Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	david_n	house_n	king_n	10,577	5	4.0463	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71218	A true discovery to the commons of England how they have been cheated of almost all the gold and silver coyn of this nation, which hath been, and is daily transported into forraign parts. And how the people of this nation are, and have been abused by light and clipped English money, and the means shewed for the prevention thereof. Humbly presented to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. By Thomas Violet a true lover of his countrey.	Violet, Thomas, fl. 1634-1662.	1650 (1650)	Wing V589; ESTC R218012	34,364	100

provide and carefully keep in the Nations stock which once transported cannot be drawn back but upon unreasonable tearms which will impoverish all the Gentry to an inestimable value and as long as it remaineth out of the Nation all Trading and Commerce decayeth the Subjects are unable to pay Taxes and other Duties and it is one of the greatest mischiefs that can befall the Common-wealth 1. These reasons amongst many other I humbly presented to the Parliament 12. April 1643. which if they had been then taken into consideration had kept many Millions of money in the Nation But by the subtility of two Aldermen whose pardon I had got from the late King I for my reward was committed to the Tower for bringing up a Letter from the late King though I had a Warrant from the House of Commons and a Warrant from my Lord General Essex for to goe to OXFORD and the Committee at darby-Darby-house knew of my going to OXFORD for the late Kings Letter which I desired Sir David Watkins before ever I went to have him acquaint the Committee of both Nations at darby-Darby-house of my business and some other of the House of Commons and that I would not go without their leave which I had from them by him and Master Rily the Scout-master of London procured my pass from the House of Commons But the truth was the Presbyterian Partie ruled then all and they were resolved to make their Bretheren of Scotland rich and had a design to Circumvent this Nation both of all their Gold Money and Moveables which for a great part they have done as I will make it appear and therefore any that did speak against transporting Treasure or knew so much of their Tricks as I did must be a Malignant an enemy to the Covenant and so I was kept 3 years and a 11 Moneths prisoner in the Tower almost 3 years of that time close because I should tell no Tales and my Estate given away without hearing and Sequestered to my dammage to the value of above 8400l. Besides the infinite ways the Presbyterians found out for to enrich their Bretheren of Scotland which all the Nation know I shall declare one which was so usorious destructive to the Nation as never the like practise was before put on this Nation nor I believe scarsly upon any other under the colour of Friendship League and Covenant and this to be done upon their dear Bretheren of London and that was briefly this The Scots Commissioners procured an Ordinance that no Ships should bring Coals from New-castle as appears at large by the Ordinance When this was done They must be the onely men must bring us Coals from Scotland whereas before our dear Bretheren brought us Coals for nine and ten shillings the Tun aad sould them delivered at London at that price as will appear by all the Woodmongers books they having by the subtilitie of their Faction got all their Trade for Coals for the City of London and other parts of the Nation into their hands then the City shall pay for their Brotherly assistance For since the Ordinance for restraint of fetching Coals from New-Castle until New-Castle was reduced to the Parliament Scotch Coals was at thirty and fourty shillings the Tun so that they sould them after they had Monopoliz'd the Coals into their own hands at four times the value they could and did constantly before afford to bring them from Scotland Then they had their Factours here to buy up all the Hangings Bedding Pewter Stools Chairs Houshould-stuff Pictures and all manner of Lumber which was sould to the value of many hundred of thousand pounds out of the Citie of London and Nation for half the value and by them instead of Ballast carried to Scotland and this can be witnessed by thousands of people who have to their total undoing suffered in this kind and are never likely to see their goods nor never to be Masters of such again without they or their Children will take the pains to go to Scotland and fight for them by this way they may recover their Goods or their value again I shall humbly desire the Parliament to take notice after what Rate the Brotherly Assistance from Scotland came in to help their Bretheren even after the Rate of sending one hundred pounds worth of Coals to London to their dear Bretheren to make their return worth eight hundred pounds in a moneth or six weeks time as is apparent and can be witnessed by thousands of people now they read this Which after this Rate a poor Scotchman might with one hundred pound within the compass of one year cheat this Nation of ten thousand pounds and Transport it all in money And this hath been done by many of them to the value of many hundred of thousand pounds And because I Petitioned the Parliament to look to the Transporting of the Treasure by which means they would have been prevented in sending the Treasure of this Nation into Scotland I must be Sequestred Imprisoned in the Tower and held a Malignant But I humbly hope the Parliament will give me the hearing for my just defence and when they shall by experience find that this I say to be true and that I discover the nest of them that have Robbed this Nation they will do me right and unlose me from Oppression and restore me to my Estate Hereafter follow the Laws in Holland Flanders and France for the regulating their Bullion and Money Placcaet Ordinance Concerning the general course and regulati●g of the Mints a●d Moneys as also concerning the Exchange and Exchangers R●finers Gold-Smiths and others in the Vnited Provinces 1586. ARTIC XI ANd as for the Gold and Silver-Monies whose value is valued by this Ordinance We forbid every one to present pay away or receive the same at a hither rate h●● is here Ordered upon the forfeiture of such Monies or the worth of it in case the Fact be not pre●ently discovered and besides upon the forfeiture of ten Golden Angelors the first time for the second time twentie Gol●e● Angelors and for the third four times as much and besides A●●●trary punishment according to the h●mon●ness of the Fact And We understand the same forfeitures and penalties to take place as well upon the Receiver as the payer away unless one of them presently after the Receiving or Paying away do present himself to an Officer in which case the denuntiator either Receiver or Payer away shall be freed or quitted of the abovesaid penaltie and forfeiture and besides to enjoy the third part of the same forfeit and penalty ARTIC XIV So that we expresly forbid and interdict every one to over-buy or oversel Change or Chop any Species of Monies rated by these presents either in taking or giving upon the same any profit gain or advantage after what manner soever upon the same pain and penalty as abovesaid against those who shall Receive or Pay away the same at a higher rate than