Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	let_v	life_n	soul_n	9,147	5	4.9888	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18244	Cato variegatus or Catoes morall distichs: translated and paraphras'd, with varations of expressing, in English verse. By Sr. Richard Baker Knight; Catonis disticha. English and Latin.	Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234-149 B.C., attributed name.; Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645.	1636 (1636)	STC 4863; ESTC S107921	41,226	110

Suspect words spoken smooth and yet in paine Truths voice is simple Fraud is faine to Feigne 6 Segnitiem fugito qua vitae Ignavia fertur Nam cum animus languet consumit inertia corpus 6 Fly sloth the moth of life for when the minde Wants its due nourishment the Bodie 's pinde Or thus 6 Fly slothfulnesse which we may iustly call A Megrim not of Head but Heart and all Or thus 6 Fly Sloth which is a seeming loath to live Body and Minde no mutuall comfort give Or thus 6 Fly Sloth which is a Calme worse then a storme And doth our leaking ship of life more harme Or thus 6 Fly sloth which is to life an irksome Guest it take so much Rest that it takes no rest Or thus 6 Fly Sloth which Body pines and Minde be ●●●mes It is a taste of Death before Death comes Or thus 6 In drowsie men what differs life from Death More than for salt to keep them sweet their Breath 7 Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis Vt possis anim● quemvis sufferre lab●rem 7 Mixe with thy Studies sometimes Recreation That so the spirits may have relaxation Or thus 7 Thou must not alwayes worke nor alwayes Play This That a breathing gives That this a stay Or thus 7 Care spends the spirits if it alwayes spend And no supply by mirth 't will soone have end Or thus 7 Myrth after Care is the Mindes Holyday It in●ermi●eth Care that care it may Or thus 7 The Minde is as a Bow if This still bent If That still Caring both grow impotent Or thus 7 Not Mirth nor Care alone but enter wreathed Care gets Mirth stomack Myrth makes Care long breathed Or thus 7 Not Care nor Mirth alone but both by turnes The minde without Care rusts without Mirth mourns 8 Alterius Dictum aut Factum ne carpseris vnquam Exemplo simili ne te deriderat alter 8 At others Deeds or Words no Carper be Least as thou Carp'st at them they Carpe at thee Or thus 8 Skoffe not at that which others doe or say Least others thee in thy owne mony pay 9 Quod tibi sors dederit tabulis suprema notato Augendo serva ne sis quem Famalequatur 9 The stocke and state thy friends have left to thee Keepe and Encrease least thou a By word be 10 Quum tihi Divitiae superant in fine senecta Munificus facito vivas nonparcus amicis 10 When life neere spent thou still hast riches store See thou be liberall and give almes the more Or thus 10 When thou hast more then thy old life can spend Be franke t is fit thy Goods end with thy end Or thus 10 When extreame old thou art extreamely rich Let bounty make it knowne that thou art such Or thus 10 When Death now threats to take thy Goods from thee Doe thou take them from Death and Bounteous be Or thus 10 Since wealth skornes not thy Age to wayte upon Place it where it may live when thou art gone Or thus 10 Since Fortune hath thee all thy life attended Cast her not off but to some friends Commended Or thus 13 Though Fortune stay to bring thee to Deaths doore Yet manners learne and take thy leave before Or thus 10 When thou art come with riches nere the Grave Loose not the benefit thy Almes Deeds may have Or thus 10 When life neere spent thou hast still store of wealth Let charity make way for thy soules health Or thus 10 When Goods in Almes are well destributed One seemes to hold them still when he is Dead Or thus 10 What I gave that I have One writ on 's Grave Then old and Rich Give that thou still mayst have 11 Vtile Consilium Dominus ne despice servi Nullius sensum si prodest tempseris unquam 11 Good counsaile from a servant never slight What matter who so what is said be right Or thus 11 Skorne not a servant to be thinet Adviseer A Foole sometimes see● more then one thats wiser 12 Rebus in censu sin●n est quod fuit ante Fac vivas Contentus eo quod tempora pr●bent 12 If Fortune have thy Goods throwne over boord Yet live content with what the times affoord Or thus 12 If thy Estate be not as it hath beene Yet be Content and try what time will winne Or thus 12 In fall of Goods to fall in Heart Disdaine But be content woods cut may grow againe Or thus 12 If Fields and Fermes thou hast lesse then have beene Then Patience hath a Field more to walke in Or thus 12 If Fortune be growne pinching in her wrath Then cut thy co● according to thy cloth Or thus 12 If Fortuen give thee lesse then she hath done Then make lesse fire and walke more