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A62521
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The perfect ambassadour treating of the antiquitie, priveledges, and behaviour of men belonging to that function. / By F.T. Esquire.
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Thynne, Francis, 1545?-1608.
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1652
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Wing T1143; ESTC R224052
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enticement_n of_o his_o speech_n and_o courtesy_n which_o plain_o seem_v to_o represent_v a_o kingly_a majesty_n do_v so_o bind_v he_o unto_o he_o that_o of_o a_o bitter_a enemy_n he_o make_v he_o a_o dear_a friend_n to_o his_o country_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o he_o which_o make_v the_o war_n by_o the_o malice_n of_o this_o laurence_n to_o the_o florentine_n do_v also_o leave_v off_o the_o same_o by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o same_o person_n brutus_n hist._n flor._n li_fw-mi 7._o when_o clement_n the_o seven_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o charles_n the_o five_o the_o emperor_n have_v meet_v at_o bononia_n about_o divers_a affair_n francis_n alvares_n the_o legate_n of_o divide_v common_o call_v presto_fw-it john_n be_v king_n of_o the_o abissine_n aethiopian_n which_o do_v possess_v the_o middle_a part_n of_o africa_n be_v come_v to_o bononia_n by_o the_o conduct_n of_o the_o ambassador_n of_o john_n king_n of_o portugal_n do_v in_o the_o senate_n in_o the_o name_n of_o his_o king_n promise_v faith_n and_o obedience_n â—…to_fw-la clement_n 2._o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1533._o in_o the_o month_n of_o pebruary_n and_o so_o with_o these_o example_n i_o conclude_v this_o title_n of_o such_o person_n as_o have_v be_v commend_v for_o the_o wise_a dispatch_n of_o their_o embassy_n after_o which_o i_o mean_v with_o like_o example_n more_o plentiful_o to_o utter_v many_o wise_a answer_n give_v and_o make_v by_o and_o to_o the_o legate_n of_o other_o province_n in_o which_o their_o wit_n and_o learning_n be_v notable_o declare_v chap._n 5._o apothegm_n or_o wise_a and_o pleasant_a answer_n give_v and_o make_v by_o and_o to_o ambassador_n darius_n the_o king_n enter_v into_o scythia_n be_v drive_v to_o great_a need_n and_o poverty_n whereupon_o the_o scythian_n send_v legate_n unto_o he_o with_o present_n which_o be_v a_o bird_n a_o mouse_n a_o frog_n and_o five_o arrow_n which_o darius_n interpret_v after_o his_o mind_n that_o thereby_o 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country_n if_o otherwise_o he_o will_v not_o have_v the_o reproach_n of_o repulse_n to_o pertain_v to_o the_o commonwealth_n the_o lacedaemonian_n send_v but_o one_o legate_n to_o king_n demetrius_n he_o great_o 1._o stomach_v the_o same_o ask_v if_o one_o man_n be_v enough_o to_o come_v to_o he_o whereunto_o the_o legate_n answer_v yea_o sir_n we_o deem_v it_o sufficient_a to_o send_v but_o one_o body_n to_o one_o man_n which_o word_n also_o agis_n the_o son_n of_o achidanus_fw-la use_v be_v send_v to_o philip_n of_o macedon_n when_o certain_a lacon_n a_o people_n of_o greece_n inhabit_v sparta_n go_v ambassador_n to_o the_o tyrant_n lygdanus_n who_o often_o defer_v conference_n with_o they_o excuse_v himself_o that_o he_o be_v somewhat_o sickly_a they_o will_v the_o messenger_n to_o return_v answer_n that_o they_o gentle_o 30._o come_v to_o talk_v and_o not_o boysterous_o to_o wrestle_v with_o the_o