Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	comfort_n	life_n	live_v	4,359	5	5.5637	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47787	The temperate man, or, The right way of preserving life and health, together with soundness of the senses, judgment and memory unto extream old age in three treatises / the first written by the learned Leonardus Lessius, the second by Lodowich Cornaro, a noble gentleman of Venice, the third by a famous Italian; faithfully Englished.; Hygiasticon. English. 1678	Lessius, Leonardus, 1554-1623.; Cornarus, Ludwig.; Herbert, George, 1593-1633.; Ferrar, Nicholas, 1592-1637.	1678 (1678)	Wing L1181; ESTC R32465	69,139	222

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very_o seldom_o into_o indisposition_n because_o temperance_n take_v away_o the_o cause_n of_o disease_n and_o the_o cause_n be_v take_v away_o there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o the_o effect_n wherefore_o since_o a_o orderly_a life_n be_v so_o profitable_a so_o virtuous_a so_o decent_a and_o so_o holy_a it_o be_v worthy_a by_o all_o mean_n to_o be_v embrace_v especial_o since_o it_o be_v easy_a and_o most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o man._n no_o man_n that_o follow_v it_o be_v bind_v to_o eat_v and_o drink_v so_o little_a as_o i_o no_o man_n be_v forbid_v to_o eat_v fruit_n or_o fish_n which_o i_o eat_v not_o for_o i_o eat_v little_a because_o a_o little_a suffice_v my_o weak_a stomach_n and_o i_o abstain_v from_o fruit_n and_o fish_n and_o the_o like_a because_o they_o hurt_v i_o but_o they_o who_o find_v benefit_n in_o these_o meat_n may_v yea_o ought_v to_o use_v they_o yet_o all_o must_v needs_o take_v heed_n lest_o they_o take_v a_o great_a quantity_n of_o any_o meat_n 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strong_a young_a man_n who_o live_v disorderly_a but_o some_o too_o much_o give_v to_o appetite_n object_n that_o a_o long_a life_n be_v no_o such_o desirable_a thing_n because_o that_o after_o one_o be_v once_o sixty_o five_o year_n old_a all_o the_o time_n we_o live_v after_o be_v rather_o death_n than_o life_n but_o these_o err_v great_o as_o i_o will_v show_v by_o myself_o recount_v the_o delight_n and_o pleasure_n in_o this_o age_n of_o 83_o which_o now_o i_o take_v and_o which_o be_v such_o as_o that_o man_n general_o account_v i_o happy_a i_o be_o continual_o in_o health_n and_o i_o be_o so_o nimble_a that_o i_o can_v easy_o get_v on_o horseback_n without_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o ground_n and_o sometime_o i_o go_v up_o high_a stair_n and_o hill_n on_o foot_n then_o i_o be_o ever_o cheerful_a merry_a and_o well-contented_a free_a from_o all_o trouble_n and_o troublesome_a thought_n in_o who_o place_n joy_n and_o peace_n have_v take_v up_o their_o stand_n in_o my_o heart_n i_o be_o not_o weary_a of_o life_n which_o i_o pass_v with_o great_a delight_n i_o confer_v often_o with_o worthy_a man_n excel_v in_o wit_n learning_n behaviour_n and_o other_o virtue_n when_o i_o can_v have_v their_o company_n i_o give_v myself_o to_o the_o read_n of_o some_o learned_a book_n and_o afterward_o to_o writing_n makinglit_v my_o aim_n in_o all_o thing_n how_o i_o may_v help_v other_o to_o the_o further_a of_o my_o power_n all_o these_o thing_n i_o do_v at_o my_o ease_n and_o at_o fit_a season_n and_o in_o my_o own_o house_n which_o beside_o that_o they_o be_v in_o the_o fair_a place_n of_o this_o learned_a city_n of_o milan_n be_v very_o beautiful_a and_o convenient_a above_o most_o in_o this_o age_n be_v so_o build_v by_o i_o according_a to_o the_o rule_n

