Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	world_n	worthy_a	yield_v	26	3	6.4648	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19606	The nosegay of morall philosophie lately dispersed amongst many Italian authours, and now newely and succinctly drawne together into questions and answers, and translated into Englishe by T.C. Seene and allowed.; Bouquet de philosophie morale. English	Meurier, Gabriel, d. 1587?; Crew, Thomas, fl. 1580.	1580 (1580)	STC 6039; ESTC S105132	39,847	132

that he giueth to others Q. How may one knowe a maister from a seruaunt A. In marking how he can rule his appetite Q. What is the Smell of smelles A. Bread Q. What is the sauour of sauours A. Salt Q. What is the greatest loue of al loues A. That which a Father beareth to his children Q. What is the best and most notable inchauntement that women can vse to obtaine the loue of their husbandes A. To be silent peaceable pacient solitarie and honest of the which fiue hearbes they may make a medicine the which séene not tasted of their husbandes they shall not onely be loued but also worshipped Q. What fruite should one thinke best and worst A. The treasure of the Indians is not to be compared to that fruite which a woman beareth in her womb if it be honest and vertuous Q. What are the strongest thinges amongst all other and without comparison A. God Trueth and Vertue Q. What is the easiest thing to get and obtaine A. That which one desireth most Q. What are the thinges amongst all others common to man A. Life Dishappe Laughing and wéeping Q. VVhat signe is it to sée many rich Phisitions in a Citie A. A signe of excessiue aboundance of delightes and vices for the man by excessiue delights becommeth sicke and out of health Q. VVhy is a good woman though not faire compared to the Phesant and an euill woman though faire to the Sabie Marter or foynes A. Because that although the fethers of the Phesaunt be of little account yet is the flesh good and wholsome whereas contrary the skinne of the Marter or foynes is had in price but the flesh is nothing worth Q. How comes it to passe that many haue a cardinall or red nose A. Because saieth Diogenes their flesh is yet raw and vnboyled Q. VVhereof procéed so many discordes and controuersies betwéen princes and their subiects A. The subiectes complaine of the little loue of their Princes and the Princes complayne of the disobedience of theyr subiectes Q. VVhy did the Philosopher iudge an euill woman to be worse then hell A. Because hell tormenteth the euill only but a wicked woman tormenteth both the good and the had Q. How comes it to passe that many now adayes will goe gay clad outwardly and not studie to amende their viees inwardely A. For lacke of wisdome and superabundance of folly Q. VVho is the mother most pitifull of all other mothers who although her sonne hath dispised her and often troden her vnder his féete yet in fine receaueth him againe into her entrales A. It is the earth general mother of all mankinde Q. VVherein consisteth true wisdome A. In iudging truly of thinges and estéeming euery one according to his value not desiring vile things as precious nor reiecting precious thinges as vile and abiecte Q. VVhy ought one equally to winne the loue of the foole as well as of the wise man A. Because the foole shall not hate him and dispraise him wheras the wiseman doth loue him and praise him Q. What are the thinges that can neither be bought nor solde for price nor esteemed at any value A. Vertue Libertie Health Knowledge an Renowme Q. What is the beast that most byteth and doeth least hurt A. It is he saieth Diogenes that reprehendeth his friendes without flatterie for as dogges and flatterers bite the one for to wound the other to dispoile so true friends correct the faultes of their neighbours and bite them to amend and lay folly aside Q. What sortes of people amongst all others are most worthy of blame A. They that vse reproch Q. What are the things by reason estéemed most loyall in the world A. Fire Earth Water Ayre Sléepe Hunger Thirst and Death for they serue the poore as well as the rich Q. What are the true conseruers of heith A. Sobrietie Moderate labour to hold the séede of Nature to be mery and liue in a healthfull place Q. Who are those that yéeld themselues to voluntary captiuitie A. They that become subiect to women or wine Q. What is charitie A. To loue God for him selfe and his neighbour for the loue of God Q. What is the worst warre that is A. The warre viscerale that is when a man is enemie to him selfe Q. Why did the auncient fathers iudge husbandrie to bee the onely exercise that a man should vse A. Because that with pleasure it also bringes profit Q. How comes it to passe that some children disperse and scatter their fathers goodes being dead so soone A. Because none knoweth how to kéepe a thing but he that hath gotten it with labour Q. What is goodwill A. The foundation of good workes and good workes are the messengers of another world FINIS Verses of a blessed life HOw happy is that wight that holdes himselfe content With goodes and giftes aright which nature doth present No substance els saue this but full of care it is Who hath to serue his neede be he contented then Whose substance doth exceede shall serue for other men Abundance brings in paine more then enough is vaine Who mountes to honours loft and sits on fortunes wheele From top is tossed oft and oft adowne doth reele With thunder claps we see hie Towers soone shaken bee Warre griefe nor enuie fell repaire not to the place Where meane estate doeth dwell He is in Angels case And he that needes fewe thinges Needes better far then kings Of worldly Wealth O Fount of flattery worldly wealth The nource of care and soules vnhealth To haue thee is an hell of dread To want thee gulphe of greefe indeede For Wisdome O God of Fathers mine the God Lord of mercies most Thou blessed father blessed Sonne and blessed holy Ghost Which with thy word all things hast made and all things doest ordaine That in this world abide and breath or els where do remaine Blesse thou thy handie worke O Lord and graunt me wisdome pure Which euer is about thy seate and euer shall endure For I thy handmaides Sonne O Lord a feeble creature am Briefe is my time briefe is my ioy briefe is the life of man Too weake also my wisdome is to vnderstand thy will Send then thy heauenly Sapience Lord out of thy holy hill That she by thee may me instruct what steppes I best may treade And how from mens traditions best I this my life may leade For all their workes are vaine O Lord their studies I detest Thou onely Lord of Sion hill art he can make me blest Bent to content T. C. Jmprinted at London by Thomas Dauson dwelling at the three Cranes in the Vintree

