Selected quad for the lemma: peace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	king_n	parliament_n	treaty_n	2,836	5	9.4232	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95898	A sight of ye trans-actions of these latter yeares emblemized with ingraven plats, which men may read without spectacles.	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.	1646 (1646)	Wing V327; Thomason E365_6; ESTC R201246	21,011	26

in Yorkeshire to have slain Sir John Hotham both intended by one David Alexander and hired thereunto but both by Gods providence timely prevented 67. Commissions granted to popish Recusants to levy men and armes against the Parliament but the Parlia published a Declaration or Protestation to the whole world of their just proceedings therein 68. The King received the most bloody Irish rebels petition and permitted their persons with great favour and allowance about him calling and counting them good Catholick Subjects but utterly rejecting the Parliaments petition exhibited by the Lord Generall desiring peace and reconciliation with him 69. A Treaty of peace was really intended by the Parliament but meerly pretended and fraudulently for a while transacted by the Royalists in which interim that most bloody bickering at ●rainf●●d was most treacherously committed by the Kings party and a most wicked piece of villany c●●yed on therein but though with much losse on both sides but especially on theirs by Gods great mercy the mischiefe prevented and the City of London mightily preserved 70. A dangerous plot against the kingdom ●n new High-Sheriffes for the better collecting of the 400000 〈◊〉 Subsidies intended to have been confirmed to the King in a former Parliament but that plot 〈◊〉 by the Parliament providence and an Ordinance of Parliament set on foot for the successefull Association of Counties for mutuall defence one of another against regall injurious taxations and oppressions on them 71. A wicked design of the Royalists at Oxford and elsewhere to proceed against the Parliaments prisoners as traytors and so to put them to death by which Dr. Bastwick and Captain Lilburn were to have been tryed for their lives but prevented by an Ordinance of Parliament for execution of a Le● Ta●●onis and so of executing the Royall prisoners among us The Citie Trained Bands and the brave Sea-men with Barges and Long-boates adorn'd with streamers drums trumpets and furnisht with Ship-guns other Warrlike instruments guard the Lords Commons safely to Parl by land Water The Countie of Buckingham Cometh to London the very same day of the Lords Com̄ons so guarded with their Petition to the Parl Carrying the Protestation on their slaves on horseback and the Counties of Essex Hertford Barkshire Surrey others followed them in like maner shortly after Anno 1643. 72. A notable plot against the City of London immediately upon the Cities prefe●●ing a petition to the King by the hands of two trusty Aldermen and foure Commoners of the said City in reply to which petition the King sending as his messenger one Captain Hern to the City and the whole body of the City assembling at a Common Hall this Hern desires Faire-play above-board of them But the businesse being found to be a notable design of the malignant-Citizens against the Parliament and the then Lord Mayor of London and the Government of their City the honest and farre major party cry out in the hearing of Hern they would live and dye with the Parliament and so sent Hern away with a flea in his care 73. Another plot immediately after contrivedat Oxford by a Letter sent to all the Freemen Journeymen and Apprentices of the said City to assemble at their severall Halls and there the Masters and Wardens of all Companies to read the Kings Letter to them and to perswade them to yeeld to all the Kings comemands against the Parliament and City but this letter was nipt and crost also in the neck and nick of it and voted by the Parliament to be evill and scandalous 74. A plot also to betray Bristol into the Royalists hands by one Yeomans and Bowch●r and divers other their associates but by Gods mercy the plot being timely discovered and the danger avoyded those two principall conspirators were by Martiall Law condemned and hanged and so the plot utterly frustrated 75. Cheapeside crosse Charing-crosse and all other crosses in and about London utterly demolished and pulled down and that abominable and blasphemous book of tolerating sports and pastimes on the Lords daies voted to be burnt and shortly after accordingly burnt together with many crucifixes and popish trinckets and trurnperies in