Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	aaron_n	brother_n	place_n	29	3	5.0094	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51897	The fifth volume of letters writ by a Turkish spy who lived five and forty years undiscover'd at Paris : giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable transactions of Europe, and discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1642 to the year 1682 / written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English, by the translator of the first volume.	Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.; Bradshaw, William, fl. 1700.; Midgley, Robert, 1655?-1723.	1692 (1692)	Wing M565CL; ESTC R35022	171,587	384

Trusty Friend and Unchangeable where he once places his Affection He had a particular Kindness for thee From him I receiv'd the News of thy Escape for that is the proper Name of thy Banishment Pour forth devout Oraisons for his Health and Happiness Since thou art in a Land where the Prayers of Mussulmans are as effectually heard at some Particular Places as if they were utter'd at the Tomb of the Prophet I counsel thee to visit the Prison of Joseph which is in the Dungeon of the Castle of Caire This is a Place of great Devotion among the Faithful and has been so in all Ages since the Death of that Patriarch Moses the Prophet of whom it is said that he died in the Embraces of God made his Prayers in this Place and so did Aaron his Brother when they perform'd those Miracles in Egypt Jesus the Son of Mary visited this Place both he and his Mother on whom are center'd the Smiles of the Creator They there perform'd their Devotions when they fled from the Persecution of Herod So did the Prophets and Apostles as many as were in Egypt with all True Believers Nay some of the Infidels themselves having heard of the Renown of this Sanctuary made their Addresses to Heaven there in Time of great Distress For here Prayers are infallibly heard especially if they be said after the Sun has travers'd the Meridian when the Wicked Daemons are asleep who walk abroad till Noon doing all the Mischief they can My Friend when I think of the Region where thou art I can hardly forbear envying thee 'T is a Land of Prodigies and Miracles It is the Support of Men and the Granary of the World Those who Inhabit it are full of Complacency and Joy and those who abandon it burn with a perpetual Desire to return Its Rivers are Clear and the Waters Sweet and Rich as Wine The Eye of God is upon it who causes the Nile to flow at his accustom'd Season whence the Land is made fertile beyond all the Provinces on Earth This Nile is one of the Rivers which God caused to descend from the Springs of Paradise on the Wings of Gabriel and has hid the Place of its Descent among the Inaccessible Heights of Mountains There are many strange Things related of the Land of Alphiom and how it was First Manur'd by Joseph being before his Time but a Fen or Marsh The Story also of Hagar the Mother of all the Ismaelites is not Unpleasant Thou wilt find it in the Chronicles of Egypt For she was an Egyptian of the Family of the Coptites and was bestow'd on Sarah the Wife of our Father Ibrahim by Charoba the King of Egypt's Daughter After she was dismiss'd from her Lady she travell'd to Mecca from whence she sent a Dispatch to the King of Egypt to acquaint him with her Affairs and with the Birth of her Son Ismael imploring his Assistance in Regard she was in a Land barren of all Things Then the King of Egypt caus'd a Canal to be cut from the Nile at the Foot of the Eastern Mountains of Egypt to the Red Sea and sent Vessels laden with Corn Fruits and all Manner of Necessary Provisions to Hagar If thou addressest to the Feet of the Doctors the Venerable Prelates of Caire they will inform thee of more strange Things than these It is a Noble Exercise to Contemplate the Kingdom of the Heavens and the Earth to search into their Wonders and Prodigies to trace the Foot-Steps of Ancient Nations and the Traditions which know no Origine Mehemet I am an Exile as well as thou Let us continue our former Friendship in this State and do one another all the Good Offices we can As for the Misfortunes of Human Life let us bear them with an Equal Mind For they will soon have an End as well as we our selves May God who in the Time of Gog and Magog took up from the Earth the Great Alcoran and the Sheets of Science the Black Stone and the Shrine of Moses with the Five Rivers have thee in his Holy Protection and Custody at the Hour of Evil and at all Times Paris 26th of the 1st Moon of the Year 1655. LETTER XIII To Kerker Hassan Bassa THou may'st report it to the Divan for a certain Truth That the Chief Mufti of the Christians is dead Which puts all the Courts in Europe upon new Strains of Policy He was call'd Innocent X. after his Assumption to the Papacy For his true Name was Pamphylio But some say it has been a Custom for the Popes to change their Names ever since a certain Priest was lifted to that Dignity who was call'd Bocca de Porco or Hogs-Face He asham'd of this Ignominious Name as soon as he sate in the Chair of Peter assum'd the Name of Sergius Yet all his Successors have not observ'd that Rule These Popes have an Authority greater than our Principal Mufti For they are obey'd by Kings and Emperors And being esteem'd little less than Gods on Earth they are solemnly Ador'd on the Day of their Coronation by all the Cardinals Princes Prelates and Foreign Embassadors at that Time in Rome And for that End they are seated on the Altar which the Nazarenes call The Tabernacle and Habitation of their God If I mistake not in my Observations these Roman Caliphs aspire at a Sovereignty over all Kings and Princes They wou'd make that which they call the Hierarchy a Superlative Independent Monarchy to which all the Governments in the World should pay Homage and be Subject This puts me in Mind of a certain Preacher at Naples who some Years ago when Adonai the Jew was in that City and happen'd to be present in the Church having made a very Elaborate Speech to persuade the People That the Priests were Superiour to Kings at length he broke out into this Passionate Exclamation O ye Princes of Christendom ye are Pharaohs and we Priests are your Gods O ye Pharaohs obey your Gods Ye can only command the Creature but we make the Creator himself come down on the Altars at our Pleasure This Relation I had from the Jew in his Travels through Italy And it is asserted by some of their Doctors That the Pope has not only Power to Excommunicate the Greatest Prince on Earth but also to pull a Saint out of Paradise and send him to Hell If they cou'd persuade the Nazarene Princes and People to believe they have such an Exorbitant Power perhaps in Time they might reduce 'em to as blind a Superstition as the Ancient Kings of Egypt were Guilty of who were so besotted to their Priests that when he whom they call'd the Cater or Master of the Celestial Influences commanded the King to Kill himself for that it was the Will of Heaven the poor bigotted Monarch durst not dispute the Orders he had receiv'd but in simple Obedience became his own Murderer Those Egyptian Priests indeed were Masters of great Science profound Astrologers