Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	john_n	lord_n	sir_n	30,549	5	7.5891	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96470	Plain truth vvithout feare or flattery: or a true discovery of the unlawfulnes of the Presbyterian government, it being inconsistent with monarchy, and the peoples liberties; and contrary both to the Protestation and Covenant. The end of establishing the militia of London in such hands as it is now put into by the new ordinance. The betraying votes, and destructive practises, of a trayterous party in the House of Commons, concerning certain pettions [sic] for liberty and justice. Also a vindication of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax concerning certain scurrulous words uttered by some of the said faction. VVith the meanes and wayes that must be used to obtain reliefe against the said tyrannous usurpers; and for reducing the Parliament to its due rights, power and priviledges, in the preservation of the kingdomes lawes and liberties / VVritten by Amon VVilbee.	Wilbee, Amon.; Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1647 (1647)	Wing W2112; Thomason E516_7; ESTC R204095	30,871	22

Beliamy the Court of Aldermen and Common Councell in the prosecution of their last indirect illegall and factious Remonstrance and Petition by which meanes they discovered themselves opponants to their Scotch design of Presbyterie and therefore they are not any longer to be confided in or fit to have the command of any power howsoever they had a parcell of dry thanks from the House for their former fidelity and paines it is better I confess then a Prison as Lilburn Tuleday Robinson Nichols and multitudes more have had for their good service Yet I must tell them it is but after the old manner of the Court who used to put a man off with an hypocriticall complement when they had no further occasion to use him or were desirous to be quit of him and it is observed that empty thanks is a sufficient reward from the House for any honest man though his service hath been never so good and superlative unless they have some other design or ingagement upon him but to Knaves and fooles they have been very forward and free witnes the 10. l. given to the two Officers that brought up Ensign Nichols the arreares lately ordered to be paid two great ones for discovering two great lyes by which you may see they can pay whom they list and whom they list they will not I could instance you some examples of late and their own nests are generally so well feathered that many or most of them are almost smothered they can neither see heare nor speake Alas poore Commons of England your backs in the meane time are left bare and naked But to proceed marke what honest men are continued put in and intrusted with the Militia for the honest men that are put out and distrusted Aldermen Bance Adams Langham every man of knowledge can read them Colonels West and Bellamy the one an oppressive Goaler the other an arrogant Mag-pye and Bromfield that ran away at Newberry the Lord Major Sir John Geere who was plundered for his 20th and 5th part who maliciously circumvents men that he may like the devill take them in a snare and then imprisons them contrary to law as he did Master Tew and then sent his Marshall to apprehend him without a Warrant a hopefull Magistrate and fit to be intrusted with the publique Sword for the execution of the Lawes and defence of the Subjects just Rights and Libertyes and that Sir John Woolaston who by the Law is more worthy to be arraigned before a Bench of Assize for buying stoln * It is truth and when time serves will be proved Plate of the Kings then to sit upon the Bench of Judgement to oppress and do injustice as his common practise is or to be intrusted with the Militia for it is contrary to all principles of reason that a Magistrate or publique Minister who is unjust to the People in his place or practise will ever be faithfull to them in time of trouble or distress or defend either them or their liberties whensoever they are assayled the Hawke will as soon defend the Dove and the Kite the Chickens this is that Sir John Woolaston who right or wrong commits all to Newgate that come before him for the benefit of his brother the head Goaler there who is as diligent to starve and destroy them when he hath them under custody as he did one Sparks lately and hath done many more as the other is to commit them As for Alderm-Gibbs of the Militia he hath a good stock of money in the name of his Sonne beyond the Seas he need not care which way the world goes good Sir John Woolaston and he had their singers both in one Pye I hope they lick'd them cleane and themselves like Bullocks fat though they have lickt others leane their silver tongue acquit them well in Rylees busines and they have you know been esteemed honest and trusty ever since I could read you a character of most of them but to avoid prolixity I will now forbeare till a more convenient time and will only tell you what I apprehend to be the end of this sudden and so happy settlement of the Militia of London the effect and what you may expect by it 1. By this meanes the Earle of Manchester M. Hollis Stapleton Earle senior and the rest of this nayterous faction who have occasioned the violation of all our Lawes and Libertyes betrayed their trust and are the chiefe obstructers of the course of justice and redress of grievances promoters of all evill councels and the cause of the continuince of all our troubles and distractions who among other things drive a design to save their own Stakes and secure their own lives for that they know they are for these things lyable to question and abnoxious to justice do conceive they have well secured themselves from all invasion by petition or cry for justice against them from any party within the City 2. That they shall by this meanes the more easily erect their new formed Monster of presbyterie for what they cannot perswade they will inforce and who thinke they now dare or can resist it 3. They conceive they shall easily suppress the independent party as they terme them and divert them from petitioning for Law and liberty to both which these vile men are altogether averse and that if they do notwithstanding continue such their petitioning yet may they the more securely deny and distaste their petitions and punnish their persons for is not the Militia in their hands and if they will not submit like slaves but beginne to stir and struggle then the Militia is ready to oppose them as Rebels and Traytors although they challenge but right and justice of their servants who are many of them become Traytors and this is apparent by their late declaring their high displeasure against that just petition the Petitioners for divers points of liberty and justice which was preferred by a multiude of well affected Citizens first it was intercepted and anticipated contrary to the course of Parliaments and the liberty of the Subject by the meanes of Recorder Glin who hath shewed more favour to Captain * Evans wilfully killed a man and being brought before the Recorder he basely reviled the poore widow and freed the murtherer Thomas Evans a notorious murderer then ever he did to poor Orphans for whom he should have been a just Advocate witness the Orphans of M. Bury against whom he tooke Fees if not bribes by which meanes notwithstanding many petitions and as many faire promises from the then temporizing Lord major Adams and others of that Orphan devouring Faction the said Orphans to this day can obtain no justice nor part of their fathers personal estate unless they will take fourscore for foure hundred pounds and thus are the poore Orphans miserably ruin'd having spent the greattest part of their annuall revennue for five yeares together to obtain justice but by the corruption of Brigandine who squares