Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	king_n	say_a	sovereign_a	980	5	9.4714	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73387	Depositions and articles against Thomas Earle of Strafford, Febr. 16. 1640; Proceedings. 1641-02-16.	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1641 (1641)	STC 25248.5; Wing E2572bA; ESTC R204327	16,130	48

proceedings in raising of Ship-money and furthering of that loane and were required to certifie the names of such Inhabitants of the said City as were sit to lend which they with much humility refusing to doe he the said Earle of Strafford did use these or the like speeches viz. That they deserved to bee put to Fine and Ransome and that no good would bee done with them till an example were made of them and that they were laid by the heeles and same of the Aldermen hanged up XXVI That the said Earle of Strafford by his wicked counsell having brought his Majesty into excessive charges without any just cause he did in the month of July last for the support of the said great charges counsell and approve two dangerous and wicked Projects viz. To seize upon the Bullion and the Money in the Mint And to imbase his Majesties Coine with the mixtures of Brasse And accordingly hee procured one hundred and thirty thousand pounds which was then in the Mint and belonging to divers Merchants strangers and others to be seized on and stayed to his Majesties use And when divers Merchants of London owners of the said Bullion came to his house to let him understand the great mischiefe that course would produce here and in other parts what prejudice it would be to the Kingdome by discrediting the Mint and hindring the importation of Bullion He the said Earle told them that the City of London dealt undutifully and unthankfully with his Majesty and that they were more ready to helpe the Rebell then to helpe his Majesty and that if any hurt came to them they might thanke themselves and that it was the course of other Princes to make use of such moneyes to serve their occasions And when in the same month of July the Officers of his Majesties Mint came to him and gave him divers reasons against the imbasing of the said money he told them that the French King did use to send Commissaries of horse with Commission to search into mens estates and to peruse their accompts that so they may know what to levy of them by force which they did accordingly levie and turning to the Lord Cottington then present said That this was a point worthy his Lordships consideration XXVII That in or about the month of August last he was made Lieutenant generall of all his Majesties forces in the Northerne parts against the Scots and being at Yorke did in the month of September by his owne authority and without any lawfull warrant impose a tax on his Majesties subjects in the County of Yorke of 8. pence per diem for maintenance of every Souldier of the trained Bonds of that County which summes of money he caused to be levied by force And to the end to compell his Majesties subjects out of feare and terrour to yeeld to the payment of the same hee did declare that hee would commit them that refused the payment thereof and the Souldiers should be satisfied out of their estates and they that refused it were in very little better condition then of high Treason XXVIII That in the monthes of September and October last he the said Earl of Strafford being certified of the Scottish Army comming into the Kingdome and he the said Earle of Strafford being Lieutenant generall of his Majesties Army did not provide for the defence of the Towne of Newcastle as hee ought to have done but suffered the same to bee lost that so hee might the more incense the English against the Scots And for the same wicked purpose and out of a malicious desire to ingage the Kingdomes of England and Scotland in a nationall and bloody war he did write to the Lord Conway the generall of the horse and under the said Earles command that he should fight with the Scottish Army at the passage over the Tyne whatsoever should follow notwithstanding that the said Lord Conway had formerly by Letters informed him the said Earle that his Majesties Army then under his command was not of force sufficient to incounter the Scots by which advice of his he did contrary to the duty of his place betray his Majesties Army then under his command to apparent danger and losse All and every of which words counsells and actions of the said Earle of Strafford traiterously and contrary to his allegiance to our Soveraigne Lord the King and with an intention and endeavour to alienate and withdraw the hearts and affections of the Kings liege people of all his Realmes from his Majesty and to set a division betweene them and to ruine and destroy his Majesties said Kingdomes For which they doe further impeach him the said Thomas Earle of Strafford of High Treason against our Soveraigne Lord the King his Crowne and dignity FINIS