Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n
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A15651
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Prince Henries obsequies or Mournefull elegies vpon his death vvith a supposed inter-locution betweene the ghost of Prince Henrie and Great Brittaine. By George Wyther.
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Wither, George, 1588-1667.
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STC 25915; ESTC S120235
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never_o at_o hand_n unto_o thy_o combat_n see_v thou_o brave_o stand_v for_o he_o that_o overcome_v christ_n keep_v a_o crown_n and_o the_o great_a conquest_n have_v the_o great_a renown_n be_v merciful_a and_o yet_o in_o mercy_n just_a chase_n from_o thy_o court_n both_o wantonness_n and_o lust_n disguise_a fashion_n from_o the_o land_n casheare_a woman_n may_v woman_n and_o man_n man_n appear_v the_o wide-wide_a mouth_n of_o the_o blasphemer_n tear_v his_o passage_n unto_o god_n through_o all_o the_o sphere_n provoke_v he_o to_o turn_v his_o peaceful_a word_n into_o a_o bloody_a double-edged_a sword_n but_o cut_v his_o tongue_n the_o clapper_n of_o damnation_n he_o may_v fright_v other_o with_o his_o vlulation_n the_o drunkard_n and_o adulterer_n from_o whence_o proceed_v the_o cause_n of_o dearth_n and_o pestilence_n punish_v with_o loss_n of_o substance_n and_o of_o limb_n he_o rather_o maim_v unto_o heaven_n may_v climb_v then_o tumble_v whole_a to_o hell_n and_o by_o his_o sin_n endanger_v the_o whole_a state_n he_o live_v in_o down_o down_o with_o pride_n and_o overthrow_v ambition_n grace_v true_a devotion_n root_n out_o superstition_n love_v they_o that_o love_v the_o truth_n and_o virtue_n grace_n let_v honesty_n not_o wealth_n obtain_v great_a place_n begin_v but_o such_o a_o course_n and_o so_o persevere_v thou_o shall_v have_v love_n here_o and_o true_a bliss_n for_o ever_o thus_o much_o for_o thy_o new_a prince_n now_o this_o to_o thou_o britain_n it_o shall_v thy_o charge_n and_o duty_n be_v to_o tell_v he_o now_o what_o thou_o have_v hear_v i_o say_v and_o when_o soever_o he_o command_v obey_v so_o if_o thou_o will_v in_o mind_n this_o counsel_n bear_v unto_o thy_o state_n have_v due_a regard_n and_o care_n and_o without_o stay_n unto_o amendment_n high_a thou_o shall_v be_v dear_a to_o those_o to_o who_o i_o fly_v brit._n oh_o stay_n and_o do_v not_o leave_v i_o yet_o alone_o spi._n my_o errant_n at_o a_o end_n i_o must_v be_v go_v brit._n go_v then_o but_o let_v i_o ask_v one_o word_n before_o spi._n my_o speech_n now_o fail_v i_o may_v discourse_v no_o more_o brit._n yet_o let_v i_o crave_v thus_o much_o if_o so_o i_o may_v by_o echo_n thou_o reply_v to_o what_o i_o say_v spi._n say_n brit._n first_o tell_v i_o for_o his_o sake_n thou_o count_v most_o dear_a be_v babble_n fall_v and_o jacob_n rise_v near_o spi._n near_a brit._n can_v thou_o declare_v what_o day_n that_o work_n shall_v end_v or_o rather_o must_v we_o yet_o attend_v spi._n attend._n brit._n some_o land_n must_v yield_v a_o prince_n that_o blow_n to_o strike_v may_v i_o be_v that_o same_o land_n or_o no_o be_v it_o like_a spi._n like_a brit._n then_o therefore_o it_o be_v that_o rome_n bear_v we_o such_o spite_n be_v she_o not_o not_o plot_v now_o to_o wrong_v our_o right_n sp._n right_a brit._n but_o from_o her_o mischief_n and_o her_o hand_n impure_a cant'_v thou_o our_o safe_a deliverance_n assure_v spi._n sure_a brit._n then_o notwithstanding_o this_o late_a loss_n befall_v and_o we_o fear_v much_o i_o trust_v it_o be_v well_o spi._n it_o be_v well_o brit._n then_o fly_v thou_o to_o thy_o place_n if_o this_o be_v true_a thou_o god_n be_v praise_v and_o grief_n adieu_o spi._n adieu_o a_o sonnet_n of_o death_n compose_v in_o latin_a rhyme_n and_o paraphrastical_o translate_v into_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o