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father_n	name_n	person_n	son_n	19,138	5	5.9259	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57725	The life of Count Ulfeld, great master of Denmark, and of the Countess Eleonora his wife done out of French ; with a supplement thereunto, and to the account of Denmark formerly published.; Comte d'Ulfeld, grand maistre de Danemarc. English	Rousseau de la Valette, Michel.	1695 (1695)	Wing R2052; ESTC R8467	51,327	148

those Persons who subsist every where and who knew his Master's Humour made up another Equipage again in a short time very little inferior to the First which the Count was so well pleas'd with that he pardon'd him and made use of him as before The War which had now lasted five Years ending in a Peace Count Vlfeld who hated a sedate Life return'd into France and from thence went into Italy where getting acquainted with Seignor Cremoniny a Noble Venetian in the City of Padua he contracted so strict a Friendship with him that in a Year's time he profited so well by his Conversation that he has often own'd since he was indebted to him for the best part of what he knew After having seen all Italy he went back into Germany where he made a pretty long stay and finally the desire of returning into his Native Country growing the most predominant of all his Passions he put himself in the Retinue of an Ambassador who was going for the Court of Denmark only to honour his Embassy And by the Charms of his Person as well as of his Wit he made so great a Progress in the said Ambassador's Favour that he conceal'd nothing from him insomuch that when they came to Copenhagen he was present at all the Conferences he had with the Chancellor his Father That Great Man who thought he had lost one of his Sons in the Person of Cornifix from whom he had never heard any News in ten Years time being taken with his Wit and admiring the Solidity of his Judgment in Affairs of State in an Age in which most Men only mind their Pleasures whether it were by Simpathy of Blood or out of desire to engage Cornifix in King Christian's Court he conceiv'd so great an Esteem for him that after a long Conference he had with the Ambassador in which the Count was not present he could not forbear acquainting him with the Sentiments he had for the Count and to intreat him to let him know how he came to engage himself in his Retinue The Ambassador who lov'd him tenderly told the Chancellor that he was a Danish Gentleman whose Name was not very different from his adding a great deal to the Praises he had already given him But whereas the Chancellor who knew all the Nobility of the Kingdom could find no Family that had any Relation to the Name which the Ambassador told him the Count went by he desir'd him to grant him the Favour to discourse him the next Day in private himself It would be difficult to express the young Count's Joy when he heard the good Opinion his Father had of him and to think what an agreeable Surprize it would prove to him to hear that he was that Son whose ill Nature had oblig'd him to forsake It is much easier to imagine than to describe it and we may easily conceive that it is impossible for two Persons to have a greater Cornifix waiting on the Chancellor the next Day according to his Desire he receiv'd him with all the Civility he could expect from a Man of his Character and after having discours'd of several Things in general the Chancellor asking him what Family he was of with an obliging Concern which confirm'd what the Ambassador had told him he excus'd himself for a long while telling him that perhaps he would not be pleas'd at it and that he was afraid he would lose the good Opinion he had of him when he knew him But whereas this Mystery did only serve to increase the Chancellor's earnestness to know it the Count told him at last that he was that Cornifix the Tenth of his Sons whom he had forsake at his Governour 's Solicitation Thunder does not surprize those who see it fall near them more than this Confession did the Chancellor He held his Eyes fix'd on the Count a long while before he could utter one Word He examin'd all his Features one after another endeavouring to find out some of his own and could hardly perswade himself that a forsaken Child could have made himself so perfect Joy and Shame struggled so much in his Heart that he was quite at a loss but in conclusion Nature made him sensible that he was really his Son a Torrent of Tears gush'd out from his Eyes and Embraces succeeded Civilities As this Adventure was very Extraordinary and as the Chancellor thought himself very happy to have recover'd a Son whose Merit was already known at Court he immediately acquainted King Christian and the Prince his Son therewith who thereupon doubled the Favours they had already express'd towards Cornifix The Ambassador was not displeas'd at this Discovery tho it hinder'd him from enjoying the agreeable Conversation of the Count as before And I may affirm that all those who were Reasonable express'd the Share they took in his Joy Merit undoubtedly can produce much of it self and we have many Examples of Men who have rais'd their Fortune to the highest Degree by it alone Young Count Vlfeld had reason to expect all things from his without being thought presumptuous But yet we must needs acknowledg that the Favour of his Father who govern'd the State did contribute considerably towards his becoming a Favourite to the King and to the Prince who could do nothing without communicating it first to him Nevertheless tho it is natural for young Men to be dazled with Greatness he liv'd with more Modesty than before and being sensible that the Favour of Kings is as dangerous as pleasing he resolv'd to leave the Court to go into Spain His Equipage was ready and his Father approving his Reasons he only tarried for the King 's Leave to go on Board but that great Prince who lov'd him tenderly laid such absolute Commands on him not to go that at last he resolv'd to stay and to use his utmost Endeavours to preserve his Favour Soon after this the King honour'd him with the Place of Lord-Chamberlain which engag'd him still the more particularly near his Person and he discharg'd the said Trust so worthily and shew'd so much Courage in the Naval Wars which the King had against the King of Sweden in which two of his Brothers were kill'd that Christian could not forbear expressing his Satisfaction to all those of his Court for having so accomplish'd a Subject As there were no Degrees at that time among the Danes to distinguish the Nobles from one another the Kingdom of Denmark being then Elective the King's Children were the only Persons who were above the Nobility Among the Rivals of Glory young Cornifix had to deal with Hannibal Séested was one of those who gave him most Emulation He was a very fine Gentleman and had a great deal of Wit so that being both partly of the same Age and equally Ambitious they were commonly opposite in all Things The King after the Queen's Death being fallen in Love with a very beautiful Lady of the Antient Family of Monch call'd Christina who had all the