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death_n	devil_n	hell_n	sin_n	6,329	5	4.4630	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10368	The life and death of Mahomet the conquest of Spaine together with the rysing and ruine of the Sarazen Empire. Written by Sr. Walter Raleigh Kt.	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Luna, Miguel de, 16th/17th cent. Verdadera historia del rey Don Rodrigo.	1637 (1637)	STC 20647; ESTC S115585	31,725	292

hee conversed only with learned men hearing them dispute and argue upon such propositions as he offered when any doubts arised himselfe would turne the bookes and moderate their disputations that day they din'd with him and when the questions had been sufficiently disputed he gave them at their departure new propofitiōs for them to thinke upon against the next thursday To understand the humor and disposition of his people and his officers integritie he would many times goe guised into the Cittie in the habit of a priest souldier begger or Marchant It is to be noted that in those daies the Arabians used to weare vailes over their faces speaking freely of the King and his officers and soothe the company he was in whereby hee enformed himselfe both of his own faults and theirs which being discovered held his subjects in generall in such awe as when three or more were talking together it passed for a by-word Take heed least Almanzor heare you he was such an enemie to idlenesse as that he was ever busied in some virtuous exercise and made a law that all snch persons of what condition soever did not spend their time in some profitable or laudable Art should be reputed infamous he built and finished in his life time five hundred and six principall Mosquitas eightie and two Hospitalls and as many Colledges for schollers endowed them with great possessions every yeere at his own charge he bestowed in marraige one thousand mayden Orphants the almes he gave was admirable by land and sea he won 86 battails in 13 of them he was personally present and in them he took five Kings prisoners and slew one the spoile evermore was indifferently divided amongst the soldiers the widdowes and children of the slaine had their shares reserved for them in his librarie after his death there was found fiftie five thousand seven hundred twentie two volumes of books containing in wrighting one thousand two hundred nineteen Quintals of paper each Quintall being an hundred weight to get that masse together hee proclamed throughout his Dominions rewards to such as could present books which he had not wherin his bountie exceeded at last broken with yeeres and infirmities and residing in his Monasterie sometimes he would admit his antient servants to visit him His discourses for the most part were either heavenly contemplations or of his sonne desiring above all earthly joyes to heare that he were a good and a just king his sicknes increasing he sent him admonitorie Letters advising him not to presume upon his regall estate which was fraile subject to mutation within Limits vaine unasured to humble himselfe to the Creator God eternal by whom kings were ordained whose power was infinite everlasting and supreame That above all things he should be carefull to administer Justice without partialitie and avoyd severitie wherin he should imitate the King of glorie who was goodnes it selfe and from whom all our good works did spring if he swarved from his rules his Justice was Injustice his Clemencie tyrannie his Charitie avarice all his actions wicked That he ought not to be ignorant that his wisdome was but foolishnes his mercie extended but to externe things pardoning of sinnes was not in his power his Justice streched no farther then corporall afflictions over mens soules he had no power Therefore he wished him not to glorie in his earthly greatnes to contemplate upon the humane miseries wherunto all flesh is subject and that neither his vast Empire or Kingly power was able to draw one drop of raine from the Clouds nor to make a green leafe or free him from wordly vexations That hee should evermore thinke upon his end remember that he was a miserable and wretched sinner that after this life he was to render an exact accompt unto the Soveraigne King the Creator of all things that the accompt of Princes were greater and more fearefull then meaner mens which duly cōsidered he must conclude that neither himselfe his dominions or power were to be esteemed pretious Hee admonished him to beware of pride calling her the right hand of the devill the path of perdition the nurse of sin the gate of hell the principall hooke wherwith the infernall spirit draws miserable Soules into his burning lake he willed him to tread her under foot and not to overjoy in his death For if Kings had the true feeling of their duties they would rather mourne and fast at their Coronations then feast and triumph as is accustomed That he should no time make or beare with a Ly for Lyers are divels in flesh enemies to truth subverters of justice fyrebrands of sedition causers of rebellion destroyers of kingdoms to themselves thus much harmefull that when they speake truth they are not beleeved Lastly he admonished him to performe the service of God before all his other actions to adore him in singlenes of heart and humility to be just in judgements charitable and in his wayes direct and then he might be sure that God would blesse him both in this world and in the world to come from his house of Albasadin the twentith day of Rageb anno 96. Although he felt his disease incurable yet the Phisitions ceased not to put him in hope of recovery after some reproofes he thanked them for their endevors but said he the daies of men are limited and the will of God must be obeyed your learning practice connot adde unto me one daies life beyond the prefixed day wherin I must die From the begining of my sicknes I knew my disease was mortall it is a vanitie to speake of impossibilities I cannot live and I thanke my God that deilivers me from the calamities of this miserable world which said he comanded his sonnes Abilqualit and Abrahen the Infant Abrahen to be brought to his presence whom he admonished to live in brotherly love that their concord would be as a wall of brasse in their defence that their dissention would hazard the dissolution acquired by him and his Ancestors and turning his speech to his yongest sonne I Comand you said he upon paine of my malediction to reverence and obey King Abilqualit your brother honor and serve him in stead of me as your Father and Lord. Then casting his eys upon Abilqualit required upon the same to love and cherish his brother Then causing himselfe to be raised in his bed he sent for his kinsmen great officers and servants unto whom he made a large speech of the miseries of this life of the eternall joyes he was going unto and prayed them to let him know whether he were indebted unto any of them for rewards or otherwise that he might take present order for their satisfaction and also humbly besought them that they would forgive him all his offences towards them as he freely pardoned them in all wherin thy had offended him for God said he will never at the latter day extend his mercies to the mercilesse and further as an argument of eheir