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A53046	The life of the thrice noble, high and puissant prince William Cavendishe, Duke, Marquess and Earl of Newcastle ... written by the thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle, his wife.	Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.	1667 (1667)	Wing N853; ESTC R30741	100,054	226

his famous Name Blood and Office of large Honours has been eminent in so many and so great Services performed to Us and Our Father of ever blessed memory that his Merits are still producing new effects We have decreed likewise to add more Honour to his former And though these his such eminent Actions which he hath faithfully and valiantly performed to Us Our Father and Our Kingdom speak loud enough in themselves yet since the valiant Services of a good Subject are always pleasant to remember We have thought fit to have them in part related for a good Example and Encouragement to Virtue The great proofs of his Wisdom and Piety are sufficiently known to Us from Our younger years and We shall alwayes retain a sense of those good Principles he instilled into Us the Care of Our Youth which he happily undertook for Our good he as faithfully and well discharged Our years growing up amidst bad Times and the harsh Necessities of Warr a new Charge and Care of Loyaltie the Kingdom and Religion call'd him off to make use of his further Diligence and Valour Rebellion spread abroad he levied Loyal Forces in great numbers opposed the Enemy won so many and so great Victories in the Field took in so many Towns Castles and Garisons as well in Our Northern parts as elsewhere and behaved himself with so great Courage and Valour in the defending also what he had got especially at the Siege of York which he maintain'd against three Potent Armies of Scots and English closely beleaguering and with emulation assaulting it for three Months till Relief was brought to the wonder and envy of the Enemy that if Loyal and Humane Force could have prevailed he had soon restored Fidelity Peace and his KING to the Nation which was then hurrying to Ruine by an unhappy Fate So that Rebellion getting the upper hand and no place being left for him to act further valiantly in for his King and Countrey he still retain'd the same Loyalty and Valour in suffering being an inseparable Follower of Our Exile during which sad Catastrophe his whole Estate was sequestred and sold from him and his Person alwayes one of the first of those few who were excepted both for Life and Estate which was offer'd to all others Besides his Virtues are accompanied with a Noble Blood being of a Family by each Stock equally adorn'd and endow'd with great Honours and Riches For which Reasons We have resolv'd to grace the said Marquess with a new Mark of our Favour he being every way deserving of it as one who lov'd vertue equal to his Noble Birth and possess'd Patrimonies suitable to both as long as loyalty had any place to shew it self in our Realm which possessions he so well employ'd and at last for Us and Our Fathers service lost till he was with Us restor'd Know therefore c. 4. Of his Prudence and Wisdom MY Lord's Prudence and Wisdom hath been sufficiently apparent both in his Publick and Private Actions and Imployments for he hath such a Natural Inspection and Judicious Observation of things that he sees beforehand what will come to pass and orders his affairs accordingly To which purpose I cannot but mention that Laud the then Archbishop of Canterbury between whom and my Lord interceded a great and intire Friendship which he confirmed by a Legacy of a Diamond to the value of 200 l. left to my Lord when he died which was much for him to bequeath for though he was a great Statesman and in favour with his late Majesty yet he was not covetous to hoard up wealth but bestowed it rather upon the Publick repairing the Cathedral of St. Pauls in London which had God granted him life he would certainly have beautified and rendred as famous and glorious as any in Christendom This said Arch-Bishop was pleased to tell His late Majesty that my Lord was one of the Wisest and Prudentest Persons that ever he was acquainted with For further proof I cannot pass by that my Lord told His late Majesty King Charles the First and Her Majesty the now Queen-Mother some time before the Wars That he observed by the humours of the People the approaching of a Civil War and that His Majesties Person would be in danger of being deposed if timely care was not taken to prevent it Also when my Lord was at Antwerp the Marquess of Montross before he went into Scotland gave my Lord a Visit and acquainted him with his intended Journey asking my Lord whether he was not also going for England My Lord answer'd He was ready to do His Majesty what service he could and would shun no opportunity where he perceived he could effect something to His Majesties advantage Nay said he if His Majesty should be pleased to Command my single Person to go against the whole Army of the Enemy although I was sure to lose my life yet out of a Loyal Duty to His Majesty and in Obedience to his Commands I should never refufe it But to venture said he the life of my Friends and to betray them in a desperate action without any probability of doing the least good to His Majesty would be a very unjust and unconscionable act for my Friends might perhaps venture with me upon an implicite Faith that I was so honest as not to engage them without a firm and solid foundation but I wanting that as having no Ships Armes Ammunition Provision Forts and places of Rendezvous and what is the chief thing Money To what purpose would it be to draw them into so hazardous an Action but to seek their ruine and destruction without the least benefit to His Majesty Then the Marquess of Montross asked my Lord's Advice and what he should do in such a case My Lord answer'd That he knowing best his own Countrey Power and Strength and what probability he had of Forces and other Necessaries for Warr when he came into Scotland could give himself the best advice but withall told him That if he had no Provision nor Ammunition Armes and places of Rendezvous for his men to meet and join he would likely be forced to hide his head and suffer for his rash undertaking Which unlucky Fate did also accordingly befall that worthy Person These passages I mention to no other end but to declare my Lord's Judgment and Prudence in worldly Affairs whereof there are so many that if I should set them all down it would swell this History to a big Volume They may in some sort be gather'd from his actions mentioned heretofore especially the ordering of his affairs in the time of Warr with such Conduct Prudence and Wisdom that notwithstanding at the beginning of his Undertaking that great Trust and honourable Employment which His late Majesty was pleased to confer upon him he saw so little appearance of performing his Designs with good success His Majesty's Revenues being then much weakned and the Magazines and publick Purse in the Enemies Power besides several other

