Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	england_n	king_n	parliament_n	3,428	5	6.3449	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90914	Poyer's vindication, in answer to a lying pamphlet, intituled A short comment upon the grounds and reasons of Poyer's taking up arms in the second differences, which are monstrous false lies: scattred abroad to uphold the broken reputation of a poor solicitor, for those cowardly turncoat cavaliers in the county of Pembroke, who (for reducing of them unto the Parliament) useth all means to have mine and my fellow-prisoners bloud; which they (and their cavaliering army) durst not attempt when they were in arms against the Parliament. / Published for satisfaction of all those that desire the truth herein: By Col. John Poyer, now a prisoner at Whitehall.	Poyer, John, d. 1649.; Elliot, John, Parliament-Commissioner.	1649 (1649)	Wing P3123; Thomason E548_31; ESTC R205603	6,377	8

Poyer's Vindication In answer to a lying Pamphlet Intituled A Short Comment upon the Grounds and Reasons of POYER 's taking up Arms in the second Differences Which are monstrous false Lies Scattred abroad To uphold the broken reputation of a poor Solicitor for those Cowardly turn-coat Cavaliers in the County of PEMBROKE Who for reducing of them unto the Parliament useth all means to have mine and my fellow-Prisoners bloud which they and their Cavaliering Army durst not attempt when they were in Arms against the Parliament Published for satisfaction of all those that desire the Truth herein By Col. JOHN POYER now a Prisoner at Whitehall READER I Can judge no other to be the Author of that ridiculous Pamphlet wherein I am so much mentioned but one John Elliot who to satisfie his unsatiable desire hath thus mask'd himself in a dark Scene without name being ashamed to own such falshood as is there set forth I delight not to speak any thing of my own wel-doing but to remove those base aspersions cast upon me by inveterate enemies to me and all those that first affected the Parliament somewhat I shall briefly say I praise God for though I boast not of my Parents yet it 's well known they were not such as did accompany the Relator Elliots Father from place to place for livelihood And whosoever shall look upon former Subsi●i● Rolls and the Subsidies granted in the beginning of this Parliament shall find me an high Collector and equally charged with his Worship who hath succeeded so well in his false Informations that he beleeves to be credited beyond Records The best Gentleman in the Town of Pembroke bound his Son to be my Apprentice my dealings being in Wooll Corn Skins Butter and Tallow and it is well known I imployed more poor on work in making of Cloth then any man in that Country and that I dealt in these Commodities with Merchants of B●istol for many thousands yeerly and have given them full satisfaction in all things That for sixteen yeers together I was thought worthy to have the command of the Trained Bands of the Town of Pembroke wherein I gained the love of those Inhabitants generally that when the unhappy differences first began they did unanimously joys with me by the encouragement of some noble Gentlemen ●o preserve and fortifie the Town and Castle of Pembroke to the use of the Parliament the Castle being my right long before these troubles as Captain Cowney can justifie when all other Towns and Counties in Wales were against the Parliament It is also evidently known how I have promoted and endeavoured the Parliaments Interest in that Country by raising one Troop of Horse two Troops of Dragoons and three Foot-Companies all armed in their Service by fortifying severall Garisons and furnishing them with Ordnance Arms Men Victuals and Ammunition By relieving the Protestants in Dublin and Yaughall in their extremities By taking Irish Rebels Priests and Papists which the Relator Eliot terms well-affected By taking two of the Kings Men of War and by assisting and encouraging the Parliaments Ships within the Harbour of Milford For these and many other Services the House of Commons was pleased to Order I should receive Thanks As for the aspersion cast upon me for an irreligious Person it is well known my Religion to be such as is professed by the Church of England I refer my self to divers worthy Divines and Gentlemen whereof some of them are now Members both of the Parliament and Armie who knew my life and conversation and had encouragement from me for shelter when they and my self were persecuted and prosecuted for our Religion by the said Eliot and other of the Kings partie and can justifie those Aspersions cast upon me to be altogether false scandalous and untrue Whereas it is all eadged in that lying Pamphlet that I did plunder Roger Lort and others wel affected to the Parliament and that I seized upon Ships and Goods of the wel-affected viz. Papists having the Kings Commission and have pursed it to my own use being no lawfull prize I wonder with what impudence their Solicitor Elliot can charge me with the plundering of Col. Lorts house it being well known to hundreds in this City that the said Lort fortified his house against the Parliament and I being commanded to assist Major Generall Laughorn Col. Powell and others to goe and besiege the said Lorts house so fortified against the Parliament who did with the effusion of much bloud take it upon Storm to the use of the Parliament and what was taken by the Souldiers in the heat of blood cannot be imputed to our dishonour And for that aspersion concerning the Ships it is likewise well known that they were the one Commissioned by the Marquesse of Ormond and the other by Sir John Pennington to be Men of Warre against the Parliament as by their Commissions appeareth one of those Ships and goods except the Ordnance Arms and Ammunition was by order of the Earl of Warwick sent to Dover and the other Ship rescued by the Kings men of Warre invited to that Harbor by the Relator Elliot Roger Lort and their Confederates It cannot be made appear that I advantaged my self Six pence by those Ships much less 6000 l. as Elliot fa●sly alleadgeth nor can they make it justly appear that ever I took the goods of any 〈◊〉 though Roger Lort did plunder or steal the Goods of Capt. Cowney and others for their wel-affection to the Parliament and converted them to his own use without any satisfaction to the owner Reader I shall acquaint you a little further how that Roger Lort Sampson Lort and John Lort would have drawn me to their treacherous Confederacy in the year 1644 being shortly after their comming in to Major Generall Langhorn inviting me to a feast where great shew of kindness was offered by them the conclusion was to engage me to joyn with them against Major Generall Langhorn and his party and they would procure me the Kings Commission to Command the Towns of Pembrook and T●●●● with the Country thereabo●●d this was presently after the 〈◊〉 given the Earl of Essex in the West though they were then named Committee-men for the Parliament The Relator Elliot saith That I was not put forth of my Commands by the Parliament yet telleth what I did was without Commission It is known to most of the well-affected in South-wales how the Relator Elliot Roger Lort Sampson Lort and their party have prosecuted me and the rest of the Souldiery in that Countrey Mr. Sollcitor Generall Cooke may be pleased to remember who was then my Councell much of the passages of that Faction and how rigorously they did prosecute me and did cause me to be Arrested in 2000 l. Action and cast in prison to hinder my lawful proceedings against them and I being afterwards freed from that unjust Arrest without paying of Fees which so wrought with Elliot that he procured another Writ to be delivered to