Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	lord_n	parent_n	6,861	5	8.9911	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10138	The schoole of honest and vertuous lyfe profitable and necessary for all estates and degrees, to be trayned in: but (cheefely) for the pettie schollers, the yonger sorte, of both kindes; bee they men or women. by T.P. Also, a laudable and learned discourse, of the worthynesse of honorable wedlocke, written in the behalfe of all (aswell) maydes as wydowes, (generally) for their singuler instruction, to choose them vertuous and honest husbandes: but (most specialy) sent writte[n] as a iewell vnto a worthy gentlewoman, in the time of her widowhood, to direct & guide her in the new election of her seconde husband. By her approoued freend and kinseman. I.R.	Pritchard, Thomas, fl. 1579.; Wied, Hermann von. Brefe and a playne declaratyon of the dewty of maried folkes.; Kingsmill, Andrew, 1538-1569. Viewe of mans estate. Selections.	1579 (1579)	STC 20397; ESTC S115267	56,077	90

that their fréendes and Fathers be inhabitantes therin Thirdly to profit the same by worde and deede to deliuer it from bondage and captiuitie Fourthly to defend the same with maine force and to repell all violence and iniury offered thertoo Lastly to dye for the honour of thy Countrey as there are many of the Romanes and others Chronicled in Liuie at this day for the doughty defence and sacrificed blood in the behalfe of their natiue Lande and that caused Horace to say It is a méete thing tody for our Countrey Why are valiaunt Captaines honoured but that they be prompt to hazard life and limmes in the defence of their Countrey as Sir William Drurie who manfully rauished the long beséeged Castell of Edenborughe of his maidenhood an acte worthy highted honour and perpetuall praise Captaine Morgan Captaine Chester Captaine Barkley Captaine Frobusher with many other worthy English Captaines and valiaunt Gentlemen that liue in flourishing fame who so valianntly in forraine Landes finished their conflictes and bloody broyles that for seare of their manhood from time to time forraine enemies haue sainted to mollest Englande with warres Who hath not harde of the hardy enterprise of famous Frobusher and his fortunate company who haue by their trauell inritched this Lande and Countrey These and many such others worthy warriours set more by fame and immortallitie of commendacion then fumbling feare and losse of lyfe By such came the Pronerbe It is better to dye with honour than to liue with shame Such I say bee the gay Gardes of Englande their Countrey beeing worthy members therof By the ayde of these the Churles sweate and frie at the fier tasting of ease when they fréese with frost and chilling colde in daunger of death As Tullie sayde that Rome was happy to haue such a consull as hee was so maye Englande reioyce to haue procreated such valiaunt Captaynes to serue so good and gracious a Prince as cause and occasion at any time doth require Dutie due to our Parentes WEe are not onely admonished by prophane writers to féede the humors of of our Parentes but by sacred Scripture and last true Testament of our Sauiour Christ and ther in not onely in rated Law set foorth by Moyses the messenger of Iesus Christ but in places depending vpon the performable promises of Christ Iesn and his meare mercy Wherfore who voyde of grace gréeuously graueleth his Parentes is not dampned to die the second death onely by the Law of the Lord but is indangered of the fruition of his manifolde mercy promised to the séede of Adam And as the children be bound to obey and doo as dutie defineth to them so Parentes must not will but such thinges as be honest vertuous and lawfull and consonant to the word of God For wee must leaue father mother and cléeue vnto the Lord we read of many soolish fathers who béeinge enemies to the Crosse Gospell of Christ at the houre of death mooued vpon their blessinges that their children should persist therin a wicked and detestable decree of Parentes Parents ought not to commaunde their children nothinge but that whiche is honest godly and fit for their yeres and calling And in sutche God commaundeth vs to be seruiceable at their neede in worde in deede to cure their care to lay to reléeue them pressed with pouertie and to beehaue our selues to adorne their callynge and qualities by our excellencie of liuynge that their dulled humours may be indulged by vs and not impaired that they may glory in vs and not lothe vs that they may ioy in our presence and not wish our absence or dissolution of life Cicero saith what is pietie and godlinesse but obedience to our parentes Philellius writyng of the duties of children towardes their parents saieth although we can neuer repaye like curtesies and bestowe vpon them matchable benignant benefits yet children must indeuour as farre as lieth in them to regratifie them as in seruyng folowyng and accompanyng with them in executing their willes in patience and performance and if they commaunde thinges vnlawfull vngodly and vndecent not to snarre or snap quippe or carpe them for it but modestly to perswade them to the contrarie with reformable termes or to let it slippe it passing with patience ¶ Of sutche pnnishments as were appointed for vnobedient children IT will not only decipher the losse of longe life promised by God in his commaundements by shamefull death for disobedience perpatred towards our parents whiche may sufficiently reclayme vs therefro but I will adde how odious a thynge it was adiudged amonge the Heathens and Insidels to miscarie towardes them Orestes Grecus for killynge of his Mother Clitemnestra was chaunged into a féende or furious vgly Monster Nero was for the like déede doyng counted a terrible Tyrant worse than bruite beastes for the Storke beyng a brutish and sencelesse birde wil féene her Dam and progenitors ouer egged and worne with age Amonge the Romanes bée that molested his Parentes or payned them to death was wretchedly wrapped in a Bulles skinne associated with a Serpent and throwen into the deapth of the Sea. Duties towardes their Schoolemaisters IVuenall a Poet pregnant of wit peerelesse for passing pleasanntnesse of Phrase and Methode of Writinge sayth in his Satyres that many honoured their Maisters and teachers as they did their Parentes for as progenitors giue by Gods ayde bodily beeing so teachers the liuely life of the minde garnished with the garde and company of vertues beautified with mildenes of manners and nurture And truly if wée had nothingels but flesh and bones which wee haue by benefit of Parentes wee should prooue inferior to sencelesse creatures for what is it but the sincke of sinne and open sepulchre and graue of greefes without instruction and institutions of a Teacher Wherfore next to Parentes I finde them to bee reue renced of olde time though now a dayes peeuishly paltred withall Philelius commendeth obedience reuerence towards their Instructors as a meane to obtaine Learning and he explaineth it by the example of Troianus the Emperour who in all poinctes highly honoured his teacher Plutarch in so much that beeinge Emperour hee preferred him before him in all places Marcus Antonius a Romane péere so honoured his instructors that beeing deade hee had their Images made of glisteringe Golde and erected in his Cubickle and Chamber Cicero the Father of fine Phrase and fluent spéeche maketh mencion in euery of his Bookes of his Maisters and furtherers in Learninge These men knew what learning was what benefit there was by it atchiued but hammer headed horders of money set more by a penny than by the excellency of lyberall Artes and Sciences To cast Pearles amonge Swine is plaine pittie and not loyall liberalitie I will compare them to Esopes Cocke who in the Dounghill found a precious Pearle hée looked vpon it saw it cleare and bright yet knew not the precious vse and vallure thereof Oh sayth hée I had rather haue one grayne of