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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95200	A true relation of the Earle of Warwicks encounter personally with his owne ship against two French shippes. Also a true relation of the brave overthrow my Lord of Stamford gave to Prince Robert and his cavaleers, having but 600. horse and foot against 1300. of the princes, being done in Harborow. Likewise newes from Ireland, with a relation of Oneales conspiracie against our men at Derry with the overthrow he had by the encounter. VVherein is set downe the rebels desire of composition, with certaine articles they propound for peace, each which particular truly and exactly set down and sent over to England by Coronell Willow of Bedford to Mr. John Haughton of Oxenford.		1642 (1642)	Wing T2944; Thomason E118_44; ESTC R21856	2,056	8

A True Relation of the Earle of Warwicks Encounter Personally with his owne Ship against two French Shippes Also a true Relation of the brave overthrow my Lord of Stamford gave to Prince Robert and his Cavaleers having but 600. Horse and Foot against 1300. of the Princes being done in Harborow Likewise Newes from Ireland with a Relation of Oneales conspiracie against our men at Derry with the Overthrow he had by the Encounter Wherein is set downe the Rebels desire of composition with certaine Articles they propound for peace each which particular truly and exactly set down and sent over to England by Coronell Willow of Bedford to Mr. John Haughton of Oxenford LONDON Printed for Richard Butler Septem 26. 1642. A true Relation of my Lord of Warwicks Encounter PRince ROBERT being landed at Dover and having fully recovered his health which he lost by a fall from his horse made haste unto his Majesty where hee was so courteously entertaind being made Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter that it gave him great encouragement for to attempt any enterprize were it never so dangerous many malitious practices he used upon the Northern parts especially Cumberland and Northumberland but my Lord of Stamford having intelligence that hee had seizd upon Harborow a small yet well fortified Towne in those went both Horse and foote to the number of 600 to meet him marching towards the said place and to Prevent his further wicked intentions thought to have seased vpon some of his Cavaleers but the Prince his forces were two for one being in all about the numbe of 1300 horse besids certaine small quantity of foote which my Lord hearing tooke it to Consideration whether it were for their safety to march forward or no and asking the advice of the Commanders putting the question to the Generall vote of the soudiers who with and unannimous consent were more willing to goe forward then retire so that my Lord vnder God still went on beinge within a small distance of the Citty intellegence was brought his Lordship that the prince his Cavaleers had ransaked the towne took●● way all their goods fired many of the houses malitiously trampld downe and beaten down all their C●●ne to the gre●● prejudice and dammage of the whole countrey that they intended to returne thither againe to take possession of the place very sodenly all which my lord hearing gaue strict charge to the Cheefe men of the Towne by no meanes to let them haue entrance which they did for when the Prince came with his forces the Town stood vp in armes to resist him in the interim my lord of Stamford wheeld about him with his forces and so invirond him round that the prince with most of his followers were faine to take water and swim over a great River for the safety of their liues wherein the cavaleers suffered and were drownded some my lord tooke prisners whom hee sent vnder a safe guard to be conducted to London where as yet they remaine Thus hath the Parliaments party obtained the day and won the victory over the Welch Cavaleers which I beleeve divers of their Country men will take warning by them and learn how to keep within their own bounds and liberties Newes is brought over that Oneale Generall of the Irish Rebels had bribed certaine poor Protestants to set on fire Dublin the Metropolitane Towne of Ireland and that hee himselfe went thither disguised with some others to be assistants in the same but his treachery was prevented and divulged by the said Protestants who at their examination confessed the same which thing Oneal having intelligence of privately hastned to his fellow Souldiers Likewise joyfull Newes is brought over that the Rebels are brought to such a straight that they must very shortly yeeld or perish and they would come to composition upon reasonable conditions of which these are the chiefe First That every man should have that freedome and scope as to be of that Religion as best agrees to his owne particular conscience alledging that King James did allow of the same and that our King Charles did not gaine say it Secondly that the Parliament here in England should not proceed over severe against their ancient Romane Religion Thirdly that they should not be lyable to pay any taxation whatsoever whether for their Religion or any temporary accident but onely what voluntarily they condescend unto Lastly that certaine Lawes should be established and enacted according to their wills and to be obeyed and kept by none but their Sexaries namely that none should be compelled to keep them but they themselves not excepting others that voluntarily would But t is to be noted that these Articles were not by the universall consent of all the Rebels propounded for many of them were more resolutely bent to dye in the defence of their Faith but by some certaine of them that were pend up in a nook by our men so that they could hardly scape away Much malicious and wicked tyranny doe the Rebels use towards many of our men whom they take prisoners cutting out the tongues of some scaring the members of others and most inhumanely strangling divers by dozens in halters therefore I thinke it were not much amisse to give them Lex Talionis and use them with the like severity here in England since their malicious proceedings is such against our Brethren in Ireland Certain joyfull Newes is brought of my Lord of Warwicks Encounter with 2. French ships who after a long chase he took prisoners and received from them great store of Ammunition sufficient for 300 men besides the store of field pieces all which was thought was intended for His Majesties assistance against the Honourable Houses of Parliament Likewise there were great store of Muskets and Pistols in the said ships being hid in false Cabines which by a diligent search were all found out and sent by his Lordships command to Northampton to my Lord of Essex FINIS