Questions

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A26262	But when a Man has once devoted himself to God, to what purpose is it afterwards to be sparing of himself?
A28906	( Jodocus), d. 1713?
A28906	What else can be concluded from these many Favours, he heaps without intermission upon the Ministers of the Gospel?
A28906	What is it we may not hope for from the happy Effects of Your Heroick Zeal, to which You put no Bounds, for the good of God''s Cause?
A29216	He asked the Ambassador who was to carry the Presents?
A29216	He had further asked him, What Countreyman the Ambassador was, and in what Station at Court?
A29216	The Ambassador asked the Adogeda, What the meaning was of this Procession?
A29216	When they have shot a Bear, they cut off his Head; and paying their Veneration to it, they whistle and ask, Who is it that kill''d thee?
A29216	Who cut off thy Head?
A29216	Who is it that has handled thee thus?
A51176	Is it possible that without the Limits of this Empire there should be any Rule, or any Path whereby to arrive at true Vertue?
A51176	Is there any other Belief, or any other Law?
A51176	Nor will it be amiss in this place to examine whether the Chinese Letters be not Hieroglyphicks, or no?
A51176	Now I would fain know of our Engineers and famous Wits of Europe, how this can be, and whether it be a Work of Art or Nature?
A51176	Why does he implore of him long life for himself, and peace for his Kingdom, with several other blessings?
A51176	Why does he offer him Incense?
A51176	where is the City of which thou gav''st me a promise, with many other reproaches of the same Nature?
A05751	And what could they doe in this case?
A05751	But if of Caitiue slaues they be so great and so proud in their wealth, what must the Master be who hath made them such?
A05751	But where are g ● 〈 … 〉 with Princes?
A05751	Is it possible that you should receiue to the enioying of so rare a beauty, other persons than those of your owne sexe, which are like your selfe?
A05751	It is( without doubt) a signe of the Turks violent jealousie: for who can in the like case hinder a vicious woman from doing euill?
A05751	The Prince is the Physicion of the State; but how can hee cure it if hee himselfe bee sicke?
A05751	What contentment from a brutish Faulkoner, whilest that Men of merit are in contempt?
A05751	What doth it auaile such great and redoubted Monarchs to be the glorious vanquishers of so many Nations if they themselues be captiues to vices?
A05751	Who could without sighing see an infinite number of Christians laden with the fetters of a violent slauery by the barbarisme of the Turks?
A05751	Why didst thou Sonne of a Whore suffer mee to drinke wine against the holy constitutions of any Law, if their wilt presently put mee to death?
A54677	And what doth not Necessity and Flattery induce miserable people to do?
A54677	But to what a person do they burn Incense?
A54677	How comes it to pass, you have not determined this affair?
A54677	How happens it, that you are pleased to prolong this Suit so long?
A54677	If any one should be so curious, as to be inquisitive wherefore the Tartars make so many Arms?
A54677	In the midst of this desolation the people ceased not to cry and complain to the Viceroys; Is this that which you pro ● ● ised us?
A54677	No Law commands an Impossibility; and can it be a crime not to do it?
A54677	Shall they have ruined us, and shall we save them?
A54677	The Vice- Roy demanded of him wherein he thought himself insufficient?
A54677	We are( said they) all Tartars, why should we therefore destroy one the other, thereby to give occasion to a Forreign Enemy to triumph over us?
A54677	What a weighty Load did the Trunks of these Trees support?
A54677	What can we attribute all this to, but meer Fortune?
A54677	What therefore now remains?
A54677	You expect to bribed you infamous Villain?
A59154	And these Fathers, replyed Hò, Who accuseth them to your Lordship?
A59154	And who is that, replied the King?
A59154	But perhaps some will ask me how I came to be so expert in these poynts?
A59154	But who is able to comprehend the judgements of the Lord?
A59154	How came you into China?
A59154	How do they maintain themselves?
A59154	How do your professours live?
A59154	I asked him then, Do you understand this law, and do you know this people?
A59154	I asked him; who did Baptize him?
A59154	If this was done to Persons of that authority, quality and antiquity: what shall we say of poor Neophytes, but only that of St. Gregory?
A59154	Or who hath been his Councellour?
