Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	age_n	life_n	time_n	4,078	5	3.5594	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10362	Sir Walter Raleighs instructions to his sonne and to posterity; Instructions to his son and to posterity	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.	1632 (1632)	STC 20641.5; ESTC S940	9,884	109

friend_n and_o give_v mean_n to_o thy_o posterity_n to_o live_v and_o defend_v themselves_o and_o thy_o own_o fame_n where_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o proverb_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v sore_o vex_v that_o be_v surety_n for_o a_o stranger_n it_o be_v further_o say_v the_o poor_a be_v hate_v even_o of_o his_o own_o neighbour_n but_o y_z e_z rich_a have_v many_o friend_n lend_v not_o to_o he_o that_o be_v mighty_a than_o thyself_o for_o if_o thou_o lend_v he_o count_v it_o but_o lose_v be_v not_o surety_n above_o thy_o power_n for_o it_o thou_o be_v surety_n think_v to_o pay_v it_o chap._n vi_o let_v thy_o servant_n be_v such_o as_o thou_o may_v command_v and_o entertain_v none_o about_o the_o but_o yeoman_n to_o who_o thou_o give_v wage_n for_o those_o that_o will_v serve_v thou_o without_o thy_o hire_n will_v cost_v thou_o trouble_v asmuch_o as_o they_o that_o know_v their_o fare_n if_o thou_o trust_v any_o servant_n with_o thy_o purse_n be_v sure_a thou_o take_v his_o account_n ere_o thou_o sleep_v for_o if_o thou_o put_v it_o off_o thou_o wile_n then_o afterward_o for_o tediousness_n neglect_v it_o i_o myself_o have_v lose_v thereby_o more_o than_o i_o be_o worth_a and_o whatsoever_o he_o gain_v thereby_o he_o will_v never_o thank_v thou_o but_o laugh_v thy_o simplicity_n to_o scorn_v and_o beside_o it_o be_v the_o way_n to_o make_v thy_o servant_n thief_n which_o else_o will_v be_v true_a chap._n vii_o exceed_v not_o in_o the_o humour_n of_o rag_n &_o bravery_n for_o these_o will_v soon_o wear_v out_o of_o fashion_n but_o that_o money_n in_o thy_o purse_n will_v ever_o be_v in_o fashion_n and_o no_o man_n be_v esteem_v for_o gay_a garment_n but_o by_o fool_n and_o woman_n chap._n viii_o on_o the_o other_o side_n take_v heed_n that_o thou_o seek_v not_o riches_n base_o nor_o attain_v they_o by_o evil_a mean_n destroy_v no_o man_n for_o his_o wealth_n nor_o take_v any_o thing_n from_o the_o poor_a for_o the_o cry_n and_o complaint_n thereof_o will_v pierce_v the_o heaven_n and_o be_v most_o detestable_a before_o god_n and_o most_o dishonourable_a before_o worthy_a man_n to_o wrest_v any_o thing_n from_o the_o needy_a and_o labour_a soul_n will_v never_o prosper_v thou_o in_o aught_o if_o ought_v thou_o offend_v therein_o but_o use_v thy_o poor_a neighbour_n and_o tenant_n well_o put_v not_o they_o and_o their_o child_n to_o a_o needless_a superfluity_n and_o expense_n to_o thyself_o he_o that_o have_v pity_n on_o another_o man_n sorrow_n shall_v be_v free_a from_o it_o himself_o and_o he_o that_o delight_v in_o &_o scorn_v the_o misery_n of_o another_o shall_v one_o time_n or_o other_o fall_n into_o it_o himself_o remember_v he_o that_o have_v mercy_n on_o the_o poor_a dare_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o lord_n will_v recompense_v he_o what_o he_o have_v give_v i_o do_v not_o understand_v such_o for_o poor_a as_o be_v vagabond_n and_o beggar_n but_o those_o that_o labour_n to_o live_v such_o as_o be_v