Selected quad for the lemma: day_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
day_n	fair_a	night_n	rain_n	5,430	5	10.9395	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01141	The maidens blush: or, Ioseph mirror of modesty, map of pietie, maze of destinie, or rather diuine prouidence. From the Latin of Fracastorius, translated; & dedicated to the high-hopefull Charles, Prince of Wales. By Iosuah Syluester.; Joseph. English	Fracastoro, Girolamo, 1478-1553.; Sylvester, Josuah, 1563-1618.	1620 (1620)	STC 11253; ESTC S105625	28,867	85

straine than euery stripling had Yet to conceale it from the rest he seemes And bids the Boy beware of guilefull Dreames But He to whom GOD greater Honors meant Soone after dream'd of grauer Argument Him seem'd that set in stately Eminence Before his Feet with humble Reuerence The Sunne and Moone and Eleuen Stars he saw Stooping vnto him in obsequious Awe Which well recording for by heauenly grace That Gift he had within a little space He tells his Brethren of his second Transe Who re-incenst with ragefull Arrogance Soone shew their Father with his fatall Dreame Their rancor spleene and cank'red spite extreame Iacob at first amazed calls his Sonne And as interp'ring thus to chide begun What! Sirra shall I and your Mother too And all your Brothers bow our Necks to you Shall you be mounted on your Chaire of State And Wee come All base Beggars to your Gate If such a folly haue befum'd your braine And fill'd your phant'sie with presumptuous vaine With idle Hopes away with those Conceits Trust not to Dreames list not to such Deceits So reason-lesse ridiculous and light Monsters Chimaera's shadowes of the Night Which if not good it is not God doth send But some Illusion of the subtle Fiend To traine our Weakenes to some sinfull Trap Or to betray vs to some dire mis-hap As from his Cels false Oracles hee wrests From flight of Birds and Tripes of mangled Beasts Hast thou not heard of Belus Anubis Ops Hecate and other Deities Whom the blinde Heathen in their Temples haue Frequent their Altars and their Rites obserue Waiting their Answeres with the humblest Awe All which is hatefull to our Holy Law Therefore be Wise and looke henceforth we heare No more such Dreames of such phantastike geare He thus dismist the rest he milde bespake To calme their storme and kindly bade them take The Flocks to Field and driue them soft and faire To Sichem Woods to feede in cooler aire Their Fathers bidding they eft-soones obay'd Yong IOSEPH yet at home with him he staid Passing the fruitfull Vales and flow'ry Greenes Of plentious Hebron to those shadie Screenes But nor the Verdure of those Hills nor Dales Nor song of Birds nor shade of Woods nor Gales Of whispering Winds could kill or cancell quite Those odious Dreames they dream-on day night Rather they gather daily more Disdaine Sharpen their Enuy giue their Rage the raine With Threats Vows while the euil spirit too nigh Still stirres and spurs their hatefull Ielousie Now twice the Sunne had run his Iourny swift When the next morning they prepare to shift To Dothan's pleasant Downs for fresher Feed And to be further off from home indeed And so the longer ere they could reuert Which they euen loath'd and hated at the heart Wherefore night after night day after day When past their wont their Father saw them stay In musefull care his IOSEPH cals he quicke And bids him Thus I pree-thee Boy goe seeke Thy Brethren out on Sichem Downes they feed Or neere about and bring me word with speed What vncouth Reason of their stay there is My minde mis-giues me somewhat is amisse With them or with their Cattle hye thee Lad. Away scuds IOSEPH no lesse swift then glad As farre as Sichem but there looking round Neither his Brethren nor the Flocks he found Perplexed then he calls them one by one Hoaw Brothers Ruben Leui Simeon Then whoops and hallooes with his Treble throat So loud and shrill that to his warbling Note With doubled Ecchoes Woods and Caues reply But not a Brother answers Eare or Eye By chance a Wood-man that an Oke did shrowd Hearing the Lad and knowing call'd him lowd And told him thus I heard your Brethren say They would to Dothan Thither that 's the way There shall you finde them with their Cattle safe In better Pasture then is heere by halfe Thanks thinks the Lad and Sichem out of sight As swift as Roe he runs to Dothan right When from a Hill his Hatefull Brethren spi'd Him yet farre-off O! yonder comes they cry'd Our King to-come whom both the Sun Moone And all the Stars must serue and worship soone We We base Hindes borne but for Heards Neat Drudging all Day in the Suns