Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	chester_n	earl_n	wales_n	3,056	5	10.3513	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10721	A souldiers vvishe to Britons welfare: or a discourse, fit to be read of all gentlemen and souldiers. Written by a Captaine of experience	Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617.	1604 (1604)	STC 21000; ESTC S119811	57,363	84

A Souldiers VVishe to Britons welfare or a Discourse fit to be read of all Gentlemen and Souldiers Written by a Captaine of experience Imprinted at London for Ieffrey Chorlton and are to be sold at the great North dore of Saint Paules 1604. TO THE MOST WORTHY the most vertuous and godly Prince Henry by the grace of God Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwell Earle of Chester and heire apparant of the Realmes of England Scotland France and Ireland MOst worthy most renowned Prince there is nothing more pleasing to a spirit endued with knowledge then Truth when she is most bare and naked The pure Corall needes no colouring and a good cause it selfe bringeth credit it needeth not the help of Art The deceitful Phisitian giueth pleasant Syriopes to make his poyson to goe downe the smoother and the sweet songs of Calipso were but subtill snares to Vlisses An oylie mouth may haue a gaulding minde and it seemeth vnto me that these professors of Eloquence are to be suspected and their straining of words and sentences as it were to set them on the Teynter doth shewethe little plaine dealing that is within them Yet I would not seeme to take the Penne out of his hand that doth write of Eloquēce for that were as if a man shuld labour to take the lightning from Iupiter or to seeke to bereaue the fire of his heate And Art I know is the Pilot in the sea of wit Art is the sword to conquere Ignorance and Art is the sole directer when the worlde would erre But yet to vse superfluous Eoquence in a matter of sufficient excellency is a greater shew of a pregnant wit then of a perfect wisedome Now sithens my abilitie serueth to no better purpose then to set foorth in this kind of writing those experiments which 40. yeares training in the warres hath taught me I haue not vndertaken as a subtill Logitian for I neuer learned those places from whence arguments are drawne Those haue need of artificial speeches who with pleasing words do go about to couer dishonest deeds The matters by me handled I haue set downe plainly I haue neither florished them with Art nor smoothed them with Flattery I haue grasped at abuse yet vnder generalities not aiming at any one particularly that hath not a guiltie conscience to accuse himselfe I haue winked at somewhat least I might seeme curious and haue pretermitted necessities in that they require matter passing my reach neither doe I seeke heerein the praise of mine owne wit but to declare the loue I beare to my Countrie and the dutifull zeale I tender and withal humblenes I here present to your excellēt highnes If my vnlettered diligence be gratiously accepted I neither feare the spightfull eye of Enuie neither yet the censure of any others in those things which I haue onely consecrated to your gratious vewe I acknowldge mine owne vnworthinesse and I confesse my little skill and abilitie to performe but it is a gratious acceptance that incourageth me for I assure my selfe that a magnificent and princely minde cannot want in him that is descended from so magnificent and princely regenie Alexander disdained not to be praised by a M●ll●r and your grace I hope will accept the simple gilt of a soul●lier The subiect is not altogether vnnecessarie to be considered of for it concerneth the affaires of warre a knowledge behouefull for the greatest Monarch when a King is not so much renowned for his crowne as for his courage and skill in the knowledge of armes For although all the giftes of Fortune are to be despised in respect of learning yet in a Prince there is nothing so glorious as to be called a great Captaine or a worthy souldier Accept them gratious Prince as the earnest penny of a faithfull heart accept them and protect them from the malitious interpretour accept them with all humblenesse I beseech it for his sake that with all loue and dutie will daily pray that as you are knowne to be descended from a most royall and princely progenie and to be the vndoubtfull heire of your worthie fathers Crowne and Scepter so you may growe in renowne honour equall to your auncestors may succeed your royall parents in their vertues Your Graces in all denoted dutie and 〈…〉 TO THE KINDE AND curteous Reader CVrteous Reader if thou be curteous indeed it is so much the better for me for then I know my lines wil passe without reproofe If thou be curious I care not for Nature hath done much for me she hath ginē me shoulders though not with Atlas able to beare the heauens yet with Marcus Cato able to endure any burthen that ●itus Graechius is able to loade me with To auoyd Idlenesse I haue betaken me to write and to make my selfe sociable with the multitude I haue mingled matters of importance with matters of small regarde I know this is the humorous age and although to reade ouer fewe things aduisedcy prositeth yet to runne through many things though slightly delighteth and a man that can but tattle of this and that though to little purpose shall haue audience I know some wil say that he which wil aduenture to speake of many matters may rather be tearmed venturous then learned but I answere with that great Captain Marius who speaking before the people of Rome said If my words be not wel set together I care not so long as I know my meaning to be good and honest Then let Maenius finde fault and let Boldunus eauil all is one to me I will but turne the Buckle of my girdell a litle behind me and then let any Iestmonger of them all runne at me with his strongest inuention and he shall neuer hit me whre he shall be able to hurt me I will wade no farther in mine owne praise because I was neuer beholding to mine owne tongue but as I know there are some that are too quicke of sight so there be some others that wil winke if they see a fault I reuerence him and do wish with all my heart that this second incounter betweene Captaine Skill and Captaine Pill might be as pleasing vnto him as I hope it wil be profitable to some others that shall peruse ouer looke it with aduised iudgment Barnabie Riche CAPTAINE PILL in his humorous fit CAPTAINE SKIL in his temperate iudgement Pill CAptaine Skill and although in a late conference had betwéene vs I vndertooke to speake of Robin Hood when indeede I had neuer shot in his vowe and presumed to dispute of martiall matters before I had séene an enemies Tent yet now hauing a little bottered my experience by some few yeares trayning in the warres and haue had continuance in sauerall seruices as well offensiue as defensiue being now thus happily encountered and time with opportunitie so well be fitting the purpose let me obtaine that by a kinde intreaty that I know I cannot merit by any desert I come not to contend nor to