Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	wonder_v	world_n	youth_n	17	3	7.6778	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49533	An account of the English dramatick poets, or, Some observations and remarks on the lives and writings of all those that have publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces or opera's in the English tongue by Gerard Langbaine.; New catalogue of English plays	Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692.	1691 (1691)	Wing L373; ESTC R20685	281,582	608

return_v from_o parnassus_n 547_o revenge_n ibid._n revenger_n tragedy_n 506_o reward_n of_o virtue_n 223_o rhodon_n and_o iris._n 316_o richard_n the_o second_o 462_o rival_n friend_n 245_o king_n 8_o lady_n 167_o queen_n 325_o rival_n 547_o roar_a girl_n 373_o robert_n earl_n of_o huntingdon_n downfall_n and_o death_n 267_o hood_n pastoral_a may-game_n 547_o and_o his_o crew_n of_o soldier_n ibid._n roman_a actor_n 358_o empress_n 308_o general_n 129_o romeo_n and_o juliet_n 462_o romulus_n and_o hersilia_n 547_o roundhead_n 21_o rover._n 20_o royalist_n 183_o royal_a king_n and_o loyal_a subject_n 268_o masque_n at_o hampton-court_n 547_o master_n 481_o shepherdess_n 450_o slave_n 43_o voyage_n 548_o rule_n a_o wife_n and_o have_v a_o wife_n 214_o rump_n 503_o s._n sacrifice_n 184_o sad_a one_o 498_o shepherd_n 295_o saint_n cicely_n 520_o salmacida_n spolia_fw-la 548_o samson_n agoniste_n 375_o sappho_n and_o phaon_n 329_o scaramouch_n etc._n etc._n 429_o school_n of_o compliment_n 480_o scornful_a lady_n 214_o scots_a fegary_n 503_o sea_n voyage_n 214_o seven_o champion_n of_o christendom_n 315_o see_v i_o and_o see_v i_o not_o 24_o sejanus_n 295_o selimus_n 315_o sertorius_n 6_o several_a wit_n 393_o sforza_n duke_n of_o milan_n 237_o shepherd_n holiday_n 433_o paradise_n 377_o shoemaker_n be_v a_o gentleman_n 429_o sicelides_n 548_o sicily_n and_o naples_n 519_o siege_n 54_o 110_o of_o babylon_n 406_o of_o constantinople_n 549_o of_o memphis_n 183_o of_o rhodes_n 110_o of_o urbino_n 315_o silent_a woman_n 296_o silver_n age._n 259_o sir_n barnaby_n whig_n 184_o courtly_n nice_n 96_o giles_n goosecap_n 549_o hercules_n buffoon_n 318_o martin_n marall_a 170_o patient_a fancy_n 21_o solomon_n 549_o sister_n 484_o six_o day_n adventure_v 274_o slight_v maid_n 492_o sociable_a companion_n 393_o soliman_n and_o perseda_n 550_o sophister_n ibid._n sophonisba_n 325_o 351_o sophy_n 128_o soldier_n fortune_n 399_o spanish_n bawd_n 550_o curate_n 214_o friar_n 170_o gypsy_n 373_o rogue_n 178_o asparagus_n garden_n 37_o speech_n at_o pr._n henry_n barrier_n 296_o spiteful_a sister_n 6_o sport_n upon_o sport_n 90_o spring_n glory_n 381_o squire_n of_o alsatia_n 450_o old_a sap._n 183_o staple_n of_o news_n 296_o state_n of_o innocence_n 172_o stepmother_n 551_o strange_a discovery_n ib._n successful_a stranger_n 378_o sullen_a lover_n 450_o summers_n last_n will_v and_o testament_n 383_o sun_n darling_n 221_o suppose_n 231_o surprisal_n 277_o susanna_n tear_n 551_o swagger_a damois_n 56_o sweetnam_n the_o woman-hater_n arraign_v 551_o t._n tale_n of_o a_o tub._n 297_o tamburlaine_n the_o great_a 344_o tame_v of_o the_o shrew_n 463_o tancred_n and_o gismond_n 512_o tartuff_n 367_o tarugo_n wiles_n 434_o tempe_n restore_v 551_o tempest_n 172_o 463_o temple_n 64_o of_o love_n 110_o the_o long_o thou_o live_v the_o more_o fool_n thou_o be_v 508_o thebais_n 394_o theodosius_n 326_o thersyte_n 552_o thomaso_n 313_o thornby_n abby_n 524_o thracian_a wonder_n 510_o three_o lord_n and_o lady_n of_o london_n 521_o thyerry_a and_o theodoret_n 215_o time_n vindicate_v to_o himself_o and_o to_o his_o honour_n 297_o timon_n of_o athens_n 451_o titus_n andronicus_n 464_o titus_n and_o berenice_n 399_o tom_n essence_n 