Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	wood_n	world_n	worthy_a	28	3	6.7906	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08653	The passenger: of Beneuento Italian, professour of his natiue tongue, for these nine yeeres in London. Diuided into two parts, containing seauen exquisite dialogues in Italian and English: the contents whereof you shall finde in the end of the booke. To the illustrious and renowmed Prince Henry ...; Passaggiere. English and Italian	Benvenuto, Italian.; King, Mr., fl. 1612.	1612 (1612)	STC 1896; ESTC S101559	418,845	732

but a prepared soule A. I would willingly be of that nation of which the said Petrarch spake There 's borne a people whom death not grieues E. As for my selfe according as I can iudge of my selfe I see that So weake's the thread That holdes my painefull life As without others helpe Before due time his end it doth obtaine Therefore This gift of God I onely doe demand That when out of his sacred will The houre of my death shall draw neere hand He will renowne me with a worthy end A. Soft and faire this wood of the world spoileth it selfe and reuesting it selfe with new leaues all things by little and little change their countenance E. God receiue the dead into his glory and giue true contrition to the liuing and to me a fresh memory of dying A. Seeing all our hope In death we put So that both when and where We meet with it we may be ready found And they which hitherto haue blindly slept Now let them ope their eyes and stand for feare Each day and houre prepared for the same Let none in force trust or in younger yeares Or in high dignities Seeing nothing is more certaine Then our mortall death And yet vncertain nothing more then th' houre therof E. To doe well is the onely meanes to prepare a mans selfe to die well A. O time O turning heauen thou doest in flying Deceiue the blinde and miserable mortall man Oh euery one admires the sodaine night of life Which in the Sunnes-continuall declining The ruine of the world doth manifest to all E. This is the onely ioy of euery faithfull liuing since that Life gaue death to vs and death onely can giue life A. This is not life but a long death But against death no hope saue death But I pray you sir tell mee so it be lawfull to know what make you in these parts E. Why surely I came with all obseruance to visite you not to stirre vp loue but to awake the louer A. Although fire not reuiued will goe out vnder the ashes of a long silence yet so doth not loue in the forge of a louers breast E. By loue we onely vnderstand the language of loue but for you sir who I know loues me better then I deserue you cannot but euery day haue heard with the eares of your thoughts newes of me who with the wings of my minde flie continually vnto you A. The principall vertue of him that answeres is to know the meaning of him that propounds for with the eyes of my vnderstanding I haue alwaies seene you you were euer really in my presence and in my heart I continually einoyed you and knew your desires E. He that should haue forgot you must needes haue forgotten vertue her selfe I was onely absent from you in body but not in minde A. Neither did I euer conferre with mine owne memorie but I discoursed with your selfe as also I neuer conuersed vvith bookes but I entreated of your vertues as also you can procure me no more inestimable ioy then the liuely memoriall you seemed to retaine of me E. Sir your departure which like lightning Prius tenuit quam tonuit and your absence made me offer vnto you that obseruance which so often I performe with my heart but now your presence spurres me forward to as much as my entire affection demands A. As I discerne the integritie of your minde in the sinceritie of your words so haue I proued and found no lesse in your actions E. Sir you left your selfe behinde with so fresh a memoriall of your loue and courtesie as I may confidently affirme that you neuer departed from me or rather that I neuer left you but that together with you I my selfe departed likewise A. When you seperate me from your sweet selfe you leaue me without departure E. When I leaue you sir I know not whether I am possest with a greater griefe for your departure or a greater desire after your returne or if you loose me with your eyes yet loose I not you with my heart A. Many times I haue receiued you with my minde and oftentimes you haue beene resident in the aboade of my hart but now visibly entertaining you I behold honor admire you E. Now I see sir that you are arriued in good health who was inwardly before vnited to my selfe I thanke God with my whole heart and tongue together and am come both to reioyce and thanke you that you haue thus vouchsafed to mitigate the griefe of your absence A. Through my departure there was no absence of ioy nor by my returne they haue no renouation for they neuer yet came nor which is more I looke not for them in this life E. He hath true ioy that possesses vertue which is better knowne by the want then the enioyance thereof A. Friendly visitations afford no small recreation but yours sir serue me for an excellent remedy they prouoking and stirring me vp to vertue E. It is my proper inclination to visite the vertuous as it is your property to deserue it A. Oh good sir this is rather a confounding then honouring of me E. No in troth Sir I thinke it to be the least part of my dutie and your vertue I was absent from you with obligation but am present both with obligation and affection and so together with them both and my presence I come to visit you A. Now I perceiue that my continuall desire was no little hope of obtayning and inioying your presence E. The courtesie of friends and discourtesie of time haue hitherto delayed my comming to visite you A. Your courtesie is an authentike Patent and perpetual Record of the fauour wherein you please to retaine me E. The same carefull desire which liues in me to serue you the same I say will not permit that I should deferre the doing of you all reuerence A. And the liuing without your presence hath beene as vnacceptable to me as now your presence is gratefull E. There can be nothing more deare vnto me then your comming euen as nothing more d●spleasing then your departure A. As likewise your vi●itation is to me which confirmes the ancient worthinesse of your minde and fastneth a knot vpon another E. What is but deferd is not quite laide aside my intent was to come sooner A. And I O bad fortune when you came to salute mee prepared to visite you and therefore Sir you are the more welcome the slacker my visitation fell out E. And yet in common opinion he that failes in diligence failes in loue A. Excuse me sir delay doth not alwayes pretend negligence E. Loue and affection like flame operates without all delay A. I beseech you sir doe me the fauour as in stead of seruice to accept of my intentiue desire to serue you E. Your requesting of my fauour is the doing of me many A. And affection supplies defect for though you preuent mee in courtesie yet can you not doe it in