Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	according_a	judge_v	law_n	1,465	5	4.9712	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01365	A very briefe and profitable treatise declaring hovve many counsells, and vvhat maner of counselers a prince that will gouerne well ought to haue The book speaketh. ...; Consejo i consejeros del principe. English. Abridgments	Furio Ceriol, Fadrique, d. 1592.; Blundeville, Thomas, fl. 1561.	1570 (1570)	STC 11488; ESTC S105670	28,475	130

govern_v his_o state_n well_o and_o to_o dispatch_v many_o matter_n speedy_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v seven_o counsel_n every_o one_o differ_v from_o other_o in_o affair_n office_n and_o in_o authority_n and_o first_o he_o begin_v with_o the_o counsel_n of_o revenue_n exchequer_n not_o for_o that_o it_o be_v first_o by_o worthiness_n but_o as_o i_o take_v it_o for_o that_o it_o be_v first_o by_o order_n of_o nature_n take_v here_o perhaps_o the_o prince_n revenue_n to_o be_v the_o matter_n without_o the_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v do_v to_o which_o counsel_n belong_v these_o point_n here_o follow_a to_o gather_v up_o his_o revenue_n to_o see_v that_o they_o be_v not_o waste_v to_o increase_v they_o by_o all_o convenient_a mean_n to_o consider_v from_o whence_o how_o and_o in_o what_o time_n extraordinary_a parliament_n revenue_n may_v be_v best_a levy_v to_o appoint_v task_n and_o subsedy_n toll_z and_o custom_n and_o to_o reform_v they_o when_o they_o be_v either_o to_o much_o or_o to_o little_a without_o dammage_v the_o weal_n public_a to_o abridge_v superfluous_a and_o to_o increase_v necessary_a expense_n the_o second_o be_v the_o counsel_n place_v of_o the_o state_n who_o office_n and_o duty_n consist_v in_o these_o point_n here_o follow_a first_o to_o see_v whether_o such_o officer_n and_o governor_n as_o serve_v under_o the_o prince_n as_o well_o in_o peaceable_a as_o in_o warlike_a affair_n do_v their_o duty_n or_o not_o to_o know_v how_o long_o their_o time_n of_o service_n endure_v whither_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v change_v or_o not_o &_o who_o ought_v to_o be_v choose_v to_o serve_v in_o their_o room_n moreover_o to_o see_v that_o all_o charge_v both_o ordinary_a and_o extraordinary_a as_o well_o for_o matter_n of_o peace_n as_o also_o of_o war_n be_v pay_v in_o due_a time_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o warrant_n direct_v to_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o revenue_n which_o have_v authority_n to_o receive_v but_o not_o to_o disburse_v one_o penny_n without_o special_a warrant_n from_o this_o counsel_n which_o only_o have_v power_n to_o distribute_v the_o prince_n money_n also_o to_o consider_v with_o who_o either_o peace_n war_n league_n or_o truce_n be_v to_o be_v make_v again_o with_o who_o the_o prince_n ought_v to_o join_v in_o true_a or_o feign_a friendship_n and_o how_o far_o how_o much_o in_o what_o sort_n and_o at_o what_o time_n whither_o secret_o or_o open_o he_o ought_v to_o aid_v his_o friend_n and_o therefore_o this_o counsel_n have_v so_o great_a matter_n in_o charge_n deserve_v well_o to_o be_v the_o head_n and_o chief_a of_o all_o the_o other_o counsel_n the_o three_o counsel_n be_v for_o need_n matter_n of_o war_n and_o therefore_o my_o author_n call_v it_o the_o counsel_n of_o war_n who_o office_n be_v to_o see_v that_o the_o prince_n town_n port_n &_o frontier_n be_v well_o fortify_v and_o to_o understand_v the_o whole_a art_n and_o discipline_n of_o war_n to_o the_o intent_n the_o prince_n and_o his_o realm_n may_v not_o only_o be_v defend_v from_o all_o foreign_a power_n