Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	great_a	king_n	kingdom_n	17,804	5	5.6893	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78860	King Charles His letter to the great Turk; the high and mighty emperour Sultan Morat Han: Chiefe Lord and Commander of the Ottoman kingdom, sole and supream monarch of the eastern empire.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1642 (1642)	Wing C2403; Thomason E110_10; ESTC R9596	1,758	8

KING CHARLES HIS LETTER TO THE GREAT TURK The High and Mighty Emperour SULTAN MORAT HAN Chiefe Lord and Commander of the Ottoman Kingdom Sole and Supream Monarch of the Eastern Empire LONDON Printed for H. Blunon August 11. 1642. CHARLES By the grace of the most High God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To the High and Mighty Emperour Sultan Morat Han Chief Lord and Commander of the Ottoman Kingdome and sole and Supream Monarch of the Eastern Empire SENDETH GREETING WE understand by Our Embassadour Resident with You with how much Honour and respect the death of Our dear Lord and Father of ever glorious memory was condoled at your Imperiall Port and if the signification thereof and of Our peaceable succession to these Crownes have not in all this time come unto you immediately from Our self it hath not been through any default of Our affection or respect to You but many important affairs upon Our first Access and the dangerous troubles wherewith Our City of London and many other principall parts of Our Kingdome have been and at this time are infected with have diverted Us and forced Us to defer these offices longer than We intended or desired and as we hope You will For these important Reasons readily and freely excuse those Omissions which in so weighty occasions may well be dispensed withall So We pray You to be assured that We are desirous that the Amitie which hath of long time been held between our Predecessors may be renewed continued and confirmed And the entercourse of Trade between Our Subjects and Yours be maintained and preserved for the good of both Our Kingdomes and People and to give You the better proofe of Our Reall and sincere intentions therein We have ratified and do ratifie the Treaty made by Sir Thomas Rowe in that Your Imperi●ll Port with Your Subjects of Algier and Tunis duly to observe the Articles of that Treaty in all respects towards Our Subjects We do likewise recommend unto You and pray You in conformitie to Our desire of friendship and good correspondencie to confirm and ratifie those priviledges which have been formerly granted by your Predecessors to Our Merchants and to inlarge the same according to present occasions as shall be most convenient for the good of both Our Kingdomes which as We will studie by all good means to keep up in full force and most advantagious execution So We may not omit to represent unto You the Grievances of Our Subjects when they are most unjustly wronged contrary to the Capitulations between Us and We presume contrary to Your knowledg and consent That which we have now to desire your Justice in is First for extream injuries done by inferiour Officers and especially by one Morat Chaus a Customer of that Port who hath not onely broken but also scorned and contemned the Articles of the Capitulations and that in the Publik Divan to your dishonour and to the great prejudice of our Merchants Secondly an open injustice done to our Subjects in Algier wherein our English Consul and the rest of our Nation were restrained of their Libertie their goods seized upon and forced to pay great summes of money contrary to Justice and the direct tearmes of the treaty But if while We on our behalf do observe the Capitulation and all good tearmes of friendship such mean persons as Customers and other Officers be suffered and born out in these unjust Insolencies and oppressions upon Our Subjects in a manifest breach of the Capitulations We cannot shut our ears against the Petitions of our Subjects but must according to their Humble Suit give Order to withdraw their Persons and Estates from such dangers wrongs and injustice unlesse upon this our Instance we finde a speedy redresse and exemplary punishment inflicted upon such as have or shall transgresse the Rules of Justice and the Amitie and Contract between Us Which We recommend to your judgement and care as a matter wherein the welfare of Our and Your people and Countries is interessed We do further particularly pray You to give expresse Order for the upholding and maintaining of the Article of Priviledge for the paying but only of one Custome within all the Ports under Your Jurisdiction with free libertie to export any Commodity having once paid Custome without further Charge And that Our Subjects be not exacted upon contrary to that priviledge The further particulars of Our Subjects grievances and what else We desire to be negotiated with You We have given in Charge to Our Embassadour to whom We pray you to give credit and to return Us full Answer to the severall points of this Our Letter Wherein if You shall give relief to our Subjects and punish those that violate the Capitulation We shall reserve it as a singular Testimony of Your Justice Your good intentions towards Us Your constancie in your Contracts and Your Judgement in what hath Relation to the good of Your own Dominions And We shall be ready to answer that Relation of Yours in whatsoever shall rest on Our parts to perform Dated the first of August FINIS