Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	church_n	england_n	king_n	3,792	5	4.0738	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30476	Dr. Burnet's travels, or Letters containing an account of what seemed most remarkable in Switzerland, Italy, France, and Germany, &c written by Gilbert Burnet ...	Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.	1687 (1687)	Wing B5934; ESTC R9984	167,242	250

as_o it_o be_v among_o the_o florentine_n who_o though_o they_o value_v themselves_o as_o a_o size_n of_o man_n much_o above_o the_o venetian_n who_o they_o despise_v as_o a_o phlegmatic_a and_o dull_a race_n of_o people_n yet_o show_v how_o little_a they_o understand_v with_o all_o their_o vivacity_n to_o conduct_v their_o state_n since_o by_o their_o domestic_a heat_n they_o lose_v their_o liberty_n which_o the_o venetian_n have_v have_v the_o wisdom_n still_o to_o preserve_v this_o faction_n of_o the_o case_n ducale_v be_v perhaps_o willing_a to_o let_v the_o matter_n fall_v for_o they_o lose_v more_o than_o they_o get_v by_o it_o for_o the_o ancient_a family_n in_o revenge_n set_v themselves_o against_o they_o and_o exclude_v they_o from_o all_o the_o other_o advantageous_a employment_n of_o the_o state_n for_o the_o other_o be_v only_o unite_v in_o that_o single_a point_n relate_v to_o the_o dukedom_n the_o ancient_a family_n let_v they_o carry_v it_o but_o in_o all_o other_o competition_n they_o set_v up_o always_o such_o competitor_n against_o the_o pretender_n that_o be_v of_o the_o ducal_z family_n that_o be_v much_o more_o esteem_v than_o these_o be_v so_o that_o they_o shut_v they_o out_o of_o all_o the_o best_a office_n of_o the_o republic_n such_o a_o faction_n as_o this_o be_v ●f_o it_o have_v be_v still_o keep_v up_o may_v in_o conclusion_n have_v prove_v fatal_a to_o their_o liberty_n it_o be_v indeed_o a_o wonder_n to_o see_v the_o dignity_n of_o the_o duke_n so_o much_o court_v for_o h●_n be_v only_o a_o prisoner_n of_o state_n tie_v up_o to_o such_o rule_n so_o severe_o restrain_v and_o shut_v up_o as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o apartment_n of_o the_o palace_n of_o st._n mark_n that_o it_o be_v not_o strange_a to_o see_v some_o of_o the_o great_a family_n in_o particular_a the_o cornara_n decline_v it_o all_o the_o family_n if_o ever_o so_o numerous_a must_v retire_v o●t_v of_o the_o senate_n when_o a_o duke_n be_v choose_v out_o of_o it_o only_o one_o that_o be_v next_o to_o he_o of_o kin_n sit_v still_o but_o without_o a_o vote_n and_o the_o only_a real_a privilege_n that_o the_o duke_n have_v be_v that_o he_o can_v of_o himself_o without_o communicate_v with_o the_o savii_n propose_v matter_n either_o to_o the_o council_n of_o ten_o to_o the_o senate_n or_o to_o the_o great_a council_n whereas_o all_o other_o proposition_n must_v be_v first_o offer_v to_o the_o savii_n and_o examine_v by_o they_o who_o have_v a_o so●t_n of_o tribunitian_a power_n to_o reject_v what_o they_o dislike_v and_o though_o they_o can_v hinder_v the_o duke_n to_o make_v a_o proposition_n yet_o they_o can_v mortify_v he_o when_o he_o have_v make_v it_o they_o can_v h●●der_v it_o to_o be_v vote_v and_o after_o it_o be_v vote_v they_o can_v suspend_v the_o execution_n of_o it_o till_o it_o be_v examine_v over_o again_o and_o a_o duke_n that_o be_v of_o a_o active_a spirit_n must_v resolve_v to_o endure_v many_o of_o these_o affliction_n and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o savii_n do_v sometime_o affect_v to_o show_v the_o greatness_n of_o their_o authority_n and_o exercise_v a_o sort_n of_o tyranny_n in_o the_o reject_v of_o proposition_n when_o they_o intend_v to_o humble_v those_o that_o make_v they_o