Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	emperor_n	france_n	king_n	6,237	5	4.1345	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50818	Miscellanea, or, A choice collection of wise and ingenious sayings, &c of princes, philosophers, statesmen, courtiers, and others out of several antient and modern authors, for the pleasurable entertainment of the nobility and gentry of both sexes / by G.M.	Miege, Guy, 1644-1718?	1694 (1694)	Wing M2014; ESTC R31228	47,603	172

to the Pope commanded him to write a Letter whilst he wrote another in order to send that which he should like best of the two The Lot fell to the Statesman's Letter as the best penned Who therefore fled into Spain thinking himself not safe in Portugal upon the King's Opinion that he had outdone him II. When the Wars in Q. Elizabeth's Time were hot between England and Spain there were Commissioners on both Sides appointed to Treat of Peace Dr. Dale a Master of Requests was one named by the Queen for that purpose and the Place of Congress a Town of the French King's Where the Commissioners on both Sides being met it was first debated in what Tongue the Negotiation should be handled One of the Spanish Commissioners thinking to give ours a shrewd Gird proposed the French Tongue wherein they were best skilled as most fit And for these Gentlemen of England I suppose says he they cannot be Ignorant of the Language of their Fellow-Subjects their Queen being Queen of France as well as of England Nay in faith my Masters replied Dr. Dale the French Tongue is too vulgar for a Business of this Secrecy and Importance especially in a French Town We will therefore rather treat in Hebrew the Language of Jerusalem whereof your Master is King and I suppose you are therein as well skilled as we in the French Tongue III. A Person of Quality going upon an Embassy had this particular Instruction from his Prince that his Conduct should be directly opposite to that of his Predecessor To which he answered Sir I shall so carry my self that your Majesty shan't need to give the like Instruction to any one that shall succeed me IV. Monsieur de Louvois being ready to set out in order to a Campagne and offering to tell what Place he was going for Don't tell us says Monsieur de Roquelaure where you go for we shall give no Credit to it V. A Lady speaking to a prime Minister of State about an Affair of Consequence and having no Answer from him Pray my Lord said she unto him shew me some Sign that you understand me VI. To a learned Man one may say Scire tuum Nihil est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter thy Knowledg signifies nothing unless it be known to the World To a Statesman on the contrary one must say Si sciat hoc alter scire tuum nihil est thy Knowledg avails nothing unless it be private to thy self For the main part of his Learning is to know how to keep Counsel VII A Minister of the Emperor residing before the War at the Court of France walked one day with several Courtiers in the Gallery of Versailles Viewing some Pictures there that set forth the greatest Actions of the King We have also says he wherewithal to set out a great Gallery by the Emperor's Conquests 'T is true answered a Courtier and the Duke of Lorrain will have a great Share therein By which Answer he meant to insinuate that whereas the glorious Actions of King Lewis were performed by himself or at least in his Presence those of the Emperor were only performed by his Proxy the Duke of Lorrain and in the Emperor's Absence VIII An old French Courtier being grievously afflicted with the Gout received a Visit of a Prince of the Royal Blood of whose Party he had formerly been That which grieves me most of all says he to the Prince in the Condition I am in is that I have quitted your Service You ought not to grieve for that answered the Prince now you have the Honour to belong to the King 'T is true replied the Courtier but had I not quitted your Service I had been long since free from the Pain I now suffer Thus he cunningly taxed the Prince with forsaking of his Friends after he had involved them in a Rebellion for which they had been executed IX A Venetian Embassador going to the Court of Rome passed through Florence where he went to pay his Respects to the late Duke of Tuscany The Duke complaining to him of the Embassador the State of Venice had sent him as a Man unworthy of his Character Your Highness says he must not wonder at it for we have many idle Pates at Venice So we have reply'd the Duke in Florence but we don't send them abroad to treat of publick Affairs X. A Prince jeering one of his Courtiers whom he had employ'd in several Embassies told him he looked like an Ox. I know not answered he whom I am like unto but this I know that I have had the honour several times to Represent your Person A free and pleasant Repartee which required a great Familiarity betwixt the Subject and the Prince to be free from Censure IX A Roman having entertained at Dinner Mecenas Augustus his Favourite Mecenas fell entertaining of his Wife with amorous Caresses whilst her Husband made as if he had been asleep to give him the more liberty In the mean time spying one of his Slaves who was stealing of a golden Cup Thou Rogue says he dost not thou see that I sleep only for Mecenas XII A French Courtier admired for his courtly Carriage but especially for his Art in reviving a drooping Conversation seeing one day the Court-Ladies stand mute before the Queen amongst which was Madame de Guimené broke silence and addressing himself to the Queen Is not this Madam says he an odd Thing in Nature that Madame de Guimené and I being born on the same Day and at no further distance of Time than a quarter of an hour yet she should be so fair and I so black XIII The Duke of Orleans being in a hot Summer day in the Garden of Luxemburg between two Pavilions where the Reflexion of the Sun made the Heat excessive one of his Attendants took upon him to tell his R. H. that Princes loved no Body That can't be apply'd to me said the Duke who love my Friends very well If Your Higness said another do's not love 'em boyled you love 'em however well rosted XIV The Dauphin the Prince of Conty and the young Admiral of France the Count of Vermandois with several other Persons of great Quality walking one Day along the Canal of Versailles one came to the young Admiral And there being upon the Canal a Boat within reach Now my Lord Admiral says he take upon you the Command of this Vessel and make a Trial of Skill But whilst he excused himself upon his Want of Experience a Gentleman stepping amongst them brought off the Admiral saying That he was not a fresh-Water Admiral XV. Henry IV of France being come to Rouen a President who came to harang him fell short of his Speech and could not conclude it A Courtier near the King's Person told His Majesty Sir 't is no wonder for the Normans are mighty apt to fall short of their Word XVI The same King going into a Lady's Chamber one of his Courtiers hid himself under