552_o tyler_n and_o his_o wife_n 508_o tottenham_n court_n 381_o town_n fop._n 22_o shift_n 425_o trapolin_n suppose_v a_o prince_n 70_o travel_n of_o 3_o english_a brother_n 119_o traitor_n 481_o to_o himself_o 553_o treacherous_a brother_n 407_o trick_n for_o trick_n 184_o to_o catch_v the_o old_a one._n 373_o triumph_n of_o beauty_n 485_o love_n and_o antiquity_n 373_o peace_n 482_o the_o prince_n d'amour_fw-fr 111_o triumphant_a widow_n 387_o troade_n 472_o 521_o troas_n 251_o troilus_n and_o cressida_n 173_o true_a trojan_n 553_o widow_n 451_o trial_n of_o chivalry_n 508_o treasure_n 554_o tryphon_n 28_o tunbridge_n wells_n 554_o twelve_o night_n 466_o twin_n 427_o two_o angry_a woman_n of_o abington_n 407_o noble_a kinsman_n 215_o two_o tragedy_n in_o one._n 516_o wise_a man_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n fool_n 64_o tide_n tarry_v for_o no_o man._n 508_o tyrannical_a government_n 554_o tyrannic_n love_n 173_o v._n valentinian_n 215_o valiant_a scot._n 523_o welshman_n 516_o variety_n 387_o venice_n preserve_v 400_o very_o woman_n 359_o vestal_n virgin_n 277_o vilain_n 407_o virgin_n martyr_n 359_o widow_n 410_o virtuoso_fw-la 451_o virtuous_a octavia_n 30_o wife_n 185_o virtue_n betray_v 8_o vision_n of_o delight_n 297_o the_o twelve_o goddess_n 103_o unfortunate_a lover_n 112_o mother_n 382_o shepherd_n 506_o usurper_n 554_o ungrateful_a favourite_n ib._n unhappy_a fair_a one._n 499_o favourite_n 9_o unnatural_a combat_n 359_o tragedy_n 393_o untrussing_v the_o humorous_a poet._n 123_o vow-breaker_n 437_o usurper_n 274_o w._n walk_n of_o islington_n and_o hogsden_n 307_o wander_v lover_n 368_o warn_v for_o fair_a woman_n 555_o weak_a go_v to_o the_o wall_n ib._n wealth_n and_o health_n ib._n wedding_n 483_o westward-hoe_a 124_o what_o you_o will_n 351_o when_o you_o see_v i_o you_o know_v i_o 430_o white_a devil_n 509_o whore_n of_o babylon_n 124_o wiat_n history_n 125_o widow_n 298_o ranter_n 22_o be_v tear_n 65_o wife_n for_o a_o month._n 216_o wild_a gallant_a 174_o goose-chase_n 216_o wily_o beguile_v 555_o wine_n beer_n ale_n and_o tobacco_n 555_o winter_n tale._n 466_o wise_a woman_n of_o hogsden_n 268_o wit_n at_o several_a weapon_n 216_o of_o a_o woman_n 556_o in_o a_o constable_n 233_o without_o money_n 216_o wit_n 111_o cabal_n 393_o led_z by_o the_o nose_n 556_o witty_a combat_n 520_o fair_a one_o 483_o woman_n captain_n 452_o hater_n 216_o in_o the_o moon_n 330_o kill_v with_o kindness_n 268_o turn_v bully_n 556_o woman_n be_v a_o weathercock_n 198_o conquest_n 374_o prize_n 217_o woman_n beware_v woman_n 374_o please_v 217_o wonder_v a_o woman_n never_o vex_v 429_o world_n lose_v at_o tennis_n 374_o wrangle_a lover_n 423_o y._n yorkshire_n tragedy_n 466_o young_a admiral_n 483_o king_n 22_o your_o five_a gallant_n 375_o youth_n glory_n &_o death_n banquet_n 393_o the_o play_n in_o the_o appendix_n alphonso_n king_n of_o naples_n amphytryon_n banish_a duke_n belphegor_n bragadocio_n distress_a innocence_n edward_n the_o three_o ferrex_n and_o porrex_n folly_n of_o priestcraft_n gorboduc_n mad_a world_n my_o master_n mistake_v robin_n conscience_n royal_a flight_n scowrer_n sir_n anthony_n love_n unfortunate_a lover_n witch_n of_o edmonton_n woman_n will_v have_v she_o will_n wonder_v of_o a_o kingdom_n the_o appendix_n the_o occasion_n of_o add_v this_o follow_a appendix_n be_v to_o complete_a the_o account_n of_o all_o the_o play_n that_o have_v be_v print_v as_o far_o as_o this_o present_a time_n since_o several_a new_a one_o have_v be_v publish_v after_o the_o foregoing_a sheet_n be_v send_v to_o the_o press_n and_o some_o other_o through_o oversight_n omit_v in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o book_n i_o have_v choose_v rather_o to_o place_v