Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
blood_n build_v glory_n great_a 68 3 2.1269 3 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A10702 Roome for a gentleman, or The second part of faultes collected and gathered for the true meridian of Dublin in Ireland, and may serue fitly else where about London, and in many other partes of England. By Barnabe Rych souldier. Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617. 1609 (1609) STC 20985; ESTC S115899 39,214 69

There are 2 snippets containing the selected quad. | View original text

fetch_v his_o petigrie_a the_o less_o reputation_n he_o merit_v himself_o if_o he_o can_v continue_v that_o honour_n leave_v unto_o he_o by_o his_o ancestor_n whilst_o we_o do_v hunt_v after_o a_o fantastical_a glory_n we_o do_v abandon_v the_o true_a for_o the_o ground_n of_o honour_n consist_v in_o virtue_n marcus_n marcellus_n build_v a_o temple_n in_o rome_n which_o he_o call_v the_o temple_n of_o honour_n but_o so_o seat_v that_o none_o can_v enter_v it_o but_o they_o must_v first_o pass_v through_o the_o temple_n of_o virtue_n it_o may_v be_v demand_v why_o noble_a blood_n shall_v be_v prefer_v before_o base_a parentage_n as_o they_o call_v it_o for_o neither_o be_v he_o that_o be_v of_o gentle_a blood_n more_o valiant_a than_o he_o that_o be_v of_o low_a degree_n neither_o in_o his_o race_n more_o swift_a nor_o in_o health_n more_o lusty_a nor_o of_o great_a force_n if_o then_o the_o case_n stand_v thus_o that_o neither_o the_o favour_n of_o fortune_n nor_o the_o comely_a feature_n of_o the_o body_n distinguish_v man_n from_o man_n and_o as_o it_o be_v by_o distinct_a office_n devide_v they_o no_o doubt_n the_o diversity_n be_v know_v by_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o mind_n gein_fw-mi ottoman_a brother_n to_o the_o great_a turk_n be_v a_o prisoner_n at_o rome_n it_o be_v tell_v he_o how_o ferdinando_n be_v nimble_a and_o quick_a in_o run_v leap_v vault_v and_o such_o other_o exercise_n of_o the_o body_n ottoman_n answer_v that_o the_o slave_n and_o base_a bear_v of_o his_o country_n be_v endue_v with_o all_o those_o quality_n and_o that_o the_o prince_n &_o mighty_a man_n be_v only_o fame_v &_o renown_v for_o their_o valiance_n their_o bounty_n and_o liberality_n a_o excellent_a answer_n of_o a_o heathen_a and_o it_o be_v truth_n the_o gentility_n as_o it_o be_v a_o glorious_a image_n of_o ancient_a progeny_n so_o it_o be_v common_o garnish_v and_o replenish_v with_o singular_a virtue_n far_o exceed_v the_o common_a sort_n seneca_n advise_v that_o who_o will_v judge_v of_o a_o gentleman_n that_o may_v be_v repute_v worthy_a of_o that_o name_n must_v first_o strip_v he_o out_o of_o his_o gay_a clothes_n he_o must_v set_v aside_o his_o livinge_n and_o title_n of_o honour_n with_o all_o other_o favour_n of_o fortune_n he_o mustalso_fw-la imagine_v himto_fw-la be_v with_o out_o a_o body_n nor_o he_o must_v esteem_v nor_o value_n nothing_o but_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o mind_n if_o gentleman_n in_o these_o day_n shall_v be_v bring_v to_o these_o balance_n and_o none_o admit_v worthy_a but_o those_o that_o hold_v out_o weight_n there_o will_v not_o be_v such_o a_o throng_a and_o thrust_v as_o there_o be_v the_o board_n end_n will_v be_v more_o pester_v the_o en_fw-fr the_o first_o mess_n i_o hold_v not_o he_o that_o from_o a_o base_a estate_n be_v exalt_v by_o a_o prince_n favour_n without_o desert_n to_o be_v a_o gentleman_n for_o a_o prince_n at_o his_o pleasure_n may_v make_v a_o man_n either_o rich_a or_o poor_a but_o to_o make_v he_o either_o good_a or_o bad_a belong_v only_o