Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	city_n	london_n	mayor_n	10,714	5	9.7889	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84779	A letter from His Excellency Sir Tho: Fairfax, to the Lord Major, aldermen and Common-Councel of the city of London, from Kingston, Novemb. 19. 1647. To acquaint them with His Excellencies sending Col: Hewson with one thousand foot soldiers to quarter in the city, and the grounds thereof. Nov. 20. 1647. Imprimatur Gilbert Mabbot.	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.; City of London (England).	1647 (1647)	Wing F179; Thomason E416_18; ESTC R201978	1,764	7

A LETTER From His Excellency Sir Tho Fairfax TO The Lord Major Aldermen and Common-Councel of the City of LONDON From KINGSTON Novemb. 19. 1647. To acquaint them with His Excellencies sending Col Hewson with One thousand Foot Soldiers to Quarter in the City and the Grounds thereof Nov. 20. 1647. Imprimatur Gilbert Mabbot London Printed for Laurence Chapman November 22. 1647. To the right Honorable The Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Councel of the City of London My Lord and Gentlemen WHat tenderness hath been exercised by my self and this Army towards the City what care to preserve it from the least damage or prejudice notwithstanding the just occasions and great provocations vvhich have thence been given and with what patience we have waited for the raising of those Arrears which have long since been due I need not now use many words to express Your selves the City and Kingdom do sufficiently know it We have lain here about London so long as we cannot continue much longer without intolerable Oppression to these parts if not the undoing of some and in all this time though the occasion both of our coming and stay hath been from the City yet in tenderness to the Trade and Freedom thereof no part of the Army hath been quartered in it but the parts adjacent have born the burthen who gave no such occasion And if after so long and obstinate withholding what hath been so long due in affront to so many Ordinances and Demands of Parliament and in the face of an Army at a time when so great a part of the City had made themselves so obnoxious to both I should now withdraw the Army from the City before all the Arrears of Taxes thence due be paid or if those who after so many warnings from the Parliament with penalties imposed upon the Non-payment thereof within the time limited have so obstinately withheld their Dues so long beyond that time should now escape with the bare payment of their Arrears at last I can expect no less but that the ill Example thereof would in other parts of the Kingdom give great discouragements to Friends from paying their shares and encouragements to Enemies to withhold theirs as long as they can Upon these Considerations with the Advice of my Councel of War I have desired the Committee of the Army That the penalties imposed by the Parliament for Non-payment as well as the Arrears themselves may be speedily levyed and that from all those who have not before this time paid in their proportions of assessments no less then the ful penalty may henceforth be accepted And for the speedy levying both of Arrears and penalties according to the Ordinances of Parliament for that purpose I have with the same Advice appointed Colonel Hewson with a Thousand Foot to come to morrow to Quarter in the City and within the late Lines of Communication in such places as he findes fittest until this service be accomplished and in the prosecution thereof of observe the Directions of the Committee for the Army according to the said Ordinances If this course should be a matter of wonder or offence to any I make no doubt but the Necessity of the thing which I have before represented will afford sufficient satisfaction to all that wish well to the Parliament the Army City or Kingdom and that those whose wilfulness if not Malignity or Design to break the Army and incense the Kingdom have necessitated this will bear the blame both of the thing it self and of whatever ill consequence may ensue I shall desire the best care of your Lordship and all that wish well to the Parliament and Army or tender the Safety of the City That in this service so necessary both for the ends aforesaid and for the vindication of the Authority of Parliament no Impediment or Affront be given to the Officers or Soldiers imployed herein from whence any further ill consequence might be occasioned As on the other side I have commanded and am very consident That all care will be taken by Col Hewson and the Officers imployed under him for the Soldiers orderly and civil demeanor both in their Quarters and in the Service and that not the least wrong shall be done by them to any in the City nor any damage save what the persons refusing to pay their Arrears or penalties according to the Ordinance of Parliament shall wilfully bring upon themselves and the Charge of Quartering the Soldiers till the Service be done For which purpose I have given order to Col Hewson that so soon as he hath from the Committee of the Army or Collectors the Lists of what persons are in Arrear he shall quarter the Soldiers onely upon such as near as he can with relation to the conveniency of Quartering and if any disorder or injury be done by the Soldiers or Officers as I doubt not but Col Hewson will be careful to give redress so in case of his neglect I shall be ready upon complaint to do it to the utmost my self who am Kingston 19. Nov. 1647. Your Lordships faithful Friend and Servant T. FAIRFAX FINIS