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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	law_n	liberty_n	parliament_n	4,902	5	6.1958	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78663	Articles or demands made by the Kings most Excellent Majestie to the gentry and commonalty of the county of Salop, on Saturday the 8. of October. 1642. With an exact answer to every particular therein presented to His Majesty at Shrewesbury the same day, by the high sheriffe of the said county. Wherein is exactly manifested, how active the malignant party of this kingdome are to incense the King against the Parliament, and to engage him in a destructive warre against his subjects.		1642 (1642)	Wing C2149; Thomason E121_40; ESTC R22185	2,622	10

ARTICLES or DEMANDS made By the KINGS most Excellent Majestie to the Gentry and Commonalty of the County of SALOP on Saturday the 8. of October 1642. With an exact Answer to every particular therein presented to His Majesty at Shrewesbury the same day by the high Sheriffe of the said County Wherein is exactly manifested How active the malignant party of this Kingdome are to incense the King against the Parliament and to engage him in a destructive warre against his Subjects C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE LONDON Printed for HENRY HYTTON O●●ob 12. 1642. ARTICLES OR DEMANDS Made by the Kings most Excellent Maiesty to the Gentry and Commonalty of the County of Salop. on Saturdty Oct. 8. HIs Majesty beeing attended by Mr. Murry Endimion Porter and many other Courtiers came into a Champaine Field on the East side of our town where the Gentry and Commonalty of the County were assembled by his Majesties command where beeing come and a generall silence throughout the Field every one being with expectation longing to heare what they were summoned thither for After a great and long preparation Endimion Porter with a loud voyce began to read these ensuing Articles or Demands B●t before he began he distributed ●eere two hundred copies by which meanes I get this which I have sent you 1. That His Majesty having ingaged himselfe in a warre against the disturbers of the Peace of the Kingdome who under the name and authority of a Parliament have to the advercement of their own particular ends actually leavied a war against him and all other his Loving subjects that dissent from their Places their only aimes being to alter the Frame of government both in the Church and State and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannicall government into this Kingdome for the prevention of which His Majesty having by the assistance of his good Protestant subjects raised an Army to suppresse the said insurrections Rebellion in the maintenance of which Army his Majesty hath spent all that is in his power to command either by his owne power or the assistance of his friends even to his Lands and goods his Revenue being detained from him and all meanes of further subsisting denied him wherefore he is inforced to Appeale to his loving Subjects and to desire their ayd in this so great a designe it seeming but a reasonable demand that they that share in the benefit should likewise beare some of the burthen his Majesties desire being to maintaine and defend the true Protestant Religion the knowne Lawes of the Land the just Priviledges of Parliament and the lawfull Liberty of the Subject Likewise to suppresse Papistry Sects and Schismer which have lately crept into the Church and almost buried the Religion and Peace of the Kingdome in Anare by and confusion Brounists Seperatrsts and Anabaptists being the onely Protestants and the true Protestants in their opinion Church-papists or favourers of the Church of Rome if the maintainers of this cause can want assistance if these sort of People can prevaile more with you then your King in the defence of so just a cause then doubtlesse our just God hath blinded your eyes and in just vengance suffers you to runne hoodwinckt to your owne confusion but his Majesty hopes better things from you not doubting of your assistance onely this is to give the meanest of his Subjects satisfaction who have all this while been misled of the iustnesse of his proceedings and to manifest unto you how neer your owne peace and the maintenance of this cause is allied so that one cannot fall without the other these things his Majesty leaves to your consideration till the afternoone expecting a loyall returne of your Affections assuring you in the Honour of a King that the least mite offered for the advancement of this cause shall not fall to the ground not be forgotten but shall be registred in his Maiesties princely and royall thoughts as the greatest token of loyalty being expressed in a time of so great necessity and trouble This being performed his Majesty was conducted out of the Field with shouts and acclamations made by his owne followers and some of the Ignorant country people who were deluded with the specious pretence of Mr Porters but one thing I observed by his Majesty notwithstanding those shouts and prayers which were made by those that followed him his Majestie seemed mighty discontent not shewing the least symptome of joy from whence I inferre that what was done at that time he was wonne to by the perswasion of Porter and others about him and not by any voluntary Act of his owne His Majesty having left the field our chiefe Gentlemen of the Countie with our Freeholders and other men of esteeme met together at the George where after a generall and free debate of what we had heard and observed we with a generall consent drew up this ensuing Answer That whereas the Parliament now sitting were called together by His Majesty legally and that every member of the same was chosen by the generall consent of each Countie of the Kingdome being men knowen to he Religious Wise and well Reputed and whereas their actions from the beginning to this day and how ever censured by those that seeke their destructions have tenned to the advancement of His Majesties Honour the establishment of the true Protestant Religion with the Lawes of the Kingdome which before the beginning of this Parliament were almost ruin'd Bishops having introduced Popery into the Church The Iudges having corrupted the Lawes neither can we forget the heavy taxes which we suffered by reason of Projectors and Monopolizers the maine chiefest of which are actors and contrivers of this warre from whom we can expect no good neither to your Maiesty nor our selves And whereas your Majesty hath been pleased to stile your Parliament Traytors and that Army which they have been forced to raise for the defence of your Majesty and to maintaine the Religion and Lawes of the Kingdome a Rebellion wee are forced to declare that we are bound in conscience to God in loyalty to your Majesty and in tender care of our owne peace to joyne with your Parliament for the defence of your Majesty and maintenance of the aforesaid causes with many others namely to defend our Wives and daughters from rapine our Houses from Firing and our Goods from being made a prey to theeves and desperate Cavaleers which have destin'd all to ruin and destruction As touching our assistance If your Majesty shall please to put your trust in us and to yeeld your selfe into the hands of such a guard as wee shall rayse of the cheife Gentlemen and Free holders of our County we will for your Royall support willingly expend our Estates and venture our lives against all apparent Enemies of your Majesties but for us to weaken our selves to strengthen those that would heereafter glory in our overthrow neither Law not Reason can compell us neither can we any way condiscend to any such matter Thus humbly beseeching your Majesty in the name of Almighty God as you tender the preservation of the true Religion as you respect your owne safety or the welfare of your Royall of spring to abandon those evill Councelours and banish all Delinquents from your protection so shall your Majesty be secure and wee your loyall Subjects will guard you with honour to your Parliament This beeing delivered to his Majesty every man went to his habitation since which time we have heard nothing onely many Gentlemen in Authority have been tempted by great promises to assist them but all to no purpose FINIS