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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	place_n	see_v	2,893	5	3.1798	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38666	Essex's excellency, or, The gallantry of the freeholders of that country being a short account of the brave British behaviour of those worthy freeholders, in the choice of their knights to serve in the next Parliament : together with the truly noble Lord Gray his speech at the close of their choice / published by an eye-witness of their most noble courage for the example of their neighbouring counties.	Eye-witness of their most noble courage for the example of their neighbouring counties.	1679 (1679)	Wing E3343; ESTC R10510	9,790	10

Essex's Excellency OR THE Gallantry of the Freeholders of that County Being a short Account of the Brave British Behaviour of those Worthy Freeholders in the Choice of their Knights to serve in the next Parliament Together with The Truly Noble LORD GRAY His SPEECH at the Close of their Choice Published by an Eye-witness of their most Noble Courage for the Example of their Neighbouring Counties AS Long Parliaments have been heretofore the great mischief ruin of the Free-born English man's Liberty which this Nation in general began to he very sensible of by the abundant Evils that had like to have befallen the good people of England even almost to the overthrow of all Propriety and Priviledges as well as Religion which the All-wise God out of pity to this Nation hath how at last put an end unto by an unexpected hand of Providence So did there lately seem to threaten as great an Evil by burdening the Counties with the Choice of too frequent Parliaments and the Cause of this Fear did not arise in the hearts of wise men without some Cause for Drinking and Revelling being grown into both Fashion and Custom in many places of this Kingdom both Burroughs and Counties as necessary Qualifications to make a wise Representative Gentlemen indeed those that are really such in their sober deportment and carriage began to grow weary though they could not but see that nothing but utter destruction must at last most certainly swallow up both them and their Posterity in some short time in case persons were Chosen as only obtained their Elections by Drinking and Feasting the Country For wise men well know that such excessive Charges was so unreasonable a thing to be born by any honest person that hath no other end than his Countries good that it could not but be imagined long since that those persons that got such their Elections by those waies and means had another end in it and designed repayment again in a private and unjust way out of the peoples pockets by selling their Votes at a dear rate for the raising of money and in other matters of great moment Nay some persons and not a few to the eternal Infamy of both them that paid and them that received such wages of unrighteousness were grown to that excess after they were sent up Members to the late Long Parliament that they received yearly more money for selling their Country than it cost them to be so elected so that at last to be once got a Parliament man was grown a sure way both of profit and honour though purchased out of the poor peoples hearts blood for those men to have good places or large Pensions would and did as easily part with their Countries Liberty and the Peoples Freedom and Right as well as their money and which may easily appear if we consider their domineering over their Equals and despising Law and longing for Seats in the late Long Parliament to be continued to them and their Heirs for ever But not to trouble you further with their ill Proceedings at this time since we have yet room for hopes that we shall have once more an English Parliament that will look into such miscarriages and give a due reward to such Offenders in the late Long Parliament who either for Places or Pensions sold their Votes and their Country at a cheaper rate than Esau did his birth-right But as to the Gallantry and Nobleness of divers of the Gentry of Essex as well as the whole body of the Freeholders there take this short Narrative The Writ being directed for the Choice of two Knights for the Shire Tuesday last the 12th of this Inslant August was appointed the Day being the first County-Court And whereas Sir Eliab Harvey and Collonel Mildmay were former Members in the last good Parliament Collonel Mildmay did sometime before the Day of Election intimate to Sir Eliab Harvey his intentions to stand to be one of the Knights of the Shire and that as they had been both chosen before he believed the Country would now do the like freely but though the Collonels Interest in the County was looked upon by all to be that which brought them both to be so easily Elected before yet Sir Eliab as is believed trusting either to his own Interest or the Interest of the Duke of Albemarle and some other of the Gentry did absolutely refuse to joyn himself with Collonel Mildmay but on the contrary was resolved to sland alone that now his Interest with the Duke and some of the Gentry and Sir Thomas Middleton was sufficient not only to be Chosen Knights of the Shire himself but a●so wholly to lay aside and disappoint the Collonel of his intentions and in effect under hand to oppose his Election which was thought to be more easily done because the Collonel like the old English-man was resolved not to be at any cost or charges in the obtaining his Election thinking as indeed it is a burden sufficient to serve their Country as their Member and not vainly to throw away his Estate as well as his labour to be their Servant too for that his Noble Spirit well knew that he that served his Country faithfully deserved the Thanks of his Country without spending his Estate to be Chosen but some were not idle all this time since the Dissolution of the last Parliament to reproach vilifie and abuse that Worthy Person Collonel Mildmay yet the summe of all their malice could reach no higher after all but to reproach him for a Phanatick a name too common in the mouths of our half Protestants and so little understood by them but too too grateful to the Papists by which they have most maliciously branded every sober person in England with that name nay a man can hardly pass through the Streets with sobriety in his face but he is branded for a Phanatick and by some that would make us believe they are Protestants themselves but if Phanatick does denote a mad man as I have understood it alwaies did till within the compass of twenty years last past then I am sure it is as false an aspersion cast on that Worthy Person as that was which was cast upon the Apostles that they were mad-men for Preaching the Resurrection from the dead and Judgment Day to come but let such whoever they are know it is a thousand times more honourable to be called by them Phanaticks than good Christians a thing I fear they are very little acquainted with more than the Name But there we leave them where they most delight and proceed to tell you that some of the Tribe of Levi both before and at this Election were very zealous against this worrthy person Coll. Mildmay for one of them standing by a Papist that Voted against the Collonel cryed well done he did not doubt but that they should agree well enough in the main though not in all points Some sent their Paper-pellet to all their Neighbourhood and especially to