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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	church_n	government_n	kingdom_n	3,695	5	5.8013	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26611	A letter from Gen. Monck to King Charls son of the late King Charls of England deceased together with King Charls his answer thereunto.	Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II). King Charles his answer thereunto.	1660 (1660)	Wing A852A; ESTC R39889	4,991	10

joyn with me in this design I sh●ll trouble your Majesty with little more at present But to let you know that my hopes are that you would be ple●sed to have that confidence in me as not to credit any rumours or reports that may seemingly contradict what I have herein proposed for as for that I would have your Majesty to be confident that I shall not value neither the ill will or yet look upon the favour of any who shall appear in opposition to a thing that I have so really purposed so long as God and my Conscience perswades me that in so doing I shall accomplish a good work both for his glory and my Countries good And yet I think fit to carry as fair a corespondency as I can with those that have taken upon them the Authority in England To that end I have thoughts of going to London very suddenly that I may see their actings and order things there somewhat for my advantage I humbly beg your Majesties speedy Answer touching these proposals So with all submissiveness I crave your Majesties favour in giving me leave to subscribe my self Edenborough Decemb. 30. 1659. Your Majesties for ever faithful and Loyal Subject George Monck King Charles his Answer thereunto WORTHY FRIEND THis is to let you understand that I have received yours of the Twentieth of December the twenty fifth of the same Moneth The Contents whereof do cause me to judge you deserving of the Title that I have given you and I hope the further events of your intended proceedings may ere long merit a greater and for as much as I concieve it necessary to give you the speedy result of my mind in Answer thereunto I think fit to let you know in the first place that I freely pardon you for all offences or crimes whatsoever committed or which you know your self guilty of against my la●● Dear Father and my self I beseech the Lord to forgive you likewise I must confess I am not ignorant of the power that you for some years past have had over the English 〈◊〉 in Scotland And I do likewise blesse God who hath 〈◊〉 opened your Eyes to behold the miseries of my three poor distressed Kingdomes And also for that hee hath made you so far sensible of his heavy judgements ready to be showred down upon them by reason of the grievous and lamentable outcrying sins of the people as to cause you to make so fair and seasonable a proffer of the tender of your service both for the glory of God and the good of me and my people The Lord open your heart couragiously to go on in the perfecting of so great a work as you have intended to set on foot you having now so fit an opportunity And for the answering the proposals therein contained in order as they lye I do declare that I shall with a willing and joyful heart accept of your faithful and honest indevours to be imployed for the glory of God and the manifest good of Me and my Subjects not so much for the profit or wordly advantage that I think to recieve thereby but that which I shall chiefliest rejoyce in is only for the glory of God and the good of my three Kingdomes I mean in freeing them from their slavery in preserving them from any farther effusion of blood and for the setling amongst them their ancient way of Church and State Government for the advancement of the true Protestant Religion and also for the quashing of all Heresies Hypocrisies Sects and Schismes that are lately crept into our Protestant Church Whereby we are become a mere laughing stock to all Nations and as for my consenting to a Treaty to be had between Me and a Parliament to be chosen by a free consent of my people I am sure there is not a thing that I can imbrace with a greater joy and especially if my Subjects make choyce of persons so qualified as you have mentioned in your Letter to me then of necessity there can nothing but good come of such a Treaty But if otherwise it may be doubted but however my trust shall be in the Lord And whereas it was your desire for me to declare what mercy and pity I would should be shown towards those who are my manifest enemies In case I should come quietly to be restored to my three Kingdomes I do therefore for the satisfaction both of You and my Subjects declare the thoughts of my heart touching my said enemies in manner following That as for all such who shall humbly submit themselves unto me and expressing their Sorrow for all their former actings against Me and my late Father and upon promise of their future obedience I will freely pardon them of their lives and as for their estates those who have lawfully purchased any from any of my Subjects I will that they enjoy such their estates according to their purchase they only paying for the space of five years the moiety of the profits of such their estates towards satisfaction of the publick debts that my poor Subjects may be somewhat eased of their Taxes which have been so heavily imposed upon them for this many years And as for such who have gotten or purchased by any means whatsoever any of my land to wit any of the Kings lands or livings or the lands and livings of the Bishops late Deans and Chapiters or of any of my Subjects sequestred or taken from them for their Delinquency so accounted My will is that such estates so gotten shall be by them surrendred into the hands and possession of the right owners as formerly being contented to rest quiet satisfied with the gain and profit they have recieved thereby for the time past and to lose the profit for the time to come which my conscience tells me is but plain reason and as for those who shall persist and continue in their rebellion against me I shall desire that such course may be taken with them as my Parliament and Councel shall think fit and their estates to be disposed of towards payment of the Publick debts which shall be judged necessary and fit to be discharged which I shall refer to my Parliament and Councel who I shall humbly desire and I question not but it will be their care in being sparing in spilling as little blood as may be And as for the poor Common soldiers they who will submit themselves to me I freely pardon them and my will is that their Arrears shall be payed as speedily as conveniently may be although it be for their Service in fighting against me but I impute all to their necessity What I have here above declared I shall labour to make good to the utmost of my power I shall not neither do I in the least question your Reality in the faithful performance of what you have declared God prosper you in all your undertakings therein and I shall own you in every thing that you shall act for Gods glory and the good of my people which I desire may be done with as much expedition as may be I render you very many thanks for your Love C. R. FINIS