses of Parliament, upon his removall to the city of York date: 1642.0 words: 973 flesch: 66 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31993 of text R39018 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2468). Sovereign 1652 583 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 C The rate of 17 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: hath; parliament; text cache: A31993.xml plain text: A31993.txt item: #80 of 913 id: A31994 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Majesties message to both Houses of Parliament, upon his removall to the city of Yorke date: None words: 978 flesch: 64 summary: no His Majesties message to both Houses of Parliament, upon his removall to the city of Yorke England and Wales. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31994 of text R39019 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2471). keywords: majestie; parliament; text cache: A31994.xml plain text: A31994.txt item: #81 of 913 id: A31999 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Majesties message to the House of Peeres, Aprill 22, 1642 whereunto is added His Majesties answer to both Houses of Parliament concerning the petition and reasons to forbeare his intended iourney to Ireland, presented the 18 of Aprill (by the Earle of Stamford, Sir Iohn Culpepper, Chancellour of the Exchequer and Anthony Hungerford, Esquire) and returned the 22 of the same, 1642. date: 1642.0 words: 936 flesch: 65 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31999 of text R35982 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2483). The rate of 22 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: aprill; majesty; text cache: A31999.xml plain text: A31999.txt item: #82 of 913 id: A32011 author: England and Wales. Parliament. title: Nevv matters of high and great consequence, printed the twelfth of March, anno 1642 ... date: 1642.0 words: 3459 flesch: 61 summary: His Majesties Speech to the Committee the 9. of March , when they presented the Declaration of both House of Parliament at New-Market . An order of both the Houses of Parliament, concening such men of worth as are chosen in the city of London, and intrusted with those summes of mony which have bin gathered in and about the city, for the reliefe of our brethren in Ireland, and how it should be disposed of by them. keywords: commons; doe; house; lords; majesties; march; parliament; text cache: A32011.xml plain text: A32011.txt item: #83 of 913 id: A32019 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation against the spoyling and loosing of armes by the souldiers of His Majesties army, for the keeping of them fixt, and bringing all armes hereafter into His Majesties magazines date: 1642.0 words: 1084 flesch: 63 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32019 of text R39021 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2544). WHEREAS We have not received that satisfaction We expected ( Notwithstanding Our many Proclamations and orders made for the Government of Our Army , and particularly against the loosing , selling away , and spoyling of Our Armes , by the Common-Souldiers , and for the keeping them fixt ) But on the Contrary finding those abuses and neglects still to Continue , and encrease ; We are therefore once more enforced , and doe hereby straitly require and Command all Colonells , Lieutenant-Colonells , Serjeant-Majors , Captains , and other Officers of Our Army , whom it may concerne , forthwith , or within four daies after the publication hereof , to returne to Us , Our Councell of Warre , or to the Serjeant-Major-Generall of Our Army , a true accompt of the number and quantity of Armes in each Company and Regiment of Our Army attested by the Colonell , Lieutenant-Colonell , Serjeant-Major , or Captain of each Company , and if any Armes , shall hence forward be found unfixt , by the negligence of the Souldier , the reparation thereof shall be made good out of his or their Entertainments , and this course We will constantly to be continued and put in practice , the care and oversight whereof to be committed to the respective Quartermaster of each Regiment ( or some other fit person appointed by the Colonell ) whom We command , once in Fourteen daies , to take a view of all the Armes of the Regiment , and to see Our Commands therein fully obeyed ; and for the more speedy execution thereof , Our will is , that each Colonell make Choyce of two able Gunsmiths to be imployed therein , on whom We intend to settle an Allowance fitting for the same . keywords: armes; army; text cache: A32019.xml plain text: A32019.txt item: #84 of 913 id: A32024 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation commanding all His Majesties subjects and servants that have any office, place, or fee, of his guift or grant, forthwith to give their attendance upon his person date: None words: 977 flesch: 63 summary: WHEREAS by a Statute made in the Eleaventh year of Our Royall Progenitor King Henry the seaventh , all Our Subjects ( other then those that are excepted in that Act ) having any Offices , Fees , or Annuities of Our guift or grant ( besides their common bond of Allegiance ) are bound under the penalty of loosing and forfeiting their Offices , Fees and Annuities , to give their Attendance upon Us , when We shall fortune to goe in the Warres in Our own Person , for the defence of the Realme , or against Rebells for the subduing and suppressing of them : And whereas diverse of Our Subjects that have Offices , Fees or annuities of Our guift or grant , and diverse of Our Meniall Servants , who by their Places and Offices ought at all times to give their attendance upon Our Person , have neglected their attendance in the time of this Rebellion , when We have been engaged in the Warre in Our own Person ; some upon pretence of leave , or dispensation from Us , and some upon other pretences , which We shall no longer permit , as well in regard of Our Honour , as Our safety , being resolved to goe in Person , for the subduing and repressing of the Rebells in Armes against Us : We have therefore thought fit to publish this Our Proclamation , and doe hereby Command and Require , all Our Subjects and Servants whatsoever , that have any Offices , places , Fees , or Annuities from Us or of Our guift or Grant ( other then such as are in present Service or imployment in Our Armies , or are otherwise imployed in Our speciall service by our immediat Command ) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32024 of text R39025 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2552). keywords: attendance; person; text cache: A32024.xml plain text: A32024.txt item: #85 of 913 id: A32025 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation commanding the due execution and observance of certaine orders lately published concerning contributions date: 1644.0 words: 862 flesch: 63 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32025 of text R39027 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2554). By the King, a proclamation commanding the due execution and observance of certaine orders lately published concerning contributions England and Wales. keywords: contributions; orders; text cache: A32025.xml plain text: A32025.txt item: #86 of 913 id: A32026 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation commanding the due observation of the desires of the commissioners for the contribution of the county of Oxford, and for punishing all stragling souldiers and others, robbing, and plundering the country date: None words: 1012 flesch: 62 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32026 of text R39028 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2555). 132 F The rate of 132 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. keywords: commissioners; oxford; text cache: A32026.xml plain text: A32026.txt item: #87 of 913 id: A32027 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: [A proclamation commanding the muster master generall ...] date: 1643.0 words: 675 flesch: 74 summary: And the Officers and Souldiers of Horse , 〈◊〉 of the Contributions . This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32027 of text R39029 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2556). keywords: muster; text cache: A32027.xml plain text: A32027.txt item: #88 of 913 id: A32029 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation of His Majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his counties of Stafford and Derby date: None words: 1523 flesch: 60 summary: And whereas We have bin informed , that some wicked & seditious Persons intending to seduce Our good Subjects , and with false-hoods to abuse them , that they not knowing the truth , might still be misled ( as formerly they have been ) to serve the Wicked designes , and Treasonable practices of such as are in Rebellion against Vs , have given out and published , That whatsoever is intended for the preparation and setting out of the Navy in the Spring now approaching , is done by Our speciall direction and expresse Warrant , which is utterly false , We not having any purpose or reason to trust our Navy , or any of Our Ships in their hands and power who have given so cleer a testimony of their former disloyalty unto Vs , and of their endeavours to destroy Vs and Our Kingdom : WHEREAS Wee by Our Gratious Proclamation , bearing date the tenth of November now last past , freely offered Our Grace , Favour , and Pardon to all Seamen , Sailers , Mariners and other Watermen , who having been formerly seduced by some Traiterous and Seditious Persons , were this last yeare used as Instruments , to detaine Our Ships from Vs ; yet under this Proviso neverthelesse , that they did speedily returne to their Obedience and Loyalty , and did not from thenceforth presume to serve in any of Our ships detained from Vs , or otherwise to serve against Vs by Sea or Land , or by Loane , Contribution , or otherwise to assist the Army raised against Vs , or to Assemble or Muster themselves in Armes , without authority derived from Vs , or enter into any Oath of Association , for opposing Vs or Our Army , as by the said Proclamation more at large may appeare . keywords: navy; proclamation; ships; text cache: A32029.xml plain text: A32029.txt item: #89 of 913 id: A32030 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation concerning some illegall warrants lately issued into severall places in our counties of Buckingham and Bedford, and other counties, under the name of the Earle of Essex, or by his pretended authority date: 1643.0 words: 882 flesch: 65 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32030 of text R39033 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2562). By the King, a proclamation concerning some illegall warrants lately issued into severall places in our counties of Buckingham and Bedford, and other counties, under the name of the Earle of Essex, or by