scorching heat Lodging all Night in holes or hollow Trees Clad but in Lether or in coursest Freeze And meanly fed with Bread and Water most While He is set-vp with his Sod and Roast His Messe of Goats-Milke and his fill of Wine In change of Coates pranked painted fine Snoring all night vpon his ease-full bed Where from the Forge of his phantastike head He feignes these Dreames in meer disdain of vs But Brethren shall we shall we suffer thus Him and his Scornings Shall we be so blinde T' indure him still till growne a Man his minde Growne big withall and bearing proud vpon His Fathers fondnesse He supplant anon Our Haps and Hopes vsurping All our due And so in fine fulfill his Dreames too-true O! We are Buzzards Blockheads Cowards all Why rather heere where none descry vs shall Where all things sort where he is come so pat Shall we not kill him and make sure for that For in this Pit we may him deepe interre And say at home some hungry Wolfe or Beare Whereof the Desarts not far off haue store Him quicke deuoured and to peeces tore While these dire Counsels they together cast Ruben who all in yeeres and pitty past Cry'd GOD defend ô Brethren GOD defend Against our Brother we should so offend O! in his bloud doe not your hands imbrue Lest Heau'ns drad Vengeance that dire fact pursue On Vs and Ours Though no man witnesse be GOD GOD himselfe is witnesse and doth see And heare vs all from him is nothing hid Hee 's all an Eye that neuer closeth Lid. But if you needs will of the Lad be quit Sanz bloud or slaughter put him in this pit There leaue him to his Fate This he aduis'd That resku'd thus from present death deuis'd He late at night returning to the Caue Might hale him vp and th' harmless stripling saue To bring him safe vnto his aged Sire And calme at length his Brethrens enuious Ire Their Elders Words them All a little mou'd And his aduice they all at once approu'd Him downe vnslaine into the pit to slide His worse or better Fortune to abide Then Ruben said be Witnesse GOD for Me How cleere I am from this your Cruelty And as he spake him from them far withdrew Into the Woods to wait what would ensue By this was IOSEPH full of liuely cheere For hauing found them euen arriued neere When fell and furious they inclose him round Lay hands on him his tender hands they bound With brauing Threats Now shall you see say they Your Dreames fulfill'd Must not we all obey Your Mightinesse Our Sheaues must stoop to you Yea to your State Sunne Moone and Stars must bow Wondring and frighted with their vncouth guise In

hurry him towards Little-Ease Faine would he speake but none would hear a word None none at all and least of all his Lord Whom the Report already had incenst Yet not with Death to haue him recompenc't But in a Dungeon worse then Death to dwell For worst Offenders the most loathsome Cell There kept Close-Prisoner to be barely fed With puddle-water and with Barly-bread But better kept by his supernall Keeper Yet more his dear the more their woes be deeper A winged Watch-man shining heauenly bright Is sent to IOSEPH when the first sad Night With sable Courtin had beclowded all Who entring through the Wicket and the Wall Into the Prison with a new-come Ray Lightning the dungeon driuing Night away With spirituall Comforts and with speeches kinde Cancels his feares and well confirmes his minde This from a Tower th' Aegyptian Keeper spy'd Some God some God is in the Light he cry'd I know such Splendor and the speech I heard If it be God it must be needs inferd This Lad is guiltlesse of the crime pretended For Innocents iust IOVE hath aye defended Thenceforth to IOSEPH bare he great respect A kinde of Reuerence with a kinde Affect Tooke off the Irons from his hands and feete Fed lodg'd him better made his prison sweet Visits him oft intreats him friendly faire With louing Comforts lets him take the Aire Now twice foure Roundels Phoebe had compleat When on suspicion of some treacherous feat Of poys'ning Pharao's Bread as went the Fame Two were committed from the Court by name The Kings chiefe Baker and chiefe Butler too To the same Gaile where IOSEPH hath to doe For now his Keeper trusted him so deepe He made him Keeper and of nought took keepe In short time after Eyther in one night Dreamed a Dream whence the next morrow light Pain'd and perplexed what they might portend Too sadly serious seem'd they to perpend Which IOSEPH noting Gentlemen I pray How hap quoth he you are so sad to day To-night sayd they we dreamed each a Dreame But none we finde that can interpret them And that 's our trouble Can you tell them me Come let me heare them if you can quoth