Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	edward_n	king_n	richard_n	4,511	5	9.3432	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05412	The estate of English fugitiues vnder the king of Spaine and his ministers Containing, besides, a discourse of the sayd Kings manner of gouernment, and the iniustice of many late dishonorable practises by him contriued.; Discourse of the usage of the English fugitives, by the Spaniard	Lewkenor, Lewis, Sir, d. 1626.	1595 (1595)	STC 15564; ESTC S108544	137,577	247

defence attending nothing lesse than violence especially the title being vndecided and they wholly busied and intentiue about meanes to cleere and discusse the same Finaly being by violence possessed of the crown hee presently vsed the authoritie of a Conquerour and the tyrannicall crueltie of an vniust vsurper altering their lawes The crueltie of the king of Spaine in Portugall confounding their Priuileges and turning vpside downe the whole estate of their gouernement Their Nobilitie were some strangled some beheaded some imprisoned and some banished Their religions men and Friers such as had in the pulpit spoken for the libertie of their country were pulled out of their Cloisters some murthered some drowned in the riuer and some beaten to death and finally because there should be no kinde of crueltie left vnattempted The wife of Don Antonioes Agent his daughters and mother in law and three Gentlewomen professed nunnes of the order of S. Clare sundry Ladies of great account for being faithfull and secrete wiues to their husbands were imprisoned fettered and banished with their deare and tender children without compassion of their sexe or innocencie Which tyrannicall proceedings if they were able to alienate minces otherwise before well affected what iudge you would they then do to those that were already filled and possessed with the highest degree of hatred and enimitie Surely he is puissant enioyeth many kingdomes and countries but it hath not pleased God to blesse him with the loue and hearty affection of his subiectes wherein consisteth the true beatitude of a Prince Tyrantes for the time command the bodies of men The true beatitude of a Prince consisteth in the vnfained loue of his subiects but only vertuous Princes enioy the possession of their mindes which indeede is a much more kingly noble and heroicall domination for the one euery man wisheth his destruction and gapeth after euery occasion of alteration and change for the other euery mans eye watcheth euery mans heart prayeth euery mans life and liuing is ready for their defence as though all their lines The happinesse of a vertuous Prince treasures and well-fares were in them alone included It is in a priuate mans estate a thing comfortlesse hatefull yea and dangerous too not to be beloued but as they say from the teeth outward of those that serue and followe him but much more in the greatnesse and dignitie of a Prince who should be as a carefull sheepeheard to defend and preserue his flocke as a louing father zealously affecting the prosperitie of his subiects and finally as the image and lieutenant of God shining ouer them with his heauenly rayes of vertue bounty clemency piety and iustice and not as the Eagle and Lion who being the kings of birdes and beastes doe maintaine themselues by the blood and destruction of their subiects In fine it is to bee wished that it would please God of his goodnesse eyther to graunt the King of Spaine a better moderation in his greatnesse or else soone to bereaue him of those meanes thorowe the confidence of which his ambitious greatnesse hath set all Christendome in an vproare But leauing him heere to his ambitious vsurpations cruelties seuerities rigors and iniustices and his vnfortunate subiects to their enthralment vexation The fortunate and blessed estate of England vnder the gou●rnement or hir Maiestie slauery slaughter and bondage let vs from this hell of miseries cast backe our eyes vppon that heauen of blissefulnesse which wee doe enioy at home vnder the fortunate and happy gouernement of our most excellent and incomperable soueraigne there wee shall finde an other estate of matters all thinges flowing in plenty peace comfort quietnesse pleasure and tranquilitie Her Realme copiously abounding in men of warrelike disposition of whome as shee is outwardly reuerenced and obeyed so shee is inwardly vnfainedly loued and adored her warres are iust charitable and defensiue for maintenance of the which besides the trust that she reposeth in God shee is allied in strait league friendship and confederated with the most victorious and christian king of Fraunce with the Kings of Scotland and Denmarke with the Swissers and with sundry princes and estates of the empire most of them being her neighbours and their dominions vnited or not farre distant from hers and thereby ready to assist aide and succour one an other in all such occasions as shal or may happen Shee like a princely zealous and louing mother carefully tendereth fostereth and preserueth hir subiects by wisedome and fortitude from forreine violences and by clemencie religion and iustice from inward mischiefes If on the other side you desire to know how her subiets stand affected towards her A most apparant proofe that her Maiesty hath a sure possession euen of the very hearts and inward affections of her subiects marke then the manner and behauiour of the people when as you see a traitor going to his arraignement or execution which though it be a case of compassion and moouing the mindes of men to commiserate the calamitous estate of those vnfortunate wretches yet such is the ardent loue they beare to her Maiestie the iealousie of her safetie and the hatred to her enmies that many times they are hardly restrained by the officers from doing violence to the prisoners on the way and whereas they doe vsually accompanie all other kinde of malefactours to their deaths with a kinde of feeling sorrowe and compassion they doe then no other thing but cursse banne and reuile these with all the most approbrious speeches they can inuent yea and commonly applaude the instant of their deaths with a generall showt of ioy with some such crie or other as God saue the queene and confound all traitours flattery this can not be nor hope of rewarde beeing confusedly doone by thousandes of vnknowen people much lesse feare of correction for silence is vnpunished No no it is no constrained feare Not feare but affection must sway the minds of a multitude but a voluntary affection that must sway in this sorte the mindes of a multitude Vpon the death of king Edward the fourth the Duke of Buckingham made an eloquent Oration in the Guilde hall flattering the Maior and his brothers and promising them many goodly matters and golden dayes in the behalfe of king Richard the tyrant The assembly seeing there was no remedie to preuent the intended mischiefe did him reuerence with their bodies but with sorrowfull faces and silent tongues insomuch that the Duke rebuked their silence and beganne his excellent premeditated tale againe halfe threatning halfe begging an applause but it would not be not any one that would open his lippes to crie King Richard except a fewe of his owne lackies at the neather ende of the Hall so that as I say howsoeuer their bodies may the mindes of men can neuer be constrained Blessed therefore and glorious is the domination of her Maiestie the which so happily and fully possesseth not only the exterior seruice of her