Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T53: crown, king, state, life, lord, lords, live, queen, tullia, prince.
My Lord your good awilling heart, the Gods will recompense: In that your made so pensive is, for those his great offence. My Lord, his grace shall have a time to pair and to amend: Happy is he that can escape, and not his grace offend. If that wicked vice he could refrain, from wasting wine forbear A moderate life he would frequent, amending this his square. My Lord, and if your honour it shall please: I can inform you what is best for your ease. Let him alone of his deeds do not talk: Then by his side: ye may quietly walk. After his death you shallbe King: Then may you reform each kind of thing. In the mean time live quietly, do not with him deal: So shall it redound much to your weal. Thou sayst true my friend, that is the best: I know not whether he love me, or do me detest. Lean from his company, all that you may: I faithful Attendance will your honour obey. If against your honour he take any ire: His grace is as like, to kindle his fire. To your honours destruction, as otherwise: Therefore my Lord take good advise. And I Diligence, your case will so tender: That to his grace your honour shallbe none offender. I thank you both entire friends, with my honour still remain: Behold where the King doth come with his train. O Lording dear and brother mine, I joy your state to see: Surmising much what is the cause, you absent thus from me. Pleaseth your grace no absence I, but ready to fulfil: At all assays my Prince and king, in that your grace me wil. What I can do in true defence, to you my Prince aright: In readiness I always am, to offer forth my might. And I the like to you again do here avouch the same: For this your good agreement here, now praised be God's name. But hear ye noble Prince, hark in you ear. It is best to do as I did declare. My Lord and brother Smirdis now, this is my mind and will: That you to Court of mine return, and there to tarry still. Till my return within short space, your honour for to greet: At your behest so will I do, till time again we meet. My leave I take from you (O King) even now I do depart. Farewell Lord and Brother mine, farewell with all my heart. My Lord, my brother Smirdis is, of youth and manly might: And in his sweet and pleasant face, my heart doth take delight. Yea noble Prince if that your grace, before his honour die: He will succeed a virtuous King, and rule with equity. As you have said my Lord, he is chief heir next my grace: And if I die to morrow next he shall succeed my place.
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My Lord your good awilling hart, the Gods wil recompence: In that your made ſo penſife is, for thoſe his great offence. My Lord, his grace ſhall haue a time to pair and to amend: Happy is he that can eſcape, and not his grace offend. If that wicked vice he could refrain, from waſting wine forbere A moderate life he would frequent, amending this his ſquare. My Lord, and if your honor it ſhall pleaſe: I can informe you what is beſt for your eaſe. Let him alone of his déeds doo not talke: Then by his ſide: ye may quietly walke. After his death you ſhalbe King: Then may you reforme eche kinde of thing. In the meane time liue quietly, doo not with him deale: So ſhall it redownd much to your weale. Thou ſaiſt true my fréend, that is the beſt: I knowe not whether he looue me, or doo me deteſt. Leane from his company, all that you may: I faithful Attendance wil your honor obay. If againſt your honor he take any ire: His grace is as like, to kindle his fire. To your honors deſtruction, as otherwiſe: Therfore my Lord take good aduiſe. And I Diligence, your caſe wil ſo tender: That to his grace your honor ſhalbe none offender. I thank you bothe intire fréends, with my honor ſtil remain: Beholde where the King dooth come with his train. O Lording déer and brother mine, I ioy your ſtate to ſée: Surmiſing much what is the cauſe, you abſent thus from mée. Pleaſeth your grace no abſence I, but redy to fulfil: At all aſſayes my Prince and king, in that your grace me wil. What I can doo in true defence, to you my Prince aright: In redynes I alwaies am, to offer foorth my might. And I the like to you again doo héer auouch the ſame: For this your good agréement héer, now praiſed be Gods name. But hear ye noble Prince, hark in you eare. It is beſt to doo as I did declare. My Lord and brother Smirdis now, this is my minde and wil: That you to Court of mine return, and there to tary ſtil. Til my return within ſhort ſpace, your honor for to gréet: At your beheſt ſo wil I doo, til time again wée méet. My leaue I take from you (O King) euen now I doo departe. Farwel Lord and Brother mine, farwel with all my hart. My Lord, my brother Smirdis is, of youth and manly might: And in his ſwéet and pleaſant face, my hart dooth take delight. Yea noble Prince if that your grace, before his honor dye: He wil ſucceed a vertuous King, and rule with equitie. As you haue ſaid my Lord, he is chéef heire next my grace: And if I dye to morrow next he ſhall ſuccéed my place.