his pretended authority England and Wales. keywords: counties; text; warrants cache: A32030.xml plain text: A32030.txt item: #90 of 913 id: A32031 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, His Majesties proclamation concerning the bringing in of armes to his magazine in the citty of Worcester date: 1642.0 words: 875 flesch: 71 summary: By the King, His Majesties proclamation concerning the bringing in of armes to his magazine in the citty of Worcester England and Wales. ¶ His Majesties Proclamation concerning the bringing in of Armes to His Magazine in the City of Worcester . keywords: armes; text; worcester cache: A32031.xml plain text: A32031.txt item: #91 of 913 id: A32037 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation declaring His Majesties resolution for settling a speedy peace by a good accommodation, and an invitation to all his loyall subjects to joyne together for his assistance therein date: 1644.0 words: 1517 flesch: 63 summary: AMongst : the many Troubles wherewith ( for more then two yeares last past ) We have beene involves , nothing hath more afflicted Vs , then the reall sense of our Subiects sufferings , occasioned by this most unnaturall Warre ; And the chiefe of Our Care hath beene ( and by Gods assistance shall still be ) to settle them in a happy Peace , with that freedome of enioying the exercise of their Religion , Rights and Liberties , according to the Lawes of this Kingdome , as they or any of their Ancestors enioyed the same in the best times of the of the late Queene Elizabeth , or Our Royall Father . And as we have allwayes profest in the sincerity of Our heart , That no successe should ever make Vs averse unto Peace , so have We alwayes when God hath blest Vs with any eminent Victory , sollicited the Members of both Houses of Parliament remaining at Westminster by frequent Messages for a Treaty conducing thereunto : and in particular upon Our late Victory over the Earle of Essex his Army in Cornwall ( which We wholly attribute to the immediate hand of God ) keywords: king; peace; subiects; text cache: A32037.xml plain text: A32037.txt item: #92 of 913 id: A32038 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: [A proclamation declaring our purpose] date: 1642.0 words: 1302 flesch: 61 summary: 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-11 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-11 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion 〈…〉 Whereupon , We being very sensible of this extream dishonour to Vs , That a Town of such importance , and so neer to the place of Our present Residence , should be thus fortified , kept , and maintained against Vs , That the Port and Passage by Sea should be defended against Vs by Our own Ships , under the conduct of the Earl of Warwick , who being legally discharged by Vs of his employment at Sea , by Our Revocation of the Commission formerly granted by Vs to the Earl of Northumberland , and by Our Command signified unto him under Our own hand , to deliver the commmand of Our Ships into the hands of another person named by Vs , hath , notwithstanding Our said Commands ( to which the Earl of Northumberland paid a dutifull obedience ) presumed not only to dispossesse Vs of Our said Navie , but to employ it against Vs , and to take Prisoners such of Our Captains as expressed a loyalty to Vs according to their Oaths , and the duty of Subjects ; And that a Ship of Ours lately imployed for Our particular service into Holland , and returning from thence with some of Our proper Goods , hath been chased by them as an Enemie , and inforced , for her safetie , to put into a small Creek within six Miles of that Town , and there to run on ground , to the great hazard of Our said Vessell ; and that both Our Ship and Goods there were yet remaining in danger to be surprized by Our own Subjects , We took a Journey on Wednesday the sixth of this Moneth from York towards the said Creek , to take a view of Our said Ship and Goods thus exposed to danger ; We having just cause to fear that Sir John Hotham , and others of his Confederacie , would ( for Our good , and the good of the Kingdom ) make prize of these also ; and by the oportunitie of that journey , We Our Selves are now fully informed of the certaintie of those things , which We had before received but from the relation of others ; and there received a lamentable Petition of Our Subjects of those parts , complaining of the unheard of Insolence and Barbarisme of Sir John Hotham , and desiring Our just and necessary protection of them from those cruell Oppressions . Vpon all which considerations , that We may at length , after this long patience , do that right to Our Honour , Our Crown , and Royall Dignitie , and to Our good Subjects in generall , and those of and near to Our Town of Hull in particular , which We had reason to have expected from Our two Houses of Parliament ; but have failed of the fruit of Our long expectation , by the malice of some ill-affected spirits amongst them , who studie nothing more then by false pretences to amuse and abuse Our good people , We have taken this Resolution , by Gods blessing , and the Assistance of Our good Subjects , to force Sir John Hotham and all that shall take part with him in the unjust and treasonable defence of the Town of Hull against Vs , to that obedience which is due by Subjects to their Liege Lord and Soveraign , and to resist the Assistance intended to Sir John Hotham from Our said County of Lincoln and other places adjoyning , if they shall attempt it . keywords: good; john; subjects; text cache: A32038.xml plain text: A32038.txt item: #93 of 913 id: A32040 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation for preventing of disorders in the night-time, in the garrison of Oxford date: None words: 1019 flesch: 67 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32040 of text R39050 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2589). The rate of 16 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: house; oxford; text cache: A32040.xml plain text: A32040.txt item: #94 of 913 id: A32042 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation for preventing the plundring, spoyling, or robbing of any His Majesties subjects, and for restraining of stragling and idle people from following the army, as likewise for supplying His Majesties army with necessary provisions during their march date: None words: 1370 flesch: 55 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32042 of text R225752 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2590). And if any shall offend , Spoyle , Robbe , Pillage , or Plunder , in the least kind , contrary to this Our Proclamation , or take any Horse , Mony , Plate , or other goods , from any of Our Subjects without especiall warrant of their superior Officer then commanding Our said Army , We doe require and Command all the Officers and Souldiers of Our Army , and all other Our Officers and loving Subjects , to apprehend him or them so offending against this Our Proclamation , and to bring them before the Commander in chiefe of such Army or Forces , whom We require and authorize forthwith to cause him or them , so offending , to be hanged without mercy , and to see that restitution be made to such person , or persons , as received such losse by the taking away any of their goods or Cattell , in the best manner Our Commander in chiefe , or such Officer shall be able to performe ; This We require and Command to be fully and in every part obeyed , that thereby Out good subjects may be freed from misery and ruine , or the least apprehension thereof , and may without any interruption proceed in following their severall callings and professions , to the welfare and happinesse of Our Kingdom and Our Army , and that the officers thereof may have the reputation of doing Iustice , and giving help and assistance to Our people . keywords: army; proclamation; subjects; text cache: A32042.xml plain text: A32042.txt item: #95 of 913 id: A32045 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation for the assembling the members of both Houses at Oxford, upon occasion of the invasion by the Scots date: 1643.0 words: 1316 flesch: 57 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32045 of text R39056 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2599). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32045) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107124) keywords: houses; members; oxford; text cache: A32045.xml plain text: A32045.txt item: #96 of 913 id: A32057 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, His Majesties proclamation forbidding all his loving subjects of the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and Hampshire, to raise any forces without His Majesties consent, or to enter into any association or protestation for the assistance of the rebellion against His Majesty date: 1643.0 words: 1463 flesch: 54 summary: And Our Expresse Pleasure is , and We doe hereby Will and Command all the severall Tenants of the Persons excepted in Our Proclamation for those foure Counties of Kent , Surrey Sussex , and Hampshire , and all other Persons who are any wayes indebted unto them , and all the Tenants to any other Person of any of the said Counties , who is now in Actuall and open Rebellion against Us , or who after the publishing of this Our Proclamation shall contribute to the maintenance of the Armies now in Rebellion against Us , under the conduct of Robert Earle of Essex , or of any other Person or Persons , or that shall joyne in any such traiterous Association or Protestation , That they forbeare to pay any Rents or Debts due to the said severall Persons , but detaine the same in their hands towards the maintenance of the Peace of the Counties , and the reparation of such Men who have suffered by the violence of the others . WHEREAS We have been informed of certain Propositions agreed upon by some seditious Persons of Our severall Counties of Kent , Surry , Sussex and Hampshire , for an Association betwixt the said Counties , to raise an Army of 3000 Foot , and 300 Horse , and great summes of Money for the maintenance thereof , and an Invitation to Our good Subjects of that County , to enter into a Protestation to assist them in this odious and unnaturall Rebellion ; We doe hereby Declare for the satisfaction of all our loving Subjects of those Counties , and that they may not be seduced from their Obedience by the cunning and subtilty of those men , That the entring into such an Association and Protestation , and raising of men or contributing Money upon the same , is an Act of high Treason , and an endeavour to take away Our Life from Vs : And We do therefore straitly Charge and Command all Our loving Subjects whatsoever upon their Allegiance not to enter into any such Association or Prorestation , and such , as by colour of such Authority have assembled together , that they immediately disband and repaire to their Houses . keywords: counties; rebellion; subjects; text cache: A32057.xml plain text: A32057.txt item: #97 of 913 id: A32064 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: A proclamation of His Majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of Chester date: 1642.0 words: 1006 flesch: 65 summary: WHEREAS We have taken notice , that by the Malice , Industry , and Importunity of severall ill-affected and seditious Persons in Our County or Chester , very many of Our weake and seduced Subjects of that Our County have not only beene drawne to exercise the Militia , under colour of a pretended Ordinance , without and against Our Consent , ( a Crime of a very high nature , if We would strictly enquire thereinto ) but have made Contributions of Plate , Money , and Horses , towards the Maintenance of the Army now in Rebellion against Vs ; We doe hereby publish and declare , That We are gratiously pleased to attribute the Crimes and Offences of Our said Subjects of that County , to the Power and Faction of their Seducers ; Who , We beleeve , by Threates , Menaces , and false Informations compelled and led them into these Actions of undutifullnesse and disloyalty towards Vs ; And We doe therefore hereby offer Our free and gracious Pardon to all the Inhabitants of Our said County of Chester , for all offences concerning the Premisses committed against Vs , before the publishing of this Our Proclamation , except Sir William Brereton Knight , against whom Wee shall proceed according to the Rules of the Law , as against a Traytour and Stirrour of Sedition against Vs , And whom Wee doe hereby require all Our Officers and Ministers of Iustice , and all Our loving Subjects whatsoever , to apprehend , and cause to be kept in safe Custody till Our Pleasure be further knowne . This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32064 of text R40798 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2665). keywords: county; text cache: A32064.xml plain text: A32064.txt item: #98 of 913 id: A32067 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: A proclamation of His Majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of Lancaster date: 1642.0 words: 1005 flesch: 63 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32067 of text R40799 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2672). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32067) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 108610) keywords: county; text cache: A32067.xml plain text: A32067.txt item: #99 of 913 id: A32068 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: A proclamation of His Majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of Lincolne, and of his citty of Lincolne, and county of the same citty date: None words: 1246 flesch: 60 summary: We doe hereby publish and declare , That We are gratiously pleased to attribute the said Crimes and Offences of Our said Subjects of those places , to the Power and Faction of their Seducers ; Who , We beleeve , by Threates , Menaces , and false Informations compelled and led them into these Actions of undutifullnesse and disloyalty towards Vs ; And therefore We doe hereby offer Our Free and gracious Pardon to all the Inhabitants of our said County of Lincolne , and Citty of Lincolne , and County of the same , for all offences concerning the Premisses committed against Vs , before the publishing of this Our Proclamation , except Sir Edward Ascough , Sir Christopher Wray , Sir Anthony Irby , Knights , Thomas Hatcher , and Thomas Grantham , Esquires , against all which We shall proceed according to the Rules of Law , as against Traitors and stirrers of sedition against Vs , and whom we doe hereby require all Our Officers and Ministers of Iustice , and all Our loving Subjects to apprehend and keep , or cause to be kept in safe custody till Our plesure be farther known . And Wee doe hereby will and require Our high Sheriffe of Our said County of Lincolne , the Sheriffes of Our said Citty , all Iustices of the Peace , and all other our Officers , and loving Subjects to resist , oppose , and apprehend all such Persons as shall presume to make any Leavies in that Our County of Lincolne , Citty of Lincolne , or County of the same under what pretence soever , without Authority derived from Vs under Our Hand . keywords: citty; county; lincolne; text cache: A32068.xml plain text: A32068.txt item: #100 of 913 id: A32071 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation proclaimedin [sic] London the ninth of Iune date: 1642.0 words: 944 flesch: 63 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32071 of text R39151 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2683A). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32071) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107219) keywords: king; kingdome; text cache: A32071.xml plain text: A32071.txt item: #101 of 913 id: A32072 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King a proclamation prohibiting from henceforth all entercourse of trade between our city of London and other parts of our kingdome untill other direction given by vs. date: 1643.0 words: 1410 flesch: 55 summary: By the King a proclamation prohibiting from henceforth all entercourse of trade between our city of London and other parts of our kingdome untill other direction given by vs. England and Wales. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1327:8) By the King a proclamation prohibiting from henceforth all entercourse of trade between our city of London and other parts of our kingdome untill other direction given by vs. England and Wales. keywords: city; london; text; trade cache: A32072.xml plain text: A32072.txt item: #102 of 913 id: A32073 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation prohibiting from henceforth all entercourse of trade betweene our city of London and other parts of our kingdome untill other direction is given by us date: 1643.0 words: 1447 flesch: 51 summary: By the King, a proclamation prohibiting from henceforth all entercourse of trade betweene our city of London and other parts of our kingdome untill other direction is given by us England and Wales. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1327:8 or 1588:40) By the King, a proclamation prohibiting from henceforth all entercourse of trade betweene our city of London and other parts of our kingdome untill other direction is given by us England and Wales. keywords: city; london; text; trade cache: A32073.xml plain text: A32073.txt item: #103 of 913 id: A32075 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King, a proclamation prohibiting the assessing collecting or paying any weekly taxes, and seizing or sequestring the rents or estates of our good subjects, by colour of any orders or pretended ordinances of one or both Houses of Parliament date: 1643.0 words: 1549 flesch: 52 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32075 of text R171190 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2690). By the King, a proclamation prohibiting the assessing collecting or paying any weekly taxes, and seizing or sequestring the rents or estates of our good subjects, by colour of any orders or pretended ordinances of one or both Houses of Parliament England and Wales. keywords: estates; orders; ordinances; text cache: A32075.xml plain text: A32075.txt item: #104 of 913 id: A32082 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. aut title: By the King. A proclamation touching the adjourning of part of Hillary terme date: 1642.0 words: 1830 flesch: 55 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32082 of text R216304 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2709). At end of text: keywords: court; majesties; terme; text cache: A32082.xml plain text: A32082.txt item: #105 of 913 id: A32105 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Maiesties royall declaration and protestation to all his loving subjects in England being a full satisfaction to all the whole world against all aspersions which have lately been cast upon His Majesty, that he is popishly affected, to the great dishonour of His Majesty and the withdrawing his loving subjects from him : together with his gracious resolution for the maintenance of the true Protestant religion the laws and liberties of the subject with the just priviledges of Parliament. date: 1642.0 words: 2814 flesch: 50 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32105 of text R26009 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2763). 24 C The rate of 24 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: god; kingdome; parliament; religion; subjects; text cache: A32105.xml plain text: A32105.txt item: #106 of 913 id: A32110 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Ma'ties speech, [brace] & [brace] the Queenes speech date: 1641.0 words: 1376 flesch: 70 summary: House of Commons. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion His Maties Speech , & The Queenes Speech , Concerning the Reasons of the House of Commons , to stay the Queenes going into Holland . keywords: commons; queenes; speech; text cache: A32110.xml plain text: A32110.txt item: #107 of 913 id: A32113 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Maiesties speech at Leicester, to the gentlemen, free-holders, and inhabitants of that county, July 20 date: 1642.0 words: 877 flesch: 69 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32113 of text R39154 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2781). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107222) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1629:64) keywords: county; gentlemen; text cache: A32113.xml plain text: A32113.txt item: #108 of 913 id: A32124 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Maiesties speech to both houses of Parliament, July the 5th 1641 with Mr. Speakers speech, before the King, in the vpper house of Parliament, July the 3, 1641, concerning the passing of three bills, 1. poll-money, 2. Star-chamber, 3. high commission. date: 1641.0 words: 1883 flesch: 67 summary: His Maiesties speech to both houses of Parliament, July the 5th 1641 with Mr. Speakers speech, before the King, in the vpper house of Parliament, July the 3, 1641, concerning the passing of three bills, 1. poll-money, 2. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 863:21) His Maiesties speech to both houses of Parliament, July the 5th 1641 with Mr. Speakers speech, before the King, in the vpper house of Parliament, July the 3, 1641, concerning the passing of three bills, 1. poll-money, 2. keywords: july; king; parliament; speech; text cache: A32124.xml plain text: A32124.txt item: #109 of 913 id: A32125 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Majesties speech to both Houses of Parliament December the second 1641 date: 1641.0 words: 1006 flesch: 71 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32125 of text R11360 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2798). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32125) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 96510) keywords: houses; parliament; text cache: A32125.xml plain text: A32125.txt item: #110 of 913 id: A32128 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Majesties speech to the committee the 9th of March 1641 when they presented the declaration of both Houses of Parliament at New-market. date: None words: 888 flesch: 71 summary: (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32128) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 104088) By Robert Barker ... and by the assignes of John Bill, Imprinted at London : 1641 keywords: declaration; houses; text cache: A32128.xml plain text: A32128.txt item: #111 of 913 id: A32136 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: The Kings Majesties speech to the sixe heads, concerning the Queens going into Holland date: 1641.0 words: 719 flesch: 73 summary: Queens Majesties speech to a committee of both Houses at Whitehall, touching her going into Holland. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32136 of text R39155 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2817). keywords: holland; text cache: A32136.xml plain text: A32136.txt item: #112 of 913 id: A32146 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: Trusty and well belo[ved] date: 1642.0 words: 1127 flesch: 71 summary: 〈◊〉 to march with their Arms , and to come into Our Town of 〈◊〉 where he hath disarmed divers of them , keeps their Arms , a … … arges the men : And whereas VVe are credibly informed , that 〈◊〉 persons , who were lately Colonels , Lieutenant-Colonels , Captains and Officers 〈◊〉 ●rayned Bands of this Our County , intend shortly to summon , and indeavour to mus●●● 〈◊〉 ●●rces of this Our County : For as much as by the Law of the Land , none of 〈…〉 Bands are to be raised or mustered , upon any pretence or authority whatsoever 〈…〉 … all VVarrant under Our own hand , or by a Legall VVrit directed to the Sherif 〈…〉 ●ounty , or by VVarrant from the Lord Lieutenant , or Deputy Lieutenants of 〈…〉 , appointed and authorized by Commission under Our Great Seal . Given at our Co●●● 〈◊〉 ●●●K the fifth day of May , in the eighteenth yeer of Our R●●●●●●●●… To Our trusty and welbeloved high Sheriffe of Our County of York . keywords: county; text; ● ● cache: A32146.xml plain text: A32146.txt item: #113 of 913 id: A32161 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: By the King whereas, upon summons from vs, divers gentlemen of this our county of York did attend vs upon Thursday the twelfth of this instant May ... date: 1642.0 words: 778 flesch: 75 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32161 of text R39156 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2882). Other title information taken from first 4 lines of text. keywords: county; gentlemen; text cache: A32161.xml plain text: A32161.txt item: #114 of 913 id: A32335 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: Most Reverend Father in God, our right trusty and entirely beloved counsellor, we greet you well ... Charles R. date: None words: 1311 flesch: 63 summary: Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107229) Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32335.xml plain text: A32335.txt item: #115 of 913 id: A32358 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King a proclamation against the rebels in Ireland. date: 1660.0 words: 930 flesch: 66 summary: Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1279:18) By the King a proclamation against the rebels in Ireland. England and Wales. CHARLES R. CHARLES by the Grace of God , King of England , Scotland , France , and Ireland , Defender of the Faith , &c. keywords: england; ireland; text cache: A32358.xml plain text: A32358.txt item: #116 of 913 id: A32361 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: A proclamation against tumultuous petitions Charles R. date: 1679.0 words: 1158 flesch: 62 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 95191) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32361.xml plain text: A32361.txt item: #117 of 913 id: A32388 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation concerning the prorogation of the Parliament date: 1665.0 words: 1276 flesch: 59 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32388) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 48111) keywords: eebo; parliament; tcp; text cache: A32388.xml plain text: A32388.txt item: #118 of 913 id: A32410 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation for a general fast throughout the realm of England date: None words: 1290 flesch: 62 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107236) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1629:78) By the King, a proclamation for a general fast throughout the realm of England England and Wales. keywords: eebo; england; tcp; text cache: A32410.xml plain text: A32410.txt item: #119 of 913 id: A32417 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation for a general fast date: 1678.0 words: 1329 flesch: 61 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32417) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107239) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32417.xml plain text: A32417.txt item: #120 of 913 id: A32443 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation for further proroguing the Parliament date: 1665.0 words: 1036 flesch: 63 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32443) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 48116) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32443.xml plain text: A32443.txt item: #121 of 913 id: A32467 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation for prising of wines date: None words: 1682 flesch: 61 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). keywords: pounds; retail; tcp; text; wines cache: A32467.xml plain text: A32467.txt item: #122 of 913 id: A32471 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation prohibiting dirt-boats and bum-boats upon the river of Thames date: 1671.0 words: 1259 flesch: 63 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). keywords: boats; eebo; tcp; text cache: A32471.xml plain text: A32471.txt item: #123 of 913 id: A32475 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation for prohibiting the importation or retailing of any commodities of the growth or manufacture of the states of the United Provinces date: None words: 1264 flesch: 60 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107244) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32475.xml plain text: A32475.txt item: #124 of 913 id: A32477 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation for proroguing the Parliament until the nineteenth day of October next date: 1668.0 words: 1127 flesch: 62 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32477) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107245) keywords: day; eebo; tcp; text cache: A32477.xml plain text: A32477.txt item: #125 of 913 id: A32489 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation for reassembling the Parliament date: 1667.0 words: 1163 flesch: 65 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107246) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32489.xml plain text: A32489.txt item: #126 of 913 id: A32494 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation for recalling dispensations, with some clauses in the Acts for Encouragement and Increasing of Shipping and Navigation, and of Trade date: 1667.0 words: 1167 flesch: 63 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32494.xml plain text: A32494.txt item: #127 of 913 id: A32528 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation for the better collecting and answering His Majesties revenue arising by fire-hearths and stoves date: 1675.0 words: 1286 flesch: 59 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32528) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107250) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32528.xml plain text: A32528.txt item: #128 of 913 id: A32561 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation for the further adjourning the Parliament date: 1668.0 words: 1136 flesch: 65 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107254) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32561.xml plain text: A32561.txt item: #129 of 913 id: A32562 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation for the further adjournment of the two Houses of Parliament date: 1668.0 words: 1108 flesch: 63 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32562) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107255) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32562.xml plain text: A32562.txt item: #130 of 913 id: A32566 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. aut title: By the King. A proclamation for the further proroguing the Parliament date: 1666.0 words: 1159 flesch: 64 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 31383) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32566.xml plain text: A32566.txt item: #131 of 913 id: A32635 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation requiring the members of both Houses of Parliament to attend at the time prefixed by the prorogation, being the fourteenth day of February next date: 1669.0 words: 1108 flesch: 60 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32635) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107274) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32635.xml plain text: A32635.txt item: #132 of 913 id: A32636 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, a proclamation requiring the members of both Houses of Parliament to attend at the time prefixed by the adjournment, being the twenty fourth day of October next date: 1670.0 words: 1129 flesch: 63 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32636) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107275) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A32636.xml plain text: A32636.txt item: #133 of 913 id: A32662 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: Right trusty and welbeloved we greet you & well date: 1661.0 words: 1459 flesch: 59 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32662) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 42001) keywords: eebo; english; fishing; tcp; text cache: A32662.xml plain text: A32662.txt item: #134 of 913 id: A32684 author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. title: By the King, Charles by the grace of God, king of Great Brittain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, to all and sundry his lieges and subjects, greeting whereas the Lord hath been pleased in his gracious goodness and tender mercy to