to_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n but_o not_o to_o the_o prince_n a_o prince_n may_v then_o make_v a_o man_n great_a but_o he_o can_v make_v he_o good_a he_o may_v give_v he_o honourable_a title_n but_o he_o can_v give_v he_o a_o honourable_a mind_n and_o albeit_o that_o gentleman_n of_o late_a preferment_n may_v excel_v in_o virtue_n wit_n and_o policy_n yet_o in_o this_o minority_n of_o year_n they_o may_v not_o compare_v with_o family_n of_o noble_a blood_n and_o long_a descent_n for_o even_o as_o we_o do_v chief_o reverence_v gray_a hair_n and_o elder_a year_n so_o the_o ancient_a race_n of_o gentility_n be_v especial_o to_o be_v esteem_v and_o honour_v and_o a_o new_a make_v gentleman_n with_o what_o quality_n so_o ever_o endue_v yet_o be_v the_o first_o of_o his_o house_n must_v give_v place_n to_o the_o other_o that_o be_v of_o more_o ancient_a lineage_n and_o more_o honourable_a descent_n provide_v always_o that_o those_o that_o be_v digress_v from_o the_o virtuous_a endeavour_n of_o their_o honourable_a ancestor_n let_v they_o be_v repute_v as_o degenerate_v and_o unworthy_a to_o challenge_v either_o place_n or_o title_n for_o he_o that_o do_v swerve_v from_o the_o step_n of_o his_o ancestor_n he_o stain_v the_o name_n of_o his_o family_n the_o roman_n and_o the_o lydian_n have_v a_o law_n that_o those_o son_n that_o follow_v not_o their_o father_n step_n in_o virtue_n but_o live_v in_o a_o licentious_a and_o vicious_a manner_n of_o life_n shall_v be_v disinherit_v and_o their_o land_n and_o good_n bestow_v of_o the_o most_o honest_a of_o the_o race_n and_o we_o see_v many_o family_n that_o in_o time_n past_a be_v obscure_a and_o in_o small_a account_n be_v now_o enkindle_v and_o stir_v up_o to_o purchase_v praise_n and_o win_v renown_n by_o their_o own_o virtuous_a endeavour_n we_o see_v other_o again_o that_o have_v descend_v from_o old_a and_o ancient_a family_n that_o by_o their_o own_o vicious_a and_o vild_a demeanoure_v have_v crack_v their_o own_o credit_n and_o have_v extinguish_v the_o glory_n of_o their_o predecessor_n by_o a_o gentleman_n bear_v it_o be_v mean_v he_o must_v be_v descend_v from_o three_o degree_n of_o gentry_n both_o by_o father_n and_o mother_n for_o this_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o herald_n otherwise_o they_o be_v call_v gentleman_n of_o the_o first_o head_n night-growne_a mushroom_n startuppes_a and_o such_o other_o nobility_n itself_o as_o some_o will_v describe_v it_o be_v a_o commendation_n proceed_v from_o the_o desert_n of_o our_o ancient_a progenitor_n but_o to_o speak_v true_o both_o according_a to_o divinity_n and_o philosophy_n there_o be_v no_o true_a nobility_n but_o that_o which_o proceed_v from_o virtue_n faith_n be_v a_o rich_a treasure_n yet_o without_o work_n it_o be_v dead_a so_o nobility_n be_v honourable_a but_o without_o virtue_n it_o be_v base_a jacob_n and_o esau_n be_v brethren_n descend_v from_o one_o womb_n yet_o the_o one_o be_v noble_a by_o virtue_n the_o other_o ignoble_a by_o vice_n so_o titus_n and_o domitian_n be_v both_o son_n to_o the_o roman_a emperor_n vespasian_n but_o titus_n be_v call_v by_o the_o senate_n the_o delight_n of_o the_o world_n and_o domitian_n through_o his_o execrable_a tyranny_n be_v name_v the_o monster_n of_o human_a kind_n nobility_n without_o virtue_n be_v like_o a_o knighthood_n without_o desert_n and_o as_o there_o have_v be_v many_o noble_a family_n excel_v in_o virtue_n &_o quality_n of_o wit_n so_o there_o have_v be_v city_n of_o honourable_a account_n namely_o that_o of_o athens_n worthy_o fame_v &_o renown_a where_o there_o be_v breed_v