Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	great_a	sir_n	william_n	5,591	4	8.8072	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96202	The Welchmens lamentation and complaint, for te losse of her great towne and city of Hereford, which taken from her by her creat enemy, Sir William Waller; and for te losse of her creat cosin and commander, M. Fitz-William Conningsby, governour of her said creat city of Hereford.		1643 (1643)	Wing W1341B; Thomason E101_12; ESTC R21087	2,648	8

THE Welchmens Lamentation AND Complaint for te losse of her great Towne and City of HEREFORD Which was taken from her by her creat enemy Sir WILLIAM WALLER and for te losse of her creat Cosin and Commander M. fitz-Fitz-William Conningsby Governour of her said creat City of Hereford Printed in te yeer her thinks of her utter Testruction 1643. The VVelchmans Lamentation for the losse of her creat Town and City of Hereford WHen her was peaten in Teane Forest pi her teadly foe Sir William Waller her was thought tat if her could keep her head and pody together till her got to Hereford to her hardy cosins and countrey-men there her should pe in creat safety and security especially when her was informed her enemy was gone from her porders and marched towards Oxford for ten her was thought never to have seen her more in her own countrey however not pefore her should pe so strong as to resist her and save her sweet life from her sword tat might make a separation between tat and te pody put O Hone her expectation was quite frustrate and her was deceived for when her was think least of her coming her heard a strange noise of Drums and Cuns apout te town te very voice of te Cuns put her into a thousand desperations her could not tell which way to petake her selfe nor how with any courage to run away from her teadly adversaries so near her to fight her was not able for her heart was tead pefore even when her first heard of their approach in this desperate case her was constrained to call to her a Councell of Souldiers called a Councell of War which her had had too much on pefore and indeed could never apide te same from te time of her nativity but necessity has no law nor liberty neither in her countrey wherefore nature directed her to save her sweet life pi one means or other te beasts will do so put rather ten her would turn to her foes her would die upon which her resolution after her had congregated her cosins and countrey-men prethren souldiers her fell into these insuing consultations and her self peing accounted te wisest in te Senate her was tesired to teliver her sence what her thought best to pe done for te present to save her self without fighting if it were possible and if not nor no wayes for her to run away ten to propound upon what contitions her should yeeld to her enemy upon which after much intreaty knowing her selfe to have beene an old souldier at her house in her owne countrey put never in any fight till Teane pattell where her was pitifully peaten her was te more willing to performe their desires presuming upon her owne experience and terefore her propounded to their grave considerations tese particulars following viz. 1 Let her advise her teer cosins and countrey-men not to adventure their persons out of te town put make te same her safety and now ten let pullets flie out from te houses among her enemies and if her can make her provision last till some helpe and relief may pe sent pi her cosins in Wales and so let her enemies waste teir pullets and powter in vaine or with little disadvantage to her 2 Let her privately make her friends acquainted with her wants and need of help at t is present against her adversaries pi which tey may send her reliefe te sooner put if her could procure any of te English Forces to come to her assistance her doubted not put her should pi fighting make her party cood with her foes put her touts her own countrey-men will not adventure teir precious plood in so desperate a combate as must make her enemies leave te town for tey pe very fearfull to heare te sound ofte Cuns and many of tem her scares will tie with te conceit tereof pefore tey can come to her aid 3 If no assistance come to her in time ten her sence is Tat her may endeavour privatly in to night at some secret place of te town to run away with her head on her shoulders and if her can conveniently carie away any of her prog to take te same away with her tat her foes may have no advantage tereby when tey come into te town and her would also if her could carie away with her her coods and arms 4 If her may not with safety effect any of these things ten her must pe constrained to yeeld up her town upon tese conditions and terefore her conceives it necassary to propound to her enemies tese Propositions following which being granted her wil be willing to leave te town and save her life pi returning into her own countrey where if once her has te fortune put to return her will see all war and fighting at te Tevill pefore her will adventure her selfe in such toings again for her perceives her has had no successe in all her enterprizes according to her expectation for her was think to have cotten creat store of goods and made her self rich with te spoiles of te English put her was deceived ●rein 〈◊〉 conditions for te surrendring up her town which her would have condescended unto are tese ensuing viz. 1 That her may have free liberty to co out of te town with her arms and ammunition pe conducted into her own countrey with a Passeport for her honest cariage when her shall be past te feare of her enemies lest her should steal from her neighpour any coods for her hands have been addicted to teevery tat her doubts her shall not leave it so long as her live 2 That her may have liperty to carry with her her pelly timber as her coose pacon sheese leek poultrey and all her prog to keep her alive and honest in her journey and march and carriages allowed her for that purpose 3 That her maimed cosins and countreymen and those that are lamed in te fight may pe left in te town till tey pe recovered of their health and able to travell into their owne countrey 4 That her with all her fellow Officers may pepardoned and exempted from future questioning and calling to account for her treas● cable plots and actions against her countrey ●●●d te English people and her roppery and pillaging of tem contrary to te Lawes of te Kingdome and against her owne liperty and freedome for te which her posterity will curse her in time to come when her shall bee tead and puried If all these things be granted her will go into her own countrey and pe jocund with her teer wife Shone and her shildren which was call tem Shinkin ap Evan and Randall ap Morgan and live hereafter if her enemies will let her alone in peace and quiet put if her cannot obtain of her soes tese conditions ten her must take her fortune as it fals whether i be to be hanged killed or imprisoned or made slaves to her adversaries te very conceit of either hath almost struck her with teath already then must her take up her mourning song to the tune of O Hone sigh out her life with sorrow that her Welch plood so hot of nature tat it were able to fire mountains and boyle te sea like a cauldron in her conceit and tat her self was slay multitudes of armed men should be now confined to te pleasure of her foes who if her were put with tem in te field her could destroy tem with te preath of her pack parts as soone as pi fighting FINIS