Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	john_n	king_n	wales_n	3,820	5	10.0804	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05780	The secret history of the confederacy, &c. discovered in a conference between the French King and his chief officers. To which is added, articles between Luxemburgh, &c. As also expedients proposed for a peace. / Translated out of French.		1693 (1693)	Wing S2339A; ESTC R232789	68,982	160

the prejudice of my Son according to all Laws the Fathers have no right to alienate the Estates of their Children whilst they are Minors and when these Estates are Maternal But says Luxemburgh the Marriage was only concluded upon this condition so that the renunciation your Majesty made upon all the present and future Right that you might have upon Spain or upon the depending States was consider'd as the Ground of Marriage without which the Ministers of Spain would have been guilty of a great deal of Folly on their side to have consented to an Allyance which would have produc'd n●w causes of Wars and Divisions instead of a Firm and Stable Peace whi●h was their chief design I add to all these proofs that the Circumstance of the Oath that your Majesty was obliged to take in swearing solemnly upon the Holy Evangelists that you would keep your Royal World that you then gave was as the Seal of all the promises of the engagements and of the good Faith of your Majesty In your opinion says the King I am then very ill grounded in my pretensions and I have no right according to the Civil Law No without doubt says Luxemburgh but a hundred thousand Men a hundred pieces of Cannon and a hundred Millions will make the Ballance incline much more to your side It was a custom to represent Justice blindfolded holding a Balance in one Hand but if the other had not been arm'd with a Sword and had a Lion plac'd by her side which is the badge of Force and Might she would have been but a ridiculous Maygame expos'd to the violence and rashness of Men. So we may say he that has the power in his Hand is the Master of Justice and whether she will or no must of necessity betake her self to his side and fight under his Standards against the weakest and this is your Majesty's Right But says his Majesty since things are in this condition and that I see my self Master of Force and of Justice shall I not do well to push my good fortune to the end and to render my self by my Armies always victorious and triumphant over all the States which shall be at my discretion and serve for my convenience having placed my self safe from the opposition of mine Enemies Very well says Luxemburgh there is no other obstacle which is capable to stop your Majesty but the Faith of Treaties But that is another Gospel for your Majesty for which you care but very little We say of King John the First one of your Ancestors descended from the first Branch of Valois that that Prince was so great an observer of his Word that they gave him the Title of Good He was accustomed to say that when Fidelity and good Faith should be banished the World they ought to be found in the person of a Prince This Prince answer'd his Majesty did not know Machiavel and you should have added at the same time that he was very unhappy during his Reign and I do not doubt but his too great Goodness was in part the cause of his Misfortunes For having lost the Battle of Poictiers against the English who were commanded by the Prince of Wales a great Captain the King was taken and carried Prisoner to London from whence he came not out but by the treaty of Bretigny by which he quitted the Sovereignty of some Provinces in France in f vour of the King of England But all these faults of John the First were gloriously repaired by Charles the Fifth his Successor who acquir'd to him self the name of Wife Sir answer'd Luxemburgh since your Majesty Laughs so at the good Faith of Treaties which other Princes look upon as Inviolable and adore as an Idol I am not surpriz'd that you have heap'd up Conquest upon Conquest There is never a little Prince in the World but may be in a condition to make himself great by this means and at last become the terror of his Enemies but it is not to be wished that such a like disorder should happen for if every Soveraign should do the like we should see a great number of Scepters overthrown to the ground become the Prey of the strongest But says his Majesty since it is not permitted to make ones self great what 's the reason that the Prince of Orange is Mounted even in our Days upon the Throne of his Father-in-Law Is not that an Usurpation Sir says Luxemburgh that is not singular Histories are full of such like instances and we see that Childerick the Third last King of the first Race was Dethron'd by Pepin the Short who before was but Mayor of the Palace which was a place almost like that of Grand Visirs and his deposing was also done by the Assembly of the States after the Pope had declar'd that the French were dispens'd with from owning that Prince So that the poor Dethroned Childerick had no other part to take but to shave himself and put himself into a Monastery And as this disgrace happen'd to him by reasons of State which would be too long to report so the Prince of Orange is not mounted upon the Throne but by the consent of the People which call'd him to it And the Parliament it self which being in England very near to what the States were formerly in France Crown'd him and confirm'd him nemine contradicente so the coming of the Prince of Orange to the Crown ought to be call'd an Acceptance and not an Vsurpation According to this sense says his M●jesty you are then of opinion that the Prince of Orange is well grounded and that the poor King James has no shorter Course to take in the midst of his disgraces than to imitate Childeric that is to say to make a rennuciation of the Crown shave himself and so put himself into a Convent Sir answer'd Luxemburgh I abuse perhaps the liberty your Majesty allows me speaking open hearted my Mind and what I think of the misfortune of this Prince But as in the beginning of this Conference your Majesty was pleased to say you put a great deal of Confidence in me I desire you also to give me leave to abstain from the language of certain Parasites who applaud your Majesty in every thing No Luxemburgh says his Majesty you do me a kindness to tell me the things as you think t●em that does not surprise me because I have always given you more liberty to speak your thoughts than any of my Courtiers and Counsellors Sir says Luxemburgh since your Majesty gives me leave to speak what I think of King James and of the War which has been kindled in Europe upon his occasion I do not now speak of a secret itching desire that your Majesty had from your Cradle to surpass your Ancestors in enlarging your Dominions and pushing on you● Conquests beyond the Rhine the Sambre and Meuse I speak not neither of the Rights of the deceased Queen I pass also in silence the Right of

