Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	baron_n	earl_n	king_n	15,398	5	3.8090	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28853	The way to honour in three parts : first part of councils and councellors, second part of the well qualified courtier, third part of martial prowess and learning : illustrated and adorn'd by many famous examples, as well ancient as modern / by B.B.	B. B.	1678 (1678)	Wing B38; ESTC R28323	46,907	120

the glory of his martial fortitude but that he had Homer for a publisher of his praises The Author also in his true Courtier wherein he represents the Idea of a Prince requires Letters to go hand in hand as inseperable Companions The Emperour Frederick the third used to say that he could in one hour make many Souldiers but that in his whole life he could never make a Polititian Caesar says Heliodor can give Riches and Honours but he cannot make an Orator SECT II. Learning has by many been slighted and by as many esteemed But Letters have had powerful Adversaries and what is good pleaseth but few The Emperour Licinus call'd them a publick plague Valerianus was also a great Enemy to learning And it is said that Nero's Mother diverted him from the study of Philosophy Luis the eleventh King of France would not have his Son Charles the eighth instructed in Letters and liberal Sciences And the Father of Eberhart Count of Wittenberg did upon his Death-bed bind his Councellors by an Oath that they should not permit his Son to learn the Latine Tongue How much more is the Judgment of Alexander the great though most desirous of military glory to be esteemed For writing to his Master Aristotle he told him that it was his desire rather to excel in Knowledge than in Arms. That Myrrour of Princes Alphonsus King of Arragon did prudently affirm that he would rather lose his Kingdom than be ignorant of that Learning with which he was indu'd The Emperour Leo and his Son Constantine desired nothing more than to advance Learning And their Successor to their Empire and Vertue did give admirable respect to Learned men saying that he had rather be famous by his Learning than by his Empire as Baptista Egnatius relates in the Lives of the Caesars Jovius in his Elogies of Martial Hero's observes the saying of Mathias King of Hungaria that a King could not be famous in War unless fortified with Learning he knew the manner of War-fare of every Age and the very Stratagems of the Ancients drawn out of Histories seeing those Experiments which would be of great use in War cannot be understood but by long Experience which could easily be comprehended by reading the examples of Antiquity Therefore many Princes in the managing of difficult Affairs have too late bewail'd that they did not in their Youth apply themselves to Learning Insomuch that some in more mature years have not been asham'd to learn the Latin Tongue as did that Noble Elector of Saxony For Learning is the Nerves and Arteries of good Government and the Ornament of Civil Life For the most part it 's despair or constraint makes a Souldier which is thought to be the last refuge of hope-despairing men We see many accustomed to unhonest actions go to the Wars but few return with Honour or Riches Finally such is for the most part the condition of Affairs that more is lost than acquired in War wherein wholesome counsel seldom finds acceptance nor is it tolerable to erre twice and wherein according to Julius Caesar Fortune shews her unconstancy most But she has not so much power over Learned men for where ever they go they carry all along with them and even in Shipwrack they lose not any thing when Souldiers are in a perpetual fear of losing all SECT III. Shewing some Noble Souls to be tam Marte quam Mercuria But some men do argue that there are many Souldiers who with great honour have joyn'd Martial Prowess and Learning together therefore that Learned men only are to be Post-pon'd To which it 's answered that many have endeavour'd but few obtain'd that honour For Nature according to Plato produces men regularly qualified for one Art or Science only and making hast to two so different she perfects neither well Amongst the Ancient Graecians Pericles Xenophon and Thucidides amongst the Romans Julius Caesar Lucullus and Cato were eminent in both And Vellius Paterculus in his second Volume of the Roman Story writes after this manner of Drusus Claudius who died in Germany That it was uncertain whether his Genius was more fit for Martial than Civil Affairs But commonly without perpetual exercise to which the short life of Man can hardly be sufficient a perfect Souldier i. e. a great Captain and an excellent Gown-man able to govern the Helm of Affairs for we speak as well of Knowledge as of Experience can hardly be found in one Individual If any attain to this Heroick Excellency as Antonius Duprato Great Chancellour to Francis the first King of France by whose Valour the Suetzers were overthrown in a great Battel or Mathaeus Cardinal of Sedun who a little before o'recame the Army of Lewis the Eleventh in Italy or if any for the future shall be famous for both those noble and glorious qualities and thereby shall be useful to their Country in equity they ought to be ranked above the degree of either ordinary Captains or Gown-men Perseus the Son of Jupiter having ended the War in Mauritania with happy success and obtain'd the Kingdom of the Argives in the end erected a publick School in Helecon and was himself famous for his Learning for which causes the Poets feign that he was plac'd amongst the Stars SECT IV. The Decision of the Controversie Having refuted therefore that Objection it seems to give the precedency to Learning because Souldiers are but the Executioners of Learned Gown men and therefore the Law says that Souldiers ought to be Defenders not Lords and Masters Now though it is not our intention to determine positively in so difficult a matter yet we will conclude by a threefold distinction for thereby are contrarieties oft-times accorded If I found a Guide says Socrates who knew how to distinguish aright I would follow his footsteps as those of some Deity The first distinction is That men must regard the Custom of the place and accordingly either Souldiers or Learned men are to be preferred For Custom and Use is of no contemptible Authority especially if it be continued with publick consent The other distinction is drawn from the time for sometimes Learned men sometimes Souldiers are in the greater esteem That Vulgar saying doth agree to this Distingue tempora quadrabit Scriptura Thirdly Acts are diligently to be considered for a Gown-man in any act agreeing to his Calling is without doubt to be preferred as on the contrary a Souldier in Military actions has the precedency Isocrates writing to the Lords of Mytilene advises them to give the next honour to themselves to Learned men But this notwithstanding it cannot be deny'd but that Military Dignity is of a large extent for it comprehends Knights Barons Earls Marquesses Dukes and the very Emperour or King himself whereby a certain rule for this Pre-eminency can the less be given for it varies daily according to age office or imployment favour dignity time place act custom will pleasure and inclination which nevertheless ought not to be