Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	common_a	law_n	matter_n	1,471	5	5.3398	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07269	The povverfull fauorite, or, The life of Ælius Seianus. By P.M.; Aelius Sejanus, histoire romaine. English	Matthieu, Pierre, 1563-1621.	1628 (1628)	STC 17664; ESTC S112478	115,738	158

my life long but I will not hinder that the accused shall not produce all hee hath to vphold his innocency and prooue the wrong which Germanicus hath done him Si cui propinquus sanguis aut fides sua patronos dedit quantum quisque eloquentiâ curâ valet iuuare periclitantem Tacit. In accusations where the grief of the Prince is ioyned with the cause wee must not regard his interest I coniure you therfore that you receiue not these charges for proofes vnder pretext that this cause is ioyned to my griefe And you others who by right of kindred or of friendship haue vndertaken the defence of the accused imploy that industrie and eloquence that you haue to draw his innocency out of danger I exhort the accusers likewise constantly to prosecute the cause all the fauou● that wee shall shew to Germanicus aboue the Law shal be no other then to bee enformed of the cause of his death rather in the Senate house then in the common place of iudgement rather by the Senate then by the ordinarie iustices In all other matters wee shall vse equal moderation Regard not the teares of my Brother Drufus aboue his sonnes nor mine aboue my Nephewes and lesse all that wicked malice can faine against vs. It was heereupon giuen out Strange proceedings where time is giuen to the accused to answer that which is in his owne knowledge and to the aduocates to colour their answers that the accusation should be framed within two dayes that the parties accused should haue sixe dayes to prepare themselues to answer and that in three dayes they should make their answer She was bold to refute the empoysoning her boldnesse bred some fauourable presumption of her innocency but she faultred in other crimes In the first session Vitellius and Veranius reported to the Senate the last words of Germanicus which enclined their heartes to pitty Trionis ingenium auidumque fama malae Ta. as affection had prepared them to fauour Fulcinius Trio to whom it was all one to weepe and to speake eager to gaine reputation by doing ill began the accusation but because he produced nothing but generall matters Vetera ac inania quae neque conuicta nova reo Tac. and old inquisitions of that which Piso had done the Senate tooke no regard of it for all this could neither hurt the partie accused if he should bee conuicted nor serue to his absolution if hee should bee cleered if other where hee might be attainted of greater crimes Vitellius accompanied the vehemency and force of his discourse with a great grace and grauity The consideration of the quality of the accusers renders the accusation more strong speaking in this manner Although yee conscript Fathers the quality of those who lament themselues is worthie to bee considered yet is it good for none but those who seeke for aid otherwise then by the course of iustice and the reasons of their owne complaining This cause carries with it fauour A cause weighty in it selfe needs no other fauour and needs no other aid then that of the Law which is not denied to the meanest in the world I could say that those who now implore it The authority of a Prince maintaines the estate and that cannot subsist when there is a neglect of punishing iniuries are of such quality that if it be denied them the Empire haue no more to doe either with the Law or the Senate The issue of Augustus demandeth iustice the people expect it the Iudges ought to administer it and thou Caesar are obliged both as a Prince and as a kinsman Pretend not to bring any fauour to this accusation since in representing the offence as a Prodigie Ingens luctus prouinciae circumia centium populorum indoluere exterae nationes regesque Tac. the offender as a Parricide the deceased for such a one as euery man laments forreine nations haue admired the confederates haue sorrowed this citie hath praised moderation in all things except in this one so iust sorrow Germanicus is no more O what sorrow we haue lost O what misfortune Germanicus the delight of the world the loue of the country so bountifull towards the citizens so courteous towards strangers was slaine miserably and traiterously Illi comitas in socios mansuetudo in hostes Tac. And by whom by Piso a wicked and vngratefull man By whom also by Plancina a fury disguised in shape of a woman By what meanes by charmes and poysons Who are the complices Sorcerers fetcht out of hell And wherefore To auenge the iniury and to vsurpe Command The spirits of wicked ones conscript fathers depraue not themselues all at once Nemo tantum à naturali lege defciuit hominem exuit vt animi causa malus sit Sen. neither can any espouse wickednesse by pleasure alone they forme their designes from a farre off and carry them to extremities Piso by light faults is ascended vp to greater by couetousnesse to rapacitie from thence to practices then to ambition and from ambition to the violating of the authority of the law to come to the dispising of the power of the Gods He hath giuen to Spaine the proofe of his auarice to Syria of his ambition to the house of Germanicus of his impiety Assoone as you had honoured him with the charge of being Germanicus his Lieutenant Haud inuito imperatore ea fier● occultus rumor incedebat Tac. he kept it not close that he desired that of the Generall and vsed practices in Rome to render him hatefull to his Father and in the army to cause him to be despised of the Souldiers He practised then to drawe them to his deuotion chased away the tribunes that would not depend of him filled their places with bold persons and to make himselfe beloued of the men of warre Desidia incastr●● licentia in vrbibus Tac. permitted idlenesse in the campe and disorders in the Cities insolencies in the field and thenceforth he was called the Father of the Legions on the other side Plancina went cheeke by iolle with Agrippina and enterprised things aboue the modestie of women she was found sometimes vsing the exercise of knights and running courses of light horse And although this was rude to a spirit whose actions were all ciuill Secreta studia pati non pote●t animus ad Ciuilia erectus agendique cupidus Sen. yet he desired rather to cloake them then to offend the Emperor his Father with importunate complaints He commanded Piso to lead a part of the Legions into Armenia or at least to send his sonne thither but he would doe neither the one nor the other Si quando adsideret atrox ac dissentire manifestus Tac. and thereby lost the occasion of doing great seruice to the Emperor When he was in counsaile neere Germanicus or in the seate of iustice vnder him he stifly and imprudently opposed all his opinions I will rehearse vnto you an