yet_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o best_a family_n court_v this_o honour_n of_o dukedom_n extreme_o when_o segrado_n be_v upon_o the_o point_n of_o be_v choose_v duke_n there_o be_v so_o violent_a a_o outcry_n against_o it_o over_o all_o venice_n because_o of_o the_o disgrace_n that_o they_o think_v will_v come_v on_o the_o republic_n if_o they_o have_v a_o prince_n who_o note_n have_v miscarry_v in_o some_o unfortunate_a disorder_n the_o senate_n comply_v so_o far_o with_o this_o aversion_n that_o the_o people_n testify_v that_o though_o the_o inquisitor_n take_v care_n to_o hang_v or_o drown_v many_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o mutineer_n yet_o they_o let_v the_o design_n for_o sagredo_n fall_v upon_o which_o he_o be_v so_o much_o disgu_v that_o he_o retire_v to_o a_o house_n he_o have_v in_o the_o terra_fw-la firma_fw-la and_o never_o appear_v more_o at_o venice_n during_o which_o time_n of_o his_o retirement_n he_o write_v two_o book_n the_o one_o memory_n ottomaniche_n which_o be_v print_v and_o he_o be_v account_v the_o best_a of_o all_o the_o modern_a author_n the_o other_o be_v memoir_n of_o the_o government_n and_o history_n of_o venice_n which_o have_v never_o be_v print_v and_o some_o say_v it_o be_v too_o sincere_a and_o too_o particular_a so_o that_o it_o be_v think_v it_o will_v be_v reserve_v among_o their_o archive_v it_o have_v be_v a_o sort_n of_o maxim_n now_o for_o some_o time_n not_o to_o choose_v a_o marry_a man_n to_o be_v duke_n for_o the_o coronation_n of_o a_o duchess_n go_v high_a and_o have_v cost_v above_o hundred_o thousand_o ducat_n some_o of_o the_o ancient_a family_n have_v affect_v the_o title_n of_o prince_n and_o have_v call_v their_o branch_n prince_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o though_o the_o cornara_n have_v do_v this_o more_o than_o any_o other_o yet_o other_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o some_o principality_n that_o their_o ancestor_n have_v in_o the_o island_n of_o the_o archipelago_n have_v also_o affect_v those_o vain_a title_n but_o the_o inquisitor_n have_v long_o ago_o oblige_v they_o to_o lay_v aside_o all_o those_o high_a title_n and_o such_o of_o they_o that_o boast_v too_o much_o of_o their_o blood_n find_v the_o dislike_n which_o that_o bring_v on_o they_o very_o sensible_o for_o whensoever_o they_o pretend_v to_o any_o great_a employment_n they_o find_v themselves_o always_o exclude_v when_o a_o election_n of_o ambassador_n be_v propose_v or_o of_o any_o of_o the_o chief_a office_n it_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v make_v in_o those_o term_n that_o the_o council_n must_v choose_v one_o of_o its_o principal_a member_n for_o such_o a_o employment_n but_o because_o this_o look_v like_o a_o term_n of_o distinction_n among_o the_o nobility_n they_o change_v it_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n ago_o and_o instead_o of_o principal_a they_o use_v now_o the_o term_n honourable_a which_o comprehend_v the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o nobility_n without_o any_o distinction_n it_o be_v at_o venice_n in_o the_o church_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o state_n that_o the_o head_n of_o the_o body_n have_v a_o great_a title_n and_o particular_a honour_n do_v he_o whereas_o in_o the_o mean_a while_o this_o be_v a_o mere_a pageantry_n and_o under_o these_o big_a word_n there_o be_v lodge_v only_o a_o light_a shadow_n of_o authority_n for_o their_o bishop_n have_v the_o glorious_a title_n of_o patriarch_n as_o well_o as_o the_o duke_n be_v call_v their_o prince_n and_o his_o serenity_n and_o have_v his_o name_n stamp_v upon_o their_o coin_n so_o the_o