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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	find_v	king_n	law_n	2,835	5	4.8368	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13791	The lavvyers philosophy: or, Lavv brought to light Poetized in a diuine rhapsodie or contemplatiue poem. By Roger Tisdale, gent.; Lawyers philosophy.	Tisdale, Roger.	1622 (1622)	STC 24090; ESTC S106189	17,910	54

of the North. Nay more then so he venters vp so nigh As he will rise eu'n vp to the most High And there be like to him Then at the sound There was a murmure heard which passed roūd Through thousand Legions of Light-bearing Powers Who should first ioyn with him so proudly towers And many of those Lucifers tooke part To leaue dependance and to climbe by Art O how on earth can euer things be eu'n When there 's so soone Rebellion rais'd in Heau'n But that All-seeing Law-giuer that made him So great a Light found darknesse to inuade him And compasse in those Centaures of the Night That were before the beautious dayes delight And he that would not stand within the wayes Of Light and Truth nor spend eternall dayes Iob 24. Ezech. 28. Amidst those precious shining Stones of Fire That Gods delightfull Eden doth attire Like Lightning downe from his aspiring fell Reu. 12. And with his Angels was shut vp in Hell In Hell that but till then was not created Hell created in Darknesse But was a place of Darknesse situated Farre off from Light in which a Moorish water Like slimy Pitch a blacke sulph'rous matter Left in the Chaos when Heau'ns Spagirist Extracted Light and form'd it as him list Were moulded vp together And till then Was nothing else within that darksome Fen. But then eu'n with the fall of daring pride The breath of Maiestie did swiftly glide Into the Deepe and in his anger kindle Combustious matter which himselfe did mingle Of purpose to bring forth eternall Fire To punish sinne that proudly durst aspire To breake the Law of Light Then smoky fume Choakt vp Snuf-lights because they durst presume With a few flashes and vnsauoury vapors To take the place of euer-shining Tapers Law executed Pride that would mount and had not to aspire Was tumbled down and punisht in this Fire So he that was Ben-schachar sonne of Light Was now Ben-schechor sonne of eternall Night Thus was Sinne punisht and sinnes great accuser Esay 36. Did Tophet then prepare for the Seducer Smoking with Aetna breath Law kept his power And strooke him downe that ment aloft to tower And chain'd him in for falling from the Light In chaines of darknesse deepely out of sight An allusion So haue we seene Ambition in great Peeres Corruption in false Scribes and Chantocleers That sing before the Daylight songs of peace Not for the Truthes sake but for rich increase Haue often climb'd to high and great estate And in a twinkling been precipitate They left the wayes of Light not being wise And tooke their pathes vpon the slippery Ice So let them fall For 't is not mine intent Starre-Chamber To summon any to the Parliament Nor to discouer in the great Starre-Chamber What are Eclipses and what signes of danger The dogged humour of dull Saturnes motion Ioues banquetting and feminine Deuotion The swearing Art of Warre nor Venus lust Mercurian fraud that findes but little trust Nor Moone-shine Flattery neuer cōstant prouing But as the wind and weather cock still mouing ' Gainst none of these will I preferre a Bill Lest they demurre vpon 't for want of skill In drawing vp the Booke and so get cost With an Attachment for my labour lost But thou great Prince of Stars the faire delight The King is the Life of the Law Of Heau'n and Earth in whom the Lord of might Hath plac'd his Tent built his Tabernacle That Euiternally shall stand a miracle To all the gazers eyes and glad the eares Of Musicall inquirie front my feares With thy most cheerefull Beames and make me bold With Eaglet eyes thy beauty to behold In thee the Fountaine is of worth and Power To giue true beauty both to high and lower Of Wisedome for to guide in all thy Station Th' aspects of Starres in eu'ry Constellation And of true Loue and Goodnes Musicks Lore Wherewith thou dost great Elohim adore And cherish others Strike the golden wire Of thy most sweet and learned-sounding Lire Iob 38. And all the Morning Starres shall daunce and sing At their vprising vnto thee their King Magistrates Saturne shall cast his melancholly off And daunce iudiciall Reuels Ioue shall doff His proud attire and leaue light heel'd Lauoltos To cloath himselfe in bounty and tread Saltos Worthy his Noble worth Mars shall no more Weakenesse depopulate nor oppresse the poore But hand in hand shall willingly aduance The Fatherlesse and Widdow in this daunce Venus shall change her Lust for fruitfull Loue And tread a constant measure Mercury proue No serpentine Deceiuer but abound In wise and witty footings at this Round Trencher Flies As for Lunarian Changelings that depend Onely vpon the Light thy Lampe doth lend And wax and waine as to and fro thy Light Doth come or goe not shining but by Night In darknesse for their owne aduantage sake And not in publike what else can we make Of them but Antikes or strange Mimick Apes That in our daunce can put on any shapes And yet be nothing These doe liue by Giue giue These I feare me much Will take but what is giuen to others grutch And neuer shall the Musicke of thy Harpe Make them keepe Scene but they'll or beg or carp Beware of these For were these set in tune The Flowers of May each one might crop in Iune And eu'ry one haue some When one hath all How can our daunce in perfect measure fall The Country Swaine leaues gleanings on his land A Country content To helpe the needy And with foote and hand It is a daunce worth looking on to see How busily each one doth keepe degree To gather what is left Heere one doth borrow A little from the Sheafe this in the furrow Takes what is scatter'd that the Cart attends Another binds vp at the headlands ends And all at Night goe cheerefully away And daunce together a Haruest Roundelay Trust not dissembling Fire-drakes that caper Some things seem and are not As if they knew to daunce yet are but vapor Seeming of fiery temper but are cold And a poore Nut-shell will their substance hold Play not to them Pans Musicke is most fit When Midas hath more auarice then wit The Sunne of Maiestie in his Starre-Chamber But leaue we these And from the Suns diurnall That wheeles a foure twenty houres iournall Let vs obserue how on th' Eclipticke Line He progresse makes along from Signe to Signe Casting his Beames of Maiestie so farre As from the lowest to the highest Starre Guiding their wandring Eccentricities And crowning them with faire felicities He is the Monarch there His Law is Light And where he goes he banisheth the Night Darknesse must not controll stelliferous Powers Nor come within the high celestiall Bowers To All he giues himselfe Light is his name And through his Court faire Light hee doth proclaime The only Law that neuer breedeth warres Twixt Peeres