Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	allegiance_n	king_n	lord_n	1,610	5	4.1823	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78808	His Majesties gracious message to both Houses of Parliament, sent from Nottingham, August 25. With the answer of the Lords and Commons to the said message: and His Majesties reply to the same. Sept. 2. Together with the answer and humble petition of both Houses to His Majesties last message: and also His Majesties message in reply to the said answer, Sept. 11. 1642.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; Dorset, Edward Sackville, Earl of, 1591-1652.; England and Wales. Parliament.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I). His Maiesties gracious and last message, sent by the Earle of Dorset ... from Nottingham 25 August 1642.	1642 (1642)	Wing C2334; Thomason E116_47; ESTC R19423	3,810	17

waies we have taken the endeavours we have used and the expressions we have made unto Your Majestie to prevent those Distractions and Dangers Your Majestie speaks of likely to fall upon this Kingdom we should too much enlarge the Reply therefore as we humbly so shall we onely let Your Majestie know that we cannot recede from our former Answer for the Reasons therein expressed For that Your Majestie hath not taken down Your Standard Recalled Your Proclamations and Declarations whereby You have declared the Actions of both Houses of Parliament to be Treasonable and their Persons Traitours and You have published the same since Your Message of the 25 of August by Your late Instructions sent to Your Commissioners of Array Which Standard being taken down and the Declarations Proclamations and Instructions recalled if Your Majestie shall then upon this our humble Petition leaving Your Forces Return unto Your Parliament and receive their faithfull Advice Your Majestie will finde such Expressions of our fidelities and duties as shall assure You That Your Safety Honour and Greatnesse can onely be found in the Affections of Your People and the sincere Counsels of Your Parliament whose constant and undiscouraged Endeavours and Consultations have passed through Difficulties unheard of onely to secure Your Kingdoms from the violent Mischiefs and Dangers now ready to fall upon them and every part of them who deserve better of Your Majestie and can never allow themselves representing likewise Your whole Kingdom to be balanced with those persons whose desperate Dispositions and Counsels prevail still so to interrupt all our Endeavours for the relieving of bleeding Ireland as we may fear our Labours and vast expences will be fruitlesse to that distressed Kingdom As Your presence is thus humbly desired by vs so is it in our hopes Your Majestie will in Your Reason beleeve there is no other way then this to make Your Majesties self happy and Your Kingdom safe Jo. Brown Cler. Par. His Majesties Message In Reply to the Answer and humble Petition of both Houses of Parliament WE have taken most wayes used most endeavours and made most reall expressions to prevent the present Distractions and Dangers let all the world judge as well by former Passages as by Our two last Messages which have been so fruitlesse that though We have descended to desire and presse it not so much as a Treatie can be obtained unlesse We would denude Our Self of all Force to defend Vs from a visible Strength Marching against Vs and admit those Persons as Traitours to Vs who according to their Duetie their Oathes of Allegiance and the Law have appeared in defence of Vs their King and Liege Lord whom We are bound in Conscience and Honour to preserve though We disclaimed all Our Proclamations and Declarations and the erecting of Our Standard as against Our Parliament All We have now left in Our Power is to expresse the deep Sense We have of the publike misery of this Kingdom in which is involved that of Our distressed Protestants of Ireland and to apply Our Self to Our necessary Defence wherein We wholly rely upon the providence of God the Iustice of Our Cause and the Affection of Our good People so far We are from putting them out of Our Protection When you shall desire a Treaty of Vs We shall piously remember whose Blood is to be spilt in this Quarrell and cheerfully embrace it And as no other Reason induced Vs to leave Our city of London but that with Honour and Safety We could not stay there nor raise any Force but for the necessary Defence of Our Person and the Law against Leavies in opposition to both so We shall suddenly and most willingly return to the One and disband the Other as soon as those Causes shall be removed The God of Heaven direct you and in mercy divert those Iudgements which hang over this Nation and so deal with Vs and Our Posterity as We desire the Preservation and Advancement of the true Protestant Religion the Law and the Liberty of the Subject the just Rights of Parliament and the Peace of the Kingdom FINIS