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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	law_n	parliament_n	repeal_v	2,928	5	12.0628	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82155	The declaration of the genlemen [sic] and others now in armes in the county of Hereford. By commission from his highnesse the Prince of Wales: under the command of Sir Henry Lyngen knight, collonell generall of the said countie.	Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.	1648 (1648)	Wing D675; Thomason 669.f.13[4]; ESTC R210862	1,366	1

THE DECLARATION OF THE GENLEMEN AND OTHERS now in Armes in the COUNTY of HEREFORD By Commission from his highnesse the Prince of Wales under the Command of Sir Henry Lyngen Knight Collonell Generall of the said Countie TO wave all misconstructions that may unhappily bee cast upon our reall intentions in this present engagement Wee thought it necessary to hint upon and publish some principles and motives that have induced us hereunto wherein wee shall bee very submit in regard our fellow-Subiects even of the humblest fortunes and capacities are already not incensible of them After the storme of the late Warre was blowne over and the Scots calmed and retired within their owne confines both they and wee in this vimdsall concernment stood at gaze hoping to tast of the sweet and often promised fruits of the many Declarations and Protestations of the two Houses and Armies for the settlement of the Kingdomes Peace Religion Lawes and His Maiesty in his pristime Rights with glory and splendor equall to the best of his Progenitors But our pregnant expectations herein miscarried for the King is iugled in the I le of Wyght barberously misused traterously and desperately conspired against being yet scarce a Prisoner of hope his most Royall Consort disuorced banisht and most of his Princely Race under an unnaturall restraine the knowne and ancient Lawes which are the principall security of the Subiects prosperity dispirreted and daily wounded by contradictory Votes and Ordinances upon every estates designe Religion wholy unioynted and in stead of a settled Peace a Scismaticall Army is propagated with a propetuated supported of sixty thousand pound a Moneth besides Excise Free-quarter and imnumerable other vast and insupportable prestures amongst which wee cannot passe by the Arbitrary and uncontrolled power of the Committees and Governours of the said Citie and County by which our Purses have beene milked our Persons imprisoned our Horses taken away our Cattle driven and many of us plundred and bloodily butchered at Kington and elsewhere without appeale or knowne Law whatsoever and for the more firme intayleing of this uassalage upon us and our Posteritie they have laid a foundation for the future of a new Militia to over-awe and and inslave us to the Law-martiall for ever Wherefore finding all their pretences in order to peace and settlement to bee shaddowy not to mention the Votes of new Addresses whereby the doore of all pacification was lately bolted and their dilatorie overtures still to clash with the Honour and Conscience of his Maiesty Wee have for the antecedeinge causes re-assmued our Armes and doe declare that with the expence of our blood and uttermost hazard of our lives and fortunes wee will endeavour against all opposition whatsoever to restraint his Maiesty with glory and honour to repeale the Queene from banishment to enlarge the royall Children under restraint to establish the true Protestant Religion and knowne Lawes to have a free Parliament for the better settling of our differences to preserve the Union betweene us and the Scots according to the Act of Pacification and with the extirpation of all Arbitrary power nulling of all illegall Taxes and disbanding of Armies to obtaine a lasting well-grounded and honourable Peace in persuance of which ends being fully authorized and encouraged by his Highnesse the Prince of Wales Captaine Generall of his Maiesties Forces by Sea and Land within the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales from whom the charge and Cammanded in chiefe of the City and County commissioned to Sir Henry Lyngen under Hand and Seale We are confident that all the good and loyall Subiects of this and the adiacent Counties for we shall have others to their demirits will rise and engage with us or contrubute assistance to us declining all obedience to any other authority whatsoever in which engagement wee by Gods grace hope to demeane our selues that the whole Kingdome shall see wee squint not upon selfe-ends but firmely fix our eyes upon the publike intrest And so God save the King and blesse our endeavours