shame truth and honestie Q. What causeth a man to fayle so often in choosing a good wife A. Because the number of them is so smal Q. What shoulde a man doe when hee would get the friendship of another man A. Speake well of him for as enmitie hate comes by euill speaking so doth amitie and loue come by well speaking Q. Why is the world compared by Socrates to fire A. Because a little is good to warme a man and reuiue his spirits but too much burneth him Q. VVhat are the twoo greatest troubles and gréefes of this world A. A wife and ignorance Q. VVho is he that cānot spend his mony A. The Couetous man onely for the mony that he hath is not his own but he is seruant to it Q. VVhat sort of people are displeasant both to God and to the world A. The poore man proude the olde man a lecher the rich man couetous and a lyar the yongman slouthfull inobedient and vnreuerent Q. VVhich is the Mother that beareth most children A. The earth Q. VVhat are the thinges that vnprofitable and nought in a houshold A. The man seruant disloyall the maide seruant with child the wife a har lot the childe obstinate and woorst of al the purse emptie Q. VVhat may strife and going to law be tearmed A. A mere perdition of time of money and of freendes Q. VVho is mother of all thinges A. Experience Q. VVhat is the key of pouertie A. Sloth and ydlenes Q. VVhat is the best way to haue speedie audience of an aduocate or atturney in the Law A. To bring vnder his gowne a couple of Capons or a young hogge and in entring the house to wring the hogge by the eare which when he begins to cry my Lord wil begin to laugh and say benè veniatis pecora campi Q. VVhat are the thinges that yet neuer agreed together A. The wolues and the sheepe the fire and the water the dogges and the hares the foxe and the pullaine the flouthfull and the vertuous the storke and frogges Q. VVhat are the beastes that are most profitable and necessarie to man A. The Oxe the Sheepe the Bee the Swyne and the Horse Q. Which is the best member and the woorst of al the body A. The tongue Q. Which is the noblest kind of reuenge that a prince can vse towards his subiectes A. Onely clemencie well agreeing to that sentence of Petrarche which sayth Nobilissimum vindictae genus est parcere Q. How may a man find rest in going A. In being accompanied on the way with a wiseman Q. What is the common property of one in debt A. To flie hate his creditour as much as he can when he hath not wherewithal to pay him Q. And what is the property of the Creditour A. To desire the health and welfare of his debter hoping that he wil be able one day to pay him Q. Wherein consisteth the accomplishing of mans felicity A. In getting of friendes and doyng good to others Q. Howe much difference is betwéen the truth and a lye A. As much as there is distance betwéen the mouth and the eare Q. What is folly A. A Barre from felicity Q. What is the crowne and honour of a young Damzell A. Vrginity Q. VVhat ought a good prince to doe by might A. He ought according to the resolution of the demaund made by Alexander the great to Plato to thinke on the gouernment of his people and the next day to put it in execution Q. VVhat are the téeth of time A. Day and night life and death Q. What are the first vertues and lessons that a good Maister ought to teache his schollers A. To feare and honor God to reuerence father and mother and their elders to induce them to kéepe silence and to haue humilitie diligence concorde and peace Q. What is it to be clothed in soft raimēt A. A standarde of pride a nest of luxuriousnes Q. Who is he that may rightly be called a couetous wretch and a nigard A. He that hath néede of the which he hath Q. VVherein do women surpasse men A. In doing euill Q. What is the thing most difficill to kéepe A. It is besides secretes that which is of many men desired Q. Who are they that be déemed euill liuers A. They that thinke neuer to die Q. What is the thing that most refraineth hunger A. Sléepe Q. What difference is there betwixt one woman and an other A. Take away light that is to saye shame they are all one Q. What is to be considered in giuing a gift A. Whether it bee great or small it forceth not so that it come in time and place Q. What ought a good christian aboue al thinges to consider A. Where hée is from whence he came who and what he is what he hath done and whether he goeth Q. What are the thrée things according to Plut arch that are requisit and necessary in a childe A. Nature doctrine and exercise of the which thrée if any bee wanting he cannot bee perfect Q. What are they that cannot tell how to speake A. They that cannot tell howe to holde their peace Q. How contes it to passe that children loue not their fathers so well as fathers doe their children A. Because Loue discendes still and neuer ascendes besides the Sonne hath much of the father but the father hath nothing of the Sonne Q. Why did the men of auntient time plainely quarrell with them that came too borrowe any thing A. Because in quarelling with them they thought they should not be so much out of their fauour as if they shoulde aske their owne agayne if they lent it Q. Which is the best Doctor in the worlde A. Discretion Q. Which is the healthfullest thing in the worlde A. Fire for it is neuer sicke Q. What shall a man doe not too haue néede of others A. If he be riche let him liue soberly if he be poore let him labour diligently Q. VVhat is the thing that is more strong then nature A. Custome Q. Who is he in this world that is maister of his worde A. Any man is maister of his owne word before it be spoken Q. How may a man behaue himselfe in his workes A. He ought to haue his owne before his eies and other mens behynde his backe Q. VVhat is it that deceaueth all them which put their trust in it A. The worlde Q. Who is sister to death A. Sléepe Q. VVhy shoulde one dissemble good fortune A. Because she ingendereth enuy Q. How ought a man to loue and hate A. To loue as though hee woulde one day hate and hate as though he would loue agayne Q. What is the thing that most weareth away griefe and dolour A. Time Q. Why is the common sorte of people déemed vnconstant A. Because at one instant they both loue and hate Q. Why did the Philosopher thinke it a rare thing to finde a good Lorde A. Because to be good and a Lord are