Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	lord_n	province_n	unite_a	2,225	5	10.6125	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93628	The speech of Their Excellencies the Lords Ambassadours Extraordinary. From the high and mighty States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, taking their leave of both the Honourable Houses of Parliament assembled at Westminster. 10. April 1645. Translated out of French into English: and printed by their Excellencies order. Steph. Taylor secr. Together with a moderate answer by a private gentleman. Printed according to order.	Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.	1645 (1645)	Wing S4867; Thomason E278_9; ESTC R200014	1,717	8

THE SPEECH OF THEIR Excellencies the Lords Ambassadours Extraordinary From the High and Mighty States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands taking their leave of both the Honourable Houses of Parliament Assembled at Wes●minster 10. April 1645. Translated out of French into English And printed by their Excellencies Order Steph. Taylor Secr. Together with a Moderate Answer by a private Gentleman Printed according to Order LONDON Printed by M. B. for Robert Bostock at the Kings head in Pauls Church-yard 16. April 1645. The Ambassadours Speech Right Honourable TWo things have moved Our Lords and Superiours to send Us their ambassadors Extraordinary into this Kingdome viz. Their Duty and Your Service The first consisted in their Power and in the resenting of the present Distractions The other being altogether in your choyce to accept if You should like of it We have long agoe and Divers times spoken unto Your Honours of the one and the other as likewise unto the King who hath honoured so much Our State as to have accepted the offers of Our Interposition But We are still with Your Honours upon the same termes We were at the beginning without any certitude or likelyhood to be accepted We have already obtained Our leave from the King and have left His Majesty full of good will and disposition for a just and reasonable Accommodation Likewise We parted from Him well satisfied concerning the point of the Evangelique-Protestant Religion upon the Offers He hath lately permitted us to make And as concerning the Royall Rights or Prerogatives the Liberties and Priviledges of this Kingdome and the Parliament and of all the Subjects no doubt when that His Majesty shall be satisfied His Majesty will also satisfie every one But Sirs We can stay no longer here unlesse Your Honours accept of our Interposition without which We are uselesse And from hence it is Our Lords and Superiours have charged Us in such a case to take Our leave and returne to Our owne home In performance of which last Duty We are here come before You assuring You We shall never cease to wish unto this heretofore flourishing Kingdome an Accommodation and Peace which is and ever will be as profitable as necessary The Answer YOur Excellencies came into England to shew your selves Christians out of hope to prevent blood and mischiefe and partly to shew your selves Friends to England out of hope to prevent the utter ruine of this your neighbour Nation To accomplish these honourable ends you have addressed your selves both to His Majesty and the Parliament But whereas his Majestie hath accepted the offers of your Interposition you seeme to complaine that you have no certitude or likelihood to be accepted by the Parliament You doe not neverthelesse declare what that Interposition is which the King admits or the Parliament denies For if the King doe wholly referre His Cause to your umpirage t were necessary that you plainly make this knowne to the Parliament and if the King receives you no further then as friendly Intercessors to Intreat or Perswade in this he does no more then the Parliament does But you conceive the King offereth enough assurance for the Evangelique-Protestant Religion and it may be you expect that the Assembled States of England and Scotland having drawne together for their assistance the best Divines they can from all Protestant Countries should attribute more to your judgement herein then to themselves Truly this seems to us something too unequall and we much doubt whether His Majestie be so fully resolved to resigne up himselfe and all his pretences in the point of Religion to your finall decision You further seeme confident That His Majesty will satisfie others when He is himselfe satisfied concerning His Prerogative and our Liberty but this may be perhaps because you doe not so experimentally understand what is likely to satisfie the King as the best and wisest of His two Protestant Kingdoms doe The Kings Intentions are knowne either by his professions or actions As for his professions we know they are and ever were very gracious but whatsoever Expressions He may make to you in your particular He cannot promise a greater affection to Religion and Justice then the Parliament does And as for the Kings actions we would gladly be instructed by you but we cannot apprehend our selves lesse judicious in them then any strangers whatsoever When your State was formerly in distresse our Ancestours did intercede otherwise then you doe now and yet your Provinces were as divided as ours are now and your Cause was as liable to dispute as ours is now and what we did tender then was from the intire body of our whole Nation and to be cleere with you we doe not looke so upon your Interpositions now For your good wishes to the prosperity of this Kingdome wee thanke you and if you will propose a just and reasonable Accommodation whatsoever you thinke of us you will finde us as full of good will and disposition to it as you now beleeve the King is FINIS