A59154	Shall I be tormented at the Tribunall?
A59154	Shall I not have the Rack given me, replyed the poor wretch?
A59154	The King being angry, said, Against my Master dare you propose this, and in my presene?
A59154	The one of them( called Hò) in a great assembly of Letterati, asked him, For what reason he had imprisoned the Fathers?
A59154	They told him what had happened to them with the Father; but he replyed, What need have we of the Father for this matter?
A59154	What Government have they?
A59154	What commerce with Macao, and the Fathers of that place?
A59154	What is that in comparison of the Kings Magnificence?
A59154	What should Yvenus act in this exigent?
A59154	When will he come?
A59154	Where shall I finde him?
A59154	Where, replied the blind man?
A59154	Whither is he gone?
A59154	but with his noble indisposition, Quei ● am?
A52346	And how do you live?
A52346	And whether that Letter was not writ upon better Paper than the Epistle to the Vice- Roys?
A52346	And why we staid away one Year, and then came the second?
A52346	But doth your Reverend Fatherhood in the mean while publish nothing to the World?
A52346	Can God forget his Promise?
A52346	Can God forget the Piety of such a City, which maintains so many Religious of all sorts, and where so many Masses and Oblations are daily Offer''d?
A52346	Doth Gold melted in the Furnace come out wasted and consum''d?
A52346	Have you forgot that Faith which you owe to the Emperor?
A52346	He ask''d likewise particularly, Whether we had War or Peace with the Portuguese, and with those of Maceao?
A52346	Hereupon arose another Question, namely, What manner of Place Batavia was, and what manner of Man the Governor?
A52346	How long their present Government had been Establish''d?
A52346	How many Men and Guns were in each Ship?
A52346	How many Men have you under your Command?
A52346	How runs your Title in your own Language?
A52346	How their Prince and King was call''d?
A52346	Of how many Provinces it consisted, and how remote from Portugal?
A52346	The Iesuit therefore ask''d the Ambassadors, at the Command of the Rix- Chancellor, Whether the Prince of Orange was yet in being?
A52346	Their Names and former Employments?
A52346	They ask''d likewise, Whether all the Presents they had brought with them came directly out of Holland?
A52346	They ask''d moreover, whether the Netherland Government had lasted 1655 Years?
A52346	They began again to move several Questions to the Ambassadors, asking them, How many years they had been Married?
A52346	They then ask''d the Ambassadors, What Offices do you bear in the Court of your Prince?
A52346	What Presents we had brought in particular for the Emperor?
A52346	What manner of Wares and Merchandises we had brought with us?
A52346	When that Power began?
A52346	When, by whom, as also to what end the Letters were written, and the Ambassadors address''d themselves?
A52346	Where is the Refuge and Sanctuary of Religion but in this City, which is gloriously call''d The Name of God?
A52346	Wherefore, and to what end they were chiefly sent?
A52346	Whether they were all of one and the same Religion?
A52346	Who was Aboard the other Ship, and how they came to separate from us?
A52346	Why Waggenaar was desirous to speak with the Vice- Roy?
A52346	Why they did not come the last last Year?
A52346	and Whether they us''d Beads in their Ejaculations after the Portugese manner?
A52346	and how far from China?
A52346	and if it began at that time?
A52346	and what Form of Government they had among them?
A52346	and what his Business was?
A52346	and whether he had brought any Letters or Presents for the Great Cham at Peking, and for the Mandoring Toutang at Canton?
A52346	and whether their High and Mighty Lordships did still Govern the State of the United Provinces?
A52346	and whose Country lay nearest to China?
A52346	as also, how many days Voyage between Holland and Peking?
A52346	as likewise, If they had no Copy of the Letter to the Emperor?
A52346	how their Prince was call''d?
A52346	where situated?
A52346	who then can blame me, if I forget that Obedience which I owe to you?
A49911	All these Refinements and Subtilties perplex the Spirit: But which is the way to unravel all these Intrigues?
A49911	Amongst all those that take long Iourneys afoot, did you ever see one of them that ran?
A49911	And again, can any person have a greater Love, or a more sincere Affection for him?
A49911	And how came he by his quality of Godship?
A49911	And if we follow exactly what thou hast inspired him to teach us, why punishest thou us by taking him?
