Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	esquire_n	sir_n	thomas_n	19,213	5	10.5501	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32068	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	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1642 (1642)	Wing C2673; ESTC R40800	1,497	1

C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE BY THE KING 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 WHEREAS We have taken notice that by the Malice Industry and Importunity of severall ill-affected and seditious Persons in Our County of Lincolne and Citty of Lincolne and County of the same very many of Our weake seduced Subjects of those Our Counties and Citty have not only beene drawne to exercise the Militia under colour of 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 And also have raised and gathered together armed Men in those our Counties and Citty and doe Muster and Train them without Warrant or authority from Vs 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 Provided that this Our Grace shall not extend to any Person who after the publishing of this Our Proclamation shall presume by Loane or Contribution to assist the said Army of Rebells to assemble and muster themselves in Armes without Authority derived from Vs under Our Hand to enter into any Oath of Association for opposing Vs and Our Army or to succour or entertaine any of the Persons excepted in this Our Proclamation or in Our Declaration of the 12th of August last But We do declare That whosoever shall henceforth be guilty of the Premisses or of either of them or shall give obedience to any warrants concerning any Musters Levies or Contributions for Levies whatsoever under any pretence of authority whatsoever either from the said Sir Edward Ascough Sir Christopher Wray Sir Anthony Irby Thomas Hatcher Thomas Grantham or from any other Person or Persons whatsoever without Our expresse consent declared under Our great Seale or Signe Manuall shall be esteemed by Vs as an Enemy to the publike Peace a Person dis-affected to Vs and to the Religion and Lawes of the Kingdome and shall accordingly receive condigne punishment of which We give them timely notice that they may proceed accordingly at their perills 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 And We likewise will and require them and every of them to be assistant to all such as shall either Command the Traine-Bands of that Our County of Lincolne Citty of Lincolne or County of the same Citty or make any Levies in the same by vertue of Commission under Our Great Seale or Signe Manuall And lastly our expresse pleasure and Command is That this Our Proclamation be published and Read in all the Churches and Chappells within Our said County of city of Lincolne Citty of Lincolne and County of the same by the Parsons Vicars or Curates of the same Given at Our Court at Oxford the Twelfth day of Ianuary in the Eighteenth yeare of Our Reigne God save the King