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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
A88230	An outcry of the youngmen and apprentices of London: or, An inquisition after the lost fundamentall lawes and liberties of England. Directed (August 29. 1649.) in an epistle to the private souldiery of the Army, especially all those that signed the solemne ingagement at Newmarket-Heath, the fifth of Iune, 1647. But more especially to the private souldiers of the Generalls Regiment of Horse, that helped to plunder and destroy the honest and true-hearted English-men, trayterously defeated at Burford the 15. of May, 1649. Signed by Charles Collins, Anthony Bristlebolt, William Trabret, Stephen Smith, Edward Waldgrave, Thomas Frisby, Edward Stanley, VVilliam VVhite, Nicholas Blowd, John Floyd in the nameand [sic] behalf of themselves, and the young-men and apprentices of the City of London. Who are cordiall approvers of the paper, called, The agreement of the free people, dated May 1. 1649. and the defeated Burford-mens late vindication, dated the 20. of August, 1649.; Young-mens and the apprentices outcry.	Collins, Charles, apprentice.; Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657, attributed name.	1649 (1649)	Wing L2152; Thomason E572_13; ESTC R202784	16,945	12

themselves and their party in a generall confusion have endeavoure● to put the Kingdom into a new flame of Warr then which nothing is more abhorrent to us And in the same Declaration spending the 42 and 43 pages in most excellent ●xpressions of the excellency and benefit of frequent and successive Parliaments totally new and the mischief bondage and vassallage of the long continuance of any Parliament in pa. 44. you say And thus a firm foundation being laid in the authority and constitution of Parliaments for the hoo●s at least of common and equitable Right and Freedom to our selves and all the free born people of this Land we shall for our parts freely and cheerfully commit our stock or share of interest in the Kingdom into this common bottom of Parliaments and though it may for our particulars go ill with us in one voyage yet we shall thus hope if right be with us to fare better IN another And in the last end of that transcendent Declaration pag. 46. you conclude thus Wee have thus freely and clearly declared the depth and bottom of our heart and desires in order to the Rights Liberties and peace of the Kingdom wherin we app●al to all men whether we seek any thing of advantage to our selves or any particular party what-ever or to the prejudice of the whole and whe●her the things we wish and seek for do not equally concern and conduce to the good of oth●r● in common with our selves according to the sincerity of our desires and intentions wherein as we have already found the concurrent sense of the people in divers Count●ies by their petitions to the General expressing their deep resentment of these things and pressing us to stand for the interest of the Kingdom therein so we shall w●sh and expect the unanimous concurrence of all others who are equally concerned with us in these things and wish well to the Publick And in p 52. being writing to the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Commons of the City of London in Common Councel assembled it is thus said 〈…〉 We say from our hearts that as our especiall ends are the glory of God and the good of this whole Land so our endea●… shall be to prose●…te 〈…〉 without prejudice to the ●…ing or well being of P●rliaments in generall the maintenance whereof we value above our own lives or as we have formerly said of this Parli●…nt 〈…〉 but altogether in order to the good and Peace of this Nation and with a most tender regard to your City And in page 57 58. its said that In our last Representation it may appear what our desires are as Members of the Common-wealth in behalf of our selves and all oth●rs for the clee●ing setling and securing of the rights liberties and Peace of the Kingdom for the justnesse reasonableness necessity and common concernment whereof unto all we dare appeal to the whole Kingdom and to the world And in page 76 to the Lord Mayor of London c. it is said ' That it is a sudden and substantial settlement of the whole we desire in a generall safe and well grounded peace and the establishment of such good Laws as may duly and readily render to every man their iust rights liberties and for the obtaining of these not only our intentions had led us too but we think that all the blood treasure and labour spent in this War was for the accomplishing those very things which are of that concernment both to our selvs and posteritie that neither we nor they can live comfortably without them and therefore their help is much pressed for to bring things to a happy conclusion to the satisfaction of all honest mens expectation and that in all our undertakings we shall be found men of truth fully and singly answering the things we have held forth to the Kingdom in our severall Declarations and Papers without by or base respects to any private end or interest whatsoever And in page 97. is recorded a notable Proposall to the Parliament from Redding July 18. 1647 which doth sufficiently condem your late tyrannicall dealing with some of the very parties therein mentioned The Proposall thus followeth ' Wee doe earnestly desire That all persons imprisoned in England or Dominion of Wales not for Delinquency in relation to the late Warre but for other pretended misdeameanours and whose 〈◊〉 is not by the regulated course of Law but by Order from either Houses of Parliament or of Committees flowing from them may be put into a speedy regular and equitable way of Triall or if the necessity of se●…ing the generall affairs of the Kingdom admit not the●… present ●…al then they may have present libertie upon reasonable securitie to their appearance at a certain day to answer what shall be charged against them in a Legall way and that when they should be tryed if they appear wrongfully or unduly imprisoned they may have reparation according to their sufferings In particular we desire this may be done in behalfe of L. Colonel Iohn Lilburn Master Iohn Musgrave Master Overton and others in their condition imprisoned in and about London Read also more fully to this purpose p. 101. 105. 110. 112 11● 128. 132 137. as also the large Remonstrance from Saint Albones of the 16. of November 1648. pag. 6. 8 9 12. 14 15. 22. 23. 29. 43. 45. 47. 48. 57. 62. but especially 65. 66. 67. 68. ●9 But after this large but yet profitable and necessary digression let us seriously expostulate with you and put you in mind of your most wicked and grosse apostacy such as the world never see nor read of before from men that professe God and godlinesse in a strict manner and would be reputed the CHOICEST SAINT in England and cry out unto you with astonishment and admiration and thus interrogate your very consciences where God alone ought to 〈◊〉 King Oh heare you not the blood of our dear fellow Apprent●ces and of the rest of the good People of England spilt for the redemption of this inthraled Nation especially since your first contest with the Parliament cry aloud in your ears and hearts wher● ev●r you goe for vengeance upon you the peoples perfidious abusers be●…ers and destroyers Oh 〈◊〉 you bear them cry out unto your very cons ences O give our Fathers our Mothers our Brothers our Sisters and others of our neer and dear relations the full and f●…dy accomplishment of all your forementioned inravishing promises and engagements by vertue of the p●wer and ●…ffi●… of which you stole away their heart and spirits from all their relations 〈…〉 and cheerfullnesse become sacrifices for your assistance for that 〈◊〉 p●…ncipal 〈…〉 that they that survived might enjoy the full and 〈…〉 and engagements for common Freedom 〈…〉 Iustice and righteousensse upon the earth Oh do you not hear their blood 〈…〉 you O ●…ock not nor dally with God any longer but without delay give 〈…〉 ●…mised p●…e of all our blood by the full and