king_n ismenias_n the_o theban_a and_o pilopidas_n who_o be_v victor_n in_o 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be_v send_v into_o asia_n to_o antonius_n triumvir_fw-la overcome_v with_o the_o love_n of_o cleopatra_n to_o move_v antonius_n to_o endeavour_v himself_o to_o fall_v into_o amity_n with_o octavius_n be_v call_v to_o a_o banquet_n by_o antonius_n and_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o cleopatra_n be_v command_v to_o deliver_v his_o message_n say_v not_o respect_v the_o greatness_n of_o antony_n or_o presence_n of_o cleopatra_n the_o thing_n that_o i_o be_o enjoin_v to_o tell_v to_o thou_o be_v to_o be_v entreat_v with_o a_o sober_a man_n and_o in_o another_o place_n than_o where_o we_o now_o be_v but_o howsoever_o i_o may_v seem_v to_o myself_o as_o a_o drunken_a person_n to_o say_v a_o thing_n yet_o i_o affirm_v that_o all_o thing_n shall_v succeed_v well_o unto_o thou_o if_o thou_o will_v let_v cleopatra_n depart_v into_o egypt_n free_o thereby_o note_v the_o drunkenness_n of_o antony_n and_o his_o immoderate_a love_n to_o cleopatra_n plut._n in_fw-la vita_fw-la antonius_fw-la when_o a_o 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of_o theudolinda_n create_v king_n of_o the_o lombard_n when_o he_o have_v reign_v nine_o year_n bequeathe_v the_o kingdom_n to_o bertanus_n and_o godopertus_n his_o son_n the_o kingdom_n be_v divide_v bertanus_n place_v his_o imperial_a seat_n at_o milan_n and_o godopertus_fw-la at_o ticinum_n after_o dissension_n spring_v between_o the_o two_o brother_n godopertus_n send_v to_o grinidaldus_fw-la duke_n of_o beneventa_fw-la a_o legate_n garipaldus_fw-la captain_n or_o duke_n of_o taureventinus_fw-la to_o request_v speedy_a aid_n against_o his_o brother_n in_o recompense_n whereof_o he_o promise_v his_o kinswoman_n in_o marriage_n contrary_a to_o which_o thing_n the_o traitorous_a legate_n do_v persuade_v grinidaldusâ—…o_o possess_v the_o kingdom_n of_o lâ—…mbardie_n have_v now_o apt_a time_n therefore_o the_o brother_n be_v at_o war_n within_o themselves_o whereupon_o grinivalde_v with_o a_o choose_a company_n go_v to_o ticinum_n where_o be_v honourable_o receive_v because_o of_o his_o marriage_n as_o be_v think_v into_o the_o king_n palace_n do_v kill_v godopertus_n and_o enjoy_v the_o kingdom_n bertarius_n which_o be_v at_o milan_n hear_v thereof_o for_o fear_v flee_v into_o panonia_n or_o hungary_n to_o cacanus_fw-la king_n of_o the_o araries_n a_o people_n of_o panonia_n leave_v behind_o rodolinda_n his_o wife_n and_o camipertus_fw-la his_o son_n who_o grinivaldus_fw-la send_v to_o benevenventa_fw-la not_o long_o after_o which_o domus_fw-la gariopaldus_fw-la the_o legate_n be_v in_o the_o temple_n kill_v by_o the_o servant_n of_o godopertus_n who_o fear_v not_o to_o be_v murder_v for_o the_o revenge_n of_o his_o master_n injury_n bonsinius_n li_fw-mi 8._o deca_n 1._o edgarus_n king_n of_o england_n by_o sickness_n lose_v the_o queen_n his_o wife_n elfreda_n on_o who_o he_o have_v get_v edward_n his_o son_n at_o what_o time_n fame_n have_v blow_v abroad_o that_o horgerius_n duke_n of_o cornwall_n have_v a_o fair_a daughter_n name_v alfreda_n he_o send_v ethelwold_n his_o familiar_a companion_n as_o his_o ambassador_n to_o see_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o maid_n and_o with_o his_o word_n and_o in_o his_o name_n to_o demand_v she_o in_o marriage_n if_o her_o beauty_n do_v answer_v the_o report_n ethelwold_n when_o he_o have_v see_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o