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Show cCov They being thus affembled, are motre p_fop;er & council to the king, the great council of the kingdom, to advife his majefty in thofe things o weight and difficulty, which concern both the kin Bacon's Adv. to Villiers andgpeople, than a court fhe feemed to make peace with them Shakefprares Honsy VAT CounciL-BOARD. #z. f. [ council an Council-table ; table wher . board. matters of ftate are deliberated He hath commanded To-morrow morning to the council-boar Shakefpeare's Henry VIIL : He be convened ‘When fhip-money was tranfaed at the councilboard, they looked upon it as a work of that powe Clarendon they were obliged to truft And Pallas, if {he broke the laws Mutft yield her foe the fironger cauf counfel and inftruct him with my learning and exLaylor For wifdom at Jove's council-board Th The lefs had been our thame lefs his counfell'd crime which brands th Grecian name Diryden's Fables "I hold as little counfe/ with weak fea As you, or any Scot that lives. Shak. Henry IV of confe all confefs, therefore, in the workin that firft caufe tha counfel i ufed, reafo lowed, and a way obferved 3. Prudence art o 2 Chrone xxii. 3 fol Hooker machination O how comely is the wifdom of old men, an underftanding and coznfel to men of honour Ecclus. xxvs_ 5 Ther is no wifdom no eounfel, againft the Lord underftanding no Prov. xxi. 30 %. Secrecy ; the fecrets entrufted in confulting The players cannot keep connfel 5 they'll tell all Shakefpeare 6. Scheme; purpofe; defign Th counfel of th Lor Not in ufe ftandet for ever, th thoughts of his heart to all generations Pfalin xxxiii. 11 O God, from who all holy defires counfelsy and all juft works do proceed all goo Common Prayer 7. Thofe that plead a caufe ; the counfellors. This feems only an abbreviatur ufual in converfation Your hand, a covenant; we will have thef things fet down by lawful counfel. Shak. Cymbeline For the advoeates and counfe/ that plead, patience and gravity of learning is an efential par of juftice; and an overfpeaking judge is no welltuned cymbal Bacon What fays my counfel learned in the law Pope To Co'uNsEL. w. a. [confilior, Latin. 1. To give advice or counfel to any perfon But fay, Lucetta, now we are alone Would'ft thou: then counfe/ me to fall in love Shakefpeare Truth fhall nurfe her Holy and: heav'nly thoughts fill counfel her Shakefpeare's Henry VII1 There is danger of being unfaithfully counfe/led and:more for the good of them that counfel than fo him, tha is counfelled Bacon Ul fortune neve crufhed that man who goo fortune deceived not; I therefore' have counfelle advife upon publick affairs You are a counfellor And by that virtue no man dare accufe you Shakefpeare's Henry VII Of counfellos there are two forts: the firft confiliarii nati, as T may term them j fuch are th prince of Wales and others of the king' 4. One that is confulted in a cafe of law a lawyer A counfellor bred up in the knowledge of th municipal and ftatute laws, may honeftly inform juft prince how far his prerogative extends Diyden's fuwenal, Dedication fevered from the counfellor/bip Bacon's Adwice to Villiers [compier tare, Latin. Fr: compu t. To number ; to tell ere thro' this grate I can count, every. onge And view the Frenchmen. Shakefpeare's Honry V1 The vicious count' their years; virtuous, thei alts Fobnfon For the preferments of the world, he that woul reclon up all the accidents that they depend upon may as well undertake to count the fands, or to fu up infinity South When men in ficknefs ling'ring lie They count the tedious hours by months and years Dryden Argos now. rejoice, for Thebes lies low Thy flaughter'd fons now fmile, jand think the won Whe they ca theirs cownt mor Theba 2, To preferve a reckoning Some peoplein Americ ghofts tha Dirydén ‘rounred thei i year b the coming of certain birds;amongft them' at thei certain fafons, and leaving them-atqthers, Lock account t reckon it comprehendet any thing abov Belial 1 Sams Nor fhall T count it heinous to enjo The publick marks of honour and rewar Conferr'd upon me Milton's Agoniftes You would not with to count this man a foe In friendfhip, and in hatred, obftinate Philips's Britoms 5. Toimpute to ; to charge to All th' impoflibilities, which poet Count to extravagance of loofe defcriptions Shall fooner be Rowe's Ambitions Stepmother 7o CounT. w. 7z To foun or {cheme: with #pon an accoun I think it a great errour to count upon the geniu ofa nation, as a ftanding argument in all ages Savift Couwrt. n f. [compte, French 5 computus, Latin. 