Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	king_n	power_n	resist_v	2,658	5	9.2218	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91722	A narration of severall passages betwixt His Maiesty and Master B. Reymes, at Newmarket, concerning the army. Communicated to the committee of the militia of London. And to the Right Honourable the House of Peeres, upon Thursday the seventeenth of June. 1647. Die Jovis, 17 Jnnii [sic]. 1647. Ordered by the Lords assembled in Parliament, that this narration be forthwith printed and published. Jo. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.	Reymes, B.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.; City of London (England). Committee for the Militia.	1647 (1647)	Wing R1211; Thomason E392_31; ESTC R201585	1,964	8

A NARRATION Of severall passages betwixt His MAIESTY AND Master B. REYMES at NEWMARKET Concerning the ARMY Communicated to the Committee of the Militia of London And to the Right Honourable the House of Peeres upon Thurday the seventeenth of June 1647. Die Jovis 17 Jnnii 1647. ORdered by the Lords Assembled in Parliament That this Narration be forthwith printed and published Jo. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum London printed for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley 1647. A Narration of severall Passages betwixt his Majesty and Master B. Reymes c. IN Obedience to this Right Honourable House their Command I shall here give an Account of my admission into his Majesties presence and Commission of delivering this Message to the Militia of London who have thought fit it should be communicated to both Houses of Parliament For the first partly my occasions partly my desire of seeing his Majesty drew me to Sir William Russels where he was then playing at Bowles with some of the Commissioners among the rest Major Generall Browne espying me proffered me the honour of his Majesties hand which I readily accepted of so it might be without inconvenience and comming neare his Royall Majesty he was graciously pleased to grant me that favour withall asking my name and something else of Major Generall Browne which I heard not but he soone after came to me and desired my attendance at Court where at my entrance I was received by him according to his promise and carried into the presence Roome where he acquainted me with severall passages betwixt his Majesty the Generall Lievtenant-Generall and Colonell Whaley whom the King had that day struck for being so presumptuous as to listen while his Majesty was in conference with one whom they suspected to become from London From this he fell to a relation of his Majesties aversenesse and unwillingnesse to comply at all with the Armies proceedings saying That all their actions for ought he saw were both inequitable in themselves and disproportionable to their pretences To this the Major Generall added That it did highly concerne both the Parliament and City to be carefull of their safeties he being an eare witnesse daily of their threats and how much they are animated with the hopes of spoile and inraged with hatred to the Parliament this he desired me to deliver and so led me into the Privie Chamber and his Majesty presently came out of his Bed-chamber He came towards me who was standing with the Commissioners then Major Generall Browne anticipated his Majesties Discourse by an humble intreaty That he would be pleased to confirme the Relation he had given me of his Majesties unwillingnesse to come from Holdenby and how much against his will he stayed here In answer to which his Majesty clapping his hand on his breast said Vpon my life I came against my will which he told me I might well conjecture my selfe by the relation he was pleased to afford me of his being taken from Holdendy But said hee rather then to be carried by neck and heeles that I may use his owne expression I went along Nor am I so in love with their proceedings that I should be willing to continue here for I finde my selfe an absolute Prisoner As concerning my refusall of returning to Holdenby which by some of my Subjects may be mis-understood for all the reason I had was that I chose golden fetters and a lightsome roome before a darke Dungeon for I conceive this to be the better Ayre knowing that my restraint there should not be lesse then here Then appealing to the Commissioners he said Have I not told the Generall himselfe and others That I admired by what Authority he dust thus resist him and his Parliament To which he answered There was necessity He told them They did more then are the King though in the height of his power durst to inforce Justice either in criminall or Civill affaires Indeed I have many times hastened it but never inforc't it as they have done in saying Give us Justice or Yet for my part proceeded his Majesty I know not what they do or intend but what I heare from these Gentlemen pointing to the Commissioners for they have not sent legally to me since my comming therefore tell all those whom you thinke fit Communicants of this businesse that I desire nothing more passionately then to be with my Parliament After this I assum'd the boldnesse to tell his Majesty that I thought him then politically absent when his affection though not his Person was alienated from them To which he answered It was very right Next I told him I thought it would be no small comfort to those whom he was pleased to make partakers of this his intention that his Majesties propension and inclination towards them was so great which he bid me assure them whatsoever other illusive perswasion would possesse them to the contrary And moreover That if he were at the head of their Army he would declare and protest against all their proceedings And whatsoever they heard to the contrary desired them not to beleeve no though under his hand unlesse they spake with one who had it from his owne mouth Last of all at my demand of some Letter one of the Commissioners Major Generall Browne answered That that was not so safe and this would be as effectuall This is all my memory supplyes me withall the incompactednesse of this Narration shall I hope obtaine your Honours pardons being penned without the least premeditation and without affecting the least methodicall stile onely in obedience to Your Honour● Commands that I might testifie my self to be Your Lordships most devoted Servant B. REYMES FINIS