Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	grant_v	king_n	manor_n	2,135	5	9.7649	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80240	The commission of array arraigned and condemned: or, a declaration of the illegalitie of the said commission: shewing, that it is destructive to the late flourishing Kingdome of England, and the subjects, especially the Commons thereof; and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannicall government. Published to the view of the world, principally of Great Britaine, and the Protestant party of Ireland. Commended to the view and confideration of the high and Hon: Court of Parliament, (the worthies of our English Israel.)		1642 (1642)	Wing C5552; Thomason E118_8; ESTC R19365	4,505	10

of Array in Execution is well known daily to the Hon Houses of Parliament and to be seene by every ordinary observant Eye in our printed weekly Diurnals Sitque tota Britannia Testis The Lord Strange who is a main man of the Malignant party and a great Commissioner in the said illegall Commission for divers Counties gives out a Warrant to all and every the High Constables in the Hundred of Amounderves in Lancashire for putting the said Commission in Execution The Copie of which his Warrant is as followeth here inserted with the Animadversions or marginall Notes of some ingenuous as ingenious Parliament-proofe-Pen-man And it is a Strange Warrant from a Strange Nobleman A true Copie of the Lord STRANGE his Warrant for putting in execution the Illegall Commission of Array in Lancashire To all and every the High Constables in the Hundred of Amounderves WHereas his Majesty by his Proclamation dated at Yorke the 12. day of August last hath declared That an Army of Horse and Foot is in a (a) (a) That is a lye Rebellious manner raised in the South parts of this Kingdome by (b) (b) The Cōmissioners of Array may apply that to thēselves ill affected persons who are now Trayterously and Rebelliously marching in Battaile-Array against his Majesty contrary to their duty and allegiance and that he intended upon Munday being the 22. of August to set up his Standard Royall and whereas his Majesty by his Commission under his Highnesse great Seale hath authorized and appointed me Lieutenant Generall of this and other Counties to raise forces of Horse and foot Souldiers to attend his Majesty for the defence of his Majesty and the true (c) (c) Here let the world judge whether Papists will defend the true Protestant Religion whether base and beggerly Cavaleers that have nothing to lose but 〈…〉 themselves by ruines will maintaine the Subjects 〈◊〉 and property and whether 〈◊〉 that are great incendiaries would maintaine the being of Parliaments that dare not looke the Parliament in the face Protestant Religion their Liberties Properties and the very being of Parliaments These are to require and Command you that you summon and warne all Knights Esquires Gentlemen and Free-holders within your severall divisions chargeable with Armes and all such as are of ability to provide and maintain Armes and are well affected to his Maiesties service (d) (d) If they be not Popish Recusants they may thank the Pope for it who hath given dispensations to take the Oath of Alleagiance and Supremacy that they might doe the more hurt with lesse suspition Popish Recusants alwayes excepted that they be at Preston upon Tuesday being the 23. of August by 10. of the clocke of the fore-noone where I intend if it please God to be there further to acquaint them with the particulars of his Maiesties Commands and to conferre and advise with them of the best and speediest way to advance and further his Maiesties Service in this behalfe which I doubt not but (e) (e) I hope and beleeve all good Subjects will not all good Subiects will readily and willingly performe and that they will in the meane time consider and take into their thoughts what ayde or assistance they or their neighbours tenants and freinds can and will by their meanes yeeld to his Majesty in this needfull occasion and will prepare to have the same in readinesse faile not as you tender his Majesties Service and will Answer the contrary at your perils Given under my hand and Seale at my Mannor of Lathum this 17. of August An. Dom. 1642. James Strange We that have read the Chronicles and Histories of England did never read that such a Commission was made or granted nor that ever any King in this our fairie-Fairie-Land did ever cause Armes to be leavyed and taken up with such a large extent against his owne Loyall Subjects His Bowells the two Houses of Parliament c. God for his mercy sake grant peace Amen And now albeit both the Houses of Parliament the Kings greate Councell and the Representative Body of England Their so solid and serious Voting Declaring and Demonstrating this afore-said Commission of Array to be illegall and destructive And Learned Mr. Serjeant Wild Recorder of Worcester and a Member of the House of Commons his publike confutation thereof We are not ignorant that some of the Cabinet or Cavalier-Councell have pumped hard and most notoriously abused His Majesty and the Lawes unto which He is sworne to set out in Print in his name so many sheets about eight of paper The Booke entituled pretending to shew the legalitie of the Commission of Array And we are not out of hope but some of us may live to see such Apostate Iudges and Achitophell Councell as have caused his Majesty to create the said Commission of Array and to prate the legallity thereof to have Chiefe Justice Trissilian his Fate either upons barren Heath a high Banke or up H●lborne as farre as Tyborne nor can we exempt the nimble tongu'd Chequer-Baron Yea though they never so long Hide themselves as Trissilian did under the Kings winges having King Richard the second that unhappy and unfortunate Prince for his Lord and Master And I never thinke of the late Lord Major of London Sir Richard Gurney but we call to minde Sir Nicholas Brembre Lord Major of London in the said unhappy Kings reigne We hope by this time sufficient is said for the Arraignment and condemnation of the Commission of Array By the next yee are like to see the illegality of his Majesties late erecting His Standard FINIS