Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	daughter_n	son_n	wife_n	16,146	5	6.4775	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71025	The history of Tamerlan the great taken out of Alhacent, the emperour's historian, and some other manuscripts / by the Lord de Sainctyon ; now Englished by M. D'Assigny.	Sainctyon, Sieur de.; Alhacen.; D'Assigny, Marius, 1643-1717.	1679 (1679)	Wing S358A; ESTC R7954	175,472	322

you shall with your Army assault a place that I will appoint that your Souldiers may become Masters of a Mountain over against the Enemy which will gall them for when the Chineses shall see that they are assaulted behind and before they will no longer guard the Wall but will suffer you to enter and assist those that I shall lead in and for your security and my fidelity which I promise I will give you my only Son in hostage together with two young Daughters and my Wife and for my Brother I am perswaded he will follow my directions and serve you every where as affectionately as my self When this Lord had ended his discourse the Prince was wonderfully satisfied and began to hope that his design would take effect but he desired that the business should be managed so secretly that he suffered not the Prince of Tanais to know by what means the Lord of Vauchefeu would give an entry into China to his men none was admitted to his Conference but only an Interpreter This Lord went away very well contented with his gifts and Tamerlan's Kindness and respects to him The Prince of Tanais had orders to conduct and guard him with all possible honour and civility Tamerlan likewise return'd to his head Quarters The next day he discover'd all the Plot to Odmar but before he would venture upon the Execution he desired to understand from Calibes what he had learned concerning the intentions and preparations of the Chineses in obedience to his Command he spoke to him in this manner Worthy Prince I am ready to put in execution without examining all your Commands as your most obedient slave if therefore you desire from me to know what I have understood concerning the present State of China having had sufficient time to learn during six Months that I commanded your Armies upon the Borders to defend them against the Inroads of the Enemies I must tell you that the King of China that reigns now is a Prince of a great reputation gain'd by his inlarging the limits of his Empire more than any of his Predecessors before him He is proud and insolent for he names himself The Lord of the World but all his strength consists in the defence and guarding of this famous Wall which stops us here I confess 't is great and is as I judge guarded by fifty or threescore thousand men in Garrison along these Mountains They are the best Souldiers of the Kingdom so that I judge it not possible to force away through without endangering your whole Army I have heard that about the Lake of Hogeen there is an easie way to go into that Kingdom but we must march seven or eight days to it and go through strait passages long and tedious for so numerous an Army as yours is so that the King of China would have time to provide for his defence He thinks at present that none opposes him but I alone and that I am here but only to defend the Country by your orders for my part I think that it is the best for you to direct your course that way it is doubtless the most secure for the conveniency of Provisions the strength of War and of an Army without which there is no marching to a Fight with Courage This noble Prince is my judgment of that you desire to know of me I cannot discourse of the Country till we enter into it The Prince who knew more listened with attention and discovered nothing to him nor any body else about him of that which he had discoursed with the Lord of Vauchefu When every one had spoken his mind he answer'd That the great God whose Glory he maintain'd against such wicked Idolaters would assist his good intentions strengthen the Courages of his Souldiers and would facilitate that which they look'd upon to be difficult or impossible In this manner the Prince discover'd his designs and the strength of his Army which consisted more in cunning than in courage more in the Foxes Taile than in the Lions Skin Thus the Emperour craftily concealed the assured means that he had to open a passage to his Enemies that being ignorant of the facility to overcome them they might ascribe the good success to his conduct alone and by that means that his Reputation might be more increas'd and his Wisdom Skill and Courage more esteem'd But before he attempted this great design he gave rich presents to the Kings Princes and Lords that were there with him to win them and appointed next the Rendezvous of his Army Assoon as it was together in one Body he drew out fifty thousand men of his best Troops making the Prince of Tanais their Captain and gave him for Assistant Axalla the Genoese an experienced Commander faithful and courageous for his interest he desired the Prince to act nothing without his advice and to believe him in every thing At the Day of the departure the Lord of Vauchefu came with his Brother to meet the Emperour they assur'd him that the success would answer his expectation for they had been to visit the way which was to be forc'd and that led into the Kingdom of China they had found it as unprovided as they expected The Prince after a short Conference upon the place resolved to march in person with all his Army and draw near to this famous Wall over against Quaquifou whiles the fifty thousand chosen men commanded by the Prince of Tanais and Axalla should gain the passage into the Country in that order that he had prescribed to them which was that Axalla should lead twenty thousand men in the Van and the Prince of Tanais should follow in the Reer with thirty thousand and that each Party should have with them one of the Lords of China to guide them that the Enterprise might be the easier After this they left the Prince and march'd ten Leagues to the passage which they took without resistance a little while they stopt there to rest themselves and then went on ten Leagues farther to the place where the Chineses were to guard the Wall They never dream'd of any such surprise but minded only those that were commanded by Tamerlan they hop'd well that the great advantages which they had would enable them to repell all the assaults of Tamerlan's Army They found themselves deceived and at a loss for no sooner did the Prince's Army draw near to their Walls but they saw at the same time Axalla coming to them by another way with twenty thousand men seconded by the Prince of Tanais with another Body They went directly to assault them but the Chineses in that urgent occasion divided their Army and unfurnished the Wall which gave an opportunity to Odmar to win it with his Infantry which he commanded that day he made such speed that the Chineses found themselves on a sudden encompassed about with two Armies when Axalla begun the onset The Battel was Bloody the Chineses were totally routed by this noble