Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	find_v	great_a	king_n	4,554	4	3.4720	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85271	Colonell Fiennes his reply to a pamphlet entitvled, An answer to Colonell Nathaniel Fiennes relation concerning his surrender of the city and castle of Bristol by Clem. Walker which said answer is here reprinted verbatim. Ordered to be printed.	Fiennes, Nathaniel, 1607 or 8-1669.; Walker, Clement, 1595-1651.	1643 (1643)	Wing F877; Thomason E70_1; ESTC R5094	14,936	17

in place they did not redresse them although it were not in their power so to doe being over-voted at the Councell of Warre by Captaines purposely chosen and new made by the Governour that he might have the sole power and countenance of that Councell to serve his ends and being likewise overborne by the Governours accesse of power gotten from time to time by Commissions and Letters under hand from the Lord Generall or the Parliament which he kept sleeping by him never shewing his additionall authority but upon speciall occasion and then so cursorily and privately as did easily declare he meant not to have his authority so well understood as to draw it in danger to be examined and limited A base lye and scandalous to the Parliament and my L. Generall Hereupon the Gentry forbore to intermeddle with affaires and the whole Towne and Countrey Were filled with jealousies and indignations and where he affirmes he had not one penny of money to pay his souldiers This causeth admiration in all men who have observed what strange and unheard of wayes were used and what number of spunges and horse-leeches were continually imployed to suck both from the Towne and Countrey some devices to raise monies we will set downe all is impossible 1. A tax of 500 l. or 600. pound a week upon the Town which was afterwards drawn down to a far lesse summe we know not upon what consideration since it is apparent the Towne was able to beare a far heavier burthen But he would beare no part of it himselfe He doth not at all seeme to deny it in that Letter and this tax was laved and disburced by the Deputy-Lieutenants themselves not a penny of it came to Col Fiennes his hands not of that of the twentieth part he never received any within 20 miles or within halfe a mile 2. A tax upon Somerset and Glocestershires towards the fortifying of so much of Bristol as stood in these Counties yet this Relator concealeth and in his Letter the 17 of June seemes to deny that he had any speciall levy for his worke both from the Towne and Countrey 3. The weekely assessment and the 20 parts within his verge of 20 miles which though they were not duely rased amounted to a considerable summe if an accompt had bin kept thereof 4. The plundering of S. Thomas Bridges S. Maurice Berckley and many other mens estates in the Countrey without any warrant from the Councell of Warre or the Deputy-Lieutenants contrary to an expresse Order made by the said Councell all which were carried into the Castle without account A Lye And when complaints were made for undue plundring they were never heard by a Councell of Warre but privately referred to Langrish or his equals and the complainants just request choaked with delayes as in Mistris Millers case and others A Lye 5. The letting and setting or the stocking with plundred Cattle the said Delinquents and other mens estates and sequestring their Rents with account and without the concurrence or privity of the Deputy-Lieutenants 6. The consiscated estates of the Conspirators in Bristol and the secret compositions made with many of them are thought to be very considerable a the rather because when it was move d that all compositions might be made openly at a full Councell and entered into the Councell booke it would not be hearkened unto a A Lye All these shall be proved to be Lyes at a Coūcell of Warre Yet Colonell Fiennes in his Letter to his Father dated June 17. 1643. see Relation pag. 25. saith he shall never make 3000. l. of the Conspirators estates It may be he meant upon compositions besides their plunder which he could set no probable value upon 7. Divers loanes upon the publike faith to a great value estimated b at 7000. l. b A Lye by 6500. 8. Divers supplies from Parliament which were alwaies c concealed from the Committee c What had the Committee of Sōmersetshiere to do with it he had received 4000. l. before the 12. of May 1643. by his own confession Relation p. 23. and we heare he hath received at the least 3000. l. or 4000. l. since quaere whether he hath received any mony from Sir Gilbert Gerrard 9. Licences to trade with the Enemy d even contrary to his Excellencies Ordinances of Warre not granted for nothing d A base Lye 10. e Custome mony 1700. l. e Another Lye Col Fiennes hath received together with the 1700. l. of custome mony in all 6688 and shall give a very good account of that and all other receits that this Pāphletter or any other can charge him withall 11. If we may believe common fame many Tradesmen with whom we formerly told you the Castle was cumbred f were drawne to give 10. l. a man to have themselves and their goods secured there f Another Lye g and yet no sufficient caution is made in the Articles of Surrender g The 9th Article of the agreement was framed purposely for it to restore the said goods to them againe many of them not being to be found and the poor men are put to compound with the enemy for getting them out as formerly they did with their friends to get them in Besides whereas his horse were to have 2. s. 6. d. a day pay Colonell Fiennes gave them free quarter in the Country and but 1. s. the day pay g quaere what became of the rest g It was discounted to the State as may appeare by the Captains accoūts given in before this Pamphlet came forth This we set downe to shew how good an Oecononist our Governour was and how able to raise mony having so rich a shop as the Towne of Bristoll to worke in h certainly it was very possible f●r such a thriving Governour to maintaine the Garrison out of so rich a Towne without the assistance of the adjacent Counties contrary to his tenet page 4. h How doth this agree with what was said before of the many and unheard of devices to get mony How many pounds or pence did his Governour Col Essex to whom he was assistant raise out of that rich City and this we demonstrate by the present practise of the Kings Forces who make that Towne not only maintaine their whole Garrison but man forth and maintaine a good sleete of Ships find Gunpowder and pay a great fine besides If Co. Fiennes had been a Comm ander of the Kings Forces or that the Parliament world let their officers doe what they do he could have raised as much money as they and yet sure this demonstrator is mistaken in the hypothesis of his demonstration And for the better understanding of this money businesse know that Colonell Pophams Regiment of Foot and Colonell Coles Regiment of horse and Dragoones resident in Towne were not paid by the Governour but by the Country and the Governours whole charge estimated by himselfe in a Letter to his Father dated June 17. 1643. and printed with his Relation pag. 23. was