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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	earl_n	king_n	robert_n	16,137	5	8.5522	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88260	To the hon[ble]. the House of Commons now assembled in the high court of Parliament, the humble petition of John Lilburne Leift. [sic] Colonel. In all humilitie.	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1646 (1646)	Wing L2187; ESTC R218613	3,838	2

To the Honble. the House of Commons now Assembled in the high Court of Parliament The humble Petition of John Lilburne Leift. Colonel In all humilitie SHewing That your Petitioner having suffered aboundance of inhumaine barbarous crueltie by vertue of an illegall decree made against your Petitioner in the Starr-Chamber 1637. As by the coppie of his Petition formerly presented to this Honourable House here unto anexed and by your owne Votes made the 4. of May 1641. upon the examina●ion of that Petition will appeare which are as followeth First that the sentence of the Star-Chamber given against him is illegall and aga●nst the Libertie of the Subject and also bloudy wicked cruell barbarous and tyrannicall Secondly that reparations ought to be given to him for his imprisonment sufferings and losses sustained by that illegall sentence and then also ordered that care should be taken to d●aw up his case and transmit it to the Lords But by reason of multitude of businesse in this Honourable House there hath been no further proceeding in it since and these distractions comming on your Petitioner tooke Command under the Right Ho●ourable Robert Lord Brooke with whose Regiment he adventured his life freely and resolutely both at Kenton field and Brainford where he was taken Prisoner and carried away to Oxford where within a short time after his comming the King sent to the Castle to your Petitioner the now Earle of Kingston the Lord Dunsmore the Lord Maltrevers and the Lord Andevour to wooe your Petitioner with the large profers of of the Honour and glorie of Court preferment to forsake the Parliaments partie and to ingage on his partie upon the slighting and contemning of which your Petitioner was within few dayes after laid in Irons kept an exceeding close Prisoner forced severall times to march into Oxford in Irons to Iudge Heath b●fore whom he was araigned for high Treason for drawing his sword in the cause of the Common-wealth suffered multitudes of other miseries in his almost twelve moneths cruell Captivitie there In which time he lost above 600. l. in his estate that he left behind him at London as he is cleerly able to make appeare and immediately after his comming from thence he tooke Command in the Earle of Manchesters Army his Commission as Major of Foot bearing date the 7. of October 1643 which lasted till the 16. of May 1644 At which time he was authorized by Commission as Leiftenent Collonell to command a Regiment of Dragooners In which service having beene in many ingagements he hopes it will easily appeare that he hath not only behaved himselfe honestly and faithfully but also valiently and stoutly in the midst of many discouragements God crowning some of his endeavours with successe especially at the taking in Sir Francis Wortlers Garrison and Tickel Castle The premises considered He humbly beseecheth this Honourable Assemblie to perfect that justice which you happily began for your Petitioner and to give him Reparation for his long and tedious Imprisonment and heavie sufferings by the Starr-Chamber decree having waited 4. yeares with patience for that end though he lost by his Imprisonment all that he had and was deprived of a profitable calling being then in the way of a Factor in the low Countries and also to take of the Kings fine And to consider his service with the Earle of M●nchester his pay amounting to about 800. l. of which he hath not received 200. l. though he hath faithfully adventured his life and spent a great deale of his own money and lost at Newarke when Prince Rupert raised the seige almost a 100. l. being stript from the Crowne of the Head to the Sole of the Foot beside● his former losses at Kenton battell and Brainford Wherefore he humbly prayeth that his accoumpts may be audited and his arreares according to the Tennor of your own Ordinance paid unto him And he shall ever pra c. John Lilburne To the Honorable House of Commons now Assembled in the high Court of Parliament The humble Petition of John Lilburne Prisoner in the Fleete In all humilitie sheweth THat in December next will be three yeares your Petitioner upon supposall of sending over certaine Bookes of Doct Bastwickes from Holland into England was by Doct. Lambes warrant without any examination at all sent to the Gate house Prison and from thence within three dayes removed to the Fleet where he abiding Prisoner In Candlemas Tearme following was proceeded against in the honourable Court of Starr-chamber where your Petitioner appearing and entering of his name for want of money his name was struck out againe and he refusing to take an Oath to answer to all things that should be demanded of him for that your Petitionor conceived the said Oath to be dangerous and illegall without any Interogatorys tendered him for his refusing the said Oath he was prosecuted and censured in the said Court most heavily being fined 500. l. to the King and sent prisoner to the Fleet And in Easter Tearm following was whipped from the Fleet to Westminster with a 3. fold knotted Cord receiving at least 200 stripes and then at Westminster he was set on the Pillary the space of 2. houres and over and above the censure of the Court at the Warden of the Fleets command was gagged about an houre and halfe after which most cruell sufferings was againe returned into the Fleet close Prisoner when through his said sufferings the next morning he being sicke of an extreame Feaver could not have admittance for his Chirurgion to let him bloud or dresse his sores till the after noone of the said day though the Chirurgion himselfe in pittie to the Prisoner went to Westminster to the Warden himselfe and your Petitioner hath been a close Pisoner in the Fleet ever since where in a most cruell manner he hath been put into Iron Fetters both hands and leggs which caused a most dangerous sicknesse that continued 6. moneths and after some small recoverie was againe laid in Irons which caused at least 5. moneths sicknesse more dangerous then the former During which time of sicknesse they have most unhumanely denyed his friends to come to see him untill they would give them money for admittance and they have denyed many to come at all and have beaten and kicked and otherwise most shamefully abused such his friends as came to see him in his great distresse and to bring him food and necessaries to sustaine his life and also have kept his servant from him and his food so that if he had not been releived by stelth of his fellow Prisoners he had been kept from any food at all for above the space of 10. dayes together and the Prisoners that out of pitty have releived him have been most cruelly punished and the Keepers have not forborne to confesse themselves that they had starved him long agoe had not the Prisoners releived him and besides all this they have most cruelly beaten and wounded him to the hazard