Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	council_n	majesty_n	privy_a	2,670	5	9.7116	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05327	Act in favours of the afflicted inhabitants of the town of Kelso, through the late fire, for a voluntary contribution. Edinburgh, the seventeenth day of April, 1684.	Scotland. Privy Council	1684 (1684)	Wing S1436; ESTC R183008	1,308	1

C R 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ACT 〈◊〉 favours of the afflicted Inbabitants of the Town of KELSO through the ●●●e Fire for a volu●●●●…r Contribution Edinburgh the seventeenth day of April 1684. FORASMUCH as there being a Representation made to the Lo●●● of His Majesties Privy Council by the Afflicted Inhabitants within the Town of Kelso through the late Fire ●ea●ing That whereas upon Tuesday the eighth of this Instant betwixt three and four a Clock in the afternoon there happened a most calamitous Fire within the said Town of Kelso which began first in a Malt-h●●● whereby some Neighbouring Stacks of Corn were kindled and these by the violent tempestuous Wind blowing over the Town did in a sudden put the whole in so universal a Conflagration that these who were helping their Neighbours did not know when their own Hou●es were Burning in so much that before nine a Clock of the Night not only all the Houses but the most p●●t of all the Goods therein and several Merchant Shops of considerable value and above four thousand Bolls of Victual lying in Girnels and all the Corn-●●cks in the Town 〈…〉 ●●●rly in Ashes during which time the fury of the Flame and rage of the Smoke ●ere so great in all 〈…〉 Town that with great difficulty Sick and Infirm Persons and Infant-children 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be carried away 〈…〉 to the open Fields By which sad Visitation three hundred and six Families 〈◊〉 to a 〈◊〉 of the Masters Names given in to the Lords of Council have had their Dwelling-houses within the said Town 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 down and of this not twenty will ever be able to Rebuild again upon their own Means and Expences and the loss of Merchants is so great that it cannot be well known the particular loss of some of them being valued above twenty thousand Pounds Scots and of others above a thousand Pound Sterling and the more Indigent sort of People have lost the whole Sustenance of their Liveliehood through the Burning both of their Houses and Corns so that with much difficulty they have been hitherto Supplyed with the Charity of their N●●●●bours which will not serve long to Sustain them without the Council in Commiseration of their necessitous Condition shall graciously be pleased to provide for them a more universal and seasonable Supply And 〈◊〉 ●●●…licating That the Council would recommend them and their desolate and indigent Families to the Charity of the whole Kingdom and grant Order and Warrand for that effect in manner under-written The Lords of His Majesties Privy Council having considered the foresaid Petition and being sufficiently informed of the verity of the foresaid Representation and of the great Distress the poor Inhabitants of the said Burgh are reduced to by the said Fire ●e Recommend 〈◊〉 Distressed and Afflicted Condition to the Charity of all good People within the whole ●●●●dom And recommends to the Arch-bishops and Bishops to cause Intimation be made hereof in the several 〈◊〉 Churches of their respective Diocesses upon a Sabbath Day or to take ●●ch course otherwise as may make 〈◊〉 Recommendation most effectual for the Petitioners Help and Relief and ●ppoi●ts Mr. Robert Be●●●●… Advocat 〈◊〉 ●●e Collector of the said Contribution who hath found sufficient Caution ●●ted in the Books of Privy Council to do exact Diligence for inbringing thereof and to see what shall be uplifted bestowed in the most equal ma●●er for the Relief of the Inhabitants Extracted by me WILL. PATERSON Cls. Sti. Concilij GOD save the KING Printed by the Heir of 〈…〉 A●●o Dom. 168●