Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	king_n	receive_v	scotland_n	2,776	5	8.3643	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22460	By the King Charles by the grace of God, King of England ... whereas wee haue receiued certaine information ... of the most distressed and lamentable estate of the poore exiled ministers of the Palatinate ...	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1627 (1627)	STC 8878; ESTC S122733	2,252	1

C R DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ¶ By the King CHARLES by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland defender of the faith c. To all to whom these presents shall come greeting WHEREAS Wee haue receiued certaine information aswell by the Ministers and Elders of the Dutch Churches both in parts beyond the Seas and in Our Citie of London as by the speciall and earnest recommendation of Our dearest Sister and her Royall Consort Our deare Brother the Prince Elector Palatine of the most distressed and lamentable estate of the poore exiled Ministers of the Palatinate their Wiues and Children who falling into the power of their cruell enemies haue been spoyled of all their Temporall estates and exposed vnto vnexpressible miseries and are now inforced as Exiles to retire and hide themselues from the violence of their aduersaries in seuerall Cities Towns and other places where they liue in very great penury and want most of them hauing formerly had plentifull and liberall meanes to sustaine their owne charge and to be helpefull to others whose cases are the more to be deplored for that this extremity is fallen vpon them for their sincerity and constancie in the true Religion which Wee together with them doe professe and which Wee are all bound in conscience to maintaine to the vttermost of Our powers whereas these religious and godly persons being inuolued amongst many others their Countrey-men in the common calamitity might haue enioyed their estates and fortunes if with other backesliders in the times of triall they would haue submitted themselues to the Antichristian yoke and haue renounced or dissembled the profession of the true Religion WEE taking these things in Our Princely consideration and being mooued with the bowels of compassion towards them as feeling members of the same bodie whereof Christ alone is the head and beeing certainely informed that those of the Vnited Prouinces and diuers other Protestants in other places haue bountifully contributed towards their necessities and being well assured that all Our louing Subiects of this Our Kingdome who haue long enioyed the freedome of the Gospel and haue tasted largely of the comfort thereof will not be inferiour to any in worke so full of piety and charity towards their distressed brethren haue resolued to commend the distressed estates of these poore soules vnto charities of all the people of this Our Realme KNOWE ye therefore That Wee of Our Princely grace doe order and grant that a generall Collection the made of the charitable deuotions and liberalities of all Our louing Subiects throughtout this Our Realme of England and Dominion of Wales in all places whatsoeuer aswell within liberties as without towards the reliefe and succour of the sayd poore Exiles liuing now dispersed and distressed in such sort as aforesayd which Collection Wee will and command shall bee made and ordered in manner and forme following That is to say Wee first will and grant that by the discretion of the Lord Bishop of London Our owne Printer at Our owne charge shall foorthwith print so many Briefes of these Our Letters Patents as shall bee sufficient to disperse them into euery Church and Chappell where publique and Diuine Seruice is usually celebrated in and throughout this Our whole Kingdome and Dominion And that the Letters Patents themselues vnder Our great Seale bee left with the sayd Bishop of London that the Lord Bishop of London doe receiue all these Briefes from Our Printer that sayd Lord Bishop of London shall withall speede send so many of them vnto euery Archbishop and Bishop within this Realme and Dominion as shall bee requisite for euery Church and Chappell within their seuerall Diocesse to haue one of them that euery Archbishop and Bishop in euery Diocesse doe disperse them into euery Parish Church and Chappell to be deliuered to the Minister of that place that the Minister and Curate in euery Church and Chappell receiue them and in the time of Diuine Seruice on some Sunday publish them with an exhortation to the stirring vp of their Christian deuotion to a worke so full of charity that the Churchwardens and Ouerseers of the poore make diligent collection of all the Parishioners and persons present that after the money shall be collected the summe collected be indorsed on the backe of the Briefe and that it bee publiquely declared vnto the Congregation what that summe doth amount vnto which is ther collected that every Archbishop and Bishop doe nominate in euery Deanry within his Diocesse one able and fit Minister to bee the Receiuer of all the money collected within that Deanry to whom the Churchwardens and Ourseers of euery Parish being within that Deanry shall within three dayes after the Collection pay ouer the money collected and deliuer the Briefe indorsed receiuing from him a Note vnder his hand of the summe so payd that euery such Minister within sixe dayes after the receipt of the moneys within that Deanry pay the ouer to the Lord Bishop of the Diocesse or his Officiall that the Bishop of Diocesse deliuer or pay the same ouer to the hands of the Bishop of London within fourteene dayes after that the Bishop of London as hee shall receiue any summe of one hundred pounds or aboue foorthwith send and deliuer the same to the Ministers and Elders of the Dutch Congregation in London at their meeting in their Consistory and receiue from them a Note in writing vnder the hands of foure of them at the least that the Ministers and Elders of the Dutch Congregation in London on whose fidelities and honesties in this behalfe We will trust doe with all conuenient speede send or by exchange make ouer the same into the parts beyond the Seas and diuide and distribute the same vnto and amongst these poore distressed soules for their reliefe and sustenance in such manner as for their cares faithfulnesse and discretions they will be answerable to Vs for the same And to that end that they keepe a perfect account in writing of all their receipts paiments and distributions of the sayd moneys to be shewed vnto Vs whensoeuer for Our satisfaction We shall call for the same In witnesse whereof Wee haue caused these Our Letters to be made Patents for the space two yeeres now next ensuing the date hereof to continue Witnesse Our Selfe at Westminster the nine and twentieth day of Ianuary in the third yeere of Our Reigne God saue the King ❧ Imprinted at London by BONHAM NORTON and IOHN BILL Printers to the Kings most Excellent MAIESTIE M.DC.XXVII