Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	david_n	enemy_n	lord_n	6,577	5	4.4912	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10148	Of the knovvledge and conducte of warres two bookes, latelye wrytten and sett foorth, profitable for suche as delight in hystoryes, or martyall affayres, and necessarye for this present tyme.	T. P.; Proctor, Thomas, poet, attributed name.	1578 (1578)	STC 20403; ESTC S119050	54,163	112

a refuge by their wisedome experience vnto theÌ„ in their troubles neades Thus seeing that inuasion in sumÌ„ cases is tollerable yelding sufficieÌ„t matter for noble courages to worke vpoÌ„ so that prowesse shal neuer be so shut vp but it may haue a coÌ„mendable course if theare be a regarde to the feare of God for the vertuous direction good ende theareof the warres for defeÌ„ce must neades more generallie be allowed whensoeuer wronge is offered by the enemie of anie estate to the losse vexation or empayringe of the same wheareby in bodies goodes mindes possessions fraunchises lawes iurisdictions credit honour or anye thinge that is of profit or contentation vnto theÌ„ they be anoyed or hurte the resistinge encountring wheare of is iust honourable necessarye The auÌ„cient warres of Troye Thebes arose vpon great wronges offered the first of them in the time that K. Dauid raygned the other not longe after The Grekes maintained continuall warres for their libertie to preserue their publique states vnder elected gouernours especially to auoyde subiection to anie foreine nation which they esteamed barbarous and rascall in respect of them selues The Scythiens hauinge no riche or delycate possessions of pleasant or frutefull fieldes no substaunce or store of goodes to loose yet they fought fiercelie to defende the tombes of their auÌ„cestours whereof they had their greatest care froÌ„ iniuries of the enemie defacing And generallie nature hath geueÌ„ to liuinge thinges a desire of defeÌ„ce resistinge of wronges wherefore that force is better to be allowed of theÌ„ inuasion Iudas Machabeus saide to the Israelites let vs fight for our liues our lawes And thus to cut of our course in to the antiquitie of warres seing that it is not my purpose nowe to wryte thereof yet supposinge thus muche not to be impertinent vnto hym that woulde bee a trauayler in the knoweledge and affaires of warres we conclude by plentiful proofe out of the store of histories accordinge to our propositioÌ„ That warres iustlie made for the more parte growe to good effecte and the violent empyre lasteth not longe Battail atteÌ„pted for pompe or ambitious desire of dominion not regardinge right or woÌ„ge seldome hath good successe or els the frutes had thereby soone fade suche victories take no roote But yet it remayneth to aunswere one obiection that seemeth to ouerthrowe and quyte condempne all our warres whiche is that our Lorde Iesus hath sayde that he which striketh with the swerde shall perishe with the same which is to be vnderstoode eyther of wroÌ„gfull striking ' or else betwene pryuate persons which haue the sworde of the prince defeÌ„ce of the lawe to remedie their wronges Also where it is coÌ„mauÌ„ded that he which is strykeÌ„ on the one eare should turne the other toreceaue the like it is expouÌ„ded whereas the exaÌ„ple of such singuler pacience maye greatlie auaile to make such insoleÌ„t oultrage the more odious detestable that there is a law to punish the same otherwise warres armes maye be vsed for maintenance defence of vertue ryght great good grow therof For in the x of the Actes of the Apostles we reade that the coÌ„uersation order of life of the captaine Cornelius was verie well pleasinge acceptable vnto God and in the tenth of saint Mathaew our sauiour saieth I came not to seÌ„d peace into the earth but a swerde which proueth that the same maye be vsed according to the good pleasure of God thus if we serch his will we shall finde it and knowe howe to obserue keepe it Â¶ Of vyctories which is the best and what truce maye be honourablye made Cap. ix THat victorie is most to be preferred which maye be soonest compassed obtained with least expence inconuenience losse especiallie of men wherein it is to be coÌ„sidered that the same is made more honourable of greater importaÌ„ce fame if periurie cruel murthers infamous treasoÌ„s poysoninge of victualls or such odious extremities be not vsed therein Fabius had excellent regarde of honour in his conquest when besieginge a citie of the Faliscyens a schoolemaster which had the chiefest mens sonnes of the towne in gouenrmeÌ„t teaching trayned them forth on a time apte for his purpose for hope of rewarde brought them into the enemies handes to the ende that thereby their fathers frendes shoulde be fayne to render the towne But