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 york_n 5,445 5 9.8000 5 true
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A05074 The politicke and militarie discourses of the Lord de La Nouue VVhereunto are adioyned certaine obseruations of the same author, of things happened during the three late ciuill warres of France. With a true declaration of manie particulars touching the same. All faithfully translated out of the French by E.A.; Discours politiques et militaires du Seigneur de la Noue. English La Noue, François de, 1531-1591.; Aggas, Edward. 1588 (1588) STC 15215; ESTC S108246 422,367 468

There are 2 snippets containing the selected quad. | View original text

and_o sclavons_a have_v be_v force_v to_o proceed_v far_o as_o to_o submit_v themselves_o to_o the_o turk_n to_o the_o end_n to_o eschew_v their_o furious_a cruelty_n for_o want_v of_o mean_n of_o defence_n and_o of_o they_o we_o ought_v to_o take_v compassion_n some_o will_v peradventure_o think_v that_o this_o proud_a nation_n will_v be_v loath_a to_o enter_v amity_n with_o the_o christian_n but_o the_o contrary_n be_v most_o true_a for_o albeit_o they_o be_v barbarous_a yet_o do_v they_o herein_o imitate_v the_o ancient_a policy_n of_o the_o roman_n who_o under_o colour_n of_o confederacy_n set_v foot_n in_o greece_n and_o gaul_n which_o afterward_o they_o subdue_v the_o like_a will_v these_o do_v if_o they_o may_v but_o at_o the_o least_o in_o their_o haunt_n among_o christian_n they_o discover_v our_o affair_n diligent_o consider_v our_o force_n and_o mean_n which_o afterward_o do_v the_o more_o kindle_v their_o desire_n to_o enterprise_n against_o we_o neither_o do_v our_o man_n through_o their_o conversation_n among_o they_o reap_v any_o other_o fruit_n than_o apprenticeship_n of_o most_o wicked_a custom_n which_o do_v infect_v particular_a person_n with_o corruption_n and_o entangle_v the_o mind_n of_o those_o who_o they_o govern_v with_o tyrannous_a precept_n i_o will_v yet_o allege_v other_o of_o the_o most_o notable_a example_n of_o such_o as_o turk_n have_v abuse_v themselves_o &_o find_v inconvenience_n in_o repose_v too_o much_o confidence_n in_o turkish_a infidelity_n one_o shall_v be_v of_o the_o last_o king_n of_o hungary_n name_v john_n who_o the_o hungarian_n choose_v after_o that_o lewes_n be_v slay_v in_o battle_n against_o the_o turk_n this_o king_n soon_o after_o his_o election_n do_v ferdinand_n expulse_v under_o some_o pretend_a title_n to_o the_o realm_n which_o force_v he_o to_o have_v recourse_n &_o to_o put_v himself_o into_o the_o protection_n of_o sultan_n soliman_n who_o thereby_o have_v a_o good_a occasion_n for_o he_o wait_v only_o how_o through_o the_o mean_n of_o the_o christian_n to_o get_v access_n into_o those_o place_n where_o he_o seek_v to_o establish_v his_o greatness_n thus_o have_v for_o the_o time_n restore_v he_o into_o his_o dignity_n and_o beat_v ferdinandes_n man_n he_o keep_v not_o his_o promise_n long_o for_o after_o the_o decease_n of_o john_n he_o dispossess_v the_o queen_n his_o widow_n &_o his_o orphan_n who_o have_v crave_v his_o help_n against_o ferdinand_n that_o have_v besiege_v they_o and_o ever_o since_o have_v the_o most_o part_n of_o hungary_n continue_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o turk_n in_o this_o their_o deed_n the_o grievous_a injury_n offer_v by_o y_z t_z aforenamed_a may_v to_o some_o seem_v to_o excuse_v their_o submission_n to_o soliman_n howbeit_o they_o be_v not_o free_a from_o blame_n in_o that_o for_o their_o own_o particular_a interest_n they_o be_v the_o cause_n on_o that_o side_n to_o advance_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o christian_n