he It may please God we may haue sight therein Right gladly said the Butler I 'll begin Me thought I saw a greene and goodly Vine With three faire Branches budding blowing fine Then flowring fresh then swelling Clusters blush Whose spumy Iuyce in Pharao's cup I crush Which with my hand into his hand I raught Whereof the King tooke-in his wonted Draught Then thus the Lad I 'll tel your Dreams Portent First by that goodly Vine your Life is Meant The Buds Flowers Fruits be fruits your selfe haue bore Your Seruices your Vertues here-tofore Which shall be guerdon'd you restor'd to grace The three faire Branches are but three dayes space When in your wonted manner you shall bring The wonted Cup vnto your Lord the King Then when with Pharaoh you shall gracious be If I be worthy but remember me And that vnworthy I am heere detain'd The Baker hearing This thus right explain'd Said let me also if you please I pray Report my Vision and your Verdict say Me thought I had three Baskets on my head Two full of Flower the third of finest Bread Made with most Art and Cunning that I might But all anon the Birds deuoured quite Then said the good Interpre'r Things to come Are knowne to GOD Men often faile in some Yet what I ghesse and gather of this matter I 'll tell you true I cannot may not flatter That which you saw the Baskets filled with Of diuers kindes your Life betokeneth The Flower your former simple and sincere The Bread your later compound as it were Of all deceipts Theft Plotting Poysoning Treason and all discouer'd to the King Who for reward of these fowle Crimes by Law Will hang you vp and then the Birds you saw Rav'ns Vultures Eagles Kites carren Crowes Shall eat your Carcase peck your Eyes and Nose Within three daies your Baskets number notes Yet I may erre and you may change your Lots For GOD doth change when Men do change frō ill His mediate Worke not his immediate Will This past their Parts both diuers pondering On the third day came Warrant from the King To cleare and to declare the Butler Quit And hang the Baker at first sight of it Accordingly from Prison both are brought But to a diuers End with diuers thought Th' one with reproach th' other with good report Th' one to the Cart the other to the Court Th' one to the Gallowes th' other to be grac't Of Prince and Peeres and in his roome re-plac't With Caps and Claps with cheerful shouts songs Wellcom'd rewarded honor'd for his wrongs Thrice through the Zodiak had Hyperian pranc't And fourthly now his fiery Teeme aduanc't When quiet stretcht vpon his Iuory bed In sweetest sleepe well toward Morning-sted To mighty Pharao the Almighty sent A double Dreame of so deepe Consequent That wondring much the King awoke withall Conceiuing it some high Prognosticall Wherefore forth-with he summons farre wide Through Aegypt and Chaldea from each side All that had knowledge in Astrologie Cunning in Spels or Skill in Prophecie Or could fore-tell by Magick from below Or from aboue by Oracles fore-show Or by in-sight of Sacrificed Heards By Fire by Water or by Flight of Birds Or by their Songs by Sand by Geomancy Or by what-euer Heathen Feat or Phantsie Then swarm'd the Court with Sages of all sorts Of diuers habits and of diuers ports Some on their Heads wore Hornes hairy horrid Som with thick Turbands did surroūd their forehed Some with high Miters some with trayling whoods Some with rich Garlands set with precious Studs But broad long-bearded all adown their Chinne With sad aspect and of a sallow skinne Whom when before him Pharaoh had admitted He tells his Dreames first then as him befitted Propoundeth Honors and rich Recompence To whom-soeuer shall expound the sense And sets them dayes nights times houres To bring their Answere But beyond their powers Daies Nights Times Hours they break none doth appeare T'explane the Dreame or the Kings doubt to cleare Neyther their Spheres Spels Circles Sorceries Birds Beards nor Miters could decypher This. Angry therefore and thenceforth grieuing deepe The King would hear none but did priuate keepe The Butler then remembring at the last During his Durance what before had past Which hitherto as Courtiers yet for most Good Turnes receiv'd he had forgot or crost How truly IOSEPH by their Dreames did tell What to the Baker and himselfe befell Fell on his knees and cryes vnto the King Pardon My Liege my stolid lingering To tell your Highnesse in this manner mou'd What late in prison I both saw and prou'd Your Maiesty no doubt remembers yet Your Baker and my selfe you did commit To your High Marshalls Tower where then wee found An Hebrew Youth a Prisoner on false ground As