they_o here_o than_o leave_v the_o whole_a imperfect_a i_o shall_v follow_v the_o same_o method_n as_o before_o begin_v first_o with_o the_o know_a author_n in_o a_o alphabetical_a order_n and_o afterward_o mention_v those_o who_o author_n be_v conceal_v i_o begin_v with_o sir_n william_n davenant_n i_o have_v already_o give_v a_o account_n of_o this_o author_n p._n 106_o etc._n etc._n to_o which_o i_o refer_v my_o reader_n only_o beg_v his_o pardon_n for_o the_o omission_n of_o a_o play_n to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o body_n of_o his_o work_n name_v unfortunate_a lover_n a_o tragedy_n print_v in_o folio_n thomas_n decker_n a_o author_n already_o mention_v p._n 122._o to_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o twelve_o play_n though_o through_o mistake_n i_o have_v give_v a_o account_n but_o of_o ten_o of_o they_o it_o be_v true_a i_o refer_v the_o reader_n p._n 125._o to_o the_o account_n of_o will._n rowley_n for_o the_o witch_n of_o edmonton_n but_o quite_o forget_v a_o play_n which_o be_v write_v whole_o by_o our_o author_n style_v wonder_n of_o a_o kingdom_n a_o tragi-comedy_n print_v 4o._o lond._n 1636._o this_o i_o take_v to_o be_v a_o very_a divert_v old_a play_n john_n dryden_n esq_n the_o reader_n will_v find_v a_o account_n of_o this_o author_n write_n p._n 130_o etc._n etc._n but_o he_o have_v late_o publish_v a_o new_a play_n i_o be_o here_o to_o give_v the_o reader_n some_o account_n of_o it_o amphytryon_n or_o the_o two_o socias_fw-la a_o comedy_n act_v at_o the_o theatre-royal_a to_o which_o be_v add_v the_o music_n of_o the_o song_n compose_v by_o mr._n henry_n purcel_n print_v 4o._o lond._n 1691._o and_o dedicate_v to_o the_o honourable_a sir_n levison_n gower_n baronet_n this_o play_n be_v found_v on_o plautus_n amphytruo_n and_o molliere_n amphytryon_n as_o the_o author_n himself_o acknowledge_v in_o his_o epistle_n dedicatory_a the_o reader_n that_o will_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o compare_v they_o will_v find_v that_o mr._n dryden_n have_v more_o close_o follow_v the_o french_a than_o

and_o mr._n watson_n latin_a amintas_n to_o make_v they_o both_o one_o english_a notwithstanding_o mr._n chapman_n in_o his_o translation_n of_o homer_n and_o sir_n philip_n sidney_n in_o his_o eclogue_n have_v practise_v this_o way_n of_o write_v yet_o this_o way_n of_o imitate_v the_o latin_a measure_n of_o verse_n particular_o the_o hexameter_n be_v now_o lay_v aside_o and_o the_o verse_n of_o ten_o syllable_n which_o we_o style_v heroic_a verse_n be_v most_o in_o use_n if_o this_o translation_n be_v allow_v grain_n for_o the_o time_n when_o it_o be_v write_v it_o will_v be_v excuse_v by_o the_o more_o moderate_a critic_n though_o if_o compare_v with_o the_o translation_n which_o be_v afterward_o print_v in_o 1628._o or_o that_o more_o modern_a version_n do_v by_o dancer_n at_o the_o king_n return_n it_o will_v appear_v inferior_a to_o either_o in_o value_n the_o second_o part_n go_v under_o the_o title_n of_o phillis_n funeral_n and_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o form_n of_o eclogue_n be_v divide_v by_o the_o author_n into_o twelve_o part_n which_o he_o style_v day_n this_o poem_n be_v likewise_o write_v in_o hexameter_n to_o which_o be_v annex_v in_o the_o same_o measure_n the_o lamentation_n of_o corydon_n for_o the_o love_n of_o alexis_n this_o be_v a_o translation_n of_o the_o second_o eclogue_n of_o virgil_n verse_n for_o verse_n the_o author_n add_v likewise_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o aethiopic_a history_n of_o heliodorus_n in_o the_o same_o species_n of_o metre_n with_o these_o piece_n be_v common_o join_v another_o of_o our_o author_n write_v call_v the_o countess_n of_o