peradventure_o 30._o year_n soon_o than_o it_o will_v have_v happen_v beside_o that_o they_o ought_v rather_o to_o have_v summon_v the_o christian_a prince_n to_o take_v order_n for_o their_o controversy_n or_o else_o to_o have_v grow_v to_o composition_n with_o ferdinand_n but_o how_o shall_v these_o confederaty_n be_v other_o than_o mishap_n to_o those_o example_n that_o put_v they_o in_o practice_n since_o such_o prince_n as_o have_v make_v they_o only_o to_o the_o end_n to_o revenge_v themselves_o of_o or_o resist_v their_o enemy_n have_v come_v to_o evil_a end_n of_o who_o alphons_n king_n of_o naples_n be_v one_o who_o fear_v the_o power_n of_o charles_n the_o 8._o king_n of_o france_n do_v after_o the_o imitation_n of_o pope_n alexander_n the_o 6._o who_o before_o have_v do_v the_o like_a send_v his_o ambassador_n to_o bajazet_n to_o crave_v help_n as_o also_o lewes_n sforza_n who_o to_o the_o end_n to_o molest_v the_o venetian_n seek_v to_o y_z e_z turk_n of_o who_o he_o bring_v a_o certain_a number_n into_o italy_n but_o neither_o of_o they_o attain_v to_o their_o pretence_n as_o be_v prevent_v by_o the_o subjection_n of_o themselves_o and_o their_o estate_n it_o be_v no_o marvel_n that_o shame_n and_o destruction_n do_v follow_v such_o deliberation_n and_o who_o so_o list_v well_o to_o consider_v the_o cause_n thereof_o shall_v see_v that_o a_o vehement_a desire_n of_o revenge_n stir_v up_o these_o turk_n prince_n to_o call_v they_o in_o be_v it_o not_o as_o much_o as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v go_v into_o the_o wood_n to_o high_a thief_n to_o murder_v his_o kinsman_n or_o friend_n in_o his_o own_o house_n for_o some_o debate_n rise_v between_o they_o either_o to_o open_v the_o window_n to_o the_o wolf_n and_o so_o to_o bring_v he_o into_o the_o flock_n to_o devour_v the_o sheep_n those_o that_o be_v at_o the_o first_o war_n in_o hungary_n when_o soliman_n come_v in_o person_n do_v affirm_v that_o in_o that_o one_o only_a voyage_n there_o be_v above_o 200000._o person_n of_o that_o only_a realm_n either_o slay_v or_o carry_v away_o captive_a which_o violence_n together_o with_o innumerable_a other_o more_o have_v be_v such_o pastime_n as_o these_o horrible_a monster_n have_v within_o these_o two_o hundred_o year_n take_v to_o our_o cost_n who_o be_v he_o that_o read_v or_o hear_v of_o the_o cruelty_n villainy_n &_o torment_n which_o the_o poor_a christian_n endure_v at_o the_o take_n of_o constantinople_n but_o will_v even_o faint_v for_o sorrow_n and_o pity_n in_o this_o shipwreck_n neither_o the_o greatness_n nobility_n and_o affability_n neither_o the_o tear_n nor_o lamentation_n of_o the_o old_a young_a woman_n or_o child_n can_v any_o whit_n mitigate_v their_o cruelty_n until_o that_o have_v glut_v their_o desire_n and_o revenge_n with_o the_o blood_n riches_n &_o beauty_n of_o the_o youth_n of_o each_o kind_n they_o grant_v some_o small_a release_n to_o those_o miserable_a person_n that_o remain_v of_o that_o fury_n who_o have_v be_v far_o more_o happy_a to_o have_v be_v swallow_v up_o among_o the_o rest_n i_o can_v here_o add_v sundry_a other_o deed_n wherewith_o to_o describe_v the_o fierceness_n of_o this_o nation_n but_o it_o shall_v not_o great_o need_v because_o we_o turk_n be_v to_o believe_v their_o proceed_n to_o have_v be_v almost_o always_o alike_o as_o if_o their_o only_a drift_n tend_v to_o tread_v all_o mankind_n under_o their_o foot_n our_o neighbour_n always_o have_v and_o still_o do_v think_v it_o wonderful_a strange_a how_o such_o learned_a wise_a man_n as_o have_v continual_o flourish_v in_o france_n can_v counsel_n our_o king_n to_o enter_v league_n with_o these_o yea_o and_o so_o long_o to_o