A49911	And moreover by what right he pretended to remain in the Empire?
A49911	And must a death which is the source of my glory, make you ashamed?
A49911	And seeing there are Stars that never cease shining, must you needs be subject to death?
A49911	And when the business was to do Iustice to Subjects, so eminent as these are, could not you interpose your Authority?
A49911	And who has hitherto penetrated into the mysteries of his eternal Councils?
A49911	Are not the Hearts of the greatest Princes as well as of the meanest People in his keeping?
A49911	Are we, saith he, in a worse Condition than the Barbarians, that have so frequently seen their Sick healed, and their Dead raised to Life?
A49911	At the close, this King said to Confucius; What''s your Iudgment of the course we have taken in our last Deliberation?
A49911	But after having indulged a Father''s Tenderness, is it not time you should satisfie a State- man''s Curiosity?
A49911	But do you think that a Prince hath no trouble when he marches in the indirect Paths of a too Artificial and Knavish Policy?
A49911	But now, if all things in it be Holy and Consonant to Reason, why do you still boggle to approve of it?
A49911	But under the Reign of Lewis the Great, for whom Nature her self hath so often changed her Laws, is there any thing impossible?
A49911	But what signifies forty or threescore Labourers in such a vast Field?
A49911	But who can find out the Almighty''s designs?
A49911	But, is that same really an Article which can not be dispensed with?
A49911	Can a Man of his sence and understanding mistake?
A49911	Can any one who has not lost his senses adore Gods of this Character, weak, fearful, and whom one may affront safely?
A49911	Come, come, Sir, let us no longer cast our Eyes upon these Globes that roll over our Heads: Have you a mind once for all to cure your imagination?
A49911	Do we Worship him, and the whole Province offer him Sacrifice for nothing at all?
A49911	For proceeding on his Journey, a person unknown to him accosted him, and said how came it to pass that you restored the mony so generously?
A49911	For, is it not that Religion that Commands Children to honor and obey their Parents?
A49911	He therefore asked the Missionary how he durst presume to settle in the City?
A49911	How can it possibly be, said they, that a People so far remote from us, should have any Wit or Capacity?
A49911	How, Sir, replied the Prince, are not you the Master?
A49911	I said sometimes to my self in the Excess of my Joy, Is there more Faith than that in Israel?
A49911	I will take care to retrench what is superfluous?
A49911	If by good Fortune I avoid his Pursuit, whither can I retire to be in more Security?
A49911	If he could not do it, what does he signifie?
A49911	If therefore he who knows his Case exactly, and loves him tenderly, Condemns him, how can we pronounce him guiltless and innocent?
A49911	If they be such Knowing, Learned Men as your Majesty allows them to be, how do they abuse themselves?
A49911	If we fall into any disorder, who can set us to rights again so well as he?
A49911	In truth, say they, we was a little too hasty, as well as you was somewhat too long in your grant; why should you bring this beating on your self?
A49911	Is China so inconsiderable as not to deserve to be thought of, while so many barbarous Nations have been enlightned?
A49911	Is it not the same thing?
A49911	Is it the splendor of my Palace?
A49911	Is not there something of a Prodigy in it?
A49911	Is there any thing you would desire of me?
A49911	It is our duty to be obedient to the Laws, if we would not go astray: It is in this golden mean, that Wisdom, and the wise Man reside?
A49911	Nay, what can we do for a company of Men who demand neither Riches, nor Places of Trust, nor Honours?
A49911	Son, continued he with a more mild countenance, Must my Cross discourage you?
A49911	That Vice- Roys banish us from their Provinces, that they exile us shamefully from his Empire?
A49911	That his petty Officers make us to be beaten in open Courts?
A49911	The Emperor seeks all occasions to favour the Doctors of the Christian Law, how can you possibly think to please him in Persecuting that?
A49911	The King burst out a laughing; How, says he, an Husband- man?
A49911	Was it to tumble us down in a more illustrious manner, that he apply''d himself so long time to exalt us?
A49911	Were it not better to have granted our Petition of your own free will, rather than be forced to do it?
A49911	What Inconvenience is there, tho''a Man of that Character govern yours?
