Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	king_n	kingdom_n	rebellion_n	2,819	5	9.3926	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06635	By the King and Queen, a proclamation for a general fast.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary); William, III, King of England, 1650-1702.; Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694.	1690 (1690)	Wing W2571; ESTC R186732	1,086	1

BY THE KING AND QUEEN A PROCLAMATION FOR A GENERAL FAST WILLIAM R. WHereas for about a Year last past a Wicked Rebellion hath been Carried on and Maintained against Their Majesties in Their Kingdom of Ireland which is known to be inseparably Annexed to the Imperial Crown of England which Rebellion hath been Contrived Incouraged and chiefly Supported by the French King Designing by that means to make an absolute Conquest of the said Kingdom and hold it as a Province or else to bring a total Ruine and Destruction upon the same for which and other Causes Their Majesties have been Obliged to enter into a Just and Necessary War against the said French King And whereas His Majesty is Resolved by the Assistance of God Vigorously to Prosecute the said War by Sea and Land And so Effectually to Reduce that Kingdom to its due Obedience that Their Majesties Good Subjects there may not only be Res cued from the present Force and Violence but be Secured against all such Aggress ions for the Future and be Settled in a Firm and Lasting State of Peace Safety and Prosperity For which purpose His Majesty hath determined to make a Royal Voyage and go thither in Person puting His Trust in Almighty God who hath by his marvellous providence hitherto preserved and conducted His Majesty That he would vouchsafe a special Blessing on this his righteous undertaking and thereby consummate the Deliverance of these Kingdoms Their Majesties taking the premisses into their most Serious Cosideration have thought fit to appoint and do by and with the Advice of their privy Council hereby Appoint and Command a General and publick Fast and Humiliation to be observed throughout this Realm in most Devout and Solemn manner for Supplicating Almighty God for pardon or our Sins and Imploring his Blessing and Protection in the preservation of his Majesties Sacred Person and Prosperity of his Arms in Ireland And the Naval Forces to be Religiously kept and observed on Wednes day the Twelfth day of March next throughout Their Majesties Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed and thenceforward to be observed on the third Wednesday in every Month successively During the present War And for the more Orderly Solemnizing of the said several fast Dayes Their Majesties have given directions to the Right Reverend the Bishops of this Kingdom to Compose a Form of Prayers suitable to this Occasion to be used in all Churches and Chappels and other places of Publick Worship And have given Charge for the Dispersing thereof through their several Diocesses in the whole Kingdom And Their Majesties do most expresly Charge and command that the said Fasting and Prayers be Soberly Reverently and Decently performed by all Their Loving Subjects as they tender the Favour of Almighty God and upon pain of such Punishments as Their Majesties can Justly Inflict upon all such as shall Contemn or Neglect so Religious a Work Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Twentieth Day of February 1639. In the Second Year of our Reign GOD SAVE KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY EDINBVRGH Re-printed at the Society of Stationers Printing house in Harts-Close over against the Trone Church 1690.