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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	king_n	law_n	liberty_n	6,707	5	6.5575	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50639	Mercurius scoticus giving the world to ground upon this evident truth, videlicet, that the Scottish rebels, the Presbyter, or kirckfaction never intended that Charles the second should be their King published to underceive [sic] the cozoned covenanters of the three nations meerely drawn into blood and ruine by the iugling of some ruling iockeys.		1650 (1650)	Wing M1772; ESTC R28129	9,368	16

MERCURIUS SCOTICUS Giving the World to ground upon this evident truth Videlicet That the Scotish Rebels the Presbyter or Kirck-faction Never intended that CHARLES the second should be their King Published to underceive the Cozoned Covenanters of the three Nations meerely drawne into Blood and Ruine by the Iugling of Some ruling Iockeys Printed at Rotterdam by P. C. and are to be sold By GYSBERT van ROON Bookseller in the Draybridge-steegh in the English Bible 1650. WHen the news of Charles the firsts death came into Scotland the States-men who were invested with the government of that kingdome before by L. Gen. Cromwel and the English army in Octo. 1648. Duke Hamiltons army being defeated and betrayed three moneths before The Kings death seemed to them to be much grieved for those Estates pretended to be as forward to revenge it as any And least it should appear to the people that they with L. Gen. Cromwell had complotted his death at my Lady Humnes her house in the suburbs of Edenbrough they complaine against the Independants of England or murthering the King but the furious Kirkmen which could not so well dissemble in their Kirkprayers and preachments in plain tearmes told their credulous ignorant easie auditors that he deserved to die having been a hinderer of Reformation I and had shed much blood of the Saints He fiery Sir Iohn blamed the Independant for doing it without the house of Lords did not disclaim the act as unjust or contrary to the laws of God and man as an unchristian as an inhumane and unheard of savage monstrous bloody act in their answer to L. Gen. Cromwells declaration to the equal scarlet Scots in Scotland Iuly 20. 1650. These states of that nation never without a cloake for their designes proclaimed Charles the second to make the world beleeve that they and the elder Iuncto in England were not united in hearts and councels and equally abominated Monarchy Yet so proclaimed they the king that no judicious man but might see they never intended to receive him to be their King what ere to gull the simple they pretended whereupon a royall party in the North betook themselves into the field finding he must not be their free Prince but in bonds for they heard him proclaimed King with this limitation that he should give such security to preserve Liberty Law and Religion as the Kirk and State should judge satisfactory that is he should give what ever the factious Rebels should aske of him before he should be admitted to enter the kingdome hereupon the Scottish Statesmen dispatch Commissioners unto him at the Isle of Iersey with such unreasonable propositions and demands as that his Majestie could not in honor or safety grant them In this treaty his Majesty disclaimed his Scotch friends who were in armes for him May 15. 1649 The Treaty being dissolved the Commissioners returne his Majesties negative answere to the State and Kirk of Scotland which was most acceptable to the Grandees of that rebellious crew for now they had some ground of quarrell His title to the Crowne was unquestionable his innocent age blamelesse O but now now they have what they fisht for his negative answer will afford them matter enough to declare against him as now concluding him one overruled by evill Counsell the old way of worming in an enemy into the Estate and Kirk whereupon they resolved at that instant to declare peremptorily against him and for a month continued in this resolution but upon further debates and second thoughts finding the greatest part of the kingdome loyall and ready to joyne with the Marques of Montrose if he came in with any considerable force they resolve once more to send to his Majesty before they would publish the declarations they had then provided judging it a farr better way to defeat the Marq. Montrose his designe in making his Majesty an absolute Monarch by a Treaty then opposing his Generall in the field this being subject to the chance of warre but the other safe and sure a subtle way and finding divers eminent persons that had power with the King to perswade him to desert Montrose and cast himself upon them and their faithfull godly party Upon this consideration Mr. George Windrum was sent to the Isle of Iersey to desire his Majesty would be pleased to appoint a convenient place and time for a second treaty which he according to the good meaning of his innocent royall heart did naming Breda and the 15 of March 1649. the place and time of meeting In the beginning of which second treaty his Majesty did stand to his former principles But at last some eminent persons prevailed with him to yeeld to the Scots demands to work which the Hamiltonian faction in the Court to my knowledge were also exceedingly assistant representing to his Majesty that the Marq. Montrose was not 200 foot strong in Orkney and that such an inconsiderable force could not be able to raise the countrey of Scotland and that for forrain aid from Princes there was no possibility of expecting it most of them being unable and much engaged in war and others having scare quenched the fire in their own dominions were not willing to involve themselves or subjects in a forrain warre which would require a dayly supply of men and mony from them They told him it would be encouragement to his friends abroad to be aiding and assisting to him if he were possessed of one of his kingdomes and that his yeelding to the Scots party would give great satisfaction to the Presbiterians of England and much hearten them and others to take up armes against the Rebels of England Upon these and other motives with the earnest solicitation of those persons his Majesty concludes an absolute agreement with the Scots Commissioners and sends a letter to the Marq. of Montrose commanding him to disband his forces and retire to Denmarke untill further order and that he should deliver up his armes and amunition to the Scots Commissioners or to the Sheriffe of the County wherein he was But before the Gentleman could come into Scotland the Marq. of Montrose was taken prisoner and most barbarously murthered by the Kirk and State for his loyalty and fidelity to the King Here judge you if Charles the first was not murthered and Charles the second wounded not in effigies or in picture but in the highest image and character that could represent Majesty in his Generall and Vice-roy Now all this while his Majesty is treating at Breda the Scots hold knowne correspondency with those of England Mr. Ansley being Agent at Edenbrough sending dayly provision to the garrisons of Barwick and Newcastle and soliciting them dayly for aid against the Marq. of Montrose but a week before the Marq. landed a Statesman wrote a letter to Sr. Arthur Hasselrig giving him a true account of their present condition Aprill 14. 1650 assuring him that the affaires of that kingdome were come to that height that the godly party