A49911	What Return, My Lord, can we then make, not to all his Favours, but to that alone which your Highness has been pleased to deliver?
A49911	What Suspicion, reply''d the Prince?
A49911	What do we lose by it, say they, if he still remain barbarous?
A49911	What do you desire then, said the Prince?
A49911	What have we done to God that he renders our Conversion so difficult?
A49911	What have we done, Gentlemen, in return for such eminent Service?
A49911	What put this Thought into your head?
A49911	What would become of us if we leave this new born World to a small number of Labourers, whom the Piety of some do there maintain?
A49911	When you spoke after that manner, did not you think of me?
A49911	Who esteem and respect us, without so much as caring whether we do so by them?
A49911	Why do not you speak of God as we do?
A49911	Why he preached up a Foreign Doctrine?
A49911	Will that Prince who loved us so dearly, will he be able hereafter, without being moved at it, to hear that the Rabble insult over us?
A49911	Will you leave the use of a good word because People give false Interpretations of it?
A49911	Withal my heart, says the Prince, Who are they?
A49911	Would you be fixt in the World?
A49911	Would you be rich?
A49911	You are, said he, in the right, but how can you expect that any one should be able to practise all these Laws?
A49911	and might not that be the thing that troubles you?
A49911	and should it not be as powerful to perswade you as Miracles?
A49911	and what will become of my self?
A49911	answered he, Do you oppose the ● mperor''s Will?
A49911	saith he, all amazed, did you see at such a distance what past in my mind, or hath God revealed it to you?
A49911	says Coum- tse to him, and where have you learnt to speak after this manner?
A49911	what hurt is there in keeping them?
A49911	what will People say of me in the World?
A49911	what will become of my Children?
A49911	you that shine more bright upon Earth, than all the Stars do in Heaven?
A36730	''T was judg''d convenient, that to the General''s Question, Where the Goods were?
A36730	Also how many days the Ships should stay on the South part of Tayowan?
A36730	Among their Table- talk at Dinner the Governor ask''d, What the Ambassador thought of China, and if it was not a great Countrey?
A36730	Amongst other Discourses, Van Hoorn ask''d this Lord, If no other Ambassadors from any other place were in Peking?
A36730	And also, If the Netherlanders were at Peace with the Persian and Bengael?
A36730	And if thou make any Contracts or Alliance, thou shalt do it with a Straw in thy Hands over a Chost, saying, Shall I gain by this, or not?
A36730	And lastly, How far, or how many Months Sail Holland lay distant from Peking?
A36730	And where Coxinga''s Fleet lay?
A36730	And why they brought so many?
A36730	As to what concerns your Prisoners, We will speedily send away Letters to the Governors of the Islands Quemuy and Eymuy, to inquire if they be there?
A36730	Asking moreover, If Hogenhoek did yet doubt, whether he was a true friend to the Hollanders?
A36730	At last he demanded, What they would desire of the Netherlanders?
A36730	At their departure Nobel and Harthouwer led the Factor into a private Room, and ask''d him if he would let them have any other Silk?
A36730	Coming into the outer Court, he found the Mandarin Liulavja, whom he ask''d if he should now go to the Assensy?
A36730	Concerning his Quality: From whence the Horses and Oxen came?
A36730	First, from whence the Rose- water came, and what it was for?
A36730	For whom they kept their Forts and Castles in Formosa and Tayowan?
A36730	From thence they went to the General, who enquired after the Ambassadors Health, and how all Friends far''d in Batavia?
A36730	From whence, and to what purpose they were sent?
A36730	Having been at home half an hour, the prime Secretary to the Lipous came thither, to ask him how far such and such Places were distant from Holland?
A36730	He also ask''d if there had been no Hollanders with the General?
A36730	Hereupon Hogenhoek ask''d the Vice- Roy, that he would be pleas''d to tell him, how much more he should give than Nobel had done?
A36730	Hereupon the General seeming to be somewhat displeas''d, diverted the Discourse, asking the Ambassador when he would take his Journey?
A36730	Hereupon the Vice- Roy ask''d how many Councellors and petty Governors he had under him?
A36730	His Highness also caus''d him to be ask''d, Why the Horses and Oxen were not brought to his Court, since he had a great fancy to see them?