many_o wise_a sage_n an_o d_o valiant_a captain_n which_o through_o their_o counsel_n and_o wisdom_n do_v rule_v and_o preserve_v the_o weal_n public_a by_o who_o puissance_n the_o enemy_n be_v repel_v by_o who_o unconquerable_a courage_n &_o virtue_n their_o dominion_n be_v enlarge_v i_o may_v likewise_o speak_v of_o mighty_a rome_n that_o be_v sometime_o mistress_n of_o the_o world_n it_o be_v then_o account_v a_o great_a glory_n to_o be_v repute_v a_o roman_a but_o as_o by_o the_o opinion_n of_o her_o own_o writer_n she_o have_v she_o original_n from_o a_o base_a and_o a_o bastardly_a generation_n i_o mean_v from_o the_o fugitive_n trojan_n that_o escape_v the_o burn_a town_n and_o slaughter_a heap_n of_o their_o betray_v countryman_n but_o her_o glory_n have_v be_v sithence_o obscure_v and_o as_o it_o be_v overshadow_a with_o darkness_n but_o i_o wonder_v that_o our_o english_a nation_n for_o the_o glory_n of_o antiquity_n shall_v be_v so_o fond_a to_o recount_v their_o genealogy_n from_o m_o such_o a_o desteyn_v progeny_n a_o fugitive_a people_n a_o craven_a generation_n hunt_v and_o ferrit_v from_o place_n to_o place_n from_o country_n to_o country_n from_o region_n to_o region_n their_o city_n of_o troy_n itself_o three_o time_n sack_v yet_o to_o prove_v our_o descent_n from_o thence_o we_o do_v mingle_v our_o matter_n with_o so_o many_o feign_a invention_n as_o it_o may_v seem_v strange_a unto_o wiseman_n but_o more_o absurd_a to_o enterlace_v the_o vain_a fantasy_n of_o poet_n with_o matter_n of_o truth_n and_o that_o it_o may_v the_o better_o appear_v i_o will_v set_v down_o the_o story_n in_o as_o brief_a and_o short_a manner_n as_o i_o can_v leomedon_n the_o son_n of_o dardanus_n the_o feign_a son_n of_o jove_n a_o false_a perjure_a prince_n for_o who_o offence_n as_o their_o own_o history_n make_v mention_v troy_n be_v first_o overflow_v by_o the_o rage_a of_o the_o sea_n after_o that_o visit_v again_o with_o a_o most_o deadly_a plague_n which_o can_v not_o be_v appease_v but_o by_o the_o monthly_a gift_n of_o a_o virgin_n to_o a_o sea-monster_n as_o they_o fall_v out_o by_o lot_n till_o in_o continuance_n of_o time_n
diogenes_n to_o much_o like_a purpose_n walk_v through_o athens_n and_o find_v the_o statue_n and_o image_n of_o many_o woe_n thy_o man_n which_o have_v be_v erect_v for_o their_o well_o deserve_v in_o the_o common_a wealth_n go_v unto_o they_o all_o one_o after_o another_o beg_v gift_n and_o ask_v of_o alm_n and_o be_v demand_v what_o he_o mean_v to_o beg_v of_o dumb_a image_n he_o answer_v i_o learn_v hereby_o to_o take_v denial_n patient_o now_o if_o there_o be_v a_o woman_n that_o be_v sick_a of_o the_o spleen_n and_o a_o little_a to_o ease_v her_o stomach_n will_v needs_o pronounce_v herself_o guilty_a before_o she_o be_v accuse_v i_o be_o furnish_v you_o see_v with_o precedent_n enough_o to_o teach_v i_o to_o be_v patient_a &_o to_o bear_v all_o reproach_n that_o may_v be_v impute_v against_o i_o by_o the_o most_o bitter_a and_o spitefull_a tong_n a_o woman_n of_o virtuous_a life_n be_v never_o offend_v at_o any_o report_n that_o be_v ay●ed_v of_o she_o for_o if_o it_o be_v true_a she_o be_v virtuous_a it_o must_v be_v to_o her_o praise_n if_o false_a her_o life_n and_o manner_n will_v prove_v the_o reporter_n to_o be_v but_o a_o liar_n &_o her_o own_o innocency_n be_v enough_o to_o protect_v she_o against_o any_o depraver_n but_o i_o be_o out_o of_o the_o text_n that_o i_o mean_v to_o take_v in_o hand_n and_o here_o a_o man_n may_v see_v what_o it_o be_v to_o hit_v into_o good_a company_n i_o be_o get_v among_o a_o company_n of_o woman_n a●d_v now_o