discover unto his Maiesty the great evill of the wayes wherein he hath been formerly led by wicked Cromwell ... date: 1650.0 words: 1016 flesch: 60 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32684 of text R43089 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C3638). E. Tyler, [Edinburgh : 1650] Imprint supplied by Wing. Imperfect: stained, torn and cropped, with loss of text. keywords: king; text cache: A32684.xml plain text: A32684.txt item: #135 of 913 id: A32836 author: Child, Josiah, Sir, 1630-1699. title: Sir Josiah Child's proposals for the relief and employment of the poor date: 1670.0 words: 5655 flesch: 50 summary: For the resort of Poor to a City or Nation well managed , is in effect the Conflux rf Riches to that City or Nation ; and therefore the subtile Dutch receive and relieve , or employ all that come to them , not enquiring what Nation , much less what Parish they are of . For , if they give to the Beggers in the Streets , or at their Doors , they fear they may do hurt by encouraging that lazy unprofitable kind of Life ; and if they give more than their proportions in their respective Parishes , that ( they say ) is but giving to the Rich , for the Poor are not set on Work thereby , nor have the more given them ; but only their rich Neighbours pay the less . keywords: fathers; kingdom; men; persons; poor; question; tcp; text; work cache: A32836.xml plain text: A32836.txt item: #136 of 913 id: A32851 author: Chillingworth, William, 1602-1644. title: The apostolical institution of episcopacy demonstrated by Will. Chillingworth ... date: 1664.0 words: 2681 flesch: 65 summary: EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). That this Government was received universally in the Church , either in the Apostles time , or presently after , is so evident and unquestionable , that the most learned adversaries of this Government do themselves confess it . keywords: apostles; church; episcopacy; government; sect; tcp; text cache: A32851.xml plain text: A32851.txt item: #137 of 913 id: A33730 author: Cole, William. title: Severall proposals humbly tendered to the consideration of those that are in authority, for the ease, security, & prosperity of this common-wealth by William Cole. date: 1659.0 words: 1581 flesch: 61 summary: That there may be a Survey of all the penal Statute Laws of the Land , and a brief Collection of them that are profitable and necessary , for the well and peaceable Government of this Commonwealth , owned by this supreame Authory , and all those that are grounded on principles of Tyrranny and Oppression ; & repugnant to the Laws of God and reason , and unnecessary or vexatious may be exploded : And that they that are owned may be Printed in one Volume , that so the people may know what is their duty , and not be punished by Trapps and Snares of absolete Laws , through the malice or Subtilty of corrupt Judges or Justices , it being a desperate and cruel principle for the Rulers to require obedience to Laws that the People are not capable to understand , and a known Maxime that a Multitude of Laws are a multitude of Fetters to inslave the Ignorant , and destroy the Simple hearted . 12. That seeing the whole Commonwealth is in a Lamentable condition of poverty , Trade almost utterly lost , and Thousands of Poor ready to starve , Let Piety , Pity , and desire of true renown perswade those that have Thousands and Hundreds yearly means , to forbear Sallaryes for some years , that so the People may have food , and the Commonwealth by their examples be encouraged and invited to Charity and Pity . This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A33730 of text R18774 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C5040). keywords: english; people; text; william cache: A33730.xml plain text: A33730.txt item: #138 of 913 id: A33823 author: Care, Henry, 1646-1688. title: English liberties, or, The free-born subject's inheritance containing, I. Magna Charta, the petition of right, the Habeas Corpus Act ... II. The proceedings in appeals of murther, the work and power of Parliament, the qualifications necessary for such ... III. All the laws against conventicles and Protestant dissenters with notes, and directions both to constables and others ..., and an abstract of all the laws against papists. date: 1680.0 words: 74982 flesch: 56 summary: 7. Provided alwayes , and be it further Enacted , That if any Person or Persons shall be Committed for High Treason or Felony , Plainly and specially Expressed in the Warrant of Commitment , upon his prayer or petition in open Court the first week of the Term , or first day of the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer , or General Gaol delivery , to be Brought to his Tryal , shall not be indicted sometime in the next Term , Sessions of Oyer and Terminer , or General Gaol delivery after such Commitment , It shall and may be Lawful to and for the Judges of the Court of Kings Bench , and Justices of Oyer and Terminer , or General Gaol delivery , and they are hereby Required upon motion to them made in open Court the last day of the Term , Sessions , or Gaol delivery , either by the Prisoner , or any one in his Behalf , to set at Liberty the Prisoner upon Bail , unless it appear to the Judges and Justices upon Oath made , that the Witnesses for the King could not be produced the same Term , Sessions or General Gaol delivery ; ( 2. ) And If any person or persons Committed as aforesaid , upon his prayer or petition in open Court , the first week of the Term , or first day of the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer , and General Gaol delivery , to be Brought to his Tryal , shall not be Indicted and Tryed the second Term , Sessions of Oyer and Terminer , or General Gaol delivery after his Commitment , or upon his Tryal shall be Acquitted , he shall be discharged from his Imprisonment . 9. Provided alwaies , and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid , That if any person or persons sub●ects of this Realm , shall be Committed to any prison , or in Custody of any Officer or Officers whatsoever , for any Criminal , or Supposed Criminal matter , That the said person shall not be Removed from the said prison and custody , into the custody of any other Officer or Officers , ( 2. ) unless it be by Habeas Corpus , or some other Legal writ ; or where the prisoner is delivered to the Constable or other Inferiour Officer to carry such prisoner to some common Gaol ; ( 3. ) or where any person is sent by ●rder of any Judge of Assize , or Justice of the peace ●o any Common workhouse , or house of Correction ; ( 4. ) or where the prisoner is Removed from one prion or place to another within the same County , in order to his or her Tryal or discharge in due Course of Law ; ( 5. ) or in case of sudden fire or Infection , ●r other Necessity ; ( 6. ) keywords: act; aforesaid; appeal; authority; cap; case; charter; church; contrary; court; day; death; eliz; england; good; hath; house; judge; judgment; jury; justice; king; law; laws; liberties; lord; man; manner; oath; offence; parliament; party; people; person; place; power; present; prisoner; realm; right; second; sheriff; statute; thereof; thing; time; treason; words; writ; year cache: A33823.xml plain text: A33823.txt item: #139 of 913 id: A33884 author: Colledge, Stephen, 1635?-1681. title: A letter written from the Tower by Mr. Stephen Colledge (the Protestant-joyner) to Dick Janeways wife date: 1681.0 words: 1906 flesch: 63 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). keywords: colledge; dick; eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A33884.xml plain text: A33884.txt item: #140 of 913 id: A33885 author: Colledge, Stephen, 1635?-1681. title: A ra-ree show to the tune of I am a senceless thing. date: 1681.0 words: 1562 flesch: 74 summary: COme hither , Topham , come , with a hey , with a hey , Bring a Pipe and a Drum , with a ho , Where e're about I go , Attend my Ra-ree show , With a hey , Trany nony nony no. Let 'um hate so they fear , with a hey , with a hey , Curst Fox has the best Chear , with a ho , Two States in Blind-house pent , Make brave strong Government , With a hey , Trany nony nony no. Top. keywords: nony nony; tcp; text; trany nony cache: A33885.xml plain text: A33885.txt item: #141 of 913 id: A33923 author: Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726. title: Vindiciæ juris regii, or Remarques upon a paper, entitled, An enquiry into the measures of submission to the supream authority date: 1689.0 words: 22838 flesch: 60 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. Now it is generally acknowledged , that Adam was her King , as well as her Husband . keywords: act; authority; case; english; government; king; law; laws; liberty; majesty; man; nation; nature; ought; parliament; people; plain; power; prince; reason; resistance; right; state; subjects; time cache: A33923.xml plain text: A33923.txt item: #142 of 913 id: A34007 author: Collins, Richard. title: The cause of England's misery, or, A brief account of the corrupt practice of the law humbly offer'd to the consideration of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons in Parliament assembled. date: 1698.0 words: 5447 flesch: 50 summary: 2. This pretended Lady , and her Gang , was not satisfied in Engaging me in Two Suits of Law , for they and some Lawyers did prompt and excite , a Young Man to Sue me , ( whom I had brought up from a Child , and put forth an Apprentice at my own proper Cost and Charge , ) 3. I was Trustee for Two Young Men for several Years , and the Account between them and me , was Stated by Two Attorneys , who Audited the same , and set their hands thereunto ; yet some Years after these unhappy Young Men , met with some Lawyers that put them upon Suing of me , tho there was not the least Ground for it , as in the end it did appear , to the High Court of Chancery , the Matter having been Twice referred , by Order of Court , to a Master in Chancery , who Audited the Account , in the presence of Two Counsellors at Law ; this Unjust Suit was near 200l . keywords: bill; justice; law; men; people; practice; tcp; text cache: A34007.xml plain text: A34007.txt item: #143 of 913 id: A34391 author: Converted cavalier. title: The converted cavaliers confession of their designe when first we drew the King away from his Parliament as also (now our eyes are in some measure opened) that we see there was a deeper plot and designe in hand at that time by the papists who made use of us to accomplish their own designe, which then lay hid from us, but now discovereth it selfe : with our resolution to forsake the papists / written by a converted cavalier, for full satisfaction to all neutralists. date: 1644.0 words: 1997 flesch: 52 summary: The converted cavaliers confession of their designe when first we drew the King away from his Parliament as also (now our eyes are in some measure opened) that we see