Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	henry_n	king_n	navarre_n	3,463	5	11.5896	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11026	Newes from Rome, Spaine, Palermo, Geneuæ and France With the miserable state of the citty of Paris, and the late yeelding vppe of sundrie towns of great strength, vnto the king. Translated out of Italian and French into English.		1590 (1590)	STC 21293; ESTC S106067	5,735	15

Newes FROM ROME Spaine Palermo Geneuae and France With the miserable state of the Citty of Paris and the late yeelding vppe of sundrie Towns of great strength vnto the King Translated out of Italian and French into English LONDON Printed for Thomas Nelson and are to be sold by William Wright 1590. Newes from Rome IT is credibly reported by Letters from Chiauenna that there was one of the Famelie of Lucemburge a Papist by profession and yet a seruaunt to the French King passed through Chiauenna with thrée score horse and staied there one day And the next day following hee departed from thence to Zappei de Briga towards Venice He goeth in the behalfe of the house of Burbon from sundry the chéefe of the Nobilitie of Fraunce to deliuer a message to the Pope and to haue conference with him and the Princes of Italy for the firme establishing of Henry de Borbon King of Nauarre now the lawfull French King vnder whose obedience they are willing to liue Which thing hee very boldly auouched vnto the Popes face and told him that they sought to haue it confirmed with quietnesse Adding further that if the Pope and those Princes of Italy would not allowe therof that they would defend the same with fire and sword And hazarde their landes and liuings in maintenance of his right Wherevpon the Pope after due consideration taken gaue aunswere to the Messenger viz. That fore much as hee saith he is lawfully descended thereunto And that the chiefe States and Potentates of Germany are determined to defend him for the recouerie of his saide right That he would not any more sende ayde to trouble and vexe him as heretofore hee hath done so as the King would acknowledge himselfe established therein by the Popes meanes And in so doing and yéelding vnto some such Popishe conditions as the Pope would deliuer him in writing he would therein further him to the vttermost whereto this Messenger made aunswere that he knew certainly that the King would neuer condescended thereunto Whereat the Pope replied saying That were it not that the King is a Hugonite by profession hee worthely deserueth to beare thys title Viz. The great Caesar of the World With which glorious Title he offered to grace and honour the King so as he would chaunge his Religion IN the Citty of Rome there is an olde auncient Monument long since erected of stone and it is called Pasquill whereon many notable thinges are from time to time set vppe in the disgrace of the Pope of Rome Vppon which saide Piller there was sette vppe soone after the departure of this Champian thrée seuerall pictures either of them being contrarie to the other The first picture was as it is here liuely pourtraghed forth Viz. First the Pope set out gorgiouslie in his Robes and triple Crowne and a straunger holding him by the beard with a dagge set close to his brest pronouncing this sentence vnto him viz. Redde Rationem villicationis tuae Which being seene to the Common people made them greatlye to murmur and bée of sundry imaginations Some were of this opinion that it pretended the murdering of the Pope or some treason to his holinesse others imagined that it prophesied the fall of the Popes kingdome and alteration of the Antichristian Religion and state of Rome and others supposed it to bee done onely in the derision therof Whereuppon some fauourer of Christian Religion in the Cittie of Rome that durst not openly bee knowen wrotte certaine verses vppon eyther of those seuerall Pictures and after scattered them in the streetes of Rome where soone after spéedy searche was made for the Author of them but he coulde not by any meanes be found out 〈…〉 Thou Pope that doest for gold deceaue full many soules And séekest nought at all but spoile of Christians blood Fall downe before thy God whom thou doest still offend And let Repentance be the staffe of all thy stay Els shalt thou soone perceiue Gods wrath is on thy head Vnto thy charge preache truth cast of thy paltry trash Thy Masses and thy Markes of plaine Idolatry Séeke not to blinde those men that doe thy folly sée But of thy wicked life sée iust account thou make Gainst God doe not rebell nor those whom he annoints But shed forth brinish teares for all thy déedes amis Els shalt thou bée cut off and kingdome troden downe By him that now in France of right doth were the crown FINIS THe second Picture before recited was in this manner There was Pictured forth the King of Spaine lying in his bedde sore sicke and a Phisitian standing before him who taking the King by the hand and féeling of his powlees saith vnto him Viz. Durabit tempore Curto The vearses made vpon that Picture were these Blind King what dost thou mean to bath thy hands in blood Of Innocents and such as guiltlesse be Thou couetst to obtaine the glorie of this world Which is like sléeting Snow that melteth in the Sunne Thy golde doth thée besot and God thou doest forget Thou thirstest after that which thou shalt neuer winne Thy kingdome is too large and that doth thée bewitch Thou aimest ful at France yet doest thou misse the marke Because thou woldst therby procure swéet Englands harm Well maist thou send to seas thy shipping tall and huge To doe thy neighbour hurt and gaine thy selfe no good But when thou so hast done thy selfe if so thou liue Shalt sée and saie with me that God is sore displeasd And bids thée be content thou hast not long to liue Séeke therefore for thy end and set thy soule at rest So shalt thou liue for aie else die with great vnrest FINIS The third and last picture was in this manner viz. The Citie of Geneua defended by the hande of almightie God though assaulted by the Duke of Sauoy was deliuered from daunger of the Dukes forces and hee forced to flie awaie naked looking backe vpon the sayde Citie of Geneua and crieth out saying Nessio amplius quo vadam The verses written on the third Picture were these Thou Sauoy Duke that headlong séemst to runne To spoile a Citie of no smal account Whose wals and gates are kept by God himselfe Who bids thée backe or he will daunt thée so As greatly shall returne to thy vnrest Retire thou thence and say as other did When seuen stout Kings by force did it bessiege God doth and will defend it still from harme It is not force of Canon can do good To winne thy will of that faire maiden towne Shoote thou strong bullets it for to disgrace They will rebound euen backe vnto thy selfe Retire for shame and if thou manage armes Bestow thy force gaynst them that wil thée feare Euen such I meane as fight against the Lord And dayly séeke his Gospell to deface But if thou be of that disloyall minde And wilt not pray to God to pardon thée And so repent thée of thy former misse Then flie from God