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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79400	Political and military observations, remarks and maxims, of Charles V. late duke of Lorrain, general of the Emperor's forces From a manuscript left by him, and never printed before.	Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, 1643-1690.; Beck, Rupert.; Savage, John, fl. 1680, engraver.	1699 (1699)	Wing C3650; ESTC R200475	66,262	303

Political and Military OBSERVATIONS REMARKS AND MAXIMS OF Charles V. Late Duke of LORRAIN General of the Emperor's Forces From a Manuscript left by him and never Printed before Justum bellum quibus necessarium pia arma quibus nulla nisi in armis relinquitur Spes Tit. Liv. hist l. 9. London Printed for J. Jones at the Dolphin and Crown in S. Paul's Church-yard and W. Hawes at the Rose in Ludgate-street 1699. TO THE Right Honourable ARNOLD JUSTE Earl of Albemarle Viscount of Berry Baron of Keppel and Ashford Master of his Majesty's Wardrobe General of the Swissers and Major General of the Horse in the Service of the States General of the United Provinces My Lord NOT only the Persons of Princes but the greatest Monuments of their Glory have perished excepting their good Works and wise Sayings which Fame hath handed to Posterity from one Age to another Thus are come to light the Papers of Charles the V. late Duke of Lorrain General of the Emperor's Forces Writ by him I thought it Injustice to confine them amongst my Papers therefore have adventured to give his Thoughts an English Dress they were never Printed till now This Country where he was a Stranger is the first Place in which they see light where having need of a Noble Protector I took the Liberty to pres●nt your Lordship with the Translation in Manuscript and thereby had recourse to your Lordship's Favour that this Illustrious Stranger 's Spare-hours might find that shelter and Countenance which his great Character calls for This Prince was so active that he could never find leisure to be idle even in his Retirements from Affairs he would have some Subject to imploy himself It is observable that the noblest Works of the Creation are most Active Activity was so innate to him that the Sun might as well stand still or the Sea cease from its Motion as this Prince desist from giving himself Imployment You will find my Lord that Variety that may divert they being Miscellanies that give more delight than a continued Series of Matter These will be acceptable to many especially to such who to this day make his Actions the Subject of their Conversations His Notions and Maxims carry Worth in them so may deserve your Lordship's Protection they need no Encomiums And though some may not have the like Apprehensions of this Prince's Works yet it may suffice that he was a Souldier and that they dropt from the Pen of a Prince The Scotch History tells us That one of their Kings while confined did scratch with his Nails the History of our Saviour's Passion on the Wall which rough Draught being done by Princely Hands was more preferrable than what might have been done of that kind by the most celebrated Masters He was not only valued for his Illustrious Birth as being of the best Bloud of Christendom but reverenced for his great Qualities for which his Person was had in so great Esteem and intitled to double Honour for he was not only born a Prince but was also an experienced Captain Such was his Conduct and Perfections that each were so many Immortalizers of his Fame and with the old Hero's he hath scattered his Trophies in the Fields of Victory of whom Fame hath mustered Catalogues and with them he hath filled the World with Applause so that the Chronicles are so many standing Records to his and their Glory For the Exploits of War have something of more splendour in them than those of Peace These retired Thoughts which his Memory hath regist'red from Observation and Practice are given to the Publick as I found them to change their Form would have been presumptuous The Courage Civility and Humanity that appeared in the course of his Life discover themselves here in this Treatise In his own Country they need no Protection his Fame being so celebrated though his Conceptions are Strangers there As his Person fled for refuge to Germany so his Works do now to your Lordship for Sanctuary from the ill Usage of a Censorious and inhospitable World though his Actions are so many Monuments of his Fame yet they need your noble Protection which I am the more incouraged to supplicate in that you will find many Things not unknown to your early Experience And though Things have daily improved since his Time yet here are never dying Observations that will be ever of Use in all Ages My Lord. You are one of those from whom this Age expects great Things for you did early promise so much which makes that the Eyes of all are upon you who with me wish that Fortune may always smile upon you That as you have advanced in the Temple of Honour so you may in Favour with God and our great King to the Good of the Nation the Honour of your Ancient and Illustrious Family and the great Joy of My Lord Your Lordship 's most humble and most obedient Servant Rupert Beck TO THE READER THis Work is of that Nature that generous desires may thereby be ingendered in the Reader The Subject is Peace and War Civil and Foreign with Observations according to the Nature of the Subject Here are also Maxims drawn from Experience Each may here find what is required in their different Stations from the General to the Common Souldier who through a generous Emulation may raise his Fortune Here are Precepts for Peace and War amongst which are several Things that speak our Prince displeased and in a complaining Tone of some hard Vsage which he thought he had received from a Great Monarch between whom there was some Misunderstanding Without doing wrong to his Memoirs I could not omit his Expressions but some Grains of allowance may be had to the Circumstances he laboured under having to do with so Potent a Neighbour That not only our Author but even all Europe hath been alarmed at the great Progress his Arms have made And to speak the Truth Great hath been the Advantage that the House of France hath had from this their present Monarch's so long Reign who to do him justice were he not a King yet is he Great in his own Person and wonderfully qualifyed to sit at the Helm of Empire being so much Master of the Art of Reigning By the Observations that are found here all Persons in whatever Province they move in may find that which will affect them so as to be fearless in War happy in Peace and to reign in the Hearts of Friends and Enemies And to be loved honoured and feared so that they may say with M. Aurelius That where Vertue hath acquired the Love and Affections of the Subjects that there can be no want of Men or Treasure To conclude the whole here may be seen how to act in Peace and War so that in Adversity or Prosperity they may neither presume nor despair Political and Military Observations Remarks AND MAXIMS OF CHARLES V. Late Duke of Lorrain c. PEace is that tranquil and sedate State