Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	henry_n	king_n	scot_n	2,191	5	10.0366	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11863	Honor military, and ciuill contained in foure bookes. Viz. 1. Iustice, and iurisdiction military. 2. Knighthood in generall, and particular. 3. Combats for life, and triumph. 4. Precedencie of great estates, and others.	Segar, William, Sir, d. 1633.; Rogers, William, b. ca. 1545, engraver.	1602 (1602)	STC 22164; ESTC S116891	203,415	258

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apparel_n and_o fit_a ornament_n of_o body_n do_v become_v all_o military_a commander_n as_o well_o to_o make_v they_o venerable_a in_o sight_n as_o also_o to_o give_v beholder_n occasion_n to_o think_v they_o be_v person_n worthy_a of_o respect_n and_o honour_n chap._n 22._o ¶_o of_o hostage_n for_o the_o observation_n of_o article_n and_o capitulation_n of_o truce_n or_o peace_n prince_n and_o common_a weal_n be_v wont_a to_o deliver_v certain_a hostage_n or_o pledge_n to_o the_o end_n that_o if_o promise_n be_v break_v than_o the_o good_n of_o hostage_n on_o the_o party_n break_v by_o the_o edict_n of_o commodus_n the_o emperor_n be_v confiscate_v i_o mean_v only_o those_o good_n which_o the_o hostage_n have_v there_o get_v vlpianus_n write_v that_o hostage_n can_v without_o licence_n dispose_v their_o own_o good_n by_o will_n or_o testament_n hostage_n be_v deliver_v either_o as_o captive_n or_o else_o as_o pledge_n to_o keep_v condition_n which_o be_v perform_v they_o ought_v be_v 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more_o than_o thirty_o horseman_n shall_v not_o be_v license_v to_o go_v from_o the_o army_n at_o one_o time_n and_o they_o not_o to_o be_v absent_a long_o than_o three_o month_n upon_o pain_n to_o be_v check_v of_o their_o whole_a wage_n william_n rufus_n king_n of_o england_n do_v inhibit_v soldier_n and_o all_o other_o subject_n of_o reputation_n to_o depart_v the_o land_n without_o leave_n which_o be_v yet_o observe_v battle_n it_o seem_v by_o pol._n virg._n that_o rather_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n than_o the_o king_n punish_v this_o attempt_n for_o he_o be_v there_o slay_v in_o the_o battle_n and_o polydore_n virgil_n write_v that_o one_o edward_n wooduile_n chief_a governor_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n for_o go_v forth_o of_o the_o realm_n without_o licence_n be_v put_v to_o death_n under_o king_n henry_n the_o seven_o but_o zeno_n the_o emperor_n punish_v that_o offence_n more_o mild_o ordain_v that_o if_o any_o soldier_n be_v absent_a one_o whole_a year_n without_o licence_n 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otherwise_o just_o excuse_v to_o conclude_v therefore_o we_o say_v that_o no_o soldier_n depart_v from_o his_o ensign_n without_o leave_n can_v be_v excuse_v nor_o his_o absence_n avowable_a but_o when_o the_o same_o be_v for_o service_n of_o the_o prince_n or_o common_a weal_n as_o scoevola_n in_o his_o military_a ordinance_n have_v write_v chap._n 30._o ¶_o of_o ambassador_n or_o legate_n the_o office_n of_o a_o ambassador_n be_v by_o the_o roman_n account_v both_o honourable_a and_o sacred_a include_v as_o well_o power_n of_o commandment_n as_o dignity_n whensoever_o therefore_o any_o ambassador_n do_v come_v to_o rome_n he_o be_v first_o bring_v unto_o the_o temple_n of_o saturnus_n there_o to_o have_v his_o name_n write_v before_o the_o praefectiaerarij_fw-la from_o thence_o he_o go_v to_o deliver_v his_o legation_n unto_o the_o senate_n but_o first_o it_o ought_v be_v remember_v that_o man_n meet_a to_o be_v employ_v for_o ambassador_n be_v they_o indeed_o who_o be_v of_o most_o sagacity_n and_o great_a skill_n how_o to_o discover_v the_o counsel_n and_o design_n of_o the_o enemy_n scipio_n africanus_n have_v occasion_n to_o send_v a_o ambassage_n to_o syphax_n elect_v certain_a tribune_n and_o centurion_n and_o cause_v they_o to_o be_v base_o apparel_v cato_n behold_v certain_a ambassador_n to_o be_v send_v by_o the_o senate_n to_o compound_v a_o peace_n between_o nicomedes_n and_o prusias_n the_o one_o of_o they_o have_v his_o headful_n of_o scar_n the_o second_o be_v impotent_a of_o his_o foot_n &_o the_o three_o timersome_a say_v this_o legation_n have_v neither_o good_a head_n foot_n nor_o heart_n ambassador_n ought_v be_v in_o all_o country_n inviolable_a in_o sign_n whereof_o they_o ancient_o carry_v about_o they_o the_o herb_n