Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	kingdom_n	say_a	sovereign_a	3,668	5	10.3040	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25878	The arraignment, tryal and condemnation of Stephen Colledge for high-treason, in conspiring the death of the King, the levying of war, and the subversion of the government Before the Right Honourable Sir Francis North, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas, and other commissioners of oyer and terminer and gaol-delivery held at the city of Oxon. for the county of Oxon. the 17th and 18th of August 1681. I do appoint Thomas Basset and John Fish to print the arraignment, tryal and condemnation of Stephen Colledge, and that no others presume to print the same. Fr. North.	England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas.	1681 (1681)	Wing A3762; ESTC R214886	159,379	148

nor weighing the Duty of thy Allegiance but being moved and seduced by the Instigation of the Devil the cordial Love and true due and natural obedience which true and faithful Subjects of our said Sovereign Lord the King towards him our said Sovereign Lord the King should and of right ought to bear wholly withdrawing and machinating and with all thy strength intending the Peace and common tranquillity of our said Sovereign Lord the King of this Kingdom of England to disturb and Sedition and Rebellion and War against our Sovereign Lord the King within this Kingdom of England to move stir up and procure and the cordial Love and true and due Obedience which true and faithful Subjects of our said Sovereign Lord the King towards him our said Sovereign Lord the King should and of right ought to bear wholly to withdraw put out and extinguish and him our said Sovereign Lord the King to Death and final Destruction to bring and put the tenth day of March in the Three and Thirtieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. at Oxford in the County of Oxford Falsly Maliciously Subtilly and Traiterously did Purpose Compass Imagine and Intend Sedition and Rebellion within this Kingdom of England to move stir up and procure and a miserable Slaughter among the Subjects of our said Sovereign Lord the King to procure and cause and our said Sovereign Lord the King from his Regal State Title Power and Government of his Kingdom of England to deprive depose cast down and disinherit and him our said Sovereign Lord the King to Death and final Destruction to bring and put and the Government of the said Kingdom at thy will and pleasure to change and alter and the State of all this Kingdom of England in all its parts well Instituted and Ordained wholly to Subvert and Destroy and War against our said Sovereign Lord the King within this Kingdom of England to levy and thy said most Wicked Treasons and Trayterous Imaginations and Purposes aforesaid to fulfil and perfect thou the said Stephen Colledge the said tenth day of March in the Three and Thirtieth year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lord the King with force and Arms c. at Oxford aforesaid in the County of Oxford aforesaid Falsly Maliciously Subtilly Advisedly Devilishly and Trayterously did prepare Arms and Warlike offensive Habiliments to wage War against our said Sovereign Lord the King And thy self in warlike manner for the purposes aforesaid then and there Falsly Maliciously Subtilly Advisedly Devilishly and Traiterously didst Arm and one Edward Turbervill and other Subjects of our said Sovereign Lord the King to Arm themselves to perfect thy Traiterous purposes aforesaid then and there Advisedly Maliciously and Trayterously didst incite and advise And further then and there Falsly Maliciously Subtilly Advisedly Devilishly and Trayterously didst say and declare That it was purposed and designed to seize the Person of our said Sovereign Lord the King at Oxford aforesaid in the County of Oxford aforesaid And that thou the said Stephen Colledge in prosecution of thy trayterous purpose aforesaid wouldst be one of them who should seize our said Sovereign Lord the King at Oxford aforesaid in the County aforesaid And that thou the said Stephen Colledge thy said most wicked Treasons and trayterous Imaginations Compassings and Purposes aforesaid the sooner to fulfil and perfect and discords between our said Sovereign Lord the King and his People to move cause and procure then and divers times and days as well before as after at Oxford aforesaid in the County of Oxford aforesaid in the presence and hearing of divers Liege Subjects of our said Sovereign Lord the King then and there being present Falsly Maliciously Subtilly Advisedly Devilishly and Traiterously didst say and declare That nothing of good was to be expected from our said Sovereign Lord the King and that our said Sovereign Lord the King did mind nothing but Beastliness and the destruction of his People And that our said Sovereign Lord the King did endeavour to establish Arbitrary Government and Popery against the Duty of thy Allegiance against the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity and against the Form of the Statutes in this Case made and provided How sayest thou Stephen Colledge Art thou Guilty of this High-Treason whereof thou standest Indicted and hast been now Arraigned or not Guilty Colledge My Lord I do desire if it please your Lordship to be heard a few words L. Ch. Just Look you Mr. Colledge the matter that hath been here read unto you is a plain matter and it hath been read to you in English that you may understand it 'T is an Indictment of High Treason now you must know that no Plea can be received to it but either Guilty or not Guilty as to the Fact if you can assign any matter in Law do it Colledge Will you please to spare me that I may be heard a few words I have been kept close Prisoner in the Tower ever since I was taken I was all along unacquainted with what was charged upon me I knew not what was sworn against me nor the persons that did swear it against me and therefore I am wholly ignorant of the matter I do humbly desire I may have a Copy of the Indictment and a Copy of the Jury that is to pass upon me and that I may have Council assigned me to advise me whether I have not something in Law pleadable in Bar of this Indictment Lo. Ch. Just These are the things you ask You would have a Copy of the Indictment you would have Council assigned to you to advise you in matter of Law and a Copy of the Jury Colledge One word more my Lord I desire to know upon what Statute I am Indicted Lo. Ch. Just I will tell you for that Is it not contra formam Statut. with an abbreviation Cl. of Cr. Yes Lo. Ch. Just That refers to all manner of Statutes that have any relation to the thing in the Indictment that is High-Treason For it may be meant contra formam Statut. which are all the several Statutes that are in force concerning High-Treason Now for those things that you demand you cannot have them by Law No man can have a Copy of the Indictment by Law for Councel you cannot have it unless matter of Law arises and that must be propounded by you and then if it be a matter debatable the Court will assign you Councel but it must be upon a matter fit to be argued for I must tell you a defence in Case of High-Treason ought not to be made by Artificial Cavils but by plain Fact If you purpose any matter of Law the Court will consider of it and assign you Councel if it be reasonable For a copy of the Jury that you can't have neither for there is no such thing