Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	alderman_n	john_n	sir_n	12,371	5	7.2040	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42352	A new declaration presented to the Commons of England concerning certain heads or propositions presented to the Kings most excellent Majesty, for the voting home his royal consort the Queen, and restoring of His Majesty to his crown and dignity / printed and published, to be communicated to the free-borne subjects within the kingdome of England and principality of Wales.	Gardiner, James.; Rushworth, John, 1612?-1690.	1647 (1647)	Wing G226; ESTC R41542	2,701	8

A NEW DECLARATION Presented to the COMMONS of ENGLAND CONCERNING Certain Heads or Propositions presented to the Kings most Excellent Majesty for the voting home His Royall Consort the Queen and restoring of His Majesty to His Crown and Dignity PRinted and published to be communicated to the Free-borne Subjects within the Kingdome of England and Principality of Wales OXFORD Printed for Leonard Williamson for the use of all His Majesties loving Subjects 1647. NEW PAPERS FROM THE ARMIE SIR HAving lately received a printed Paper entituled Certain Heads or Propositions presented to the Kings most excellent Maiesty by the Army which Propositions as they are there entituled goes under the notion of the whole army in general which as I conceive hath been fomented and contrived by some wicked Instruments who desire to make the breach wider betwixt the Parliament and Army rather then to bring it to a happy close and period Therefore thus much I dare presume to declare in behalf of all my fellow-souldiers that the army had not the least thought of contriving or presenting any such papers to his Majesty to desire the stile or title of his army or sending for his Royall Consort the Queen over unlesse they conceived it might tend to the common good of the Kingdom I have to the utmost of my power endeavoured to find out the authors or fomenters of the said paper but cannot in the least find any man guilty of such an action And therefore it is further declared that we doe not desire to change that title which wee have for these 5 or 6 yeares endeavoured to maintain with the losse of our lives having obtained many renowned Victories under the same but according to our former Engagements we desire to see the Kingdom setled in peace his Majesty stated in his Royal Palace at Westminster and the priviledges of Parliament and liberty of the subject fully maintained and confirmed our only aymes being to obtain a firme peace and not a new Warre The Governour of Warwick Castle doth not seem to hold correspondency with the army in their late Engagement but doth utterly renounce and declare against the same His Majesty moves according to the motion of the army but upon his removall from the Earl of Salisburies house the chiefe Officers of the army proposed to his Majesty certain propositions concerning his advance from thence desiring to know what place his Maiesty had a desire to reside at the next night His Majesty is very merry and cheerfull and desires to see London His Majesty received his two Chaplains Dr. Hammond Dr. Shelden very courteously and we hear they have had a Conference together For other particulars concerning the army I refer you to the ensuing papers But by the next you shall hear further from Your humble Servant James Gardiner Watford Iune 29. 1647. MY Lords and Gentlemen In answer to the Letters of the House of Commons which we received from you this expressing their readinesse to receive any particulars and to hear any witnesses against the Gentlemen impeached by the Armie we shall be bold to minde you That the Remonstrance sent to you the last night to be presented to the Houses do expresse the desires of the Armie to have the Members charged to bee suspended from sitting in the House which if not granted to us we know their interest and prevalency is such That we can expect but small fruit in a further proceeding except the desires of the Armie be answered therein Nor can we hope for good to the Kingdome or settlement of an happy peace as long as men of their interests and prevalencie have power to justifie themselves and practises who that they may be able to effect it do endeavour by all means possible ●o enflame this kingdome in a second War so which we shall be forced to the utterost of our powers to apply a timely remedie as being the onely way and means we know of to prevent the involving this Nation again in Blood then whith nothing's more odious to us By the appointment of his E●cellency Sir Th. Fairfax and the councell of War JOHN RUSHWORTH St. Albans Iune 24 1647. Another Message from the Army My Lords and Gentlemen IN answer to your Desire of a reason of the Armies motion this day I thought fit to let you know That our quaters are more contracted but not nearer London then they were before namely at Watford Vxbridge and the Townes about them We have often said we cannot stand as lookers on to see the Kingdom ruined by the obstruction and denial of justice and therefore wee desire you to move the Parliament we may not● hee holds still in doubt and put upon the disputes of their commands to which we shall yield ready obedience when we see the Kingdom in a possibility of settlement which we think cannot be unlesse that the fountain of justice be delivered from those that corrupt it By the appointment of His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Councell of Warre Iohn Rushworth Barkhamstead June 25. 1647. To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common councell of the City of London My Lords and Gentlemen WE have in all things dealt cleerly and plainly with you and hope we shall continue still to doe so As soon as the worthy Aldermen and the other two Gentlemen your Commissioners came the last night to us we acquainted them with our purpose to draw the Head-quarter to Vxbridge that so we might contract our quarters which have hitherto lyen scattered at which place we hope to receive that which will be satisfaction to the Kingdome and will remove Obstructions out of the way of Justice wherein if right were done we should let you and all the world see That we would be so far from pressing near your city of London it should bee indifferent to us to march not only to the d●stance prescribed but to any part of the Kingdome we should be commanded to by the Parl. Wee have asked nothing hitherto but right in the things that are knowne as if they were proved an hundred times before them from whom they have sought them which if granted would not only be a justice to the Army but would let the Kingdome see the Fountain in a way to be cleared without which nothing of Force or Power would be a security to any man We wish the name of Priviledges may not lye in the ballance with the safety of a Kingdom and the reallity of a Kingdome and the reallity of doing Justice which as wee wee have said so often wee cannot expect whilest the persons we have accused are the Kingdomes and our Judges a little delay will indanger the putting the Kingdome into bloud notwithstanding what hath been said if it be considered That in Wales besides under-hand workings in your city and other places Men are raised and that in no small number and are not those men in the Parliament who have continued faithful to the principles of common interest from the beginning of this Par. to this very day still awed by the concourse of Reformado-Officers and others to their doores expence of time will be their advantage only who intend to bring evill purposes to passe We have written this to you for your satisfaction that so nothing may be done without giving you a perfect account of our intentions and ends and still to continue our assurance to you that should necessity bring us nearer to the city our former Faith given you shall be observed inviolably there being nothing more next to the good of the Kingdome in our thoughts and desires then the prosperity of your city By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and the Councell of War Signed Iohn Rushworth Barkhamstead June 25 FINIS