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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	world_n	worthy_a	worthy_n	13	3	10.9374	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77333	Englands selected characters, describing the good and bad worthies of this age. VVhere the best may see their graces, and the worst discerne their basenesse. The particulars be these, 1 A worthy king. 2 An unworthy king. 3 A worthy queen. 4 An unworthy woman. 5 A worthy prince. 6 An unworthy prince. 7 A worthy Privy counsellour. 8. An unworthy Privy counsellour. 9 A worthy noble-man. 10 An unworthy noble-man. 11 A worthy bishop or minister. 12 An unworthy bishop or minister. 13 A worthy judge. 14 An unworthy judge. 15 A worthy knight & souldier. 16 An unworthy knight & souldier. 17 A worthy gentleman. 18 An unworthy gentleman. 19 A worthy lawyer. 20 An unworthy lawyer. 21 A worthy souldier. 22 An untrained souldier. 23 A worthy physitian. 24 An unworthy physitian 25 A Jesuit reprobated. 26 A cowardly Cavalier. 27 A bawd of the black guard. 28 A malignant knave a hatcher of plots.; Good and the badde. Selections	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1643 (1643)	Wing B4384; Thomason E55_18; ESTC R2558	11,423	16

ENGLANDS SELECTED CHARACTERS Describing the good and bad Worthies of this Age. VVhere the best may see their graces and the worst discerne their basenesse The Particulars be these 1 A worthy King 2 An unworthy King 3 A worthy Queen 4 An unworthy woman 5 A worthy Prince 6 An unworthy Prince 7 A worthy Privy Counsellour 8. An unworthy Privy Counsellour 9 A worthy Noble-man 10 An unworthy Noble-man 11 A worthy Bishop or Minister 12 An unworthy Bishop or Min●ster 13 A worthy Judge 14 An unworthy Judge 15 A worthy Knight Souldier 16 An unworthy Knight Souldier 17 A worthy Gentleman 18 An unworthy Gentleman 19 A worthy Lawyer 20 An unworthy Lawyer 21 A worthy Souldier 22 An untrained Souldier 23 A worthy Physitian 24 An unworthy Physitian 25 A Jesuit reprobated 26 A cowardly Cavalier 27 A Bawd of the black Guard 28 A malignant knave a hatcher of plots LONDON Printed for T. S. 1643. To the Reader I Am sure that if you read through this Booke you will finde your description in one place or other If among the Worthies hold you where you are and change not your card for a worse If among the other mend that is amisse and all will be well I name you not for I know you not but I will wish the best because the worst is too bad I hope there is no body will be angry except it be with himselfe for somewhat he findes out of order if it be so the hope is the greater the bad will be no worse yet the world being at such a passe that living Creatures are scarcely known from Pictures till they move nor Wise men from Fooles till they speake nor Artists from Bunglers till they worke I will only wish the Worthies their worth and the contrary what may mend their condition and for my selfe but pardon for my presumption in writing upon the natures of more worth then I am worthy to write of So leaving my Booke to your best liking with my better Labours to the like effect in hope to find you among the Worthies I rest At your command if worthy B.N. 1. A worthy King IS a figure of God in the nature of government he is the chiefe of man and the Churches Champion Natures Honour and Earths Majesty is the directour of Law and the strength of the same the Sword of Justice and the Scepter of Mercy the glasse of Grace and the eye of Honour the terrour of Treason and the life of loyalty his Command if right is generall and his power absolute his frowne a death and his favour a life his charge is his Subjects his care their safety his pleasure their peace and his joy their love he is not to be paralleld because he is without equality and the prerogative of his Crowne may not in just wayes be contradicted he is the Lords anointed and therefore must not be touched and the head of the publicke Body and therefore must be preserved he is the scourge of sinne and a blessing of grace Gods Vicegerent over his People and under him supreme Governour his safety must be his Councells care his health his Subjects prayer his pleasure his Peers comfort and his content his Kingdomes gladnesse his presence must be reverenced his passion attended his Court adorned and his State maintained his bosome must not be searched his will in write not disobeyed his wants not unsupplied nor his place unregarded in summe he is more then a man though not a God and next unto God to be honoured above man 2. An unworthy King IS the usurper of Power where tyranny in Authority loseth the glory of Majesty while the feare of terrour frighteth love from obedience for when