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lord_n	duke_n	king_n	son_n	18,410	5	5.3117	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88140	Light shining in Buckinghamshire, or, A discovery of the main grounds; originall cause of all the slavery in the world, but chiefly in England; presented by way of a declaration of many of the wel-affected in that county, to all their poore oppressed country-men of England: and also to the consideration of the present Army under the conduct of Lord Fairfax. The first part.		1649 (1649)	Wing L2047; Thomason E548_9; ESTC R205561	10,063	16

And therefore weep and howl ye rich men by what vain name or title soever God will visit you for all your oppressions you live on other mens labours and give them their bran to eat extorting extreme rents and taxes on your fellow-creatures But now what will you do for the People will no longer be enslaved by you for the knowledg of the Lord shall enlighten them c. And now according to our knowledg we shall discover your pedegree from your King to your Gentleman and it is thus William the Bastard sonne of Robert Duke of Normandy with a mighty Army of his fellow-Tyrants and Theeves and Robbers enters Sussex kils the Inhabitants the Brittains and their King that were in an Army to withstand his cruelty and defend their rights robs and destroys all places and persons at his pleasure setleth Garrisons of Normans to enslave the Brittains takes all Land and causeth them to hold it by Copyhold to pay fines and harets at his pleasure c. It is too tedious to relate all Polls Tolls Taxes c. that he made our Forefathers pay Let the Reader view the Chronicle But amongst all unnaturall unreasonable tyrannicall and cruel Laws he made as that of Curfur of Felony That the childe must suffer for the Father c. And all his tyrannical Laws he caused to be in an Outlandish tongue So that here we take this power to be that little horn in Dan. 7.24 because we never heard or read of the like cruelty that any Tyrant did the like for to cause his cruel Laws to be in an unknown tongue Now the poor people knew not when they offended or no. 2. For the execution of those Laws the people to come to what place he will appoint at four Terms and times in a year And 3. to buy their Laws at the Lawyers unconscionable rate for he set up and devised the Lawyers Now as we shall make it appear that this is the horn so the Caterpillers Lawyers will prove the eyes which Lawyers are as profitable as magots in meat and Caterpillars in Cabages and Wolves amongst Lambs c. And amongst those see their preferment as it s called to suck the people as Attorny Counsellor Barrester Sergeant and accordingly Fees to rob and they take Oathes and out of this rubbish stuffe are all our Creatures called Judges and they likewise all to be sworn And then places of preferment so called to tyrannize and to be the head Tyrants Sycophants Wolves Lyons Leopards c as Dutchy-General Attorney-General Lord-lubber-keeper Lord Privy-Seal Lord-Treasurer Lord Barons of the Exchequer and I know not what great Catchpoles besides these all to be sworn to their dread Soveraign Tyrant Beast c. And so being right whelps brought up to rent devoure rob spoil tyrannize c over the poor people then their dread Tyrant as he hath received power and dignity from the Dragon or Devil as aforesaid doth shelter breathe out and all to be daggle them with it with hairy skin d robes resembling the subtle nasty Fox with his dirty tail And because the Lord Keeper Privy Seal and Treasurers long tailes should not draggle in the dirt they must have another Sycophant slave apiece to carry it up for them with their hats off doing homage to their breech O height of all baseness What will they creep in one anothers arses for honour Why oh his Majesties breath of Honour it may be blows out Thire and therefore he holds up his gown that might blow him that holds it up and makes him be called Sir Likewise those men thus honoured must have a gue-gaw silver Mace carried before them with a Cross a top on it to shew they have their Title from the Defender of the Popish Faith the Lord Keeper having a fools-babie like a Purse carried before him now all these Lawyers Lyers and twelve Judges Besides with their cowtred Caps and Serjeants with their womanish Coifs and Peticotes on their Shoulders with their Barresters Atturnies c. Howbeit they rob and devoure the people striving who shall most play the knave and couzen so that he may clime up into high places of profit for all those upholding their Kings Prerogative their Tiranny is unquestionable that is the reason that they maintain the King can do no wrong that he is a God on earth as God is God in Heaven and that he is the life of the Law all Writs Warrants Commissions c. His name gives the beeing to them that he is the fountain of our honour and magistracy yea and that he is supreme head Ecclesiasticall and Civil also that he is to be accountable to none but God and all this the better to hide their tyrany for they being all from him and all their Commissions if you question them then you must question him from whom their power was derived but they say he is not to be accountable c. so that by this means they uphold all their Tyranny and there is no way but to take down the Kingly power and then they will down too and not before Now these Lawyers are the Eys of the Beast for the twelve Judges sit in the tyranicall House of Peers another sort of the Kingly creatures to advise them in all tyranny and how to keep the Norman yoake about the peoples necks The next thing to shew is from whence came our Nobility and Gentry even from that outlandish Norman Bastard who first being his Servants and under Tyrants secondly their rise was by cruell murther and theft by the Conquest thirdly their rise was the Countries ruine and the putting them down will be the restitution of our rights againe these are called Dukes Earls Barons Marquesse Lords c. And from this Bastard is all our royall blood therefore to be utterly disesteemed O then behold O England thy vanity in Idolizing the King and his Children Thy Priests have guld bewitched cheated and betrayed thee into these tyrants hands with their sorceries onely for their own filthy lucre and bellies sake because they have the greatest part of the spoile for their preaching up the King to be the Supream head Defender of the Faith Gods anointed and that if thou doest resist his power thou resisteth the ordinances of God now all this is but as bridles in thy jawes and blindes over thy eyes that thou must be ruled by the Church and they are thy enemies and thou must beleeve them and keep thy selfe a good Subject to thy Prince the condition is good and by all these and a thousand tricks more they doe but mould thee to slavery this five hundred yeares and more and by this means the King and his Creatures ride thee in thy Estates and Persons and Labours And the Priests over thy Conscience and soule and keeps thee in all ignorance and malice and for so doing thy Priests are thy Princes and beare rule and for their so bewitching thee they come by their Impropriations and fat Benefits

