Selected quad for the lemma: parliament_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	honourable_a	house_n	petition_n	3,157	5	9.0634	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47688	Master Speakers letter ordered by the honorable House of Commons to be sent to the high sheriffe and gentry of Yorkshire shewing their dislike of such as have endeavoured to perswade the countrey that their petition to the Parliament was ill relished : secondly, their dislike of such as have endevoured to perswade godly ministers that their exercises are not acceptable to the House : thirdly, their dislike of such as have endevoured to perswade the trained band from going in Hull upon the Parliament order : also shewing their great acceptation of the Yorkshire petition and how ready they are to take care for the discharging the billet-money in that county : likewise the Parliament wondring at the impudencie of those men who dare to hinder the advancement of the glory of God & of his worship and also to scandalize the piety of the house in so high a measure : likewise shewing how ready they are to propagate religion : also desiring and enjoyning the high sheriff to return the names of all those who have vented these untruths and disswaded the trained band in Holdernesse from entring into Hull.	Lenthall, William, 1591-1662.	1641 (1641)	Wing L1074; ESTC R12451	1,552	8

Master Speakers LETTER Ordered by the Honorable House of Commons to be sent to the high Sheriffe and Gentry of YORKSHIRE Shewing their dislike of such as have endeavoured to perswade the Countrey that their petition to the parliament was ill relished Secondly their dislike of such as have endevoured to perswade godly Ministers that their exercises are not acceptable to the House Thirdly their dislike of such as have endevoured to perswade the Trained Band from going into Hull upon the Parliament Order Also shewing their great acceptation of the Yorkshire Petition and how ready they are to take care for the discharging the Billet-money in that County Likewise the Parliament wondring at the impudencie of those men who dare to hinder the advancement of the glory of God of his worship and also to scandalize the piety of the house in so high a measure Likewise shewing how ready th●y are to propagate Religion also desiring and enjoyning the High Sheriffe to return the names of all those who have vented these untruths and disswaded the Trained Band in Holdernesse from entring into Hull London Printed for Iohn Franck 1641. SIR THe House hath received information by Letters from your selfe that the malice of some hath proceeded so far of late as to endevour first to perswade your Countrey that the Petition to the Parliament were ill rellished by this House And that your free offers therein of putting your selves into a Posture of Defence hath given such testimony of your abilities that it hath utterly taken away the hopes of paying your Billet mony till the Parliament knows not how else to dispose of it Secondly to cry downe Exercises which have already done much good and to draw off some Ministers by perswading them that they are not acceptable to this House Thirdly that some in Holdernesse have disswaded the Trained Bands from going unto Hull upon the Parliament Order Which information of yours the House takes for an especiall service and for so full a ●estimony of your fidelity to the Parliament and of love to your Country as they hold it an evident character of your worth and for this commands mee to give you very hearty thanks And to desire you in the name of the house to declare to the Country how false and malicious these r●ports are since the House was so far f●om disrellishing their Petitions or turning their free offer to their disadvantage as that they returned their publike thanks when the Petition was received Passed a vote to approve of their offer and since by another Vote justified them in the same Act upon his Majesties taking notice thereof And have since ordered that the same Counties which paid their Pole-mony heretofore at Yorke shall now pay all their proportions of the Bill of foure hundred thousand pounds shortly to be raised to the discharge of the Billet-mony in your County and those other Counties where it is owing which if it shall not fully satisfie they will discharge as soone as the great necessities of the Kingdome can possibly permit And likewise they command mee to let you know that they doe very much wonder at the impiety and impudence of those men who dare to hinder the advancement of the glory of God and of his worship And also to scandalize the piety of this house in so high a measure as to say those good Ministers endeavours are not acceptable to it they accounting it their greatest honour to patronize painfull Preachers in the performance of their duties And being resolved to cherish advance with their utmost power whatsoever may tend to the propagating of Religion of which they hold those exercises to be an especiall means This house therefore being very sensible of the great inconveniences which may happen by their misreports in these distracted times and from the malice of these men if it should proceed uncontrolled desires and enjoyns you to return the names aswell of those who have vented these untruths as likewise of those who have diswaded the Trained Bands in Holdernesse from entring into Hull upon the Parliaments Order Perswading themselves that you who have already given such proofe of your affection to the Kingdome will still continue it by your endeavours to prevent the practises of any ill-affected persons upon any of that County to the disturbance of the peace Die Mercurii 16 Martii 1641. It is this day ordered by the House of Commons now assembled in parliament that this Letter be forthwith printed H. Elsyngs Cler. Parl. D. Com. FINIS