Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	bear_v	die_v	sin_n	6,507	5	5.1003	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02315	A looking glasse for the court. Composed in the Castilian tongue by the Lorde Anthony of Gueuarra Bishop of Mondouent, and chronicler to the Emperour Charles. And out of Castilian drawne into Frenche by Anthony Alaygre. And out of the French tongue into Englishe by Sir Fraunces Briant Knight one of the priuy Chamber, in the raygne of K. Henry the eyght; Menosprecio de corte. English	Guevara, Antonio de, Bp., d. 1545?; Tymme, Thomas, d. 1620.; Bryan, Francis, Sir, d. 1550.	1575 (1575)	STC 12448; ESTC S103507	62,967	162

in thy palayce promyses are made and neuer kepte men serue and haue no reward the world promiseth and performeth not they are inuited to be deceyued they labour to be troubled trauaile to take payn they laugh and are beaten thou fainest to staye vs to make vs fal thou lendest to pull away straight agayne thou honorest vs to defame vs and correctest without mercy Farewell world thou sclaundereste them that are in credite The world doth vniustly and doest auaunce the infamed thou letteste the traytors passe frée and puttest true mē to their raunsoms thou persecutest the peceable and fauorest the sedicious thou robbest the pore and geuest to the rich deliuerest the malicious and condemnest innocentes geuest licence to depart to the wise and retainest fooles The peruerse and blind iudgement of the wo●ld and to be short the most part do what they list but not what they shold Fare wel world forasmuch as in thy palaice no man is caled by his right name for why they call the rashe valiaunt the proude cold harted the importune dilligent the sad peaceable the prodigall magnificall the couetous a good husband the babler eloquent the ignorant a litle speaker the wanton amorous the quiet man a foole the forbearer a courtier the tyraunt noble And thus thou world callest the counterfeat the true substaunce and the truth the counterfeat The world deceiueth Farewell worlde for thou deceiuest all that be in thée promising to the ambicious honors to the greedy to come forward to the brokers offices to the couetous riches to the gluttons bankettes to the enemies vengeaunce to the theues secretnes to the vicious rest to the yong time and to all thing that is false assurance Farewell worlde for in thy house fidelity is neuer kept nor truth maintained and also we may see in thy house one glad and another afrayd some ouercharged some out of the right way some voyde of comfort desperate sad heauy ouerburdened and charged and more then lost and sometime both Farewell world forasmuch as in thy company he that wenes himself moste assured is most vncertaine and hée that followes thée goeth out of the way and he that serues thée is euell payed and he that loues thée is euel entreted and he that contents thée contenteth an euell maister and he that haunteth thée is abused Farewell world forasmuch as thou hast such mishap that seruices done presents offered to thée profit nothing nor the lies that is told thée nor the bankettes made to thée nor the faithfulnes we geue to thée nor the loue we beare to thée Farewell world forasmuch as thou deceiuest all backbytest all and slaunderest al chastisest al thretest vs al achiuest al in the end forgettest al. Farewell world sithens in thy company all men complayn al cry out al wepe and all men dye liuing Farewell world sithens by thée wée hate eache one the other to the death To speke till we lye to loue till wee dispayre to eate till we spue to drinke till we be dronken to vse brokage to robbery and to sin till we dye Farewell worlde for being in thée we forget our infancy and our greene age without experience our youth in vices our middle age in turmoyling and busines our olde age in lamentacions and all our time counted together in vayn hopes Farewell world for in thy scoole we are led till the heire be white the eyes blered the eares defe the nostrels droppyng the forehed wrinckled the feete goutie the raynes ful of grauel the stomack full of euell humors the head ful of migram the body full of sorowe the minde full of passions Farewel world for none of thy louers come to good profit witnes those that daily we sée are not false knaues marked in the face theues hanged māquellers headed robbers by the hye wayes sette vpon wheles heretikes brent false money makers boyled killers of their parentes torn in pieces and other diuers punishmentes of such as are great in fauour with thee Farewell world forasmuch as thy seruauntes haue no more pastyme but to trot by the streates to mock one another to seke out wēches to sende presentes to beguile yonge girles write amorous letters speke to bandes play at the dice plede agaynste their neighbour tel newes inuent lies and study new vyces Farewel world for in thy pallayce none wil doe good to other for the bore fightes agaynste the Lyon the Vnycorne agaynst the Cocodryl the Eagle agaynst the Vultur the Elephant agaynst the Mynotaure the Sacre agaynst ehe Kyte the mastyf agaynst the Bull One man agaynste another and al together against death Farewell worlde All fighte against deth because thou haste nothing but to our ruin For often the yearh openeth afore our feete the water drounes vs the fire burnes vs the ayre mistempers vs the Wynter doth kil vs the Sommer doth chafe vs the dogges doth byte vs the Cattes doth scrat vs the Serpents doth poysō vs the flyes doth prick vs the Flees doeth eate vs and aboue all worldlye busines deuoures vs Farwel world seing no mā can pas thi domynyon in suertie for in euery path we finde stones to stumble at bridges that breakes vnder vs Snow that letteth vs Mountaynes that wery vs Thunders that feares vs Theues that robbe vs encounters that hurts vs and euil fortune that killes vs. Farewell worlde forasmuch as in thy country there is litle health for some be lippers some haue the french pockes some the Canker and some the goute and some haue the foule euell some the Sciatica and some the stone and some Quotidian feuers some wādring feuers some tercian and quarten feuers spasmes palsies and the moste parte sicke of fayre folly Farewell world forasmuch as there is not a mā in thy house but hee is noted with some defaute in his person For if there be any talle manne the reste is lubberlyke If he haue a faire face his eye shall be too blacke If he haue a good forehead it shal be wrinckeled If he haue a welfauored mouth he shal lacke téeth If he haue fayre handes he shall lacke faire heire And if hee haue fayre heire hee shall haue a foule skinne Farewell worlde forasmuch as the inhabitauntes in thee are so variable of maners and condicions that some will folow the court some wil sayle on the sea if one would be a marchaunt the other will be a husbandman If the one will be a hunter the other will be a fisher If one wil gouerne a Monarchy the other vnder pretence of that will pyll and poll the poore people Farewell worlde forasmuch as in thy house there are none that prepare themselues to liue much lesse to dye And yet we see some dye young some in middle age some in olde age some dye by hanging some by drowning some dye for hunger some in eating sleping and resting and some or they beware and for the most parte or they looke for death Farewell worlde forasmuch as we can neither knowe thy disposicion nor condiciō For if one be wise another is a foole If one be fyne another is of a grosse witte If one be valiant another is a coward If one be geuen to peace another is sedicious And if one be of a gētle spirit another is very froward Farewell world seyng no man can liue with thée for if a man eate to litle he becommes weake if to muche he waxeth sicke if a man labour strait he is wery if he be idle he liueth beastly if he geue litle he is called a nigard if he geue much he is called prodigall if a man visite his frendes often he is called importune if to seldome full of disdayne If a man suffer wrong he is called false hearted And if he doo reuenge then is he wilfull If hee haue frendes he is praysed If enemyes he is pursued If one tary to lōg in a place he waxeth wery and if he chaunge to ofte he is grudged at Finally I say that such thinges as displease me I am forced to folowe and that which I would I cannot come by O world vncleane I coniure thée thou filthy world I pray O thou world and protest against thee thou worlde that thou neuer haue parte in mee for I demaund nor desire nothing that is in thée neyther hope of any thing in thee for I haue determined with my self that posui finem curis spes et fortuna valete I haue finished worldly cares therfore hope and fortune farewell FINIS nor w ¶ Printed by VVilliam NORTON