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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
A92097	The declaration of His Highnesse Prince Rupert, Lord High Admirall of all the navy Royall, belonging to the Kings Majesty Charles the II. Wherein hee cleareth himselfe from many scandalous rumours which have bin cast upon his reputation. Likewise his Highnesse resolution and intention; together with the rest of the officers of the Navy Royall. Touching the death of the late King, the illegall pretended power of Parliament. And their indeavours to inthrone the now King Charles the second. Also shewing their intentions to maintaine the lawes of the land, the liberty of the subject, and just rights and priviledges of a lawfull Parliament. / Signed by the Princes owne hand aboard the Navy Royall, now riding an anchor upon the Downes, the 19.th of March, 1649.	Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682.	1649 (1649)	Wing R2293; Thomason E546_28; ESTC R203412	4,861	8

THE DECLARATION OF HIS HIGHNESSE PRINCE RUPERT Lord High Admirall of all the navy Royall belonging to the Kings Majesty CHARLES the II. Wherein hee cleareth himselfe from many Scandalous Ramours which have bin cast upon his Reputation Likewise his Highnesse Resolution and Intention Together with the rest of the Officers of the Navy Royall Touching the Death of the late KING the illegall pretended Power of PARLIAMENT ●nd their indeavours to Inthrone the now King CHARLES the second ALSO Shewing their intentions to maintaine the Lawes of the Land the Liberty of the Subject and just Rights and Priviledges of a lawfull Parliament Signed by the Princes owne hand aboard the Navy Royall new Riding an Anchor upon the Downes the 19. th of March 1649. Printed in the Yeer 1649. A Declaration of his Highnesse Prince RUPERT THe bloody and inhumane murther of my late dread Vncle of ever renowned famous memory hath administred to me fresh occasion if I had no other motives which might further my indignation against the usurped power in England to bee assistant both in councell and the best of my personall power as bound by affinity to my deare Cousen now Charles the second King of great Britaine and all other his late Fathers Dominions to take vengeance upon those Arch-Traytors pretending the name of Parliament and keeping a perpetuall Sessions of blood-thirstinesse and murthering Massacre at Westminster They being not in any capacity or have they the least colour of honesty law or reason to give them save onely a Libidinous lustfull will maintained by the unjust Sword of usupation hem'd in with disloyalty and skin'd over with an hipopocriticall pretended freedome of Religion and Subjects liberty making shew of levelling equality though no power of a King which is most rightfull both by the written word of God and fundamentall Lawes of England whatever could ever be more tyranically aspiringly ambitious and barbarously impious then theirs Who whatever Promises Oathes or Covenants were formerly or now at present are their Actions manifest their intentions to be cruelty tyrannous and their rule Arbitrary every way illegall and more extorting from the Subjects then the government of a moderate Monarch could in any wise bee who is bounded and begirt both with Law and discret Councell Nay the greatest tyrant of a King cannot act such tragicall villanies as a vast number of mischievous wretches which are bent to wickednesse may Of which truth the Assembly of Traytors and rebels an westmin have given sufficient testimonies there never being heard on in all antiquity the like subversion that is now intended and with Rebellions force prosecuted in England viz. First To murther their lawfull King 2ly Banish their now King his Brother with all those which love or adhere to him exempting them from mercy and making them by meek Acts traytors to them who are Rebels to their King This me thinkes should move all men who are not destitute of understanding and have common sence to see how those audacious Rebels have woven their ends and exploded Loyalty with acclamations that Rebellion which is as the sin of Witchcraft is become a vertue and murther an Act of mercy Moreover mee thinks it cannot chuse but be visible to all eyes unlesse wilfully blind that the numerous Issue of my deceased Vncle will still procure meanes to keep the Kingdome in broyles either with warres still in it or threats and invasions which will be altogether as terrible to the Subject as War it self can be so long as my deare Cousen now CHARLES the second the lawfull King of England Scotland and Jreland c. or whoever shall succeed him which have any allyance to the Crowne of England are in beeing I hope therefore and for many reasons to be alledged on my part that there is no honest loyall heart in all the Kingdome of England or else-where that can with any Iustice or knowne truth lay any capitall crime to my charge although it hath been the constant indeavours of some of the English Nation who are naturally prone to hate Strangers to seek with false Calumnies and scandalous accusations to blast and blemish my integrity to my Vncle and his Royall family by challenging me with trechery to him and his party to the contrary of all which his late Majesty was well satisfied that I was honestly reall and wholly his Thus much I thought fit to speake in my own behalf hoping it will be taken from mine own mouth as a character of my fidelity which hath been much scandaliz'd by black mouth 〈◊〉 which never speakes well of any and that I thank God is a thing which I have had my share of in England for venturing so freely and often my life for their Libert es as I take God to witness was ever my intention never looking for any preferment at all to raise my fortunes above ordinary by the English nation which I am confident there are divers now living in England which have had constant knowledge of my Actions can justifie I having had many preferments proffered me which I have refused desiring the advancement of my Vncles cause might be first promoted and for my own particular I dedicated my life to his will and did never intend to make a greater price of my Service then his late Majesty and Councell might adjudge me to deserve Neither hath the abuse layd upon mee by my Vncles pretended friends been sufficient But the grosse Lies and forgeries of that Rebell ●e●t at Westminster have branded me with the very worst of crimes that possible any man might be charged with As that I was barbarously cruell and did tyrannically use not only Souldiers but likewise Country-people by Plunder rapes thefts c. with many more exorbitances as Ravishings of M●ydens and destroying young Children all which was to no other end then to wound my reputation and make me abominably odious to the vulgar whose braines itched with a desire of novelty and were ever willing to imbrace any falsities But to cleere my selfe from all these I did it was well knowne to many ever detest and hate such proceedings holding them to be the greatest and most inhumane barbarismes that could by any Christians possible be invented But I finding the disposition of the English Nation both pretends friends and open enemies of my late Vncles to strive nothing more then to cast a perpetuall odium upon me and seeing my self unfortunate in most of my adventures I doe seriously protest it was often my desires to have left that high imployment of Generall and to serve my Vncle in a lesser and lower degree of Command But it was ever the will of my dread deceased Vncle of ever honoured and famous memory whose love was still to me intire and whose affections I found ever inviolable to his Subjects good to have me continue in the Command which his Majesty had been graciously pleased to confer upon me which as I shall answer at the day of judgement I did