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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	according_a	great_a	king_n	5,046	5	3.6170	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81845	Several proposals offered (by a friend to peace and truth) to the serious consideration to the keepers of the liberties of the people of England, in reference to a settlement of peace and truth in this nation. As also a true narrative in short is chiefly to make known two or three sums of money concealed: and many of the actings of the proposers, Samuel Duncon, late of Ipswich in Suffolk, are declared. From the year 1640. to the year 1652.	Duncon, Samuel.	1659 (1659)	Wing D2607; Thomason E989_9; ESTC R208193	6,938	8

or Commanders to accept of a man in his room which he was forced to hire at a great rate 2. By Bishop Wren's Innovations for refusing to kneel at the rails the Table being set up Altar-wise at the east end he was kept a long time in the Commissaries Court Arches at great expences Journies from Ipswich to London vexations troubles charges there a Significavit and Excommunica ion came out against me c. whereby I was damnified about 300 l. whereupon my self and two Men more in Ipswich did Petition the Parliament against Bishop Wren Sir John Lambe and his Commissary his innovations and for Reparations and as I have heard the Committee of that Parliament whereto Sir Thomas Witherington was then Chair-man had drawn up a Report to be made to the House for 300 l. apiece Reparations but presently the King did challenge the five or six Members and thereupon the disturbance did grow so great that we could have no proceedings Our Petition and attendance with Witnesses and several Journies of our selves and Witnesses from about Ipswich to London was a very great trouble and charge to us 3. About that time the King went from the Parliament to Newmarket and whilst he was there we had an Assizes at Bury S. Edmunds so called in Suffolk at which Assizes my self and one man more in Ipswich who since dyed in the Parliaments service a Captain did draw a Petition to the King shewing that the great grievance of the Country was his not returning to the Parliament and said in it That if there were any in the Parliament that had offended any known Law of this Nation that they might be brought to a fair tryal according to Law c. And with our diligence about that Petition it was signed by the Grand Jury and most of the Justices as I remember by all upon the Bench except one as also by a numberless number of the hands of the whole County it being a very great Assizes and three a Knight and two other Justices for the County were appointed to carry that Petition to the King to New-market and were just ready with their coaches to go to New market and then the King hearing of it he did send a Messenger or Message That no Petition should be brought to him at the peril of the Bringers But then my self and some others did go to Judge Crook his chamber and desired him to deliver our Petition to the King he did read it and receive it and promised that if it were possible he would deliver it to him but soon after we did hear that the King went to Nottingham and refused all Petitions and Invitations from the Parliament and People and in a short time as we did hear he set up his Standard at Nottingham and raised an Army against his Parliament and well-affected people Whereupon the Parliament did in their just defence raise an Army against the Seducers of the King c. And upon this account from time to time I have acted have been imployed in the service in brief as follows 1. My self my own Father and Wives Father did lend upon the propositions and publike Faith about 300 l. most of all which was at last my loss 2. My self continued a dayly Actor in sending out Hors-men and Arms and after a short time my self and three more had a Commission sent us from the then Lord Gray of Wark to secure and dis-arm all that had not associated and lent upon the publike Faith by vertue of which Commission I my self without the assistance of the other two the fourth man being passed or passing away into the Army a Captain with a Foot-company raised by us at a great charge my self alone did raise and procure to be raised from those that had not lent nor 〈◊〉 a Troop of 74 horse compleatly manned and armed with about 300 l. in money And at the earnest Request of the la●e Commissary General Whaley I did pass with him and those Horse-men and monies ●o Huntingdon and at that time the late Protector Oliver was at Huntingdon waiting to raise those horses li●led c. but had got few or none then he the said Protector desired me to stay a while and make use of my Commission there which I did and in a short time we raised a considerable number of horse arms and money But because I did know that the County of Suffolk was left in a dangerous condition I returned back and refused no service for the good of the Commonwealth and County and continued sending Horse and Arms to the late Protector Parliaments Army and upon Letters from the late Protector Oliver directed and sent to me I did from time to time send him also honest able men some by his Letter to Ely to Col. Walton there and those men were sent out at my own cost and charge If I mistake not I did send from Ipswich among divers other men the late deceased General Blake and others that are dead and many of them alive that have been very serviceable and from time to time I did entertain souldiers Commanders and divers others related to and members of the Parliament and Army at my own cost and charge And I was made high Collector for the very first Assesment when no man durst do it and was forced to go to several places with a party of Horse at my own cost and charge to force some ill-affected to pay their Assesments And I was continued high Collector in all the most troublesome times until the year 1651. and in those dayes it was a very hazardable dangerous and troublesome office and so much the more because most part of the time there was no treasurer that did act in that County whereby and by reason of the unruliness and necessities of the souldiers at some time I was exposed to very great troubles and losses To instance but in two or three namely Not long before the great Army went into Scotland Captain Chillenden Captain Disher and Lt. Sheres did get by force and by cunning and deceit from me several sums as followeth which of right do belong to the Commonwealth 1. First Captain Chillenden from time to time by his cunning and flattering words would have what monies he did come for with Warrants for Col. Whaley's Regiment and a little before their going into Scotland after he had received his money upon a Warrant for that Regiment he told me that he had one Warrant more to receive as I remember about 2200 l. as he said it was for the Committee for the Army Alderm Allen and others with him earnestly desired me to let him have what I could possibly upon that Warrant and used many arguments to perswade me and said that what monies I did let him have upon that warrant was almost as good as given him for he was buying of Fee-farme-rents and could make use of that money a long time Whereupon I did at that time