maid_n unmindful_a of_o the_o king_n commandment_n do_v earnest_o desire_v to_o have_v she_o for_o wife_n who_o return_v to_o the_o king_n say_a that_o she_o be_v not_o such_o a_o person_n as_o be_v convenient_a to_o be_v espouse_v to_o the_o king_n but_o a_o little_a after_o perceive_v by_o this_o device_n that_o the_o king_n mind_n be_v change_v from_o her_o love_n he_o begin_v with_o little_a and_o little_a to_o work_v with_o the_o king_n to_o obtain_v licence_n that_o he_o may_v take_v she_o by_o his_o consent_n the_o which_o the_o king_n have_v now_o despise_v her_o beauty_n do_v easy_o grant_v afterwards_o the_o rumour_n of_o the_o beauty_n of_o alfreda_n do_v more_o and_o more_o increase_n which_o move_v the_o king_n desirous_a to_o see_v she_o to_o take_v occasion_n to_o visit_v the_o town_n of_o ethelwold_n as_o he_o go_v in_o hunt_v ethelwold_n when_o he_o understand_v that_o the_o king_n will_v come_v thither_o discover_v the_o whole_a matter_n to_o his_o wife_n pray_v she_o for_o the_o safety_n of_o they_o both_o that_o she_o will_v attire_v herself_o more_o careless_o and_o show_v herself_o less_o beautiful_a than_o she_o be_v accustom_v to_o the_o young_a and_o lusty_a king_n but_o the_o woman_n forget_v matrimonial_a love_n and_o the_o child_n bear_v to_o ethelwold_n as_o rich_o attire_v as_o she_o can_v come_v forth_o to_o meet_v the_o king_n where_o cast_v off_o all_o shame_n she_o give_v the_o occasion_n of_o her_o husband_n destruction_n for_o he_o be_v after_o slay_v and_o the_o king_n short_o marry_v she_o of_o who_o he_o beget_v many_o child_n than_o which_o deed_n nothing_o do_v more_o blemish_n the_o fame_n of_o that_o worthy_a king_n edgar_n as_o well_o for_o that_o he_o have_v take_v away_o the_o husband_n as_o for_o that_o he_o have_v espouse_v the_o unchaste_a wife_n polydor_n li_fw-mi 6._o ranulphus_n li_fw-mi 6._o cap._n 11._o will'mus_fw-la malmes_n li_fw-mi 2._o cap._n 46._o francis_n sabarella_n the_o cardinal_n who_o writing_n be_v high_o commend_v and_o allow_v be_v hold_v in_o great_a authority_n among_o the_o civil_a lawyer_n send_v ambassador_n by_o john_n the_o 23._o bishop_n of_o rome_n unto_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n to_o excuse_v his_o fact_n and_o keep_v he_o in_o the_o popedom_n be_v author_n and_o occasion_n of_o the_o pope_n utter_a overthrow_n in_o hope_n that_o himself_o afterwards_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o council_n shall_v have_v supply_v the_o place_n of_o pope_n john_n but_o be_v prevent_v by_o death_n he_o at_o one_o time_n do_v satisfy_v both_o his_o tyrannical_a ambition_n and_o unchristian_a treachery_n garmibertus_fw-la li._n 5._o de_fw-la vitis_fw-la pontificum_fw-la and_o so_o with_o one_o history_n more_o deliver_v in_o latin_a as_o guicchardine_n have_v write_v it_o i_o will_v set_v end_n to_o these_o traitorous_a and_o unfaithful_a ambassador_n the_o which_o matter_n i_o have_v purposely_o deliver_v in_o latin_a as_o the_o course_n of_o the_o style_n lead_v word_n for_o word_n and_o as_o the_o author_n write_v the_o same_o for_o that_o not_o read_v the_o history_n in_o any_o other_o place_n i_o can_v not_o so_o fit_o set_v it_o forth_o as_o methinks_v both_o such_o a_o matter_n and_o the_o author_n meaning_n do_v require_v and_o yet_o loath_a to_o leave_v out_o a_o thing_n do_v in_o our_o remembrance_n i_o think_v best_a rather_o so_o to_o do_v than_o utter_o to_o defraud_v your_o lordship_n thereof_o the_o matter_n be_v this_o constans_n fuit_fw-la multorum_fw-la