persevere_v therein_o consider_v how_o infortunate_a such_o confederacy_n have_v be_v some_o ancient_a person_n have_v in_o this_o sort_n report_v the_o cause_n that_o king_n frances_n the_o first_o see_v himself_o still_o beset_v with_o the_o emperor_n charles_n a_o mighty_a prince_n henry_n king_n of_o england_n and_o diverse_a other_o enemy_n who_o oft_o bring_v his_o state_n in_o to_o danger_n be_v for_o his_o own_o saferie_n counsel_v to_o confederate_n himself_o with_o sultan_n seliman_n to_o the_o end_n when_o they_o shall_v molest_v he_o to_o oppose_v against_o they_o so_o mighty_a a_o enemy_n and_o this_o treaty_n be_v conclude_v about_o the_o year_n 1535._o by_o virtue_n whereof_o we_o have_v often_o time_n have_v succour_n from_o the_o turk_n which_o have_v great_o hinder_v those_o that_o trouble_a france_n and_o without_o the_o which_o it_o must_v needs_o have_v endure_v much_o more_o through_o the_o ambition_n of_o they_o that_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v bring_v our_o king_n into_o necessity_n to_o employ_v so_o terrible_a army_n all_o these_o accusation_n and_o iustification_n have_v move_v i_o to_o peruse_v some_o history_n to_o the_o end_n to_o see_v what_o profit_n or_o hurt_v we_o have_v reap_v by_o their_o succour_n i_o have_v note_v three_o or_o four_o army_n by_o sea_n bring_v into_o christendom_n france_n at_o the_o pursuit_n as_o they_o say_v of_o the_o french_a man_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o barberossa_n and_o other_o admiralles_n who_o have_v breed_v great_a terror_n the_o most_o notable_a of_o all_o their_o exploit_n in_o my_o opinion_n be_v the_o take_n of_o boniface_n in_o corse_n but_o i_o have_v labour_v to_o learn_v of_o diverse_a ancient_a captain_n and_o other_o skilful_a person_n both_o italian_n and_o spaniard_n what_o their_o nation_n either_o thought_n or_o say_v of_o these_o turkish_a tempest_n who_o all_o report_v unto_o i_o that_o these_o barbarous_a people_n wrought_v lamentable_a desolation_n as_o have_v burn_v sack_a yea_o and_o lead_v into_o perpetual_a bondage_n a_o marvellous_a number_n of_o poor_a christian_n for_o the_o most_o part_n which_o be_v worse_o be_v force_v to_o renounce_v christianity_n and_o to_o embrace_v the_o false_a doctrine_n of_o mahumet_n a_o most_o lamentable_a
that_o agesilaus_n make_v for_o greece_n o_o poor_a france_n how_o unhappy_a be_v thou_o that_o have_v with_o thy_o own_o hand_n slay_v so_o many_o of_o thy_o good_a man_n as_o may_v have_v suffice_v in_o a_o day_n of_o battle_n to_o root_v out_o all_o thy_o proud_a enemy_n which_o seek_v thy_o overthrow_n true_o we_o must_v confess_v that_o discord_n have_v bring_v not_o one_o sickness_n but_o many_o and_o those_o most_o great_a and_o dangerous_a and_o because_o there_o be_v some_o who_o as_o it_o sém_v will_v willing_o cloak_v and_o conceal_v some_o and_o have_v we_o to_o counterfeit_a health_n i_o france_n have_v think_v good_a to_o set_v before_o their_o eye_n that_o which_o a_o writer_n of_o our_o time_n entreat_v of_o our_o misery_n have_v set_v down_o for_o any_o thing_n that_o tend_v to_o good_a instruction_n ought_v to_o be_v read_v and_o read_v again_o in_o many_o place_n mark_v therefore_o his_o word_n public_a discord_n have_v engender_v among_o we_o irreverence_n to_o god_n disobedience_n to_o magistrate_n corruption_n of_o manner_n alteration_n of_o law_n contempt_n of_o justice_n and_o the_o decay_n of_o learning_n and_o knowledge_n it_o have_v breed_v horrible_a vengeance_n ignorance_n of_o consanguinity_n and_o kindred_n oblivion_n of_o amity_n violence_n spoil_n waste_v of_o country_n sack_v of_o town_n burn_v of_o house_n confiscation_n theft_n