Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	king_n	queen_n	son_n	6,739	5	5.3239	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03845	An epitome of the history of faire Argenis and Polyarchus, extracted out of the Latin, and put in French, by that great and famous writer, M. N. Coeffeteau Bishop of Marseilles. And translated out of the French into English by a yong gentlevvoman. Dedicated to the Lady Anne Wentvvorth; Histoire de Poliarque et d'Argenis. English	Coeffeteau, Nicolas, 1574-1623.; Man, Judith.; Barclay, John, 1582-1621. Argenis.	1640 (1640)	STC 1396; ESTC S104485	26,786	88

might end the Combat and end their differences by the death of the one or the other After a great conflict they were separated twice But both aspiring to the victory and being impatient at this succour out of rage and despite threatned their souldiers to fall on them if they had the audacity to hinder them any more They beginne their conflict the third time but they appeared so wearied and weakned by reason of the losse of their blood that it was thought the Conquerour should have no great cause to glorifie himselfe of his victory at the end of the Combat In the end neverthelesse Poliarchus who had some advantage upon the Sardiot for the last blow finding out a place through the defect of His Armour thrusts His sword through His throat and sacrifices Him to the Princesse of Sicily's wrath Radirobranes whose soule was already upon His lips thrust Himselfe on Poliarchus and fell downe upon Him but being bereaved of life Poliarchus disingag'd Himselfe by little and little from under this body and appeared victorious in the Head of His Troopes The Moores know not what Trophies to erect to the French Princes vertue their Queene avouches that Her Sonne and She owe unto His courage all the remainder of the good fortune which they have in the world Going to visit Him when He was sicke of the wounds which He had received in the Combat after many praises said to the Conquerours glory She speaks unto Him of the happy purchase which Her Sonne had made in Sicily and in few words gives Him to understand that Meleander holding Himselfe extreamely obliged unto His valour had offered Him His Daughter in marriage At this word all Poliarchus His wounds did bleed afresh and seemes by the palenesse of His face that His soule is going to abandon His body as being weary to dwell in it But this is not all here 's a mightier wave which comes to encounter Him to banish out all patience from His soule The Queene had conjurd Her Sonne by Her letters that He should make a journey into His Kingdome before He married the Princesse of Sicily and to induce Him to make this voyage had represented unto Him the mis-fortunes whereof His State was threatned by the K. of Sardany's Army There He is come and led to Poliarchus His chamber whōHe had cruelly offended Poliarchus feared not this encounter at all because the Moore bore another name in Sicily then in His Kingdome but knowing His Rival remēbers what the Queene had told Him touching Her Sons marriage with Argenis Griefe so over-mastered His senses that at this sight all full of rage he turn'd His head on the other side shews tokens of His spight and receaves no better countenance of the Moore who resolves to avenge Himselfe of the obstacle which He gives to His Nuptials imagining that the delay wch Argenis had ask't was for His sake They come to words which testifie the great adversion which they have against each other The Queene much astonied brings forth Her Son out of the sick mans chamber chides Him for His incivility represents unto Him the obligation wch He hath to the French Prince and by way of reproach gives Him to understand that He shall be for ever blamed to have so unworthily used an outlandish Prince unto whōHis Crown is so strictly oblig'd In the meane time examining exactly the cause of so cruell a hatred who had made Poliarchus to resolve to take Sea thus sicke and ill as He was She finds out that it was Iealousie which they had each of the other concerning Argenis which had stirred up this storme That comforts Her beleeving She had found the meanes to agree them without much trouble She speakes to both the Princes Imperiously to Her Sonne Courteously unto that of France She conjure Them to referre the decision of their differences unto Meleander And I will cause said She unto Poliarchus that you shall have the Faire Argenis and that my Son shall not loose Her This promise as an Oracle with two faces doth astonish the Princes but the respect which they bare to the Queene obliges them to beleeve Her and to give a true Faith unto Her words and stay with patience what the event will be whereof both the one and the other seemed to hope well Thus Poliarchus is conjured to remaine in the Court of Mauritania to cause His wounds to be healed and in the meane time the Moore lands His Navy in Sardany full of factions by the death of their King He conquers it with little trouble He comes backe Victorious to meet the Queene his Mother which at Poliarchus His intreaty dispatches them both with Her letters to goe and decide their difference before Meleander unto whom they had referred it by Her Counsell She gives a Cabinet unto Her sonne to carry unto Meleander the pretious stones which were in it were of an inestimable value but that was not the secret Having taken leave of the Queene the two Rivall Princes hoise up saile shewing no signe of anger against each other They arrived much about one time in Meleanders Court Argenis hath notice that Poliarchus is so neere unto her This joy had transported Her if rage had not cross't it when She heard that He had made Her Father Umpire of Her marriage Is it then said She all the esteeme He makes of me to put Himselfe thus in hazard to lose Me And if my Father who hath an inclination for the Moore gives Me unto Him doth he thinke that I will ever consent thereunto Before that shall happen steele or poison shall put Me out of the world I shall have more courage then He my death shall blot out all the Trophies that this Moore goes fancying in his minde and Poliarchus shall know that I can love more constantly and truly then He At least if My sexe takes away the meanes to dispute against Him the glory of Armes nothing shall hinder Me to take from Him that of Constancy This list is open to all the couragious spirits without distinction of sexe and I shall not be the first Virgin who hath surpassed men in fidelity In the meane time the two Lovers are favourably receaved at Court where Poliarchus began to reassume His luster and as it were to darken a little the Prince of Mauritanias glory they go to salute the King who at first sight makes them the best welcome which they can desire Poliarchus was the first which made His complement in few words But the Moore having presented those letters with the Cabinet whereof His Mother had charged Him to give unto Meleander saw Himselfe ingaged in a longer discourse At the opening of the letters the King changed colour having read them very exactly and with an extraordinary attention He tooke a little Golden Key which the Queene of Mauritania had inclosed in them and opened the Cabinet where He found things which did ballance His Spirits in such sort that among'st the

