Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	old_a	youth_n	zeal_n	20	3	7.9909	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02111	Greenes neuer too late. Or, A powder of experience: sent to all youthfull gentlemen to roote out the infectious follies, that ouer-reaching conceits foster in the spring time of their youth. Decyphering in a true English historie, those particular vanities, that with their frostie vapours nip the blossoms of euery ripe braine, from atteining to his intended perfection. As pleasant, as profitable, being a right pumice stone, apt to race out idlenesse with delight, and follie with admonition. Rob. Greene in artibus Magister.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1590 (1590)	STC 12253; ESTC S105832	90,698	165

loue●●earing that of all the Cities in Europe Venice hath most semblance of Venus vanities I goe thether not onely to see fashions but to quip at fol●●es that I may drawe others from that harme that hath brought me to this hazard The Gentlewomen of Venice your neighbours but vnknown to me haue more fauours in their faces than vertue in their thoughts and their beauties are more curious than their qualities be precious caring more to be figured out with Helen than to bée famozed with Lucrece they striue to make their faces gorgeous but neuer seeke to fit their minds to their God and couet to haue more knowledge in loue than in religion their eyes bewray their wantonnesse not their modestie their lookes are lures that reclaime not Hawkes but make them onely bate at dead stales As the Gentlewomen so are the men loose liuers and straight louers such as hold their conscience in their purses and their thoughts in their eyes coūting that houre ill spent that in fancie is not mispent Because therefore this great Citie of Venice is holden Loues Paradize thether doo I direct my pilgrimage that seeing their passions I may being a palmer win them to penance by shewing the miseries that Venus mi●eth with her momentarie contents if not yet I shall carrie home to my countrimen salues to cure their sores I shal see much heare little and by the insight into other mens extreames returne both the more warie and the more wise What I see at Venice sir and what I note there when I returne back I meane to visite you and make you priuie to all The héedfull Host hauing iudiciallie vnderstoode the pitifull report of the palmer giuing truce to his passions with the teares he spent and resolued to requite that thankfullie which he had attended heedfullie gaue this Catastrophe to his sad and sorrowfull discourse Palmer thou hast with the Kitrell foreshewed the storme ere it comes painting out the shapes of loue as liuely as the Grapes in Zeuxis Tables were pourtraied cunningly thou hast lent youth Egle eyes to behold the Sunne Achilles sword to cut and recure leauing those medicines to salue others that hath lost thy selfe and hauing burnt ●hy wings with t●e 〈…〉 dallying too long with th●●●re● thou hast bequeathe● other● a lesson with the Unicorne to preuent poyson by preserues before thou tast with the lippe The onely request I make in requit●ll of my attention is that thou leaue certaine testimonies on these walles where●n whensoeuer I looke I shall remember Francescos follies and thy foresight The Palmer estéeming the courteous replie of his hos● and desirous to satisfie his request drawing bloud from the vaine Cephalia on an arch of white Iuorie erected at the ende of an Arbour adorned with Honysuckles and Roses he wrote thus with a pencell In greener yeares when as my greedie thoughts Gan yeeld their homage to ambitious will My feeble wit that then preuailed noughts Perforc● presented homage to his ill And I in follies bonds fulfild with crime At last vnloosd thus spide my losse of time As in his circuler and ceaseles ray The yeare begins and in it selfe retu●nes Refresht by presence of the eye of day That sometimes ni● and sometimes farre soiournes So loue in me conspiring my decay With endles fire my heedles bosome burnes And from the end of my aspiring sinne My paths of error hourely doth begin Aries When in the Ram the Sunne renewes his beames Beholding mournfull earth araid in griefe That waigh●●eliefe from his refreshing gleames The tender flockes r●ioycing their reliefe Doo leape for ioy and lap the siluer streames So a● my prime when youth in me was chiefe All Heifer like with wanton horne I playd And by my will my wit to loue betrayd Taurus When Phoebus