Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	affection_n	good_a	know_v	2,539	5	3.6358	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95828	A loving and loyall speech spoken unto the excellency of our noble Prince Charles: by Sir Hugh Yaughan [sic] the 2. of October at Ragland-Castle in Munmoth-shire in Wales, as his happy accesse and comming thither. Also the manner of his brave entertainment, and a relation of divers rich presents brought unto him by the gentry and communalty of countrey, humbly tending their true service to their prince: with the princes speech, giving them hearty thanks for their kind expressions of their love. Sent from a gentleman of that country, to one M. Francis Meredith, unto M. Henry Roberts, belonging to the Custome-house. London.	Vaughan, Hugh, Sir.	1642 (1642)	Wing V129; Thomason E122_16; ESTC R19400	2,790	8

A Loving and Loyall SPEECH Spoken unto the Excellency of our Noble Prince CHARLES By Sir Hugh Yaughan the 2. of October at Ragland-Castle in Munmoth-shire in WALES at His happy Accesse and comming thither Also the manner of his brave entertainment and a Relation of divers rich Presents brought unto him by the Gentry and Communalty of the Countrey Humbly tendring their true service to their PRINCE With the PRINCES Speech giving them hearty Thanks for their kind Expressions of their Love Sent from a Gentleman of that Country to one M. Francis Meredith unto M. Henry Roberts belonging to the Custome-House LONDON Printed for John Johnson 1642. A loving and loyall Speech spoken unto the Excellency of our noble Prince Charles by Sir Hugh Yaughan the 2. of October at Ragland-Castle in Munmoth-shire in Wales THis Country of Wales is so filled with joy by the gracious presence of you their hopefull Prince Charles so that they know not how to shew it outwardly or to speake unto you in such language as may declare their unfained and hearty gladnesse by your approach and residence here in Ragland-Castle The Genius of that ancient building doth seeme to rejoyce and the Wals are now become a Cabinet to keep and preserve the eldest jewell of the Royall Progeny and our dearly beloved Prince Charles It is the glory of the Britaines that we are the two remaining and only one people of this Land and we have alwayes been true in our affections to our King and Countrey the eldest Sonne of our gracious Soveraigne having so near Relation unto us as to be our Prince and the Prince we now behold with teares of joy with hearts overflowing with an inundation of love with wishes with desires and fervent prayers That Heaven would be a●wayes auspicious to our King and Prince Charles We know no Sun that can with the influence of Royall beames cherish and warme our true British hearts But the Sun of our gracious Soveraigne who now doth shine in the Horison of Wales We have no happinesse nor hope but what we derive from your gracious Aspect we reckon it amongst the greatest favours that divine Providence could doe us to send you our hopefull Prince amongst us In what the true and ancient Britaines may serve you you may command us to our uttermost strength our lives and Fortuues to be ready to assist you the King and the Parliament in all just actions that none may suffer by the malignity of some ill-affected persons Our loves deare Sir are so true and firme to your Princely Person so that all we can promise cannot declare how ready we will be to actuate and expresse our love in reall performances The common people with hands and hearts are ready to help you in all honourable attempts and our Gentry will shew their ancient virtue and valour in your service and because we will not trouble you with further Protestations of our reall intentions we will conconclude this briefe Narration with prayers to God to blesse and preserve you And the Generall voice of this Countrey doth by this Speech bid you thrice welcome to WALES The manner of Prince CHARLES his entertainment in Rogland-Castle in Wales AS the Welsh-men did in many verball Congratulations manifest the true love and affections of the British hearts unto Prince Charles now keeping Court at Ragland-Castle So to make their words true expressions of their love and ambition to serve the Prince they did with cheerfull forwardnesse make divers substantiall demonstrations of their professed affection Love is alwayes active and desires to be be knowne and understood by signes by evidences and many officious actions it will appeare and be visible And this was manifest by Prince Charles his late entertainment at Ragland-Castle in Wales Which was performed with much solemnity the Castle was prepared and made ready for his comming before his approach thither some of the chiefe roomes were richly hung with cloth of Arras full of lively Figures and ancient British Stories all the other furniture was rich and costly At the first entring into the Castle the aforesaid Speech was by a person of good ranke and quality spoke before the Prince who in thankfulnesse gave them a briefe answer in testimony of his accepting their love and tendred service And besides honoured the Knight that delivered the aforesaid Speech by reaching forth his hand to kisse whereon the Knight imprinted a kisse as the zeale of his affection Then there was a great Feast of divers varieties especially of Fowle whereof their abundance in those Countries and all this preparation did conclude in a curious Banquet while Metheglin and other British drinks were plentifully affourded unto all the Courtiers For the Welsh-men are of a true generous disposition and when they are to give entertainment to common strangers they will performe it with much civill courtesie but especially now having the happinesse to see their young hopefull Prince in the heart of their County they could not endeavour enough as they thought to make it appeare that with all cordiall and hearty affection the Prince was most nobly welcome into Wales they shewed a glimpse of their true British love to the King and Prince in the aforesaid Speech congratulating his comming into the County promising him to be his true and faithfull servants and after they had feasted him and all his Court in a liberall free and magnificent manner they remembred that it was an ancient custome to offer Presents unto Princes to gratulate their accesse and comming into a County Whereupon to declare that their love was not barren like the Sea-sands which yeelds nothing but that as their Countrey was plentifull abounding with all sorts of provision so their hearts were large and liberall as became them who are acknowledged to be the ancient true Britaines and to make their native liberallity apparent they as soone as the Prince was come to Radnor-Castle brought unto him divers rich Presents and with many expressions of love presented them to the Prince some brought him peeces of plate of great antiquity as might appeare by the fashion thereof The common people brought in provision for the maintenance of his Court as young Kids Sheep Calves Fish and Fowle of all sorts and some sent in fat Oxen every one striving for the credit and glory of their Countrey to exceed in severall expressions of generous liberallity One Master Lewis-ap-Morgan a private Gentleman sent the Prince a peece of plate with his Armes engraven thereon being very massy and of great value other Gentlemen and Squires of the County of Radnor-shire being descended of ancient Families came bravely mounted to the Princes Court at Radnor-Castle and there presented him with divers testimonies of their true good will and affection every one in the delivery of his present desiring are wishing all accumulations of happinesse unto their noble and gracious Prince Charles offering together with their Presents their service unto him and promising to assist him and his Royall Father King Charles upon any lawfull designe to the maintenance justice piety and Religion and defend their persons from all malignants and enemies The Prince being thus entertained and nobly used by the Welsh men he shewed himselfe very gracious and loving unto them and because he could not give particular thanks unto every person that presented gifts unto him therefore in a great Assembly of Lords Knights Squires Gentlemen and many common people the Prince made a very loving Speech unto them and to gratifie their liberallity and remunerate their bounty he in this brief Speech following rendred them hearty thanks for their Presents offered to him and for the tender of their service upon all good occasions The Princes speech at Rigland-Castle in WALES Gentlemen I Have heard formerly of the great minds the true affections and meanings of the ancient Britaines But my kinde entertainment hath made me confide in your love which I shall alwayes remember I give you commendations praise and thanks for your love your bounty and liberall enterainment I know you desire nothing but thanks you shal be sure of that my favour as long as I am Prince of WALES FINIS