Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	king_n	lord_n	power_n	3,232	5	4.9654	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01932	Encouragements. For such as shall have intention to bee vnder-takers in the new plantation of Cape Briton, now New Galloway in America, by mee Lochinvar·	Gordon, Robert, Sir, d. 1627?	1625 (1625)	STC 12069; ESTC S105760	13,699	31

example Rome what made her such a Monarchesse but only the adventures of her youthe not in ryots at home but in dangers abroad and their justice and judgment out of their own experience when they grewe aged What was their ruine and hurt but this their excesse of idlenesse want of experience hypocriticall seeming goodnesse growing onlie formall Temporists so that what their Predecessours gotte in many yeeres they lost in few dayes these by their paines and laboures became Lordes of the Worlde they by their ease and vyces became slaves to their servants Then who would live at home idle or think in him selfe any worth to live onlie to eate drinke and sleepe and so to die or by consuming that careleslie which their predecessours hath got worthilie or by vsing that miserablie that maintained vertue honestlie or for beeing descended noblie pyne with the vaine vaunt of Kinred in penurie or to maintaine a sillie show of braverie toyle out the heart soule and time baselie by shiftes trickes cardes or dyce or by relating newes of others actions sharke heere or there for a Dinner or Supper deceiving his friends by faire promises and dissimulation in borrowing where hee never intendeth to pay offending the Lawes surfeting with excesse burthening his Countrie abusing himselfe despairing in want and then cousening his kinred although it is seene what honoures the World hath yet and what affluence of all things for such as will seeke and worthilie deserue them Heere were courses for Gentle-men and such as would bee so reputed more suting their qualities than begging from their Princes generous disposition the labours of his other subjects It woulde bee a Historie of a large volume to recite the adventures of the Spaniards and Portugalles their constant resolutions with such incomparable honour so farre beyond beliefe in their discoveries and plantations as may well condemne vs of too much imbecillitie floth and negligence And yet the authours of these new inventions were helde as ridiculous at that time as now are others that doe but seeke to imitate their vnparalelled vertues And though wee see daylie their mountaines of wealth sprung from the plants of their generous indevoures yet is our incredulitie and vntowardnesse such and so great that either ignorantlie wee beleeve nothing or so curiouslie contest to prevent wee know not what future events that so wee either neglect or oppresse or discourage both our selves and others that might both as easilie and would as willinglie attempt and embrace the like Who seeth not what is the greatest good of the Spaniard but these newe conclusions in searching these vnknowne partes of this vnknowne Worlde by which meanes hee diveth even into the verie secreetes of all his Neighboures and the most part of the Worlde And when the Portugalles and Spaniards had found the East and West Indies how manie did condemne them-selves that did not accept of that honest offer of noble Columbus who vpon the neglect of England to whom it was first offered brought them to it perswading them-selves the Worlde had no such places as they had found and yet ever since wee finde they still haue found newe Lands newe Nations new trades and still daylie doe finde both in Asia Africa Terra incognita and America so that their is neither Souldiour nor Mechanicke from the Lord to the begger but these parts affoord them all employment and discharge their native Soyle of so manie thousands of all sorts that else by their sloath pryde and imperfections woulde longe ere this haue troubled their neighboures or haue eaten the pryde of Spaine it selfe And seeing further for all they have they cease not still to search for that which yet they neither haue nor knowe not ● it is strange that wee shoulde bee so dull as not maintaine that which wee haue and pursue that which wee knowe I am sure that manie would take it in an evill part to be abridged of the titles and honours of their predecessours when if but truelie they would judge themselves looke howe inferiour they are to their noble vertues so much they are vnworthie of their honours and livings which never were ordained for showes and shadowes to maintaine idlenesse and sloath but to make them more able to abound in honour by heroicall deedes of action judgement pietie and vertue What was it they would not doe both in purse and person for the good of the Common-weale and may not this bee a motive for vs to set out such as may bee spared of our kindred in such generous designes Religion aboue all things should move especiallie the Cleargie if wee were religious to showe our faith by our workes in converting these poore savages to the knowledge of GOD. Honour might move the Gentrie valiant and industrious the hope and assurance of wealth all if wee were such as wee would seeme and desire to bee accompted Or bee wee so farre inferiour to other Nations or our Spirites so farre dejected from our ancient Predecessoures or our minds so vpon spoyle pyracie or other villanieas to serve the Portugale Spaniard Dutch French or Turk as to the great hurte of Europe too manie doe rather than our GOD our King our Countrie and our selves excusing our idlenesse and our base complaints by want of imployment when heere is such choyce of all sortes and for all degrees in this plantation So let these answere such questionlesse questions that keepe vs backe from imitating the worthinesse of their brave spirits that advanced themselves from poore Souldiers to great Captaines their posteritie to great Lords their King to bee one of the greatest Potentates on Earth and the fruits of their labours his greatest glorie power riches and renowne MOTIVE III. motive 3 AND as I haue spoken of two principall causes that hath induced mee The third of my ends may happilie bee no lesse forcible to encourage all such whose education spirits and judgments wants but onlie the purse to prosecute the same with mee and that is the private and particulare gaine that may bee got by so lawfull and easie meanes whereof it is more than admirable that such should either bee so wilfullie ignorant or so negligently carelesse as not to bee moved to imbrace and speciallie such imployment as may search out commodities to live happilie plentifullie and at ease Ought not everie man to regard aswell to inlarge his patrimonie as that hee bee not chargeable to others so farre as hee may by his vertue and industrie in a lawfull and honest manner attaine vnto Is not a lawfull search for such commodities to bee preferred to an idle sloathfulnesse and an honorable policie in a lawfull plantation abroad before vnlawfull monopolies and wrangling suites of Law by neighbour against neighbour at home impoverishing thy selfe and thy native Countrie whereof thou oughtest to bee a more profitable member May not the fortunate successe of the plantation of Ireland so fresh and recent to all whence so great commodities are brought both to England