pembrokes_n emanuel_n contain_v the_o nativity_n passion_n burial_n and_o resurrection_n of_o christ_n together_o with_o certain_a psalm_n of_o david_n all_o in_o english_a hexameter_n print_v in_o quarto_fw-la lond._n 1591._o and_o dedicate_v to_o the_o right_n excellent_a and_o most_o honourable_a lady_n the_o lady_n mary_n countess_n of_o pembroke_n by_o the_o follow_a distich_n marry_o the_o best_a mother_n send_v her_o best_a babe_n to_o a_o mary_n lord_n to_o a_o lady_n sight_n and_o christ_n to_o a_o christian_a hear_v mr._n phillips_n say_v 3._o that_o he_o write_v some_o other_o thing_n in_o hexameter_n and_o pentameter_n and_o the_o same_o write_v mr._n winstanley_n 65._o though_o i_o doubt_v the_o former_a take_v his_o opinion_n upon_o trust_n and_o the_o late_a do_v not_o i_o believe_v know_v a_o pentameter_n from_o a_o asclepiade_n verse_n the_o truth_n be_v there_o be_v no_o pentameter_n throughout_o the_o volume_n but_o in_o the_o last_o act_n there_o be_v a_o scene_n between_o phillis_n and_o amintas_n which_o whether_o it_o be_v in_o the_o original_a i_o question_v where_o this_o pair_n of_o lover_n sing_v some_o asclepiades_n which_o i_o suppose_v be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o mistake_n though_o i_o can_v but_o wonder_v at_o mr._n winstanley_n negligence_n that_o when_o he_o copy_v out_o the_o begin_n of_o heliodorus_n he_o shall_v not_o inform_v himself_o better_a but_o i_o hope_v my_o small_a pain_n may_v be_v serviceable_a to_o his_o next_o impression_n neither_o be_v his_o conjecture_n less_o probable_a concern_v the_o time_n of_o our_o author_n death_n which_o he_o suppose_v be_v about_o the_o former_a part_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n this_o can_v not_o be_v since_o our_o author_n be_v alive_a at_o the_o publication_n of_o his_o book_n which_o be_v in_o the_o year_n 1591._o and_o in_o the_o thirty-third_a year_n of_o her_o reign_n though_o how_o long_o after_o he_o survive_v i_o know_v not_o sir_n ralph_n freeman_n a_o gentleman_n who_o during_o the_o late_a trouble_v busy_v himself_o in_o poetry_n and_o write_v a_o excellent_a tragedy_n call_v imperiale_n print_v in_o quarto_fw-la lond._n 1655._o and_o dedicate_v to_o his_o ancient_n and_o learned_a friend_n john_n morris_n esquire_n i_o know_v not_o whether_o ever_o this_o play_n be_v act_v but_o certain_o it_o far_o better_a deserve_v to_o have_v appear_v on_o the_o theatre_n than_o many_o of_o our_o modern_a farce_n that_o have_v usurp_v the_o stage_n and_o depose_v its_o lawful_a monarch_n tragedy_n the_o compositor_n maim_v the_o last_o act_n by_o set_v the_o sheet_n i_n false_n so_o that_o it_o be_v pretty_a difficult_a to_o make_v out_o the_o five_o first_o scene_n the_o catastrophe_n of_o this_o play_n be_v as_o move_v as_o most_o tragedy_n of_o this_o age_n and_o therefore_o our_o author_n choose_v a_o proper_a lemma_n for_o the_o frontispiece_n of_o his_o play_n in_o that_o verse_n of_o ovid._n omne_fw-la genus_fw-la scripti_fw-la gravitate_fw-la tragoedia_fw-la vincit_fw-la the_o story_n on_o which_o this_o play_n be_v build_v be_v relate_v by_o many_o author_n as_o pontanus_n budaeus_n treasury_n of_o ancient_n and_o modern_a time_n beard_n be_v theatre_n of_o god_n judgement_n part_v 1._o p._n 427._o and_o part_v 2._o p._n 45._o wanley_n history_n of_o man_n book_n 4._o chap._n 11._o goulart_n histoires_n admirables_fw-fr de_fw-fr nôtre_fw-fr temps_fw-fr tom_fw-mi 1._o p._n 362._o the_o story_n be_v relate_v at_o large_a in_o bandello_n italian_a novel_n see_v the_o french_a translation_n by_o belleforest_n tom._n 2._o p._n 242._o ulpian_n fulwel_n a_o ancient_a writer_n of_o who_o i_o can_v give_v no_o other_o account_n than_o that_o he_o live_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o