with Europas bearer bides The Spring appeares impatient of delaies The labourer to the fields his plow swaynes guides He sowes he plants he builds at all assaies When prime of yeares that many errors hides By fancies force did trace vngodly waies I blindfold walkt disdayning to behold That life doth vade and yong men must be old Gemini When in the hold whereas the Twins doo rest Proud Phlaegon breathing fire doth post amaine The trees with leaues the earth with flowers is drest When I in pride of yeres with peeuish braine Presum'd too farre and made fond loue my guest Wi●h frosts of care my flowers were nipt amaine 〈◊〉 height of weale who beares a careles hart R●pents too late his ouer foolish part Cancer When in Aestiuall Cancers gloomie bower The greater glorie of the heauens dooth shine The aire is calme the birds at euerie stowre To tempt the heauens with harmonie diuine When I was ●irst inthrald in Cupids powre In vanei I spent the May-month of my time● Singing for ioy to see me captiue thrall To him whose gaines are griefe whose cōfort smal Leo. When in the height of his Meridian walke The Lions holde conteines the eye of day The riping corne growes yeolow in the stalke When strength of yeares did blesse me euerie way Maskt with delights of follie was my talke Youth ripened all my thoughts to my decay In lust I sowde my frute was losse of time My hopes were proud and yet my bodie slime Virgo When in the Virgins lap earths comfort sleepes Bating the furi● of his burning eyes Both corne and frutes are firmd cōfort creepes On euerie plant and flowre that springing rise When age at last his chiefe dominion keepes And leades me on to see my vanities What loue and scant foresight did make me sow● In youthfull yeares is ripened now in woe Libra When in the Ballance Daphnes Lemman blins The Ploughman gathereth frute for passed paine When I at last considered on my sinnes And thought vpon my youth and follies vaine I cast my count and reason now begins To guide mine eyes with iudgement bought with paine Which weeping wish a better way to finde Or els for euer to the world be blinde Scorpio When with the Scorpion proud Apollo plaies● The wines are trode and carried to their presse The woods are f●ld gainst winters sharp affraies When grauer yeares my iudgements did addresse I gan repaire my ruines and decaies Exchanging will to wit and soothfastnesse Claiming from Time and Age no good but this To see my sinne and sorrow for my misse Sagittarius When as the Archer in his Winter holde The Delian Harper tunes his wonted loue The ploughman sowes and tills his labored molde When with aduise and iudgement I approue How Loue in youth hath griefe for gladnes solde The seedes of shame I from my heart remooue And in their steads I set downe plants of Grace And with repent bewailde my youthfull race Capricornus When he that in Eurotas siluer glide Doth baine his tresse beholdeth Capricorne The daies growes short then hasts the winter tide The Sun with sparing lights doth seem to mourn Gray is the green the flowers their beautie hides When as I see that I to death was borne My strength decaide my graue alreadie drest I count my life my losse my death my best Aquarius When with Aquarius Phoebes brother staies The blythe and wanton windes are whist still Colde frost and snow the pride of earth betraies When age my head with hoarie haires doth fill Reason sits downe and bids mee count my dayes And pray for peace and blame my froward will In depth of griefe in this distresse I crie Peccaui Domine miserere mei Pisces When in the Fishes mansion Phoebus dwells The dayes renew the earth regaines his rest When olde in yeares my want my death foretells My thoghts praiers to heauē are whole addrest Repentance youth by follie quite expells I long to be dissolued for my best That yong in zeale long beaten wi●h my rod I may grow old to wisedome to God The palmer had no sooner finished his circle but the Host ouer read his conceipt and wondering at the excellencie of his wit from his experience began to suck much wisedome beeing verie loath to detaine his guest too long after they had broken their fast and the goodman of the ●ouse courteouslie had giuen him thankes for his fauor the Palmer set forward towards Venice what there he did or howe hee liued when I am aduertised good Gentlemen I will send you tidings Meane while let euerie one learne by Francescoes fall to beware least at last too late they be enforced to bewaile FINIS