Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	king_n	parliament_n	wales_n	3,402	5	10.4444	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90134	The speech, of Phillip Herbert, late Earl of Pembroke. At his admittance (as a member) into the honorable House of Commons, in Parliament assembled. Aprill 16th. 1649. After he had been duely elected a burgess for Berkshire instead of Sir Francis Pile, lately deceased. / Taken verbatim by Michael Oldisworth.	Pembroke, Philip Herbert, Earl of, 1584-1650.; Oldisworth, Michael, 1591-1654?	1649 (1649)	Wing O257; Thomason E551_6; ESTC R205674	4,387	9

hogge a horse a Dogge or a Catt as from the best Divine in England Pox am I not a lay-man and can I lay out my time in in any thing better then lay learning Besides I am a Statesman I know nothing to the contrary but that I may state my Question then That as I am no divine so that J may not meddle any more with divinity J am no ruler and therefore if they cannot learne the Witt to rule themselves let them be unrul'd for J have done my part with them Gentlemen J hold the Chancellorship a fitter place for my Man Oldisworth or Mr. Peters then my self and therefore if your wisdoms think fit J desire to be discharged therefrom because the self-denying Ordinance forbids as J take it to hold two Places in the Common-wealth therefore J desire to leave the one to the intent that J may minde and apply my self the better to the other Damme J cannot serve two masters the Church and the State too God and the Parliaments if it please this honorable House J conceive one Office is enough for one man therefore J shall betake my self only to doe my Businesse in this House that the County that chuse me may be the better for it Gentlemen J need not be asham'd to doe my businesse in this House and was never backward ye know in any good office and would straine my self as much for the good of the State as Alderman Adkins or any Member of you all shall untrusse my purse-strings too upon any just and honest occasion Gentlemen as J have alwayes lov'd you dearly so J hope you will love me againe for my great Affection to you should draw your great Affection to me and indeed we are brethren and brethren ought to love and agree with one another Damme the very Devills can agree with one another and cannot wee ' Zblood are we worse then Devills Our grand Enemy the King is now cut off and must wee needs be enemyes to one another and cut off one another too Beleeve me Lilburne deserves to be hang'd and Overton to be turn'd over a ladder and Prince the Cheesemonger to be serv'd in the same kinde as the Prince of Wales that they dare be so impudent bold as to tax the Parliament or the Counsell of STATE with injustice or Tyranny Damme 'T is at least Treason and Nonscense but to think so and Sink me 't is a thousand times worse to say so or to write so and shew the People reason for it too A Pox of all reasons and reasonings for me J never lov'd it in all my life Zounds break a mans head and give him a reason for it as the Scot serv'd me when he switch'd me over the face broke my head with my own staffe of office and then gave me a reason for it and that was all the satisfaction J could have for that Affront Damme I hate a Scott as I hate a reason and hate a reason as I hate the Devill Reasoning is neither better nor worse then Treating and we all Know TREATING is a Malignant and an Enemy to the State and if the Treaty had taken effect ' Zblood we might all have been hang'd and Damm'd before this No reason is dangerous in a State neither is the State bound to render any reason to Lilburne Overton or any body else for their Actions or what ever they doe had it not been for Reasoning wee had setled the Suprcame Authority on the People long agoe and then we had had Peace and a setled STATE How simple is it to thinke that a Parliament is unjust or can erre that 's a likely matter indeed No Parliaments are chosen by the People because they cannot erre KINGS may erre as David and the late King did But when did you ever read in the Bible that a Parliament could erre or had erred And thus I hope I have given you Satisfaction in this point For this your Act of Leavying Money I give my free consent Pray what can be done without money Damme Souldiers that fight for Money must have money and though J am no Souldier my self yet Damme I love a Souldier with all my heart and he that fights for money let him winne Money and Sinke me if he winnes it let him weare it too Zblood where should we have money for Souldiers but of the Countreys and Cities whom they fight to preserve unlesse they would have us pay them out of our owne Estates but surely there is none in this Honorable House but has more Frugallity or at least more Witt then to part with any of their owne Estates Doe we not labour and spend our time for the Good of the Common-wealth and shall the Common-wealth deny to spend their money for Us Zblood time is precious Mr. Speaker and God refuse me wee have spent a long time in their Service at least Eight yeers and cannot so much as have a good word for our paines Ram me Sinck me and Damme me it were a good deed to give over and leave them to themselves and then we should have a Kingdome well Governed Damme I am out of breath and therefore will conclude my Speech Vera Copia Your Affectionat Servant PEMBROKE MONTGOMERY FINIS