verse_n both_o by_o the_o former_a author_n heûs_n heû_n mors_fw-la percutit_fw-la &_o importuné_fw-fr quam_fw-la nu_fw-la nquam_fw-la praeterit_fw-la ullus_fw-la impuné_fw-fr abite_fw-la medici_n non_fw-la est_fw-la sanabile_fw-la hoc_fw-la vulnus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sed_fw-la incurabile_fw-la hark_v hark_v death_n knock_v we_o up_o with_o importunity_n there_o be_v none_o shall_v ever_o make_v boast_n of_o impunity_n the_o doctor_n toil_n in_o vain_a man_n life_n be_v not_o durable_a no_o medicine_n can_v prevail_v this_o wound_n be_v incurable_a quid_fw-la picti_fw-la dominûm_fw-la prosunt_fw-la favores_fw-la ficti_fw-la quid_fw-la hominum_fw-la iwant_fw-la amores_fw-la nec_fw-la mundi_fw-la vanit_fw-la as_o nec_fw-la pompa_n curiae_fw-la potest_fw-la resistere_fw-la mortis_fw-la iniuriae_fw-la what_o will_v the_o countenance_n of_o lord_n or_o nobleman_n or_o idle_a people_n love_n help_v or_o avail_v thou_o then_o nor_o world_n bravery_n nor_o yet_o court_n vanity_n can_v stay_v this_o monster_n hand_n foe_n to_o humanity_n non_fw-fr cur_n at_o splendidum_fw-la nec_fw-la venerabile_fw-la nec_fw-la pectus_fw-la candidum_fw-la quamvis_fw-la amabile_fw-la decumbunt_fw-la principes_fw-la iniquo_fw-la vulnere_fw-la heu_fw-la par_fw-fr cit_fw-la nemini_fw-la quin_fw-la stravit_fw-la puluere_fw-la he_o know_v no_o reverence_n nor_o care_n for_o any_o state_n sweet_a beauty_n move_v he_o not_o though_o never_o so_o delicate_a prince_n must_v sto_z open_v to_o he_o he_o ride_v on_o martial_o and_o spare_v not_o any_o man_n but_o strike_v impartial_o mercede_fw-la divitis_fw-la nil_fw-la morat_fw-la cupidi_fw-la nec_fw-la prece_fw-la pauperit_n si_fw-la or_o at_o miseri_fw-la et_fw-la frustra_fw-la fallere_fw-la tentas_fw-la ingenio_fw-la surda_fw-la rethorici_fw-la mors_fw-la est_fw-la eloquio_fw-la the_o rich-man_n money-bagge_n be_v no_o persuasion_n the_o beggar_n woeful_a cry_n stir_v up_o no_o passion_n he_o will_v not_o beguile_v be_v by_o any_o fallacy_n nor_o yield_v to_o rhetoric_n wit_n art_n nor_o policy_n aspectu_fw-la pallida_fw-la vultu_fw-la terribilis_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la valida_fw-la mors_fw-la invincibilis_fw-la et_fw-la sum_z as_o tibias_fw-la necest_n formalis_fw-la vir_fw-la omnis_fw-la sequitur_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la mortalis_fw-la his_o look_n both_o pale_a and_o wan_a yet_o do_v it_o terrify_v he_o master_v any_o man_n alas_o what_o remedy_n he_o be_v nothing_o curious_a which_o way_n the_o measure_n be_v but_o all_o dance_n after_o he_o that_o hear_v his_o melody_n at_o oh_o oh_o horrida_fw-la laetans_fw-la necando_fw-la rvit_fw-la incognita_fw-la non_fw-la scimus_fw-la quando_fw-la et_fw-la statim_fw-la perdîtur_fw-la haec_fw-la mundigloria_fw-la vita_fw-la sic_fw-la fragilis_fw-la sic_fw-la transitoria_fw-la but_o woe_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n this_o seem_v most_o terrible_a he_o come_v when_o we_o know_v least_o and_o then_o invisible_a then_o quite_o there_o end_v all_o worldly_a prosperity_n such_o be_v this_o life_n estate_n such_o his_o severity_n ergo_fw-la vos_fw-la incolae_fw-la terrarum_fw-la timidi_fw-la este_fw-la solicit_v vos_fw-la oh_o vos_fw-la miseri_fw-la sic_fw-la quamuis_fw-la subita_fw-la haec_fw-la écarnalibus_fw-la reddet_fw-la vos_fw-la simile_n dijs_fw-la immortalibus_fw-la then_o oh_o you_o wretched_a man_n since_o this_o be_v evident_a see_v you_o more_o careful_a be_v oh_o be_v more_o provident_a and_o when_o he_o take_v this_o life_n full_a of_o incertainty_n â—ou_o shall_v live_v ever_o more_o to_o all_o eternity_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la the_o english_a â—f_n his_o anagram_n anagram_n the_o english_a â—f_n his_o anagram_n epitaph_n saturn_v rule_v â—n_o the_o hour_n of_o his_o dearth_n josias_n canutus_n