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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	assize_n	justice_n	say_a	2,046	5	7.6625	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84726	A further proposal from His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the Councell of warre of the armie under his command. Desiring the discharge of all such persons as are imprisoned under pretence of conventicles, or for private meetings for religious duties. Also, a petition and remonstaance [sic] from the forces of the Northern Association; declaring the reasons of their apprehending and securing Colonell-Generall Poyntz. By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and his Councell of Warre. Signed, Iohn Rushworth, Secr.	England and Wales. Army. Council.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1647 (1647)	Wing F162; Thomason E399_32; ESTC R201731	4,560	12

A FURTHER PROPOSAL From His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax AND The Councell of warre of the ARMIE under His COMMAND Desiring the discharge of all such persons as are imprisoned under pretence of Conventicles or for private Meetings for Religious Duties ALSO A Petition and Remonstaance from the Forces of the Northern Association declaring the Reasons of their apprehending and securing Colonell-Generall Poyntz By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Councell of Warre Signed Iohn Rushwo●th Secr. London Printed for George Whittington and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Blew Anchor in Cornhill neere the Royall Exchange 1647. A further Proposall from his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and the Councel of Warre of the Army under his Command WHereas divers persons really affected to the weale and peace of this Kingdome many whereof have ingaged their estates and lives with the Parliament in the late warre are now imprisoned indicted and otherwise very grievously vexed and many others liable to the like trouble by force or pretence of severall Statutes especially intended against those who repaire not to some Church or Chappell to heare the Booke of Common prayer or again●● those who are Popish Recusants and by their not going to Church might be discovered And against these who should hold any Conventicles of Meetings to plot and conspire some mischiefe to the State Now forasmuch as the Parliament hath declared against the Book of Common-prayer and that the said Act against the Conventicles was not intended against people meeting only for Religious Exercises we therefore desire That all persons proceeded against upon the Statutes of 3● Eliz. 3. Iacobi or upon any other Statutes or Acts whatsoever of the same tenour with the premises may be forthwith discharged from their imprisonments indictments or any other molest●tion whatsoever by vertue of the fore-mentïoned Statutes unlesse such persons shall bee proved either Popish Recusants and that by some other way then by their not coming to Church or to have in such private Meetings as aforesaid some perjurious designe conspiracie and practice against the State And for a more effectuall course herein wee desire That the Parliament would be pleased to give orders accordingly to all the Judges of Assizes for this next Circuit throughout the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales as part of their Instructions to acquit all persons suffering as aforesaid by vertue or under pretence of the said Statutes otherwise then as before excepted and to give the whole matter so in charge that all Justices of the Peace and whom else the same shall concern may not henceforth a tempt to bring the like trouble upon any other of the well-affectd people of this Kingdome under the like pretence as they will answer the contrary at their perill Redding Iuly 21. 1647. By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and his councell of Warre Signed Iohn Rushworth Secr. To his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax Captain General of all the forces in the Kingdome raised for the defence of the Kingdom The humble Petition of the Souldiery of the Northern Association Humbly sheweth THat whereas your Excellencies Petitioners having lately acted in matters that concerne their future well-beinge and safety and also declared their willing complyance and connexion with the Army more immediatly under your Excellencies command wee being engaged thereunto severall wayes accompt it our duty aswell to apprehend their and our opposers for our own security as to defend our selves in the same cause We cannot indeed but with grief relate that there should bee such persons amongst us that durst appeare to act against those principles which first engaged us to the present service Therefore for our owne pres●rvation wee are enforced to act against all such persons of what quality soever whose power might prove destructive to the wel-being of the Subject And accordingly thereupon we have apprehended Col. Gen. Poyntz who alleadged authority for acting against the publike good We considering what dangerous consequent effects did and might flow from such a corrupt member as he and others of the same nature to deprive us of our future happinesse if permitted to remain unremoved who have made use of him and his authority to bring to passe their plots of machivilionisme We therefore humbly present to your Excellency to whom we conceive we ought to repair for redresse as followeth 1. That your Excellency would be pleased seriously to ponder the sadnesse of our condition in being destitute of a Commander in chiefe of known integrity and that accordingly your Excellency would be pleased to helpe us in this our great necessity 2. That your Excellencie would be pleased to further whatsoever may conduce to our future safety for we conceive our selvas very neer to destruction when the Enemies of our well-being have the command over us and would willingly make us accessary to our own thraldome 3. That your Excellency would be pleased to cause this charge to be prosecuted against him by a Councel of Warre of the Army more immediatly under your Excellencies command many Officers here being accessary with him in the same undertaking 4. These things being performed we humbly desire your Excellency seriously to consider our former engagements with you in former service and to take such course for our future supply with pay as we may not lye languishing when our Enemies are in prosperity And your Petitioners shall ever pray c. Colonel Poyntz Regiment John Bradley William Smith Colonel Bethels Regiment Thomas Cambridge William Tomson Colonel Copeley's Regiment John Hodgson William Bates Colonel Ponsonbies Regiment Thomas Hunter Thomas Wharton Colonel Brights Regiment Iohn Drake Iames Marke Colonel Overtons Regiment Iohn Benninton Robert Morrice Col. Collingworths Regiment Robert Sharbie Thomas Shalloket The humble Remonstrance of the Souldiers of the Northern Association to his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax Captain Generall of all the Forces of England raised by the Authority of Parliament May it please your Excellency WHereas wee have lately been put upon actions very publique yet lawfull which we could have wished had been more private had we not been exposed so to mannage the same for necessity sake and in the carrying on of these affaires of so great importance Two things have been laid before us Happinesse and Misery Peace and Warre Welfare and Ruine And unlesse wee should have degenerated from the very principles of nature and consequently have become inhumane wee must have carryed on these affaires as they now appear to have been As for our parts we do seriously protest that the very principles which led us to undertake the service were for the advancement of the Subjects good to wit their just rights and immunities And in the undertaking of the service wee were throughly resolved to live and dye in defence of the same Indeed we cannot but blesse God for that glorious successe which hath been freely given to those that undertooke the service To