Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	cause_n	france_n	king_n	1,757	5	3.7397	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B12524	The elegant combat or, the mutuall entertainement between the two learned and famous Frenchmen Monseiur [sic] Du Moulin and Monseiur [sic] De Balzac Extracted out of the originall, by Robert Codrington master of arts. And dedicated to the truely ennobled Master Anthony Mildemay.	Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; Codrington, Robert, 1601-1665.; Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez, seigneur de, 1597-1654.	1634 (1634)	STC 7322.5; ESTC S113614	11,434	32

offended them vnworthy of their choller but hee hath followed his naturall inclination which hath carried him not only to pardon but to benefit also so that to be conquered by him is profitable Furthermore I haue alwaies beleeued that there is no worse estate then Anarchy in which euery one is a slaue because euery one is a master and where the excesse of liberty is the Cause of Slauery For this liberty bringeth licence and licence confusion and confusion slauery As the hand would be an vnproper instrument were the fingers all of an equall length So a multitude of equall persons moue not without inconuenience your maxime that it is dangerous to change euill lawes is true out of the businesse of Religion To subiect a Mans selfe by docility vnto lawes which lead unto hell is to breake the lawes of God and such who haue made those lawes shall not protect before God those who obey them But where nothing is to bee considered but the losse of goods and life it is better to vndergoe that vniust yoake then to bee exempted from it by troubling the publike peace by rebellion against the Soueraigne for the force of humane lawes doth not consist in this that they are iust but in that they are lawes and are made by them who haue Authority and albeit they haue something of vniust in them yet it is iust to obey them There are to bee found Estates who haue a long time liued in peace and prosperity vnder vniust Lawes well obserued and others liuing vnder iust Lawes but ill obserued haue fallen into ruine and confusion This peace and prosperity will bee allwayes found more durable in a Monarchy than in any other forme of State for it is the onely ciuill gouernement which imitates the gouernement of the vniuersall World where there is but one Master and all other States when they are much growne must of necessity come vnto it But of Monarchies subsisting at this day this of France hath the preheminence in Antiquity and good Lawes the moouing humour of our nation inclined to change is a cleere proofe that the State is well composed for it had long since ouerturned the State if the Pillars were not firme and the building well compacted Being borne vnder this Monarchy wee desire the prosperity of it and that the crowne of our King may be like the crowne of Egges which daily doth increase by Age. If our religion were generally receiued in France the Kings Maiestie should bee more exalted and his power should the more enlarge it selfe For the Pope should no more pretend to haue power ouer the life and the Crowne of our Kings and should vaunt no more that hee might depose them there should not in France bee any more iustice than that of the Kings Causes bred on this side the Alpes should not be called ouer to Rome The Clergie should bee subiect to Ciuill Lawes and should bee tryable before the Kings Iudges The Kingdome should no more bee exhausted of money that goes to Rome for Annats dispensations and pardons So many Lands possessed by the Clergy and thereby fallen into mortmaine should owe vnto the King the same seruices and duties which other Lands doe which are possest by the Nobility In briefe I dare say that the principall reason of the hatred which men beare to vs is because we defend by the Word of God the right of our Kings against the vsurpation of the Popes who make them kisse their pantofles and vnder the shadow of penance doe impose vpon them corporall punishments But this is our vnhappinesse that as the holy Scripture is a booke which is hid from Kings so in that which concernes the liberty and independance of their Crownes they learne nothing but from them whom the Pope holds bound by the belly But this is too much The pleasure which I take in entertaining you makes mee forget that I write an Epistle and not a booke and hath carried me beyond my limits that clause wherein you say that I would giue vnto a sedition the apparence of a iust warre hath urged me to take some kind of reuenge which hath bin this to tire you with the length of my letters yet it shall not hinder mee from admiring the beauty and the force of your wit I honour the guifts of God wheresoeuer they bee found on the other side also I hope that this little sharpenes which I haue vsed shall not depriue him of your fauours who honours you and who is Your most humble and affectionate seruant Du Moulin FINIS