Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	church_n	part_n	universal_a	2,451	5	9.1017	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11791	Nevves from Pernassus The politicall touchstone, taken from Mount Pernassus: whereon the governments of the greatest monarchies of the world are touched.	Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626.; Boccalini, Traiano, 1556-1613. Pietra del paragone politico.	1622 (1622)	STC 22080; ESTC S116983	48,953	96

chance of a Battaile But because Lodovico Guicciardino an vnderstanding Writer of the affaires of Flanders had preferred a Complaint how that for certaine matters not very pleasing vvhich he had written of the Duke he had beene ill entreated by him therefore he stayed a long time to cleare himselfe of such an imputation for there was an Edict of Apollo very rigorously observed in Pernassus whereby that Prince or private man was declared to be infamous which durst offer any wrong to any Historian or other Writer for things written by him not very honorable but yet true Howbeit of such power were the Dukes friends that Guicciardino was contented to revoke his complaint whereupon withall the greatest solemnitie he was admitted into Pernassus and had a place in his Majesties Company of men at Armes which was commanded by that famous Quintus Fabius Maximus who for the excellencie of his well-aduised warinesse was surnamed Cunctator And it happened that amongst the other Princes and Captaines which the said Duke visited one was the most excellent Lord Prospero Colonna by whom he was receiued with all kind of honour and so much the more because he vnderstood that the Duke made a publike profession of beeing the disciple follower and imitator of his slow but sure way of making warre Howbeit a strange and troublesome accident fell out in this visitation for at the first meeting the Duke having given the Lord Prospero the Title of your Honour he was so incensed with disdaine that taking himselfe to be highly wronged by so vile a title with an angry voyce he said Duke I had thought thou wert come hither to honor one that is greater then thy selfe not to vndervalew him but because it is the fashion of the Colonesi to answere the injuries of words with deedes goe out of this house and in the street with my sword in mine hand I will prooue vnto thee that all those vvhich vse such base termes to men of my ranke deserve not to be admitted into the Company of honourable persons The Duke remained much astonished to see that great Captaine take the matter so hainously at his hands and going to withstand the Lord Prospero who offered to thrust him out of the chamber they fell to grapple one with another And because the Spanyards which were in company with the Duke seeing him in such termes with Colonna entred into the chamber to assist him the Italians which belonged vnto the Lord Prospero did the like whereupon in regard of the number of persons in so streit a place there ensued a cruell frey the noyse whereof comming into the street was the cause that the newes of so dangerous an accident was suddainly carried to Apollo who in all hast dispatched thither the Regent of the Vicaria vvith the guard of Archers who freed the Duke out of the Lord Prosperoes hands and the vprore beeing quieted hee commanded the Spanyards that had beene very ill handled to returne home to their houses Thereupon the Lord Prospero to prevent any sinister information that might haue beene given against him presented himselfe before Apollo vnto whom the fame goeth with a troubled countenance he vsed these vvords Sir it is well knowen that men of the family of Colonna of the qualitie I am of haue alwaies enjoyed the title of Excellencie antequam Abraham fieret and ere the Spanyards were in rerum natura Wherefore for that Nation to abuse a man of my ranke as the Duke d' Alva did me but now is most insupportable for if the vilenesse of him that offendeth doth infinitely aggravate the injurie vvith him that is offended how is it possible that an Italian Baron of my qualitie should containe himselfe within the bounds of modestie seeing himselfe vndervalewed by that Nation whose miseries not aboue foure dayes agoe to speake of so mooved the whole World to compassion that throughout all Churches they were recommended to the charitie of well-disposed Christians of whom almes were gathered to free them from the miserable servitude wherein they were so grievously oppressed by the of Moores of Granada The Spanyards enjoy the dominion of the greater part of Italy where by such as I am notwithstanding that daily they threaten it vvith a cruell and vniversall servitude they are loved honoured and even served With their prodigious avarice they haue deprived vs of out wealth and in that lamentable sacke of Rome vvith their vnexpressable lust they violated the honour of our chastest Matrons And now in exchange of so abject a patience they would also take from vs this litle honour of breath wee enjoy and these miserable Titles the vnhappy remaines and deplorable reliques of the Italian reputation Which is a matter so hard to be digested that by every honourable Italian Baron it ought to be revenged not vvith complayning words as I doe but vvith daggers points It is reported by them that vvere then present how all the while the Lord Prospero was speaking Apollo did nothing but smile and that when vpon his conclusion he burst out into those words how the Spanyards abuses towards the Italians vvere to be revenged with daggers points he fel to laughing out-right and said Prospero thou art and ever wert too much given over to choller and I am inforced to tel thee how it infinitly mislikes me that such a one as thou who hast alwaies made a particular profession of prudence shouldest marvaile that slaves which for twentie yeares together have beene fedde in the Gallyes vvith course and mouldy Bisket when they light vpon a batch of new white Manchet should fill their bellies till they are ready to cracke againe Whereas that raging appetite of theirs and every other dishonest act vvhich they vse to asswage their hunger ought to be so farre from seeming odious vnto honest men which behold it that it should rather moove them to pittie Therefore do yee Italians likewise permit that the Spanyards men but new in this World and lately got out of the servitude of the Moores of Granada may glut themselves with meate so delicate to their taste as are the honourable Titles vvhich they haue found in Italy for I assure thee that vvhen they shal be cloyed vvith such vanities they also vvill become as the French are such curteous Gallants that they vvill vvillingly giue the Title of Excellency even to their horse-boyes much more to such as thou art And I tell thee that if thou hadst that prudence and that perfect knowledge of the World as I vvish thou haddest thou vvouldest very well perceive that those exorbitances and that so odious manner of proceeding which the Spanyards vse in Italy whereof thou so complaynest is even as so much sweet suger for you Italians and bitter poyson for the Spanyards who if to their valour to their advisednesse and vnspeakeable ambition vvhich they haue to raigne they had affable and curteous manners annexed vvith the vtter destruction of that remnant of Libertie which is yet out of