it self and yet doth every thing for without Ceremony there would be no distinction neither in Church nor State XXVI That Orders and Professions ought not to entrench upon each other lest in time they make a confusion amongst themselves XXVII That in a Well-ordered State or Government care should be taken lest any degree or profession whatsoever swell too big or grow too numerous it being not onely a hinderance to those of the same profession but a burden to the Commonwealth which cannot be well if it exceeds in extreams XXVIII That the Taxes should not be above the riches of the Commonwealth for that must upon necessity breed Factions and Civil Wars by reason a general poverty united is far more dangerous then a private Purse for though their Wealth be small yet their Unity and Combination makes them strong so that being armed with necessity they become outragious with despair XXIX That Heavy Taxes upon Farmes ruine the Nobility and Gentry for if the Tenant be poor the Landlord cannot be rich he having nothing but his Rents to live on XXX That it is not so much Laws and Religion nor Rhetorick that keeps a State or Kingdom in order but Armes which if they be not imploy'd to an evil use keep up the right and priviledges both of Crown Church and State XXXI That no equivocations should be used either in Church or Law for the one causes several Opinions to the disturbance of mens Consciences the other long and tedious Suits to the disturbance of mens private Affairs and both do oftentimes ruine and impoverish the State XXXII That in Cases of Robberies and Murthers it is better to be severe then merciful for the hanging of a few will save the lives and Purses of many XXXIII That many Laws do rather entrap then help the subject XXXIV That no Martial Law should be executed but in an Army XXXV That the Sheriffs in this Kingdom of England have been so expensive in Liveries and Entertainments in the time of their Sherifalty as it hath ruined many Families that had but indifferent Estates XXXVI That the cutting down of Timber in the time of Rebellion has been an inestimable loss to this Kingdom by reason of Shipping for though Timber might be had out of Foreign Countries that would serve for the building of Ships yet there is none of such a temper as our English Oak it being not onely strong and large but not apt to splint which renders the Ships of other Nations much inferior to ours and that therefore it would be very beneficial for the Kingdom to set out some Lands for the bearing of such Oaks by sowing of Acorns and then transplanting them which would be like a Store-house for shipping and bring an incomparable benefit to the Kingdom since in Shipping consists our greatest strength they being the onely Walls that defend an Island XXXVII That the Nobility and Gentry in this Kingdom have done themselves a great injury by giving away out of a petty pride to the Commonalty the power of being Juries and Justices of Peace for certainly they cannot but understand that that must of necessity be an act of great Consequence and Power which concerns mens Lives Lands and Estates XXXVIII That it is no act of Prudence to make poor and mean persons Governours or Commanders either by Land or Sea by reason their poverty causes them to take Bribes and so betray their Trust at best they are apt to extort which is a great grievance to the people besides it breeds envy in the Nobility and Gentry who by that means rise into Factions and cause disturbances in a State or Commonwealth Wherefore the best way is to chuse Rich and Honourable Persons or at least Gentlemen for such Employments who esteem Fame and Honourable Actions above their Lives and if they want skill they must get such under-Officers as have more then themselves to instruct them XXXIX That great Princes should consider before they make War against Foreign Nations whether they be able to maintain it for if they be not able then it is better to submit to an honourable Peace then to make Warr to their great disadvantage but if they be able to maintain Warr then they 'l force in time their Enemies to submit and yeild to what Tearms and Conditions they please XL. That when a State or Government is ensnarled and troubled it is more easie to raise the common people to a Factious Mutiny then to draw them to a Loyal Duty XLI That in a Kingdom where Subjects are apt to rebel no Offices or Commands should be sold for those that buy will not onely use extortion and practise unjust wayes to make out their purchase but be ablest to rebel by reason they are more for private gain then the publick good for it is probable their Principles are like their Purchases But that all Magistrates Officers Commanders Heads and Rulers in what Profession soever both in Church and State should be chosen according to their Abilities Wisdom Courage Piety Justice Honesty and Loyalty and then they 'l mind the publick Good more then their particular Interest XLII That those which have Politick Designs are for the most part dishonest by reason their Designs tend more to Interest then Justice XLIII That Great Princes should onely have Great Noble and Rich Persons to attend them whose Purses and Power may alwayes be ready to assist them XLIV That a Poor Nobility is apt to be Factious and a Numerous Nobility is a burden to a Common-wealth XLV That in a Monarchical Government to be for the King is to be for the Commonwealth for when Head and Body are divided the Life of Happiness dies and the Soul of Peace is departed XLVI That as it is a great Error in a State to have all Affairs put into Gazettes for it over-heats the peoples brains and makes them neglect their private Affairs by over-busying themselves with State-business so it is great Wisdom for a Council of State to have good Intelligences although they be bought with great Cost and Charges as well of Domestick as Foreign Affairs and Transactions and to keep them in private for the benefit of the Commonwealth XLVII That there is no better Policy for a Prince to please his People then to have many Holy-dayes for their ease and order several Sports and Pastimes for their Recreation and to be himself sometime Spectator thereof by which means he 'l not onely gain love and respect from the people but busie their minds in harmless actions sweeten their Natures and hinder them from Factious Designs XLVIII That it is more difficult and dangerous for a Prince or Commander to raise an Army in such a time when the Countrey is embroiled in a Civil Warr then to lead out an Army to fight a Battel for when an Army is raised he hath strength but in raising it he hath none XLIX That good Commanders and experienced Soldiers are like skilfull Fencers who defend with