there was a deeper plot and designe in hand at that time by the papists who made use of us to accomplish their own designe, which then lay hid from us, but now discovereth it selfe : with our resolution to forsake the papists / written by a converted cavalier, for full satisfaction to all neutralists. The converted cavaliers confession of their designe when first we drew the King away from his Parliament as also (now our eyes are in some measure opened) that we see there was a deeper plot and designe in hand at that time by the papists who made use of us to accomplish their own designe, which then lay hid from us, but now discovereth it selfe : with our resolution to forsake the papists / written by a converted cavalier, for full satisfaction to all neutralists. keywords: designe; parliament; religion; text cache: A34391.xml plain text: A34391.txt item: #144 of 913 id: A34513 author: England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. title: A copy of the foure reasons to diswade the King from his journey into Scotland for fourteene dayes longer delivered by Mr. Hollis to the Lords at a conference, 7 August 1641. date: 1641.0 words: 896 flesch: 73 summary: A copy of the foure reasons to diswade the King from his journey into Scotland for fourteene dayes longer delivered by Mr. Hollis to the Lords at a conference, 7 August 1641. A copy of the foure reasons to diswade the King from his journey into Scotland for fourteene dayes longer delivered by Mr. Hollis to the Lords at a conference, 7 August 1641. keywords: commons; journey; text cache: A34513.xml plain text: A34513.txt item: #145 of 913 id: A34515 author: Alured, Matthew. title: A copy of the presentment and indictment found and exhibited by the Grand-Jury of Middlesex in the Upper Bench at Westminster, on the last day of Killary term, 1659 : against Collonel Matthew Alured, Collonel John Okey, (the Captains of the Gards) and Edmond Cooper (one of the door keepers) for assaulting and keeping Sir Gilbert Gerrard Baronet, one of the knights of the shire for their county, by force and arms out of the Commons House of Parliament, on the 27 [th] day of December last, when 21 members more were in like sort secluded and kept out of the House by them, which will serve as a president for other counties, and secluders of other members. date: 1660.0 words: 1194 flesch: 60 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A34515 of text R36049 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C6219). no A copy of the presentment and indictment found and exhibited by the Grand-Jury of Middlesex, in the Upper Bench at Westminster, on the last Alured, Matthew 1660 625 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 C The rate of 32 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: county; house; text cache: A34515.xml plain text: A34515.txt item: #146 of 913 id: A34709 author: Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631. title: Cottoni posthuma divers choice pieces of that renowned antiquary, Sir Robert Cotton, Knight and Baronet, preserved from the injury of time, and exposed to publick light, for the benefit of posterity / by J.H., Esq. date: 1672.0 words: 72103 flesch: 70 summary: we may rather expect from our own domestick faction , if they grow too furious , they will rather follow the example of Rome in her growing ; that held it equally safe , honourable , and more easie , dare Rege●● , th● sub●ugare Provincian ; considering the po●er they have their hands , then to gi●e any friendly Assistance to serve the present condition of our State. Thus Ethelwald appealed against Earl Leofrick From the County and generale Placitum before King Ethelred and Edgira the Queen , against Earl Goda to Eldred the King at London , Congregatis Principibus & sapientibus Angliae . keywords: act; advice; anno; answer; apud; authority; ballium; bishop; body; cause; charge; charter; church; claus; command; commodities; commons; councel; course; crown; cum; day; death; desire; divers; doth; duke; edward; edward 3; emperor; end; england; english; est; france; french; general; gold; good; great; hand; hath; henry; honour; house; ill; john; justice; king; kingdome; lands; law; laws; let; lib; life; like; london; lords; majesty; man; marriage; master; merchants; money; new; non; oath; opinion; original; ought; parliament; party; peace; peers; people; persons; petition; pope; power; present; princes; pro; process; profit; publick; queen; qui; quod; realm; reason; record; regis; regni; religion; respect; rex; richard; right; rome; rot; saith; second; self; sheriff; silver; sir; spain; state; statute; subject; things; time; trade; way; wealth; work; writ; year; ● ● cache: A34709.xml plain text: A34709.txt item: #147 of 913 id: A34717 author: Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631. title: The forme of government of the kingdome of England collected out of the fundamental lawes and statutes of this kingdome : wherin is manifested the customary uses of the kings of England upon all occasions, either of marriage, peace or warre, to call their peeres and barons of the realme to be bartners [sic] in treatizes, and to give their judicious advice : the state and security of the whole kingdome depending upon such counsells and determinations : likewise the names of the kings and the times when such Parliaments were called, and the acts that passed upon those and the like occasions : Henry I, Iohn, Henry 3, Edward I, Edward 2, Edward 3, Richard 2, Henry 4, Henry 5, Henry 6, Edward 4, Henry 7, Henry 8 : published for the satisfaction of all those that desire to know the manner and forme of the government of the land, and the fundamentall lawes of the kingdome. date: 1642.0 words: 5980 flesch: 77 summary: This King in the fift of his Raigne called a Parliament , and therein advised with his Lords and Commons , for suppressing Llewellin Prince of Wales : And hearing that the French King intended to invade some peeces of his inheritance in France , summoned a Parliament ad tractandum , ordinandum , & faciendum cum Prelatis , Proceris & aliis Inco●is Regni , quomodo huiusmodi periculis & excogitatis militiis sit obviandum ; inserting in the writt , that it was Lex notissima & provida circumspectione stabilita , that that quod omnes tangit , abomnibus approbaretur . The yeare succeeding a Parliament is called , for that the King would have the advice of his Lords and Commons for the warre with Scotland , and would not without their Counsell conclude a finall peace with France . keywords: advise; commons; france; hen; henry; king; parl; parliament; peace; yeare cache: A34717.xml plain text: A34717.txt item: #148 of 913 id: A34726 author: Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631. title: A treatise, shewing that the soveraignes person is required in the great councells or assemblies of the state, as well at the consultations as at the conclusions written by Sir Charles Cotton. date: 1641.0 words: 3755 flesch: 71 summary: This use under King H. 3. needeth no further proofe than the Writ of Summons , then ( as some report ) framed , expressing both the Kings mind and practice . Of H. 8. memorie hath not been curious ; but if he were not often present , peradventure that may be the cause of the disorder , which the learned Recorder Fleetwood in his preface to the Annalls of E. the 5. R. 3 H. 7. & H. 8. hath observed in the Statutes made in that Kings dayes : for which cause hee hath severed their Index from the former ; and much lay in the will of Wolsey , who was ever unwilling to let that King see with his owne eyes . keywords: hee; king; lords; parliament; presence; sir; state; text; yeare cache: A34726.xml plain text: A34726.txt item: #149 of 913 id: A34778 author: Covel, William. title: A declaration unto the Parliament, Council of State and Army, shewing impartially the cases of the peoples tumults, madness and confusions as also eleven particulars which will perfectly cure their distempers : with the method of a commonwealth, hinted in twelve particulars, with what persons and callings are usefull therein : also shewing the benefit which comes by a common wealth rightly constituted in nine particulars and answering six objections / humbly offered to consideration by William Covel. date: 1649.0 words: 7072 flesch: 69 summary: I beholding the whole Creation to be very good , and very comely , in order to uses and ends ; ( for they were not created in vain ; ) I being but a little while in the School of Nature , began to compare Gods Creation with mans Inventions ; and upon consideration , I wondered not why man was so confounded , so out of order , and so full of complaints , &c. and concluded that the worlds glory is vanity and vexation , and that man is the cause of his own confusion . have they not all spongy Tongues , to lick up the golden and silver Idols ? the people being made happy by having those Idols , or miserable by not having of them : How they draw the heart of man ? What slaves men are made to fetch Gold out of other Nations ? How many loose their lives before they bring it ? What tricks the people are fiegn to use before they can get it ? how they study and strain their wits , and lay stumbling-blocks before their brethren ? keywords: god; good; man; men; nature; people; things; wealth; work; world cache: A34778.xml plain text: A34778.txt item: #150 of 913 id: A34820 author: Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667. title: The learned and loyal Abraham Cowley's definition of a tyrant (published by the present Lord Bishop of Rochester) in his discourse concerning the government of Oliver Cromwell. date: 1688.0 words: 1283 flesch: 63 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 99529) keywords: eebo; parliament; tcp; text cache: A34820.xml plain text: A34820.txt item: #151 of 913 id: A34948 author: Craufurd, James, 17th cent. title: A serious expostulation with that party in Scotland, commonly known by the name of Whigs wherein is modestly and plainly laid open the inconsistency of their practices I. With the safety of humane society, II. With the nature of the Christian religion, III. Their two covenants are historically related, and prov'd to be no sufficient warrant for what they do, IV. Their new doctrine of a pretended forfeiture, is prov'd to be groundless. date: 1682.0 words: 20976 flesch: 42 summary: In a word , Religion has not throughly inflam'd those Souls , which are not able to offer Sacrifice to God without borrowing strange Fire . And in this , no doubt , we perform a truer Act of Religion , more acceptable in the Sight of God , more agreeable to Christ's Doctrine and Practice , than we are able to do by any other Service whatsoever . keywords: authority; christ; christians; covenant; doctrine; god; good; government; king; man; nature; new; persons; power; prince; publick; religion; right; self; subjects; time; world cache: A34948.xml plain text: A34948.txt item: #152 