Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	france_n	king_n	lewis_n	2,769	5	10.1557	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14083	Asylum veneris, or A sanctuary for ladies Iustly protecting them, their virtues, and sufficiencies from the foule aspersions and forged imputations of traducing spirits.	D. T. (Daniel Tuvill), d. 1660.	1616 (1616)	STC 24393; ESTC S118753	52,443	161

it pleased God many times to vse as a sacred Oracle whereby to publish vnto the world what hee purposed in his will Others again which haue had the tutoring of diuerse very famous and worthy persons as Aspasia Macrina and Diotime who by her prayers and deuouter sacrifices prorogued a certaine pestilence which was then to light vpon the Athenians till ten yeeres after I could heere alleadge Nicostrata the mother of Euander who was the first that taught the Latines what letters were as likewise Corinna Sappho Sulpitia and the Schoole-mistresse of Pindare the Lyrike all of them worthy admiration for their excellencie in Poesie but I desire not to trauell farre for what I may procure neere home A country-woman of our owne hauing disguised herselfe into the habit of a Student tooke her iourney to Rome where in a while she grew so famous for wit and knowledge that from one degree of Dignity to another shee stepped at length into Saint Peters Chaire and had the custodie of the Keyes And this if their aduersaries like deafe Adders stoppe not their eares when Reason charmeth may very well suffice to maintaine them learned Their Wisedome is the next which men with their traducements would enuiously impeach but you shall quickly see it vncanopied of those mistie clouds which would obscure it and shining out as cleere as brightest day CHAP. 9. Of their Wisdome WOmen are wise enough say their aduersaries if they can but keepe themselues out of the raine Indeede it would much aduantage men if their vnderstandings were limited with such narrow bounds Their imperfections would not furnish them with matter of laughter so readily as now they doe nor their ablest virtues be so often ouermatched by them as now they are It hath bin our pollicie from the beginning to busie them in domestical affaires thereby to diuert them from more serious imployments in which if they had not surmounted vs they would at least haue showne themselues our equals and our parallels Spinning knitting sowing preseruing the like as we would make them beleeue are their chiefest peices But all ages haue affoorded some whose Spirits being of a stronger temper and harder edge then to turne at such perswasions haue trauailed beyond those Herculean Pillers and made manifest to the world that the Braines of a Serpent haue beene lodged in the Head of a Doue For proofe hereof let vs search no farther into the bosome of Antiquitie then those times in which the pride and glory of Italie sat chained as a Trophie on the victorious armes of the barbarous Gothes and we shall finde that there liued then amongst them Queene Amalasunta who with such wonderfull discretion and moderation so managed their harsher mindes that she found not in them all the while she raigned the least rub or stoppe which might interrupt the smoother course of hir proceedings After hir we shall heare of Theodelinda Queene of Lumbardie a Woman famous and much renowmed for hir singular virtue in the gouernment of State affaires and after hir of Theodora the Grecian Emperesse one not inferiour in Wisdome or sufficiencie to the former But that we may draw somewhat neerer home what King or Prince almost of the latter daies and make inquirie through the largest part of Christendome did euer deserue to be compared to Isabella Queene of Spaine At hir first comming to the crowne she found the greatest part of hir Estate in the hands of the greatest which notwithstanding shee recouered in so iust and peaceable manner that they whom she dispossessed continued most affectionate vnto hir and were willing to forgoe what formerly they had willingly vsurped After this she did not onely defend hir owne Kingdomes from the powerfull inuasions of forraine enemies but withall enlarged them to hir perpetuall honour by the glorious acquist of the kingdome of Granado besides all which there was in hir as is credibly recorded by such as knew hir such a diuiner kinde of Maiesty as drew from hir Subiects all dutifull respect and put the most rebellious without any stirre or tumult in minde of their obedience withall such a discerning iudgement in the choise and election of Ministers fit for those places in which she meant to employ them which as the Poet saith is the chiefest Art that belongeth vnto Soueraignetie Principis est virtus maxima nosse suos And afterwards so liberall a minde to reward the worthinesse of their desarts that since there haue bin few in Spaine of any note or credit which were not of hir creation Gonsaluo the great Captaine did more highly value himselfe for the happinesse he had to be preferred by hir then for all the famous victories and worthie Acts which made him honoured of all Men both in Peace and Warre So that in a word the glory and the reputation which Ferdinand hir husband got by hir was no lesse a Dower then the Kingdome of Castile What should I speake of Queene Anne of France a Lady of no lesse worth then wealth wife to two Kings Charles and Lewis but to neither of them any way inferiour either in iustice clemency liberality or holinesse of life What of Lady Margaret Daughter to Miximilian the Emperour who with no lesse wisedome moderation and equity gouerned hir State a long time Hungarie Naples Arragon and Sicilie afford vs diuers examples of the like kinde but since the winde is faire I will disanchor from these forraine Coastes and hauing hoisest vp my Sailes make hast vnto our owne And behold I am met vpon the shore by that wonder of hir Sex Queene Elizabeth of happy memory of whom Tasso maks this honourable mention That howsoeuer their owne ill fortune had decreed she should be separated from the Church neuerthelesse saith hee l'Heroiche virtu dell animo suo l'altezza dell ingegno mirabile le rendeua affectionatissimo ogni animo gentile valoroso The Heroicall virtues of hir Minde and the wonderfull profoundnesse of hir Wit endeared euery noble and valorous disposition most affectionately vnto hir And indeede the world cānot produce a fairer example out of all Antiquities Court-roles in which goodnes was euermore equally matched with greatnesse honestie with Policie mildenesse with seueritie liberality with frugalitie or affability with maiesty and in which we may see such prudence in gouerning such moderation in commanding such readinesse in rewarding such discretion in promising such religion in performing So that all hir abilities rightly considered we may say of hir as was said of Greece Sola factorum gloriā ad verborū copiā tetendit She alone hath equalled with hir deeds all that euer could be said of hir in words and deserued that which Alexander wished that Homers quil to be the Trumpet of hir Praises But not to keepe hir Princely Ashes too long out of their Sacred Urne I will onely vtter to the astonishment of Fame that which the Muse of diuine du Bartas sung of hir with admiration stiling hir that without flatterie