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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	burgess_n	king_n	knight_n	3,853	5	7.2952	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71313	Vox cœli, or, Nevves from heaven Of a consultation there held by the high and mighty princes, King Hen.8. King Edw.6. Prince Henry. Queene Mary, Queene Elizabeth, and Queene Anne; wherein Spaines ambition and treacheries to most kingdomes and free estates in Europe, are vnmasked and truly represented, but more particularly towards England, and now more especially vnder the pretended match of Prince Charles, with the Infanta Dona Maria. Whereunto is annexed two letters written by Queene Mary from heauen, the one to Count Gondomar, the ambassadour of Spaine, the other to all the Romane Catholiques of England. Written by S.R.N.I.	Reynolds, John, fl. 1621-1650.; Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626, attributed name.	1624 (1624)	STC 20946.8; STC 22096A; ESTC S114764	52,214	72

VOX COELI OR NEWES FROM HEAVEN OF A CONSVLTATION THERE HELD BY THE HIGH and mighty Princes King HEN. 8. King EDW. 6. Prince HENRY Queene MARY Queene ELIZABETH and Queene ANNE wherein SPAINES ambition and treacheries to most Kingdomes and free Estates in EVROPE are vnmaskd and truly represented but more particularly towards ENGLAND and now more especially vnder the pretended match of Prince CHARLES with the Infanta DONA MARIA Whereunto is annexed two Letters written by Queene Mary from Heauen the one to Count Gondomar the Ambassadour of SPAINE the other to all the Romane Catholiques of ENGLAND Written by S. R. N. I. Printed in Elesium 1624. TO THE ILLVSTRIOVS AND GRAVE ASSEMBLY OF THE HIGH COVRT OF PARLIAMENT The fruition of all Temporall Blessings The felicitie of all Spirituall Blessings LORDS KNIGHTS BVRGESSES TO you who are the re-presentiue body of England and the Ep●…tomie and Compendium of this great Volume of our Estate To you who are assummoned by our King and sent vp by our Country to obay the first with your best Fidelities to serue the second with your chiefest Zeale and endeuours and to affect and honour both with your most religious Prayers and wishes To you from whom God for his glory our Soueraigne for his honour and safety and our Church and Common-weale for their flourishing well-fare and prosperity doe expect much by your transcendent and honourable imployments To you I say and to no other doe I present this Consultation termed VOX Coeli to your consideration and dedicate it to your protection And because in point of integrit●…e and duty I hold my selfe bound ●…o bring the truth neerer to your knowledge or rather home to your vnderstanding May it please you to be informed that about some three yeares since at the first sitting of the last high Court of Parliament when our King was so earnest in proposing the match of our Noble Prince his Sonne with the Infanta of Spaine When the King of Spaine coulourably presented though not really intended to be d●…epely affected to entertaine and embrace the said motion When Coun●… Gondmar his Ambassador made shew to be a zealous solicitour and a most actiue and officious stickler for compassing and finishing it When our Romish Catholiques became passionately and insultingly confident of the free tollera●…lon of their Religion and in the skie-reaching mountaines of their ambitions and superstitious hopes were already preparing to erect their Groues and Altars to set vp their Idols and Images and consequently to introduce their Pope and his Masse in the Temples of our God when all Prisons were vnlocked and open to all pernitious Priests and dangerous ●…esuites and that many others 〈◊〉 Caterpillers and Vipers came flocking and swarming from diuers parts of Europe to poison and eate cut the soules of our people with their Idolatrous doctrine of Antichrist and to with-draw their hearts and consciences from their Alleagiance and Fideli●…ie to their naturall Prince and Countrey purposely with 〈◊〉 treachery then Religion to subiect them to a forraigne power and iurisdiction When the Emperour had beaten the King of Bohemia from Prague and the Duke of Bauaria with the assistance of the Swords Soulders and Treasure of the King of Spaine had in a setled truce assaulted and taken many Townes in the Palatinate contrary to their promises to our King and of his Maresties to the Prince his Sonne in Law and contrary to the Publique peace of Germany aend Christendome Then then it was that to pull off the Maske of Spaines ambition and malice who with the fire of this match sought to set England all flaming in a mournfull and miserable combustion thereby to bury her glory in the dust and her safety in the cinders of her subuersion and ruines that as Prometheus fetch'd fire from heauen so the fire of my zeale to the good of my Prince and Country likewise fetch'd from thence this Royall consultation for the discouery of our apparant and imminent dangers and in knowing them to know likewise how to preuent them Which resoluing to m●…ke publiq●…e because it solely re●…ded to Englands publique 〈◊〉 and prosperitie I contrary to my expectation but not to my feares saw my hope●… nip●… in their blossoms and my desires stis●…ed in their births because the Seas of our Kings affection to Spaine went so loftle and the winder were so tempestious that it could not possibly be permitted to passe the Pikes of the Presse When albeit my zeale and fidelity againe and again infused new audacitie and courage to my resolutions to see it receiue the light yet it was imposible for mee or it to bee made so happy because I sawe Allureds honest letter Scots loyall Vox Populy D. Whiting D. Euerard and Clayto●…s zealous Sermons and others suppressed and silenced as also Wards faithfull picture which yet was so innocent as it onely breathed foorth his fidelity to England in silent Rethorique and dumbe eloquence Wherevpon inforced to take a lawe from the iniquitie of the time with much reluctation and more greife I bushed vp my said Consultations in silence because I could not serue my Prince and Countrie in that Booke of mine I therfore then renewed my constant resolution and zeale to serue them in my most seruent prayers and my most religious and zealous wishes the which I haue euer since faithfully and constantly performed Sitting thus to behold the constant inconstancie of the World Which presents as many different accidents to our knowledge as obiects to our eye and being Iealous Vigelant and attentiue to that which did or which might any way appertaine to my Soueraigne and his Princely posteritie to his Dominions and Subjects I was enforced to see O that I had beene so happie as not to ban●… seene the perfidious progresse of Spaines now trecheries and vsurpation vpon many countries of Europe for first his Cousen Leopaldus hath deuoured the Dutchy of Cleaues and Iulleirs then he and his forces haue taken many other free Townes and whole Bishoprickes in the Countries of Luxembourg and L●… Marke as also in the frontiers of Swisserland and Loraine Then he and his factor the Duke of Bauaria for him hath finished his absolute Conquest of the Pallatinate that dainty rich and fertile Prouince of Germany the dowry of our onely Princesse the inheritance of the Prince her Husband and the Patrimonie of their Royall issue wherein the honour of our King and his three famous Kingdomes doe most extreamely suffer I saw him conquer the chiefest Cities Forts and Passages of the Grisous and hath brought their liberties and liues to their last gaspe and periode yea to the mercilesse mercy of his not generous but bloody sword which being vnder the protection of the French King doth likewise cast a wonderfull stay●…e and blemish on the lustre of his honour and Crowne if he speedily take not his reuenge thereof by leauing these his honest 〈◊〉 as free as he found them and as great Henry his