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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	pay_v	rent_n	tenant_n	2,576	5	9.7256	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59994	The true impartial history and wars of the Kingdom of Ireland its situation, division into provinces; shires &c., its ancient inhabitants, manners, customs and the state it was in at its being first invaded and conquer'd by the English in the reign of K. Henry II : with the several revolts and rebellions of the natives and by what means they have been reduced to obedience in the reign of our several kings and queens : but most particularly relating to all the memorable skirmishes, battels, sieges ... since the grand revolution under the reign of Their Present Majesties K. William and Q. Mary ...	Shirley, James, 1596-1666.	1692 (1692)	Wing S3489A; ESTC R30144	94,983	204

Army who would not stand a single Charge and then told those about him they must shift for themselves as he intended to do but strictly commanded the Papists not to fire the City saying Though he left it he did not quit his Claim to it The French Horse under Monsieur Lauzun having stood the hottest of the Fight against ours were extreamly broken and shattered of between Five and Six thousand there not remaining above Three thousand five hundred King Iames having slept very ill upon his Loss was the next Morning alarmed with the News that King William was on his way to Dublin which put him into such a fear that accompanied with the Duke of Berwick the Marquess of P●wis and some others scarce giving himself time for Refreshment he left the City and hasted to Waterford where a Ship lay ready to receive him and neither slept nor eat till he got out to Sea and stood away for France where it ●eems he received no extraordinary welcome when the great Loss and Expence of Treasures was known The Protestants that were Prisoners in Dub●in having News of what had happened got 〈◊〉 liberty and possessing themselves of the Militia Arms secured the City and the Bishop of Limerick and Meath being there got together the Gentry and chief Citizens and formed a Committee to regulate and settle the Affairs which in the hurry and confusion were put much out of frame and order and pursuant thereto they garrisoned the Castle and secured the Stores for the King's use sending to acquaint the King with what had happened and to intreat him to hasten thither and quiet the Tumult and Disorder some unruly People had raised The King upon this Notice immediately sent thither a Troop of Dragoons and the next day the Duke of Ormond and Monsieur Overkirk were sent with Nine Troops of Horse and joyfully received Whereupon the Papists especially such as had been over-active in oppressing the Protestants got away with such things as they could carry either by Land or Water as fearing to be called to account for their Misdoings so that they who had a little before tyrannized over the Protestants found the Scene changed and the Stream turned against them some indeed the Rabble had seized and prevented from Flight but such was the Clemency of the King upon his coming to that City most of them were not only set at liberty but that the Kingdom might be quieted he published his Declaration in these words William R. AS it hath pleased Almighty GOD to bless Our Arms in this Kingdom with a late Victory over Our Enemies at the Boyne and with the Possession of Our Capital City of Dublin and with a General Dispersion of all that did oppose Us We are now in so happy a prospect of our Affairs and of extinguishing the Rebellion of the Kingdom that We hold it reasonable to think of Mercy and to have Compassion upon those whom We judge to have been seduced wherefore we do hereby declare We shall take into Our Royal Protection all Labourers Common Soldiers Country Farmers Plough-men and Cottiers whatsoever As also Citizens Towns-men Trades-men and Artificers who either remain at home or having fled from their Dwellings shall by ●he first Day of August next repair to ●heir usual Places of Abode surrendring what Arms they have to such Iustices of ●he Peace as are or shall be appointed by ●s to Receive them and Register such the ●aid Appearance of such of the said Persons ●s shall come and render themselves to Our Authority For Our Royal Intention is and We do hereby declare That We will not only ●ardon all those poor seduced People as to their Lives and Liberties as shall come in by the time aforesaid from all Violences they have done or committed by the Command of their Leaders during the War but We do also promise to secure them in their Goods their Stocks of Cattel and all their Chattels personal whatsoever Willing and Requiring them to come in and where they were Tenants there to preserve the Harvest of Grass and Corn for the Winter supply But forasmuch as many of them had a Legal Right to the Tenancy of several Lands some holden from Protestants and some held from Popish Proprietors who have been concerned in the Rebellion against Us Our Will and Pleasure is That all those Tenants that do hold from Our good Protestant Subjects do pay their Rents to their respective Landlords and that the Tenants of all those who have been concerned in the present Rebellion against Us do keep their Rents in their hands until they have Notice from the Commissioners of our Revenue unto whom they are to account for the same And We do here strictly forbid all Violence Rapine and Molestation to any who shal● thus come in and remain obedient to Us So for those of this or any other Rank o● Quality who are already in our Quarters o● within Our Power or Obedient to Us W● do hereby Charge and Require that they be not disquiet in any sort without Our particular Command As for the desperate Leaders of the present Rebellion who have violated those Laws by which this Kingdom is united and inseparably annexed to the Imperial Crown of England who have called in the French who have Authorised all Violences and Depredations against the Protestants and who rejected the Gracious Pardon We offered them in Our Proclamation of the 21st of February 1688. As We are now by God's great Favour in a Condition to make them sensible of their Errors so are We resolved to leave them to the Event of War unless by great and manifest Demonstrations We shall be convinced they deserve Our Mercy which We shall never refuse to those that are truly penitent Given at our Royal Camp at Finglass near Dublin the Seventh of Iuly 1690. in the Second Year of our Reign Upon this offer of Pardon a great many of the meaner sort of the Irish laid down their Arms and complied with the Contents of the Declaration some going home to their Habitations and many of those that were destitute of any took the Service and things began to carry a Face of Settlement wonderfully altered from what before it was So that the People who a little before were as it were in Slavery and in danger of their Lives now found themselves at Liberty and utterly freed from those Fears that had so long afflicted them And soon after his Majesty came to that City and heard a Sermon at St. Patrick's Church preached by Dr. King suffering only his Guards and some of his great Officers to enter the City with him and went that day back to his Camp to dinner when he had given the Magistrates such necessary Orders as he thought conducing to the happiness of the place and was Addressed by them and by the Bishops and Clergy wherein they expressed their abundant Joy and Gratitude for his Majesty's having been the Instrument in the Hand of Heaven for