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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	esq_n	honourable_a	william_n	13,106	5	9.6307	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54636	Miscellanea parliamentaria containing presidents 1. of freedom from arrests, 2. of censures : 1. upon such as have wrote books to the dishonour of the Lords or Commons, or to alter the constitution of the government, 2. upon members for misdemeanours, 3. upon persons not members, for contempts and misdemeanours, 4. for misdemeanours in elections ... : with an appendix containing several instances wherein the kings of England have consulted and advised with their parliaments 1. in marriages, 2. peace and war, 3. leagues ... / by William Petyt of the Inner-Temple, Esq.	Petyt, William, 1636-1707.	1680 (1680)	Wing P1948; ESTC R15174	115,975	326

Miscellanea Parliamentaria CONTAINING PRESIDENTS 1. Of Freedom from Arrests 2. Of Censures 1. Upon such as have wrote Books to the dishonour of the Lords or Commons or to alter the Constitution of the Government 2. Upon Members for Misdemeanours 3. Upon persons not Members for Contempts and Misdemeanours 4. For Misdemeanours in Elections Besides other Presidents and Orders of a various Nature both of the House of Lords and Commons With an APPENDIX Containing several Instances wherein the Kings of England have consulted and advised with their Parliaments 1. In Marriages 2. Peace and War 3. Leagues And other Weighty Affairs of the Kingdom By William Petyt of the Inner-Temple Esq London Printed by N. Thompson for T. Basset at the George and J. Wickins at the White Hart in Fleetstreet 1680. TO William Williams Esq SPEAKER OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF Commons The AUTHOR Humbly Dedicates these his Miscellanea Parliamentaria THE CONTENTS FErrers Case Pag. 1. § 1. Some few Presidents against such as have Wrote Books to the Dishonour of the Lords and Commons and the Subversion of the Government Pa. 12. § 2. Some Presidents wherein the House of Commons have for Misdemeanours turned out and discharged their Members Pa. 90. § Some Presidents for punishing Persons that were no Members for Contempts and Misdemeanours Pa. 96. § 4. Some Presidents for punishing Misdemeanours in Elections Pa. 111. § Some Miscellaneous Presidents and Orders both of the House of Lords and Commons p. 137. An Appendix Or A Collection of some few Records and Presidents out of many other of the like Nature whereby it appears That the Kings of England were pleased to consult and advise with their Parliaments de arduis negotiis Regni of the weighty and difficult Affairs of the Kingdom p. 221 THE PREFACE I Have seen saith Stephen Gardiner who was Dr. of Laws Bishop of Winchester and after Lord Chancellour of England the Councel much astonished when the King would have done somewhat against an Act of Parliament It was made then a great matter The Lord Cromwel had once put in the Kings our late Sovereign Lords Head to take upon Him to have His Will and Pleasure regarded for a Law for that he said was to be a very King and thereupon I was call'd for at Hampton-Court and as the Lord Cromwel was very Stout come on my Lord of Winchester quoth he for that conceit he had whatsoever he talked with me he knew ever as much as I Greek or Latine and all Answer the King here quoth he but speak plainly and directly and shrink not man Is not that quoth he that pleaseth the King a Law Have ye not the Civil-Law therein quoth he Quod principi placuit and so forth quoth he I have somewhat forgotten it now I stood still and wondered in my Mind to what Conclusion this should tend The King saw me musing and with earnest gentleness said Answer him whether it be so or no I would not answer my Lord Cromwel but delivered my Speech to the King and told him I had read indeed of Kings that had their Will always received for a Law but I told him the Form of his Reign to make the Laws his Will was more sure and quiet and by this Form of Government ye be established quoth I and it is agreeable with the Nature of your People If ye begin a new manner of Policy how it will frame no man can tell and how this frameth ye can tell and would never advise your Grace to leave a certain for an uncertain The King turned his Back and left the matter after till the Lord Cromwel turn'd the Cat in the Pan afore Company when he was angry with me and charged me as though I had played his part This Tale is true and not without purpose to be remembred So far the Bishops Letter And from it and other passages in History I shall raise four Observations That it was a general Rule and Principle in most great Ministers of State or as the old Word was Minions to flatter and poison Princes minds with Absolute and Despotical Power not for the Honour or good of the Crown for that can never be but for their particular Advantages that Themselves might Reign and be Sovereigns over their Masters And indeed not only of our own Country but of others Historians are full of the sad and woful Effects thereof in most Ages which makes me frequently revolve the melancholly Contemplation of Cardan Inter fures scurras adulatores constitutus est princeps a furibus bona diripiuntur a scurris mores corrumpuntuh ut quisque melior est ex aula abigitur ab adulatoribus veritas summum inter mortales bonum ablegatur unde miseri principes propter has larvas in Cimmeriis ignorantiae tenebris perpetuo vivunt O miseram principum sortem qui nunquam norunt quali in statu res suae positae sint adeo vero aures principum emollitae sunt ut ad veritatis nomen tanquam ad Nili cataractas obsurdescant This pessima gens humani generis always abhorred a Parliament and the reason thereof is demonstrative because they well knew they should then be called to an impartial and strict account and be punished according to their demerit as de facto it appears in the Cases of the Lord Cromwel after Earl of Essex and the Protector the Duke of Somerset mentioned in the Bishop's Letter that they were questioned in Parliament although possibly the proceedings therein against them were managed with too much Violence and artifice by the malice and policy of their Enemies And no man in all points can justifie the acts of all Councels whether Ecclesiastical or Civil The first was attainted of High-Treason in the Parliament 32. H. 8. amongst other Crimes 1. For Vsurping upon the Kingly Estate Power Authority and Office 2. For having the Nobles of the Realm in great disdain derision and detestation 3. And further also being a person of poor and low degree as few were within the Realm pretended to have so great a stroke about the King that he lett it not to say publish and declare That he was sure of the King which was detestable and to be abhorred amongst all good Subjects in a Christian Realm that any Subject should enterprize to take upon him so to speak of his Sovereign Leige Lord and King The second was in the Parliament 3 and 4 E. 6. Fined and Ransomed amongst other Offences 1. For desiring the Rule Authority and Government of the King and Realm by himself only and getting the Protectorship 2. That by his own Authority he did stay and lett Justice and subverted the Laws as well by Letters Patents as by his other Commandments 3. He rebuked checked and taunted as well privately as openly divers of the Privy Counsel for shewing and declaring their advices and opinions against his purpose in weighty Affairs