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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13520	Wit and mirth chargeably collected out of tauernes, ordinaries, innes, bowling greenes, and allyes, alehouses, tobacco shops, highwaies, and water-passages : made vp, and fashioned into clinches, bulls, quirkes, yerkes, quips, and ierkes : apothegmatically bundled vp and garbled at the request of old Iohn Garrets ghost / by Iohn Taylor, water-poet.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1628 (1628)	STC 23813.7; ESTC S3387	27,900	82

Wit and Mirth Chargeably collected out of Tauernes Ordinaries Innes Bowling Greenes and Allyes Alehouses Tobacco shops Highwaies and Water-passages Made vp and fashioned into Clinches Bulls Quirkes Yerkes Quips and Ierkes Apothegmatically bundled vp and garbled at the request of old Iohn Garrets Ghost By Iohn Taylor Water-Poet Printed at London for Henrie Gosson and are to be sold at Christ-Church gate 1628. TO THE TRVLY Loyall hearted learned well-accomplished Gentleman Mr. Archibald Rankin SIR BEeing inioyned by the Ghost or Genius of old Iohn Garret a man well known and beloued to collect gleane or gather a bundle or trusse of Mirth and for his sake to bestrow the stage of the melancholly world with it and withall to present it to some one generous spirit who was old Iohns friend I thought vpon many to whom I might haue made my Dedication who were both Royall Honorable Worshipfull and all wel-affected towards him As to mention one for all that 〈◊〉 of the world richest Iem of her sex that Magazine of the two inestimable Iewels Patience and Fortitude to that illustrious peerelesse Princesse I might haue recommended it to whose seruice and for whose happinesse his life and best endeauours with his prayers and implorations at his death were vnfainedly consecrated But my manners conceiuing the subiect of this Booke of altogether to triuiall a nature to be sheltred vnder the shadow of the wings of transcendent and admired Maiestie I stept so many steps down the staires with my inuention where by good fortune I met with you whom I knew did loue that old honest mirrour of mirth deceased and whom the world better knows are a true deuoted friend to honest harmelesse mirth and laudable recreation I therefore entreat you that when your more serious affaires will permit you would bestow the looking vpon these my poore and beggarly wardrobe of witty lefts whom I dare not call Apothegmes And because I had many of them by relation and heare-say I am in doubt that some of them may bee in print in some other Authors which I doe assure you is more then I doe know which if it bee so I pray you but to conniue or tollerate and let the Authors make twice as bold with me at any time Thus wishing euery one to mende one whereby the rent and torne garments of Threed-bare Time may be well and merrily patched and repaired crauing your pardon with my best wishes I remaine Yours euer in the best of my best 〈◊〉 IOHN TAYLOR IOHN GARRETS GHOST THE doores and windowes of the Heauens were barr'd And Nights blacke Curtaine like an Ebon Robe From Earth did all Celestiall light discard And in sad darknesse clad the ample Globe Dead midnight came the Cats'gan catterwaule The time when Ghosts and Goblins walke about Bats flye Owles shrick dismall Dogs do bawle Whiles conscience cleare securely sleepes it out At such a time I sleeping in my bed A vision strange appear'd vnto my sight Amazement all my senses ouer spread And fill'd me full with terrour and afright A merry graue aspect me thought he had And one he seem'd that I had often seene Yet was he in such vncouth shape y clad That what he was I could not wistly weene His cloake was Sack but not the Sacke of 〈◊〉 Canara Mallago or sprightfull Shery But made of Sack-cloth such as beares the graine Good salt coles which makes the Potters weary Lac'd round about with platted wheaten straw For which he nothing to the Silkeman owed A wearing neuer mention'd in the Law And yet far off like good gold lace it show'd Lin'd was his mantle with good Essex plush Pyde Calues skins or Veale sattin which you wil It neuer was worne threedbare with a brush I naturally sau'd the labour still A hat like Grantham steeple for the crowne Or Piramide was large in altitude With frugall brim whereby he still was knowne From other men amongst a multitude A Princes shooe he for a iewel wore Two ribbonds and a feather in his beauer Which shape me thought I oft had seene before Yet out of knowledge where as 't had bin neuer He in his hand a flaming torch did hold And as hee neerer did approach to me My hayre 'gan stand on end feare struck me cold Feare not I am Iohn Garrets ghost quoth he I come to rowze thy dull and lazy Muse From idlenesse from Lethe's hatefull lake And therefore stand vpon no vaine excuse But rise and to thy tooles thy selfe betake Remember me althongh my carkasse rot Write of me to me call me Foole or Iester But yet I pray thee Taylor ranke me not Among those knaues that doe the world bepester Thou wrot'st of Great Otoole and Coriat Of braue Sir Thomas Parsons Knight o' th Sun And Archy hath thy verse to glory at And yet for me thou nought hast euer done Write that in Ireland I in Mars his trayne Long time did vnder noble Norris serue Where as I could I stood gainst Pope and Spain Whilst some were slain some w th want did starue Where shot wounds knocks I gaue and took Vntill at last halfe maimed as I was A man decrepit I those warres forsooke And with my Passe did to my Country passe Where getting health I then shooke hands with death And to the Court I often made resort Where Englands mighty Queene Elizabeth Allow'd me entertainment for disport Then by the foretop did I take old time Then were not halfe so many fooles as now Then was my 〈◊〉 and my onely prime My purse receiuing what my wit did plow Then in such compasse I my iests would hold That though I gaue a man a gird or twaine All his reuenge would be to giue me gold With commendations of my nimble braine Thus liu'd I till that gracious Queene deceast Who was succeeded by a famous King In whose blest Sons reigne I with yeares opprest Me to my graue sicknesse and death did bring And now kind Iacke thou seest my ayrie forme Hath shaken off her Iayle of flesh and bone Whilst they remaine the feast of many a worme My better part doth visit thee alone And as betweene vs still our good requests Thou neuer me I neuer thee denyd So for my sake collect some merry Iests Whereby sad time may be with mirth 〈◊〉 And when t is written find some good man forth One as thou thinkst was when I liu'd my friend And though thy lines may be but little worth Yet vnto him my duty recommend So farewell 〈◊〉 dame Luna 'gins to rise The twinkling stars begin to borrow light Remember this my suit I thee aduise And so once more good honest Iacke goodnight With that more swifter then a shaft from bow He cut and curried through the empty ayre Whilst I amaz'd with feare as cold as snow Straight felt my spirits quickly to repayre And though I found it but a dreame indeed Yet for his sake of whom I dreamed then I left my