in the Sunne Or thus 12 Never make wonder at Moone Fortunes change if change she should not That would be more strange Or thus 12 What 's Fortune but a Moone sometimes i' th wayne Sometimes at Full nere constant in one veyne Or thus 12 If Fortune powre upon thee all her Gall Yet patience hath a spleene will hold it all Or thus 12 If all the weights of Fortune on thee fall Yet patience hath a backe will beare them all Or thus 12 The Burden of Misfortune never feare No Burden's great that patience helpes to beare Or thus 12 At losse of worldly Goods never looke pale It is but a high winde turn'd to a Gale Or thus 12 VVhy should the change of Fortune make thee pale Thou dost but leave the Hill to walke i' th Vale. Or thus 12 If Fortune of her Ankers have thee ridde Patience can make an Anker of a thridde Or thus 12 VVhen thou hast lesse than that thou hadst before If thou canst'o●e content thou hast the more Or thus 12 Content is all we ayme at with our store If that be had with little what needes more Or thus 12 Content is great though little bee the meate The Great in Little makes the Little Great 13 Vxorem f●ge ut ducus sub nomine Dotis Nec retinere v●lis si coeperit esse molesta 13 Take heed thou marry not a wife for Portion Nor keepe her longer than she keepes proportion Or thus 13 Take not a wife for wealth or if thou doe If once she grow insulting let her goe 14 Multorum disce exempl● qu● Facta sequaris Quae fugias ●ita est ●●bis alien● Magistra 14 By others learne what to Embrane or shunne Their lives may be our guides what course to runne Or thus 14 by others take example what is Errour And what is right their lives may be our Mirrour Or thus 14 No schoole can better teach us what t' embrace And what to 〈◊〉 than others shame or Grace Or thus 14 Make other men thy patternes what to follow And what to Flie● their lives are out Apollo 15 Quod potes id tentato ●p●ris in pondere pressus Succ●●bat

it makes even Foes our friends 2 Mitte Arcana Dei Cal●mque inquirere Quid sit Quum ●is Mortalis quae sunt Mortalia Cura 2 Search not Gods secrets nor to Heaven ascend Since thou art Mortall Mortall things attend Or thus 2 What Heaven is and what Gods secrets are Seeke not to finde let Earth of Earth take care Or thus 2 What God and Heaven is search not to know What are the things Above to us Below Or thus 2 About Gods hidden workes straine not thy wit To Humane Creatures Humane things best fit Or thus 2 Gods secrets Riddles are for which a man Is no fit Oedypus Doe what he can 3 Linque metum Lethi Nam stultum est tempore in omni Dum Mortem metuis amittere gaudia vitae 3 Leave ●eare of Death for what Folly more rise Then fearing Death to lose the joyes of life Or thus 3 Leave fearing death let life have some delights Which can have none as long as Death affrights Or thus 3 Leave feare of Death who can have merry heart As long as Feare stands brandishing Deaths Dart Or thus 3 Leave feare of Death what pleasure can life have When feare still keepes her thinking of her Grave Or thus 3 Leave feare of Death what mischiefe greater were Then feare a mischiefe that comes with a feare Or thus 3 Leave to feare Death for Death beares life a spight And hurts her more with terrour then with might Or thus 3 Leave feare of Death why shouldst thou not adhere Rather to life in Ioy then Death in Feare Or thus 3 Make Death looke merrily what shrewder turne Then putting Death in Blacks to make life mourne 4 Iratus dere in certa contendere noli Impedit Ira animum ne possit cernere verum 4 Contend not Angry about doubtfull things Anger the minde into starke blindnesse brings Or thus 4 Strive not in doubtfull things with angry sprite Anger feeles up the minde from seeing right Or thus 4 In doubtfull matters how can Truth be seene When Anger stands before it as a skreene Or thus 4 In doubtfull things no Angry man sees right Doubt makes the object lesse Anger the light 5 Fac sumptum propere quumres desyderat ipsa Dandum ●tenim est aliquid quum Tempus postulat aut Res. 5 Be ready to bestow as Cause requires For something must be given to Times desires Or thus 5 Spare not to spend when there is just occasion From Cause and Time we must seeke no Evasion 6 Quod nimium est fugit● Parvo gaudere memento T●ta mage est puppis modic● quae●●● mine fertur 6 With little be content seeke not Extremes The Ship goes safest in the smaller streames Or thus 6 Be not Aspiring nor too lofty flie No Falls so dangerous as those from High Or thus 6 Seeke not Extremes 't is the conceit of Pride To thinke it never Fl●d without Spring-tide Or thus 6 Be not more curious then needes to be Brightnesse is for the Stars cleannesse for thee Or thus 6 If little be enough Much is too much Why seekst thou then to be such and not such Or thus 6 When Natures