old_a and_o can_v travel_v such_o poor_a vagabound_v and_o fatherless_a child_n as_o be_v order_v to_o be_v relieve_v &_o the_o poor_a tenant_n that_o travel_v to_o pay_v their_o rent_n and_o that_o fall_v into_o poverty_n by_o mischance_n and_o not_o by_o careless_a expense_n on_o such_o have_v thou_o compassion_n and_o god_n will_v bless_v thou_o for_o ever_o make_v not_o thy_o hungry_a soul_n sorrowful_a defer_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o needy_a for_o if_o he_o curse_v thou_o in_o the_o bitterness_n of_o his_o soul_n his_o prayer_n shall_v be_v hear_v of_o he_o that_o make_v he_o chap._n ix_o take_v especial_a care_n that_o thou_o delight_v not_o in_o wine_n for_o there_o never_o be_v any_o man_n that_o come_v to_o honour_n or_o preferment_n that_o love_v it_o for_o it_o transform_v a_o man_n into_o a_o beast_n because_o heat_n poison_v the_o breath_n decay_v natural_a heat_n bring_v a_o man_n stomach_n into_o a_o artificial_a heat_n deform_v the_o face_n rot_v the_o tooth_n and_o to_o conclude_v make_v a_o man_n 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time_n live_v but_o the_o life_n of_o a_o beast_n and_o after_o death_n thou_o shall_v short_o prove_v a_o shameful_a infamy_n to_o thy_o posterity_n who_o shall_v study_v to_o forget_v that_o such_o a_o one_o be_v their_o father_n anacharsis_n say_v the_o first_o draught_n serve_v for_o health_n the_o second_o for_o pleasure_n three_o for_o shame_n four_o for_o madness_n but_o in_o youth_n there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o draught_n permit_v for_o it_o put_v fire_n to_o fire_n and_o waste_v the_o natural_a heat_n and_o therefore_o except_o thou_o hasten_v thy_o end_n take_v this_o for_o a_o general_a rule_n that_o thou_o add_v not_o a_o artificial_a heat_n to_o thou_o by_o wine_n or_o spice_n until_o thou_o find_v that_o time_n have_v decay_v thy_o natural_a heat_n and_o assoon_o as_o thou_o begin_v to_o help_v nature_n the_o soon_o she_o will_v forsake_v thou_o and_o trust_v not_o only_o upon_o art_n who_o have_v misfortune_n faith_n salomon_n who_o have_v sorrow_n and_o grief_n who_o have_v trouble_v without_o sigh_v stripe_n without_o cause_n and_o faintness_n of_o eye_n even_o they_o that_o sit_v at_o wine_n and_o strain_v themselves_o to_o empty_a cup_n pliny_n say_v wine_n make_v the_o hand_n quiver_a the_o eye_n watery_a the_o night_n unquiet_a lewd_a dream_n a_o stink_a breath_n in_o the_o morn_n and_o all_o utter_a forgetfulness_n of_o thing_n whosoever_o love_v wine_n shall_v not_o be_v trust_v of_o any_o man_n for_o he_o can_v keep_v a_o secret_a wine_n make_v a_o man_n nor_o only_a a_o beast_n but_o a_o madman_n &_o if_o thou_o love_v it_o thy_o own_o wife_n thy_o child_n and_o thy_o friend_n will_v despise_v thou_o in_o drink_n man_n care_v not_o what_o they_o say_v what_o offence_n they_o give_v they_o forget_v comeliness_n commit_v disorder_n and_o to_o conclude_v offend_v all_o virtuous_a &_o honest_a company_n and_o god_n most_o of_o all_o to_o who_o we_o daily_o pray_v for_o health_n and_o a_o life_n free_a from_o pain_n and_o yet_o by_o drunkenness_n and_o gluttony_n which_o be_v the_o drunkenness_n of_o feed_v we_o draw_v on_o hesiod_n say_v a_o swift_a hasty_a evil_a untimely_a and_o a_o infamous_a old_a age_n and_o austin_n describe_v drunkenness_n in_o this_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la