Light shining IN BVCKINGHAMSHIRE OR A Discovery of the main Grounds Originall Cause of all the Slavery in the World but chiefly in England Presented by way of a DECLARATION Of many of the wel-affected in that County to all their poor oppressed Country-men of ENGLAND And also to the Consideration of the present Army under the Conduct of the Lord FAIRFAX The first PART Arise oh God judg thou the Earth Printed in the year 1648. Light shining in Buckinghamshire OR A Discovery of the main ground original Cause of all the Slavery in the world but chiefly in England presented by way of a Declaration of many of the wel-affected in that County to all their poor oppressed Country men of ENGLAND c. IEHOVAH ELLOHIM Created Man after his own likenesse and image which image is his Sonne Jesus Heb. 1. verse 2. who is the image of the Invisible God now Man being made after Gods image or likeness and created by the word of God which word was made Flesh and dwelt amongst us which word was life and that life the light of men 1 John 2. this light is taken to be that pure spirit in man which we call Reason which discusseth things right and reflecteth which we call conscience from all which there issued out that golden rule or law which we call equity the summe of which is saith Jesus whatsoever yee would that men should doe to you doe to them this is the Law and the Prophets and James cals it the royall Law and to live from this principle is call'd a good conscience and the creature Man was priviledged with being Lord over other inferior creaturs but not over his own kinde for all men being a like priviledged by birth so all men were to enjoy the creatures alike without propriety one more then the other all me by the grant of God are alike free and every man individuall that is to say no man was to Lord or command over his own kinde neither to enclose the creatures to his own use to the impoverishing of his neighbours see the Charter 1 Gen. from 26. vers to the end of the Chapt. and see the renewing of the Charter to Noah and his sons Gen. 9. from the 1. vers to the 18. But man following his own sensuality became a devourer of the cretures and an incloser not content that another should enjoy the same priviledge as himself but incloseth all from his Brother so that all the Land Trees Beasts Fish Fowle c. are inclosed into a few mercinary hands and all the rest deprived and made their slaves so that if they cut a Tree for fire they are to be punished or hunt a fowle it is imprisonment because it is gentlemens game as they say neither must they keep Cattle or set up a House all ground being inclosed without hiring leave for the one or buying room for the other of the chiefe incloser called the Lord of the Mannor or some other wretch as cruell as he and all must be summoned to a Court Leet there to acknowledge Fealty and Service and that with oathes if required at least wise if Jury-men to their Tyrant called Lord of the Mannor as if a Tenant admitted if Coppy-holder he must take an Oath to become a true Tenant rather Slave as afore said now all this Slavery of the one and Tyrany of the other was at first by murther and cruelty one against the other and that they might strengthen themselves in their villany against Gods ordinances and their Brothers freedomes and rights They had alwayes a Commander in chiefe which was the most blindest and desperatests wretch and he was their chiefe and head as Nimerod and he became their King so that I dare make plainely appear by Scripture and Reason that Kings were not of Gods institution at first but it arose from the Heathens viz. those that lived after their own beastly lusts and when Israel would have a King their onely ground was to be like other Nations and God told Samuel saying they have not cast off or rejected thee but me that I should not reigne over them Read the whole 8. Chapter of the 1 of Samuel c. where observe the Slavery that the people are in that have a King and amongst the whole Catalogue observe the Tenth of Stocks c. and see the 12. Chapter from the 16. verse forward what judgments God sent in their Harvest for asking a King and afterwards observe what misery befell for they were in continuall Wars abroad and at last divided into divisions and had two Kings Then what woful civil Wars and murthering one another for the Kingdom I refer you to the whole book of Kings to judg do but read that of their first King Abimelecks cruelty which was Gidions bastard Judges 8.21 read the 9. of Judges c. there he kils his brother with a company of light fellows and as Kings are the root of Tyrany so likewise they were the first that brought in wars see Gen. 14. for their greatness must be upheld with murther and cruelty as aforesaid in so much that in Revel 13. mention is made of an ugly beast with seven heads and ten horns which horns did persecute the Saints now in Revel 17. horns are there declared to be Kings so that Kings are of the Beast which is a power that makes all subject to it but only the Saints c. Revel 13. and 7. And saith the Scripture the Beast hath its power from the Dragon Revel 13. and 4. and the Dragon in Revel 20. and 2. is the Devil and Satan so that it is plain that Kings are of the Beast and the Beast is of the Devil and it is as plain they that worship the King worship the Beast and they that worship the Beast worship the Devil Revel 13. and 4. vers Now let us a little behold our English Powers all that which is called Magistracie is from the Kings Pattent and his is from the Devil for the Kings Predecessors the outlandish bastard William came to be King by Conquest and murther now murtherers are saith Jesus the Devils children for saith he the Divel was a murtherer from the beginning and he abode not in the Truth now Kings are utterly against the truth and persecutors of the Saints for saith Jesus they shall bring you before Kings so that Kings are enemies unto the kingdom of Christ Secondly Behold now from licence or grant comes all our inclousures and tradings as priviledge to buy and sell and to enjoy occupy and possess lands it is from taking the beasts mark now observe the rich possessors incroachers inclosers see your holdings your Pattents and Charters and Licence is from the King and all tenures and holding of lands is from your King yea all Writings Indentures Bonds Leases c. is in the name and authority of him nay your money is not lawfull if it be not the Kings coyn and his picture and superscription on it