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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	king_n	queen_n	spain_n	7,368	5	8.4419	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20838	The practise of princes. Published by A. Ar	Ar., A.	1630 (1630)	STC 722; ESTC S100204	18,364	24

Commanders in war but such as they knew were sure to theire religion and would strive all they could to maintaine and propagate the same In all theire treaties and warres this was ever one main ende they aimed at as appeareth by Gondomars practises in his treating with England and the care and zeale of theire Generals of Bavaria Tillie Spinola and the rest as he saith that writes the seidge of Breda Against them it was thought fit our forces should be bent not for affectation or desire of Soveraignty but for the reestablishing of religion and regaining what they usurped Now if they had seene like true zeale and care in the English councell and Generals for the Protestant religion they never durst have attempted so much as they have but they grew confident that England then the strongest of all protestant States and most likely to worke Romes Ruin if truly zealous could not to any purpose helpe the Palatinate the French Protestants nor the King of Denmarke much lesse hurt the proceedings and conquests of Romes champions spirituall or temporall knowing the Kings dispositiō and that she and they had the Duke and other secret freinds in England who one while would hold the Kings hands easily kept from drawing his sword under vaine pretexts of hope to set all right by treatie while they of the Palatinate and the French Protestants were loosing and bleeding and another while when they could with no colour use that course any longer would in counterfeyt zeale get forces raised with greate shew of ayding and defending religion and the freinds thereof but with secret purpose to bringe them for Romes sake to nothing as besides delaies the lame commissions procured the popish leaders and instruments imploied and munition and victuals to the enemies transported sufficiently manifested that so at last England might be glad of peace with France and Spaine on hard conditions And in the meane while they could with gifts presents flateries promises and som small supplies and services make shew that they were greate freinds and Agents to the King for the King and Queene of Bohemia theire issue the King of Denmarke and the Rochellers the easier to cousen them all and get the fault laid on the Parliament that stroue most to remove such deceitfull practisers as by working these things seemed to hope a rebellion would follow and then Romish champions might be called from France or Spaine to take a side and get all as wisdom saith A seditious person seeketh only rebellion therefore a cruell messenger shall be sent against him Kings can not binde them from such practises by shewing them favour for papists wil forfeit all other bands to strengthen those of theire religion Secondly because in Germanie France and Spaine the Popish clergie high and low have ever had free libertie to speake and write unto Princes and others for the defence and propagation of theire owne religion and rooting out of theire adversaries and to reprove all such as failed therein and get them punished while in the meane time the Duke and other theire secret freinds in England so laboured and by the helpe of the Bishops obtained that protestant preachers writers should not doe the like for theire religion no not though it were by Gods undeniable word and that if any did it should be never the better yet till there be the like care zeale both in the counsell of state and in the clergie things can never go well with our religion and state nor they be enabled to stand against the zeale and practises of a contrarie religion and kingdom Ministers are Christs Embessadors and Agents and therefore ought to have free libertie to speake in the word of the Lord to Kings statesmen so it be in good and reverent sort for things pertaining to the furtherance of Christs Kingdom and against such practises as hinder the same They ought rather to have had this privileidge then Gondomar the Dukes mother such others as on the contrarie laboured for the kingdom of Antichrist and till they have it princes can not say rightly that Christ hath his Embassadors or Kingdom received in theire courts Which som undertake to prove can not be till the hierarchie and dominion of the Lord Bishops never by Christ ordained but forbidden be overthrowē as dangerous to protestant Princes and states because the greate places thereof are only baites to make som divines temporisers instruments and freinds of such trecherous Arminians church-popelings and delinquents as can prefer them and others to spend theire zeale in maintaining the hierarchie and the fruitles dominiō traditions and ceremonies thereof Out of all which he that wil may see that the losses dishonours and troubles that have befallen this Land and indeede our religion and brethren also in the Palatinate Germanie France and other parts have cheifely sprunge from these two fountains 1. A corrupt councell and clergie in England that were more for the Duke and his confederates that helped them to honours offices and preferments thē for the religion and state divided and kept low by his and theire practises which the Pope the howse of Austria and the French King perceiving tooke that for a time of persecuting conquering and depelling all Protestants 2. A vaine policie of suppressing such preachers writers and Parliament men as sought to discover the mischeife of trecherie and obtaine effectuall reformation In the later if not in both the power and flatterie of the Bishops were principall helpes theire seeming holy habit reverence and authority countenanced the projects of the Duke and his cōfederates while for preferment they stuck fast to him and them in court and Parliament and theire power and hierarchie served to terrifie suppresse and stop the mouthes of such ministers writers who otherwise might by theire sermons and bookes have discovered the homebred enemies and obtained releife for the freinds of our religion which is the service Christ gets by Lord Bishops and theire hierarchie who hereby shewed that they will sooner let religion Prince State and all go downe then theire owne usurped dignities and hopes of further preferment for these and other courtiers and Dukanists that have stil pretended the Kings power and prerogative have not strengthened but rather weakened and debased the same 1. By those fruitles expeditions that they caused abroade which were so forecasted that the Sailers and Souldiers neither comming to good service nor theire pay should refuse to serve the King any more or to be governed by his officers but be readier to spoile theire countrey when they returned 2. By those dangerous divisions that they have procured and nourished at home And while they got his majestie to suffer divers ambitious divines for advancement to broach anew the doctrines of Pelagius and to erect popish superstition to the treading under foote as wel of the divine law as of the Parliamēt have they by al these things gotten the King and his lawes to be