opinio_fw-la albertum_fw-la pium_fw-la carpensem_fw-la galliae_fw-la regis_fw-la lodovici_fw-la duodecimi_fw-la apud_fw-la julium_fw-la 2._o papam_fw-la de_fw-la controversia_fw-la inter_fw-la pontificem_fw-la and_o ferariae_fw-la ducem_fw-la alfonsum_fw-la atestinum_fw-la and_o salinis_fw-la cerine_n comactii_fw-la â—…rta_fw-la componenda_fw-la legatum_fw-la legationis_fw-la munere_fw-la non_fw-la bona_fw-la fide_fw-la functum_fw-la ut_fw-la pontificem_fw-la ferariensium_fw-la ducem_fw-la contetaret_fw-la operam_fw-la dedisse_fw-la ad_fw-la idque_fw-la ardentissimo_fw-la desiderio_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la usque_fw-la permansit_fw-la impulsum_fw-la ut_fw-la alfonsus_fw-la ferariensi_fw-la principatu_fw-la spoliaretur_fw-la quum_fw-la hercules_n alfonsi_n pater_fw-la ante_fw-la paucos_fw-la annos_fw-la à _fw-la gilberto_n pio_n dimidiam_fw-la carpensem_fw-la ditionem_fw-la accepisset_fw-la eique_fw-la saxuli_fw-la castellum_fw-la cum_fw-la nonnullis_fw-la aliis_fw-la oppidis_fw-la permutationem_fw-la dedisset_fw-la albertus_n ne_fw-la tandem_fw-la ut_fw-la saepe_fw-la necesse_fw-la eum_fw-la minus_fw-la potentem_fw-la potentioris_fw-la vicini_fw-la cupiditate_fw-la cedere_fw-la ei_fw-la alteram_fw-la partem_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la spectaret_fw-la concedere_fw-la cogeretur_fw-la metuebat_fw-la guicchard_n li_fw-it 2._o with_o which_o latin_a history_n conclude_v and_o utter_v what_o i_o have_v read_v concerning_o such_o unfaithful_a legate_n who_o without_o better_a government_n may_v be_v draw_v into_o treason_n one_o of_o the_o most_o wicked_a evil_n which_o by_o their_o own_o occasion_n and_o folly_n they_o may_v rash_o fall_v into_o i_o will_v finish_v up_o the_o enlarge_n of_o this_o proposition_n concerning_o traitorous_a ambassador_n with_o their_o manner_n of_o treachery_n and_o take_v upon_o i_o brief_o in_o like_o order_n with_o like_o manner_n of_o example_n to_o treat_v of_o one_o other_o mischief_n that_o follow_v such_o ambassador_n for_o as_o there_o be_v nobody_o but_o have_v its_o shadow_n no_o corn_n but_o have_v its_o chaff_n no_o wine_n but_o have_v its_o lees_n nor_o any_o man_n that_o at_o all_o time_n in_o all_o place_n in_o all_o matter_n and_o to_o all_o person_n do_v show_v himself_o alike_o perfect_a wise_a so_o since_o these_o legate_n hereafter_o may_v as_o before_o time_n they_o have_v by_o word_n by_o writing_n by_o deed_n by_o gesture_n show_v some_o folly_n in_o they_o though_o otherwise_o perhaps_o not_o to_o be_v discommend_v i_o will_v now_o discourse_v of_o foolish_a ambassador_n to_o give_v light_n to_o other_o and_o to_o save_v they_o out_o of_o such_o condemn_a action_n chap._n 11._o of_o the_o foolish_a saying_n and_o do_n of_o ambassador_n notwithstanding_o that_o it_o often_o happen_v to_o be_v count_v a_o point_n of_o wisdom_n to_o dissemble_v and_o to_o utter_v great_a folly_n yet_o in_o a_o legate_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o gravity_n in_o the_o benefit_n of_o a_o country_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o a_o king_n to_o show_v either_o folly_n in_o the_o tongue_n rashness_n in_o the_o hand_n lightness_n in_o the_o gesture_n clownishness_n in_o action_n or_o want_v of_o good_a government_n in_o order_v himself_o be_v not_o simple_o a_o fault_n in_o the_o agent_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o to_o be_v allow_v but_o also_o it_o stretch_v further_a and_o minister_v occasion_n to_o condemn_v the_o master_n or_o prince_n