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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	duke_n	king_n	normandy_n	1,715	5	11.1528	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47112	A true and perfect narrative of the strange and unexpected finding the crucifix & gold-chain of that pious prince, St. Edward, the King and Confessor which was found after 620 years interment and presented to His Most Sacred Majesty, King James the Second / by Charles Taylour, Gent.	H. K. (Henry Keepe), 1652-1688.	1688 (1688)	Wing K128; ESTC R12288	13,373	40

the same Cross is Pictured a Benedictine Monk in his habit and on each side of him these Capital Roman Letters on the right limb thus   A   Z A X   A   And on the left thus   P   A   C   H   This Cross is hollow and to be opened by two little Screws towards the top wherein it is presumed some Relique might have been conserved The whole being a piece not only of great Antiquity but of admirable Curiosity And I look upon this Accident as a great part of my good Fortune to be made the mean Instrument of their discovery and preservation For Remarques upon the foregoing relation I shall offer but two to your consideration First some Observations concerning the time when these Holy Things were first found and when delivered to his present Majesty And Secondly how this discovery agrees with Antiquity and those who have writ concerning the Deposition Interment and Translation of this Saints Body together with the reasons of his Canonization and rebuilding the Monastery and Abby-Church of St. Peters-Westminster For which last Observations I must here own my self indebted to my very worthy Friend Mr. Hen. Keepe who was pleased to favour me so far as to oblige me with this short abstract from his large History of this Abby's Memoires For the first it is highly remarkable that it should happen on that day whereon the late Rebellion began in the West and much about the Same Hour in the afternoon when they landed that I secured them being on the Eleventh day of June and Thursday in Whitson-weeek But much more Observable were the delivery of them to his Majesty it being at a time and on a day when all people stood in suspence how that great point would be decided when as a most happy Omen and Forerunner of the Good News which came within few hours after that his Majesties Forces had gain'd an entire victory over his Enemies I humbly presented the same to his most Sacred Majesty being on the Sixth day of July following notwithstanding I had endeavoured to have done it before but through severall unexpected interruptions was disappointed of my intent till then So that Heaven seems more to have had the conduct thereof then bare chance or casualty As for this Holy and Religious King Edward the Confessor he was the Seventh Son of King Etheldred by Emma his Second Wife Daughter of Richard the Second Duke of Normandy And during the Invasion and Possession of this Land by the Cruel and Inhumane Danes he together with his Brethren were conveighed by their Mother into Normandy and there remain'd until their Tyranny and Oppression were over-passed During which space all his Elder Brothers being dead and the Danes at length utterly destroy'd or expell'd the Kingdom He was by the Unanimous and Joynt consent of the Nobility and Gentry of this Realm sent for and Proclaimed their Lawfull King and Governor suitable to the many Prophesies and Revelations declared heretofore concerning him Coming therefore according to the Exigence of the times but with a small Retinue into England he was Crown'd at Westminster as some Authors have it tho' others say it was at Winchester by Eadsius Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and Alfric Arch-Bishop of York on Easter-day following in the Year of our Lord God One Thousand Forty and Three Granting unto the said Abby of Westminster that from thenceforth whensoever himself or any of his Successors Kings of England should wear their Royal Diadems in that Church that the Precentor of the same should receive at the hands of the Kings Sheriff half a Mark of Silver and the Covent One hundred Simnells or Wastel-Cakes of the finest Flower together with Sixty four Gallons of the best Wine in commemoration thereof The King being thus placed on the Throne of his Ancestors in Peace and recollecting what had passed in his former Exile Two things more especially offered themselves to his consideration First how those Vows and Promises he had then made in case of his Restauration might be performed to his Satisfaction And Secondly how such wholesome and binding Laws might be Instituted as not only to secure the Freedom and Tranquillity of his Subjects during his own time but to future Ages The last of these he committed to the care and prudence of his great Council to see Effected which were so happily accomplished that even to this day they bear the name of St Edwards Laws The basis and foundation whereon all our other Laws depend and which the Princes of this Realm in their Coronation-Oaths oblige themselves to observe As to his Vows some had respect to the publique others more immediately related to himself For what belonged to himself he presently performed upon his first ascending the Throne But what concerned the Publique took up further time of deliberation among the rest he had Solemnly undertook that as soon as he had settled his Kingdom in peace to Visit the Holy See to go to Rome to perform some set devotions at the stations in that City and there to repose himself for a time But this was found a matter of that Consequence that notwithstanding his whole inclination and fixt resolution to effect it yet at length he was over-persuaded by the entreaties of the Nobility and Tears of his People to decline it at least 'till such time they might send to the then Bishop of Rome such Persons of Worth and Learning that might lay the Case with all the Inconveniences seriously before him and to have his Resolution thereon which was done and that with such cogent Reasons and convincing Arguments that the designed Journey was Dispensed with Yet in lieu thereof he was enjoined to bestow what Money he had laid up towards the Expence of that Voyage on the Poor Miserable and Indigent And moreover as a further Remembrance thereof to Erect some New or Repair some Old Church and Monastery to the Honour of St. Peter All which the King most readily embraced and immediately pitch'd upon the Restoring of the Monastery and Church of St. Peters Westminster In Order thereunto he decimated all his Revenues set Workmen to pull down the Old and to erect a New Church even from the Ground in place thereof repaired the Offices of the Ruined Abby filled the same with Monks and settled a competent Revenue to sustain them But see the instability of Humane Affairs No sooner was this Work brought to perfection and the day of Holy Innocents in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Sixty and Six prefixed for the Solemn Dedication of the Church But the King fell sick on Christmas-Day preceding and growing worse and worse on the day following he was scarce able to stay out the Solemnity of High-Mass being led from thence to his Chamber and taking his Bed the next day his Life was despaired of So that he made his Will Received and prepared himself for his departure at the