2._o de_fw-la vitis_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la 34._o disease_n the_o three_o commodity_n of_o a_o sober_a diet_n be_v that_o although_o it_o do_v not_o cure_v such_o disease_n as_o be_v incurable_a in_o their_o own_o nature_n yet_o it_o do_v so_o much_o mitigate_v and_o allay_v they_o as_o they_o be_v easy_o bear_v and_o do_v not_o much_o hinder_v the_o function_n of_o the_o mind_n this_o be_v see_v by_o daily_a experience_n for_o many_o there_o be_v who_o have_v ulcer_n in_o their_o lung_n scirrho_n hardness_n of_o the_o liver_n or_o spleen_n the_o stone_n in_o the_o reins_o or_o in_o the_o bladder_n old_a dry_a itch_n and_o inveterate_a distemper_n in_o their_o bowel_n generibus_fw-la swell_n in_o the_o gut_n waterish_a rupture_n and_o divers_a other_o kind_n of_o burstness_n who_o yet_o notwithstanding_o by_o the_o help_n of_o good_a diet_n only_o prolong_v their_o life_n a_o great_a while_n and_o be_v always_o cheerful_a and_o expedite_a to_o the_o affair_n and_o business_n of_o the_o mind_n for_o as_o these_o disease_n be_v very_o much_o exasperate_v by_o overeat_v so_o that_o they_o do_v very_o much_o afflict_v nature_n and_o in_o a_o short_a space_n overthrow_v it_o so_o by_o a_o sober_a course_n of_o life_n they_o be_v marvellous_o allay_v and_o mitigate_v insomuch_o as_o very_o little_a inconvenience_n be_v feel_v by_o they_o nor_o do_v they_o much_o shorten_v the_o ordinary_a race_n of_o man_n life_n chap._n vii_o that_o it_o make_v man_n to_o live_v long_o and_o in_o the_o end_n to_o die_v without_o pain_n 35._o the_o four_o commodity_n be_v that_o it_o bring_v not_o only_a health_n but_o long_a life_n to_o the_o follower_n thereof_o and_o lead_v they_o on_o to_o extreme_a old_a age_n so_o that_o when_o they_o be_v to_o pass_v out_o of_o this_o world_n their_o departure_n be_v without_o any_o great_a pain_n or_o grief_n inasmuch_o as_o they_o die_v by_o a_o mere_a resolution_n both_o these_o thing_n be_v manifest_a in_o reason_n and_o in_o experience_n for_o as_o for_o old_a age_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o holy_a man_n in_o the_o desert_n and_o monastery_n of_o old_a live_v very_o long_o albeit_o they_o lead_v most_o strict_a life_n and_o almost_o utter_o destitute_a of_o all_o bodily_a convenience_n which_o thing_n ought_v chief_o to_o be_v attribute_v to_o their_o sober_a diet._n so_o paul_n the_o first_o hermit_n prolong_v his_o life_n to_o almost_o 115_o year_n of_o which_o he_o live_v about_o a_o hundred_o in_o the_o desert_n maintain_v himself_o the_o first_o forty_o of_o they_o with_o a_o few_o date_n and_o a_o draught_n of_o water_n and_o the_o remainder_n with_o half_a a_o loaf_n of_o bread_n which_o a_o raven_n daily_o bring_v he_o as_o s._n jerom_n write_v in_o his_o life_n s._n antony_n live_v 105_o year_n whereof_o ninety_o he_o spend_v in_o the_o desert_n sustain_v his_o body_n with_o bread_n and_o water_n only_o save_v that_o at_o the_o very_a last_o he_o add_v a_o few_o herb_n as_o athanasius_n testify_v paphnutius_fw-la exceed_v ninety_o year_n eat_v bread_n only_o as_o be_v gather_v out_o of_o cassian_n collat._n 3._o chap._n 1._o s._n hilarion_n although_o he_o be_v of_o a_o weak_a nature_n and_o always_o intent_n upon_o divine_a affair_n yet_o live_v eighty_o four_o year_n whereof_o he_o pass_v almost_o seventy_o in_o the_o desert_n with_o wonderful_a abstinence_n and_o rigour_n in_o his_o diet_n and_o other_o order_n of_o his_o body_n as_o s._n jerom_n write_v james_n the_o hermit_n a_o persian_a bear_v live_v partly_o in_o the_o desert_n and_o partly_o in_o a_o monastery_n 104_o year_n upon_o a_o most_o spare_a diet_n as_o theodoret_n religious_a history_n in_o julian_n make_v mention_v and_o julian_n himself_o surname_v saba_n that_o be_v to_o say_v old_a man_n refresh_v himself_o only_o once_o a_o week_n content_v himself_o with_o barley-bread_n salt_n and_o water_n as_o theodoret_n in_o the_o same_o place_n recount_v macarius_n who_o homily_n be_v extant_a pass_v about_o ninety_o year_n whereof_o he_o spend_v threescore_o in_o the_o desert_n in_o continual_a fasting_n arsenius_n the_o master_n of_o the_o emperor_n arcadius_n live_v 120_o year_n that_o be_v sixty_o five_o