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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
A70333	Political aphorisms, or, The true maxims of government displayed wherein is likewise proved ... : by way of a challenge to Dr. William Sherlock and ten other new dissenters, and recommended as proper to be read by all Protestant Jacobites.	Harrison, Thomas, fl. 1690.	1690 (1690)	Wing H917C; ESTC R35445	27,370	42

do rather than the other Parts should perish or live in Pain and continual Torment So may the body Politick chuse another Head and Governour in the room of its destructive One which hath been done for many Ages and God hath wonderfully concurred therein for the most part with such Judicial Acts of the Common-Wealth against their Evil Princes not only prospering the same but by giving them commonly some notable Successor in Place of the Deprived thereby both to justify the Fact and remedy the Fault of him that went before First King Saul was slain by the Philistines by God's Appointment for not fulsilling the Law and Limits prescribed unto him Ammon was lawful King also yet was he slain for that he walked not in the way prescribed him by God 2 King 21. and David and Jesiah were made Kings in their rooms who were two most excellent Princes Shal●m Pekahiah and Pekah three wicked and idolatrous Kings of Israel were by God's just Judgment slain one after another And all the Kings of Israel who violated the Covenant and Conditions annexed to their Crowns did for the most part lose their Lives and underwent the utter Extirpation of their Posterities from the Crown Rehoboham for only threatning to oppress the People was deserted by them who chose Jeroboham his Servant in his stead which was approved on by God If I should instance all the Kings over the Children of Israel whom God permitted and appointed to be slain and those that were carried away Captive by the Heathens for their unjust Government I should be too copious But I will leave the Hebrews and give you several Examples of the depriving of Evil Princes of the Government in France Spain Portugal c. and last of all in Scotland and England and of the Happiness and Prosperity that did attend those Kingdoms upon such Acts which can be imputed to nothing but the Blessing of Almighty God which attended those Proceedings and by consequence he approved thereof and does approve of such Acts. There has been two great Changes made of the Royal Line in France the first from Pharamond to the Line of Pepin the second from Pepin to Hugo Capet Childerick the Third was deprived for his Evil Government and Pepin was chosen King in his stead whose Posterity reigned for many Years after him and were brave Kings as History doth testify Lewis the Third and Charles sirnamed Le-Gross were both deprived by the States of France for their ill Government and such who were thought more worthy appointed in their stead All French Histories do attribute to these great Changes that have been made by the People the Prosperity and Greatness of their present Kingdom Henry the Third before he was King of France was chosen King of Polonia But for departing thence without leave and not returning at his Day was deprived by publick Act of Parliament If I were to mention all the Acts of this Nature throughout Europe I should be too tedious therefore I will mention only some few In Spain Flaveo Suintila was deprived for his Evil Government together with all his Posterity and Sissinando chosen in his room Don Pedro sirnamed the Cruel for his injurious Proceedings with his Subjects they resolved to dethrone him and to that intent sent for a Bastard Brother of his named Henry that lived in France desiring him to come with some French Men to assist them in that Act and take the Crown upon himself Which he did by the help of the Spaniards and slew him in Fight hand to hand and so enjoyed the Crown as doth his Off-spring to this Day This Henry was a most Excellent King as well for his Courage in War as for his other brave Qualities In Portugal Don Sanco the Second was deprived by the Universal Consent of all Portugal and Don Alanso his Brother set up Who amongst other great Exploits was the first that set Portugal free from all Subjection Dependance and Homage to the Kingdom of Castile And his Son who was his Successor builded and founded above forty great Towns in Portugal Who was likewise a most rare Prince and his Off-spring ruleth there to this Day Cisternus King of Denmark for his intolerable Cruelty was deprived and his Wife and three Children disinherited and his Uncle Frederick was chosen King in his stead whose Off-spring remaineth in the Crown In Scotland the Nobility and Gentry c. took Arms against Durstus their King for his intolerable Cruelty and slew him and his Confederates in Battel and put by his Sons lest they should imitate their Father's Vices and elected Even his Brother King who leaving a Bastard Son the Kingdom was conferred on him Crathy Cinthus having surprized and slain Donald for his Tyranny he was unanimously Elected King Ethus was for his Evil Government deprived and Gregory made King in his stead Buchanan a Scots-man speaking of his Country saith That it was free from the beginning created it self Kings upon this very Law that the Empire being conferred on them by the Suffrages of the People if the Matter required it they might take it away by the same Suffrages Of which Law many Footsteps have remained even to our Age. I will end this Narration with Examples out of England before and since the Conquest Archigallo Emerian Vortigern Sigibert King of the West-Saxons Beornred and Alured King of Northumberland were all deprived of their Thrones for their Evil Government and such who were thought more Worthy preferred in their Stead King Edwin being deprived for his Unjust Government the Crown was given to his Brother Edgar who was one of the rarest Princes that the World had in his Time both for Peace and War Iustice Piety and Valour He kept a Navy saith Stow of three thousand and six hundred Ships distributed in divers Parts for defence of the Realm and he built and restored forty seven Monasteries at his own Charge c. The Crown of England hath been altered by the Community and settled upon those from whom they expected more Justice than from the right Heirs Witness the Electing and Crowning of Edelwald and Casebelian Egbert not next in Blood Edward Adalston and Harold who were all Illegitimate and Edred against the Right of his two Nephews Canutus a Foreigner and Hardiknute without Title and Edward the Confessor against the Right Heirs After the Conquest Anno. 1087. Robert the Elder Brother was put aside and William Rufus the third Son of William the Conqueror was Elected After whose Death Henry the First his Younger Brother though not next Heir was chosen by the People not summoned by Writ After the Death of Henry the First Stephen was chosen King against the right of Mand the Daughter of Henry the First After his Death Henry the second was admitted King against the Right of his Mother Maud. After the Death of Richard the First King John Earl of Morton was Elected and Arthur the Right Heir disinherited Henry the Third was chosen against the