Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	word_n	world_n	worthy_a	171	3	6.1523	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21003	The moral philosophie of the Stoicks. Written in French, and englished for the benefit of them which are ignorant of that tongue. By T.I. fellow of New-Colledge in Oxford; Philosophie morale des stoïques. English	Du Vair, Guillaume, 1556-1621.; Epictetus. Manual.; James, Thomas, 1573?-1629.	1598 (1598)	STC 7374; ESTC S100004	56,994	220

had opened her breast with the first wound and made a broad passage for death to come in at she sayd vnto Pet●● O Petus death is not grieuous vnto me She sayd this vnto him which well vnderstood that death was not euill but the end of all euils to that man which was seased with her For how should she bee euill being naturall● or irkesome and grieuous being so ordinarie and common The contempt of death is the true and liuely source of all noble and commendable actions From hence were deriued so many notable and excellent words of vert●e which vttered her sentences by the mouthes of so many valiāt men of the world This is the spirit which animated Demetr●us and put that w●rthie answere into his mouth which he made vnto Nero. Nero menaced him in this wise Sirrha I will cause you to be done to death So will nature quoth he cause you to dye also ere ●t bee long This is the ground of that inuincible resolutiō which hardened heartened Heluidi●● Priscus against Vespasian Vespasian sent vnto him to will him not to come vnto the Senate He returned him this answere that it was in his power to strike him o●● of the number of Senatours bu● as long as hee was a Senatour he● should not keepe him from that place if he might doe withall H● sent him backe word againe that he might repayre vnto the Senate-house but withall charged him to say nothing whē he came thither● He told him hee would doe so if no man asked his aduise Nay that may not be sayd he for I must for mine honour sake aske your opinion as well as the rest And I for my honour and credit answered Heluidius must needes speake what my conscience biddeth me Well if you doe replyed Ner● looke not to liue one houre longer Why sayd hee did I euer tell you that I was immortall you may do● your pleasure but I will doe my dutie It may be it is your pleasure to put mee to death wrongfully then it will bee my part to dye constantly and this is the shortest and longest of it O wonder●ull couragious and wort●ie sentence thrise worthie to be heard and learned of them which ●re to stand in defence of iustice and reason against violence and force O true and liuely image of constancie what a braue and notable example shalt thou be vnto all posterities Surely they which propose vnto themselues the liues of such noble personages to bee imitated of them shall neue● haue their minds troubled with apprehension of any ill chance whatsoeuer but with a couragious and vndaunted mindes they shall bee able to runne through fire and flame to purchase vertue and honour But as wee must shunne fear● so wee must take great heede that we doe not fall into choler which is the other extremitie and flatl●● opposed against it for where a● feare dooth make vs to retire and withdraw our selues wholly into our selues on the other side choler carrieth vs cleane besides ou● selues and seeking the meanes to repulse the euill which either a farre off threatneth vs or presently seaseth vs she maketh the bloud boyle in our hearts and stirreth vp certaine ●urious vapours in ou● spirits which blind our eyes and so throw vs down headlong vnto a speedie desire of reuenge which greatly reioyceth our minds That w●●ch most of al tickleth and delighteth vs in this passion is that it seemeth to arise vppon a good ground and may be iustly excused by the malice of other men But what an excuse is this as if another mans iniustice could make the thing iust which is not iust of it ●elfe or the losse which we receiue by another man could be deemed any way profitable vnto vs Alas she wanteth that strength which she should haue to doe vs good she is willing to cure one euill but by another Briefly to commit the correction of offences vnto choler were to correct one vice by an other But reason which should command in vs will haue no such officers which do al things of their owne heads without staying for any direction she desireth to doe all things orderly and lawfully as well as nature And because it is not her propertie to vse violence therefore wee oftentimes thinke that where there is violence there is strength But alas wee deceiue our selues for there is nothing so weake as an vnruly and disordered motion Now all violent motions proceede rather from weaknes then from strength and may bee well resembled vnto the force of young children and old folkes which runne when they thinke they doe but walke and goe about For trust me anger and choler is but an argument of weakenes and they are much deceiued that thinke otherwise But what then may some man say shall vertue see vice waxe insolent and yet not bee mooued at all shall wee take away all manner of libertie from them so that they shall not haue so much leaue as to shewe foorth their anger against the wicked For answere to this I say that vertue desireth no more libertie then it is fit and meete for her to haue shee maye not turne her strength against her selfe or bee any thing mooued with another mans euill For it is the propertie of a wise man as well to suffer the vices of euill men without choler as to brooke their prosperities without enuie and he must be as readie patiently to suffer the indiscreete parts of many rash headed persons as the Phisition can bee content many times to beare many iniuries at his patients hands being sicke of a phrensie Truly there is no greater wisedome nor more profitable in this world then patience in enduring the follie of other men For otherwise it so falleth out diuers times that because wee cannot suffer their foolishnes wee make it become ours and soreceiue much harme thereby For first it makes vs lose our iudgemēts then it causeth vs to hurt our selues till in the end we throw our selues headlong into that danger which we would willingly auoyd This passion also may be very well and fitly likened vnto great walles or houses when they fall which breake and bruse all that they light vpon and she is so earnest in procuring another mans euill that she hath no respect at all vnto her owne good Adde vnto all this that hath been spoken that she is very inconsiderate and for the most part vniust and to speake the trueth offence and reuenge is but one sinne that hath diuers excuses for both of them haue one end and that is to mischiefe other men Therefore let vs be diligent and careful that wee doe not suffer any such passions to arise in our minds but as soone as any thing doth begin to moue vs any whit or touch vs to the quicke let vs pause and thinke vpon it a while for if wee could but once find in our hearts to reason the case with our selues wee should be well able to stoppe the course of