Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	duke_n	king_n	lewis_n	3,045	5	10.1107	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28432	An appeal from the country to the city, for the preservation of His Majesties person, liberty, property, and the Protestant religion	Blount, Charles, 1654-1693.	1679 (1679)	Wing B3300; ESTC R228069	16,678	32

command led out to Execution but in his way thither he desired divers Gentlemen once more to acquaint their Master from him that it was such a Secret that the Duke would not for a Dutchy but know Many hearing this went again to intreat the Duke to vouchsafe him a hearing but this treacherous Earl keeping the Duke's Chamber door would not permit these Gentlemen to enter saying That the Duke had resolv'd to hear no further from him wherefore he dispatch'd away new Messengers to the Provost to hasten his Execution Thus was this Cifron hang'd to the utter ruine of the Duke of Burgundy his House and his Dominions so infatuated was his understanding After this our wicked Earl began to put in practice his Treachery for the which purpose he agreed first with a French Wakeman or Physician dwelling in Lyons call'd Mr. Simon of Pavia and afterwards with the Kings Embassador in Savoy neither of which ways succeeding he offer'd to flee with all his Forces from his Master to King Lewis but the King detesting such Treasons of a Servant against his Master sent by the Lord Conté to acquaint the Duke of Burgundy with it But the Duke as if he had been himself in the Plot against his own Life was so sottish and stupid a Prince that he receiv'd this second warning with no more sence than the former saying That if this discovery were true the King being his Enemy would never have advertised him thereof wherefore he ever after that loved the Earl rather better than before But this folly of his was justly rewarded for in a short time after when the Duke of Burgundy and the Duke of Lorrain were engaged this Earl of Campobache with many of his Forces revolted to the Enemy whereby the Duke of Burgundy's Forces were routed and he himself actually slain Never did Prince fall more unpityed than this Duke did nor did his people know which most to blame of the two either he who began this Conspiracy by his wickedness or the Duke himself who gave it success by his folly The application of which Story I shall leave for you to make V. There are four several Arguments which many times prevail with Princes to be incredulous of all pretended Conspiracies against themselves The first is drawn from their being in or made privy themselves to part of the Plot but not the whole The second From their own good nature and clemency The third From the nature of the Evidence And the fourth From the Nature and Interest of the pretended Conspirations To begin then with the first When the Prince hath been made acquainted with the Design of introducing a new Government or new Religion but not with the Design of taking away his own Life this sometimes hath prevail'd with him not to believe that the same Party with whom he himself is in a Conspiracy should have any such other Plot against his Life But this I hope is not our case for that no Religion or Government can be so much for his Majesties advantage as that which is establish'd amongst us Since in Popery although his Majesty would be made absolute over his Subjects yet his slavery to the Pope would be so great that as well his Liberty as his Revenues would be much less than now For besides the vast sums of Money that would then go from the Exchequer to the Church I dare boldly affirm that had his Majesty been never so absolute he could not in this time have squeez'd more money from the Subject than he hath already received in Taxes since his coming in and that must have been done by a standing Army which would make him odious and eat up half his profit 'T is policy in the Prince not to take away all at one but to leave a Nest-Egg if he designs they should lay again but for the Church of Rome who ever reads our Chronicles will find that no School-boys have been greater slaves to their Masters than many of our English Kings were to the Pope and those who were above his discipline the Romish Church ever found some way or other to cut him off either by setting his own people against him as they did by King Iohn or by some infallible Catholick Poyson or by some bloody Godfrey Dagger King Edgar for his Incontinency was enjoyn'd by Dunstan Abbot of Glassenbury not to wear his Crown for seven years to which he was forced to submit King Henry II. to expiate the Murder of Thomas Becket committed by his Countries was forced to walk bare-footed three miles to visit his Shrine and then to receive fourscore lashes upon his bare back from the Monks King Iohn for opposing Pope Innocent III. was after interdicting the Realm for six years and three months forced to render his Crown to Pandulphus the Pope's Legat and take it again in Fee-farm at the Rent of a thousand Marks yearly nor did this satisfie the Popish malice for he was at last poyson'd in Swinsted Abbey by one Simon a Monk Furthermore to let you see that in the time of Popery Princes lived not so peaceably as now be pleas'd to observe that betwixt the Conquest and our Reformation seven of our English Kings were murther'd viz. King Iohn Richard I. Edward II. Richard II. Edward V. Henry VI. and Richard III. not to mention the Emperor Henry VII who was poyson'd in the Eucharist by one Bernard a Monk nor Henry III. of France stabb'd by Clement the Monk nor Henry IV. of France stabb'd by Raviliac or those many hundred Examples of this nature which I could produce out of other Chronicles So that what ever Prince considers these things aright I think he can have no Interest to introduce Popery unless he desires either to be whipp'd by a Monk or stabb'd or poyson'd by a Jesuit for in such a case 't is the Jesuits that govern and not the King VI. The second Motive which may incline a Prince to disbelieve the report of a Plot is from his own good nature and clemency which makes him not expect any ill from those to whom he has been so kind But this is a fallacious way of arguing for a Prince who would preserve himself against Conspiracy is to have an eye rather upon those he has oblig'd than those he has offended for those that are offended have not such frequent opportunities nor such easie accesses to him as the other have and for their disposition it is much alike the desire of dominion being as great if not greater than the desire of revenge We see therefore that where any great Conspiracy has been made it has been most commonly begun by such as were most familiar with the Prince and most in his favour for so it was in the Conspiracy of Perennius against Commodus Plautianus against Severus Sejanus against Tiberius all which were Favourites and highly oblig'd by their several Emperors So that what ever Prince trusts too much to the friendship of his dearest Favourites