blandus_fw-la damon_n dulce_fw-la venenum_fw-la suave_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la habet_fw-la seipsum_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la facit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la sed_fw-la ipse_fw-la est_fw-la peccatum_fw-la innocentivo_fw-la say_v quid_fw-la turpius_fw-la ebrioso_fw-la cui_fw-la foetor_fw-la in_o ore_fw-la tramor_n in_o corpore_fw-la qui_fw-la promit_fw-la stulta_fw-la promit_fw-la occalta_fw-la cui_fw-la ●●es_fw-la alebatar_n facit_fw-la transfermutur_fw-la nultum_fw-la serrutum_fw-la ubi_fw-la ●●guat_fw-la ebrietas_fw-la at_o quid_fw-la nos_fw-la aliud_fw-la designas_fw-la malum_fw-la when_o diogenes_n see_v a_o house_n to_o be_v sell_v whereof_o the_o owner_n be_v give_v to_o drink_v i_o think_v at_o the_o last_o quoth_v diogenes_n he_o will_v spew_v out_o a_o whole_a house_n sciebam_fw-la inquit_fw-la quod_fw-la domum_fw-la tandem_fw-la evomeret_fw-la chap._n x._o now_o for_o the_o world_n i_o know_v it_o too_o well_o to_o persuade_v you_o to_o dive_v into_o the_o practice_n thereof_o rather_o stand_v upon_o your_o own_o guard_n against_o all_o that_o tempt_v you_o thereunto_o or_o may_v practice_v upon_o you_o in_o your_o conscience_n your_o reputation_n or_o your_o purse_n resolve_v that_o no_o man_n be_v wise_a or_o safe_a but_o he_o that_o be_v honest_a serve_v god_n let_v he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o your_o action_n commend_v all_o your_o endeavour_n to_o he_o that_o must_v either_o wither_v or_o prosper_v they_o please_v he_o with_o prayer_n lest_o if_o he_o frown_v he_o confound_v all_o your_o fortune_n &_o labour_n like_o drop_n of_o rain_n on_o the_o sandy_a ground_n let_v my_o experience_a advice_n and_o fatherly_a instruction_n sink_v deep_a into_o your_o heart_n so_o god_n direct_v you_o in_o all_o his_o way_n and_o fill_v your_o heart_n with_o his_o grace_n finis_fw-la

thou_o have_v a_o fair_a wife_n &_o a_o poor_a one_o if_o thy_o own_o estate_n be_v not_o great_a assure_v thyself_o that_o love_n abide_v not_o with_o want_n for_o she_o be_v the_o companion_n of_o plenty_n for_o i_o never_o know_v yet_o a_o poor_a woman_n excoe_v fair_a that_o be_v not_o make_v dishonest_a by_o one_o or_o other_o in_o the_o end_n this_o bersheba_n teach_v her_o son_n salomon_n favour_n be_v deceitful_a and_o beauty_n be_v vanity_n she_o add_v that_o a_o wise_a woman_n oversee_v the_o way_n of_o her_o husband_n and_o eat_v not_o the_o bread_n of_o idleness_n have_v therefore_o ever_o more_o care_n that_o thou_o be_v belove_v of_o thy_o wife_n than_o thyself_o besot_v do_v she_o and_o thou_o shall_v judge_v of_o her_o love_n by_o these_o two_o abservation_n first_o if_o thou_o perceive_v she_o have_v care_n of_o thy_o estate_n and_o exercise_v herself_o therein_o the_o other_o if_o she_o please_v thou_o and_o study_v it_o and_o be_v sweet_a unto_o thou_o in_o conversation_n without_o thy_o instruction_n for_o love_n need_v no_o teach_n nor_o precept_n on_o the_o otherside_n be_v not_o sour_a nor_o stern_a to_o thy_o wise_n for_o cruelty_n engender_v no_o other_o thing_n than_o hatred_n let_v she_o have_v equal_a part_n of_o thy_o estate_n while_o thou_o live_v if_o thou_o find_v she_o spare_v and_o honest_a but_o what_o thou_o give_v after_o thy_o death_n remember_v that_o thou_o give_v it_o to_o