Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	affection_n	know_v	love_v	2,057	5	5.7368	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08479	Newes out of Holland: concerning Barnevelt and his fellow-prisoners their conspiracy against their natiue country, with the enemies thereof the oration and propositions made in their behalfe vnto the Generall States of the vnited Prouinces at the Hague, by the ambassadors of the French king. With their answere therevnto, largely and truely set downe: and certaine execrable articles and opinions, propounded by Adrian du Bourg, at the end. VVherevnto is adioyned a discourse, wherein the Duke D'Espernons revolt and pernicious deseignes are truely displayed, and reprehended, by one of his friends.		1619 (1619)	STC 18803; ESTC S113455	12,506	30

one the other after that to expect nothing else but misery in this life and damnation in the life to come I know assuredly that you specially build your designes vpon the inconstancy of the popularity as if the consideration of your person or of any others were of more importance vnto them then the Kings and their owne preseruation Therein you are deceiued the loue and obedience that they beare and owe vnto him are by Gods owne finger ingrauen in their hearts with a caracter impossible to be defaced and your name is execrable as the sworne enemy of their good they openly report and say that it is impossible that he which is wicked cruell against his own children should euer be good to others that he which seeketh the ruine subuersion of his natiue Country vnworthy of humaine society that the poyson of your venemous heart hath long time appeared and that it ought and should be choaked in the birth that the spots and vncleanenesse of your soule and the counsels which your actions haue imposed vpon it makes you play the last act of your Tragedy To conclude and be short they are willing to contribute and giue fire and fagot to consume the author of so many mischiefes I disscribe all these circumstances vnto you without flattery to let you see the state wherevnto your affaires are reduced Tell me now who hath brought you to these extreamities Is it the discontentment of the Queene she had no other but that onely which you haue procured and say that she had doth it belong to you to intermeddle with the difference that is between Princes It is not like that of yours The Sonne and the Mother would soone haue agreed together and good endeauour would haue reduced all things to their true ends Therein you are two-fold culpable one by shewing your euill will the other by seeking to set diuision betweene the Sonne and the Mother the Subiect and the King and a loue which could not be broken but by the impiteous windes of your sinister counsels It may be ye will alleadge that you are none of his Maiesties priuie-Counsellours and your honour is such that you would know all that you may enterprise much let vs reason boldly The counsell which the King now hath is the same that his Father had who by his valorous actions and wise conduction was called the wonder of Kings That great King made profit of mens actions and perfectly vnderstood the mindes of his subiects and yet he neuer-made you priuie to the counsell of his most important affaires He was content to doe you good and to continue you in the Offices that you enioyed must you then complaine that the King his sonne and successour in his vertues followeth the same course and counsell by the ayde and dexterity whereof he had giuen vs a generall peace and almost a golden world Beleeue mee rather praise and commend that good King who in a manner had buried in obliuion the memorie of that which you know and which I dare not touch fearing to offend his indulgence I leaue it to the registers of the Court of Parliament Is it possible that you should be discontented that his Maiesty affecteth and doth good to some one of his Seruitors more then to you I thinke you are not at that point for what other should that then be but to shew your selfe vnthankefull for and to condemne that which Henry the third did for you He loued you most particularly and gaue you all that you enioy besides 8000. Franks yearely reuenews This your great fortune was much enuyed and many men spake thereof to your preiudice which reason denyed I remember that some in respect of you said that men in Kings hands are like vnto Counters which they make to value as much as they thinke good And that there was neuer any Monarch but that shewed some proofes of particular affections which in truth are Royall actions worthy of commendation And it is no small good to a great Prince to make a good choyse of and to haue faithfull seruitors about him with securitie and familiarity to whom hee may discouer and disclose his heart and thoughts Euery one of vs see it by experience and finde nothing more pleasing and acceptable then to impart and vnfold our affaires vnto and with those whose affections and amities are well knowne vnto vs. Our King loueth with great iudgement hee knoweth and will acknowledge the merit and fidelitie wherewith he hath bin serued I meane the more he specially whom he loueth hath amiable quallities and worthy the estimation of a King I will not particularize them nor proceed further in this subiect only I will say that we must hold all that for Law which pleaseth the Prince and that for their sake we must loue those whom they loue much lesse ought wee to enuye and hate them It should in truth be a most hard thing and without all likelihood or apparance of reason for Subiects to impose lawes to their soueraignes and to master their pleasures and affections they themselues being free in their owne particular houses to loue and to doe good to those to whom they will and I say further that the fauour and fortune whereof wee speake altereth not that which is due vnto Princes neither yet abateth any thing of the aduantage and estimation of the Nobilitie nor vseth any violence or euill entertainement towards others whereby we may truly say that no man can nor may dislike or contradict it but onely of meere enuy the sworne enimy of all good actions and of the aduancement and greatnesse of vertuous men This is the Table or Portraiture which I thought good to set before your eyes without dissimulation to let you see the greatnesse of your faults and the extreamity whereinto you are falne It may be you will be grieued that I display them so openly I protest that I haue not set them all downe and that without doing wrong to you and to mine owne intent I could not say lesse My purpose is herein to set downe sufficient to perswade you to the truth and to search the wound to the bottome to the end that hauing any feeling you your selfe may seeke how to heale it you should doe it while time serueth This is the aduice which I will giue you A Lampe goeth out if you put too much moysture vnto it acknowledge that your too great estate hath reduced you to this point of great losse and not yours onely but your childrens whom you cruelly drew into your rebellions Kings haue Iron armes for Gods sake stay not till our King lifts vp his you will surely be broken in pieces with the blow preuent it by humility certainely his Matesty is iust and benigne hee punisheth and exterminateth obstinate Rebells but he pardoneth those that aske mercy and forgiuenesse It is the onely hauen wherein you shall finde hope of reliefe refer your selfe with a good heart freely vnto his bounty and you shall not be deceiued in your expectation Suffer the Queene to be at libertie to revnite and ioyne her affections with her Sonnes let your children be suerties and pledges of your libertie let them fall downe at his Maiesties feete to protest and warrant your amendment and your most humble submissions to full fill all obedience in time to come Discharge your Souldiers and let euery place sound the praise of so compleat a Prince and your resolution to die in his seruice I am without doubt perswaded that this proceeding will be acceptable vnto him and that following the example of Henry the great his father he will imbrace and preserue you What glory my Lord will it be vnto you to haue appeased the wrath of so puissant a Prince To haue of your selfe reobtained his fauour To haue pacified the tumult which you had raised in his Realme To haue procured peace to your owne soule and rest vnto your latest daies and to haue reestablished the state and fortunes of your Children I beseech God gine you grace earnestly to thinke vpon these things and to put them in effect I desire and wish it more then any other that I may see you restored and haue the meanes hereafter to say as I haue hether done that I rest Your most humble and most affectioned seruant L S. D. From Paris the 28. of March 1619. Stilo nouo