Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	daughter_n	king_n	philip_n	2,656	5	9.4500	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66695	Historical rarities and curious observations domestick & foreign containing fifty three several remarks ... with thirty seven more several histories, very pleasant and delightful / collected out of approved authors, by William Winstanley ...	Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.	1684 (1684)	Wing W3062; ESTC R11630	186,957	324

People there resembled should overcome Spain and so it happened By this former Example you may see the sad effects of Lust to which we may add another of like nature Ireland formerly was divided into five Provinces or petty Kingdoms namely Munster Connaght Ulster Meth and Leinster These petty Kings being divided amongst themselves became all of them a Prey to Turgesius King of the Norweigians who having conquered them reigned as King One of these petty Princes Omo Caghlen King of Meth had a Daughter of renowned Beauty whom Turgesius demanded of her Father to serve his Lusts and he seeming willing to condescend to the motion as if his Blood would be honoured thereby told him That besides his Daughter he had at his disposing many others of more exquisite Beauties which should all be ready at command Turgesius mistrusting nothing greedily swallowed this Bait and desired him with all speed to effect this meeting which he promised soon to do whereupon this politick Prince attired in the Habits of Women a company of young Gentlemen who durst for the common Liberty adventure their several Lives and conducted them to the Tyrant's Bed-chamber And they according to the directions given them when for that little modesty sake he had in him he had commanded all his Attendants to avoid the Room assaulted him now ready for and expecting more kind embraces and left him dead in the place The Methian King had by this time acquainted divers of the better sort with his Plot all which upon a sign given rush into the Palace and put to death all the Norwegians and other Attendants of the Tyrant and so recovered again their former Liberty John King of England notwithstanding he lived in continual Trouble yet bent his Mind to Love and Lasciviousness attempting the Chastity of the Lady Matilda Daughter to the Lord Fitz-Waters who being as averse to his Desires as Water to Fire he banishes her Father and several of her Friends seizing upon their large Estates whereupon she flies and takes upon her a Monastick Habit in the Monastery of Little Dunmow in Essex where he still prosecuted his Suit but finding her more contrary to his Desires than ever he sent a Messenger unto her who because she would not agree to his wicked motion he poisoned a boiled or potched Egg against she was hungry and gave it unto her whereof she died Anno 1213. It hapned that the next Year King John being then in France with a great Army that a Truce was taken betwixt the two Kings for the term of five years and a River or Arm of the Sea being betwixt either Host there was a Knight in the English Camp that cryed to them of the other side willing some one of their Knights to come and Just a Course or two with him whereupon vvithout stay the Lord Fitz-Water being on the French part made himself ready ferried over and getting on Horse-back shewed himself ready to the Face of the Challenger vvhom at the first Course he struck so hard vvith his great Spear that Horse and Man fell to the ground and when his Spear was broken he vvent back again to the King of France which King John seeing by God's Tooth quoth he that was his usual Oath he were a King indeed that had such a Knight The Friends of the Lord Fitz-Water hearing these Words kneeled down and said O King it is your Knight it is Robert Fitz-Water whereupon the next day he was sent for and restored to the King's Favour living in all affluence of Riches and Honour the space of sixteen Years afterwards His Father Walter Fitz-Water with his Wife Matilda do lye interred in Little Dunmow Chancel under a very fair Monument though by some Ruines of the Roof falling upon it the Legs of their Effigies were lately broken off there Grand-child Matilda also in these our late times of Rebellion had the Head of her Effigies stricken off as a monument of Superstition but since by the care of my worthy Friend Mr. Burre who liveth in the Priory it is restored to the Body again Anno 1680. Richard the First King of England being employ'd in his Wars against Philip King of France one Fulco a French Priest came unto him telling him he had three very bad Daughters which he wished him to bestow away from him in Marriage or else God's Wrath vvould attend him when the King denyed he had any Daughter yes quoth the Priest thou cherishest three Daughters Pride Covetousness and Leachery The King apprehensive of his meaning called his Lords there attending and said my Lords This Hypocrite hath found that I have three Daughters Pride Covetousness and Leachery which he would have me bestovv forth in Marriage and therefore if any such I have I have found out most fit Husbands for them all My Pride I bequeath to the haughty Templers and Hospitalers who are as proud as Lucifer himself my Covetousness I give to the Monks of the Cisteaux Order for they covet the Devil and all but for my Leachery I can bestow it no where better than on the Priests and Prelates of our Times for therein have they their most Felicity King William Rufus was much noted to be a very covetous Prince and yet we find in the Chronicles a Story of him which denotes to the contrary namely how that when two Monks whose Abbot was lately dead repaired to his Coutt and each in large Offers out-vied and over-bad the other to succeed in the Abbacy a third Monk very sober and poor in shew accompanying them in their Business stood by whom the King asked what he would give to be made Abbot Nothing said the Monk for I entered my Profession to be poor and hitherto have been little esteeming the Pomp or Riches of the World then thou art the Man replied the King and shalt be their Abbot more worthy in thy Poverty than they for their Price and so conferring on him that high Honour checked the others to their open Infamy and Reproach Another Example of the same King touching his Pride take as followeth His Chamberlain bringing him a pair of new Hose and he demanding the Price was answered that they cost three Shillings Away base Fellow quoth he are these beseeming a King Bring me of a Mark Price his Servant went but brought him another pair of no greater Cost but told him that they were of the Rate appointed wherewith the King was very well pleased A strange Change of Religion of the two Dr. Reinolds These two Brothers the one named William the other John William was at first a Protestant of the Church of England and John trained up in Popery beyond the Seas William out of an honest Zeal to reduce his Brother to this Church made a Journey to him where on a Conference betwixt them it so fell out that John being overcome by his Brothers Arguments returned into England where he became one of the more strict or rigid sort of the English Protestants