Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	king_n	parliament_n	14,544	5	6.6609	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48714	The present surveigh of London and Englands state Containing a topographicall description of all the particular forts, redoubts, breast-works, and trenches newly erected round about the citie on both sides of the river, with the severall fortifications thereof. And a perfect relation of some fatall accidents, and other disasters, which fell out in the city and countrey, during the Authors abode there. Intermingled also with certaine severall observations worthie of light and memorie. By William Lithgow.	Lithgow, William, 1582-1645?	1643 (1643)	Wing L2543; ESTC R220129	15,129	23

opposite to Wapine for t I finished the pilgrimagious toyle of a wearisome dayes journey the circuit whereof on both sides the river amounteth to eighteen Kentishmyles From which I may say that London was never truly London till now for now she sits like a noble lady upon a royall thron securing all her encroaching pendicles under the wings of a motherly protection yet these limites were never heretofore granted till the Parliament for their better safety confirmed this construction that Grand-Cayro excepted I have not seen a larger inveloped compasse within the whole universe By which computation I apprehend that this circuit comprehends above five hundred thousand dwelling houses and in them large three millions of soules that me thinkes he were a happy Prince that could bee but only King of such a city as London now sits intrenched though hee had no moe Provinces besides And now the maine number of all these circulating fortresses besides redoubtes countercarps and halfmoon-workes along the trenches amount to twenty foure forts in all upon them planted and resetled two hundred and twelve pieces of Cannon which indeed is a mighty and tremenduous sight where Vulcan and Bellona mean to make a bloody match if the esurious Assailants should come in a tragicall inconsiderable way to surpryse the virginitie of these new and now almost finished Fortifications Which indeed have been verie chargeable to the City and daily will bee more for all the Port holes are soled and syded with timber the Plat formes where the Cannons ly are laid with strong oaken planks all the Ordonance are mounted upon new wheeles besides the pallosading and barrocading of them without with yron workes and other engynes And now sorest in the daily maintaining of Commanders and forces into them with ammunition and all things necessarie both for the Forts and Souldiers But it is no matter let Guilth'all pay for all for there lyeth the Treasure and weekly collections of the Citie which amounteth to twelve thousand pound sterling a week besides the Countrey about and moreover the customes the Royall rents the Episcopall revenues the plundring of Malignants and all lye there where there are sitting a daily Committee appointed by the Parliament and City who have the disposing of all as they think sitting notwithstanding they must returne their accounts to both the Houses And now in discoursing of these Forts I have beene somewhat prolixious not usuall in my former styles but done of purpose that the Reader may conceive by Paper which I have known by occular experience and so I proceed Now to observe in these following consequences my former condition I will bee as indifferent as these relenting times may suffer me and thus I begin The chiefest conflicts and accidents which actually fell out in my being here were onely three The first was the intaking of Redding by Generall Essex and that repulsing skirmish fought at Cussan bridge the royall Patriot of the Countrey being there in person for surrendring of which towne Colonell Fielding then governour thereof was lately condemned by a Councell of war held at Oxford to bee shot dead at a post The second accidentall blow May 12. was that conflict in Cornwall where sir Ralph Hapton prevailed against some of the Earle of Stamfords forces he being for the time in Exceter and had left five traind bands of that County to second his intrenched Brigad which when Hampton fell on they fled and left Stamfords forces to finde the sweet and smart of life and death from the adversarie some taken and some dispatchd and yet Stamford was equall with that defeat the day following Hapton was and is for his Majestie and Lord Stamford for the Parliament The third and most remarkable of all was that prevalent victorie May 20. which the Lord Fairfax son obtained at Wakfield in Yorkshyre against Colonell Gowring and his forces being a part of the Queenes armie led under Generall King a conjunc● with the L Newcastle where Fairfax put to flight and rout the whole Brigad taking Colonel Gowring prisoner with twenty five pryme officers and fifteene hundred common Souldiers so that none escaped save some fevv horse troupes and a fevv of them slain for the vvhich auspicuous happinesse there vvas solemne thanks given to God through all the Churches in London May 28 being sunday and this gratefull celebration was ordered by the Parliament to be done Colonel Gowring and a Lieutenant Colonell with some serjant Majors and speciall Captaines were sent to Sir Iohn Hottam governnour of Hull to be enterained there as captives because they love powder so well there is a great Magazin standing there where I leave them to smart till they finde a better heart But by your leave Gowring was once taken afore by the Parliaments forces and thereafter swore at his enlargement never to carry armes any more against them but now what the councell of war will modifie I know not let mercy or the martial law decyde it Neither will I meddle here with that promiscuous battell fought at Edgehill or Keynton where both the armies left other without either flight or following nor will I report of that unhappy busines of Brandford though in the end it proved happie for London because they do carry a reflection to a greater eminency than my pen dare to contend with And indeed all the Counties of England except the five confederat Counties and Kent that are and many moe for the great Councell are in a combustion some for the Papists some for the Parliament and all for the King But understand me better and be not misled take not this generall uproare as I may say to bee between our gracious King and his loving Subjects No no The quarrell dependeth only and absolutely betweene the Papists and Protestants for either must the Gospel prevail with us else their Idolatrie shall overtrample all and therefore looke to it who may for here is the main matter And yet observe more policie was wont to depend upon prudencie and providence vertue being the sole foundation of both but now it dependeth upon perjury and falshood perfidious dissimulation being the ground-worke of its deceitfulnesse and a sophisticall habit the sycophantick boldnesse of its brazen face Great God amend it else speedilie mend it for this distracted Ile is over burdened with the filthie contagion of its forsworne falsities and honesty and honour miserably misregarded Neither may I forget that hard and unkindly usage that some of my country gallants have got there being about an hundred and fifty of them all officers and souldiers of fortune And all and most of them being enroll'd some have attended ten months some longer some lesser time and yet can neither get imployment pay nor passe from the Parliament to their great undoing and losse of time But indeed at their first going to the field not they but some other speciall Commanders were held in great estimation but as soone as the English begun to learn the