Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n
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A62521
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The perfect ambassadour treating of the antiquitie, priveledges, and behaviour of men belonging to that function. / By F.T. Esquire.
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Thynne, Francis, 1545?-1608.
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1652
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Wing T1143; ESTC R224052
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of_o theudolinda_n create_v king_n of_o the_o lombard_n when_o he_o have_v reign_v nine_o year_n bequeathe_v the_o kingdom_n to_o bertanus_n and_o godopertus_n his_o son_n the_o kingdom_n be_v divide_v bertanus_n place_v his_o imperial_a seat_n at_o milan_n and_o godopertus_fw-la at_o ticinum_n after_o dissension_n spring_v between_o the_o two_o brother_n godopertus_n send_v to_o grinidaldus_fw-la duke_n of_o beneventa_fw-la a_o legate_n garipaldus_fw-la captain_n or_o duke_n of_o taureventinus_fw-la to_o request_v speedy_a aid_n against_o his_o brother_n in_o recompense_n whereof_o he_o promise_v his_o kinswoman_n in_o marriage_n contrary_a to_o which_o thing_n the_o traitorous_a legate_n do_v persuade_v grinidaldusâ—…o_o possess_v the_o kingdom_n of_o lâ—…mbardie_n have_v now_o apt_a time_n therefore_o the_o brother_n be_v at_o war_n within_o themselves_o whereupon_o grinivalde_v with_o a_o choose_a company_n go_v to_o ticinum_n where_o be_v honourable_o receive_v because_o of_o his_o marriage_n as_o be_v think_v into_o the_o king_n palace_n do_v kill_v godopertus_n and_o enjoy_v the_o kingdom_n bertarius_n which_o be_v at_o milan_n hear_v thereof_o for_o fear_v flee_v into_o panonia_n or_o hungary_n to_o cacanus_fw-la king_n of_o the_o araries_n a_o people_n of_o panonia_n leave_v behind_o rodolinda_n his_o wife_n and_o camipertus_fw-la his_o son_n who_o grinivaldus_fw-la send_v to_o benevenventa_fw-la not_o long_o after_o which_o domus_fw-la gariopaldus_fw-la the_o legate_n be_v in_o the_o temple_n kill_v by_o the_o servant_n of_o godopertus_n who_o fear_v not_o to_o be_v murder_v for_o the_o revenge_n of_o his_o master_n injury_n bonsinius_n li_fw-mi 8._o deca_n 1._o edgarus_n king_n of_o england_n by_o sickness_n lose_v the_o queen_n his_o wife_n elfreda_n on_o who_o he_o have_v get_v edward_n his_o son_n at_o what_o time_n fame_n have_v blow_v abroad_o that_o horgerius_n duke_n of_o cornwall_n have_v a_o fair_a daughter_n name_v alfreda_n he_o send_v 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edgar_n as_o well_o for_o that_o he_o have_v take_v away_o the_o husband_n as_o for_o that_o he_o have_v espouse_v the_o unchaste_a wife_n polydor_n li_fw-mi 6._o ranulphus_n li_fw-mi 6._o cap._n 11._o will'mus_fw-la malmes_n li_fw-mi 2._o cap._n 46._o francis_n sabarella_n the_o cardinal_n who_o writing_n be_v high_o commend_v and_o allow_v be_v hold_v in_o great_a authority_n among_o the_o civil_a lawyer_n send_v ambassador_n by_o john_n the_o 23._o bishop_n of_o rome_n unto_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n to_o excuse_v his_o fact_n and_o keep_v he_o in_o the_o popedom_n be_v author_n and_o occasion_n of_o the_o pope_n utter_a overthrow_n in_o hope_n that_o himself_o afterwards_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o council_n shall_v have_v supply_v the_o place_n of_o pope_n john_n but_o be_v prevent_v by_o death_n he_o at_o one_o time_n do_v