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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	king_n	lord_n	message_n	2,536	5	9.9777	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86204	The Queens Majesties message and declaration to the Right Honourable the Peers of England, assembled in Parliament; concerning the Kings Majesty, and the army; presented by another embassadour from France the 9 of this instant. MDCXLIX. And the declaration of the House of Peeres concerning the King; with the proceedings of the Commons, and what government shall be established, a new Broad Seal to be erected, which is to have ingraven on the one side, the House of Commons; on the other, the arms of England & Ireland. With severall new proposals from the citizens of London, to the Common councell, concerning the tryal of the King. A declaration of the General Councel of the army, concerning Mr. Wil: Pryn, and the rest of the secluded members; and his excellencies declaration concerning the King, and all those who have assisted him. Subscribed, T. Fairfax. Published by authority.	Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669.	1649 (1649)	Wing H1462; Thomason E538_7; ESTC R206022	3,631	8

The Queens Majesties MESSAGE AND DECLARATION TO The Right Honourable the Peers of England assembled in Parlament concerning the Kings Majesty and the Army presented by another Embassadour from France the 9 of this instant MDCXLIX AND The Declaration of the House of Peeres concerning the King with the proceedings of the Commons and what Government shall be established a new Broad Seal to be erected which is to have ingraven on the one side the House of Commons on the other the Arms of England Ireland With severall new Proposals from the Citizens of London to the Common-councell concerning the tryal of the KING A Declaration of the General Councel of the Army concerning Mr. Wil Pryn and the rest of the secluded Members and his Excellencies Declaration concerning the King and all those who have assisted Him Subscribed T. FAIRFAX Published by Authority Printed for L. VVhite and are to be sold in the Old-Bayley A Declaration of the PEERS OF ENGLAND To the Kingdome Wherein they declare That no Act of the Commons house is binding not being consented unto by the Lords in Parliament ON Tuesday the 9 instant divers of the Lords met and assembled in the house of Peers where they fell into debate upon severall things in relation to their late Vote that the King could not commit treason against the Parliament which they still persist in After some debate therupon they took into further consideration the chief reasons and motives which did induce them there unto and had some further debate that a Committee draw up a Declaration to the Kingdom which shall give reasons why they rejected the Commission for tryall of the Kings and to draw up another Declaration to the Kingdome in which they are given to understand that no Act of the Commons house is binding not being consented unto by the Lords in Parliament And the 10. of this instant they sat a while and adjorn'd but proceeded not upon the subject in debate the day before The day before they adjornd the French Embassadour had audience in the House of Peers where he presented a declaratory message from the Queene of England to their Lordships purporting That she earnestly desired that their Lordships would bee pleased to admit of her comming into England for the visiting of the Kings Majesty before his being brought to tryall and that she might have assurance of her safe return But their Lordships resolved to lay it aside and not to insist thereon at present The house of Commons after some time spent in debate what kind of Government to erect in England agreed to have a new broad Seal brought in forthwith which is to have ingraven on the one side the house of Commons on the other the Arms of England and Ireland round shall be impressed the year of its originall as the first of freedom or liberty to the people Divers of the most eminent Lords that have served the King in the late difference have presented a message and offered to his Excellency the Lord General Fairfax an assurance That his Majesty shall signe what offered at the treaty and else as shall be desired Letters from the North say that the Scots are exceeding weary of warlike commotions and desires to negotiate with the two Houses of Parliament and his Excellency the Lord Gen. Fairfax in behalf of their dread Soveraign to the end that no prosecution fo● tryall may bee put in execution against his royal person without the advice and concurrence of that Nation thereto and that nothing be done or acted contrary to the Solemn League and Covenant between the two Kingdoms Our intelligence from thence further saith That divers of the Scottish peers have transmitted a Message to the Kings Majesty intimating Their loyalty and affection to his Royall person and their Resolution to leave no means unaessayed for the advancing his Honour and Greatnesse But notwithstanding their great forwardnesse to make the Royal party glorious yet there are many dissenting Brethren amongst them who are resolved to confide with the parliament of England and the Army The revolutions and transactions of affairs in this kingdom now give a caution to all the well-affected in our Neighbour Nation to carry a strong hand and an Eagles eye over the proceedings of the Adverse party We hear of a new storme arising in Lancashire and of great under hand listing there but the well-affected are putting themselves in a posture to receive them and have in readinesse 4000 Horse and Foot to attend their motion We hear that the honest party in the West of England have also put themselves into a posture of defence and have raised and listed 12000 Horse and Foot to ingage with the parliament and army upon any occasion for common Justice Freedom and Safety and for promoting the Remonstrance of the Army to the end that impartiall Justice may be executed upon the capitall Enemy of this Nation Leeds 8. Jan 1648. The Generall councell of the Army gave reasons to the common concerning their securing and secluding of the Members of Parliament which Mr. Pryn sayth are above 200 in number 〈◊〉 for your better satisfaction for so much as I shall make use 〈◊〉 this kind I shall give you in the Officers own words vizt First for those Members who are yet detained in custody they are either such who have beene formerly impeached and in part judged by the house for treason or other high crimes and never acquitted and against whom we can and very shortly shall produce new matter of no lesse crime or else such who have appeared most active and united in Councells with them against whom also we are preparing and shall shortly give matters of particular impeachment Secondly For those others who have beene wi●hheld by the Guard from comming into the house as nothing but such necessity as aforesaid and the clear denyall of any ground of distinction by voluntary discrimination admitted amongst your selves should have made us in such manner to exercise our own judgement and power in the case so you having since by your Resolutions of the 12 and 13 of December last declared many of those Votes wherein chiefly the publike interest hath been of late diserted to be dishonourable and destructive and having admitted the entring dissents against the Vote of December the 5 last wherein the will of all the rest seemes comprehended and closed up as farre as God would suffer it to proceed and many faithfull Members having thereupon publikely declared and entred their dissents from the same By which means there are now clearer grounds of discrimination begun amongst your selves and a competent number of Members of whom by their dissents registred we can publikely take notice of men standing entire to the publike trust and in whose judgements we may repose We shall therefore henceforth forbear to proceed any further in the exclusion of any upon our own judgement or information gained from without and shall refer to the knowledge and judgement of