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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	david_n	israel_n	king_n	20,093	5	4.5589	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93717	A learned speech spoken to His Excellency the Earl of Essex, upon his departure from Northampton to Worcester, concerning the present expedition. By that learned and religious divine, and minister of Gods word, M. Thomas Springham. Also a true relation of the present proceedings of his Excellency and his army in their march from Northampton to Worcester, to meet with the Kings Majesty.	Springham, Thomas.; Warters, Nathanael.	1642 (1642)	Wing S5082; Thomason E200_60; ESTC R14640	2,337	10

A LEARNED SPEECH SPOKEN TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF ESSEX UPON His departure from Northampton to Worcester concerning the present expedition By that learned and religious Divine and Minister of GODS Word M. Thomas Springham ALSO A true Relation of the present proceedings of his Excellency and his Army in their march from Northampton to Worcester to meet with the KINGS Majesty Printed for Tho. Cooke Septemb. 27. 1642. A SPEECH Spoken to the EARLE OF ESSEX upon his departure from Northampton BY M. Thomas Springham Minister of GODS Word GREAT SIR I Doe not come about with my small taper to set forth the glory of our mid-day Sun It were high folly in me if I did strive to add more lustre to you our Star new risen from the East I come and I may boldly say all good people come to powre forth their glad hearts at your approaching You cannot but know and I cannot but speak the dark mists of misery we a long time have been wrapt in night spread her wings over us and would have soone suffocated the life wee enjoyed had not your Name before your Presence like the day-break shined in our hearts and expelled those mists that dwelt upon us Our past sorrowes doe not a little contribute to the activity of our joyes that our Lord shines here griefe and sorrow have not lasted for an age and though Nocte pluit tota yet redeunt spectacula manè sorrow lasteth for a night but joy cometh in the morning I need not speak the hearts of Israel my Lord sees and reads them in their faces they dare boldly adventure to passe over Scylla or Charibdis or enter into the Cyclops cave having you their Joshua to march on before them and not onely the mighty men of valour love and admire you but also as my Lord seeth the great affection of the whole people is bent on you as well here as in that great City the Phenix of the world from whence you came now burning in the flames of her affection towards you From you all joyntly look for safety well-being nay being it selfe You are the Planet that must give life unto us by your sweet influence Suffer not those Comets to reigne over us that threaten to powre forth their malignity into all our quarters from whom save us or we perish Pardon what danger our feares make it is not in any distrust to our Lord. But least I seeme to others to forget what most ought to be intended here and they say to me 2 Sam. 19.10 Why speak you not a word of bringing the King back Then let not my Lord be angry if I add one word 2 Sam. 19.41 Goe with the men of Israel to the King and say unto the King Why have our brethren the men of Judah stollen thee away and have brought the King and his houshold and all Davids men with him 2 Sam. 19.43 Go for ye have ten parts in the King and ye have more right in David then they And I though the meanest and worst of all the Prophets yet no false one doe bid my Lord go forth and prosper The Copie of a Letter which was sent with the fore-going speech shewing the truth of it directed to M. William Piggot dwelling in Crutched Friers in London SIR I thought the last letter I sent you would be the last I should send from Northhamton for we expected daily when wee should march forwards I should not have troubled you at this time if I had not this token to send you a thing of much value in the judgement of all the auditors it is a Spech this morning spoken by that learned and religious Teacher M. Thomas Springam before his Excellency on a mistake he thinking and we all thought no lesse my Lord would have departed at that time because he commanded his whole Army to be drawne up in a body which he did onely to see the full streugth thereof By much entreaty I procured this Speech from M. Springam it is his own hand writing and I shall entreat you to reserve a copye of it if you part with it for me if it please God to send me a safe returne for none hath a coppy of it because the Gentleman this bearer was in such haste that he could not stay tiil it could be copied out As soone as he had ended his Speech the people gave a great shoute and my Lord gave him and all thanks for there courteous entertainment and said their courtesie was such unto him as that he would not leave them as yet this is all worth the writing at this present when I have any thing els worth the writing you shall not faile to heare from me till which I rest Your true friend and Cosen Nathanael Warters There were Letters read in the House of Commons upon the 22. of September declaring that the Queene is coming for England and intends to be here within fifteene dayes for which purpose three or foure ships are providing to come with her and it is supposed that she will bring over some store of Ammunition with many Cavaliers It is reported that the Kings Majesty is coming away from Shrewsbury towards Worcester and on Thursday a Post came to the House with Letters from the Earle of Essex intimating that his Excellency had received intelligence by a Letter from M. Fines that Prince Robert was neer unto Worcester with about five hundred horse with whom M. Fines had had a skirmish at which skirmish four of M. Fines his men were slain and eight of Prince Roberts and withall that Prince Robert had burned and fired diverse houses thereabouts whereupon his Excellency on Thursday about twelve of the clock marched with his Forces from Warwick towards Worcester consisting of foure and twenty thousand Horse and Foot it being reported that His Majesty was gone thither and that Prince Robert and his Forces were marched thither in which Letter also his Excellency sheweth the reasons which moved him to march towards Worcester which was well approved of by the Parliament some Eortifications being making and diverse Peeces of Ordnance already brought into the said City Upon Thursday also the Petition to His Majesty together with the Instructions to his Excellency the Earle of Essex for the ordering of his Army and how far he should hive commission to encounter with the enemy and the Proclamation for pardon to all such as within ten dayes should come in and lay downe their armes excepting some persons therein by them named all which were fully agreed upon and dispatched to be sent to his Excellency by both Houses of Parliament FINIS