q._n elizab._n and_o publish_v a_o dramatical_a piece_n call_v like_o will_n to_o like_a qouth_n the_o devil_n to_o the_o collier_n a_o interlude_n wherein_o be_v declare_v what_o punishment_n follow_v those_o that_o will_v rather_o live_v licentious_o than_o esteem_n and_o follow_v good_a counsel_n and_o what_o benefit_n they_o receive_v that_o apply_v themselves_o to_o virtuous_a live_n and_o good_a exercise_n print_v in_o quarto_fw-la lond._n 1587._o this_o interlude_n be_v so_o contrive_v that_o five_o may_v easy_o play_v it_o it_o be_v print_v in_o a_o old_a black_a letter_n the_o prologue_n be_v write_v in_o alternate_a verse_n and_o the_o whole_a play_n be_v write_v in_o rhyme_n such_o as_o it_o be_v however_o it_o may_v have_v suit_v with_o mr._n dyrden_n design_n lady_n to_o prove_v the_o antiquity_n of_o crambo_n far_o better_o than_o the_o tragedy_n of_o gorbuduc_n which_o be_v write_v in_o blank_a verse_n whereas_o this_o play_n be_v tag_v with_o rhyme_n throughout_o and_o be_v three_o year_n old_a than_o the_o other_o that_o not_o be_v print_v till_o the_o year_n 1590._o g._n george_n gascoigne_n esq_n this_o gentleman_n i_o can_v give_v no_o further_o account_n of_o than_o that_o he_o flourish_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n that_o he_o be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o honourable_a society_n of_o gray_n inn_n and_o be_v the_o parent_n of_o feveral_a poetical_a work_n among_o which_o be_v four_o dramatic_a piece_n of_o which_o i_o shall_v first_o discourse_n glass_n of_o government_n a_o tragical_a comedy_n so_o entitle_v because_o therein_o be_v handle_v as_o well_o the_o reward_n for_o virtue_n as_o also_o the_o punishment_n for_o vice_n see_v and_o allow_v according_a to_o the_o order_n appoint_v in_o the_o queen_n majesty_n injunction_n print_v in_o quarto_fw-la lond._n 1575._o at_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o play_n i_o find_v the_o follow_a hexastick_n in_o comoediam_fw-la gascoigni_n carmen_fw-la b.c._n haec_fw-la nova_fw-la non_fw-la vetus_fw-la est_fw-la angli_fw-la comoedia_fw-la vatis_fw-la christus_fw-la adest_fw-la sanctos_fw-la nil_fw-la nisi_fw-la sancta_fw-la decent_a graecia_n vaniloquos_fw-la genuit_fw-la turpesque_fw-la poetas_fw-la vix_fw-la qui_fw-la syncerè_fw-la scriber_n at_o unus_fw-la erat_fw-la idvereor_fw-la nostro_fw-la ne_fw-la possit_fw-la possit_a aevo_fw-la vana_fw-la precor_fw-la valeant_fw-la ver_fw-la a_o precor_fw-la placeant_fw-la this_o play_n be_v print_v in_o a_o black_a letter_n as_o be_v all_o his_o work_n it_o be_v write_v in_o prose_n with_o a_o chorus_n between_o each_o act_n which_o with_o the_o prologue_n be_v all_o in_o verse_n jocasta_n a_o tragedy_n write_v in_o greek_a by_o euripides_n translate_v and_o digest_v into_o act_n by_o our_o author_n and_o mr._n francis_n kinwelmershe_n of_o gray_n inn_n and_o there_o present_v and_o print_v in_o quarto_fw-la lond._n 1556._o each_o act_n of_o this_o play_n be_v introduce_v by_o a_o dumb_a show_n which_o in_o those_o time_n be_v the_o mode_n in_o tragedy_n and_o conclude_v by_o a_o chorus_n the_o first_o four_o and_o last_o act_n be_v translate_v by_o mr._n kinwelmershe_n the_o second_o and_o three_o by_o our_o author_n and_o the_o epilogue_n be_v write_v by_o mr._n christopher_n yeluerton_n in_o alternate_a rhyme_n this_o be_v the_o only_a play_n of_o that_o ancient_a tragedian_n that_o to_o my_o knowledge_n be_v translate_v into_o english_a though_o our_o language_n and_o the_o knowledge_n of_o this_o age_n be_v far_o more_o proper_a for_o translation_n now_o than_o in_o that_o time_n our_o author_n flourish_v that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v want_v in_o my_o respect_n to_o those_o