banishment_n proscription_n cruel_a destruction_n change_n of_o government_n with_o infinite_a other_o excess_n and_o intolerable_a misery_n pitiful_a to_o the_o eye_n and_o woeful_a to_o the_o ear_n i_o think_v that_o he_o say_v but_o the_o truth_n &_o as_o all_o good_a friend_n ought_v to_o do_v to_o the_o end_n we_o shall_v not_o account_v our_o wound_n which_o be_v most_o dangerous_a and_o as_o it_o be_v mortal_a to_o be_v of_o so_o light_a cure_n &_o so_o leave_v the_o sovereign_a medicine_n and_o use_v such_o as_o be_v but_o slight_a and_o frivolous_a neither_o do_v i_o hear_v report_v down_o all_o these_o injury_n to_o the_o end_n to_o awaken_v the_o wrath_n of_o those_o that_o have_v sustain_v they_o for_o i_o have_v a_o far_a other_o meaning_n which_o tend_v rather_o to_o root_v out_o the_o remembrance_n of_o they_o all_o but_o i_o do_v it_o only_o to_o the_o end_n that_o see_v our_o shame_n we_o may_v be_v ashamed_a which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v show_v to_o the_o father_n his_o child_n sprawl_n on_o the_o ground_n all_o bloody_a with_o the_o stripe_n that_o in_o his_o rage_n he_o have_v give_v he_o &_o so_o say_v to_o he_o now_o that_o you_o be_v pacify_v look_v upon_o the_o goodly_a piece_n of_o work_n that_o you_o do_v in_o your_o choler_n for_o now_o you_o may_v see_v that_o you_o have_v endomage_v yourself_o be_v not_o this_o enough_o to_o make_v he_o ashamed_a and_o withal_o to_o withhold_v his_o hand_n another_o time_n now_o the_o better_a to_o lay_v open_a the_o mischief_n arise_v of_o dissension_n i_o may_v allege_v the_o example_n of_o that_o that_o have_v fall_v out_o in_o italy_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o faction_n of_o the_o guelph_n and_o gibelines_n war_n in_o england_n in_o the_o war_n between_o the_o two_o house_n of_o lancaster_n and_o york_n and_o in_o germany_n when_o the_o pope_n maintain_v their_o faction_n against_o the_o emperor_n but_o all_o this_o be_v not_o able_a to_o teach_v we_o so_o much_o as_o the_o least_o war_n of_o six_o that_o we_o have_v have_v experience_n of_o already_o because_o that_o the_o thing_n that_o a_o man_n see_v feel_v and_o be_v employ_v in_o do_v make_v a_o far_o deep_a impression_n in_o the_o mind_n than_o the_o simple_a bare_a rehearsal_n of_o thing_n pace_v and_o this_o shall_v make_v i_o to_o contain_v myself_o in_o the_o bound_n of_o our_o own_o country_n &_o that_o the_o rather_o because_o we_o must_v of_o necessity_n ascend_v even_o unto_o the_o most_o ancient_a time_n to_o find_v like_o monster_n as_o be_v two_o of_o those_o that_o have_v be_v form_v in_o our_o division_n who_o name_n if_o any_o man_n desire_v to_o war_n know_v the_o one_o be_v call_v murder_n the_o other_o covetousness_n the_o first_o can_v never_o be_v satisfy_v with_o blood_n neither_o the_o other_o with_o riches_n so_o as_o notwithstanding_o the_o peace_n that_o have_v be_v often_o conclude_v have_v somewhat_o bridle_v they_o yet_o have_v they_o still_o entrap_v somewhat_o secret_o i_o think_v that_o during_o the_o horrible_a proscription_n of_o silla_n and_o slaughter_n of_o marius_n the_o like_a be_v breed_v at_o rome_n and_o devour_v the_o roman_n where_o we_o be_v no_o soon_o conceive_v but_o they_o be_v bear_v in_o france_n and_o since_o have_v spoil_v the_o frenchman_n thus_o be_v rome_n the_o fatal_a shop_n wherein_o be_v forge_v the_o sword_n of_o slaughter_n that_o have_v already_o shed_v so_o much_o blood_n where_o also_o be_v hammer_v the_o counsel_n of_o destruction_n which_o have_v be_v most_o miserable_a unto_o those_o that_o have_v follow_v they_o the_o remembrance_n of_o all_o this_o filthiness_n and_o disorder_n ought_v to_o exhortation_n