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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	king_n	law_n	prerogative_n	9,741	5	10.5060	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84231	Examples for kings, or, Rules for princes to governe by. Wherein is contained these ensuing particulars, 1. A discourse touching regall and politique government. 2 A prince must be just in his sentence. 3 What man is fit to be a governour, and to beare rule. 4 That a prince ought to be true of his word. 5 That a prince ought to be religious. 6 That a prince ought not to shed innocent bloud. 7 That a prince ought to be circumspect in giving credit to evill reports. 8 That a prince ought to beware of parasites. 9 What kind of men ought to be of the kings councell. 10 That it is dangerous for a prince to take aid of a stranger. 11 How a prince may get and keep the love of his subjects. 12 That a prince ought to be well advised how he begin a war.		1642 (1642)	Wing E3734; Thomason E119_19; ESTC R8582	6,013	9

EXAMPLES FOR KINGS OR Rules for Princes to governe by Wherein is contained these ensuing particulars 1 A Discourse touching Regall and Politique Government 2 A Prince must be just in his sentence 3 What Man is fit to be a Governour and to beare Rule 4 That a Prince ought to be true of his word 5 That a Prince ought to be religious 6 That a Prince ought not to shed innocent bloud 7 That a Prince ought to be circumspect in giving credit to evill reports 8 That a Prince ought to beware of Parasites 9 What kind of men ought to be of the Kings Councell 10 That it is dangerous for a Prince to take aid of a stranger 11 How a Prince may get and keep the love of his Subjects 12 That a Prince ought to be well advised how he begin a War LONDON Printed for Henry Hutton 1642. Examples for Princes AS in Naturall things the Head being cut off the rest cannot be called a Body no more can in politique things a Multitude or Communalty without a Head be incorporate Therefore a people desiring to live in society and willing to erect either a Politique Body or a Kingdome must of necessity chuse one to govern that Body who in a Kingdome of Regendo is called Rex and so by the People is established a Kingdome which Government is absolutely the best And as the head of the Physicall body cannot change the reyns and sinews thereof nor deny the members of their proper strength and necesary nutriture no more can a king who is head of the polliticke Body alter or change the Laws of that Body or take from the people their goods or Substance against their willes for a king is chosen and bound to maintain the Laws of His Subiects and to defend their Bodies and goods So Brute arriving in this Iland with His Trojans erected here a regall and polliticke goverment which hath for the most part continued ever since for though we have had many changes as first the Romans then the Saxons then the Danes and Lastly the Normans yet in the time of all these nations and during their Raignes the kingdom was for the most part governed in the same manner as it is now Plutarch faith that all at first that governed were called Tyrants but afterward the good governours called Kings For though a man by force do subdue Cities Countreys yet he ought to rule according to reason and if he know God according to the Law of God but when he is admitted King by the people and hath his power from them He may not Subiect the people to any other power yet He hath a great and large Prerogative which He may use at His pleasure And here I thinke it not a misse to set down some few Lawes and Customes of other Common-wealths whereby their good governement may appeare they not being Christians Prolmaeus King of Egypt feasted one day seven Ambassadours which at his request shewed unto him three of their principall Laws and customes And first the Ambassadour of Rome said we have the temples in great Reverence we are very obedient to our governours and we doe punish wicked men severely The Carthagenian Ambassadour said our Noble men never left fighting the Atificers never left labouring nor the Phylosophers never left teaching The Cicilian said in our Common-wealth justice is exactly kept marchandice is excercised with truth and all men account themselves equall The Rodians said that at Rodes old men are honest young men shamefast and women use very few words The Athenians said in our common-wealth rich men are not suffered to be divided into factions nor poor men to be idle nor the governours to be ignorant The Lacedemoninas said in Sparta envye reigneth not for all men are equall nor covetousnesse for all goods are common nor sloth for all men labour in our common-wealth said the Ambassadour of the Siconians voyages are not permitted because they should not bring home new factions Physitians are not suffered lest they should kill the sound nor Lawyers to take upon them the defence of causes and suites And to these may be added Anatharsis letter to the Athenians wherein He councelleth them to chuse a king that is just in his sentence true in His word constant in his act secret and liberall for these be the principall morrall vertues most necessary in a prince A prince ought to be just in His sentence according to the words of Solomon Wisd 1. saying A Prince ought to be just in his sensure Who fittest to governe love justice you that judge the Earth for a just king doth advance his country and the king that judgeth the poor rightly his throne shall be established forever Now to shew what manner of man is fittest to govern I read in Livie that men borne in armes great in deeds and rude in elloquence ought to be chosen Councelors and that men of quick spirits sharpe wits learnd in the Law and eloquence should be for the city for a prince ought to be a martial man stout couragious to defend his subjects and offend his enemies not to be curious to Speak eloquently but to deliver his minde plainly and wisely it being more necessary for a prince to doe well then Speak well Paucimas saith those are to be hated who in their acts are fools and in their words Phylosophers for wise words are not commendable if the deeds be not answerable they therefore saith Plato that will have glory in this life and attain to glory after death and be beloved of many and feared of all let him be vertuous in good works and deceive no man with vain words All good and worthy Princes have Laboured to attain to this wisdom and to exact justice most exactly in so much that some have not spared their own children so sacred a thing they ever held justice to be as for example Brutus who understanding that his two sons were of the conspiracy for Tarquinius superbus Alexander Magnus was so far from being transported from Justice as when any man made complaint to him of another he stopped alwayes one eare saying he must keepe that for the party accused King Edgar of England had likewise that care to doe justice as in winter time he would ride up and downe the Countrey and make enquiry of the misdemeanours of his Officers and Governours and punished them severely that offended the Law And as the followers of Justice shall not onely be glorious on earth but live in eternall glory so the Princes that minister injustice and doe not judge rightly shall reap infamy on earth and undergoe the high displeasure of God for the royall Prophet saith that God is terrible to the Kings of the earth Psal 75. which doth very well appeare by the strange punishments which he oftentimes inflicts upon them as upon Pharaoh Nebuchadnezzar Ozias Ioram Antiochus Heroa Memprisius King of Britaine who was devoured by Wolves Seldred a Saxon King of England