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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	country_n	england_n	king_n	3,038	5	3.6601	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85519	The grand concernments of England ensured: viz. liberty of conscience, extirpation of popery, defence of property, easing of taxes, advance of trade, soveraign powers of Parliaments, reformation of religion, laws and liberties, indempnity, settlement, by a constant succession of free Parliaments, the only possible expedient to preserve us from ruine or slavery. The objections, answered; but more largely, that of a senate. With a sad expostulation, and some smart rebukes to the Army.		1659 (1659)	Wing G1492; Thomason E1001_6; ESTC R204729	70,399	77

of Penal Laws they cannot but remember how far from grievous they were in the late Kings time the Catholicks living here notwithstanding them in more flourishing condition then they of Italy France or Spain under their respective Princes and would do infinitely more under their natural King then if any forainer should acquire the power by conquest Besides having generally adhered to the late King in his Wars have no reason to distrust the finding favorable treatment from his Son and to share in that indulgence he is ready to afford even his greatest enemies i. e. such are Presbyterians and Independents this is Authentick Yea and besides all this who can tell he hath not sucked in some of his Mothers milk Thirdly The defence of Property is the common interest of the Nation I will not mispend a word to prove this least I should reproach my Countreymen of so much easiness as ignorance of such a foundamentall in reason as this Whether Properly be in danger of being invaded by the calling in the late Kings Son is more worthy of our enquiry How many purchasors are there of Bishops Lands Dean and Chapters Lands Delinquents Lands and Crown Lands whose Fee-simple would be no very wise title but much worse then Tenure in Villenage let any man of reason imagine this will not only concern Roundheads but many who in other matters are at no great distance with Episcopacy have their hands full of them they being bought and sold over and over many to whose hands this will come will no doubt be sufficiently sensible hereof that these are alienated upon as good if no better reason then were the Abby Lands c. in Hen. 8. time none that were the first buyers had I believe any jealousie to the contrary nor hath any man any thing material to object against it King and Delinquents Lands were justly forfeited for raising and levying War upon the Parliament the Bishops Lands because those men involved us into those Distractions and abetted and adhered unto that party and drove the Chariot of the Church so furiously that they were like to overthrow all wherefore the State found it good prudence to take down their mettle by making better use of their Lands to satisfie publick debts and so to leave them disabled for the future to disturbe our peace which if their Lands had been reserved they would have been alwayes attempting to recover and therewith the Government of Church and State too the other Church lands went in company to help pay debts being exposed to forfeiture by the general malignancy of the incumbents besides were of no other signification then to maintain a company of lazy Lubbers the Nation is hereby generally concerned to secure them their purchases as those were secured and untouched in Hen. 8. time that Qeen Mary could do the Pope no courtesie in the former my Author denies not that if any should go about to attempt the latter it would cost him hot water I do most willingly believe however as the one was attempted so most certainly would the other and with much more violence the temptation being now far greater since he must be a sorry King that hath lost his Estate Queen Mary was not altogether so nearly concerned Is it imaginable when he shall return King of these Nations he will endure to see the Crown Lands fallen into the fingers of John an Oakes and John a Stiles himself King of England and not a foot of Land could he say soul take thine ease while those Loyal hearts that followed him through thick and thin in peril at Land in peril at Sea remain fleeced of thousands and some it may be of ten thousands per annum all the Church Lands gone and nothing left to oblige those props of Prerogative would this give his Majesty a competent satisfaction to sit down and let it rest thus I trow not How can he look upon himself as other then a burden to his Countrey if he must live upon the Charity of well disposed people such too would be the case of his Sequestered adherents and could this comport with the honour of his Majesty could he see his Bishops Deans and Chapters thus brought to desolation so far from having their k●ngdom in this world that they should have scarce a hole to put their head in and would not this be a hard Chapter Could he look upon himself under the first consideration and believe he were The high and mighty Prince CHARLES King of England Scotland c. or under the second and not think he had lost the Crown of his Crown could he believe himself Defender of the Faith It is come to this issue Either Purchasers must be robbed of their Estates for which some of them have paid dear enough and ready money or he must live upon a general Contribution which latter I have so honorable thoughts of him as to believe he would not endure the former would be dishonest the latter ignoble the former would be an oppression the ruine of many the latter an intolerable burden upon all How well then they will befriend him that shall put him upon this Dilemma let our adversaries themselves be the judges Besides no body knowes how many new Delinquents must be made it would be no easie matter to perswade every man that hath adhered to the Parliament that their Estates should be so much their own as at the pleasure of Prerogative yea should the strongest obligations immaginable be fastned on him to bind up his hands from doing these Roundheads and Puritans harme yet would they hardly bind Him and his Heirs for ever Whence must come those rewards that our Author promiseth they shall be sure to finde that have served him in any kinde especially they that are instrumental in his restitution Certainly want of money which he must needs be reduced unto to gratifie them being abundance almost innumerable swarmes of crawling croaking creeping things that helped to undo his Father and him in the late Wars will make invincible necessity good reason of State for some arbitrary proceedings and then this decayed threedbare Courtier will beg that Roundheaded dog for a Ward and that beggarly Cavalier will beg this Puritan that Presbyterian the other Independent or Anabaptist for a fool and veryly I would have them beg us all for fools when we have no more wit And however he may be engaged to forgive us yet can hardly be obliged to forget us we shall be as bad as bound to our good behaviour it must needs be enough being added to our former transgression to entitle us to beggery if not to the Gallows to pisse against a Church wall The Cavaliers that cannot contain themselves from looking us through and through and cursing us to our faces while they are scarce yet in so good condition as to call it a State Militant will make no great trouble of it when they arrive at their State Triumphant to pick a hole in our