Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	duke_n	earl_n	king_n	7,888	5	4.1983	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16403	The booke o[f] merrie riddles Together with proper questions, and witty prouerbs,to make pleasant pastime. No lesse vsefull then behoouefull, for any young man or childe, to knowe whether he be quick-witted or no.		1617 (1617)	STC 3322.5; ESTC S115147	13,806	48

IS thy wit quicke Than do not stick To read these Riddles dark Which if thou doo And rightly too Thou art a wittie Spark THE BOOKE O MERRIE Riddles Together with proper Questions and witty Prouerbs to make pleasant pastime No lesse vsefull then behoouefull for any young man or childe to knowe whether he be quicke witted or no. LONDON Printed for Roger Iackson and are to bee sold at his shop neere Fleet-street Conduit 1617. Heere beginneth the first Riddle TWo legges sate vpon 〈◊〉 legges and had one legge 〈◊〉 her hand then in came foure legges and bare away one leg then vp start two legs and threw thrée legs at foure legs and brought one legge againe Solution That is a woman with two legs that sate on a stoole with thrée legges and had a legge of mutton in her hand then came a dogge which hath foure legges and bare away the legge of mutton then vp start the woman and threw the stoole with thrée legges at the dogge with foure legges and brought the legge of mutton againe The 2. Riddle He went to the wood and caught it He sate him downe and sought it Because he could not find it He brought it home with him Solution 〈…〉 thorne for a man went to the 〈…〉 caught a thorne in his foot and 〈…〉 him downe and sought to haue 〈…〉 out and because he could not finde 〈…〉 must needs bring it home The 3. Riddle 〈…〉 worke is that the faster yee worke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is ere yee haue done and the 〈…〉 ye worke the sooner ye make an end Solution That is turning of a spit for if ye turne fast it will be long ere the meat be enough if yee turne slowly it will be the sooner enough The 4. Riddle What is that that shineth bright al day and at night is raked vp in his owne dirt Solution That is the fire that burneth cleere all the day and at night is raked vp in his ashes The 5. Riddle I haue a trée of great honour Which tree beareth both fruit and flower Twelue branches this trée hath nake Fifty nests therein be make And euery nest hath birds seuen Thanked be the King of heauen And euerie bird hath a diuerse name How may all this together frame Solution That tree is the yeere the twelue branches the twelue noneths the fiftie two nests bee the fiftie two weekes the seuen birds be the seuen dayes in the wéeke whereof euery one hath a diuerse name The 6. Riddle What is that that is rough within and red without and bristled like a beares snowt there is neuer a Lady in this land but will be content to take it in her hand Solution That is an Eglantine berrie for that is rough within and redde without and hath bristles on the tep The 7. Riddle What Kings Quéenes and their seruants be they that bee burnt once a yéere and bee cut and torne as small as flesh to the pot Solution Those bee the Kings and Quéenes and varlets among the cards that be some burned and some torne and some cut The 8. Riddle What is that that hath his belly ful of mans meat and his mouth full of dirt Solution It is an Ouen when it is full of bread or pies for that is mans meat and the Ouens mouth is then closed with dirt The 9. Riddle What is that that hath a beard of flesh a mouth of horne and feet like a Griffon Solution That is a Cocke for his beard is flesh his bill horne and his feet like a Griffon The 10. Riddle What is that the more yelay on the faster it wasteth Solution That is a Whetstone for the more yée whet the lesse is the whetstone The 11. Riddle Of what facultie be they that euerie night turne the skins of dead beasts Solution Those be the religious persons for euery night at Mattens they turne the leaues of their Parchment bookes that bee made of shéepe skinnes or calnes skinnes The 12. Riddle Two blacke Leapt ouer the lake With their mouths full of mans bones Solution That is a paire of shooes on a mans féete when a man leapeth ouer a lake for they bee blacke and they are within full of mans flesh and bones The 13. Riddle Three prisoners such as it was Were shut vp in a prison of glasse The prison doore was made of bread And yet they were for hunger dead Solution Those were thrée flies that were shut vp in a Glasse and the mouth of it stopped with a péece of bread The 14. Riddle Little boy bunting Sate on the house easing With a bow and a bolt Slaieth the king and all his folke Solution That is death which slaieth Kings Princes Dukes Earles Gentlemen and euery liuing creature The 15. Riddle Yonder side sea is there a bote The kings daughter of England there shée sate And if ye tell me her name no man it wot What was the maids name that sate in the bote Solution Her name is Anne for in the fourth line it saith An if ye tell be her name but this riddle is not to bee séene on the booke but it is to bee put without the booke or else it shall soone be vnderstood The 16. Riddle M. and I. made great mone When C. vpon C. was left alone Solution That is Marie and Iohn made great mone When Christ on a Crosse was left alone For Marie beginneth with M. Iohn beginneth with I Christ beginneth with C and Crosse beginneth with C. Also this riddle may be put another way and that is this A thousand and one made great mone when a hundred on a hundred was left alone For M is for a thousand and I is for one and C for a hundred and then is M. for Mary I. for Iohn C. for Christ and then is the riddle very defuse The 17. Riddle Who bare the best burthen that euer was borne at any time since or any time beforne Solution It was the Asse that bare both our Lady and her sonne out of Egypt The 18. Riddle What is the most profitable beast and that men eat least on Solution It is a Bee for it maketh both hony and wax and costeth his master nothing the keeping The 19 Riddle I am without it and yet I haue it Tell me what it is I pray God saue it Solution It is my heart for I am without it insomuch that it is within mee for yee may not vnderstand by the riddle that I lacke it The 20. Riddle What is that is like a mede And is not past a handfull brede And hath a voyce like a man You will tell me this but I wot not whan Solution It is a little Popingay for it is greene like a mede and is not past a handfull brede and it speaketh like a man The 21. Riddle L. and V. and C. and I. So height my Lady at the font stone Solution Her name is Lucy for in the first line is L. V. C. I. which is Lucy but this riddle must