1. Number That we up to your palaces-may mount Of blefled faints for to increafe the count Spenfer's Epithals 2. Reckoning ; number fummed By my count I was your mother much upon thefe years. Shak Since I faw you laft There is a change upon yous--‘Well, I know no What counts hard fortune cafts upon my face Shakepeare Counrt. #./ titl o [comte, Fr. comes foreig nobility equivalent to an earl. Co'uNTABLE. adj. [fro which may be numbered Latin. fuppofed count. 'Tha "The evils which you defire to be recounted ar very many, and almoft coxntable.with thofe which Co'unserLorsHIP. 2. /£ [from counfellor.] 'The office or poft of a privy coun{ellor Of the great offices and officers of the kingdom, the moft part are fuch ds'cannot well b t this, as the differences of time, affirmations, negations, and contradi€tions in fpeech, we then count Hooker.to have fome ufe of natural reafon Count not thine handmaid' for a daughter o fons king, out of a due confideration of their wort and abilities, and withal of their fidelity to hi perfon and to his crown, calleth to be of counci with him, in his ordinary government Bacon's Advice to Villicrs w. a all be charged on the ac Locke efteem ‘When onc but the ordinary. fort of counfellors are fuch as th 7o COUNT oxen, muf ter, whether good or evil Co'UNSELLOR. #. /. [from counfel. 'Thi thould rather be written counfeller. 1. One that gives advice There is as much difference between the counfe e's Macbeth Are counfellors to fear Shakefpea ~ that a friead giveth, and that a man giveth him2. Confidant ; bofom friend felf, as there is between the counfel of a friend an In fuch green palaces the firft kings reign'd Bacon. of a flatterer Slept in their thades, and angels entertain'd The beft counfe! he could give him was, to go t With fuch old counfellors they did advife his parliament Clarendon And by frequenting facred groves grew wife Bereave me not Waller ‘Whereon 1 live, thy gentle looks, thy aid Thy counfely in this uttermoft diftrefs Milton. 3. One whofe province is to deliberate an 2, Confultation ; interchange of opinions th to confider as having a certain charac Very few men of {o great parts were more counJellable than he; {o that he would feldom be i danger of great errours, if he would communicat his own thoughts to difquifition Clarendon She would be a counfellor of good things, and comfort in cares Wildomsy viil. 9 Death of thy foul ! Thofe linen cheeks of thin 1. Advice ; dire&ion 4. T Co'uNSELLABLE, adj. [ from counfel. Willing to receive and follow the advic or opinions of others Savift CO'UNSEL. #. /. [confilium, Latin, The brok count of labour His mother was his counfellor to do wickedly quences He believed in the Lord, and he counted it t him for righteoufnefs Gencfisy xve Not barely the plowman's pains is to be counte into the bread we eat; the labour of thofe wh Ben Sonfon's Difcoveries He fupports my poverty with his wealth, and {hame to one {fo much ador' . Deliberation ;- examinatio 3, To reckon ; to place to an account 2. To advife any thing Without the knowledg Either of king or mm:ii; you ma}ie ]bol into Flanders the great feal ‘my friends never to truft to her fairér fide, thoug perience 5. The body of privy counfellor 1o CROgBR COT wete hidden.in the bafket of Pandora Spenfer's Ireland CO'UNTENANCE French. #. f [ contenance, 1. The form ofthe face; the fyftem of th features 2.. Air look. A made countenance about her mouth,. betwee fimpering and {miling ; her head, bowed fomewha down, 2 {eemed to langunith with over-much idlenefs Sidney Well, Suffolk, yet thou fhalt not fee me bluth Nor change .my countenance for thi A' heart unfpotted is not eafily daun Shakefpea Sofpake our fire, and by his count'za Entering on ftudious thoughts abftrufe To whom, with count' nancecalm, and foul fe Thus Turnus Diydeir's neid 3. Calmnefs of look ; compofure of face She {mil'd fevere nor with a troubled look Or trembling hand, the fun'ral prefent took Ev'n kept her count'nance, when the 1id remov' Difelog'd the heart unfortunately lov'd The, tw great maxims.o Dryden's: Fables a 2 ma a courtare, always to kecp his conntena ace; and neve to keep his word Savift Confidenc |