Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	high_a	king_n	treason_n	3,672	5	9.5249	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02336	The garden of pleasure contayninge most pleasante tales, worthy deeds and witty sayings of noble princes [et] learned philosophers, moralized. No lesse delectable, than profitable. Done out of Italian into English, by Iames Sanforde, Gent. Wherein are also set forth diuers verses and sentences in Italian, with the Englishe to the same, for the benefit of students in both tongs.; Hore di ricreatione. English	Guicciardini, Lodovico, 1521-1589.; Sandford, James.	1573 (1573)	STC 12464; ESTC S105885	85,567	234

of Egypt of Arabia of Soria c. possesseth at this present but two yards of ground And therfore Peter Sabinus saith well Rectè viue deo caeterae fumus erit that is To Godvvarde liue vpright the rest is nothing else but smoke And Dant saith Non è il mondan rumor altro ch'un fiato Di vento c'hor vien quinci hor vien quindi Et multa nome perche multa lato that is Naught els is vvordly rumor but a blast Of vvinde that vvhirles from place to place ful fast And chaungeth name bycause it chaungeth side That vvith the counsayle of the vvise the craft of the deceitful is ouercome TWo crafty fellowes came to a riche womā and gaue hir certayne money to kepe with condition that she shoulde not restore it them againe except they came both togither Within a while after one of them came clad in black leaue to loke to and sorowful who affirmeth that his companion was dead and the woman beléeuing it payd him the money that was lefte with hir and thervpō he made hast away Not long after the other came and sayd that she had made wrong payment and finally he brought an action against hir Now the woman finding hir selfe deceyued was almost in despaire But ●e●osthenes the most excellent Oratoure putting hir in comforte became hir aduocate and spokesmā and whē the matter was called vppon he aunswered him in this sort This honest woman is redy to restore the money that was lefte with hir to kepe wherefore bring according to youre owne request your companion bycause as you saye the cannot deliuer the money to the one without the other Hovve lyfe fleeth avvay and death follovveth SAint Ambrose saith that our life is lyke to him that sayleth on the sea bycause he that sayleth whether he stand or sit goe or lie he is euer carried from place to place with the violence of the shippe Likewise whether a mā sléepe or wake go or stand still wil he or wil he not continually by the force of time he is caried to the ende of his way To the whiche purpose the sage Petrarcha sayth La vita fugge non s' arrestae vn ' hora Et la Morte vien dietro à gran giornate that is Life flees avvay no time vve constant finde And death dravves on vvith iourneis great behinde That victorie ill vsed tourneth to the losse of the conqueroure THe people of Volterra when they had rebelled against the Florentines purposed afterward to reconcile themselues vpon certayne conditions Wherfore master Thomas Soderina a wise experte man gaue aduise with many reasons that they shoulde in any wise agrée with them But Laurence of the Medici was of the contrary opinion so that he made a great armie and sent them to Volterra Laurence himselfe being general therof Nowe when the Volterrans sawe no remedy they opened the gates yelded themselues to the discretion of the Florentins Who entring in with the Armie it chaunced that for some disorder the cittie was wholie sacked and the people moreouer euill intreated So when newes came to Florence they were receyued with excéeding great ioy Wherefore one of Laurence dearest friends reioycing reproued Master Thomas for his counsel saying what saye you nowe to this that Volterra is woon To whom Soderna answered me thinketh it is lost for if you had come to agréement with them of Volterra you might haue had profite and suretie by them Now forasmuch as you are to holde the Citie by force in the time of warre it will bréede your anoye and weakenesse and in the tyme of peace bring you to damage and to great expenses Hovv sharply according to Iustinian flatterers are to be punished POpe Iohn the twentieth was wont to say that he knew very wel when he was flattered notwithstanding that he tooke great delight therin Contrarywise Iustinian the emperour beeing on a time foolishly flattred of a Gréeke that lykened him to God leapt vnto him and al bescratched his face Whervpon he finding himselfe yll handled sayd Noble Cesar why scratch you me by the face and the Emperor sayde to him why bytest thou mée thou Gnato of Terence That it is a dishonestie for a man to set foorth himselfe vvith other mens labours PAlla Strozzi hauing made certain Verses founde that a fréende of his to whom he had frendlye shewed them had not onely taken a copie of them and made diuers priuie to them as his owne but also had in his owne name caused them to be printed as thoughe they had ben of his making Wherfore Palla béeing sore offended and fynding his friend in certain mennes companie sayde very wel in this sorte Chi ruba vn corno vn cauallo vn anello Et simil cose ha qualche discretione Et potrebbe chiamar si ladroucello Ma quel che ruba la riputatione Et dell'altrui fatiche si fa bello Si puo chiamar assassinò ladrone Et di tanto piu odio pena è degno Quanto piu del douer trappasso il segno Who so doth steale a horne a ring a steede Or some such thing he somewhat wise is thought And may be termde a pettie theefe in deede But he that others prayse to rob hath sought And reapeth fruite of others sowen seede A theefe and murderer be calde he ought And he the more he dothe from dutie swerne The more cruell hate and payne doth deserue That vvise princes make small accounte of the vaine speech of the people FRauncis the first king of Fraunce had leuied a certain subsidie of his subiects by reason whereof diuers weremuche gréeued And as the menne of that countreye are rashe in speache they without any respect misused the king in language which when it was reported to the King as crimen laesae maiestatis as highe Treason agaynst his person was no whit moued but smiling sayde let them say what they list for they may well speake for their money That byting ansvveres are meete for sharpe demaundes IN the ciuill warres betwixte Pompei and Caesar Cicero on a time came to the armie of Pompei that is of the publike weale where by and by he was rebuked bicause he came no sooner I come time inough sayde Cicero for it is not yet ready reprouing them for that they were not prepared as it was requisite for such a great warre And to Pompei himself who asked him to the end to pricke him where his sonne in lawe Dolabella was he readily aunswered he is with thy father in lawe for Dolabella was with Cesar then béeing father in lawe to Pompei Inferring moreouer that the kinred betwéen Cesar Pompei was the cause as he in that season many times had remembred of the greatnesse of Cesar and that greatnesse decay of the common wealth That scoffing many tymes lighteth vpon the scoffers head A Florentine passing through Siena vpon a leane horse and of an extraordinarie length one of Siena to the end