Fabius rewarding him not iumpe accordinge to his expectation but duelie for hys desertes he caused the boyes to scurge their schole mayster well with roddes for betrayinge the trust of their parentes and so sent them home together singinge vnto the citizens which hauinge his noble vertue in highe admiration forthwith rendred vnto him the towne Dauid sought not by murder to wrest the kingdome out of the haÌ„des of Saul but punished him which had laide haÌ„des vpon his Lorde anoynted elected of god Caesar procured not Pompeye to be slayne but wept when hee sawe his enemies head Alexander pursued Bessus to reuenge the trayterous murther by him coÌ„mytted vpon his enemie kinge Darius The Romaines generallie had regarde to conquere by valure prowesse wherefore they grewe most great in Em pire were had in honour awe of all nations The Carthagynoys contrarywyse not carynge howe so they had victorie vsinge foule practises infidelitie and all bad shiftes to attaine the same shortlie lost all So that the vertue and honourable dealinge of the generall shall alwaies auayle muche to the prosperous proceadinge of his warres and more easye accomplyshynge of victorye Hee oughte to bee as a tutor or rather as a father tender and carefull ouer the souldiours committed vnto his guyde good order diligent prouidence The excellent captaines of Roome desired rather to saue one citizeÌ„ in battail theÌ„ to destroye manie enemies Crueltie is to be eschued excepte when seueritie sharpelie shewed maye geue great example But where lenitie and prudent meanes maye expresse worke th effecte of rigour euen towardes enemies the same is to be vsed that they seeinge the excellent vertue wisedome and order of gouernment in the conquerour maye the rather bee allured to commit them selues vnto him when by suffringe exchaunge of a ruler thestate of their welfare shall not be ouerthrowen or vndone nor slauerie or vile seruitude more odious then death is not sett before them most obstinatelie desperatelie to bee encountred Nowe touchinge occasioÌ„s of truce intermission of warres it is to be coÌ„sidered that the same be made done without dishonour so that the warres thereby be come not frutelesse or the armie in worse case then before as if the enemie craue that for feare which shall like auaile him and muche encourage the other partie But pollicye willeth not to seeke truce or delaye but by constrainte of necessitie or for sumÌ„ auantage to be taken as sumÌ„ ayde looked for or in the meanetime to growe into the secrets of the

Of the knowledge and conducte of warres two bookes latelye wrytten and sett foorth profitable for suche as delight in Hystoryes or martyall affayres and necessarye for this present tyme. Â¶ Virtuti pariter cunctis contendite neruis Ignaua vt scopulos otia diffugite Seeke vertue noble youth betymes Which breadeth honour true Base idlenesse and all her baytes Euen as a rocke eschue Â¶ In aedibus Richardi Tottelli vij die Iunij Anno Domini 1578. Â¶ Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum GOe serue thy countreye vvell my booke for that is my desyre For these good fruites I onelye looke and craue none other hyre The myghtye kynge of hostes hathe sent thee vnto Bryttyshe lande Good lucke to beare to prosper well the vvarres they take in hande God hathe hys bountye shevved let men applye their gladd good vvyll And serue the Lorde then shall he blesse this realme to floryshe styll And Englyshe noble ensygnes shall in foreyne countreys farre Aduaunced be and martyall Brute Shal bee the kynge of vvarre For Mars novve vvaxinge olde and lame do the meane for to resygne hys martyall force to Englyshe prynce decreed by doome deuyne The Romayne glayue aduaunced is Thessalyan Horse and speare The Macedonyen pyke and parthyen bovve vvell practyzde heare The gracyous GOD of myght hath sent a Scepter of renovvne In sygne of Empyre great to bee annexed to the Crovvne And father Neptune hath vvithin thys coaste layde vp in store Hys trydent Mace of povver to rule the Seas for euermore T. P. The preface THe Climate or Region of the firmament vnder which euery Countrey is planted setled hath great force and influence for the temperature complexion of mens bodies whiche also worketh sundrie effectes motyons in the myndes disposityons of theÌ„ as for profe Experience sheweth that the Italian and Frenchman comenlye is more enclyned to be courtlyke prompte and quicke of spirite then the Dutcheman or Flemyng the Spaniard the Moore or Libyen more nimble more politique and more subiect to choler enuie and pryde theÌ„ the man of Sweden or the Muscouyte being more of fleugmatike constitution of bodye The Greekes also for this purpose haue bene noted of learned men to be by disposition and motion of nature