but_o also_o get_v the_o victory_n of_o his_o enemy_n with_o who_o he_o shall_v hap_v to_o join_v in_o battle_n and_o therefore_o this_o counsel_n beside_o be_v skilful_a in_o fortification_n in_o take_v of_o muster_n in_o train_n of_o soldier_n and_o in_o set_v of_o battle_n ought_v also_o to_o have_v in_o prompe_n memory_n all_o the_o former_a war_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o of_o his_o predecessor_n and_o to_o know_v how_o and_o upon_o what_o occasion_n those_o war_n be_v first_o begin_v follow_v end_v and_o what_o success_n they_o have_v and_o how_o those_o war_n differ_v one_o from_o another_o by_o reason_n of_o time_n and_o what_o condition_n of_o peace_n have_v be_v offer_v or_o receive_v &_o upon_o what_o cause_n also_o to_o consider_v as_o well_o the_o force_n of_o the_o enemy_n and_o of_o his_o ally_n and_o confederate_n as_o of_o the_o prince_n and_o his_o confederate_n and_o to_o compare_v they_o together_o that_o they_o may_v know_v whither_o they_o be_v equal_a in_o power_n or_o that_o the_o one_o excel_v the_o other_o &_o wherein_o as_o in_o man_n armor_z discipline_n victual_n same_o credit_n money_n friend_n ally_n and_o such_o like_a without_v due_a consideration_n of_o which_o thing_n he_o that_o begin_v any_o war_n end_v the_o same_o for_o the_o most_o part_n to_o his_o great_a loss_n shame_n and_o reproach_n and_o therefore_o how_o necessary_a this_o counsel_n be_v to_o a_o prince_n it_o be_v easy_a enough_o to_o see_v the_o four_o counsel_n be_v for_o purueyours_fw-fr provision_n of_o victual_n and_o therefore_o it_o may_v be_v well_o call_v of_o we_o the_o counsel_n of_o vitteler_n or_o purveyor_n who_o charge_n be_v to_o furnish_v the_o whole_a state_n with_o victual_n both_o in_o time_n of_o peace_n and_o war_n and_o therefore_o this_o counsel_n have_v need_v to_o knowc_v every_o part_n of_o the_o country_n and_o what_o it_o be_v able_a to_o yield_v and_o to_o keep_v book_n of_o remembrance_n that_o may_v show_v they_o at_o all_o time_n what_o store_n of_o vittaylc_n there_o be_v and_o what_o be_v lack_v what_o come_v in_o or_o go_v out_o by_o sea_n or_o by_o land_n also_o from_o whence_o they_o be_v bring_v and_o whither_o they_o be_v carry_v by_o what_o way_n by_o who_o in_o what_o sort_n how_o much_o and_o at_o what_o time_n and_o such_o like_a matter_n appertain_v to_o their_o office_n and_o to_o this_o counsel_n the_o prince_n shall_v do_v well_o to_o refer_v all_o matter_n touch_v lycence_n of_o carry_v out_o corn_n or_o other_o victual_n grant_v licence_n to_o no_o person_n to_o carry_v out_o of_o the_o realm_n any_o victual_n without_o the_o consent_n and_o advise_v of_o this_o counsel_n whereby_o the_o state_n shall_v not_o only_o have_v sufficient_a always_o for_o themselves_o but_o also_o many_o time_n such_o abundance_n as_o they_o may_v help_v their_o friend_n and_o love_a neighbour_n in_o their_o need_n whereas_o contrariwise_o for_o lack_n of_o this_o counsel_n have_v this_o authority_n the_o realm_n many_o time_n suffer_v great_a famine_n by_o mean_n that_o a_o few_o covetous_a person_n prefer_v their_o own_o private_a lucre_n before_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o whole_a common_a wealth_n by_o money_n and_o friendship_n do_v procure_v licence_n of_o the_o prince_n to_o carry_v out_o into_o foreign_a place_n that_o victual_n whereby_o the_o common_a wealth_n at_o home_n shall_v be_v sustain_v yea_o and_o many_o time_n for_o vile_a lucre_n sake_n and_o hope_n of_o great_a gain_n do_v rather_o relieve_v the_o enemy_n than_o the_o friend_n of_o the_o state_n which_o through_o unkindness_n by_o they_o conceive_v cause_v offence_n