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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	duke_n	lord_n	norfolk_n	3,322	5	11.7583	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75204	An Account of Spain being a new description of that country and people, and of the sea ports along the Mediterranean : of Ceuta, Tangier, &c. / written by a French gentleman, who was in disguise aboard the English fleet, with an account of the most remarkable transactions of that fleet : to which is added, a large preface concerning the establishment of the Spanish crown, on the Duke of Anjou.	R.; Lewis, E.	1700 (1700)	Wing A226C; ESTC R13796	86,012	229

AN ACCOUNT OF SPAIN BEING A New Description of that COUNTRY and PEOPLE And of the SEA PORTS along the Mediterranean Of Ceuta Tangier c. Written by a French Gentleman who was in disguise Aboard the English Fleet With an Account of the most Remarkable Transactions of that Fleet. To which is added A Large Preface concerning the Establishment of the Spanish Crown on the DUKE of ANJOU LONDON Printed for Joseph Wilde at the Elephant at Charing-Cross 1700. TO THE Most Noble PRINCE HENRY DUKE of NORFOLK Earl Marshal of England One of His Majestys most Honourable Privy Council Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter c. May it please your Grace THE following Letters contain some general remarks of what happen'd in the English Fleet that was sent to the Mediterranean toward the letter end of the last War with some observations of the posture and disposition of the Spanish Nation as it then stood The Account is not so particular as it might have been I wish something more had been said of the History and Politicks of that People that it might have been more seasonable for this present juncture when the eyes of all the World are pointed to that Empire But to make amends for that Omission I take every thing in it to be very justly describ'd most of it having occur'd to my own experience and to the Knowledge of all the Curious in that Voyage And as I can affirm the Account to be just so there is little or nothing said that ever has been mention'd by any other Author I have form'd it into a Book for your Graces perusal and am happy that I can lay it at your feet in a time when your confinement at home by a troublesome pain and sometimes your want of Company gives you leisure to read it over And tho' I know your Graces Palate to be exceeding Nice in all sorts of reading yet I am not more discourag'd at that than I am animated with your Goodness and Indulgence The opportunities I have had of your Conversation were very fortunate to me by them I had the Honour of being known to your Grace By them I have been present at some of the Politest Discourses that I have met with and by them I have of consequence refin'd my own Capacity and I can't chuse but say I was astonisht to hear the first Peer of England whose Nobility has been of late years less Curious of these finer Studies talk so well My next thought was may my Lord pardon me that if the Duke of Norfolk were stript of all his Titles and cou'd come upon the Square to converse with such as me there is not a Man on earth whose Society I shou'd so much covet But in the pleasure of that thought I forgot my distance not considering that Nature as well as the scituation of your Birth had put so great a Bar betwixt you and me that like the Sun you can't be look'd at but with the Clouds between My Lord I was born with an antipathy to flattery and I hope I have said nothing that can be so understood I 'm sure I wou'd avoid it if I knew where it look'd like it but in your Graces Character 't would be hard to say too much and it is the World's unhappiness not to know you as well as I do I am at a loss My Lord how to acknowledge the Honours I have already receiv'd and nothing but your Permission cou'd make me sin again by laying this trifle under your Patronage but when I consider'd the Curiosity your Grace has for Books and the particular inquiries you made of the Country here mention'd I thought I had a fair occasion of putting your Name before this which I hope will give you some satisfaction I wish it were in my Power to cover something better than this Imperfect Account with your Illustrious Protection but 't is the Debtor's curse to be always in Arrears and I don't know how to offer your Grace any thing that will not want a blush to hide it But your Grace is often exercis'd in Acts of Clemency and 't is but the habit of your Goodness to Pardon The Contemplation of that Vertue gives me unspeakable pleasure therefore with the greater assurance I address this Book and with profound humility remain Your Graces most Dutiful Servant E. LEWIS THE PREFACE THis Year will be famous in Chronicle for the Death of the two greatest Monarchs in Europe the Pope and the King of Spain and of one who might have been as great as either the Duke of Glocester whose short life has been as much lamented as that of any young Prince who was ever born with a relation to the English Throne But for the first that I Nam'd one wou'd think he had prevail'd with Nature to allow him a few Months longer than his Natural Lease on purpose that he might live to see the end of the Century and to perform all the sacred Ceremonies of opening the year of Grace that he himself might hammer down the Gates of Eternal life to be sent up to Heaven on the Wings of a Million Jubilee indulgences of his own granting The good Old Man is now with the Conclave of the Fathers shut up in the limbo of everlasting darkness and bound up with the rest of that gang to be try'd at the last day as well as we The other liv'd till he had lost all hopes of an Heir and when he found he cou'd raise no posterity to take his mantle from him he left it to be scrambled for by them that can catch it just in such a distracted manner as a better Man did once before him that is to him that best deserves it and 't is more than I expect if this late Monarch of Spain has not by his Will laid a Foundation for a War of as Menacing consequences as that Macedonian did when he bequeath'd the World to him who had the longest Sword and the best Army This Saint of a King is now laid down in the regions of Night and his Death has left all Europe as much in the dark as he himself now lies in the Royal Pantheon The amazement that the World now stands in is because he has Nam'd the Duke of Anjou his successor who in all probability will be invested with that Empire and for ought I see there 's no opposition made against him I hope our Politicians who are of another Opinion will not be offended with me for saying so especially when they shall hear that I am as much as they can be against the Crown of Spains falling into the House of Bourbon But since there 's so little stir among those Powers who are most concern'd against it I can't foresee what interruption the young King can meet with I wish with all my heart the Emperor and the Princes of Europe wou'd look about 'em before it be too late before the Scepter is put into his hands and