Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	brother_n	king_n	son_n	9,077	5	5.2235	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51200	The characters or pourtraicts of the present court of France wherein is described the king, the princes, the generals and the principal ministers of state &c. / written originally in French ; made English by J.B., Gent.; Divers portraits. English	Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, 1627-1693.; Bulteel, John, fl. 1683.	1668 (1668)	Wing M2507; ESTC R18747	32,064	144

inclinations a little and reform his expences to the just measure of Decency and the quality of his Illustrious Birth THE Character or Pourtraict OF THE Prince of CONTY HE is mild good natur'd and accomplished in all excellent Qualities He is very Learned in all the Sciences and hath been admired in the most celebrated Academy for his great Wit and capacity in the knowledge of the highest points of Theology but besides his Titles and excellent Qualities he is Master of a very great stock of Bounty and Vertue His life is a fit Exemplar for the best Courts and makes good the possibility of being a very great Lord and a very honest man His Lady is a most vertuous Princess who agrees admirably well with him in his Zeal and Piety and had the Cardinal brought no other benefit to France but the bestowing of so rare a person on us who is so Noble and Charitable to the World he would deserve our eternal thanks and praises since by her means Millions of our lives have been preserved during the Famine besides the many Souls she hath saved by her frequent Prayers and eminent Examples insomuch as this Prince and Princess are the true patterns of Piety amidst the Pomp and Bravery of this Age. I shall not mention the Beauty of this Woman for though she be of an excelling Shape yet that is the least of her perfections she being infinitely good and wise charitable and discreet and in a word a complete Model of Christian Perfection There is a worthy Branch of the Noble Stock who is called Monsieur le Comte who is as yet too young to shew the World the advantages he is like to derive from such a worthy Birth All that is yet observed i● his ravishing prettiness and such a Physiognomy as promises he will hereafter keep up the Fame and Reputation of his Illustrious Parents THE Character or Pourtraict Of Mademoiselle de Montpensier MAdemoiselle de Montpensier the elder is of the house Bourbon both by Father and Mother Gaston the Son of France yonger brother to Lewis the XIII was her Father and Mary de Montpensier his first wife derived her Birth from Henry Duke of Montpensier and that Henry from a third Son of the house of Bourbon whose direct line failed at the death of the Constable revived again in Charles the Second Son of that Family the third Son having begotten the Prince de la Roche Suryon and the Duke of Montpensier from whom Mary the Mother of Mademoiselle was descended The Princess being of the blood of Kings and Princes is haughty daring and of a more then feminine courage It may be truely said she is an Amazon and fitter to manage the Sword then a Distaff which she made apparent at the business of St. Anthonies where the Princes fortunes being desperate and her Father not daring to appear to save the Prince of Conde's party who were at the brink of destruction She went to the Town-hall and took the Provost of the Merchants and the Governor of Paris by the Beards using great threats to oblige them to arm and raise the Citizens for the defence of the Prince from whence she went to her Father his Royal Highness in his Palace whom she in a manner constrained to go with her to the Bastille that so his presence might support the staggering forces and all that rising of the Citizens an enterprize too rugged and daring for that foster Sex especially against a Royal Army and in presence of their Majesties was an action hardly to be excused but upon the consideration of the rashness of a woman the Kings minority and the general aversion at that time against Cardinal Mazarine For she commanded them to fire their Cannon upon the Kings Army and facilitated the Princes retreat opening the City-Gates to him which saved both him and his whole party from evident ruine She is passionate resolute and active free in discourse and endures not to be contradicted in her opinions She never cared for the Kings nor her Fathers Minsters because that obliged her to some condescention towards them She had formerly some thoughts of marrying the Arch-Duke Leopold of Austria without the Kings consent which obliged his Majesty to have a Guard attending her and to secure all the passages into Flanders lest she should throw her self into his Arms who then made War against France It is said she otherwhile refused the King of Englands courtship during his misfortunes which is a fault of youth not to be repaired I hold it somewhat difficult to believe that her great heart could submit it self to any mans commands how potent and noble soever he might be She is the richest Princess in Europe for she enjoys above eight hundred thousand Livres revenue in Lands yearly She is of a very tall and handsome proportion of a Masculine aspect a confident and free garb and pace a majestick presence and yet a pleasing and graceful conversation Her humour is somewhat impatient sprightly and forward to undertake whatever she designs and being a stranger to any kind of dissimulation speaking her minde freely without disguise not caring who listens It is thought they apprehended at Court that she would express some discontent by reason of the Marriage of her younger Sisters before her who were by another Mother or else upon some resentment written or spoken she was commanded to withdraw her self from the Court to her own Estate where she remains in a great deal of freedom and liberty and not without much hopes of being suddenly recalled to Court where some advantagious propositions are on foot for a fit match for her but with what Monarch is not so well known THE Character or Pourtraict Of the House of Vendosme THe Duke of Vendosme named Caesar of Bourbon is the natural Son of Henry the IV and the Marchioness of Estree called the beauteous Gabriele The excessive tenderness which the King his Father had for this Lady and for this Son had almost caused his legitimation by a Marriage which the King had given his promise for in favour of that Mistress which promise in writing Monsieur de Rosny tore in pieces in her presence as Monsieur de Sully mentions in his Memoires He does very much resemble that great Prince his Father is well shaped and of a good meen He is something jovial and hath wit enough but above these he is really good natured mild and extraordinary affable He was a long while absent from Court with his Family in the late Kings days but since this Mans Reign he returned again with all the honour due to his birth and quality nay his Majesty conferred the office of high Admiral upon him which is one of the highest in the Kingdom and hath bestowed the reversion upon Monsieur de Beaufort the youngest of his Sons insomuch that he is now higher at Court then ever his age and experience making him capable of that great imployment which he executes with