breed_v a_o great_a compunction_n in_o our_o heart_n and_o prick_v we_o forward_o to_o embrace_v virtue_n which_o heretofore_o have_v be_v so_o familiar_a with_o we_o neither_o be_v it_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o if_o we_o will_v set_v our_o affection_n thereupon_o we_o shall_v short_o see_v it_o in_o as_o great_a honour_n all_o about_o as_o ever_o it_o be_v for_o notwithstanding_o the_o frenchman_n do_v go_v astray_o yet_o at_o length_n he_o return_v to_o his_o way_n and_o the_o true_a mean_n to_o return_n be_v by_o call_v again_o our_o guide_n who_o name_n be_v concord_n she_o will_v set_v we_o in_o our_o right_a path_n where_o we_o shall_v find_v piety_n and_o justice_n ready_a to_o receive_v we_o glad_o but_o withal_o let_v we_o take_v heed_n of_o leave_v she_o lest_o we_o go_v astray_o again_o for_o if_o we_o follow_v she_o she_o will_v lead_v we_o aright_o and_o soon_o into_o the_o goodly_a and_o large_a field_n of_o plenty_n and_o felicity_n where_o honour_n and_o contentation_n who_o do_v there_o make_v their_o abode_n shall_v receive_v and_o fest_n we_o worthy_o this_o will_v some_o man_n say_v be_v soon_o say_v but_o not_o so_o soon_o do_v whereto_o i_o answer_v y_fw-fr t_o the_o effect_n be_v difficult_a but_o to_o they_o only_o that_o do_v themselves_o lay_v y_fw-fr e_o block_n in_o y_z e_z way_n as_o it_o be_v by_o a_o voluntary_a contemn_v of_o y_z e_z counsel_n y_z t_z reason_n offer_v they_o covet_v rather_o to_o ylease_v themselves_o in_o such_o unruly_a appetite_n as_o feed_v only_o upon_o discord_n contention_n and_o hatred_n howbeit_o we_o must_v remember_v that_o all_o these_o vehement_a rage_n and_o practice_n of_o revenge_n the_o true_a nurse_n of_o discord_n be_v france_n no_o other_o but_o as_o the_o philosopher_n term_v they_o defect_n of_o the_o mindewhich_v suffer_v itself_o to_o be_v lead_v by_o the_o sense_n be_v move_v at_o every_o chance_n that_o happen_v whereas_o it_o ought_v constant_o to_o bear_v whatsoever_o in_o honesty_n it_o may_v or_o shall_v to_o the_o end_n that_o by_o preservation_n of_o order_n and_o tranquillity_n the_o natural_a course_n of_o man_n life_n may_v with_o more_o facility_n be_v perform_v i_o have_v many_o time_n note_v that_o after_o we_o have_v put_v up_o our_o sword_n into_o our_o sheath_n and_o begin_v to_o be_v conversant_a again_o one_o with_o another_o especial_o with_o our_o parent_n and_o friend_n of_o the_o contrary_a party_n we_o do_v together_o bewail_v the_o miserable_a time_n pass_v wherein_o the_o one_o may_v have_v chance_v to_o have_v slay_v the_o other_o who_o life_n he_o have_v hold_v as_o dear_a as_o his_o own_o and_o wish_v that_o in_o all_o our_o day_n we_o may_v never_o have_v the_o like_a calamity_n again_o then_o haunt_v with_o such_o as_o we_o have_v less_o acquaintance_n of_o we_o light_v upon_o mildness_n and_o a_o mislike_n of_o pass_a fury_n a_o three_o manner_n of_o man_n do_v we_o sometime_o meet_v withal_o which_o be_v the_o most_o violente_fw-la of_o everye_o faction_n and_o yet_o do_v we_o find_v in_o they_o far_o more_o moderation_n than_o we_o can_v imagine_v then_o say_v i_o to_o myself_o must_v it_o not_o needs_o be_v that_o there_o be_v some_o fury_n hide_v in_o the_o bowel_n of_o france_n that_o thus_o entangle_v we_o since_o so_o many_o preparation_n to_o unity_n and_o concord_n can_v any_o whit_n profit_v we_o or_o bring_v we_o to_o the_o enjoy_n of_o this_o felicity_n yet_o be_v i_o not_o quite_o out_o of_o hope_n but_o that_o at_o length_n we_o may_v attain_v thereto_o all_o this_o make_v and_o yet_o make_v i_o to_o imagine_v that_o want_n of_o visit_v dissension_n each_o other_o when_o occasion_n require_v make_v we_o