Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	henry_n	king_n	normandy_n	8,654	5	11.5816	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28438	Janua scientiarum, or, A compendious introduction to geography, chronology, government, history, phylosophy, and all genteel sorts of literature by Charles Blount ...	Blount, Charles, 1654-1693.	1684 (1684)	Wing B3306; ESTC R2203	36,273	146

Livy and Salust Yet nevertheless Justin is accused of some Digressions as in the beginning of his second Book where the Scythians and Egyptians have a long tedious debate in preference of each others Antiquity And likewise in the twentieth Book concerning the Birth Travels Virtue and Death of Pythagoras Again Pererius in his Comment upon Daniel hath convinc'd Justin of many errours concerning the Jews And Vopiscus accuses him of Falsity But that wherein he seems most of all inexcusable is his false Chronology which is wholly attributed to the Abbreviator Qu. What account have you of Ammianus Marcellinus Ans Ammianus Marcellinus a Graecian and Citizen of Antioch flourished chiefly under the Emperours Gratian and Valentinian holding in his youth divers considerable Offices of the Militia particularly one of the Guard du Corps besides many other eminent Employs in all which he acquitted himself with much Honour He wrote an History which extends from the beginning of Nerva to the death of Valens in one and thirty Books whereof the first thirteen being lost the other eighteen only remain and those too full of Imperfection As well his Military Profession as Greek Birth do both contribute to the Roughness of his Stile and for the same Reasons ought to be pardon'd No other Historian so well informs us of the Antiquities and Originals of the Gauls Germans and Burgundians as he doth neither hath any Heathen Author written less reflectingly on the Christians notwithstanding the excessive Praises he attributes to Julian which were but his due in respect of Moral Virtues For which reason as well as for his sincerity and presenting us with things no where else to be met with he is duly esteem'd of by all Learned men Yet nevertheless some just exceptions may be taken against him when instead of an Historian he plays the Philosopher and runs away from his Subject As in the seventh Book where he quits Julian at Paris to Speculate the nature of Earth-quakes Also in the beginning of his twentieth Book where leaving Constantius to prepare against the Persians he falls enquiring into the nature of Eclipse and presents his Reader with a Lecture of Astronomy instead of History And again in his thirtieth Book where he leaves Valentinian at Tryers whilst he presents you with an Invective against Lawyers Also Marcellinus is by Causine accused of his too many Poetical Descriptions throughout the whole Body of his Writings But notwithstanding all these Censures he is allow'd of by Vossius To be a Grave and Serious Writer worthy to be beloved by all men LIB VI. OF GOVERNMENT AND SUCCESSION Qu. WHich are the three principal forms of Government Ans First Monarchy which is the Government of one single man alone as is used in England France and Spain Or secondly an Aristocracy where the people are governed by a select number of Noblemen or Grandees as heretofore the States of Venice and Genoa Or thirdly Democracy which is a Republick or Commonwealth wherein the People are govern'd only by such Magistrates as they choose among themselves as 't is at this time in Holland Qu. What are the Extreams or Abuses of these three sorts of Government Ans When a Monarchy runs into Tyranny Aristocracy into Oligarchy or Democracy into Anarchy and Confusion Qu. How many sorts of Monarchy are there Ans Two the one Hereditary as in England or France and the other Elective as in Poland Qu. How hath England been Anciently govern'd Ans England was first under the Britains secondly Tributary to the Romans thirdly under the Saxons fourthly under the Danes and fifthly under the Normans whose Conquest of this Island by William Duke Normandy is the chief Period of time from whence our Chronologers reckon Qu. Name me the Succession of our English Monarchs from the Conquest together with their several Races Ans First of the Norman Race were William the Conquerour William Rufus Henry the first and King Stephen Secondly of the Race of Plantagenets were Henry the second Richard the first King John Henry the third Edward the first Edward the second Edward the third and Richard the second Thirdly Plantagenets of the House of Lancaster were Henry the fourth Henry the fifth and Henry the sixth Fourthly Plantagenets of the House of York were Edward the fourth Edward the fifth and Richard the third Fifthly of the Race of Tudors were Henry the seventh Henry the eighth Edward the sixth Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth Sixthly and lastly of the Race of Stuarts were King James King Charles the Martyr and Charles the Second our present King whom God preserve Qu. How many years is it since William Duke of Normandy Conquer'd England or when began he to Reign Ans William the Conquerour having defeated Harold in that famous Battle at Hastings in Sussex began his Reign Anno Domini one thousand sixty six which is about six hundred and seventeen years ago Qu. When did the Division betwixt the two Houses of York and Lancaster first begin Ans It began upon the death of Richard the second In which Kings reign was that Insurrection of Watt Taylor and Jack Straw whom the Mayor of London so Loyally defeated Qu. How ended the Quarrel betwixt these two Houses Ans By the Marriage of Henry the seventh to Elizabeth the Eldest Daughter of Edward the Fourth which Match united the Kings Red-Rose of Lancaster with the Queens White-Rose of York and so established the Peace of both Houses Qu. From whence sprang the Title of King James and the Stuarts to the Crown of England Ans By the Marriage of the Lady Margaret King Henry the seventh's Eldest Daughter to James the Fourth King of Scotland whose Son James the fifth had Issue one only Daughter which was Mary Queen of Scots the Mother of our English Monarch King James the sixth of that Name in Scotland and the first in England For Henry the sevenths Issue Male being expired by the Death of Queen Elizabeth the only Relict of Henry the eighth the next Succession fell upon his Issue Female the aforesaid Lady Margaret Qu. Which are the chief Writers of our English Chronicles Ans Matthew Paris Matthew Westminster Jeffry of Monmouth Martin Polydor Virgil Holinshead Speed Stow and Baker besides the Writers of particular Lives such as Daniel Heywood Bacon's Henry the seventh Herbert's Henry the eighth and Cambden's Queen Elizabeth the best in their kind Qu. What Races have succeeded to the Crown of France Ans There have been three Races of Kings in France The first of Pharamond A. Ch. 419. the second of Pepin A. C. 751. And the third of Hugh Capet A. C. 988. Qu. What Races of Kings have succeeded to the Crown of Spain Ans Since the Expulsion of the Romans the Spaniards have had four Races of Kings the first from the Goths the second after the Invasion of the Moors from Don Pelago the third from Don Sancho Mayor King of Navarre and the fourth from the House of Austria by the Marriage