yea_o and_o sometime_o breach_n of_o friendship_n moreover_o for_o lack_v of_o this_o counsel_n war_n be_v make_v many_o time_n in_o country_n whereas_o no_o meat_n be_v to_o be_v have_v for_o man_n or_o beast_n so_o as_o the_o army_n be_v no_o soon_o in_o the_o field_n but_o it_o suffer_v extreme_a hunger_n and_o be_v thereby_o force_v to_o return_v immediate_o home_o again_o with_o shame_n enough_o or_o to_o make_v peace_n or_o truce_n either_o out_o of_o time_n or_o else_o with_o such_o condition_n as_o be_v not_o meet_v nor_o honourable_a whereby_o the_o prince_n lose_v his_o estimation_n amongst_o stranger_n and_o get_v the_o hatred_n of_o his_o own_o people_n for_o two_o thing_n make_v the_o people_n to_o love_v the_o prince_n that_o be_v to_o be_v defend_v from_o the_o oppression_n of_o the_o mighty_a and_o to_o be_v in_o league_n with_o those_o nation_n without_o who_o they_o can_v not_o well_o traffic_v the_o five_o counsel_n be_v touch_v matter_n of_o law_n who_o place_n charge_n be_v to_o appoint_v as_o many_o and_o as_o few_o officer_n as_o shall_v seem_v requisite_a to_o minister_v justice_n parliament_n in_o civil_a cause_n throughout_o the_o whole_a state_n and_o this_o counsel_n must_v have_v authority_n to_o make_v law_n to_o repeal_v law_n to_o reform_v law_n and_o to_o interpret_v law_n for_o lack_v of_o which_o counsel_n great_a wrong_n be_v suffer_v and_o many_o disorder_n commit_v in_o all_o common_a wealth_n to_o the_o great_a decay_n of_o the_o state_n and_o set_v up_o and_o advance_v of_o a_o few_o laweyer_n and_o advocate_n which_o in_o these_o day_n may_v bold_o rob_v and_o spoil_v the_o poor_a commons_n without_o any_o fear_n of_o punishment_n or_o correction_n the_o six_o counsel_n be_v touch_v bench_n criminal_a cause_n and_o therefore_o it_o may_v be_v call_v the_o counsel_n of_o correction_n this_o counsel_n must_v have_v authority_n to_o judge_v and_o give_v sentence_n of_o all_o crime_n commit_v any_o manner_n of_o way_n and_o to_o punish_v the_o offender_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o country_n the_o seven_o counsel_n

conceive_v such_o a_o opinion_n of_o they_o as_o they_o will_v not_o believe_v that_o they_o err_v when_o they_o err_v in_o deed_n for_o wise_a man_n seldom_o err_v wherefore_o sith_o so_o many_o evil_n do_v rise_v of_o the_o evil_a choice_n and_o so_o many_o good_a thing_n of_o the_o good_a choice_n the_o prince_n therefore_o in_o my_o opinion_n can_v not_o be_v to_o choice_n in_o his_o choice_n and_o so_o let_v this_o suffice_v for_o the_o first_o advertisement_n second_o the_o prince_n to_o the_o advertisement_n intent_n he_o may_v have_v a_o plentiful_a choice_n of_o man_n meet_v to_o serve_v his_o turn_n have_v need_v not_o only_o to_o consider_v of_o such_o as_o keep_v in_o his_o court_n and_o be_v nigh_o about_o he_o but_o also_o to_o seek_v to_o be_v inform_v of_o so_o many_o as_o he_o can_v beside_o give_v charge_n and_o commission_n to_o his_o lieutenant_n and_o chief_a officer_n abroad_o in_o every_o sheer_a to_o learn_v by_o diligent_a inquiry_n which_o man_n in_o their_o limit_n be_v know_v to_o be_v most_o sufficient_a to_o such_o purpose_n and_o to_o send_v up_o calendar_n of_o their_o name_n unto_o the_o prince_n to_o the_o intent_n that_o he_o may_v send_v for_o such_o as_o he_o shall_v think_v good_a pretend_v only_o to_o know_v they_o &_o to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o they_o himself_o appoint_v some_o reasonable_a allowance_n to_o bear_v their_o charge_n in_o journey_v to_o &_o fro_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o prince_n shall_v have_v choice_n of_o many_o amongst_o who_o