a_o enemy_n and_o most_o time_n to_o a_o stranger_n for_o he_o that_o shall_v marry_v thy_o wife_n shall_v despise_v thou_o thy_o memory_n and_o thou_o shall_v possess_v the_o quiet_a of_o thy_o labour_n the_o fruit_n which_o thou_o have_v plant_v enjoy_v thy_o love_n and_o spend_v with_o joy_n and_o ease_v what_o thou_o have_v spare_v and_o get_v with_o case_n and_o travel_v yet_o always_o remember_v that_o thou_o leave_v not_o thy_o wise_a to_o be_v a_o shame_n unto_o thou_o after_o thou_o be_v dead_a but_o she_o may_v live_v according_a to_o thy_o estate_n especial_o if_o thou_o have_v few_o child_n and_o they_o provide_v for_o but_o how_o soever_o it_o be_v or_o whatsfoever_o thou_o find_v leave_v thy_o wife_n no_o more_o than_o of_o necessity_n thou_o must_v but_o only_o dute_v her_o widowhood_n for_o if_o she_o love_v again_o leather_n not_o enjoy_v she_o second_o love_n in_o the_o same_o bed_n wherein_o she_o love_v thou_o nor_o fly_v to_o future_a pleasure_n with_o those_o feather_n which_o death_n have_v pull_v from_o thy_o wing_n but_o leave_v thy_o estate_n to_o thy_o house_n &_o child_n in_o which_o thou_o decease_v upon_o earth_n whilst_o it_o last_v to_o conclude_v wife_n be_v ordain_v to_o continue_v the_o generation_n of_o man_n to_o transfer_v they_o and_o diminish_v they_o either_o in_o countenance_n or_o ability_n and_o therefore_o thy_o house_n and_o estate_n which_o live_v in_o thy_o son_n and_o not_o in_o thy_o wife_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v let_v thy_o time_n of_o marriage_n be_v in_o thy_o young_a and_o strong_a year_n for_o believe_v it_o ever_o the_o young_a wife_n bewray_v the_o old_a husband_n and_o she_o that_o have_v thou_o not_o in_o thy_o flower_n will_v despise_v thou_o in_o thy_o fall_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v unto_o she_o but_o a_o captivity_n and_o sorrow_n thy_o best_a time_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o as_o the_o young_a time_n be_v unfit_a either_o to_o choose_v or_o to_o govern_v a_o wife_n and_o family_n so_o if_o thou_o stay_v long_o thou_o shall_v hardly_o see_v the_o education_n of_o thy_o child_n which_o be_v leave_v to_o stranger_n be_v in_o effect_n lose_v and_o better_a be_v it_o to_o be_v unhorne_v then_o ill_o breed_v for_o thereby_o thy_o posterity_n shall_v eyether_o perish_v or_o remain_v a_o shame_n to_o thy_o name_n and_o family_n furthermore_o if_o it_o be_v late_a ere_o thou_o take_v a_o wife_n thou_o shall_v spend_v the_o prime_n of_o thy_o life_n with_o harlot_n who_o destroy_v thy_o health_n impoverish_v thy_o estate_n and_o endanger_v thyself_o thy_o life_n and_o be_v sure_a of_o this_o that_o how_o many_o lewd_a woman_n thou_o haft_n acquaintance_n withal_o so_o many_o enemy_n thou_o shall_v purchase_v to_o thyself_o for_o there_o never_o be_v any_o such_o affection_n which_o end_v not_o in_o hatred_n &_o disdain_n remember_v the_o say_n of_o salomon_n there_o be_v a_o way_n which_o seem_v right_a to_o a_o man_n but_o the_o issue_n thereof_o be_v the_o wage_n of_o death_n if_o thou_o can_v not_o then_o abstain_v from_o they_o in_o thy_o vain_a and_o unbridled_a time_n yet_o remember_v that_o thou_o sowe_v on_o the_o sand_n and_o purchase_v disease_n repentance_n and_o hatred_n only_o therefore_o bestow_v thy_o youth_n so_o that_o thou_o may_v have_v comfort_n to_o remember_v it_o have_v