of 913 id: A35015 author: A. B. title: An answer of a minister of the Church of England to a seasonable and important question, proposed to him by a ... member of the present House of Commons viz. what respect ought the true sons of the Church of England ... to bear to the religion of that church, whereof the King is a member? date: 1687.0 words: 26092 flesch: 44 summary: It is by the Tyes of Religion , and not of Power , that he is bound to keep the Churches Laws , ; and the very Con●●ssions and Privileges made to them by him and his Royal Predecessors , are as revocable as their Duty is alterable ; for Princes are so far from being oblig'd to perpetuate such Rights that themselves have indulg'd , that 't is a rul'd Case among the Greek Fathers , That a King may recal his Gift , in case the Beneficiary prove ungrateful . that Power which is inseparably annext to his Royal Diadem , and without which he would be no King , but a Royal Slave in Golden Chains ; for the King 's , the Church's , and our own , if not for the Cause's sake , let us not grudge Men of his own Perswasion in Religion , the free enjoyment of any Favours which he is graciously pleased to afford them ; and that especially considering that the occasion upon which such Privileges were formerly denied them , viz. keywords: authority; case; christian; church; conscience; duty; england; god; good; government; hath; honour; king; laws; majesty; man; men; peace; power; prince; publick; reason; religion; respect; selves; sons; subjects; thing; time; world; ● ● cache: A35015.xml plain text: A35015.txt item: #153 of 913 id: A35045 author: Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667. title: A letter to a freind [sic] shewing the illegall proceedings of the two houses of Parliament and observing God's aversenesse to their actions, which caused the authours returne to the king and his alleagiance. date: 1645.0 words: 5606 flesch: 59 summary: Since therefore that the two Houses cannot without the Kings assent make a new nor abrogate an old law , cannot without the Kings assent raise armes to execute a person condemned by Parliament with the Kings assent ( as in Hu. 2. where his Barons of Parliament and others by colour and in persuance of an Ordinance of Parliament , whereby Hugh De le Spencers were banished and to be proceeded against as enemies to the King and Kingdome in case they did returne ; The Sonne returning to the King , the Barons and others pretending that the De le Spencers could not be legally attainted by processe of law , because they ( the De le Spencers ) had usurped the Royall power , and therefore in case of necessity ( for so is the Booke of old Mag. Char. fol. 54. ) mutually bound themselves by oath , ( as we by our Protestations ) and with Armes and banners displayed persue the De le Spencers , and kill and imprison divers of the Kings Subjects , and take their Townes , Castles , Houses , &c. and all without the Kings assent , ( as ours doe ) for which they were glad to take a pardon , ( as ours would be of an act of oblivion the Scotch word for a generall pardon ) for that oath , their armes , &c. keywords: armes; assent; church; god; houses; king; law; parliament; power; subjects; text cache: A35045.xml plain text: A35045.txt item: #154 of 913 id: A35112 author: C. F. title: Severall letters from Scotland relating to the proceedings of the army there read in Parliament the sixth day of September, one thousand six hundred and fifty. date: 1650.0 words: 2313 flesch: 67 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A35112 of text R29660 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C7168). no Severall letters from Scotland relating to the proceedings of the army there read in Parliament the sixth day of September, one thousand six Cromwell, Oliver 1650 2116 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 B The rate of 9 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: army; edenburgh; enemy; lord; text cache: A35112.xml plain text: A35112.txt item: #155 of 913 id: A35160 author: Crosfeild, Robert. title: Truth brought to light, or, The corrupt practices of some persons at court laid open whereby Their Majesties and the kingdom have been prejudiced near one hundred and fifty thousand pounds this year; besides other evils that have and do attend it. date: 1694.0 words: 8159 flesch: 50 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. But notwithstanding , Humane Frailty is such , that we have many Instances of Persons ( otherways prudent and wise ) either through Pride , Ambition , or Covetousness , that have had almost overthrown this Noble Fabrick : but it was never in such eminent Peril as before the late Revolution ; when our Religion , Laws and Liberty , were near being swallow'd up ; and then God was pleas'd to make his Majesty the happy Instrument of our Deliverance . keywords: god; good; kingdom; majesties; man; matter; nation; persons; publick; tcp; text; things; time cache: A35160.xml plain text: A35160.txt item: #156 of 913 id: A35423 author: Cumberland, Henry Clifford, Earl of, 1591-1643. title: The declaration of the right honourable Henry, Earle of Cumberland, Lord Lievtenant Generall of His Maiesties forces in Yorke-Shire and of the nobility, gentry, and others His Majesties subjects now assembled at Yorke for His Majesties service and the defence of this city and count. date: 1642.0 words: 3230 flesch: 30 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A35423 of text R29691 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C7577). D The rate of 39 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: country; earle; hath; henry; people; selves; text cache: A35423.xml plain text: A35423.txt item: #157 of 913 id: A35736 author: Dering, Edward, Sir, 1598-1644. title: Three speeches of Sir Edward Dearings, Knight and Baronet, in the Commons House of Parliament date: 1641.0 words: 2849 flesch: 67 summary: If then ( Mr. Speaker ) it may passe with full allowance , that all our cares may give way unto the treaty of Religion , I will reduce that also to bee considered under two heads : first of Ecclesiasticke persons , then of Ecclesiasticke causes . This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A35736 of text R27295 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing D1118). keywords: bee; doe; house; petition; religion; text cache: A35736.xml plain text: A35736.txt item: #158 of 913 id: A35922 author: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name. title: A dialogue betwixt Whig and Tory, aliàs Williamite and Jacobite Wherein the principles and practices of each party are fairly and impartially stated; that thereby mistakes and prejudices may be removed from amongst us, and all those who prefer English liberty, and Protestant religion, to French slavery and popery, may be inform'd how to choose fit and proper instruments for our preservation in these times of danger. date: 1693.0 words: 18715 flesch: 58 summary: For Example : Is it reasonable to believe the E. of N. whose Father and Family was rais'd by K. C. and K. I. for prostituting the Law ( and his nauseous Rhetorick ) to the Designs of those two Brothers , who himself was a Privy-Counsellor with Father Peters , and chosen by K. I. at the time of the Revolution to treat with your Majesty at Hungerford , in order to delay your Progress to London ; and lastly , who so violently oppos'd your Majesty's being crown'd King , as to lay an eternal Obligation on K. I. by it : I say , Sir , is it reasonable to believe this Gentleman so proper a Secretary of State to your Majesty , as the E. of S. who hath so mortally disobliged K. I. by being so early , and so zealous in your Interests , who went at the Head of that Message to K. I. wherein he was required to retire from Whitehall ; who hath since that been so instrumental to place and preserve the Crown upon your Head ; and hath , in a word , broken all Measures so with K. I. as to leave no Possibility of a Reconciliation to him , and consequently hath no Retreat from this Government , but is oblig'd in common Sense , to serve Your Majesty faithfully and zealously ? Or can your Majesty think Mr. K. who ( it is generally said ) believes himself the Son of K. I. and it is known by all the World , owes his Fortune to him ; who ( if we may believe Report ) at the time of the Revolution , agreed with Captain Tosyer , to carry the Ships he then commanded in the Straits to K. Iames in France , ( had not the common Sailers very rudely oppos'd the Project ; ) who after this acquitted himself so ill at Cadiz , in letting the Thoulon Squadron pass by him in his sight , without fighting them ; and to conclude , hath made so unaccountable a Campagne of it this Summer ; can your Majesty ( give me leave to say , Sir ) think this Gentleman ( after all this ) fitter to command the Fleet of England , than Mr. R. whose Provocations to K. I. are never to be forgiven by him ; who was one of the most instrumental Men in England in placing You upon the Throne ; who last Year gave you the greatest and most glorious Victory that ever was obtain'd by us at Sea ; and whose Courage , Conduct and Fidelity the Parliament of England hath unanimously attested ? And now , Sir , ( If I may presume so far ) will Your Majesty be pleas'd to examine what Honour , what Profit hath accrued to You , or the Nation , by your employing these Gentlemen who have of late been at the Head of the Ministry . I own they were for some time , like Fishes who have got a Worm in their Heads , they did frisk and leap out of their own Element ; but like them too , they soon plung'd into it again : for K. I. was scarce got to Feversham , before they repented what they had done , and from that day to this have given all the Proofs and Marks of an invincible Hatred and Enmity to the present Government : They opposed the King's coming to the Crown , fell into Cabals for the weakning his Government when he was King , and raised Rebellion without , and Plots within the Kingdom for the restoring of K. I. &c. Nay , at this time it is undeniable , that when ever the Clergy are most numerous , the Jacobites are most numerous too ; there are more Jacobites ten for one in every Cathedral Town , than in any other Towns , accounting number for number : keywords: enemies; england; english; friends; government; great; hath; iames; interest; king; king iames; majesty; party; people; power; principles; sir; time; tory; whig cache: A35922.xml plain text: A35922.txt item: #159 of 913 id: A36115 author: Bilson, Thomas, 1546 or 7-1616. True difference betweene Christian subjection and unchristian rebellion. title: A discourse upon questions in debate between the King and Parliament. With certaine observations collected out of a treatise called, The diffrence between Christian subjection, and unchristian rebellion. date: 1643.0 words: 8432 flesch: 42 summary: What the priviledges of Parliament are , i● another