exquisite searchers of cunninge in manuel craftes verie studious in the liberall Sciences The Egiptians and Iewes by obseruation of wise men are founde more geuen to superstitions and idolatric then other nations The Scythien the Turke and Tartarian addicted to crueltie and the Persian to delicate life But to drawe nearer vnto our skope and marke The Englyshe man for whom this trauaill is taken liuinge in a fertile countrye and vnder a temperate Clymate and thereby indewed with the more excellent disposition of mynde and bodie beinge by the great bountie and blessynge of God not vnfurnished of anie vertue that other people haue So is there principallye seene in him that yet remaines of the right stampe or race vndegenerate an honourable desire to the exercyse of armes hauinge by the prycke of Magnanimitie a victorious mynde affectinge fame soueraigntie and honour aboue other nations But least I flatter him whom I loue and woulde to be warned Two onelye poyntes of imperfection thoughe not yet nowe notablie exceadinge to anie great vice how be it some defectes are noted to bee in a great parte of Englishe men whiche maye well bee refourmed The one is negligence or securitie The other is mutabilitie and variable chaunging of mynde principallie shewed in delectable thinges not of the greatest importaunce as in daintie fare of sundrye delicate meates diuers curious buyldinges and most of all in manye almost infynite guyses sortes and fashions of habyte yea and diguysed attyre whearein oftentimes is planted and bestowed so muche care and studie that there is the lesse employed on vertuous and neadefull exercyses Yea sometime while tryfles are regarded thinges most commendable requisite are neglected I doe not condempne them but commende ornamentes they are to bee regarded in a sorte and not to be reiected but more worthye thinges to be pla ced before and with greatest desire diligence endeuoured Weare it not to be pytied that the great helpe and benefite of nature geeuen to this nation in highnesse of courage and noble inclynation to prowesse should be defaced obscured that no light effecte or vertue thereof shoulde appeare yes but there is an other thinge in it besydes the pittye of the matter which is the qualitie and necessitie of this time wherein wee liue whiche if it be well considered will sufficientlie perswade where iudgement is thoughe feawe wordes be vsed hearein to stirre vp the sleapinge myndes from slewthe to abandon tryfles and fall to the commendable practises meete for men and necessarie for the troublesome state of the worlde For what is in want or lett that the Englisheman hauinge a stronge bodie good will enoughe and a fertyle countrey sufficient to supplye the prouysion and maintenance of a myghtie armye shoulde not excell other nations in deades exployctes of Armes and extende the victorious forces of this Realme by renowmed conquestes farre Surely the defectes are lacke of endeuour discipline By these the Citie of Rome from extreme pouertye hauinge most bare slender beginninges their territoryes beinge as short as the content or boundes of the smallest shyre within this lande in shorte time aduaunced her Empyre ouer the whole worlde By these likewyse the Carthaginoys whose towne countrey dominion weare first bounded by the circuyte and compassinge of an Oxes hyde Soone after they grewe in greatnes to checke encouÌ„ter the mightie estate of Rome once put the same in daunger of a mate by this skill the countrey of Macedone beynge not great vnder the conducte of the most puissant Alexander subdued the mightie Monarchye of the Persians with a great parte of the worlde besides and in his mynde had the plott and conquest of the whole yea of an other worlde if it had bene to be founde but GOD stayed his victories whiche men coulde not by cuttinge of his life about thyrtie yeares of his age The mightie and victorious Alexander of Englande whose most renoumed battaile of Agincourte and sudry triumphant conquestes in Fraunce made the whole worlde to shake was cut of in like youthe from no lesse hope then the other greate Alexander after that hee had by most excellent disciplyne of warre in shorte time obtayned many greate victories By this arte and practise of later time an other Pirrhus Prince of the little Countrey Epirus in Grecia resisted the huge and grosse powers of the greate Turke By this the greate Tamberlane conquered him and made him his miserable vassall and captyue in feawe yeares arysinge from a poore Neteherde to be Lorde ouer the most mightie Prince in the worlde By this excercise partelie thoughe principallye by the huge monstrous multitudes of barbarous Scithyens the Turkes in no longe time haue

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