Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	devil_n	father_n	liar_n	1,960	5	10.7881	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93041	A word in season or, A check to disobedience, and to all lying scandalous tongues, with manifest conviction of a general received slander; in vindication of the Right Honorable, John Warner, Lord-Mayor of the Honorable City of London : concerning the justness of his actions upon Christmas-day, calumniated by evil-affected men. / By G.S. Gent. Jan. 13. 1647. Imprimatur G. Mabbot.	G. S., Gent.	1648 (1648)	Wing S30; Thomason E422_26; ESTC R203464	5,036	8

Christmas day and to vindicate his Name from the calumnious Reproaches and horrid lying Slanders cast upon him and upon his Authority by some sons of Disobedience In brief thus The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament being sensible of the too much superstitious keeping the day called Christmas day and the superfluity in all excess which are altogether unsutable to our sad Times of Calamity according to the National Covenant against all Superstition and for Reformation have thought fit to reform that abuse And because some Episcopal men Divines in the City were resolved to preach that day being the 25. of December last with intent to kindle greater fire of Contention rather then to edifie their hearers in the Faith of Christ An Order came from the House to the Lord Major on the Even to command such men not to Preach on that day some obeyed and some disobeyed little was said or done to any but admonished and they are where they were for ought I know as full of Superstition as before The same 25. day of December the Lord Major being at Guildhall sitting in Committee of the Militia complaint was made before them That a tumult was gathered together in Cornhil near Leadenhal where in despite of Authority they had set up Holly and Ivy on the top of a Pinacle a high work or building in the middle of the street which they with these green things had adorned and made some glory in it The Lord Major and the rest of the Committee sent the Marshal of the City with his man and some other of his Lordships Officers to pul down these gawds but not suffered to do it were by the multitude abused One was in danger to be killed the Marshals man as the rest seeking to escape their hands was pursued by some of them and forced to take a house for safety some of the rude multitude assayed to break in upon him and said they would have him and they would kill him but he escaped by a back-way and came back with the rest to the Committee of the Militia where the Lord Major was The Lord Major presently fearing some mischief might be arose and took horse being accompanied with one of the Sheriffs the other being necessarily absent rode to the place aforesaid taking with them some Holbertiers to guard his Lordships person and to keep the perce Their presence gave some dump to the company many of them were submissive but some gave Affront insomuch that one of the Officers strook one of them on the head and brake his head his name was Price ap Williams on whom they laid hold and on some others who were all sent to the Counter but the Lord Major blamed him that strook saying he came thither to keep the peace c. The third day after Examination and admonition they were set at liberty and all well onely Price Williams wore a plaister to his broken pate This Price Williams it seems was servant to Mr. William Garraway a Merchant but not his Apprentice He was first Sir Henry Garraway's Footboy afterward he went abroad to seek preferment but returned empty to this Mr. Garraway son to Sir Henry Garraway where he is employed to go of errands and to wait at Table where he now is well and sound as ever he was since he came first out of Wales his Native place This is the full and whole truth of the business though Envy have spread another Report For those seditious instruments of the Devil who was a lyar from the beginning and is the Father of lyes and lyars maliciously by the secret suggestion of the old Serpent first whispered abroad that Price Williams was dead of the wound in his head and that the Lord Major commanded his Officers to knock him down and that he was a mans son of quality born to a great Estate Apprentice to Mr. Garraway who had in money Three hundred pounds with him and that the Lord Major was in great trouble about it This report being thus secretly spread by wicked and turbulent men it grew by the eighth day of Ianuary to a publike talk in all places within the City and divulged into the Countreys so as the thing was by very many believed with such confidence that many to this day will not believe the contrary And the rather because these malignant persons to make some Insurrection or Rebellious Mutiny had incensed many Apprentices to indignation so as there were several papers set up upon posts to meet together to avenge the blood of their brother Prentice These things being so frequently talked of put me to a diligent enquiry of the business which I really finde as I have related it in every particular And for my better satisfaction I caused these Reports to be made known to the Lord Major who made this wise and grave answer to it That the thing did not nor should not trouble him at all innocency and an upright heart was defence and support to him against all malice of men Saying farther It was a business below him to take notice of it being his own case and rather made that use of their slander that David did of Shime●'s cursing then seeking any revenge up●n the persons of any And as wise Pyrrus did in another the like case when a friend came to him and told him of one in the City of Ambracia that coutinually spak● ill of him to all men and desired he would put him out of the City 〈◊〉 Pyrrus gave this answ●r Let him alone if he speak ill of me while I have not offended and when I have done him no harm how much more will he speak ill of me if I should banish him Truly the conside●rtion of all this put together his Lordships innocency patience and the horribl● slander cast upon him inforced me to write this sheet in his Vindication whose fidelity piety and Iustice is to me well known And he that will not vindicate himself by the Sword of Authority hath need and justly deserves to be defended in so just a cause by the Pen of a friend though I confess his merits do challenge and call for more then I will or can express for I hate to flatter onely to wash the stain that black-mouthed Hell-hounds have sough● to cast upon him I have dipt my Pen in ink not in gall for they want none Now to conclude I shall endeavor to do them good for evil and intreat them to take advice from me to leave lying as they love their souls for the Spirit of God saith plainly All lyars shall have iheir part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone humble your selves therefore ye sons of Belial that dare speak evil of dignities and bring false accusations against the just and lawful Magistrate whom God hath stiled with the honor to bear his own name as they do his image he hath called them gods though they must dye like men Ye children of your Father the Devil know your selves and seek God repent of your horrid wickedness and pray if possible your sins may be forgiven you for you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity yet ye may be as a firebrand pluckt out of the burning But if for my well wishes ye rail against me by reproach of the tongue I say no more to you but what the Apostle Jude said to your Father The Lord rebuke you FINIS