it_o be_v more_o likely_a to_o find_v out_o some_o one_o excellent_a man_n than_o amongst_o a_o few_o and_o beside_o that_o he_o shall_v win_v great_a love_n and_o fame_n of_o his_o people_n and_o encourage_v all_o estate_n to_o endeavour_n themselves_o to_o get_v wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n and_o to_o follow_v such_o virtuous_a exercise_n as_o they_o may_v deserve_v thereby_o to_o be_v name_v and_o number_v amongst_o those_o that_o be_v think_v meet_v for_o such_o purpose_n and_o by_o this_o mean_n also_o the_o prince_n shall_v know_v what_o able_a man_n he_o have_v within_o his_o realm_n of_o what_o skill_n they_o be_v and_o wherein_o they_o be_v most_o meet_a to_o serve_v he_o at_o any_o time_n that_o he_o shall_v have_v need_n to_o employ_v they_o and_o though_o he_o shall_v seldom_o have_v need_n to_o choose_v above_o one_o or_o two_o to_o serve_v he_o as_o counsellor_n yet_o he_o must_v show_v himself_o courteous_a towards_o all_o the_o rest_n &_o praise_v their_o well_o do_v exhort_v they_o to_o continue_v still_o therein_o and_o therewith_o put_v they_o in_o good_a hope_n of_o preferment_n in_o time_n to_o come_v reward_v some_o with_o office_n some_o with_o fee_n and_o some_o with_o money_n and_o some_o he_o may_v retain_v in_o his_o court_n and_o discharge_v the_o rest_n use_v himself_o in_o such_o sort_n towards_o they_o all_o as_o they_o all_o may_v have_v cause_n to_o be_v satisfy_v and_o content_v three_o if_o the_o prince_n be_v a_o lord_n of_o divers_a country_n and_o advertisement_n nation_n i_o will_v not_o wish_n he_o to_o be_v altogether_o wed_v unto_o his_o own_o native_a countryman_n but_o rather_o to_o choose_v some_o of_o every_o one_o of_o those_o country_n to_o be_v of_o his_o counsel_n for_o the_o prince_n be_v a_o public_a person_n and_o therefore_o aught_o to_o be_v without_o private_a affection_n and_o respect_n or_o partiality_n yea_o he_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o natural_a father_n to_o all_o his_o true_a subject_n of_o what_o country_n soever_o they_o be_v and_o stepfather_n to_o none_o to_o who_o counsel_n if_o any_o of_o the_o subject_n be_v wrong_v or_o grieve_v they_o have_v only_o to_o repair_v for_o redress_n but_o if_o none_o of_o their_o own_o countryman_n be_v of_o the_o counsel_n how_o or_o when_o i_o pray_v you_o shall_v they_o be_v hard_a for_o who_o know_v their_o custom_n their_o humour_n desire_n commodity_n discommodity_n gain_n and_o loss_n so_o well_o as_o they_o or_o who_o will_v be_v so_o ready_a to_o hear_v their_o cause_n suit_n and_o complaint_n as_o their_o own_o countryman_n which_o be_v force_v by_o law_n of_o nature_n to_o love_v they_o and_o to_o tender_v they_o beside_o this_o if_o the_o prince_n shall_v have_v no_o counsellor_n but_o of_o his_o own_o countryman_n all_o the_o other_o country_n will_v think_v that_o either_o he_o do_v not_o esteem_v they_o or_o count_v they_o as_o slave_n or_o at_o the_o least_o do_v not_o trust_v they_o whereof_o the_o first_o will_v breed_v hatred_n in_o they_o towards_o the_o prince_n and_o the_o counsel_n the_o second_o will_v cause_v they_o to_o seek_v liberty_n and_o to_o make_v conspiracy_n and_o rebellion_n and_o the_o third_o will_v make_v they_o to_o become_v unfaithful_a disobedient_a and_o obstinate_a subject_n wherefore_o these_o thing_n be_v well_o weigh_v and_o consider_v i_o believe_v the_o prince_n shall_v find_v it_o much_o better_a to_o choose_v his_o counsellor_n out_o of_o all_o such_o dominion_n as_o be_v subject_a unto_o he_o than_o out_o of_o one_o or_o two_o only_a fourrh_o the_o prince_n may_v not_o be_v to_o hasty_a but_o take_v good_a