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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	great_a	king_n	people_n	13,648	5	4.7769	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37328	The declaration and message sent from the Queen of Bohemiah, Lord Craven, Lord Goring, and divers other English gentlemen, resident at the Hague in Holland, on Friday last, Novemb. 5, 1652, to Charles the Second, son to the late king of Great Brittain with the Queen of Sweden's gracious letter, and her resolution to engage for the Parliament against the Hollander : together with the answer and speech of Charles the Second to Her Majesties letter.	Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1662.; Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.	1652 (1652)	Wing D532; ESTC R13467	1,996	8

THE DECLARATION AND MESSAGE Sent from the Queen of Bohemiah Lord Craven Lord Goring And divers other English Gentlemen resident at the Hague in Holland on Friday last Novemb. 5. 1652. To Charles the Second Son to the late King of Great Brittain With the Queen of Sweden's gracious Letter and Her Resolution to engage for the Parliament against the Hollander Together with the Answer and Speech of Charles and Second to Her Majesties LETTER Imprinted at London for G. Horton 1652. And are to be sold at the shops in London and Westminster Honoured Sir ON Friday being the fifth of this instant November the Lord Craven with divers other English Gentlemen gave a visit to Her Majesty the Queen of Bohemia at the Hague where they sate in Councel from 9 in the morning till 7 in the evening to consult and advise how they might even in this present Juncture of Time propagate the Work in hand for the most easie and facile advancing of the Intrest of their Lord and Master Charles whose present condition they much commiserate And indeed it doth not a little concern them since that they are all ballanc'd equally in the Skales of your English Judicatory In consideration whereof they resolved once more to put the Chance of the Day to its Hazard and agreed upon a Declaration to be published in the Name of their Master to invite all the loyal-hearted English throughout the United Provinces to an engagement for Him And in pursuance thereof her Majesty hath sent a Message to her Nephew Charles importuning his Residence at the Hague c. But I can give you no account of the event thereof by reason He hath not as yet returned an Answer The chief obstruction which causeth the delay is said to arise from Sweden by reason that Queen Christiana hath given him to understand by a Message That she is resolved not to put the general peace into the b●llance with any particular Interest neither can she enter into a League Offensive or defensive with the Netherlands considering the great abuses and wrongs formerly by them sustained c. Further assuring him that she is obliged and bound by the laws of God to advance the publike peace of her People and to preserve and defend Them according to the great Trust reposed and committed to her Charge against all Confederacies Combinations and particular Interests that may prove dangerous and destructive to her Weal-publique Upon reading of this Message the King seemed to be much astonish'd and in the presence of the Marquess of Ormond the Lord Wilmot and divers other Gentlemen struck his hand upon his breast saying Heavens protect me for verily I think I have not now a true friend in the World Well! God's Will be done he is all-sufficient and in him I wil repose my sole Trust and Confidence therefore I will not fear what man can do against me He continues still at the Palace-Royall in Paris his Councel are very active to promote and carry on the Design and M. General Massey is as busie as a little Lord with the high and mighty States to stir up the fire of Revenge which lyes glowing in the Embers throughout the United Provinces We hear that the English are still at Portelongone where the Dutch have got leave to come in upon pretence say they to bury some eminent persons among them killed in the late fight having permission to bury their dead they have interred 8 of their Commanders among which the Vice Admiral is said to be one with 3 Captains the English General having desired the Governour of that place to furnish him with som pouder and shot for his money he hath excused himself of a non-possibility whereupon the same hath been supplied by way of Porto Ferraro The two Squadrons of English and Dutch do remain very quiet to the Ha●bor not offering the least act of Hostility one to the other onely that the Trumpeters of each pa●●●do daily sound severall Challenges each to the o●h●r to provoke them to fight the which to preve●● the Governour hath caused more Guns to be plant●●●pon the two Bulworks that command th● 〈◊〉 to double the Watch and moreover hath 〈◊〉 of ●●●●●al brass-pieces of Ordnanee to the Town of Piombino Great are the preparations for War throughout all the Provinces but the most active and forward to engage are the English Yet there is a people who are loath to run the hazard of War knowing that it is not a little Ghelt must feed the flame and want of Trade will soon make a hole in the bottom of their purses And so I leave them between Hope and Despair God knows the future Events and not I. Leyden 7 Novemb. stilo novo On Munday being the eighth of this instant we received intelligence That Sir George Carteret is very busie with his Pickeroons upon the Western Coast seizing divers small Vessels but sometimes they snap short of their prey and instead of prize receive shipwrack Amongst the rest a gallant ship richly laden with plunder'd Plate and other famous Commodities was bulg'd upon the Sands neer Corum in Kent and became a prey to the Inhabitants thereabouts she is by estimation deemed to be worth forty thousand pounds Two hundred sail of Colliers are now bound from Newcastle for London they put forth on the third of November and are daily expected at the Hope General Blake maintains the Western seas and expects the coming forth of the Dutch Fleet very suddenly Vantrump hath tendered an Oath to all his Officers and Sea-men and unanimously they have vow'd to dispute their Quarrel upon the Neptune Ocean to the last man But it is the Muzzle of the Canon and not such Squibs must resolve our Case FINIS