Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	heaven_n	life_n	live_v	8,611	5	5.4859	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10591	True relation vvithout all exception, of strange and admirable accidents which lately happened in the kingdome of the Great Magor, or, Magull, who is the greatest monarch of the East Indies : as also vvith a true report of the manners of the countrey, of the commodities there found, with the like of sundry other countreyes and ilands, in the East Indies / written and certified by persons of good import, who were eye-witnesses of what is here reported.		1622 (1622)	STC 20864; ESTC S1288	6,753	18

a droppe of blood followed which was not regarded at all at the first This very place within very fewe dayes beganne to fester and by degrees grew to that extremitie that the paine was intolle-rable and withall prouing to be a Gangrene having vsed all the meanes which Physicke or Surgery might afford him it proued irrecoverable This Rasa seeing his estate and that he had no hope of life but a dreadfull expectation of imminent death sent to Magor to take his leaue of him Magor sent divers of his Nobles vnto him to comfort him with all the best offers and speeches which any subiect might desire from so mightie a Monarch Which when the Nobles had delivered vnto him he made answere in this manner My Lord Magor is a great Monarch to command vpon earth but there is a more omnipotent Monarch which hath absolute command and power in Heauen and Earth You all know I was an opposer an enemy a contemner of all Deitie and against that omnipotent Maiestie of Heauen He hath now shewed and manifested his power and Iustice vpon me who now lye in torment euery minute of an houre expecting to die What I would not acknowledge in my life I am constrained to acknowledge and confesse vpon my death for wee which liue at randome and speake at large in our liues when death worketh natures dissolution wee are then compelled to change our former opinions and to acknowledge our former errors I was an Atheist by my owne experience I dare and can assure you what is one of the greatest causes of Atheisme wicked liues doe wish there were no God to punish their offences after this life and therefore doe flatter themselues in their life they frame to themselues all the reasons they can deuise to perswade themselues there is no God But my Lords there is no Atheist which dare at the houre of his death maintaine and defend that Doctrine of Atheisme which he did in life for nature it selfe doth constraine them to a terrible recantatiō at the houre of death as you may now behold a grieuous example in me what would not I giue what would not I do my Lords if I might haue longer time of life to acknowledge confesse freely and plainely that God head which formerly I haue with scorne and malice so wickedly denied who would haue imagined that I being a Souldier should not rather haue died vpon some honorable wound given by sword or launce then so shamefully to die vpon the plucking of one hayre from my breast this kind of death as it is most shamefull to me so it doth more manifest and illustrate the Divine power to bee most Omnipotent and miraculous My Lords my vitall powers doe faile mee I can speake no more onely this for a farewell which I pray you deliver also to my great Soveraigne Magor doe you all flie and take heede of Atheisme seeke out with all the care and diligence you can thou knowledge of the onely true and Omnipotent God dare not liue those wicked liues nor maintaine those horrible opinions whilest you are in health which as you see most manifestly in me are so terrible and horrible at this houre of my death having ended these words this mighty Prince dyed From Magors Countrey wee sayled towardes other Ilands and arrived at an Iland called Zeloon which Iland yeeldeth Cinnamon and other spices in great aboundance it yeeldeth also Pearles Rubies Saphires Garnets and sundry other pretious stones From Zeloon wee arrived at an Iland called Sammatra which yeeldeth Pepper Gold Beniamin Camphire with sundry other Rich Commodities afterwards we sayled to Patanie an Iland governed by a Mayden Queene From this wee arrived at Iapan which is one of the greatest and goodliest Ilands of the World having great store of Gold Mines and of Silver they haue Silver of three sorts all vnstamped they haue small plate which goeth in the market for buying of victuales they haue other peeces of plate vnstamped more finer Silver and that goeth in the Country to buy all other commodities they haue a third sort of plate finer silver then any Spanish money and this is carried away by Strangers This Countrey is Governed by an Emperour who hath vnder him 62. Kings the Revenews of this Emperour are infinite a great part raised by Rice the People of this Countrey are proud and haughty very warlike yet exceeding obedient to their Emperour and the Kings to whom they are Subiects They are very kinde to Strangers Iustice in this country is severe without partialitie Theeues are not imprisoned but presently executed If a murther be committed and the murtherer escape hee who apprehendeth him hath 300. pounds given him vpon the deliverie of the murtherer so that fewe or none of the murtherers escape present execution In this Countrey a man may walke without danger all houres of the night so he doe not missebehaue himselfe If any controversie arise betwixt partie and partie it is foorthwith decided their Lawes are Leges talionis Eye for Eye Tooth for Tooth Hand for Hand and Life for life they worshipp and pray all to a Saint called Ameda whom they esteeme to bee a Mediator betwixt God and them when a Souldier dieth they are perswaded hee goeth presently to Ottango Fatechman the God of Warre FINIS