the Lion playes with the Wolfe the Lambe dies with the Ewe he is the messenger of wrath to be the scourge of sin or the triall of patience in the hearts of the Religious he is a warrant of woe in the execution of his fu●v● and in his best temper a doubt of grace he is a dispeopler of his Kingdome and a prey to his enemies an undelightfull friend and a tormenter of himselfe hee knowes no God but makes an I doll of Nature and useth reason but to ruine of sense his care is but his will his pleasure but his ease his exercise but sinne shame and bloud and his delight but unhumane his heaven is his pleasure and his gold his god his presence is terrible his countenance horrible his words unconstant uncomfortable and uncertaine and his actions intollerable in summe hee is the foile of a Crowne the disgrace of a Court the trouble of Councell and the plague of a Kingdome 3. A worthy Queen IS the figure of a King who under God in his grace hath a great power over his people she is the chiefe of women the beauty of her Court and the grace of her sex in the royalty of her Spirit she is like the Moone that giveth light among the Stars and but unto the Sunne gives none place in her brightnesse She is the pure Diamond on the Kings fi●●ger and the Orient Pearle unprizable in his eye the joy of the Court in the comfort of the King and the wealth of the Kingdome in the fruit of her love She is Reasons honour in Natures grace and the Wisdomes love in vertues beauty in summe She is the hand-maid of God and the Kings second selfe and in his Grace the beauty of a Kingdome 4. An unworthy Queen or woman IS the misery of man whose demeanure is not to be described but in extremities her voice is like the sc●●ching of an Owle her eye the poyson of a Cockatrice her hand the claw of a Crocodile and her heart a Cabinet of horrour she is the griefe of Nature the wound of Wit the trouble of Reason and the abuse of Time her pride is unsupportable her an●er unquenchable she feares no colours she cares for no counsell nor advice but such as is Jesuiticall derived from that cursed black mouth Whore of Rome from whence proceeds nothing but bloud ●apine mischiefe and all manner of miseries sparing no person age of sex which walkes not in her way and in this she is vigilant at all times not caring at what ra●te she purchaseth it be it Kingdomes jewels yet what note her command is must her reason will her resolution shall and her satisfaction so she looks at no Lawes and thinkes of no Lord admits no command and keeps no good order she is a crosse but not of Christ and a word but not of Grace a creature but not of Wisdome and a servant but not of God in summe she is the seed of trouble the fruit of travell the taste of bitternesse and the digestion of death 5. A worthy Prince IS the hope of a Kingdome the richest Jewell in a Kings Crowne and the fairest flower in the Queens Garden he is the joy of Nature in the hope of honour and the love of wisdome in the

life of worthinesse in the secret carriage of his hearts intentions till his designes come to action he is a dumbe shew to the worlds imagination in his wisdome he startles the spirits of expectation in his valour he subjects the hearts of ambition in his vertue he wins the love of the noblest and in his bounty bindes the most sufficient he is the chrystall glasse where Nature may see her comfort and the book of Reason where Vertue may read her honour he is the morning Starre that hath light from the Sunne and the blessed fruit of the tree of earths Paradise he is the study of the wise in the state of honour and in the subject of learning the history of admiration in summe he is in the note of wisdome the aime of honour and in the honour of vertue the hope of a Kingdome 6. An unworthy Prince IS the feare of a Kingdome when will and power carry pride in the impatience in the close carriage of ambitious intentions he is like a featfull dreame to a troubled spirit in his passionate humours hee frighteth the hearts of the prudent in the delight of vanity he loseth the love of the wise and in the misery of avarice is served only with the needy he is like a little mist before the rising of the Sunne which the more it growes the lesse good it doth he is the Kings griefe and the Queens sorrow the Courts trouble and the Kingdomes curse in summe he is the seed of unhappinesse the fruit of ungodlinesse the taste of bitternesse and the digestion of heavinesse 7. A worthy Privy Councellor IS the pillar of a Realme in whose wisedome and care next under God and the King stands the safety of the Kingdome hee is the watch-tower to give warning of the enemy and a hand of provision for the preservation of the State hee is an