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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	force_n	york_n	yorkshire_n	38	3	11.2414	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35423	The declaration of the right honourable Henry, Earle of Cumberland, Lord Lievtenant Generall of His Maiesties forces in Yorke-Shire and of the nobility, gentry, and others His Majesties subjects now assembled at Yorke for His Majesties service and the defence of this city and count.	Cumberland, Henry Clifford, Earl of, 1591-1643.	1642 (1642)	Wing C7577; ESTC R29691	5,419	10

THE DECLARATION Of the Right Honourable HENRY EARLE OF CVMBERLAND LORD Lievtenant Generall of His MAIESTIES Forces in Yorke-Shire And of the Nobility Gentry and others His Majesties Subjects now assembled at Yorke for His Majesties Service and the Defence of This City and County Printed at York by Stephen Bukley 1642. By speciall command THE DECLARATION Of the Right Honourable Henry Earle of Cumberland c. FRom the deep sence of the growing miseries which have formerly afflicted this distressed coontry and out of the grievous apprehension of those inevitable ruines and desolations with a reall War fomented hatched and brought forth by our continuall distractions must infallibly bring upon us We thought it the least of our duty to our God our King and our country to endeavour all means possible to discharge our selves before God and Man and to leave nothing unattempted which might avert and prevent those fearfull calamities which as it must be consequently the most bloudy and ruineous was of all others and therefore in pursuance of that due affection to our Native Country We first prevailed with our most gracious Sovereigne whose Royal Inclination met our humble desires in the most ready wayes and apparent meanes which we could devise and finde out for the p●ace and safety thereof and set aside all other respects though never so much conducing to the main of His owne affaires for our security and therefore carried a way the fatall Cloud of War which in a hideous form hung over our heads to disburden it selfe in another Clymate so as we conceived we had no further worke of labour but to pay the duties of prayse and thankfulnesse to our God and King whose grace and goodnesse had freed us from the visible consequences of a great and terrible tempest but since it hath pleas●d the unsearchable Wisedome of Almighty God so to order it That another storme hath broken and powred a great part of it upon this Country when we least feared and by those means which we least suspected and that contrary to all expectation work our misery there appeared those out of our owne Bowels which have begun a War and kindled a flame which ●oth hazard the ruine and destruction of their Native Country which we take as a Punishment due to our manifold sins and offennes and leave the particuler executioners thereof to His owne wisedome and Iustice hereafter yet we haue not been a wanting to the safety and protection of this People so long and in so many wayes afflicted but have appolyed our selves to all such wayes and means which in Humane reason we could hope might procure a timely remedy to those bleeding wounds And therefore in a Treaty at Rodwell with some Gentlemen of this County of whose affection to peace and Vnity though differing in Opinion from us we were most confident Sundry Articles were a greed and Concluded upon all wholly tending to those ends and conducing to reall settlement which was sought after by us with so much candor plaine dealing and earnestnesse that we willingly let passe the manifest advantages which we then had over the opposers of the setled Peace of this County and judging the affections of others by our own desires and inclinations declined and quitted all other considerations but such as might parchase a good correspondence and amity with those Gentlemen and others whom at that time it lay in our Power to have forced or destroyed and that nothing might be awanting to oblige them sett at Liberty sundry Prisoners some of good quality upon their word and Faith to returne them againe if the Treaty were not preformed and condescended to all the World knows That we aymed at the Publique safety assurance Yet not withstanding all this without the least breach on our behalfe particuler passions and interests hath so far prevailed That as soone as they were freed of the danger wherein they were then engaged contrary to their Hands Faith and protestations they have wholly broken that Agreement so solemnly concluded without rendring the least reason which indeed is impossible and of which they can never excuse themselves have with indirect intentions and by a specious of●er of Peace which it seems was the least of their thoughts strengthned and prepraed themselves for War by pretence of safety to the County disveloped themselves from danger and procured security to their own persons and by a seeming desire to stop the deluge of War began by them alone opened a breach to all the miseries calamities which must now most invitable overwhelm this distressed Country whereby before the utmost extrimity hath appeared we have already suffered what can befall any people setting aside firing Townes and Villages by the Hand of a cruell and Forraigne enemy Strangers brought in to oppresse us our houses plundred goods destroyed and taken away our housholds disperced Wives and children banished the persons of divers of us seized and Imprisoned our lives endangered and sought after by Sword or Famine and what is beyond all beleife those who are unquestionably innocent and in no capacity to be involved in our pretended offences if we be guilty of any our Children even those whose Infant yeares admit no colour of objection our Servants employed only in domestick commands sought after and indangered in the same measure and degree of cruelty violence and oppression And that no aggravation may be a wanting to encrease our sufferings all those exorbitances executed under the glorious pretences of safety of Religion and preservation of State and done by Authority and command of Parliament which we acknowledge and b●leive to be the Guard●an of Publique liberty and who we are confident being chosen by us for assertors of our Freedoms will not enthrale us being trusted with the property of our goods wil not take them from us being selected for the preservation of our Laws will not violate or infringe them and that in so high a measure as more could not be perpetrated if we were conquered and subdued by the most barbarous and violent Enemy We have heard and do beleive That both the Houses have commanded the Militia to be setled that they think it necessary for some reasons best knowne to themselves that the power which untill this time hath bin unquestionably in the Kings of this land shold now be setled in themselves yet these admitted we cannot be perswaded That it is the intention or meaning of the Parliament that all who are not convinvinced of the necessity or who cannot dispence with their Oathes which tyes them to the knowne Lawes of the Land till they be repealed and to obey His Maiesties command in those things wherein it appears Hee hath manifest Right untill He hath given a way and parted with that Right by His own assent or who are yet Newters and conscionably expect a legall Rule whereby to be directed should presently with out due processe of Law be devested from all property of Goods Liberty