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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	act_n	good_a	will_n	3,027	5	6.4713	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75610	The arraignment of the Anabaptists good old cause, vvith the manner and proceedings of the court of iustice against him. Also the names of the jury and witnesses that came in against him, with the sentence of death pronounced by the judge before his execution,.		1660 (1660)	Wing A3752; Thomason E1017_32; ESTC R208078	7,934	16

THE ARRAIGNMENT OF THE ANABAPTISTS Good Old Cause VVith the manner and proceedings OF THE COURT of IUSTICE Against him Also the Names of the JURY and WITNESSES that came in against him WITH THE SENTENCE Of Death pronounced by the Judge before his EXECUTION LONDON Printed by John Morgan 1660. THE ARRAIGNMENT OF THE ANABAPTISTS Good Old Cause Together with the manner and proceedings of the Court of Justice against him UPon the 11th of February last the Judge came to the place of Judicature attended with Knights Sheriffs and Justices of Peace other Officers The Commission was read for the Tryal of the Malefactor who being brought to the Bar the Jury was impannesd and sworn to give in a true Verdict according to the evidences The Clerk stands up and calls them by their names and the Cryer names them Mr. Conscience I. Mr. Obedience II. Mr. Honor-king III. Mr. Honesty IV. Mr. Duety V. Mr. Faithful VI. Mr. Trusty VII Mr. Law VIII Mr. Truth IX Mr. Love X. Mr. Vnity XI Mr. Justice XII Good Men and true stand together and hear the Charge and looking upon the Prisoner as the Judge commanded they were charged to take notice of every Passage and Sentence that should be read by the Clerk in the Inditement and thereupon to give up a true Verdict Silence being made the Prisoner is commanded to hold up his hand which being done the Clark read the Inditement as followeth Good Old Cause thou art here Indited by the name of Good Old Cause alias Rump of the City of Government in the County of Kingshire That thou didst assume unto thy self in the yea● 1641. the name of Supream Authority and dids● Levy a War against the chief Magistrate and didst plot and endeavour to draw all other thy Fellow Subjects to do the same and cause there to bring in their Estates to defend and maintai● thee in the pursuance of this War and dids● make a General over Horse and foot to be th● Captain and didst settle a Militia in every County of the Land against the Commission of Arr●… ordered by Law and then thou the Good O●… Cause didst lay Siege against the strong Citie●… Castles Towns of the Land to batter them dow●… or yeild unto thee and hadst set Battels fought against the good people of the Land in whic● Battels many a brave Lord Knight and Gentleman was Slain or taken Prisoner by thee a●… kept a long time in prison and didst put out O●ders and Ordinances to force and compel men 〈◊〉 serve thee which if they denyed thou didst either plunder them of their goods or secure them as ill affected or both contrary to all Law in that case made provided and also that thou the Good Old cause didst impeach thy Fellow Members Treason when thou thy self wast the greater Traytor and cause them to be put to death either by Hanging them Killing them or Shooting them to death upon no good account but only to exercise thy Power and Will over the people also thou didst borrow infinite Sums of mony of the good people and never paid any of it back again and those that would not lend thee any thou compelledst them to it and moreover imposed upon the people pole mony Taxes Free-quarter and Excise besides the voluntary subscriptions of the men of thy own judgement to the utter undoing of the people in general And moreover thou didst in the year 1647. exclude thy Fellow Members out of the House for many years because they would not Act with thee in those things which were contrary to Law Reason Honesty Faith and a good Conscience and thou the Good Old Cause didst add unto all thy wickednesse and abominations a greater than any of the former in betraying thy trust and committed that unparallel regicide against thy true and lawful Magistrate unto whom thou wast bound by the Oath of Allegiance to defend and maintain to the uttermost of thy power also in the same year thou dist Execute thy malice upon three Noble persons in one day which were far better and honester than thy self also thou the Good old Cause didst make an Ordinance that this Land should be a free-State and that no Writs should run in a single Persons name and that there should be no more Kingly Government because thou said'st it was burthensome and dangerous And that there should be no House of Lords for thou said'st it was useless And thou the Good old Cause didst banish the regal Line and madest it to be Treason to give them their proper titles or that any one should pray for them in their Pulpits or aid and assist them with any mony meat victuals or any other necessary thing and moreover thou the Good old Cause didst put to sale all Crown Lands Jewels Houses Mannors and Plate belonging to the chief Magistrate with the felling of his Woods demolishing of Castles in every part of the Land besides Bishops Deans and Chapters Lands which was not a little Also thou didst pluck down and deface all the royal arms in what place soever set up whether in Churches on Ships or Halls and didst place thine own instead thereof And moreover thou the Good old Cause didst break in pieces the great true Seal of the Land and madest a new stamp to coyn mony withall with this circumscription God with us when the Devil was in thee And also thou didst impose a Tax of 90 thousand pounds a month for several years upon thy fellow Subjects and madest them to subscribe to an engagement to be true to thee and madest thy self rich by undoing others of thy Brethren by plotting and fomenting things against them which they never knew so that thou becamest hatefull to the eyes of all for thy ill actings and grand misdemeanor was turned out of doors for the space of six years and upward after all which by thy craft and subtility thou the Good old Cause didst wind thy self in again and by the power of thy strength and policy didst defend and justifie thy doing to be agreeable to Laws and wouldest not be contradicted nor entreated by the request and petitions of the said truly good and honest but after all thou the Good old Cause didst out of malice and envy and invettered hatred against the honourable City by whom thou hast been much engaged to and from whom thou hast received so many gratuities favours and bounty thou hast in thy rage pluckt up their posts took off their Chains took off their Gates and broke in pieces their Percullisses and sold the iron for naught all which rebellions Murthers Robberies and Perjuries have been by thee committed contrary to the peace of our Soveraign Lord the King his Crown and dignity Judge then said to the Good old Cause what sayest thou for thy self to this Inditement Guilty or not guilty He answers not guilty and puts himself upon tryal then the Cryer said if there be any can give evidence against the Prisoner at the Bar