Selected quad for the lemma: parliament_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	house_n	lord_n	vote_n	4,982	5	10.2884	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02037	Charles R. To our trustie and welbeloved, the Lord Major, aldermen, and sheriffes of our city of London. Given at our court at York the 14 day of June, in the 11 yeer of our reign. 1642.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1642 (1642)	Wing C2833; ESTC R171197	1,141	1

Charles R. ❧ To Our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Major Aldermen and Sheriffes of Our City of London TRusty and Welbeloved We greet you well Whereas We have received severall Informations of great summes of Money endevoured to be borrowed of Our City of London by some direction proceeding from both Our Houses of Parliament and likewise that great labour is used to perswade Our Subjects to raise Horse and to furnish Money upon pretence of providing a Guard for Our Parliament These are to let you know that notwithstanding any scandalous Votes which have presumed to Declare Our Intention of leavying War against Our Parliament and to by other aspersions on Us so fully disavowed by Us in the presence of Almighty God by Our severall Answers and Declarations all Our desires and purposes are for the publike Peace and that we have not the least thought of raising or using Force except We are compelled to it for the defence of Our Person and in Protection of the Law And therefore we expect that you suffer not your selves to be mis-led by such vain and improbable suggestions and to declare that if you shall lend any sums of Money towards the relief of Ireland to which We have contributed all the assistance could be desired of Us which way soever the Money given and raised to that purpose is disposed or towards the payment of Our Scots Subjects We shall take it as an acceptable Service at your hands but if upon generall Pretences contrived by a few Factious persons against the peace of the Kingdom you shall give or lend any Money or provide or raise any Horses or Arms toward the raising such a Guard We shall look upon it as the raising Force against Us and to be done in malice and contempt of Us and Our Authority And we do therefore straitly charge and command you to publish this Our Letter to the severall Masters and Wardens of the severall Companies thay they may be assured that such Money as they shall lend out of their good affection to the Kingdom may be onely imployed for Ireland or Scotland and not toward such Guards which in truth are intended by the Contrivers of that Designe though We beleeve many honest men seduced by them do not yet see their end to be imployed against Us And if you and they shall herein fail punctually and severally to observe Our commands We shall not onely proceed against the severall Companies for deceiving the Trust reposed in them but against the particular persons as Contemners and Opposers of Our Authoritie and of the Law of the Land in the most exemplary way the known Law of the Land shall prescribe to Us And shall be compelled to question the Charter of your City which We are willing yet to beleeve notwithstanding the Barbarous and Insolent demeanour of the meaner and baser sort in a good degree to continue Loyall to Us And of your obedience to these Our Commands We do expect and require a full Account and of the names of such Persons who shall oppose the same Hereof faile you not as you will answer the contrary at your perill Given at Our Court at York the 14 day of June in the 11 yeer of Our Reign 1643. Printed at London for T.A. 1642.