patriarch_n with_o all_o his_o high_a title_n have_v real_o no_o authority_n for_o not_o only_a st._n mark_n be_v church_n be_v entire_o exempt_v from_o his_o jurisdiction_n and_o be_v immediate_o subject_a to_o the_o duke_n but_o his_o authority_n be_v in_o all_o other_o thing_n so_o subject_a to_o the_o senate_n and_o so_o regulate_v by_o they_o that_o he_o have_v no_o more_o power_n than_o they_o be_v please_v to_o allow_v he_o so_o that_o the_o senate_n be_v as_o real_o the_o supreme_a governor_n over_o all_o person_n and_o in_o all_o cause_n as_o the_o king_n of_o england_n have_v pretend_v to_o be_v in_o their_o own_o dominion_n since_o the_o rrformation_n but_o beside_o all_o this_o the_o clergy_n of_o venice_n have_v a_o very_a extraordinary_a sort_n of_o exemption_n and_o be_v a_o sort_n of_o a_o body_n like_o a_o presbytery_n independent_a of_o the_o bishop_n the_o curate_n be_v choose_v by_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o every_o parish_n and_o this_o make_v that_o no_o noble_a venetian_n be_v suffer_v to_o pretend_v to_o any_o curacy_n for_o they_o think_v it_o below_o that_o dignity_n to_o suffer_v one_o of_o their_o body_n to_o engage_v in_o a_o competition_n with_o one_o of_o a_o low_a order_n and_o to_o run_v the_o hazard_n of_o be_v reject_v i_o be_v tell_v the_o manner_n of_o those_o election_n be_v the_o most_o scandalous_a thing_n possible_a for_o the_o several_a candidate_n appear_v on_o the_o day_n of_o election_n and_o set_v out_o their_o own_o merit_n and_o defame_v the_o other_o pretender_n in_o the_o foul_a language_n and_o in_o the_o most_o scurrilous_a manner_n imaginable_a the_o secret_n of_o all_o their_o life_n be_v publish_v in_o most_o reproachful_a term_n and_o nothing_o be_v so_o abject_a and_o ridiculous_a that_o be_v not_o put_v in_o practice_n on_o those_o occasion_n there_o be_v a_o sort_n of_o a_o association_n among_o the_o curate_n for_o judge_v of_o their_o common_a concern_v and_o some_o of_o the_o laity_n of_o the_o several_a parish_n assist_v in_o those_o

the_o prayer_n a_o good_a interval_n of_o silence_n for_o the_o private_a devotion_n of_o the_o assembly_n the_o school_n here_o go_v not_o above_o latin_n greek_n and_o logic_n and_o for_o the_o ●est_n they_o send_v their_o child_n to_o zurich_n or_o basil_n the_o clergy_n here_o be_v very_o mean_o provide_v for_o most_o part_n they_o have_v nothing_o but_o the_o benevolence_n of_o their_o people_n they_o complain_v much_o to_o i_o of_o a_o great_a coldness_n in_o their_o people_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o religion_n and_o of_o a_o great_a corruption_n in_o their_o moral_n the_o commons_o be_v extreme_a insolent_a and_o many_o crime_n go_v unpunished_a if_o the_o person_n that_o commit_v they_o have_v either_o great_a credit_n or_o much_o money_n the_o poor_a minister_n here_o be_v under_o a_o terrible_a slavery_n for_o the_o grison_n pretend_v that_o in_o all_o time_n they_o have_v not_o only_o the_o patronage_n of_o their_o church_n but_o a_o power_n to_o dismiss_v their_o churchman_n as_o they_o see_v cause_n how_o it_o be_v among_o the_o papist_n i_o can_v tell_v but_o the_o dean_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o the_o house_n of_o god_n tell_v i_o they_o have_v a_o ill_a custom_n of_o ordain_v their_o minister_n without_o a_o title_n upon_o a_o examination_n of_o their_o qualification_n and_o ability_n which_o take_v they_o up_o general_o six_o or_o seven_o hour_n and_o when_o this_o trial_n be_v thus_o dispatch_v if_o the_o person_n be_v find_v qualify_v they_o ordain_v he_o and_o it_o be_v too_o ordinary_a for_o those_o that_o be_v thus_o ordain_v to_o endeavour_v to_o undermine_v the_o