oracle in the Kings eare and a sword in the Kings hand an even waight in the ballance of justice and a light of grace in the love of truth hee is an eye of care in the course of Law a heart of love in his service of his Sovereigne a minde of honour in the order of his service and a braine of invention for the good of the common-wealth his place is powerfull while his service is faithfull and his honour due in the deepest of his imployments In summe he is a fixed planet among the starres of the firmament which through the clouds in the ayre shewes the nature of his light 8. An unworthy Privy Councellor IS the hurt of a King and the danger of the State when the weaknesse of judgement may commit an errour or the lacke of care may give way to unhappinesse he is a wicked charme in the Kings eare a sword of terror in the advice of tyranny his power is perilous in the partiality of will and his heart full of hol●ownesse in the protestation of love hypocrisie is the cover of his counterfeit religion and traiterous invention is the agent of his ambition he is the cloud of darkenesse that threateneth foule weather and if it grow to a storme as now it is it is fearfull where it falls he is an enemy to God in the hate of Grace thrice worthy of death in disloyalty to his Sovevereigne or Common-wealth in summe he is an unfit person for the place of a Common-wealth and an unworthy subject to look a King in the face fit only for an outcast to be gazed at or to be preferred aloft as Haman was 9. A worthy Noble-mans IS a marke of honour where the eye of wisdome in the observation of desert sees the fruit of Grace he is the Orient Pe●●●e that reason pollisheth for the beauty of Nature and the Diamond sparke where divine graces give vertue honour he is the note booke of morall discipline where the conceit of care may finde the true Courtier he is the nurse of hospitality the reliefe of necessity the love of charity and the life of bounty he is Learnings grace and Valours fame Wisdomes fruit and kindnesse love he is the true Faulcon that feeds on no carrion the true Horse that will be no hackney the true Dolphin that feares not the Whale and the true man of God that feares not the Divell In summe Hee is the Darling of Nature in Reasons Philosophy the Loadstone of Light in Loves Astronomy the ravishing sweet in the musicke of Honour and the golden number in Graces Arithmeticke 10 An unworthy Nobleman IS the griefe of Reason when the title of Honour is put upon the subject of disgrace when either the imperfection of wit or the folly of will shewes the unfitnesse in nature for the vertue of advancement he is the eye of basenesse and spirit of grossenes and in the demeane of rudenesse the scorne of noblenes he is the suspition of a right generation in the nature of his disposition and a miserable plague to a feminine patience Wisedome knowes him not Learning bred him not vertue loves him not and honour fits him not prodigality or avarice are the notes of his inclination and folly or mischiefe are the fruits of his invention In summe he is the shame of his name the disgrace of place the blot of his title and ruine of his house 11 A worthy Bishop or Minister IS an Ambassadour from God unto men in the midst of warre to make a treaty of peace who with a pronuntiation of a generall Pardon upon a generall confession of sinne upon the fruit of repentance gives a full assurance of comfort hee brings tidings from heaven of happines on earth to the world he is the silver trumpet in the musicke of love where faith hath a life that never failes the beloved he is the directour of Life in the Lawes of God and the true Chyrurgion of the soule in lancing the sores of finne the terrour of the reprobate in pronouncing their damnation and the joy of the faithfull in the assurance of their salvation In summe he is in the nature of Grace worthy of honour and in the message of life worthy of love a continuall agent betwixt God and man in the preaching of his word and prayer for his people 12 An unworthy Bishop or Minister IS the disgrace of Learning when the want of reading or the abuse of understanding in the speech of error may beget idolatry hee is Gods enemy in the hurt of his people and his owne woe in the abuse of the word of God Hee is the shadow of a candle that gives no light or if he be any it is but to lead into darkenes the sheepe are u●happy that live in his fold when they shall eyther starve or feede on the g●ound he breeds this war in the wits of his audience when his life is contrary to the nature of his instructions hee lives in a Rome where he troubles a world and in the shadow of a Saint is lit●le better th●n a Divell he makes Religion a cloake