in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o other_o fifty_o five_o in_o the_o desert_n with_o admirable_a abstinence_n simeon_n stylites_n live_v 109_o year_n whereof_o he_o pass_v eighty_o one_o columna_fw-la on_o a_o pillar_n and_o ten_o in_o a_o monastery_n but_o this_o man_n abstinence_n and_o labour_n seem_v to_o exceed_v humane_a nature_n romualdus_n a_o italian_a live_v 120_o year_n whereof_o he_o spend_v a_o whole_a hundred_o in_o religion_n with_o exceed_a abstinence_n and_o most_o strict_a course_n vdalricus_n the_o paduan_n bishop_n a_o man_n of_o wonderful_a abstinence_n live_v 105_o year_n as_o paul_n bernriedensis_fw-la witness_v in_o the_o life_n of_o gregory_n the_o seven_o which_o our_o gretzer_n bring_v to_o light_v some_o few_o year_n ago_o francis_n of_o pole_n live_v till_o 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ninety_o five_o year_n space_n or_o upward_o there_o be_v also_o monastery_n of_o woman_n in_o which_o upon_o a_o most_o spare_a diet_n they_o live_v to_o eighty_o or_o ninety_o year_n so_o that_o those_o of_o sixty_o and_o seventy_o year_n old_a be_v scarce_o account_v among_o the_o age_a 36._o nor_o can_v it_o be_v well_o say_v that_o these_o who_o we_o have_v recount_v live_v to_o so_o great_a age_n by_o the_o supernatural_a gift_n of_o god_n and_o not_o by_o the_o power_n of_o nature_n inasmuch_o as_o this_o long_a life_n be_v not_o the_o reward_n of_o some_o few_o but_o of_o very_a many_o and_o almost_o of_o all_o those_o who_o follow_v that_o precise_a course_n of_o sobriety_n and_o be_v not_o cut_v off_o by_o some_o outward_a chance_n or_o violence_n wherefore_o s._n john_n the_o evangelist_n who_o alone_o among_o the_o apostle_n escape_v violent_a death_n live_v sixty_o eight_o year_n after_o the_o ascension_n of_o our_o lord_n so_o that_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a he_o arrive_v to_o the_o age_n of_o a_o hundred_o year_n and_o s._n simeon_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o be_v martyr_v s._n dennis_n the_o areopagite_n live_v till_o he_o be_v above_o a_o hundred_o year_n old_a s._n james_n the_o young_a see_v ninety_o six_o have_v continual_o attend_v prayer_n and_o fast_v and_o always_o abstain_v from_o flesh_n and_o wine_n 37._o beside_o this_o privilege_n belong_v not_o only_o to_o saint_n but_o also_o to_o other_o for_o the_o brahmin_n among_o the_o indian_n live_v exceed_v long_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o spare_a diet_n and_o among_o the_o tunks_n the_o religious_a professor_n of_o their_o mahometical_a superstition_n who_o be_v very_o much_o give_v to_o abstinence_n and_o austerity_n josephus_n in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o the_o war_n of_o the_o jew_n chap._n 7._o write_v that_o the_o essenes_n be_v man_n of_o long_a life_n so_o that_o many_o of_o they_o live_v till_o they_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a through_o the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o diet_n which_o they_o use_v and_o their_o well-ordered_a course_n of_o live_v for_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o bread_n and_o some_o one_o kind_n of_o gruel_n or_o pap_n set_v before_o they_o at_o their_o meal_n democritus_n and_o hypocrates_n prolong_v their_o life_n to_o a_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n plato_n pass_v eighty_o last_o of_o all_o when_o the_o scripture_n say_v in_o ecclus._n 37._o 30._o he_o that_o be_v temperate_a add_v to_o his_o life_n it_o speak_v general_o of_o all_o those_o that_o follow_v abstinence_n and_o not_o of_o saint_n only_o nevertheless_o i_o grant_v indeed_o that_o wicked_a man_n and_o in_o particular_a homicide_n and_o blasphemer_n do_v not_o for_o the_o most_o part_n live_v long_o long_o albeit_o they_o be_v temperate_a in_o their_o diet_n for_o the_o divine_a vengeance_n persecute_v they_o and_o yet_o these_o common_o