sagmen_fw-la which_o we_o call_v veruen_n to_o show_v they_o be_v sacred_a and_o that_o no_o man_n shall_v dare_v to_o lay_v hold_n on_o they_o &_o who_o so_o offer_v they_o violence_n be_v think_v to_o have_v do_v contrary_a to_o law_n of_o nation_n which_o move_v publius_n mutius_n to_o command_v that_o whosoever_o do_v strike_v a_o ambassador_n shall_v be_v deliver_v unto_o that_o enemy_n from_o who_o the_o ambassador_n be_v send_v and_o though_o the_o enemy_n receive_v he_o not_o yet_o shall_v he_o remain_v a_o exile_n as_o if_o he_o be_v interdict_v from_o fire_n and_o water_n according_a to_o the_o sentence_n of_o publius_n mutius_n yet_o do_v we_o read_v that_o dioscorides_n and_o scrapion_n ambassador_n send_v from_o caesar_n to_o achillas_n so_o soon_o as_o they_o come_v within_o his_o sight_n and_o before_o he_o hear_v they_o or_o for_o what_o affair_n they_o be_v send_v command_v they_o to_o be_v take_v and_o slay_v caesar_n likewise_o send_v marcus_n valerius_n porcillus_fw-la unto_o king_n ariovistus_fw-la who_o be_v there_o arrive_v be_v present_o take_v and_o put_v into_o prison_n notwithstanding_o he_o be_v a_o young_a man_n of_o great_a virtue_n and_o courtesy_n likewise_o comius_n attrebas_fw-la be_v send_v by_o caesar_n into_o britain_n be_v cast_v into_o prison_n by_o the_o britane_n laertes_n tolumnius_n king_n of_o vient_n do_v ●lea_v four_o ambassador_n of_o rome_n who_o portraiture_n remain_v long_o in_o the_o market_n place_n such_o honour_n the_o roman_n use_v to_o give_v unto_o those_o man_n that_o die_v for_o their_o country_n alexander_n the_o great_a besiege_v a_o city_n call_v tyrus_n send_v ambassador_n unto_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o who_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n slay_v they_o and_o from_o a_o high_a tower_n cast_v down_o their_o body_n chap._n 31._o ¶_o of_o prisoner_n take_v by_o the_o enemy_n who_o so_o be_v take_v in_o the_o war_n aught_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n to_o be_v repute_v a_o lawful_a prisoner_n yet_o if_o afterward_o he_o escape_v and_o return_v home_o he_o recover_v his_o former_a estate_n they_o that_o be_v thus_o take_v be_v by_o the_o roman_n call_v serui_fw-la quod_fw-la seruantur_fw-la as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o be_v take_v they_o ought_v be_v keep_v not_o kill_v whereof_o may_v be_v infer_v it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o kill_v a_o man_n have_v yield_v himself_o because_o that_o act_n be_v inhuman_a and_o all_o great_a captain_n have_v forbid_v it_o according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o horace_n vendere_fw-la cum_fw-la possis_fw-la captiwm_fw-la occidere_fw-la noli_fw-la herein_o also_o we_o be_v to_o follow_v the_o example_n of_o ancient_a prince_n and_o chief_a commander_n in_o war_n alexander_n the_o great_a take_v to_o wife_n roxanes_n who_o he_o have_v take_v prisoner_n in_o the_o war_n henry_n the_o seven_o king_n of_o england_n have_v take_v lambert_n a_o king_n of_o ireland_n together_o with_o his_o schoolmaster_n pardon_v both_o their_o life_n the_o one_o because_o he_o be_v a_o child_n the_o other_o a_o person_n ecclesiastical_a and_o dedicate_v to_o god_n so_o say_v polydore_n virgil._n romulus_n make_v a_o law_n that_o city_n take_v by_o war_n shall_v not_o be_v utter_o 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shall_v not_o be_v arrest_v to_o the_o use_n of_o his_o creditor_n if_o other_o mean_a of_o satisfaction_n may_v be_v find_v because_o the_o law_n compel_v soldier_n to_o pay_v only_o so_o much_o as_o they_o be_v able_a yet_o that_o favour_n extend_v not_o to_o all_o man_n profess_v arm_n but_o those_o in_o particular_a that_o have_v serve_v long_o and_o for_o such_o debt_n as_o they_o incur_v during_o the_o time_n they_o continue_v in_o the_o war_n here_o be_v it_o also_o to_o be_v remember_v that_o no_o gift_n bestow_v for_o service_n may_v be_v upon_o any_o private_a contract_n impawn_v for_o if_o the_o creditor_n can_v be_v otherwise_o satisfy_v than_o the_o law_n determine_v no_o execution_n shall_v be_v take_v upon_o gift_n or_o good_n bestow_v for_o service_n ancient_o repute_v sacred_a which_o reason_n move_v the_o most_o christian_n king_n francis_n to_o make_v a_o edict_n whereby_o he_o command_v that_o unto_o such_o soldier_n as_o want_v money_n victual_n shall_v be_v sell_v 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