Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	act_n	king_n	parliament_n	4,616	5	7.4258	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83684	A declaration of the Commons assembled in Parliament, upon two letters sent by Sir John Brooks, (sometimes a Member of the Commons House this parliament, ... being a projector, a monopolist, and a fomentor of the present bloudy and unnaturall war; for bearing of arms actually against the Parliament) to William Killegrew at Oxford (intercepted neer Coventrey) giving his advice how the King should proceed in the Treaty upon the propositions for peace, presented unto him by the Parliament. With the names of the lords, baronets, knights, esquires, gentlemen, ministers and freeholders, indicted the last sessions at Grantham, of high-treason, by Sir Peregrine Bartue and the said Sir John Brooks, before themselves, and other their fellow-cavaliers, rebels and traitors, commissioners, appointed, (as they say), for that purpose. ... Also, the ordinance of both Houses, made the 17 of Decemb. 1642. that the pretended commissioners, and all others, sheriffs, officers, jurors, and any whom it may concern, may know what to expect, that shall presume to molest the persons or estates of any for their service to the Parliament and Kingdom. With some abstracts of credible letters from Exceter, ... Ordered by the Commons in Parl. that this declaration and letters be forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1643 (1643)	Wing E2564; Thomason E101_13; ESTC R17040	8,453	16

most barbarously used are now questioned and proceeded against by way of Indictment before Sir Robert Heath Kt. one of his Majesties Iustices of the Kings Bench and others by colour of some Commission or other Authority from his Majestie for high Treason and other supposed misdemeanors whereas many have beene taken Prisoners by the Parliament forces in the act of Warre against the Parliament which by the Lawes and statutes of this Realme is Rebellion and high Treason against the King and Kingdome and the Actors herein Traitors and yet none of them have hitherto beene put to death or otherwise severely dealt with by the Parliament It is therefore Ordered and declared by the said Lords and Commons that all such Indictments and other proceedings against the said Capt. Catesby Capt. Lilbourne and Cap. Vivers or against Capt. Wingate who have done faithfull and good service to the Common-wealth or against any other person or persons who have done or shall doe any service in the said Army or for the raising of any moneys Plate horse or Armes for the mainetenance thereof or otherwise in the execution or Pursuance of any Order or ordinance of both or either of the said Houses of Parliament for the defence of the publique safetie are unjust and illegall and the said Sir Robert Heath and all other Commissioners Iustices Sheriffes Jurors and other officers and Ministers of Justice and other Persons whatsoever are hereby required and injoyned to surcease any further proceedings against the said persons before named or any other for any the causes aforesaid upon the said Indictments or otherwise And the said Lords and Commons doe further declare that if the said persons before mentioned or any of them or any other shall be put to death or other hurt or violence offered to their or any of their persons for or by reason of any such service done or to be done by or according to any order or Ordinance of both or either of the said Houses the like punishment shall be inflicted by death or otherwise upon such prisoners as have beene or shall be taken by the forces raised by Authority of both Houses of Parliament And if the said Sir Robert Heath or any other Commissioner Iustice Sheriffe Iuror of other Officer or minister of Iustice or other person shall doe contrary to this Ordinance in any the premisses they and every of them for so doing shall be proceeded against and dealt with as enemies to the King and Kingdome A further Relation of what happened in the late expedition under the Command of Serjeant major Iames Chudley with his 108 horse against Sir Ralph Hopton with his 500 horse and 5000 foote DIvers of the Cavaliers which then were present since taken Prisoners tell us and we have it from better hands that God did shew himselfe that day which was Tuesday the 25 of April last more wonderfull in his Judgements then hath been yet related for when the Cavaliers were past two miles beyond the place we pursued or chased them they fell upon and destroyed one another for wee having got their word which was Lanceston and they ours which was Religion comming amongst their own friends and into their owne quarters but conceiving it to be ours and being demanded the word and saying Religion they fought and killed many of themselves That some men well affected to the Parliament who were inforced to serve in Hoptons Army informe us that immediately upon the fight there was such a terrible Thunder and Lightning that the Lightning fired many of the Cavaliers Bandaleeres which burnt their cloathes faces and haire that many of the wounded and scall'd men dyed dayly in Lanceston FINIS