Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	bill_n	house_n	pass_v	12,480	5	7.4741	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54722	The coppy of a letter of Father Philips, the Queens confessor, which was thought to be sent into France, to Mr. Mountagues discovered and produced to be read in the House of Commons, by Mr. Pymme the 25 of June, 1641 to this effect : lamentably complaining of the times and present state of things and this was written presently after Piercy and Jermyn fled.	Philips, Robert, d. 1650?	1641 (1641)	Wing P2039; ESTC R22256	1,876	8

THE COPPY OF A LETTER OF FATHER PHILIPS the Queenes Confessor which was thought to be sent into France to Mr. Mountagne discovered and produced to be read in the House of COMMONS by Mr. Pymme the 25. of June 1641. to this effect Lamentably complaining of the times and present state of things and this was written presently after PIERCY and JERMYN fled Printed in the yeare 1641. A COPPY OF THE Letter of Father PHILIPS the Queenes Confessour which was thought to be sent into France to Mr. Mountague Discovered and produced to be read in the House of COMMONS by Master Pymme the 25. of Iune 1641. to this effect THe good King and Queene are left very naked the Puritans if they durst would pull the good Queen in pieces can the good King of France suffer a Daughter of France his Sister and her children to be thus affronted can the wise Cardinall endure England and Scotland to unite and not bee able to discerne in the end it is like they will joyne together and turne head against France a stirring active Ambassadour might doe good service here I have sent you a Coppy of the Kings Speech on Saturday last at which time he discharged his conscience and was advised to make that Speech by the Earle of Bristoll and the Lord Sey but I beleeve there is a mistake in the writing and that it should have beene the Lord Savile This Speech did much operato to the disadvantage of the Earle of Strafford for the Commons were much thereby incensed and inflamed against him and this brought forth the next day being Munday a Protestation which was taken in both Houses of Parliament of the same nature but rather worse then the Scottish Covenant The Londoners who are very boysterous came upon Munday 5. or 6000 and were so rude that they would not suffer the Lords to come and goe quietly and peaceably to their houses but threntned them that if they had not Iustice and if they had not his life it should goe hard for all those that stood for him following them up and downe and calling for Iustice Iustice Justice There was in the house of Commons 56 that denyed to passe the Earle of Straffords Bill there names were taken and they were fixed upon Posts in divers parts in London and there was written over the head these are Straffordians the betrayers of their Country By this meanes it came to passe that the Lords and Iudges were much affrighted and the most of his friends in the Lords house forsooke him all the Popish Lords did absent themselves the Lord of Holland and Heartford were absent so was Bristoll and others Savile and the Duke onely stuck close and faithfully to him and some few other Lords God knowes the King is much dejected The Lords much affrighted which makes the Citizens and house of Commons shew their heads some have braved little lesse then to overthrow his Majesty who if he had but an ordinary spirit might easily quash and suppresse these people Our good Queen is much afflicted and in my Conscience the Puritans if they durst would teare her in peeces this cannot be for the honour of France to endure a daughter of that Nation and her children should bee thus oppressed and affronted The Earle of Holland is made generall of the Army whither he is gone down the Earle of Newport Master of the Ordinance Belfoard the Lieutenant of the Tower hath proved an arrand Traytor to the King who commanded him upon his Allegeance to receive a Captaine and 100 men into the Tower which he most trayterously refused to doe one clause is omitted which should have bin placed in the middle of the Letter which was to this effect that there was a report in London that the Parliament House was on fire wherupon there was more than 1000 people very suddenly gathered together whereby you may easily perceive the height and violence of the peoples affections May the 6th 1641. This Letter was thought to be sent from a Priest calling himselfe Father Philips to Mr. Mountague There was another Letter and that was sent from one Robert Philips one of the Queenes Priests and it is supposed to be to M. Mountague to this effect you may expect some company with you ere long Crofts Suckling Piercy Iermin are gone all things here are in great incertainties Protestation is made and taken by both houses much like but much worse then the Scottish Covenant I sent you some money by M. Iermin but now that he is gone I make some doubt whether he might be mindfull of you to take it with him I have spoke to the Queene about your occasions and will do what I can though I am not able to undertake much Your loving friend FR. PHILIPS Hereupon it was ordered that Philips should bee sent for by a Sergeant at Armes and there should be all possible meanes and endeavours used to discover the Author of the former Letter who was deemed almost by all men no better then a Traytor One other particular of weight is forgotten in the former Letter which is this that there is mention made of some great summes of money in the hands of some of the receivers who are named which are to be imployed for maintaining of Romish Cloysters beyond Seas and particular mention is made of a Cloyster at Arras FINIS