Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	council_n	majesty_n	privy_a	11,336	5	9.5907	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04907	A relation of seaven yeares slaverie under the Turkes of Argeire, suffered by an English captive merchant Wherein is also conteined all memorable passages, fights, and accidents, which happined in that citie, and at sea with their shippes and gallies during that time. Together with a description of the sufferings of the miserable captives under that mercilesse tyrannie. Whereunto is added a second booke conteining a discription of Argeire, with its originall, manner of government, increase, and present flourishing estate. By Francis Knight.	Knight, Francis.	1640 (1640)	STC 15048; ESTC S108100	43,760	70

lately it hath not so proved the cause was not in the Citie or inhabitants but in the instruments imployed in the negotion which wanted experience in the Country besides the Bastion is now vacant which long hath beene in hand of the French worth 200000. duccats per annum declaro gotten by fishing of Curell wherein if any desire further satisfaction I will resolve them in summe as these Nations and Kingdomes of ours are this day the most happiest and flourishing in the whole world envied by most Christians and admired by all Turkes who ascribes a preëxcellencie of wisedome prudence and vertue to our Kings Majestie now reigning long may he live to Reigne over us and to the Right Honorable Lords of his Majesties most Honourable Privie Councell absolutely to be the most wisest and most vertuous Prince and Councellors in the Universe I doe implore the Majestie Divine to be their Councellour by whose assistance as long to the admiration of the world they have beene guided so they may be ever to the maugering of all those that beare them envie whiles let it be our consolations against all enemies and maligners that there is no greater signe of the mercy and favour of God to any Nation or people than when the hearts of publike governers are raised up to the punishment of Vice reward of vertue and for the Commanding of pious and Restoritive actions in fine I make no question but at time convenient these poore afflicted people shall be thought on commiserated and releeved I was lately solicited by certaine personages to give my advice concerning them and the state of Argere and by discourse doe collect that a certaine Gentleman intends to prove meanes and friends to get a Lotterie by which he doubts not to get more than 200000. pound sterling and with the one part pretend to redeeme the Captives and with the other to make himselfe a compleate man these and such like rediculous projects are to be derided as preposterous and the event expected to speede there after a better more laudible and speedie way may be taken to prevent many insuing dangers threatned upon our Navigations and people 30000. pound turned or imployed in such materials as would advance profit in the Country imposed in mens hands experienced will by Gods mercy and his Majesties favour infranchise them Of their Lands and Territories THe greater the Enemie the more worthy the Conquest the lesser the number of the Conquerours the more Renowned and Honourable the Victorie since Barba Rassha his time of 120. yeares who tooke this Citie with 32 men from so meane a beginning and from so base obscuritie has this Citie raised her glory in most parts of the knowne world and extends her magnitude and territory to the Orient as farre as Tobarco 130. leagues to the South as farre as the Zara and burning zoan of the Nigars Country to the Occident as farre as Botoyca and to Tituon 130. leagues and at Sea is a terrour to most Navigators and a scourge to all the Meditarenian Cost of Christendome Of their Riches NO man may be incredulous or marvell at her excessive essentialls and materialls of gold and silver having lived upon the Spoyle of all Christendome more than 120. yeares what abundance of riches hath beene since that time brought into her is knowne by miserable experience to most Christians the substance of whole Cities and Islands hath beene involved into her Gulfe nor is she alone enriched by these but also by all sorts of goods which they take and sell to Christians and Jewes Merchants for ready money excessive riches they get by Captives exacting from them great ransomes the poorest which of themselves have nothing of the Spanish Nation are usually redeemed in a thousand shillings and for Genowayes if under 22. yeares of age the Signiors of Tobarco are obleiged to free them to a hundred pound sterling nor doth there want diligence in them to performe and effect their inlargements it is anniversary for the Spanyard by collections called amongst them Lemossena to infranchise 3. or 4. hundred men and for ready moneys payed in peeces of eight besides her yearely tributes which they get from the Allarbies not being lesse than 200000. pound sterling insomuch that she is an Indies or minerall for that of all that is brought into her none is carried out againe as for corne and other necessaries which obleiges the life of man the Citizens have all the land of many dayes Journey of their owne so that they having ingrossed so great a part of the Country they doe not onely furnish themselves with provisions but also with money which they get of the neighbouring Allarbies for provision and surely for oyle figges and the like which the Cabills of the Kingdome of Cookose brings them they leave the principall and product for trivall commodities which their indocible capacities cannot furnish themselves with and for what commodities are brought thither from Mercellies and Legorne in way of trade they leave all behinde them and brings much money also whose comming thither is onely for redeeming Captives and buying reprisall goods Thus have I accomplished the Capitals and given a true relation of that flourishing Citie whose onely rich stones Dyamonds and Pearles is sufficient to answere the charge of that Navie and Armie that shall be sent to Conquer her besides what fetters of gold gold chaines and the like are dayly to be seene in her streetes it being so popularly knowne I neede not speake of as for her riches in present coyne of plate and gold I have sufficiently demonstrated to satisfie any reasonable Judgement Oh that I might live to be an actour in a Marshall way to see her Conquest they feare none so much as our English Nation neither is it difficult or doubtfull with a good fleete of shippes and an Armie of 30000. Souldiers on Land to plucke downe her pride she having many enemies within her and enough to effect her ruine and most of all her oppressions and sinnes which cry to the heavens for Judgement against her so having ended with that Citie I thinke it also requisite to nominate the Equipage of the Basshaw or their Vice-King which I omitted to intermixe with the other Officers of the Duana because they have no voyce in their Councell nor Command in the Citie and to speake truth the onely priviledge the Bassha has is that he hath power over the Moores of the Citie in matter of Justice yet tollerated by the Duana to exact great summes of money from them the better to inable him to give them their pay Of the Bassha his Officers and Retinue THe Bassha must be a Renegado bred in the great Turkes Suray or Court His Kaia or Treasurer his second a Renegado to some Visscere in Turkie His Allimene or Receiver and is for Maritane affaires an inferiour Renegado His Hoossiea or Secretary and may be of either sort Turke or Renegatha His Chamberlaine and by the Grand Signiors command must be a naturall Turke His Agga or Captaine of his Horse a Renegado His Tollope or Priest must be a Naturall Turke His Chillabies or Gentlemen attendants and are all Renegathes boyes of finest beauty and comelinesse 6. Player on Cornets and 2. Sackbuts Renegathes 4. Players on kettle-Drums Nigars 40. Sollackes appointed by the Duana for his Guard gives dayly attendance at his Pallace gate and are of the oldest Odabasshes or Corporals of the Councell His Guardian over his Christians slaves a Rogue of the Moorish Nation and 2. other Nigars 26. Chousses or Serjants to Arrest men indebted provided they be Moores for that a Souldier may not be imprisoned for debt and these Serjants are all Moores Natives of the Country the rest of his houshould as Cookes Scollions and the like are Christian slaves FINIS Bable-●eight Castle Emperours Castle Ta●c●ine Castle