minister_n already_o in_o employment_n if_o their_o people_n grow_v disgu_v at_o they_o or_o as_o they_o become_v disable_v by_o age_n and_o often_o the_o interest_n and_o kindred_n of_o the_o intruder_n carry_v the_o matter_n against_o the_o incumbent_n without_o any_o colour_n or_o pretence_n and_o in_o that_o case_n the_o synod_n be_v bind_v to_o receive_v the_o intruder_n in_o one_o half_a of_o the_o country_n they_o preach_v in_o high_a dutch_a and_o in_o the_o other_o half_a in_o a_o corrupt_a italian_a which_o they_o call_v romanish_a that_o be_v a_o mixture_n of_o french_a and_o italian_a in_o every_o league_n they_o have_v a_o synod_n and_o as_o the_o people_n choose_v their_o minister_n so_o in_o imitation_n of_o the_o swisser_n every_o synod_n choose_v their_o antist●s_n or_o s._n perintendant_a he_o be_v call_v the_o dean_n among_o the_o grison_n and_o have_v a_o sort_n of_o a_o episcopal_a power_n but_o he_o be_v accountable_a to_o the_o synod_n the_o office_n be_v for_o life_n but_o the_o synod_n upon_o great_a cause_n give_v may_v make_v a_o change_n the_o people_n of_o this_o country_n be_v much_o more_o lively_a than_o the_o swisser_n and_o they_o begin_v to_o have_v some_o tincture_n of_o the_o italian_a temper_n they_o be_v extreme_a civil_a to_o stranger_n but_o it_o seem_v in_o all_o commonwealth_n innkeeper_n think_v they_o have_v a_o right_a to_o exact_v upon_o stranger_n which_o one_o find_v here_o as_o well_o as_o in_o holland_n or_o in_o switzerland_n i_o shall_v conclude_v what_o i_o have_v to_o say_v concern_v the_o grison_n with_o a_o very_a extraordinary_a story_n which_o i_o have_v both_o from_o the_o minister_n of_o coire_n and_o several_a other_o gentleman_n that_o see_v in_o april_n 1685._o about_o five_o hundred_o person_n of_o different_a sex_n and_o age_n that_o past_a through_o the_o town_n who_o give_v this_o account_n of_o themselves_o they_o be_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o a_o valley_n in_o tirol_n belong_v for_o the_o great_a part_n to_o the_o archbishopric_n of_o saltsburg_n but_o some_o of_o they_o be_v in_o the_o diocese_n of_o trent_n &_o bresse_n they_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o remnant_n of_o the_o old_a waldenses_n they_o worship_v neither_o image_n nor_o saint_n and_o they_o believe_v the_o sacrament_n be_v only_o a_o commemoration_n of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o in_o many_o other_o point_v they_o have_v their_o peculiar_a opinion_n different_a from_o those_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n they_o know_v nothing_o neither_o of_o lutherian_o nor_o calvinist_n and_o the_o grison_n though_o their_o neighbour_n have_v never_o hear_v of_o this_o nearness_n of_o they_o to_o the_o protestant_a religion_n they_o have_v mass_n say_v among_o they_o but_o some_o year_n since_o some_o of_o the_o valley_n go_v over_o germany_n to_o earn_v somewhat_o by_o their_o labour_n happen_v to_o go_v into_o the_o palatinate_n where_o they_o be_v better_o instruct_v in_o ma●ters_n of_o religion_n and_o these_o bring_v back_o with_o they_o into_o the_o valley_n the_o heidelberg_n catechism_n together_o with_o ●om●_n other_o german_a book_n which_o un_fw-we over_o the_o v●lley_n and_o they_o be_v before_o that_o in_o a_o good_a disposition_n those_o book_n have_v such_o a_o effect_n upon_o they_o that_o they_o give_v over_o go_v to_o mass_n any_o more_o and_o begin_v to_o worship_n god_n in_o a_o way_n more_o suitable_a to_o the_o rule_v set_v down_o in_o scripture_n some_o of_o their_o priest_n concur_v with_o they_o in_o this_o happy_a change_n but_o other_o that_o adhere_v still_o to_o the_o mass_n go_v and_o give_v the_o archbishop_n of_o