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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	john_n	king_n	william_n	9,581	5	7.7909	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64190	The number and names of all the kings of England and Scotland, from the beginning of their governments to this present as also how long each of them reigned, how many of them came to untimely ends, either by imprisonments, banishments, famine, killing of themselves, poyson, drowning, beheading, falling from horses, slaine in battells, murthered, or otherwise / written by John Taylor ...	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1649 (1649)	Wing T492; ESTC R10068	10,674	34

raignd 36. yeers a good King slain● 87 Donald 7. raigned not a yeere expulst as a● Usurper 88 Duncan 2. raignd one yeer an usurper slaine 89 Donald 8. raigned 3. yeeres he was taken by Egar had his eyes put out and died in prison lamentably 90 Edgar raigned 9. yeeres a good King 91 Alexander the first raigned 17 yeers he was a valiant good Prince hee was called Alexander the fierce 92 David the first raigned 29. yeeres a worthy King hee built 11. stately Religious Houses died in peace at Carlisle buried at Dumfermling 93 Macolme 4. raigned 12. yeeres a maiden unmarried King 94 William raigned 49. yeers for his courage sirnamed the Lion 95 Alexander 2. raigned 35. yeers a good King 96 Alexander 3. raigned 17. yeers died of a fall from a Horse 97 John Baliol raigned 4. yeeres Edw. 1. King of England deposed him 98 Robert Bruce raigned 24. yeeres a wise valiant Prince 99 David 2. raigned 40. yeeres a good King was a prisoner 12. yeers in England 1310. At this time there was scuffling for the Crown Robert Baliol had the possession and David the second expeld him their Raignes are uncertainely written 100 Robert 2. was the first King of the name of Stuarts 1371. hee was a good King raigned 19. yeeres 101 Robert 3. raigned 16. yeeres a good King whose life was full of affliction hiSonne Prince David was famished to death by rebells in Scotland and his son James was 1● yeeres prisoner in England 102 James the first raigned 13. yeers after hi● 18. yeers imprisoned in England hee w● slaine by traytors 103 James 2. raigned 24. yeeres slaine 104 James 3. raigned 29. yeeres slaine at Ban● nockburne field 105 James 4. raigned 25. yeeres slaine at ●lod●don field 106 James 5. raigned 29. yeeres a good King 107 Mary daughter to James 5. her raigne wa● sull of trouble shee was beheaded at Fo●●ringham Castle after 18. yeeres thra● dome 108 James 6. raigned 36. yeeres in Scotland ● most Learned peaceable King England had 33 Kings before Scotland had any● the number of our Kings were 138 whereof 2 did not die naturall deaths for 7 were slain 6 were murdered 4 were poysoned one was burnt 2 fled the Land one was beheaded one dyed with drinking one was banished and one● deposed The Kings of Scotland were in number 108. whereof 21 were slaine 19 murdred 3 killed themselves 4 died in prison 4 beheaded 3 drowned 1 banish'd and 3 deposed Thus of all the Scottish Kings onely 50 dyed naturally and 58 by casualties By this short relation may bee perceived that the top of Honour is slippery and most unsure where is not to be expected any sure footing or endurance of standing For the King of Kings being the Great and only Disposer of Kings and Kingdomes hath in his just indignation for the peoples transgressions turnd and overturnd Monarchies Principalities States and Common-wealths The Assyrian Monarchy began with confusion and mouldred away to the Persian The Persian glory was swallowed in the ravenous Gulph of a Grecian Conquest The Grecian like a violent Blaze was no sooner in but out was graspt into the hands of the triumphant Caesars The Roman Greatnesse overthrew it selfe with its owne weight insomuch that whereas it formerly had all it hath almost lost all Our England hath had his share in changings and alterations first by the Britaines secondly by the Romans thirdly by the Saxons fourthly by the Danes fifthly by the Normans and now lastly by the permission of God by our selves There have beene Commonwealths translated into Kingdomes as Israel and Judah and Kingdomes turnd into Commonwealths Italy is now divided into more then one nam●ly Venice Genoa Luca Pisa Also the Sw●zers or Helvetians are a free State So are● greatest part of the Netherlands And since it● the Almighties unresistable will to change the Nations Rule and Government from a 5. or●● times changed Monarchy into a Republiqu● I will not repine against divine providence b● as I was a faithfull servant and subject 45. y● to two Kings who were good Masters to m● so now I must obey the present Government ●● else I must not expect that I should live und● it or be protected by it FINIS