split it self neere unto a rock where with much trouble He saved Himselfe with His trusty Gelanore But it was not the end of His adventures Perceaving from the top of this clift a Brigantine which sayled upon the sea He began to call out and to conjure those which were within it that they should take pitty at His misfortune They were Pyrates who had no feeling of humanity Neverthelesse imagining that those who call'd them had saved some great riches among'st the relickes of their Shipwrack they came neere the Rock and tooke them in their Brigantine Poliarchus His port and the sumptuous cloathes wherewith He and Gelanore were clad was like to be their vndoing The Captaine with his consorts would have put them to the Chayne Poliarchus astonied at this barbarousnesse retires a step backwards and putting His hand upon His sword askes Him whence came this change having newly saved His life Desires him not to blot so great an obligation by so bloody an outrage But He speakes to a barbarous man to whom intreaties envenom and swell the courage Poliarchus who would dispute His liberty takes hold on a peece of an oare whereof He makes use in lieu of a buckler and drawing His sword shewes that He is not a man to suffer that affront Gelanore seconds Him They fight but the match was so vnequall that the Prince had infallibly bin lost if some prisoners unto whom He had the dexterity to cut their bonds wherewith they were tyed arming themselves with the Pyrates owne armes which they had slayne had not succor'd them At last this assistance made Him victorious and master of the Brigantine and fortune of those which were within it He learn't by the Galli-slaves and prisoners that those Pyrates had newly taken a great prey in Mauritania and that they had carried away all the Queenes Treasure who had an vncomfortable sorrow thereof One of them to whom Poliarchus had saved the life told Him all the particulars thereof and also shewed Him the place where the Boxes were hidden Poliarchus having caused them all to be opened was astonied at the sight of so much riches together and then thought it fit that being so neere unto the Queenes Territories He was in Honor obliged to seeke Her out and to restore unto Her Her Treasure to free Her from the affliction wherein this losse had plunged Her But as they were throwing the dead over-boord He perceaved that His folkes were searching one upon the sands of whom having pulled off one of his buskins they found a packet of letters very carefully bound up upon his legge Curiosity made Him desire to see what it was He perceaves presently that the letters were directed unto Him and having opened them sees the name of Licogenes which was he who writ unto Him The little love they bare one to another made Him admire this novelty But having read them exactly He was strucke with an incomparable astonishment greater then the first wherein He had found Himselfe Licogenes having had notice that Argenis had made Poliarchus His peace with Meleander and that Meleander to assure Him of His good will did not onely write unto Him but also sent Him a rich Bracelet in token of His affection had found the meanes to cause this present to be poison'd by the artificiall cunning of one of his confidents and to cause the horror of his crime to fall on Meleander had sent him who was found amongst the dead in this ship to the end he might give notice unto Poliarchus of the treason which was intended towards Him Poliarchus having seene by Licogenes His letters the advice which He gave Him could never imagine that He had so much care of His life nor that a great King would have procured Him such an infamous death He puts off the deliberation of the businesse till Hee was arrived in Mauritania where at the instant he caused the Brigantine to saile He sent His Gelanore before to advertise the Queene of His arrivall and to assure Her that He brought backe Her Treasure which He had taken from the hands of the Pyrates These newes rejoyc'd the Affricans but the Queene could not imagine that Her Treasure was yet whole and there was something in it when it was taken which troubled Her more then all the rest She takes what was next to Her and goes to the Sea-shore to welcome Poliarchus At their meeting He salutes Her and declares unto Her that He believes that Heaven had conducted Him by this tempest about this coast to quench Her teares since He brought Her backe all Her riches which She had so much deplor'd The Queene impatient to know the truth leaps aboard where He followes and shewes Her immediately the Boxes well lock'd up She opens them and found therein all what She sought for and particularly the Cabinet which serv'd afterwards to reconciliate Her Sonne with Poliarchus Then She cryed out with great joy and imbracing the Prince called Him the God Saviour of Mauritania thence She led him to Her Palace and forgot no kinde of magnificence and good entertainement to testifie how welcome He was Amongst all this mirth and gladnesse Poliarchus His soule was all troubled with Licogenes His letters though He could not suspect Meleander of this perfidiousnesse He was not fully satisfied of Him To pull out all these thorns from His soule He resolves to send Gelanore into Sicily and to give him letters to His Argenis but not unto Meleander to whom He was contented to send Licogenes His letters to the end Gelanore might judge by His countenance what He had in His soule and if one might believe of Him so unworthy a wickednesse It was in a good time that Gelanore arrived in Sicily because Arsidas accompanied with Timonides which was he unto whom Meleander had given the Bracelet to carry was going to spread abroad the rumour of Poliarchus His death throughout all the Court The Pilote of the ship in which He had made shipwracke having by good fortune saved himselfe had brought word unto Arsidas of the misfortune which was happened unto Him and had described unto him the manner of His losse Arsidas having at the same time met with Timonides and learn'd of him the subject of his journey had stayed it and had made him partaker of these bad newes They had then gone together very sad unto the Court knowing not how to publish this accident which was enough to cause Argenis's death with sorrow The first whom they encountred at their landing was Gelanore which came from Affricke from the Prince of France At the sight of him they thought they had beene in another world because they had bin assured he had perish't with his Master it was then as a sunne of good hope which began to shine upon them But said they unto him Gelanore where is Poliarchus the ill newes which wee have heard puts us in such trouble that wee cannot beginne our complement but with this