the very same place where Cheapeside-crosse stood 76. M. Prynne sent by the Parliament to the Towre of London to search the Arch prelate of Canterburies chamber and Study there where he was prisoner who accordingly searching his Study and his pockets of his wearing cloathes a just requitall of his dealing with Mr. Prynne and others found the originall Scotch Service-book with the Arch●Bishops owne hand-writings in it the cause of all the Scots warres and his Diary Devotions and discoveries under his own hands of matters of high concernment 77. The City of London to have been betrayed into the hands of the Royalists under a pretence of a petition for peace plotted by Mr. Waller a member of the House of Commons M. Tompkins Mr. Challenor and others and this wicked plot te●med by King Charles in his letter to the Queen one of his Fine Designes But God manifested th●● to be wicked and accursed Designes and Waller on● of the prime complotters was by the sentence of the Parliament fined 10000 livre. in his estate and sent out of the kingdom into perpetuall banishment and Tompkins and Challenor hanged in London 78. The breaking out of Sir John Hothams rotten-heart and infidelity to the Parliament in his intended and 〈◊〉 pl●t for the betraying of that mighty strong Town of Hull into the Queens hands which treachery was plotted and contrived between Sir John the father Captain Hotham his son and Sir Edward Roades and began to be suspected by Sir John Hothams deserting of the most noble Lord Fairfax by an intercepeed letter of the Queens to the King and divers other sumptomes of it but especially by Captain Moyers letter to Mr. Ripley and Mr. Ripley's faithfull acquainting the Mayor of Hull therewith and their first seizing on the Block-houses Castles and Commanders of them and at length their apprehending of the persons of Sir John Hotham and Sir Edward Roads for which treachery Sir John Hotham and Captain Hotham his Son was also apprehended and both of the●● beheaded at the Tower of London The 2 of May 1643. ye Crosse in Cheapeside was pulled downe a Troope of Horse 2 Companies of foote wayted to garde it at ye fall of ye tope Crosse drum̄es beat trūpets blew multitudes of Capes wayre throwne in ye Ayre a greate Shoute of People with ioy ye 2 of May the Almanake sayeth was ye invention of the Crosse 6 day at night was the Leaden Popes burnt in the place where it stood with ringinge of Bells a greate Acclamation no hurt done in all these actions 10 of May the Boocke of Sportes vpon the Lords day was burnt by the Kingman in the place where the Crosse s●●ode at exhange Die Merturii May 10. 1643. By vertue of an Order of the House of

Commons and agreeable to a Bill passed by both Houses of Parliament for suppressing of divers innovations in Churches and Chappels this Committee doth require you and every of you to take away and demollish every Altar or Table of Stone within your Church or Chappell and to remove the Communion Table from the East end of the said Church or Chappel and to place the same in some other convenient place of the body of the said Church or Chappell and to remove and take away all Tapers Candlesticks and Basons from the Communion Table and to take away and demolish all crucifixes Crosses and all Images and Pictures of any one or more persons of the Trinity or of the Virgin Mary and this Committee doth further require you to demollish all crucifixes Crosses Images or Pictures of any one or more persons of the Trinity or of the Virgin Mary upon the outside of your said Church or Chappell or in any open place within your Parish Whereof you are to give an account to this Committee before the 20 day of this present moneth To the Church-Wardens of the Parish of c. and to every of them 79. A desperate plot for the betraying of the City or Town of Lincolne by the two Purfries two Captains of Hull who let in 60 Cavaliers by night in disguised habits and who issuing out about 12 of the clock that night to act their designe where a plain fellow of the Town discharging a piece of Canon upon them slew 10 of them at one shot the rest slain and taken by the centinels and Souldiers of the town and so by Gods mercy the City preserved 80. The Queen wrote a dangerous letter to the King to come with all his forces to surprize London but by Gods over-powring wisedome and good providence the King refusing that counsell resolved to take Gloucester first which he fiercely assaulted but was as bravely repulsed and by Gods blessing on Major Generall Mas●ies fidelity and magnanimity of spirit timely aide comming to relieve the Town it was