Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	nature_n	soul_n	10,684	5	5.3166	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12690	A pageant of Spanish humours Wherin are naturally described and liuely portrayed, the kinds and quallities of a signior of Spaine. Translated out of Dutche, By H. w.	H. W.	1599 (1599)	STC 23010; ESTC S101710	8,547	14

surpasses Pharaoh in crueltie Herod in tyrannie and Antiochus in bloodthirstinesse It is inough yea too too much knowne in our Netherlands and not only in Europe Asia and Affrica but also in the farthest part of America whereby he sheweth himselfe to bee sprung from the cruell Goths and blood-thirstie Wandals 13 A Signior is greedie of reuenge ANy iniury which Signor may haue receiued or conceiued how small soeuer he wil alwaies remember it in minde though he shewe neuer so good semblance vntill he finde some fit opportunitie which if he cannot effect to his will vnlesse to his discredit yet notwithstanding he wil neither respect honour nor oath and therefore wil execute it after the most rigorous sort possible He will finde occasions inough to accuse one and those commonly such wherof y e Woolfe accused the lambe saying that he troubled the water whereof he drunke The Indians to their cost knew it full well as also the chiefest of Arragon and our Netherlanders the Nobler sort whereof which he could not conuict nor accuse amongst the number of malefactors he hath sought by all subtil meanes some at one time some at another to make them all away by deceitfull stratagems vnder the colour of pure loue shadowed with the robes of true friendship which he defileth 14 A signior is faithlesse and periurous TO effect and execute this his insatiable desire of reuenge in a periurous sort he abandoneth all faith the which in any accord or agréemēt he may haue sworn or promised for although his peruerse nature be of it self too much that way inclined yet he is strictly bound by the papal doctrine and by the decrées of the counsel of Constans that to the hindrance and dammage not only of the offenders of his Maiestie but also of Los Lutherianos they néed not keepe any oath or promise but with all their might procure their vtter ruine and destruction Such his déeds are not only exempt from sin but are moreouer reputed holy workes in respect that they are done to the furtherance and in the behalfe of the Romish Church And by Gods helpe when he most trusts theron seeking to rock others a sléep through his fraudulent adulations his deceit and faithlesse intent shall be manifest and he punished for the same for there is no conueyance of sinne from the knowledge of God But he that putteth his trust in him shall euer be blest 15 A miserable seruitude to be vnder a Signiors subiection FInally it is a most detestable slauery to be vnder a Spaniards subiection worse then death it selfe being hurtfull not only to the bodie but to the soule Although he sometimes dissemble his nature yet is he therefore not to be trusted wherfore we beséech his diuine maiestie through his goodnesse to be mercifull vnto those which are yet stooping vnder Signior his cruell and tyrannicall yoke giuing them patience to endure it vntill such time as thou O Lord shalt find good to giue them a ioyful deliuerance which vnto thée is easie but aboue al vouchsafe vnto those which by his false doctrine liue in obscuritie from the diuine light more grace and discretion with a better conscience then to entice those which are at libertie to the like error therby both to their repentance to glut themselues with his tyrannical superioritie for it is far better to be slaues vnto Turkes and Moores then to be molested with the gnawing worme of Conscience 16 A happie estate to be free from Signior BVt to the contrary to be frée from his tirannie and in stéed of a Signior to haue as cullars in our Countrey our owne kindred Countrey men is according to euery ones censure the happiest estate and the greatest felicitie in this terestiall orbe yea a preparatiue foundation of an ensuing fréedom and a strong defence against all enemies God through his clemency and goodnesse grant vnto them a perpetuall fréedome and blesse them with his celestial gifts of wisedome foresight and discretion that they may vnmoueably as a sturdie rocke withstand the violent raging assaults of the Spaniards vntil the end and for guerdon of their paines remaine in a frée and happie estate with continuation To the honor of God and their soules saluation Amen FINIS Bridle the sight Banish temptation Bids the Gentlewomen good-morrow To the gallowes with these theeues Respect his worship A Gentleman The house is honored At his worships commaund with a good heart The good morcels To the belly of one 1 The Wenches 2 The pockes 3 The Chamber The Mayd must carry it out His Signory Os beheld the knight If she listen with 500. sighs Seruant vnto women Kissing his hands and presenting her with al dainties Nothing Villain Traytor to the king Hereticke The kings seruants Beware thy head He sweares by God S. Iames and our Lady of Loretta God defend me The Gallows Mercy Is worth nothing O thou Spanish God Some faults in particular persons are in some sort to be tollerated and other some not in any wise especially in case of gouernment The Bishops of Chiapa Pedro de chiefe Francisco loper and other their writers Sign of Spaine is so blinded in ambition that he enuies at anothers honor fretting exceedingly to see that any one besides himselfe should bear any sway and scornes them for his seruants whō himselfe is vnworthie to serue The reiected Letters of an 1589. This appeareth most manifestly to be true by the report of their owne Bishops and other writers which say that their bloodines and tyrannie surpasseth all nations of the world as also that his discent is from the most barbarous cruellest people in Europe If a man be ambitious it followeth that he is greedie of reuenge This hath the Spaniard shewed in many sorts and places especially in his owne Countrey and on his owne Country men viz. in the Citie of Saragossa where he beheaded a Duke an Earl the head Officer and many of the chief Citizens only because they defēded their priuiledges in the cause of an imprisoned man To execute his reuenge he must needs break his oth for he hath not the heart to do it valiantly and really for he had not only sworn vnto those of Saragossa as to all the realme to keepe protect and defend their priuiledges but moreouer according to the formal words and articles which were pronounced at his coronation was to loose his right by default thereof he then that in such sort vsed his own country men and those which in Idolatry are as superstitious as himselfe what would he nay what ought he to do vnto those which are proclaimed heretickes rebels and were so long since by the holy Inquisitiō damned to the pit of hell Those which know not the error wherein they liue haue not only desired the same aboue alworldly things but also preferred the same aboue their liues they esteeming it such a felicity that they stil seeke and procure al other to be of the like religion frō the which God keepe vs all Amen In stead of a tyrant to be gouerned and ruled by a true and careful father to serue God according to his holy institutions and to continue in his Countries libertie are the highest things which a Christian in this worlde may wish which to attaine and defend no worldly things nor life it selfe is to be spared beseeching God through his mercie to aide and assist vs alwaies in the same to his honor and glory the aid of the oppressed and our soule a saluation Amen