Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	daughter_n	husband_n	sister_n	14,296	5	11.5913	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16565	A copie of a certaine letter written by a person of reputation, to a prelate of brabant, being at Brussels. The 25. of Februarie. 1599		1599 (1599)	STC 3470; ESTC S108264	11,005	18

A COPIE OF A CERTAINE LETTER WRITTEN BY A person of reputation to a Prelate of Brabant being at Brussels The 25. of Februarie 1599. Imprinted at London by Iohn Wolfe and are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Alley n●●e 〈◊〉 the E●●●●●ge 1599. To the Reader LOuing Reader the Coppie of this Letter beeing come to my hands with the Annotations vppon the gifte or yeelding vp of the Netherlandes to the Infanta of Spaine which in my opinion is not to he smothered in obscuritie I thought good to put the same in Print to the ende that all louers of the Netherlandish rights and priuileges may the better vnderstand what by the vertuous Catholiques themselues is censured of these Spanish dealings A copie of a certaine letter written by a person of reputation to a prelate of Brabant being at Brussels The 25. of Februarie 1599. HOnorable noble high learned wise prudent and most discreete Lorde I haue receiued your letters dated in Brussels the xvi of Nouember last with the inclosed copie of the gift of the deceased king of Spaine to the noble princesse Isabella Clara Eugenia his eldest daughter of the Netherlands and the Countrie of Burgundie in respect of the marriage betweene the aboue named illustrious princesse and the illustrious Prince Albertus Archeduke of Austria hir cosin with your request that I should sincerely wright vnto you my opinion thereof to wit vvhether according to my iudgement and feeling the same be a meete meanes to quenche the Netherlandish warres and to reduce them to a quiet and peaceable estate wherevpon I haue at diuers times considered and notwithstanding that I haue been in great suspence in vvhat sorte and what imported to giue my iudgement and aduise in so weighty a matter yet in respect of the reuerence I owe to your honor I haue been forced to resolue to accomplish your wil vpō a sure trust that this my advice should remaine betvveene vs and not to bewled to the hinderance and scandall of other I cannot bide from your honor but that vpon this matter in the last moneth diuers aduises haue bin sent me aswell out of England France Germany as out of some quarters of the Netherlands vvherof some are of this opinion and other of other that the deceased king conside ring his great age and desiring to leaue his sonne the new ●…ing a peaceable estate should haue faithfully and in good meaning proceeded herein other that it is without any apperanne that the Spanish coūsell should as any time find good indue meaning to seuer the Netherlands from Spaine as hauing more commodities requisite to the greatnesse of a Prince then all the realines of Spaine that therfore the said dealings did onlie tend and stretche to attaine and being that to passe vvhich by armes or other means can hardly be done Besides that a certaine person of no smascredit vvith the great writeth in confirmation of this last opinion to knovv certainly that by the high borne Princesse Prince counter letters should haue been giuen And also that for securitie of their promises therof of it is agreed that foure of the cheefest places of the Netherlands should remaine in the possession of the Spaniards But without to build vppon any foundations of these deuises I will onely by manner of a glose coate what I finde to be considerable and finallie to set downe my feeling to vnderstand the true ground thereof hoping that your honour the better will consider in what sort ought to be dealed for the common quietnesse tranquillitie vnion and wel fare of the Netherlands and to bring and maintaine them in their olde right splender respect and prosperitie beseeching your honor according to your wisdom and bountifull discretion to vnderstand and interpret the whole to the best and the Lord God Almightie preserue your honour able noble high learned wise prouident and most discreet Lordship in a long and prosperous gouernement Written the 25. of Februarie 1599. Your Honors most humble seruant Superscription To the honorable noble high learned wise prouident and most discreet Lorde Abbot of Saint c. At B●●ssels Phillip Rex To all present and to come which shall see or heare these letters greeting WHereas wee haue found to be most be hoouefull not onely to our Prouinces of the Low-countries but also vnto a I wish that this Preface were shorter and with words more pleasing to the Hollanders touching that which the K of Spaine saieth of the great desire and care hee hath for all Christendō I doubt that our aduersarie will labour but too much by the former and present actes to shewe the contrarie all Christendome in generall b The reasons of no longer to deferre or delay the marriage beeing now well neere come to that age that there is little appearance of hauing children falleth also not well not yet the Popes holinesse dispensation to giue the high aboue named Infanta to his Brother Nephewe or Cosin cannot be very pleasing no longer to delay the marriage of our deare and eldest daughter the Infanta Isabell Clara Eugenia being mooued therevnto as well for the conseruation of our house as diuers other good respects as also for the great gogd affection which we beare vnto our beloued Brother Nephewe and Cosine the Archouke Albert at this present Lieftenant Gouernour and Captaine generall for vs in our Netherlands and Burgondie we haue cast our eyes on him and chusing him for the future husband of our saide Eldest Daughter the whole as well with the consent and pleasure of our holy father the Pope who condiscendeth and graunteth the dispensations therevnto belonging as also with the agreement and consent of the most high excellent and puissant Prince our beloued Brother Nephew and Cosin Rodolph the second of that name Emperour of the Romains togither with our welbeloued sister the Empres his ●other which being considered and to the end that our said daughter might bee furnished with reasonable meanes such as are required for her great calling and merits Also to shewe and make known (c) I feare that against this singular and especial loue will be obiected the deaths of the knights of the fleece many Noblemen and Gentlemen and Inhabitants of the Netherlāds by thousāds which haue by violent means and against the rights and priuiledges of the countries the loue which we haue and doo beer● vnto our saide Netherlands and Burgundie we haue resolued to the aduancement of the said marriage to (d) I foresee That it will be saide that this griefe doth not agree with the generall and particular fights of the Netherlands in such sort to giue them in Spaine but that the one ought first to haue beene lawfully assembled the States general and particular of the Prouinces of the Netherlands to consider duly all the members if the same ought for the good of the countries to bee permitted or no also I feare that it will be assuredly supposed