turne is servd the rest runs ore Little serves that then never seeke for more 7 Quod pudeat s●ci●s prudens celare memento Ne plures culpent id quod tibi displicet vni 7 With what thou mayst be sham'd disclose to none Least many blame what now thou blam'st alone Or thus 7 Why shouldst thou make that knowne which t is too much Thou knowst thy selfe sores are not fit to touch Or thus 7 Faulty in Doing Be wise in Concealing Faults are twice done when of ones owne Revealing Or thus 7 When thou commitst a fault tell not the same What needs a Theatre to shew thy shame Or thus 7 Blaze not abroad to others thine owne Evill This were to light a candle to the Devill 8 Nol● putes pravo● homines peccata lucrari Temporibus peccata latent sed temp●re parent 8 Thinke not that men can steale sinnes and goe quite Sinnes lurke a time but Tyme brings them to light Or thus 8 Thinke not that men can gaine their doing wrong Times mute awhile but keepes not Counsayle long Or thus 1 Thinke not that men can si●ne and goe invisible To Times cleere Eyes the most hid things are visible Or thus 8 Thinke not that si●res once doue are gone and past Time is a Blab and will tell all at last Or thus 8 No sinne was ever cloakt with such disguise but hath lyen open alwayes to Times Eyes Or thus 8 No sinne was ever done nor ever shall But for a reckoning Time is sure to call 9 Corporis exigui noli contemnere vires Consilio pollet cui vim Natura negavit 9 Skorne not the strength of men of little size Whom Nature makes lesse strong she makes more wife Or thus 9 Slight not small statures t is not said in vaine The lesser Head the better is the Braine Or thus 9 Marke Natures course and you shall finde she puts Her Choicest wine in Runlets not in Buts Or thus 9 Despise not littlemen t is natures guise To give the greater sight to lesser Eyes Or thus 9 Little men have their worth t is Natures pleasure To adde in weight what she abates in measure Or thus 9 He knows not Nature that small statures mocks For whom she makes no Oxe she may a Foxe Or thus 9 Nature is wise and gives not All to One To some more Brai●e to others greater bone Or thus 9 By bulke of Body Indge of men who can Great bones make Drones ' ●is spirit makes a man Or thus 9 Marke inward worth and you shall finde it then that lesser bodies make not lesser men 10 Cui scierisnon esse parem te tempore Cede Victorem a victo supera●● faeye videmus 10 Finding thy selfe too weak sound a retreat We see the Conquer'd oft the Conquerour beat Or thus 10 Forbeare when overmatcht and doe not fret Though beaten now thou mayst hereafter beat Or thus 10 To give ground when there 's Ods never disdaine He that yeelds now may fight againe and Gaine Or thus 10 Yeeld being too weak and stand not out mens laughter Thou mayst perhaps have better Cards hereafter Or thus 10 Yeeld when thou art too weake and never fret Though lose a Game yet thou mayst win the set Or thus 10 Thy forces fay●ing be content to yeeld Who winnes it now may after lose the Field Or thus 10 The cause bidds yeeld but Valour cannot flie Then Valour is in a fool●s custody Or thus 10 Why not yeeld when too weake Valour sayes No Valour is but a Foole for saying so Or thus 10 To fly when overmatcht doth not Disparage It comes from strength of wit Not want of Courage Or thus 10 It is not Valour but Foole-hardinesse To see the Danger more and flee it lesse Or thus 10 What hope for such men

labor frustra tent at a relinquas 15 Take no more on thee than thou canst performe Least fainting under it thou leave with Skorne Or thus 15 Attempt but what thou canst least in the race Thou faint and tire and leave it with disgrace Or thus 15 Attempt but what thou canst least thou be faine To turne in at the Signe of Labour in vaine Or thus 15 Undertake not too much least without thanke Thou prove thy selfe a bragging Mountibanke Or thus 15 Strive not above thy strength least thou be glad To take such Pay as Babell's Workmen had 16 Quod nosti hand recte factum nolite ●ilere Ne videare malos imit●rt velle tacendo 16 Conceale no Deed thou knowest to be naught Least for concealing thou as bad be thought Or thus 16 Conceale not what thou justly dost mislike Least thou be thought as like to doe the like Or thus 16 Silence consents 't is therefore necessity To tell mens faults least thou be Accessary Or thus 16 Conceale not what thou knowst ill done Concealing In Acts Fellonious is as bad as stealing Or thus 16 Conceale not mens ill doings least men Read Thy Will as wicked as the others Deed. Or thus 16 Sylence may make an Innocent be guilty If it conceale mens doings that are filthy Or thus 16 Conceale not mens ill Deeds least thy Concealing Make thee be thought as bad as them their Dealing Or thus 16 If thou a Theft know let it be reveal'd A