satisfy_v both_o his_o tyrannical_a ambition_n and_o unchristian_a treachery_n garmibertus_fw-la li._n 5._o de_fw-la vitis_fw-la pontificum_fw-la and_o so_o with_o one_o history_n more_o deliver_v in_o latin_a as_o guicchardine_n have_v write_v it_o i_o will_v set_v end_n to_o these_o traitorous_a and_o unfaithful_a ambassador_n the_o which_o matter_n i_o have_v purposely_o deliver_v in_o latin_a as_o the_o course_n of_o the_o style_n lead_v word_n for_o word_n and_o as_o the_o author_n write_v the_o same_o for_o that_o not_o read_v the_o history_n in_o any_o other_o place_n i_o can_v not_o so_o fit_o set_v it_o forth_o as_o methinks_v both_o such_o a_o matter_n and_o the_o author_n meaning_n do_v require_v and_o yet_o loath_a to_o leave_v out_o a_o thing_n do_v in_o our_o remembrance_n i_o think_v best_a rather_o so_o to_o do_v than_o utter_o to_o defraud_v your_o lordship_n thereof_o the_o matter_n be_v this_o constans_n fuit_fw-la multorum_fw-la opinio_fw-la albertum_fw-la pium_fw-la carpensem_fw-la galliae_fw-la regis_fw-la lodovici_fw-la duodecimi_fw-la apud_fw-la julium_fw-la 2._o papam_fw-la de_fw-la controversia_fw-la inter_fw-la pontificem_fw-la and_o ferariae_fw-la ducem_fw-la alfonsum_fw-la atestinum_fw-la and_o salinis_fw-la cerine_n comactii_fw-la â—…rta_fw-la componenda_fw-la legatum_fw-la legationis_fw-la munere_fw-la non_fw-la bona_fw-la fide_fw-la functum_fw-la ut_fw-la pontificem_fw-la ferariensium_fw-la ducem_fw-la contetaret_fw-la operam_fw-la dedisse_fw-la ad_fw-la idque_fw-la ardentissimo_fw-la desiderio_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la usque_fw-la permansit_fw-la impulsum_fw-la ut_fw-la alfonsus_fw-la ferariensi_fw-la principatu_fw-la spoliaretur_fw-la quum_fw-la hercules_n alfonsi_n pater_fw-la ante_fw-la paucos_fw-la annos_fw-la à _fw-la gilberto_n pio_n dimidiam_fw-la carpensem_fw-la ditionem_fw-la accepisset_fw-la eique_fw-la saxuli_fw-la castellum_fw-la cum_fw-la nonnullis_fw-la aliis_fw-la oppidis_fw-la permutationem_fw-la dedisset_fw-la albertus_n ne_fw-la tandem_fw-la ut_fw-la saepe_fw-la necesse_fw-la eum_fw-la minus_fw-la potentem_fw-la potentioris_fw-la vicini_fw-la cupiditate_fw-la cedere_fw-la ei_fw-la alteram_fw-la partem_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la spectaret_fw-la concedere_fw-la cogeretur_fw-la metuebat_fw-la guicchard_n li_fw-it 2._o with_o which_o latin_a history_n conclude_v and_o utter_v what_o i_o have_v read_v concerning_o such_o unfaithful_a legate_n who_o without_o better_a government_n may_v be_v draw_v into_o treason_n one_o of_o the_o most_o wicked_a evil_n which_o by_o their_o own_o occasion_n and_o folly_n they_o may_v rash_o fall_v into_o i_o will_v finish_v up_o the_o enlarge_n of_o this_o proposition_n concerning_o traitorous_a ambassador_n with_o their_o manner_n of_o treachery_n and_o take_v upon_o i_o brief_o in_o like_o order_n with_o like_o manner_n of_o example_n to_o treat_v of_o one_o other_o mischief_n that_o follow_v such_o ambassador_n for_o as_o there_o be_v nobody_o but_o have_v its_o shadow_n no_o corn_n but_o have_v its_o chaff_n no_o wine_n but_o have_v its_o lees_n nor_o any_o man_n that_o 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or_o want_v of_o good_a government_n in_o order_v himself_o be_v not_o simple_o a_o fault_n in_o the_o agent_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o to_o be_v allow_v but_o also_o it_o stretch_v further_a and_o minister_v occasion_n to_o condemn_v the_o master_n or_o prince_n