Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	die_v	life_n	think_v	9,849	5	4.3485	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29299	The princess of Montserrat a novel containing her history and the amours of the Count of Saluces.	Brémond, Gabriel de.; E. S.	1680 (1680)	Wing B4355; ESTC R24673	50,514	191

listened to his Master told him that he did not find he had so much reason to be afflicted though he should not speak that to the Princess and that if he would write to her he assured him that he would himself deliver the Letter The Count believed in the impatience he was that it was the shortest and easiest for him and relying upon the address of Richard in a time the Conjuncture was so fair that all the Court was abroad he was willing to hazzard a Declaration by Writeing which he made in these terms If a Man Madam who should dare to love you and to tell it you deserves Death I ought not to hope for your pardon for never any body was so guilty as I of a Crime so Charming I know all and have considered all and a thousand reasons forbid me such a piece of boldness but my heart has not listened to them and Love more strong than all the reasons of the world has took so great an Empire over it that should it dye a thousand Deaths it would not unsay it Order thereupon Madam what you shall think fit if you please it shall dye that bold Heart but it is not possible for it to cease to Love you as long as it shall have one moment of Life The Count de Saluces This Letter finished Richard took it and prayed his Master to rely on him for the Success of that affair and that he would quickly bring him good News The Count mounted on his Horse to go to the Chase and his Gentleman of the Horse went to labour on his side to succeed in the Commission he had took upon himself It was an enterprize something bold in a Country where they are not pardoned but the passion he had to serve his Prince would have made him hazzard much greater The Queen impatiently expected the Count de Saluces who came not and wearied with not seeing him in the time she had been a hunting she incessantly said to Julia Well! Well do you see how he comes you did not write to him obligingly enough or rather the Princess has made him change his design Julia endeavoured to Comfort her and told her that the time was not passed and that some affair might have retained him and that she believed him too well bred a man to fail to come after having promised it The Queen was not at all of a humour to divert her self with Hunting so long as she was in that disquiet whether he would come or not and that change of humour was so remarkable in her who used to be in a Continual mirth that the most indifferent perceived it The Marquis and the Palatin interessed in that affair did all that was possible to dissipate that extraordinary melancholly but they succeeded so ill that on the contrary they augmented her ill humour by their importunity especially the Marquis who thought to do wonders The Count de Saluces at length arrived to render her her former joy She manag'd her self so little that she quickly let all the world see the pleasure she took in his arrival and there needed not very much penetration to divine the favourable sentiments she had for him hitherto she seemed as if she could not open her mouth but since the arrival of that Prince her wit sparkled in all kinds She proposed a thousand sorts of Divertisements of Courses of tilting of Shooting and would always be or speak for the Count de Saluces against all others from whom indeed that happy Lover always carried the Prize It may be imagined with what Eye the Marquis and the Count Palatin saw all this Into what despair they were brought by the empressments the Queen had for that young Rival and into what rage to see him the Conquerour of all I know very well that that day perfected the rendring them his most mortal Enemies and the Marquis yet more than the Palatin Because Jealousie had a greater influence over him In the mean time that happy Rival seem'd to have but little joy in what caused the despair of others and at which the proud Count Palatin was the most outraged The Count de Saluces mind run all upon the Success the enterprize of Richard would have How long are the moments in those occasions when one expects the sentence of Life or of Death but of a Death by so much the more cruel that the Life would be the most happy that can be imagined The Gentleman of the Horse came not He would have had him gone as fast as his mind He had accompanied him with his Idea as far as the Palace from thence he had made him enter into the Princesses Apartment yet without being able to imagine how He had seen him speak to her her self and had made him say things the most touching and the most passionate for him in the World After which the Princess had took his Letter was moved and had made him an answer such as he could desire By ill luck these imaginations lasted not long for the Comedy changing Face they found themselves quickly destroyed by contrary visions which represented to him as if all were lost that Richard had been discovered and seiz'd and above all that that the Princess had ill received his Letter and that she made no answer to it Of what tranquility was capable the Soul of that poor Prince amongst so many different Winds good and contrary with which it was agitated during the expectation of Richard He arrived at length to render it calm His Prince who continually turned his Head that way he was to come had no sooner perceived him than that a trouble mixed with fear and joy seized him and did not quit him till he had learnt from his Servant all he was to tell him He stole insensibly from the Company and gain'd the Po near which they hunted and whither his Gentleman of the Horse followed him Well Richard said he to him when they were in a place where no body could either hear or observe them tell me quickly what I am to hope Hast thou succeeded say Must I live or dye Conceal nothing from me What are the Sentiments the Princess has for me My Lord answered the Gentleman of the Horse you ought not to despair of any thing but I believe you would be more happy without the Scarf you wear Ah Heavens cryed the Count should this Scarf be the cause of my misfortune It is at least all the reason replyed Richard which was made use of not to give an answer to your Letter Learn me replyed sighing the impatient Count how all this is passed For I do not comprehend it and if it is onely that Scarf which makes me unhappy I shall have quickly reason to rejoyce for my good Fortune My Lord you must know continued Richard that having seen you on Horseback to follow the Queen I drest my self like a French Courrier and made one of my Friends conduct me to the Palace where I am