saltsburg_n a_o account_n of_o it_o upon_o which_o he_o send_v some_o into_o the_o country_n to_o examine_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o matter_n to_o exhort_v they_o to_o return_v to_o ma●s_n and_o t●_n threaten_v they_o with_o all_o severity_n if_o they_o continue_v obstinate_a so_o they_o see_v a_o terrible_a storm_n ready_a to_o break_v upon_o they_o resolve_v to_o abandon_v their_o house_n and_o all_o they_o have_v rather_o than_o sin_n against_o their_o conscience_n and_o the_o whole_a inhabitant_n of_o the_o valley_n old_a and_o young_a man_n and_o woman_n to_o the_o number_n of_o two_o thousand_o divide_v themselves_o into_o several_a body_n some_o intend_v to_o go_v to_o brandenburg_n other_o to_o the_o palatinate_n and_o about_o five_o hundred_o take_v the_o way_n of_o coire_n intend_v to_o disperse_v themselves_o in_o switzerland_n the_o minister_n tell_v i_o they_o be_v much_o edify_v with_o their_o simplicity_n and_o modesty_n for_o a_o collection_n be_v make_v for_o they_o they_o desire_v only_o a_o little_a bread_n to_o carry_v they_o on_o their_o way_n from_o coire_n we_o go_v to_o tossane_n and_o from_o that_o through_o the_o way_n that_o be_v just_o call_v via_n mala._n ●t_a be_v through_o a_o bottom_n between_o two_o rock_n through_o which_o the_o rhine_n run_v but_o under_o ground_n or_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o way_n the_o way_n be_v cut_v out_o in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o rock_n in_o some_o place_n and_o in_o several_a place_n the_o steepness_n of_o the_o rock_n be_v such_o that_o a_o way_n can_v not_o be_v cut_v out_o there_o be_v beam_n drive_v into_o it_o over_o which_o board_n and_n earth_n be_v lay_v this_o way_n hold_v a_o hour_n after_o that_o there_o be_v for_o two_o hour_n good_a way_n and_o we_o pass_v through_o two_o considerable_a village_n there_o be_v good_a lodging_n in_o both_o from_o thence_o there_o be_v for_o two_o hour_n journey_n terrible_a way_n almost_o as_o bad_a as_o the_o via_fw-la mala_fw-la then_o a_o hour_n journey_n good_a way_n to_o splagen_n which_o be_v a_o large_a village_n of_o above_o two_o hundred_o house_n that_o be_v well_o build_v and_o the_o inhabitant_n seem_v all_o to_o live_v at_o their_o ease_n though_o they_o have_v no_o sort_n of_o soil_n but_o a_o little_a meadow_n ground_n about_o they_o this_o be_v the_o last_o protestant_n church_n that_o be_v in_o our_o way_n it_o be_v well_o endow_v for_o the_o provision_n of_o the_o minister_n be_v near_o two_o hundred_o crown_n those_o of_o this_o village_n be_v the_o carrier_n between_o italy_n and_o germany_n so_o they_o drive_v a_o great_a trade_n for_o there_o be_v here_o a_o perpetual_a carriage_n go_v and_o come_v and_o we_o be_v tell_v th●t_v there_o pass_v general_o a_o hundred_o horse_n through_o this_o town_n one_o day_n with_o another_o and_o there_o be_v above_o five_o hundred_o carriage-horse_n that_o belong_v to_o this_o town_n from_o this_o place_n we_o go_v mount_v for_o three_o hour_n till_o we_o get_v to_o the_o top_n of_o the_o hill_n where_o there_o be_v only_o one_o great_a inn._n after_o that_o the_o way_n be_v tolerable_o good_a for_o two_o hour_n and_o for_o two_o hour_n there_o be_v a_o constant_a descent_n which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v as_o steep_a as_o if_o we_o be_v all_o the_o while_n go_v down_o stair_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o this_o be_v a_o little_a village_n call_v campdolcin_n and_o here_o we_o find_v we_o be_v in_o italy_n both_o by_o the_o vast_a difference_n of_o the_o climate_n for_o whereas_o we_o be_v freeze_v on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o hear_v of_o the_o