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lord_n	word_n	worth_n	year_n	35	3	4.3648	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96471	Prima pars. De comparatis comparandis: seu iustificationis Regis Caroli, comparatè, contra Parliamentum. Or The first part of things compared: or Of the iustification of King Charles comparitively against the Parliament. Wherein is manifested, that by the cunning contrivance of a wicked party in the House of Commons, who by their fraud, and subtilty, deceive and seduce the major part of the House for their own ambitious ends, our oppressions have been made far more grievous, then they were in the Kings dayes, the course of justice, and reliefe of grievances, is obstructed, and our troubles and pressures are still continued. ... With the names of the heads, of the usurping faction, and advice to all the free men of England, to beware of them, and to take a speedy course to remove and expell them, together with an intimation of a way to effect the same.; De comparatis comparandis. Part 1	Wilbee, Amon.	1647 (1647)	Wing W2113; Thomason E396_11; ESTC R201647	12,847	16

moneys which as I remember were raised and collected for that good Christian worke received and disposed as the most of the rest as is supposed into private pockets and to particular uses Then they complaine of the inlargement of Forrests contrary to Charta Foresta this was not so bad in the King as the i●la●gement of p●iviledges is in the Parliament that was injurious but to some persons in speciall this is to all in generall For the priviledges of Parliament are growne like the rules of Kings Bench prison without limits for if ye doe but present nay only prepare a petition contrary to the humours of the prev●lent malevolent party be it never so legall and necessary demand justice or tell any of them of their shamelesse injustice it is presently voted a breach of their priviledge but they themselves may threaten and revile persons check and reproach yea imprison wi nesses and affront and assault men contrary to the law and the nature of their places take them by the coller and pull them by the throat and that only because they are advertised of their evill as haughty Mr. Hollis did lately Major Tulidah in a word according to the expression of some of them they may doe what they list and some of them doe accordingly act all manner of violence and injustice by vertue of their priviledges O admirable priviledges whose uncircumcised bounds are so absolutely destructive to our lawes rights and liberties Then they tell you of exacting Coat and Conduct money and divers other military charge and of a desperate designe of ingrossing all the Gun-powder into one hand and keeping it in the Tower of London and of the taking away the Armes of the Trained bands of divers Counties c. Though the Parliament have not exacted money under the notion of Coat and Conduct yet they have exacted and still doe exact of you large sums of money to pay their Armies and for other military charges and though they have not taken away the Armes of your Trained bands yet they have taken away your servants and caused you to find both men and Arms to do them service yea they have contrary to law sent forth your Trained bands and their Armes to the hazard of the places from whence they went especially of London City but the disceived fooles did not see the which the King never did as for the designe of ingrossing all the Gun powder into one hand it was not so bad as is the designe of some men in the Parliament of ingrossing the stock of all the moneyes power and priviledges of the whole land into their hands by which means the people shall be utterly impoverished and made slaves Then they complaine of selling the Kings timber the taking away of mens right under colour of the Kings title to land between high and low water markes Of the Monopolies of Sope Salt c. the restraint of the liberties of the Subiects in their habitation trades and other interest And who had more right to sell the Kings timber then himselfe they cannot say he sold any but his owne and what he had a lawfull right and interest in but many of the Parliament have destroyed other mens timber and sold abundance both of woods and goods since these fatall warres and put the moneys I beleeve into their own purses whereunto they had neither title or intrest and to omit those who have indeed been Delinquents how many mens rights even whole estates have these wicked men of the Parliament taken away under colour of Delinquency the right between high and low water mark● the owners whereof have been no Delinquents I need not instance examples too many of their own friends can testifie against them Only one or two for a proofe as Mr. Antrobus an honest pious Minister of the Gospel in Cumberland one who hath both paid to them and suffered for them and for his fidelitie is intrusted as a Commissioner with Mr. Musgrave by his country to solicit the House for redresse of their grievances had his benefice to the value of a 100. l. yearly and his estate the other day adjudgd to be sequestred taken away for Delinquencie to no disadvantage I hope of the Earle of Northumb. and Mr. Barwis a Member of the House of Commons of whom more hereafter one of the Common wealths deceitfull servants and false friends In like manner as I have heard was the Vicar of the rich Viccarage of Wiggen in Lancashire served who afterwards dyed in the Parliament service quarrel yet this was done that one Mr. Case a coveteous Priest might be put in I have indeed observed that since the Parliament got the power into their own hands there hath not been a more sure token of Delinquency in the eyes of some Parliament men and coveteous Priests then a faire house richly furnished a pleasant seat well wooded a good office and a fat benefice or a flock well woolled and sometime a desire of revenge might witnesse Sir Garret kemp of Slindon neare Chichester in Sussex a man of peaceable demeanor and conversation and aged neare 80. yeares having many children and grand children and an estate upwards of 2000. l. per annum well wooded and a great personall estate was totally sequestred to his dammage of neare 20000. l. for denying to send his horses to Chichester to assist Sheriffe Foord against the Parliament and afterwards upon a second warrant sent from them by Foord upon paine of death he being told by his servants the said Sheriffe had declared he must have them Sir Garret replyed if they must have them let them have them upon proofe of which words learned Mr. Sam. Brown and the rest of the reverend Committee of Lords and Commons for sequestration did adiudge and declare the confirmation of the Sequestration of his estate and 10000. l. worth of Beech some of 500. yeares growth because beech cannot be supposed by them to be timber hath felled and disposed of although he hewed within 4. mile of the enemies Garrison and 20. mile distant of the Parliament fo●ces As for the restraint of the liberties of the Subiect in their habitations I say restraint in a mans habitation is far better more comfortable and tollerable then to be restrained in a noysome Gaole or prison where he can have no free communion with his wife children family or friends and is exposed to the ty●anny of Gaolers and all manner of oppressive charges But why talke these men of restraint of the liberties of the Subiects in their habitations when as they restrain the King their sovesaign Lord and ours of liberty in his owne house and that in such a manner as is worse then a prison for commonly and legally men in prison may receive and right letters touching their owne affaires and commune discourse walke and talke with any visitant friend or stranger without prohibition inspection incivill question or restriction but so cannot Charles our King A sad