advertisement_n deliberation_n in_o make_v his_o choice_n of_o such_o man_n as_o be_v name_v unto_o he_o resolve_v upon_o none_o of_o they_o all_o until_o he_o have_v thorough_o try_v they_o as_o well_o by_o report_n of_o the_o counttye_n from_o whence_o they_o come_v as_o also_o by_o his_o own_o examination_n and_o first_o as_o touch_v the_o report_n of_o the_o country_n it_o shall_v be_v necessary_a for_o the_o prince_n as_o well_o to_o avoid_v the_o favourable_a as_o slanderous_a tale_n that_o may_v be_v tell_v he_o to_o give_v every_o man_n leave_v to_o accuse_v the_o person_n who_o he_o mind_v to_o make_v his_o counsellor_n subpenatalionis_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o the_o accuser_n shall_v suffer_v the_o pain_n or_o penalty_n of_o the_o crime_n whereof_o he_o accuse_v the_o party_n if_o he_o can_v not_o due_o prove_v it_o and_o the_o prince_n on_o the_o other_o side_n must_v take_v such_o order_n as_o the_o defendant_n may_v not_o hinder_v or_o stop_v by_o his_o authority_n power_n or_o friendship_n any_o accusation_n that_o may_v be_v make_v against_o he_o and_o sith_o all_o man_n be_v subject_a to_o affect_n the_o blinder_n of_o all_o truth_n i_o will_v wish_n the_o prince_n in_o these_o cause_n before_o due_a try_v all_o have_v to_o give_v no_o credit_n to_o the_o report_n of_o any_o man_n be_v he_o noble_a or_o unnoble_a spiritual_a or_o temporal_a by_o this_o mean_v the_o prince_n shall_v be_v sure_a to_o have_v none_o but_o good_a man_n to_o be_v of_o his_o counsel_n for_o the_o evil_a will_v not_o be_v over_o hasty_a in_o seek_v advancement_n by_o such_o kind_n of_o try_v all_o true_o the_o roman_n in_o old_a time_n do_v very_o straight_o execute_v this_o kind_n of_o discipline_n in_o choose_v their_o magistrate_n whereby_o as_o their_o common_a wealth_n great_o then_o flourish_v so_o afterward_o for_o lack_v thereof_o it_o quick_o decay_a and_o come_v to_o naught_o now_o as_o touch_v the_o prince_n examination_n to_o be_v make_v by_o himself_o i_o say_v by_o himself_o and_o not_o by_o his_o deputy_n he_o have_v to_o examine_v what_o sufficientcie_n be_v in_o the_o person_n to_o be_v elect_v by_o consider_v and_o measure_v every_o part_n of_o he_o both_o soul_n &_o body_n to_o which_o end_n my_o author_n have_v make_v and_o describe_v unto_o he_o heretofore_o two_o apt_a measure_n to_o measure_v withal_o the_o one_o of_o fifteen_o part_n &_o the_o other_o of_o five_o that_o of_o fifteen_o part_n serve_v to_o measure_v the_o soul_n and_o the_o other_o of_o five_o part_n to_o measure_v the_o body_n to_o which_o measure_v though_o very_o few_o be_v to_o he_o find_v that_o be_v answerable_a in_o every_o condition_n yet_o let_v those_o that_o be_v more_o answerable_a be_v always_o choose_v before_o those_o that_o be_v less_o answerable_a and_o let_v those_o that_o have_v more_o gift_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o less_o of_o the_o body_n be_v prefer_v before_o those_o that_o have_v more_o of_o the_o body_n and_o less_o of_o the_o mind_n and_o if_o any_o two_o that_o stand_v to_o be_v elect_v be_v equal_a in_o both_o gift_n and_o yet_o be_v not_o of_o like_a birth_n power_n and_o authority_n or_o if_o the_o prince_n perhaps_o favour_v the_o one_o more_o than_o the_o other_o upon_o some_o affection_n or_o for_o some_o service_n do_v than_o it_o be_v good_a reason_n that_o such_o person_n be_v choose_v before_o the_o other_o wherefore_o sith_o such_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v consider_v when_o comparison_n be_v make_v i_o think_v my_o author_n shall_v have_v do_v very_o orderly_a to_o have_v add_v also_o unto_o his_o two_o measure_n before_o