Orations of divers sorts accommodated to divers places written by the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.
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Orations of divers sorts accommodated to divers places written by the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.
Author
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
Publication
London :: [s.n.],
1662.
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Subject terms
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
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"Orations of divers sorts accommodated to divers places written by the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53051.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
Pages
II.
Noble Gentlemen,
THe Gentleman that formerly Spoke, said,
we were Petty Kings, making our Tenants
our Subjects; but if they be as Subjects, they
are Rebellious Subjects, not Paying us our
Rents Duely nor Truly; besides, they are apt to
Murmur at the Least Increase of our Farms, al∣though
they Sell their Commodities they get
out of our Lands at a Double Rate; and as for
our Pleasures, as Hawking, Hunting, and Ra∣cing,
they may be Sociable, but they are very
Chargeable, for Hawks, Hounds, and Horses,
with their Attendance, will Devour a Great E∣state
in a Short time, besides Open House-Keep∣ing
in Christmas time; All which makes Gen∣tlemen
Beggars, and Beggars Gentlemen, for
the Servants and Tenants grow Rich, but their
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Masters and Landlords become Poor, the one
sort Buyeth, the other sort Selleth, and the Ti∣tle
of a Gentleman is Buried in the Ruine of his
Estate.
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