i_o be_o loath_a to_o depart_v but_o i_o must_v take_v my_o leave_n of_o they_o for_o a_o time_n and_o follow_v my_o undertake_a subject_n i_o remember_v i_o be_v about_o to_o speak_v of_o a_o many_o of_o wrangler_n that_o be_v strive_v for_o place_n and_o dispute_v for_o dignity_n but_o fear_v i_o may_v be_v accuse_v of_o sacrilege_n to_o steal_v out_o of_o the_o gospel_n i_o may_v remember_v here_o where_o it_o be_v write_v when_o thou_o be_v bid_v to_o a_o feast_n sit_v thou_o down_o in_o the_o low_a room_n that_o when_o the_o goodman_n of_o the_o house_n come_v in_o he_o may_v say_v friend_n sit_v up_o high_o and_o so_o it_o shall_v be_v for_o thy_o honour_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o great_a virtue_n in_o a_o man_n to_o be_v a_o upright_a judge_n of_o himself_o for_o as_o it_o be_v the_o first_o chapter_n of_o fool_n for_o a_o man_n to_o think_v himself_o to_o be_v wise_a so_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o as_o little_a wit_n to_o think_v better_o of_o ourselves_o then_o there_o be_v cause_n bucephalus_n alexander_n horse_n in_o a_o ordinary_a saddle_n will_v easy_o admit_v any_o man_n to_o ride_v he_o but_o be_v appoint_v in_o his_o royal_a furniture_n will_v suffer_v none_o but_o alexander_n to_o mount_v he_o so_o there_o be_v some_o that_o in_o a_o mean_a estate_n such_o as_o their_o father_n hold_v before_o they_o have_v be_v know_v to_o be_v lowly_a &_o tractable_a enough_o but_o be_v after_o creep_v into_o a_o office_n or_o a_o little_a advance_a whereby_o they_o may_v proule_v for_o penny_n they_o know_v not_o how_o to_o behave_v themselves_o but_o do_v think_v that_o pride_n disdain_n &_o currish_a demeanour_n be_v the_o only_a compliment_n belong_v to_o gentility_n and_o this_o be_v it_o that_o arm_v they_o with_o this_o sauciness_n i_o mean_v to_o take_v place_n of_o their_o better_n whereby_o they_o become_v injurious_a and_o in_o time_n may_v grow_v to_o a_o matter_n of_o quarrel_n when_o among_o person_n of_o reputation_n honour_n be_v prefer_v before_o life_n &_o every_o injurious_a action_n not_o repulse_v be_v hold_v by_o the_o opinion_n of_o all_o magnificent_a mind_n to_o be_v dishonourable_a infamous_a and_o reproachful_a it_o shall_v not_o be_v amiss_o therefore_o but_o rather_o behooveful_a that_o we_o may_v be_v inform_v what_o injury_n be_v whereby_o we_o may_v with_o the_o more_o facility_n both_o moderate_a our_o self_n and_o learn_v to_o repress_v it_o i_o do_v not_o go_v about_o to_o incite_v man_n to_o unaduised_a or_o needle_n quarrel_n but_o to_o inform_v the_o true_a mean_a how_o to_o shun_v offence_n or_o be_v offend_v how_o to_o repress_v a_o injury_n with_o a_o due_a respect_n both_o of_o honour_n and_o a_o christian_n consideration_n injury_n be_v aswell_o offer_v by_o word_n as_o by_o deed_n in_o word_n by_o unseemly_a speech_n as_o in_o give_v the_o lie_n or_o such_o other_o like_a in_o deed_n no_o less_o by_o deprive_v man_n of_o their_o reputation_n &_o right_n as_o in_o deprave_v they_o of_o their_o due_n by_o any_o other_o meane●_n i_o may_v speak_v of_o infinite_a wrong_n to_o be_v offer_v in_o both_o these_o kind_n that_o may_v draw_v to_o blow_n but_o i_o will_v let_v they_o pass_v for_o i_o hold_v it_o no_o less_o expedient_a for_o wiseman_n to_o know_v when_o it_o be_v time_n to_o put_v up_o as_o when_o it_o be_v time_n to_o draw_v their_o weapon_n virtue_n allow_v a_o just_a revenge_n and_o admit_v the_o defence_n of_o property_n and_o right_n yet_o true_a it_o be_v that_o the_o law_n of_o god_n will_v we_o to_o be_v of_o that_o perfect_a patience_n as_o not_o only_o to_o endure_v injurious_a