Selected quad for the lemma: parliament_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	army_n	city_n	london_n	3,465	5	7.2357	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40598	Severall letters sent from His Excellency, Sir Thomas Fairfax and the officers of the army, to the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and Commons of the city of London in Common-Councell assembled with their answer to the said letters.	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.; England and Wales. Army.; City of London (England). Court of Common Council.	1647 (1647)	Wing F233; ESTC R226450	3,592	12

Wee have also taken those Letters with another received from those wee sent yesterday and a Copie of a Letter dated the 24. instant delivered to the Commissioners of Parliament and yours of the 25. instant into further consideration thereby observing the constancie of your expressions to doe nothing in prejudice either of the Parliament or City and of your purpose by Proclamation and otherwise to endeavour that the accustomed supplies of this City may be freely sent up all which wee doe with all due thankefulnesse acknowledge and to preserve aright understanding with you wee have appointed the said Committee or six of them at the least continually to reside in your head-Quarter and do intend to make it our request to the Parliament that who ever have or shall endeavour to raise any forces to ingage this Kingdome in a new Warre may be discovered and prevented therein and that you may receive satisfaction equall to those that have left the Army so soone as it is possible for the Parliament to performe the same relying upon the assurance you have given us that your speciall ends are the glory of God the good of this whole land and the safety of Parliament and City To conclude the neere approach of your Army to this City causeth us once more to desire you to take it into your most serious consideration for albeit you doe not come to offer any violence to us yet wee have and shall suffer very much in our trade and price of Victualls by reason thereof which wee hope you will bee so sensible of as to prevent it in the suture by removing further off and by taking such a course that wee may receive no further prejudice either in the one or the other which is our earnest desire and that in your indeavours to save the kingdome from ruine you doe not overthrow the fundamentall constitution of Parliament which is essentiall to the well-being thereof London 25. June 1647. By command of the Major Aldermen and Commons of the City of London in Common-Councell assembled Michel To the Right Honourable the Lord Major Aldermen and Common-Councell of the City of LONDON IT was last night resolved by the Generall and Councell of War for present not to Advance any of the Army nearer London but whereas the Foot being all quartered then at Watford Uxbridge and Colebrook were very troublesome and burthensome to those places It was onely Ordered That the quarters of the Foot should be inlarged for the ease of those places whereupon by a mistake of that Resolution in the setting out of quarters some Regiments had quarters assigned for inlargement at places lying much forwarder towards London as far as Harrow on the Hill Hayes Cranford Harlington Bedfont Feltham and Hanworth This morning so soon as this was understood by the Generall and the Officers there were Orders immediately sent out to stop the Regiments and now none quartered nearer London then Watford Rislip Ikeham Hellindon Cowley Drayton Hamsworth Stanwel and Stanes which make a line about fifteen or sixteen miles distance from London And to avoid any disquieting to the Parliament or City upon future apprehensions His Excellency and His Officers do promise That there shall be no farther Advance either of the Army or any quarters of it any nearer to London without timely notice thereof and of the Reasons of it to the Parliament and City Uxbridge June 26. 1647. By the appointment of his Exlency Sir Thomas Fairfax and the Councell of War John Rushoworth