Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	desire_v	die_v	life_n	7,123	5	4.9012	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04267	The peace-maker: or, Great Brittaines blessing Fram'd for the continuance of that mightie happinesse wherein this kingdome excells many empires. Shewing the idlenesse of a quarrelling reputation wherein consists neyther manhood nor wisdome. Necessarie for all magistrates, officers of peace, masters of families, the confirmation of youth, and for all his Maiesties most true and faithfull subiects: to the generall auoyding of all contention and bloud-shedding.	Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627.	1618 (1618)	STC 14387; ESTC S107465	14,499	38

IR DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE THE PEACE-MAKER OR GREAT BRITTAINES BLESSING Fram'd For the continuance of that mightie Happinesse wherein this Kingdome excells manie Empires Shewing the Idlenesse of a Quarrelling Reputation wherein consists neyther MANHOOD nor WISDOME Necessarie for all Magistrates Officers of PEACE Masters of Families for the confirmation of Youth and for all his Maiesties most true and faithfull Subiects To the generall auoyding of all Contention and Bloud-shedding LONDON Printed by THOMAS PVRFOOT An. Dom 1618. CVM PRIVILEGIO HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ❧ To all Our true-louing and Peace-embracing SVBIECTS THE Glory of all Vertues is Action the Crowne of all Acts Perfection the perfection of all things Peace and Vnion It is the Riches of our Beings the Reward of our Sufferings the Musicke on our Death-beds Neuer had so great a Treasure so poore a purchaser for man hath the offer of it The God of peace sent it the Lambe of peace brought it the Spirit of peace confirmde it and Wee still seeke to practise it With what power then may the good purpose of this worke arriue at the hearts of all faithfull Christians and with what cheerefulnesse and freenes ought it to be embrast of all our louing Subiects hauing so many Glorious seales of Honor Power and Vertue to strengthen it all that is required of Vs from you is a faithful and hearty welcome and that bestowd vpon mans best and dearest Freind either in Life or Death For peace that hath beene a stranger to you is now become a sister a Deere and Naturall sister and to your Holyest loues we recommend her THE PEACE-MAKER The Booke it selfe in glory of its name is proud to tell from whence the subiect came PEACE be to you I greet you in the blessing of a God the salutation of an Apostle and the Motto of a King My Subiect hath her being in Heauen her Theory in holy Writ and her practique in England Insula pacis The Land of Peace vnder the King of Peace Like Noahs Doue she was sent out to seeke a resting place to see if the whole world were not yet couered with the perpetuall deluge of Blood and Enmity only here she found the Oliue Leafe Hitherto hath she been Pilotto the Arke heere it first toucht shoare heere now it hath remained full Fifteene yeeres I am proud to report it Reioyce O England with thine espoused Scotland and let thy handmaid Ireland ioy with thee Let all thy seruant Islands be glad yea let in strangers to behold and tast thy blessings The disturbed French seeke succour with thee the troubled Dutch fly to thy confines the Italian leaues his hotter clymate These and many more all seeke shelter vnder the sweet shaddow of thine Oliue Branches O London blessed M rs of this happy Brittaine build new thy Gates ther 's peace entring at them The God of peace hath sent this peace of God ô euer loue her that she may neuer leaue thee salute her and inuite her Let White-Hall fit embleme for her purity be her chiefe Pallace and let it say Ades almasalus Peace and Contention lye heere on earth as trading Factors for life and death Who desires not to haue traffique with life who weary of life but would die to liue Peace is the passage from life to life come then to the factory of peace thou that desirest to haue life behold the substitue of peace on earth displaying the flag of peace Beati pacifici Let Contention enioy without ioy large Empires heere wee enioy with all ioy our happy Sanctuarie It was borne with him he brought it with him after Fiue and Thirty yeares increase and heere hath multiplyed it to Fifty with vs ô blessed Iubile let it be celebrated with all ioy and cheerefulnesse and all sing Beati Pacifici And are not the labours blest with the worke-man England Scotland though not malicious enemies yet churlish Neighbours are reconciled Feast loue liue and dye together are indeed no more neither what they were but a new thing betwixt them more firme and neere in their louing Vnion then euer deuided in their harty vnkindnesse and now both say with one tongue Beati Pacifici Ireland that rebellious Outlaw that so many yeares cried blood and death filling her Marrish grounds with massacres affording many preys of slaughtered bodies to her rauenous Wolues and in their wombes keeping the brutish obsequies would know no Lord but grew more stubborne in her chastisement till this white ensigne was displayed then shee came running with this hallowed text in her mouth Beati Pacifici Spaine that great and long-lasting opposite betwixt whome and England the Ocean ranne with blood not many yeares before nor euer truc'd her crimson effusion their Marchāts on either side traffiqu't in blood their Indian Ingotts broght home in bloud a commerce too cruell for Christian Kingdomes yet now shake hands in friendly amity and speake our blessing with vs Beati pacifici Nay what christian Kingdome that knowes the blessing of peace has not desired tasted this our blessing from vs Come they not hither as to the Fountaine from whence it springs Heere sits Salomon and hither come the Tribes for Iudgments Oh happy Moderator blessed Father not father of thy Country alone but Father of all thy neighbour Countries about thee Spaine her withstanding Prouinces long bruised on both sides thou hast set at peace turning their bloody Leaguers to leagues of friendship doe not those children now liue to blesse thee who had else been buried in their Parents wombes and say Beati pacifici Denmarke and Sueuia Sueuia and Poland Cleue and Brandenburg haue not these many more come to this Oracle of Peace and receiued their doomes from it If the members of a naturall body by concord assist one another if the politike members of a kingdome helpe one another and by it support it selfe why shall not the Monarchall bodies of many Kingdomes be one mutuall Christendome if still they sing this blessed lesson taught them Beati pacifici Let England then the seat of our Salomon reioyce in her happy gouernment yea her gouernment of gouernments and she that can set peace with others let her at least enioy it her selfe let vs loue peace and be at peace in loue We liue in Beth-salem the house of Peace then let vs euer sing this song of peace Beati pacifici Detraction snarles and tempts faire Peace to show the plentie of her fruits and how they grow SEd vbi fructus Where are all these rich and oppulent blessings that this tender white rob'd Peace hath brought with her Aetas parentum peior auis c. Our Grandfathers for the most part were honester men then our Fathers our Fathers better then wee and our Children are like ynough to bee worse then our selues Do's Peace keepe a Pallace where Charity may warme