word_n but_o also_o quiet_o to_o digest_v and_o putup_v all_o other_o wrong_n that_o be_v offer_v what_o or_o howsoever_o but_o very_o few_o man_n have_v attain_v to_o that_o perfection_n in_o suffer_v wrong_n and_o injury_n as_o the_o law_n of_o god_n require_v there_o be_v nothing_o more_o intolerable_a to_o flesh_n and_o blood_n then_o to_o endure_v wrong_a let_v divinity_n and_o philosophy_n too_o persuade_v what_o they_o list_v for_o impatient_a cruelty_n make_v hot_a spur_a youth_n his_o agent_n do_v think_v no_o man_n capable_a of_o glory_n that_o be_v not_o apt_a and_o ready_a to_o revenge_v and_o here_o cicero_n to_o aggravate_v the_o matter_n tell_v i_o that_o it_o be_v as_o great_a injustice_n to_o put_v up_o a_o injury_n as_o to_o do_v awrong_n but_o if_o it_o be_v injustice_n to_o put_v up_o a_o injury_n why_o then_o it_o be_v a_o virtue_n to_o revenge_n but_o revenge_n proceed_v of_o anger_n for_o anger_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o revenge_n and_o what_o affinity_n may_v be_v between_o angry_a revenge_n and_o do_v of_o justice_n i_o think_v be_v as_o much_o as_o be_v between_o do_v of_o right_a and_o do_v of_o wrong_n and_o so_o by_o consequence_n as_o be_v between_o virtue_n and_o vice_n i_o know_v not_o how_o to_o reconcile_v these_o matter_n together_o but_o for_o he_o that_o be_v injure_v i_o think_v the_o sure_a way_n be_v to_o revenge_v himself_o by_o patience_n for_o he_o that_o be_v arm_v with_o patience_n to_o endure_v and_o suffer_v wrong_a punish_v more_o in_o not_o punish_v than_o the_o hasty_a executioner_n that_o be_v most_o speedy_a in_o revenge_n perhaps_o now_o on_o the_o other_o side_n it_o may_v seem_v contrary_a to_o the_o courage_n of_o man_n to_o relent_v when_o they_o have_v do_v a_o wrong_n but_o rather_o to_o persist_v and_o to_o uphold_v one_o wrong_n with_o another_o the_o less_o with_o the_o great_a if_o we_o can_v then_o but_o examine_v the_o matter_n with_o a_o christian_n consideration_n it_o will_v appear_v that_o he_o that_o do_v persist_v to_o do_v evil_a do_v still_o endeavour_n to_o condemn_v himself_o who_o will_v impute_v he_o to_o be_v worthy_a of_o infamy_n that_o be_v cowardly_o strike_v by_o another_o or_o that_o be_v oppress_v by_o advantage_n by_o any_o manner_n of_o mean_a nay_o who_o will_v not_o rather_o condemn_v he_o that_o offer_v such_o a_o injury_n and_o acquit_v he_o to_o who_o it_o be_v do_v and_o who_o will_v not_o laugh_v to_o see_v the_o sauciness_n of_o some_o little_a worthy_a person_n in_o who_o there_o be_v neither_o virtue_n desert_n nor_o any_o other_o merit_n of_o worth_n but_o a_o little_a audacious_a boldness_n and_o yet_o will_v perch_n and_o presume_v to_o take_v that_o place_n that_o be_v a_o other_o man_n right_a to_o conclude_v therefore_o i_o say_v that_o infamy_n be_v due_a to_o he_o that_o willing_o do_v a_o dishonourable_a wrong_n but_o no_o reproach_n at_o all_o to_o he_o that_o take_v it_o but_o to_o the_o end_n that_o man_n may_v know_v their_o own_o place_n both_o what_o they_o ought_v to_o take_v and_o how_o they_o ought_v to_o give_v it_o shall_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o distinguish_v of_o gentry_n and_o to_o show_v the_o difference_n between_o gentleman_n and_o gentleman_n from_o whence_o and_o how_o it_o grow_v i_o say_v there_o be_v a_o disequality_n in_o gentry_n for_o virtue_n be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o first_o step_n to_o generosity_n he_o that_o can_v burr_n vaunt_v of_o the_o scutcheon_n leave_v unto_o he_o by_o ancestor_n seem_v himself_o to_o be_v very_o destitute_a for_o the_o more_o high_a he_o