A King is never Great nor Illustrious who has not carried his Arms among Strangers to make them know his Strength and to make them feel the sweetness and equity of his Commands I had all my Life an aversion for those slothful Kings of the first Race who did not govern their Countries but suffer'd themselves to be govern'd by the Grandees nothing is more pernicious to a Prince than Luxury and too much Repose Nero whose first years were so admirable and so great eclips'd the lustre of them by his Debau●hes and his Cruelties which were but the fatal consequence or Idleness Sir answer'd Pompone if your Majesty has so conc●uded and that you think it fit for the way to a Peace I wish you all Prosperity and a happy Campaign The time of my departure draws near sa●● his Majesty I recommend to you above all to have an Eye upon the new Catholicks whom I look upon in my Absence as Enemies most to be fear'd You know what care I have taken to bring them back to the bosom of the Church an● how I have b●en forc'd to use them to pluck up this cursed Tare which has mix'd it self with the good Corn. Sir answer'd Pomp●ne I do not know if your Majesty had all the reason in the World to deliver them so merciles●y to the resentment of their Enemies for my pa●ticular I felt a part of their Misfortunes and Father la Chaiz● gave me no better Quarters than them Your Illustrious Predecess●rs witness the Grandfather of your Majesty H●n y IV. came to the Crown only by their a●sistance They did h●m so great Services when he saw himself overwhelm'd by the Cath●l●●ks w●o 〈◊〉 ma●e a considerable Party ca ●'d T●e League that he woul● have undoubtedly sunk with●ut their Assi●tance so in memory of their Fidelity he gra●ted them the Edict of Na●●s So that your Maj●sty ought to consi●er that if you have at this day the Crown upon y●ur Head as a most worthy Successor of that Great Henry you are no ●ess beholding to them than your Grandfather Pompone says his Majesty let us talk of other things It suffices to tell you That the G ●●●es of ●…y Cons●●ence having so order'● it it was no longer in my Power to oppose it In short I am going an● therefore recommend to you abo●e all my Kingdom my new Converts I recommend to you the Q●een of Great B●itain the Prince of Wales a●● the Infant of E● land visit them often and comfort them in their ● sgrace te●● them from me T●●t I go where Glory calls me to heap up Lawrels an● to accomp●●sh their re-estab●●shment I rec●mmen● a●so to you my S●● the D●uphi●… take care above all to represent to ●●m the Inj ry he does to his Reputation to love rather the Pleasures of Diana and the Hunting of the Wolf than the noble Works of Mars I recommend to you also the three young Princes my Grand-children entertain them above all with the great Actions of their Grand-father I recommend to you chiefly the Eldest the Duke of Burgundy whom I us'd to call the Prince of Co●de because that truly we see as it were reb●rn in h●m all the shining Qualities of that Prince I recommend to you in short all the Intelligences that I have in Foreign Courts have a care of them receive the Letters that shall be writ to me and cause the Sums design'd for the Pensions I pay them to be return'd I also very carefully recommend to you my Treasury assist Ponchart●aine with your good Advice and lend him your Hand in working jointly for settling a Fund for the next Campaign Mony is the Sinew of War without it I should be a K●ng w●thout Power and all my great Designs would evaporate int●●moak Sir says Pompone they report of Dag●bert that he was so j●st and free towards the Churches That he caus'd the Church of St. Dennis to be covered with Silver But your Majesty makes another use of Mony you have a quite different Pity and Justice from that Prince You imitate rather him who finding the 12 Apostles of Massy Silver in a Church caus'd them to be taken from the Altar and having made them into Mony told them That they should go Preach throughout the whole World according to the order that Jesus Christ had given them Monsieur de Pompone being gone out the King order'd that Messieurs de Barbesieux and de Chanlais should come in in all haste Barbesieux says his Majesty the Resolutions are taken I have a great Design in hand Silence we are now at the point to bring great things to Light the Campaign of Mons had nothing like it Ha! what then Sir says Barbesieux I am a going says his Majesty into Flanders at the Head of an Army of 150000 Men to form the Siege of the Key of all the Low Countries Luxemburgh has shou'd it me as clear as the Sun at Noon Sir says Chanlais your Majesty must make haste for I hear that the Prince of Orange will come a Month sooner into the Field than he did last year It is no matter says his Majesty I shall have near 80000 Men more than he and I shall be covered by three potent Armies besides I will make Boufflers go before and possess himself of the Passages Luxemburgh has assur'd me that I have no more cause to fear than if I were at Versailles Sir answer'd Barbesieux if that be so your Majesty will have a good Bargain for all you shall undertake whilst that the Prince of Orange fatigues and exposes himself to the most eminent Dangers Sir says Chanlais Gold and Treason are at this day two great double Keys to your Majesty besides that they open all Gates they operate more in a moment than great Armies do in a Summer's Expedition Both the one and the other must be had says his Majesty I have found out the means to tame the Lion and the Fox which were heretofore incompatible and I only march now to take Possession of what I have bought before Sir says Barbesieux that is not all your Majesty must seek the shortest way to come quickly to a Peace the want of every thing is a dangerous Disease which begins to be felt throughout your Kingdom Barbesieux you speak home says his Majesty and all the advantage I propose to my self by this Expedition is to come to the way of a Peace Sir says Barbesieux I have yet a shorter way and more abridg'd than that to come to a Peace Ha! what says his Majesty It is to put in execution the Project that my deceased Father the Marquiss de Louvois had begun the rough draught of and which he left in his Cabinet after his death that is the White that is the Center whereto all your Majesty's Enterprizes should tend What must be done then says his Majesty Sir the Business in hand is to send the Prince of Orange Chief of the League ad Patres if your