A36730	How big Holland was?
A36730	How far distant from China?
A36730	How long Holland had been in being?
A36730	How many Men they had under their Command?
A36730	How old they were, and how many Miles every Horse could go in a Day?
A36730	How shall We return Kindnesses sufficient to such your Deserts?
A36730	If I speak angerly, will he be patient?
A36730	If any Soldiers came in her?
A36730	If from Batavia, What kind of Place it was, and what manner of Person the General?
A36730	If the Way from Quantung be three or four days nearer than from Hoksieu, why did not the Ambassador come from thence?
A36730	If there was any Silk in Holland?
A36730	If they had no knowledge of the Tartars Army?
A36730	If they should be thereto inclin''d, leaving them Hostages, whether they should consent to it?
A36730	If you shall have a Free Trade granted through all China?
A36730	In the Evening the Interpreter Melman was sent aboard Tonganpek, to enquire how it hapned that his Men had not defended themselves better?
A36730	In the fifth Year of the Emperor Conghi, the Ambassador is come from Hoksieu; and why did he not come from Canton?
A36730	Lastly, Seeing their importunity for dispatch, he said, Why are you so hasty in all your Business?
A36730	Moreover, he ask''d them if the Ambassador had no Blood- Coral, Pistols, Sword- blades, counterfeit Pearls, and the like?
A36730	Moreover, they ask''d if the Lord Maetzuiker had written a Letter to the Pou of Hoksieu?
A36730	Moreover, what Birds the Casuaris were?
A36730	Near what Kingdoms it border''d?
A36730	Next they enquir''d, Why they came with such a Fleet on their Coast?
A36730	No Discourse of any concern hapned here, onely Sioubontok ask''d if the Netherlanders had Quelang?
A36730	Obedience to Us with Presents?
A36730	On which the Interpreter ask''d, how long time it requir''d before all could be finish''d?
A36730	Songlavja had also ask''d several times if the Lord General had sent the Presents?
A36730	Soon after the Conbon ask''d the Ambassador when he intended to go from thence?
A36730	The Ambassador also ask''d these Mandarins whether the Emperor had accepted of the Presents?
A36730	The Ambassador asking his Highness how he would please to Order his Journey, and when it would be?
A36730	The Chinese Prisoners being examin''d in the presence of the Commanders from whence they came?
A36730	The Conbon having the day before sent to ask the Hollanders, if they had no Pistols, nor Sword- blades to dispose of?
A36730	The Envoy much admiring the excellent rellish of the Liquor, ask''d if it grew in their native Countrey?
A36730	The General had also view''d and lik''d them; asking likewise about the Ambassadors Health, if he had any good Doctors?
A36730	The Mandarin Liu- lavja also said, That two Hollanders which had been at Tayowan, were now at the Generals, and ask''d if the Ambassador knew them?
A36730	The Mandarins further inquisitive, came at last to ask, What Offices they bore in their Princes Court?
A36730	The Vice- Roy and General falling in Discourse with the Agents, ask''d how long they had been from Batavia?
A36730	The nineteenth Poutsiensy, Assensy, and the General''s Interpreter came to the Lodge, to ask when the Ambassador would be ready for his departure?
A36730	The same day two Mandarins came to the Ambassador in the Generals name, to inquire how many Men there were in the Blyswiik Frigat?
A36730	The tenth, being Saturday, the General sent for a piece of Crown Serge to Hogenhoek, which being carry''d him, he ask''d, What he must pay for it?
A36730	The twenty fifth, being Christmas- day, Van Campen going aboard to the Admiral in the Naerden Frigat, ask''d him what was best to be done with Zwatia?
A36730	Then Hogenhoek ask''d the Governor, if it was requisite to invite the Agents to a Treat, and some other Recreation?
A36730	Then he ask''d when he thought he should be ready to go his Voyage?
A36730	Then he ask''d where the Pepper and Sandal- Wood grew?
A36730	Then the Admiral ask''d if they had no Commands besides the Letter, to declare any thing else to the Hollanders?
A36730	Then the Ambassador ask''d if the Hollanders might buy no manner of Goods?
A36730	Then the Ambassador demanded if he might not deal for some fine Porcelane or Tee?
