Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	command_v	horse_n	troop_n	1,218	5	8.9105	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84440	A particular charge or impeachment in the name of His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the army under his command against Denzill Hollis Esquire, Sir Phil: Stapleton, Sir William Lewis, Sir John Clotworthy, Sir William Waller, Sir Iohn Maynard, Knights, Major Generall Massie, Iohn Glynne, Esquire, Recorder of London, VValter Long, Esquire, Col. Edward Harley, & Ant: Nicholl, Esquire, Members of the Honourable House of Commons. By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the Councell of Warre. Signed, Iohn Rushworth, Secret.	England and Wales. Army. Council.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1647 (1647)	Wing E741A; ESTC R220515	14,617	16

those that have been faithfull and shall so continue to the Parliament which doings must needs tend to the giving a fresh occasion and power to the Enemy against the Parliaments best friends to the dishonour of the Parliament and he indangering of the Kingdom XX. That the said Sir Philip Stapleton M. Hollis and Sir William Lewis have by their power and countenance as Members of the House Commons both joyntly and severally used meanes to obstruct the course of Justice and have interposed themselves in severall Causes and by word of mouth moved and perswaded Judges and other Officers on the behalf of such as they conceive to be their friends Amongst others whereas a great 〈◊〉 Langham and Captaine Lymery and Counsell was met for the pleading thereof the said Sir Philip Stapleton M. Hollis and Sir William Lewis did repaire to the Earle of Rutland about the same and the said Sir Philip Stapleton told the said Earle that they meaning himselfe and the said M. Hollis William Lewis were fully satisfied concerning the justice of Langhams Cause and therefore as the said Earle did respect them the said Sir Philip Stapleton M. Hollis and Sir William Lewis or expected from them he the said Earle of Rutland should give his Vote for Langham or used words to that effect which also was seconded by the said M. Hollis in words and agreed unto by the said Sir William Lewis as appeared by his presence and gesture And the said Sir William Lewis did exercise the same power in a Cause of Iohn Gunters and others XXI That the said M. Anthony Nicholls although about four yeares since hee was by the Committee of Priviledges voted that he was not a Member fit to sit in the House by reason his election was void yet hee the said M. Nicholls doth not only sit and vote there as a Member but by his power and threats in the West-Countries and by his sollicitations and indirect practises hath brought in or procured to be brought in about twenty eight Members more out of Cornwall on purpose to carry on the designes and practises before-mentioned and to make a faction in the said House and not withstanding the selfe denying Ordinance he the said M. Nicholls doth still hold a place in the Tower formerly conferred upon him by the House and receiveth the profits thereof to his owne use XXII That the said M. Nicholls hath since his fitting in the House as aforesaid taken rewards for service done there namely whereas Sir William Vuedall Knight for deserting the Parliament and going to Yorke with the King was suspended the House hee the said M. Nicholls for the summe of one hundred pounds or one hundred fifty pounds paid unto him or to his use by the said Sir William Vuedall or some for him did by mis-informations to the House procure the said Sir William Vuedall to be re-admitted a Member of the said House and the said M. Nicholls while hee was a Member of the Committee for safety hee and others of the said Committee having issued forth a Warrant for searching Greenwich house he the said M. Nicholls did under-hand acquaint one of the Queens Officers therewith and thereby prevented the designe of the said Committee to the great disservice of the Parliament and Kingdome affaires did out of covetousnesse or unworthinesse procure a comand of a troops or Horse under his Excellency the late L. General Earle of Essex when ever hi said Troop came upon any service he the said M. Long out of feare treachery unworthily absented himselfe never was seen or known to charge the enemy in person though his Tropp of en engaged namely at the battell at Edgehill when he saw there was like to be blows he the said M. Long left the field and never charged before his Troop and at the battell or fight at Brainford though his Troop were there yet he staid at London till the danger was past and fighting done when his Troop was sent into the West he took no other notice of it but to receive his pay and in the mean while he repaired into the County of Essex and procured a Commission to be a Colonel of Horse and instead of fighting against the Parliaments enemies he betook himself to plunder and oppresse the Parliaments friends there and contarie to Order and without any Autho●●y or Exigences of War compelling him thereto inforced great sums of money many horses and other provisions from the Countrey namely from M. Tho. Manwood a man well affected who had the Generalls protection whose horses were taken from his Plough and others to the great losses and oppression of the people and to the great dishon ur of Parliament whose service he neverthelesse neglected and hath not hitherto given an accompt of the great summes of money and other things that he so exacted from the Countrey as aforesaid XXIV That the said M. Long afterwards upon pretence of some losses sustained by the enemy and some great service he had done for the State did procure of the H use a great Office in the Chancery namely to be the Chiefe Register of that Court wherein his skill was litle and whereof he was and still is altogether uncapable and although for a time upon the selfe denying Ordinance he was displaced yet upon the motion or by the power and meanes of the said M Hollis he hath obtained the same Office to the great prejudice of skilful Clerks that have bin bred up in the same Court and to the disservice of the Common-Wealth and the dishonour of the House XXV That the said M. Long on purpose to drive on the designes in the said generall Charges expressed hath for the space of two years last past usually pressed and urged severall Members to give their Votes such wayes as he pleased and to that end and purpose doth constantly place himselfe neer the doore of the House that when any debate is concerning any designe wherein his party is ingaged he the said M. Long hath used much tempering and violence to such of his own party as would goe out of the House and hath perswaded them to continue there for their Votes and he the said M. Long in case any such have gone out of the House hath been very inquisitive where they may be found that so he may goe for them when the businesse in debate comes neare to be put to the Vote and when they come not according to his expectation doth ordinarily run out of the House himselfe to call them and drive them in again that he hath been commonly c●lled by those that are without the House and have taken notice of his actions the Parliament-driver whereby the freedome of the Members is taken from them the manner of the Parliaments proceedings much scandalized and many times evil and dangerous designes drove on in a faction by Votes to the great prejudice of the Common-wealth All which matters and things the said Army shall and will be ready in convenient time to make good by proof upon Oath as this honourable House shall direct And for that by reason of the straightnesse of time and other more weighty Affaires of the Army they could not so fully finish and complish the said Articles therefore the said Army do still reserve further liberty to add other Articles against the said Members or any of them at any time before their Triall as occasion shall serve