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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	acknowledge_v	church_n	true_a	2,198	5	5.3927	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01260	The French herald summoning all true Christian princes to a generall croisade, for a holy warr against the great enemy of Christendome, and all his slaues. Vpon the occasion of the most execrable murther of Henry the great. To the Prince.	Loiseau de Tourval, Jean.; Marcelline, George, attributed name.	1611 (1611)	STC 11374; ESTC S111986	28,778	56

sticke not to call it be put downe And I might name a great person among them a true Catholike Apostolike and not Roman of whose worth and great vertue not only his owne country to whome it hath ben most beneficiall but euen Germany Italy Flanders and by reflection Spaine finally England it selfe takes an honorable notice of with whome talking not long ago after a free opening of the soares of their Church which he could not well conceale otherwise hee would he tolde me a common saying of his to shew how freely and honestly soeuer he acknowledges the simple truth he is not crackt in his own beleefe and religion That he thankes God with all his hart that hauing had great dealings at Rome Geneua and great friends of both sides yet God hath euer kept him in that truest surest middle that he euer was a good Catholike nor a Huguenot or a Leaguer I answered him good my lord oh would to God we were all catholiks after your fashion for me if I were borne so I would scarce beleeue I could change my religion for a better Come then come out most noble king come out by so much the sooner as you see the matter easy you haue so many men so many meanes you are the only Monarch in the world who can set vp as many as good both horse foot of his owne subiects without begging supply either of Albanians or Ruyters of Landsknechts or Suytzers And yet need you not much trouble your selfe you need not stirre out of your royall Whitehall There we wil send you the newes of the ruine of your Enemies Your arms are long enough to chastise them all a farre off most especially your right Arme the sonne of your thigh the flower of your strength the excellency of your dignity and power Let 's but haue him let him but haue himselfe and he will come to vs let him goe for the publique good of all Christendome for your interest for his owne We haue none else to be the head of our Croisado ANd you young Sunne rysing to all glory and happynes hope of the earth ioy of the sea eye of the world wonder of mindes loue of harts sweet comfort and delight of mankinde my most noble my most braue Prince all hart God forbid I should forbid learning and lesse in a Prince then in any priuate man and where it may easily be gotten without hinderance to further and more necessary ends But thus much I dare say with their good leaue who are more wise then I As times stand now as vrgent occasions require you are learned enough for a Prince and if any Prince in the world euer had lesse need of learning it is your selfe you shall neuer want it as long as you giue vp your self wholy to be ruld as a second wheele as an inferior Globe by that first Motor by that heauen of wisedome by that matchles Father of yours which hath learning enough for you both And let it not grieue you needs to yeeld vnto him in that kinde It is a wonder scarce seen in many ages to see a king learned a wonder that was neuer seen but once to see a king so learned as he Our great and our first Frauncis had scarce more learning then you and yet did not leaue to be a great king yet did not leaue to be called the great father and restorer of learning And that great Prince also for whome we now mourne was he not a great Captaine a great King though not a great Scholler True it is he euer fauoured true learning where he found it without any acception of persons no not of his rebells if they would be reconciled And euen in his latter daies greedy of Apolloes bayes as of the palmes of Mars had he not vndertaken I dare say by the Councell of a great Cardinall for all Cardinals are not Iebuzits to build in euery Citty a great Colledge and free-schoole for all kinde of learning and to that end hire and gather to himselfe all the famous learned men of Christendome Which royall designe our wise Queene now most aduisedly following there is a mighty great one already building in Paris which euen by anticipation some call the Cut-throte of Iesuits It is enough for a Prince though otherwise not so extreamely learned himselfe if onely he fauor learned men and so he shall be sure neuer to want learning at his need Once more farr be it from my thoughts to diswade learning in a Prince I know he can scarce fauor learned men if he haue no learning himselfe And great Alexander with his braue Grecians great Cesar with his brauest Romans tell me the Souldier who hath it and manages it well hath a more easy a more open a more ready way and a greater aduantage ouer him that hath it not to be a better Soldier the Captaine a valianter Captaine the Prince a greater Prince But that it is not so essentially indiuiduall vnseparably incident to a King as without a great aboundance thereof he cannot be a great king indeed and truly performe the duties of his great charge It is onely that which I stand vpon A thing whereof the contrary hath ben seen in euery age And our owne fathers and we our selues can yet remember the same Do not therefore mold any longer among your bookes no not among your tiltings and fained combats though otherwise in peace honorable delightfull needfull To horse to horse the quarter is broken the bloody Trumpet hath sounded True mortall warre is open They haue killed your valorous God-father who missed to kill your selfe yea euen him who by mutual agreement was appointed to be your second father by your first if the vnhappy blow had lighted vpon him so assured were these two great Princes greater friends that their liues were sought It is time it is high time to put on your Armour and make your Enemies and ours iustly to feele the smart which so much they feare and by so vniust meanes seeke to preuent Our young LEWIS will not be long after you and though he can not yet accompany you hand in hand as he would if we would let him in the thickest throng of the enemies to scatter and ouerthrow them both vpon a couple of their best Gennets both in like Armor both in huge mighty feathers all blacke with their burnt blood at the cōming out of the battell white before for your mutuall loue and faith yet he wil not be farre off He will visit you in your Campe if need be And will euen glory and ioy to lend his tender hand to gird your sword when you goe out meete you on horsebacke when you come in bring you victorious vnder your Tent againe and weeld your bloody sword after the battell as if he thought by that to enter into part of your glory as the profit must needs be common The noble presidents of your royall