A36730	Then the Councellors ask''d, If they were all four Persian Horses, and the Oxen Bengael?
A36730	Then the Hollanders enquir''d, if they knew where their Prisoners were?
A36730	Then the Mandarins ask''d, If there were no more Ships that had put into other Harbors on the Coast of China?
A36730	Then they demanded further, From whom the Lord Ambassador was address''d?
A36730	Then they desir''d, that if a Holland Vessel should chance to come thither, whether he would be courteous to the Netherlanders?
A36730	Then they inquir''d again, If they came directly from Holland, or Batavia?
A36730	They also ask''d, What sorts of Grain there grew in Holland?
A36730	They likewise ask''d who was the chief in Quality?
A36730	This Letter deliver''d to the Mandarins, the Ambassador ask''d when they should proceed on their Journey?
A36730	This said, they ask''d if the Ambassador had brought any thing to sell?
A36730	Those Chineses which stay''d aboard being ask''d by the Admiral, If no Jonks were expected that Season from Japan to Zwatia?
A36730	To which the Lipous said, Mean you them?
A36730	What Goods and Merchandises were to be had from thence?
A36730	What hurt, what harm have we done thee?
A36730	What their Names and Titles of Honor were?
A36730	What was their Kings Name, and of what Age?
A36730	Whereupon the Admiral demanded, How many Men the Collonel Siautongsiong had?
A36730	Whereupon the Conbon ask''d if the Ambassador enjoy''d his Health in his Journey to and from Peking?
A36730	Whereupon the Governor made Answer, Will they go?
A36730	Whereupon the Vice- Roy replied, That they had always made choice of Goutsoe; What then would they do with Colongsoe?
A36730	Whereupon they answer''d, about seventy days: Then they ask''d, in what time they could come from Holland to China?
A36730	Whether the Ambassadors Son or Nobel?
A36730	Which Way is nearest, from Quantung, or Hoksieu?
A36730	You write to have it Seal''d, what hath pass''d between us: But how can I possibly do it?
A36730	a The Poutsiensy and Assensy hav eask''d him what day he would be gone?
A36730	also which way was nearest, from Quantung or Hoksieu?
A36730	and also, by whom the Ambassador was sent?
A36730	and from what Place?
A36730	and how many Men kept the Place?
A36730	and how they knew that there were any?
A36730	and if he had done with them?
A36730	and if he intended to present the Emperor with any thing else?
A36730	and if the Ambassador knew any thing concerning it?
A36730	and if there was no likelihood to get them releas''d?
A36730	and if there were any Tygers, or other ravenous Beasts in Holland?
A36730	and if they and the Lord Maetzuiker did not know that the former Emperor''s Order was, that all Embassies must come from Quantung?
A36730	and if they had Horses, Cows, and Sheep there?
A36730	and if they intended to restore them or not?
A36730	and what use it was for?
A36730	and what was their native Countrey and Names?
A36730	and whether it were best to be done in writing or by word of Mouth?
A36730	and withal when the Blyswiik Frigat went again to fetch the rest of the Presents?
A36730	and withall, to go for the Emperor''s Privy Seal the next Morning?
A36730	answer''d No: and being demanded if no Jonks were expected that Season from Iapan at Zwatia?
A36730	if the Sandal Wood, being very big, could be carry''d by Land as it was, or in what Pieces it ought to be cut?
A36730	if they were first carry''d over with the Holland Ships?
A36730	likewise the Unicorns Horns and the Copper Mount, which were amongst the Bengale Copper- works?
A36730	or for the Tartars, as being their Subjects?
A36730	or, How can they with so few words express all things which their thoughts comprehend?
A36730	reply''d, From Zwatia: If they had seen any Holland Ships?
A36730	the Ambassador should answer, Aboard the several Ships: The value of them, and what they were?
A36730	to which they answer''d, that they had: Then he inquir''d how long they were coming from Holland to China?
A36730	what do we do here after you?
A36730	what they amounted to?
A36730	where they would leave them while they took their Journey to Peking?
A36730	whereupon answering her self, It doth not belong to me nor us, what then have we to do with this House?
A36730	whether for themselves, or joyntly with those of Ey and Quemuy?
A36730	why didst thou leave us?