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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	find_v	great_a	king_n	3,579	5	3.5272	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B14994	A coranto Relating diuers particulars concerning the newes out of Italy, Spaine, Turkey, Persia, Bohemia, Sweden, Poland, Austria, the Pallatinates, the Grisons, and diuers places of the higher and Lower Germanie.		1622 (1622)	STC 18507.88; ESTC S114519	8,713	24

is a good orderly one and relates many particulars From Amsterdam October 31. THe Horsemen of the States one day amongst the rest brought in a booty valued at 6000. pound sterling which made many of their fingers itch to be doing with the Spaniards also But his Excellency saith that hee will beat them well enough with lying still The King of Bohemia is safe returned to the Hagh and the Duke of Brunswicke and Count Mansfield tooke vp Souldiers for Westphalia The States also take vp Souldiers for all it is towards winter From Berghen and Middleberough THe Marquesse of Baden was arriued at the Hagh before his Excellency came thither and so likewise was the King of Bohemia and the Count Mansfield hauing consulted with the King of Bohemia about some important businesse and knowing that his Souldiers were already marcht vpwards tooke his leaue of his Maiesty and the Queene and went with all speed together with the Marquesse of Baden to the place where his Souldiers lay and vnderstanding of some disorders committed by some of them he punisht them with the Strappado and other bodily punishments Hee is since this marcht vpwards From Rossendale October 23. AFter all this the Lords the States looking as well to the businesse of the Spanish Fleete as they haue done to their Land Armie haue taken vp al the ships Merchants and others that are fit to beare Ordnance for their seruice And for the speeding of their fleete which they haue put out to sea they write from Amsterdam Octob. 31. That the ships of Holland haue lately fought with 5. Spanish Carricks being of those that went to Argire and beat them In London also the newes is from Plimmoth that in the end of October The Hollanders hauing 50. sayle of ships about these Seas haue lately fought with some of the Spanish Fleete and with their shot so rack't through one galleon that she being no longer able to liue at Sea put into harbour at Plimmouth which she had much adoe to recouer without sincking and what worke the rest of the two Feets made one with another we haue not yet heard off From Amsterdam October 20. VVEE heare also from sundry places That the Hollanders haue taken away the Barrels and other Seamarkes that the Spanish Fleete may haue no direction to find their hauens if they should offer to fall in with any of their coasts But now for the maintenance of this Land Army and great Fleete at Sea they haue taken the same course that the King of Spaine hath done in his dominions That is they haue laid a generall Taxation by the polle for man woman and child is to giue a Gilder that is 2. shillings English and the 500 pennie besides of his goods so that he that is worth 500. pound is to giue 20 shillings towards the wars which will amount to an inestimable summe of money for women children seruants and all must pay it Yea the very poore that receiue Almes also for whom the Collectors must pay it as it is said From Middlebrough Octob. 26. THE 20. of this month there happened a most lamentable accident by shipping one Oxehead and two Firkins of Gunpowder and yet no certaintie can be had how it tooke fire but so it is that the fire taking it as it lay vpon the keye side ready to be caried a ship-board It gaue such a cracke that on both sides of the hauen almost all the tyles of the houses and the glasse-windowes were shaken down and many things within the houses also throwne downe and broken Besides all this some men women and chlidren were blowne vp into the aire so that in some places farre and neere from thence was found here an Arme there a Leg here one head and there another and in other places hands feete Armes Hearts Gutts Liuers and other parts of mens bodies and by it a man burnt to death In fine this was such a lamentable spectacle to behold and so fearefull that it cannot be well expressed It is a memorable warning to euery man that is to deale with this damnable Gun powder to looke to it well and warilie Doctor Conradus Vorstius a subtile Logician and Philosopher one of the Fathers and broachers of Arminianisme being Professor of Diuinity in the schoole of Steinfurt is lately deceased at Connighen FJNJS