forsake_v thou_o and_o not_o to_o grieve_v at_o the_o account_n thereof_o while_o thou_o be_v young_a thou_o will_v think_v it_o will_v never_o have_v a_o end_n bebold_a that_o the_o long_a day_n have_v his_o evening_n &_o that_o thou_o shall_v enjoy_v it_o but_o once_o that_o it_o never_o turn_v again_o use_v it_o therefore_o as_o the_o spring_n time_n which_o soon_o depart_v and_o wherein_o thou_o ought_v to_o plant_v and_o sow_v all_o provision_n for_o along_o and_o happy_a life_n chap._n iii_o take_v care_n thou_o be_v not_o make_v a_o fool_n by_o flatterer_n for_o even_o the_o wise_a man_n be_v abuse_v by_o these_o know_v therefore_o the_o flat_a terer_n be_v the_o worst_a kind_n of_o traitor_n for_o they_o will_v strengthen_v thy_o imperfection_n encourage_v thou_o in_o all_o evil_n correct_v thou_o in_o nothing_o but_o so_o shadow_n and_o paint_v all_o thy_o vice_n and_o folly_n as_o thou_o shall_v never_o by_o their_o will_n discern_v evil_a from_o good_a or_o vice_n from_o virtue_n because_o all_o man_n be_v apt_a to_o flatter_v themselves_o to_o entertain_v the_o addition_n of_o other_o man_n praise_n it_o be_v most_o perilous_a do_v not_o therefore_o praise_v thyself_o and_o be_v count_v a_o vainglorious_a fool_n neither_o take_v delight_n in_o thy_o praise_n except_o thou_o deserve_v it_o receive_v it_o from_o such_o as_o be_v worthy_a and_o honest_a and_o will_v withal_o warn_v thou_o of_o thy_o fault_n for_o flatterer_n have_v never_o no_o other_o virtue_n they_o be_v ever_o base_a creep_a cowardly_a person_n for_o thou_o shall_v not_o find_v a_o valiant_a friend_n that_o will_v venture_v his_o life_n for_o thou_o a_o flatterer_n but_o such_o creep_a knave_n as_o be_v good_a for_o nothing_o else_o a_o flatterer_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o beast_n that_o flatter_v bite_v that_o bit_v smell_v it_o be_v say_v by_o isaiah_n in_o this_o manner_n my_o people_n they_o that_o praise_v thou_o seduce_v thou_o and_o disorder_v the_o path_n of_o thy_o foot_n &_o david_n desire_v god_n to_o cast_v out_o the_o tongue_n of_o a_o flatterer_n but_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o know_v they_o from_o friend_n so_o be_v they_o obsequious_a &_o full_a of_o protestation_n for_o as_o a_o wolf_n a_o dog_n so_o a_o flatterer_n resemble_v a_o friend_n a_o flatterer_n be_v compare_v to_o a_o ape_n who_o because_o she_o can_v defend_v the_o house_n like_o a_o dog_n labour_n as_o a_o ox_n or_o bear_v burden_n as_o a_o horse_n do_v therefore_o yet_o play_v trick_n and_o provoke_v laughter_n a_o friend_n thou_o may_v be_v sure_a that_o he_o will_v in_o private_a tell_v thou_o of_o thy_o fault_n he_o adventure_n this_o mischief_n to_o hazard_v thy_o hatred_n for_o there_o be_v few_o man_n can_v endure_v it_o every_o man_n for_o the_o most_o part_n delight_v himself_o in_o praise_n which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o universal_a folly_n which_o bewitch_v mankind_n chap._n four_o be_v careful_a to_o avoid_v public_a disputation_n at_o feast_n or_o table_n among_o quarrelsome_a person_n and_o eschew_v evermore_o to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o ruffian_n for_o thou_o shall_v be_v in_o asmuch_o danger_n with_o a_o brawler_n in_o private_a quarrel_n as_o in_o a_o battle_n wherein_o thou_o may_v get_v 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