Theefes Concealour is a Theefe conceal'd 17 Iudicis auxilium sub iniqua lege rogato Ipsae etiam leges cupiunt vt iure regantur 17 From wrong of Law seeke to the Iudge for Right For even the Lawes require an oversight Or thus 17 Wrong'd by the Law Implore the Iudges might It is the Lawes owne suit to bee set right Or thus 17 Appeale thou to the Iudge from the Lawes spight For even the lawes themselves appeale to right Or thus 17 Fly to the Iudge when thou art wrong'd by law For even Law must it selfe be kept in awe Or thus 17 When Law would strike the Iudge may be a shield The Dumbe Law to the speaking Law tnust yeeld Or thus 17 When Lawes doe freeze the Iudges Hearts may thaw And Iudges are a Law even to the Law Or thus 17 When Lawes are harsh the Iudges must be milde Else all Humanity will be Exil'd Or thus 17 No Law can be a Rule so streight and iust But it may Rule awry If Iudges lyst 18 Quod merito pateris patienter perfer id ipsum Quum que reus tibi sis ipsum te Iudice Damna 18 What thou deservst to beare beare without grudge And Guilty to thy selfe Be also Iudge 19 Multa legas facit● Perlectis perlege multa Nam Miranda canunt sed non Cr●denda Poetae 19 Read much and much read Read much more In briefe Poets are all for wonder not beleefe Or thus 19 Read much and much read Read it againe Indeed Poets speake strange things but not alwayes Creed Or thus 19 Read more and more and still Reade more and know Poets tel wonders but not Gospell though Or thus 19 Never give over Reading by thy will Poets sing sweet but above Ela still Or thus 19 Never give over Reading nor forbeare it Though Poets tell thee wonders Doe not sweare it Or thus 19 Be Reading still and never shut thine Eyes Poets tel Tales are neither Truths nor lies Or thus 19 Be Reading still Poets can give a passe To that shall never be nor ever was Or thus 19 Thy Bookes and thee let nothing part asunder In Poets mouthes A miracle is no wonder 20 Inter Convivas fac sis sermone modestus Ne dicare lrquax dum vis ●rbanus haberi 20 Amongst Ghests at a Feast be no Debater Least seeking praise of wit thou prove a prater Or thus 20 When thou art at a Feast much talke refraine Leaft thou be thought to have more Tongue then brain Or thus 20 When thou art at a Feast forbeare much talke Men come not thither to heare thy Tongue walke 21 Coniugis Iratae noli tu verba timere Nam struit infidias lachrymis quum faemina plorat 21 Let not the Angry words of thy wife fray thee T is when a woman weepes she meanes to pay thee Or thus 21 Feare not thy wifes hot words t is womans guise Plaine when she plaigues deceitfull when she cries 22 Vtere quaesitis sed ne vide aris abuti Qui sua consu●unt quum D●st aliena sequuntur 22 Abuse not thy Estate with riotous dealing For Riot wounds with want want cures with stealing Or thus 22 Vse thy Estate but Foole it not away Turn'd out of all Men turne to Birds of prey Or thus 22 Use but with temper that which thou hast got No Leech like One that had and hath it not Or thus 22 Vse that thou hast but Use it with discretion Evacuation's madde for new Repletion Or thus 22 Use thy Estate but give it not the slippe VVant makes the Old wife tro●t the Young wife trippe Or thus 22 Be not prof●se in spending when all failes Men live not by their hands but by their Nailes Or thus 22 Use that thou hast but make no wilfull waste All gone men turne to Cannyballs at last 23 Fac tibi propanas M●rtem non esse timendam Quae bona si non est Finis tamen illa malorum 23 Resolve of Death no feare is to be had VVhich though not good yet Ends all that is bad Or thus 23 Where Death is feard it seemes not understood Is not the End of Evils a Ioyfull Good Or thus 23 Be not afraid of Dying hast not thou Good Cause to welcome that brings th' Olive bough Or thus 23 Who would feare Death which though an End it be Yet not of Vs but of our Misery Or thus 23 Soule brought a Bed of Body and Delivered Is Death Is not hee that feares this white liverd Or thus 23 Death is an End and a Beginning too As that not ill as this a thing we woe Or thus 23 This one thing were enough to raise deaths price That ther 's no way but it to Paradise Or thus 23 These Goods are onely in Deaths Cabbin kept All weeping left all weeping past unwept Or thus 23 With this account all feare of Death is fled To live as long as live and longer Dead Or thus 23 Be this thy mindes both quietnesse and strife To make thy life a Grave thy Grave a life Or thus 23 Make life a Grave by being dead to sinne The Grave a life by Hope to Rise agen Or thus 23 This I resolve and let the houres fly To live upright and if I dye I dye 24 Vxoris linguam si frugi est ● ferre memento Nomque malum est te nolle puti hanc non posse tacere 24 Beare with thy wifes Tongue if her truth thou see Why should she