admirably freed and by the Lord Generalls Army and the City of Londons Regiments delivered 81. A desperate rebellion raised by the Ke●tish malignants but by Gods mercy timely suppressed about Tunbridge by the valour of Colonell Brown and the wel-affected Gentry of the County of Kent 82. A Ship bound from Denmark to the King of about 300 t●n richly laden with armes and 〈◊〉 another Ship bound from Newcastle to Holland laden with 〈…〉 but in the midst thereof 〈…〉 between 3 and 4000li hid in the 〈…〉 to buy arms for the King and a third great ship called the Fellowship 〈…〉 least 400 tun carrying 24 pieces of Ordnance all these 3 ships taken by the Parliaments ships and made prize of 83. The comming in of our brethren of Scotland with an army of at least 20000 horse and foot invited thereunto by the Parl in the bitter depth of winter when they marched up to the middle in snow and were forced to bring their Artillery over the ice of the frozen river of Tyne and the Citizens of London lent the Parliament a 100000 li. for the Scots first pay to encourage their advance to helpe us against the Kings forces On Tuesday the 23 of May 1643. 23. May 1643. Voted that ye Queene Pawning the Iewells of ye Crowne in Holland there with buying Armes to assist the Warr against ye Par●a●● her owne actuall performances with her popish army in the North was high Treason transmited to the Lords images Crucifixes papist●call bookes in Somerset and ●am●●●s ●are burnt and Capuchin friers sent away May 1643. an ordinance for the makeing of Fortes Trenches and Bull workes about the Cittie Iuly 1 43. the Assembly of Diuines m●tt Dr. ●●iss Prolocutor 120 the totall May ●3 Challenor and Tomkins were hangd for seekeing to betray the Cittie The Bishop of Canterburies first prayer on the Scaffold 10 Janua 1644. O Eternall God and mercifull Father look down upon me in mercy in the riches and fulnesse of all thy mercies look upon me but not till thou hast nailed my sins to the crosse of Christ look upon me but not till thou hast hathed me in the blood of Christ not till I have hid my self in the wounds of Christ that so the punishment that is due to my sins may passe away and go over me and since thou art pleased to try me to the uttermost I humbly beseech thee give me now in this great instant full patience proportionable comfort a heart ready to dye for thine honour and the Kings happinesse and this Churches preservation and my zeale to these far from arrogancy be it spoken is all the sin humane frailty excepted and all incidents thereunto which is yet known of me in this particular for which I now come to suffer I say in this particular of Treason but otherwise my sins are many and great Lord pardon them all and those especially whatsoever they b● which 〈…〉 this present judgement upon me and when thou hast given me strength 〈…〉 it then doe with me as seems best in thine own eyes ●nd ca●●y me through death that I may look upon it in what visage soever it shall appear 〈…〉 and that there may be a step of this issue of blood in this more then miserable 〈…〉 I shall desire that I may pray for the people too as well as for my selfe 〈…〉 thee give grace of repentance to all people that h●ve a thirst for b●●●● but if they will not 〈…〉 it device● so and such as are or shall be contrary to the glory of thy great 〈◊〉 the truth and sincerity of Religion the establishment of the King and his posterity after him in their just rights and priviledges the honour and conservation of Parliaments in their ancient and just power the preservation of this poore Church in her truth peace and patrimony and the settlement of this distracted and distressed people under the ancient laws and in their native liberties and when thou hast done all this in mercy for them O Lord fill their hearts with thankfulnesse and with religious dutifull obedience to thee and thy Commandements all their dayes So Amen Lord Jesus and I beseech thee receive my soule to mercy Our Father c. Sr Alexander Caro●● Sr. Iohn Hotham Capt●n Hotham the Arch Bishop of Canterbury beheaded on To●erhill for Treason against ye Parliament 1645. The Great Seale broken before the Lords and Commons on Tusday the 11. August 1646 The Bishop of Canterburies last Prayer on the Scaffold Lord I am comming as fast as I can I know I must passe through the shadow of death before I can come to see thee but it is but um●ra mortis a meer shadow of death a little darknesse upon nature but thou by thy merits and passion hast broke through the jaws of death so Lord receive my soule and have mercy upon me and blesse this kingdome with peace and plenty and