great question , i● under the tearme be comprised the King , the Lords and Commons , the question may be better made , what is not within the power and priviledge of Parliament , for 't is on all hands confessed that the common-wealth may di●pose of it selfe ; but if the King be divided from them , what are then priviledge● ? truly none at all , if they cannot make a t●mporary provision to ●ave themselves without the Kings licence ; for take away safety , and priviledge is gone ; If they be safe , yet if it be better knowne to their adversaries then themselves , and that the continuance be at disc●et●on and good pleasure of another , if any be a more competent Iudge of their safety then them●elves they have no priviledge at all , say what they will . Nor can it possible be that both houses have power to preserve the body of the kingdom which they repres●nt , if there not be an inherent e●sentiall and underived authority in ●h●t assembly to preserve it selfe ( ●is granted in the P●inces minority , absence , or incap●ssity to gove●ue , the power to preserve and provide for the state , rests in the great counsell , and their diligates , doubtlesse the case is the s●me , if it be on like manner granted that the P●ince is divided from the body of his people ●y evill counsell ( to prove if the counsell be good or bad , examine the legali●y , it appeares in his Maiesties expres●es : and that of most remarke , is to declare law ( which being denied to the great counsell , must needs be taken to reside in the King and his privie counsell ) To have sole managing of the arms of the kingdome . It hath beene the generall beliefe of this Nation ( ●pon what reason I cannot judge ) that the designe of his Majesties late father King James was to wynde up this government ●o the height of France , the better to ho●d correspondence with forraig● Princes , whose power encreasing their riches , and both together their reputation , it was a shame to be left behind , but finding the times averse , and being the best Astrologer in the world what the successe should be of ●i● owne actions , he betooke himselfe to the ●atisfactions of his age which he could acquire , and left the complement of this to his Majestie that now is● in whose person were concurrent a title indubitable , setled by a succession , and the activitie and glory that is insepa●able to youth , and the fresh assu●ption to the Throne of three Kingdoms . keywords: government; hath; king; kingdome; lawes; majestie; parliament; people; power; prerogative; princes; text; time; wealth; ● ● cache: A36115.xml plain text: A36115.txt item: #160 of 913 id: A36385 author: Doughty, John, 1598-1672. title: The Kings cavse rationally, briefly, and plainly debated, as it stands de facto against the irrationall, groundlesse misprisions of a still deceived sort of people. date: 1644.0 words: 12292 flesch: 44 summary: Hee who by virtue of his place is , & hath been alwaies so esteemed of in former times , not only {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , the chiefe framer and withall dispenser of lawes , but also {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , the very life and soule of the law : A point therefore which Maiestie useth but seldome to stoop to ; Princes accounting of none as competent Judges of them and their Actions , save God alone ; since it is a true saying , Rex est qui Regem , Maxime , non habeat , He is truely a King who acknowledgeth no commanding power upon earth above himselfe . Againe we find in Councells how there hath swayed oftimes a prevailing faction or party : so as they deserved not so much to have beene termed Concilia , as Conciliabula , rather Conventicles then lawfull assemblies , and accordingly the result of their consultations hath usually tasted strong of the prevailing side : nay , we have heard of Councells or Synods , that for a great part there sitting , in the first choice or constitution of them , have not alwayes beene , 't was thought , so impartially assigned to the place , as not consisting of the best , the ablest , and every way fittest for the worke that might be found : witnesse the many examples of Councells both ancient and moderne too , which might be called upon in attestation of these truths ; I apply not the one , nor the other : but this I may perhaps inoffensively say : what hath often happen happened to a Councell , may at some time be fall a Senate : those of the short robe are not more exempted then those of the long ; Howbeit I wave the point , with a {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} there , wishing , though no wayes hoping , all to be well . keywords: church; doe; god; good; hath; king; law; man; men; non; owne; people; person; point; power; reason; resistance; sort; state; text; times; truth; way; word cache: A36385.xml plain text: A36385.txt item: #161 of 913 id: A36519 author: Drake, William, Sir. title: The Long Parliament revived, or, An act for continuation, and the not dissolving the Long parliament (call'd by King Charles the First in the year 1640) but by an act of Parliament with undeniable reasons deduced from the said act to prove that that Parliament is not yet dissolved ; also Mr. William Prin his five arguments fully answered, whereby he endeavours to prove it to be dissolved by the Kings death &c. / by Tho. Phillips. date: 1661.0 words: 9141 flesch: 50 summary: With undeniable Reasons deduced from the said Act to prove that that Parliament is not yet dissolved . And be it Declared and Enacted by the King our Soveraign Lord , with the assent of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled , and by the Authority of the same that this present Parliament now assembled shall not be dissolved unless it be by Act of Parliament to be passed for that purpose . keywords: act; authority; case; death; king; kingdom; law; nation; parliament; writs cache: A36519.xml plain text: A36519.txt item: #162 of 913 id: A36520 author: Drake, William, Sir. title: Sir VVilliam Drake his speech in Parliament concerning the present distempers and putting the kingdome in a state of defence, November 10, 1641 date: 1641.0 words: 1943 flesch: 51 summary: Drake, William, Sir 1641 1680 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 B The rate of 6 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A36520 of text R8253 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing D2138). keywords: distempers; parliament; sir; state; text cache: A36520.xml plain text: A36520.txt item: #163 of 913 id: A36630 author: Dryden, John, 1631-1700. title: His Majesties declaration defended in a letter to a friend being an answer to a seditious pamphlet, called A letter from a person of quality to his friend : concerning the kings late declaration touching the reasons which moved him to dissolve the two last parliaments at Westminster and Oxford. date: 1681.0 words: 12931 flesch: 58 summary: In the next place he informs us , That it has been long the practice of the Popish and Arbitrary Party , that the King should call , frequent , short , and useless Parliaments , till the Gentry grown weary of the great expences of Elections , should sit at home , and trouble themselves no more but leave the People expos'd to the practices of them , and of their Party ; who if they carry one House of Commons for their turn , will make us Slaves and Papists by a Law. Popish and Arbitrary , are words that sound high amongst the multitude ; and all men are branded by those names , who are not for setting up Fanaticism and a Common-wealth . With what impudence can our Author say , That an House of Commons can possibly be so pack'd , as to make us Slaves and Papists by a Law ? for my part I should as soon suspect they would make themselves Arbitrary , which God forbid that any Englishman in his right sences should believe . keywords: answer; author; commons; declaration; government; house; king; law; majesty; man; parliament; party; people; plot; power; religion; time cache: A36630.xml plain text: A36630.txt item: #164 of 913 id: A37074 author: Dury, John, 1596-1680. title: Just re-proposals to humble proposals. Or An impartiall consideration of, and answer unto, the humble proposals, which are printed in the name of sundry learned and pious divines, concerning the Engagement which the Parliament hath ordered to be taken Shewing, how farre those proposals are agreeable to reason, to Christianity and to policie. How the proposers thereof may receive satisfaction therein, in all these respects. Hereunto are added, The humble proposals themselves; because they are not currantly to be found. Written by John Dury. January 7. 1650. Imprimatur, Joseph Caryl. date: 1650.0 words: 12803 flesch: 46 summary: Just re-proposals to humble proposals. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1792:17) Just re-proposals to humble proposals. keywords: conscience; duty; engagement; hath; matters; present; proposals; satisfaction; sect; things; way; words cache: A37074.xml plain text: A37074.txt item: #165 of 913 id: A37285 author: Day, John, 1574-1640? title: The Parliament of Bees date: 1641.0 words: 142424 flesch: -204 summary: pos=n-ab xml:id=A37285-011-b-2400>Arm. Base hounds ! Thou god of gay aparrell , what strange lookes Make suit to do thee service ? Mercers bookes Shew mens devotions to thee , Hell cannot holde A Fiend more stately : my acquaintance sold , Cause poore ? stood now my beaten taylor by me , Pleiting of my rich hose , my silke-mannye me , Drawing upon my Lords-ships Courtly calfe Payers of embroydered stockings , or but halfe A dozen things cald creditors , had my Barber Perfum'd my lowzy thatch ( this nitty harbour ) These pi'd-wingd Butterflies wud know me than , But they nere landed in the I bodied rascals , that owe more To Linnen-drapers , to new vampe a whore , Then all their race from their grand beldame foorth To this their raigne in cloaths were ever worth , That such should tickle a commanders eare With flatterie , when we must not come neare , But stand ( for want of cloaths ) tho we win townes Amongst almsbasket men , such silken clownes When wee with bloud deserve , share our reward We held scarce fellow-mates to the blacke guard ; Why shold a souldier being the worlds right arme Be cut off by the left ? ( infernall charme ) Is the world all Ilt. I am unworthy on . Except a hooke Hung at each line to choake me , stay what name Hast given thy brat ? To the most honoured Dame . Com'st lying into th' world ? be thy leaves torne , Rent , and us'd basely , as thy title borne ? keywords: 003; 007; 010; 015; 025; > obron; argument xml; id="a37285; item xml; lemma="be; lemma="in; lemma="shall; lemma="to; lemma="will; list xml; pc join="right; pc xml; pos="acp; pos="av; pos="cc; pos="crq; pos="d; pos="n1; pos="pns; pos="po; pos="vmb; pos="vvi; pubplace >; quote xml; ref xml; seg >; seg xml; sp xml; speaker; stage xml; trailer xml; type="contract2; unit="sentence">.