Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	alderman_n	lord_n	sir_n	5,309	4	6.6012	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84765	A letter from His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and a Councel of VVar at Vxbridge, June 29. 1647. To be communicated to both Houses of Parliament, and the Lord Major, Aldermen and Common-Councel of the City of London, of the armies drawing farther back from the City of London, and the head-quarters that night at Wickam; in answer to the votes of both Houses. With a perfect copy of the votes; and the names of the Councel of War. By the appointment of His Excellency Sir Tho: Fairfax, and the Councel of War. Uxbridge, June 29. 1647. Signed John Rushworth.	England and Wales. Army. Council.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1647 (1647)	Wing F173; Thomason E396_4; ESTC R201641	6,048	13

A LETTER From His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax AND A Councel of VVar at Vxbridge JUNE 29. 1647. To be communicated to both Houses of Parliament and the Lord Major Aldermen and Common-Councel of the City of LONDON OF The Armies drawing farther back from the City of London and the Head-quarters that night at Wickam In Answer to the VOTES of both Houses WITH A perfect Copy of the Votes And the Names of the Councel of WAR BY the appointment of his Excellency Sir Tho Fairfax and the Councel of War Uxbridge June 29. 1647. Signed JOHN RUSHWORTH London Printed for Laurence Chapman JULY 1. 1647. To all my fellow Commoners that love peace and righteousnesse THere are new births of providence every day wherein the wisdom of God appeares in a very delightfull variety There are yet not many days since some who are neyther true friends to the King or Kingdomes interest to the Episcopall or Presbyteriall Interest were driving on the Chariot of the State on their own wheels wheels of self-interest and popularity abusing only the notion and name of a King Episcopacy and Presbytery to form a Kingdom to their own advantage But Divine Providence seeing this opposes it self against such a vanity working out this politick power and selfish sensuall wisdom and set new wheels on going and new preparatories to justice and righteousnesse fortifying weak and despised instruments to do and accomplish things in order to his own glory But loe the prider and vanity of men ●cted by self-respects when God cosses them in their enterprises behold how they spurn against him if hee employs any instruments to hinder the building of their Babylonish towres aspiring towards the heavens then may you see how through policy and power they seek to traduce and calumniate such instrumenct branding their loyall and upright actions with the ignominious terms of Treasons and Rebellions But I hope these mens folly begins now to be made manifest to all men and shall no more be covered By these few lines ensuing if thy eyes be opened thou whosoever thou art that shall read them mayst see the mystery of this iniquity working in that Pamphlet which for truths sake and thy better information in this following discourse thou shalt see a little unmasqued A Vindication of his MAIESTIE and the Army from a Paper of M. Reymes pretending to be printed by the authority of the LORDS in Parliament MAster Reymes to gain the more credit to his own inventions with much falshood hee hath enterwoven some truth yet so confusedly that it is a hard matter to say what hee hath related truly for his Relations are either guilty of direct contrariety to truth Addition or Substraction And how a man may scandalize any man by any truth by such an imperfect lame and false relation I leave to wisemen to judge Whereas Master Reymes sayth for his admission to his Majesty Major Generall Brown espying him proffered him the honour of his Majesties hand Major Generall Brown denyes that hee ever knew this man or so proffered him his Majesties hand but Master Reymes desired it of him And whereas Master Reymes writes that the King struck Colonell Whaley for his presumptuous listning while his Majesty was in conference with one whom they suspected came from London The truth is the report of his is false the King denyes that hee struck him neither was the Messenger suspected to come from London but the truth of that matter is as followeth There came a Messenger to New-market from the Prince of Orange and the rest of the Kings Friends with a message to his Majesty which hee delivered to the King as he was walking in the Garden Colonell Whaley espying this Messenger privatly to be discoursing with his Majesty defined him to forbear any further discourse in private with him whose desire was grounded upon the Commissioners declaring to him that at Holmby none were suffered privatly to discourse with the King nor any that had been in the Kings Army to come within three miles of Holmby Colonel Whaley endevouring to prevent any evill Counsellours from his Majesty the danger and prevalency of whom this Kingdom yet groans under the wofull experience of and to keep a good correspondency with the Commissioners true it is the King was something troubled at it and did thrust him from him but not strike him according to the Pamphlet and the reason of the Kings so doing was when the King after dinner was discoursing with this Messenger in the Presence Chamber Colonel Whaley came in which made the King as hee said himselfe to talke a little longer with him to see what the Colonell would doe The Collonel perceiving this desired the King to forbeare speaking with any such persons the King then protested he would not for it they were in his sight he would not bid them goe away Then the Collonel desiring him to forbeare speaking with him the King thrust him away not for presumptuous listning as Mr. Reymes affirmes To passe by the many particular untruths and incertainties of Master Reymes his relation the substance of it being to make the world believe that the King was taken away against his will I shall in a word or two answer to that When we came to Holmby he told me when we had answered his desires and those things we should propound to him he would goe along with us to which his propositions we gave him such a satisfactory answer that he told us hee would goe with us whether the Commissioners would yea or no and accordingly did Moreover one of the Commissioners before ever I spake with his Majestie told me he was resolved to goe with us Whereas Master Reymes further affirmeth that the King said that if he were at the head of the Army he would protest against all their proceedings the King denied to me that ever he said so But I shall for this time leave Master Reymes without any further Character of the man or reply to his paper then what his Majestie said of both at the sight of his Booke who said if the Citizens dealt thus with him he should be carefull of having to doe with them or speaking to a Citizen for time to come except it were before five or six witnesses they being so sickle by which it may fully appeare that he hath abused his Majesty by laying those things to his charge which he never said wronged Major Generall Browne by imputing that to him which he never did scandalized the Army by saying they tooke away the King against his will when he went according to his profession willingly with them injured Collonell Whaley by affirming the King did strike him for presumptuous listning to his Majesties discourse with the Messenger which was no such matter deluded the people by presenting them with a false Relation to prejudice forestall and capivate their judgements and surprized the house of Lords by obtaining to all this his wickednesse their authority for its publication