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An occasionall discourse, upon an accident which befell his Maiesty in hunting. Composed in Italian, by Francis Cevolus, and thence translated into English; Discorso d'un caso seguito à Sua Maestà nella caccia. English
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Cevoli, Francesco.
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STC 4922; ESTC S116846
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AN OCCASIONALL Discourse upon an Accident which befell his MAIESTY in hunting Composed in Italian By FRANCIS CEVOLVS and thence translated into English LONDON Printed by IOHN NORTON for ROBERT BIRD at the Bible in St. Laurence-lane 1635. Imprimatur hic Londini Thomas Weekes R. P. Episcopo Lond. à sacris TO THE HOnourable his very good Lord CHARLES Lord HERBERT Sonne and Heire to the Right Honourable PHILIP Earle of Pembrooke and Montgomery Lord Chamberlaine of his Majesties Houshold MY Lord this Dedication can be no novelty to your Honour who were formerly acquainted with the intention I doe but here performe what I heretofore did promise Your owne skill in the originall is such that I might have spared the courtesie of the Translatour but that I was ambitious to have more then one Countrey take notice of that service I owe unto You who shall ever thinke it the greatest part of mine to have had sometimes a relation to your Honour If there be any thing in it which may deserue your perusall it is beholding to the Subject not to the Authour It may have the happinesse to be presented to his royall Eye which I cannot hope for save by the meanes of your Noble Father or your Selfe The strangers that were desirous to come to Christ to Philip for admittance and I know no other method no neerer way to approach the Majesty of his Annoynted then by him who beares the name of that Apostle or your Noble selfe upon whom his Royall Majesty bestowed his owne Name at your baptisme and it may be thought conveyed withall not a few of his vertues whereof I here present you an imperfect picture rudely drawne by an unskilfull hand wherein I dare assure you of nothing good but the bare intention May it please your Lordship to accept of it as a propempticon before that voyage you are now to make from him who doth heartily wish you a prosperous journey and a happy returne Your Lordships most devoted Servant Francis Cevolus AN OCCASIONALL Discourse upon an Accident which befell his MAIESTIE in hunting REverence and obedience are due to any Prince but the good onely have title to love and commendations Subjects must and strangers may pay both who can plead no exemption from right and custome The royall vertues of the most puissant Prince CHARLES hath made me willing to undertake what my weakenesse tels me I am not able to performe The custome of well-doing hath made it so naturall to his MAIESTY that t is become a taske of more difficulty for an Oratour to relate his actions then for him to doe them and he is so frequent in the exercise of his vertues that after ages will truely judge the bare history of his Acts to be no other then a continued Panegyricke I shall not meddle withall as neyther ambitious to be seene in His reasons of State nor curious to peepe into his closet but present him such as he presents himselfe in publique and single out one particular which once befell Him in his Royall sports then the object of others discourse as it hath beene since of my meditation Hunting hath ever bene an exercise in request with the greatest Heroes Chiron trayned Achilles up in it and Xenophon thought it not unbefitting the compleatest Prince when he presented it in his Cyrus whom he proposeth as a patterne of persection Nay I have read of some people who in the election of their Kings did especially require that he were an expert hunter The ancient Romans however they did not practice it at home yet they did not dislike it abroad and I suppose it was rather want of convenience then desire to use it which made them refraine it It was alwaies accounted an exercise masculine and military as being the Schoole and Theater of warre and therefore the Magnanimous King CHARLES makes use of it as a recreation not an imployment free enough from what was imputed to Antiochus by his Countrey Host That his care of his game made him neglectfull of his government He makes it but a sweet retire from his more serious affaires solacing himselfe in the shadow that he may be inured to the shocks of warre Agit vice spectaculi quod sequenti tempore poterit satis esse virtuti Though he be the first borne Monarch of the Christian fayth and Salomon-like desire to possesse his Throne in peace yet he hath a portion of Davids spirit and is not afrayd of warres His goodnesse makes him affect peace but his wisedome tels him the best meanes to conserue it is a preparation for warre therefore he sets forth a royall Navy by Sea therefore he delights in the martiall exercise of hunting by Land Caesar carryed a Penne in the one hand and a Sword in the other The most Invincible CHARLES hath in the one hand an Olive branch the Embleme of peace in the other a Palme the Prognosticke of victory proposing to his enemies the same conditions that Rome did to Carthage to make their choyse The ancient Heathens entitled the same goddesse Diana both to hunting and chastity in both which the King hath so deepe a share that Hippolytus would thinke it an honour to be his second The comparison being here as apposite as in the first application to Constantinople in regard of Rome Dignius est ab hoc secundum numerari quà m caeterorum omnium primum For his eminency in the one vertue I take the voyce of the publique for a sufficient proofe and of his excellency in the other I have had no lesse then experience When at Newmarket anno 1633 his Majesty being attended with a glorious traine of Noble Courtiers a pursued Hare runne for protection to his sacred Person and freed herselfe from an eminent danger by taking sanctuary under his Horses belly An accident which howsoever to others but a nine dayes wonder made a deepe impression in my thoughts who imagined that little creature might afford some considerations not mis-beseeming so great a Majesty Perhaps she signified the affability and naturall courtesie of the King which makes him gracious in the eyes of all his observers she being of old an Embleme of lovelinesse and sacred to that goddesse which it may be gave occasion to that jest put upon the Emperour Alexander Severus Venatus facit et lepus comesus Ex quo continuum capit lepôrem Perhaps she knew the justice of the King and how much hee tenders the effusion of blood requiring the punctuall observation of the old Rule Qui gladio ferit gladio perit Witnesse that memorable accident which befell in Fleet-street where when the Sergeants had arrested a man for debt and were carrying him to Prison some of his freinds or acquaintance more transported by affection then judgment attempted to rescue him by violence and amongst them one Stamphord a Gentleman of good fame but bad fortune sometimes an appendant to the late Duke of Buckingham being more couragious