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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	according_a	call_v	word_n	1,705	5	3.8890	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89918	Problemes necessary to be determined by all that have, or have not taken part on either side in the late unnaturall warre. For the making of their peace with God and disposing them to a hearty peace one with another. By reflecting upon what they have done, before they engage in a new more dangerous and doubtfull warre: dedicated to the Lord Major, aldermen and Common-Councel of the Honorable City of London. / By P.D.	Nethersole, Francis, Sir, 1587-1659.	1648 (1648)	Wing N497; Thomason E458_20; ESTC R203004	17,363	31

empeached of treason might not then without danger have submitted to their tryall appointed by Law supposing the formerly accused Members had also then submitted to a Legal tryal and should have been tryed first and would have been acquitted by their Peeres so as there had been no pretence of a just Warre on his Majesties part for their detainer 45. Whether the sixth Article preferred against the said accused Members be not by his Majesty avowed to be the chiefe head of their Charge aswell in his Majesties said Declaration as in the Articles themselves the said Article being comprised in these words That for the compleating of their traiterous designes they have endeavoured as farre as in them lay by force and terror to compel the Parliament to joyne with them in their traiterous designes and to that end have actually raised and countenanced tumults against the King and Parliament And whether the maine Charge against the Lord Digby and other Incendiaries in the Parliaments said Declaration of the fourth of August 1642. be not the very same viz. their combining to bury the happinesse of this kingdome in the ruine of this Parliament and by forcing it to cut up the freedom of Parliament by the roote as it is expressed page 494. And whether the maine charge of the Army against the eleven Members be not to the same effect And whether in common discourse some do not charge Others to be as guilty of the same crime as any of the accused by the Army by the Houses or by his Majesty 46. Whether they who in their private judgements have absolved the Speakers of the two Houses in which they are but the shadowes of his Majesties sacred person from all blame in what they did the last summer can with much equity or justice condemne his Majesty for having withdrawne himselfe from the tumults at Westminster when time was allowing all to be true which hath been alleaged by his Majesty and others in his behalfe for motives inducing him thereunto And whether any thing and what and how much is wanting to make the retirement of a part of the Members of both Houses to an old Army which had refused to be disbanded at their appointment a just parallel to the retirement of a much greater part of the Members of both Houses to Yorke or Oxford and there contributing their assistance toward the raising and maintaining of an Army And whether if this last mentioned Army had found no more opposition in their march to Westminster and through London then the forementioned Army did the last year the said Members needed to have done any more then was then acted by the General and Officers of the said Army for the compassing of their designe **** Desunt nonnulla **** 47. Whether upon the whole matter Whereas it was alleaged on both sides that they took up Armes in defence of his Majesties person of the true Protestant Religion which words ought to be understood of that which in this Kingdome is established for true of the Lawes and Liberties of the Kingdome and of the power and Privilege of Parliament The truth be not That the last onely to wit the Privilege of Parliament was in Question if the question were about matter of right none of the former having been or having on either side been said to be in any danger otherwise then as the freedome of Parliament was by both sides pretended to have been intended to be by the ther impeached And whether freedome being the maine Priviledge of Parliament and the providing for the freedome of the Parliament and of all other Assemblies having been said to belong to the King by the Prelates Earles Barons and the Communalty of this Realme assembled in Parliament at Westminster of purpose to take advice of this busines in the seventh yeare of King Edward the first And that by the Statute then made it was declared that it is the Kings part through his Royall seigniory straitly to defend force of armour and all other force against his peace and to punish them which shall do contrary according to the Lawes and usages of this Realme and that all the Subjects thereof are thereunto bound to aide the King as their Soveraigne Lord a all seasons when need shall be Whether I say in the late action at Warre taken as commenced on the part of the Parliament the onely point of fact in issue were not whether his Majesty either did proceed or would have proceeded according to the Laws and Usages of this Realme in the accusation of the Lord Kimbolton now Earle of Manchester and of the five Members of the House of Commons charged with an indeavour by force and terror to compell the Parliament to joyne with them in their Traiterous Designes and with having to that end actually raised and countenanced Tumuls against the King and Parliament I say would have proceeded Because his Majesty taking notice that some conceived it disputable whether his proceedings against the persons aforesaid by his Atturney were legall and agreeable to the Priviledges of Parliament was pleased to wave those his proceedings and to Declare That when the minds of men were composed he would proceed against them in an unquestionable way And whether in the late action at Warre taken as commenced on his Majesties part the onely point of fact in issue were not whether his Majesty did ever refuse to deliver the Lord Digby or any other duly accused Incendiary to a Legall tryal before the beginning of the Warre 48. Whether his Majesties Sollicitor have not fully declared his being of opinion that the justice of the great Cause yet depending between the King his Master and his two Houses of Parliament must come at last to be determined by matter of fact in a speech by him made at Guild-hall at a Common Hall there held on Friday 6. October 1643. upon the occasion of desiring the assistance of our Brethren of Scotland in this Warre in the words to be read page 5. of the Copie of that Speech published according to Order and printed by R. Cotes in 1646. And whether the truth of any matter of fact be not more surely determined by producing witnesses upon Oath then by Tryall by Battell The words last cited In case they be called in we are to consider then what alteration this is like to make we are therefore to consider how it comes about that the Party comes to be so equall that so many should engage themselves on the other Parry as we see they do certainly a great many of them do it being uncertain in their judgments to which side to cleave Another Party they do it because that they out of feare desire to keep their estates and stand Neuters For the first of those certainly both at home and abroad those that are averse they look upon us as a Protestant Kingdom but divided among our selves they heare Protestations on both sides that both Parties do protest to maintaine the Protestant Religion the Lawes of the Kingdome and the Liberty of the Subject and they see and read the Declarations that go out on both sides and the matter of fact being that that makes the cause they know not what to believe of that The words cited page 18. All this before we meddled with Hull or Magazine or Militia shew plainly that our Act in securing them was not the cause of the Kings taking up Armes and exercising hostility upon his loving and loyall subjects which was in the thought and endeavours of those about the King who then had and still have the greatest influence upon his Councells before we thought of Hull or Militia or any thing else of that nature And then that our resigning of them now would not prevaile with him to make him lay down his Armes and return to his Parliament and gratifie the earnest and longing desires of his people to enjoy his presence favour and protection But that if he could recover either by our resignation or any other way pieces of so much advantage to him and weakning to us use would be made of them to our infinite prejudice and ruine the intention being still the same not to rest satisfied with having Hull or taking away the Ordinance of the Militia But to destroy the Parliament c. FINIS