Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	army_n	battle_n	fight_n	1,135	5	8.9229	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02823	Partheneia sacra. Or The mysterious and delicious garden of the sacred Parthenes symbolically set forth and enriched with pious deuises and emblemes for the entertainement of deuout soules; contriued al to the honour of the incomparable Virgin Marie mother of God; for the pleasure and deuotion especially of the Parthenian sodalitie of her Immaculate Conception. By H.A.	Hawkins, Henry, 1571?-1646.; Aston, Herbert, b. 1614, attributed name.; Langeren, Jacob van, engraver.; Langeren, P. van, engraver.	1633 (1633)	STC 12958; ESTC S103886	142,987	288

in the dust which especially they do for three causes as wel by busking therinto satisfy the itching they haue in thēselues to mēd their plumes feathers as also to shakeoff the venī about thē Our Hen likewise most willingly busked rould herself in herdust ashes also Dust is the beginning of humā generatiō the origin of our vile extractiō Ashes the verie Epilogue therof whence both are the Symbol of our birth end thēce Humilitie Al mē are earth ashes Why art thou proud thou earth ashes In these cogitations the like as in a heap of dust the most Blessed Virgin continually volued herself reuoluing nothing so much in mind as her dust and proper extraction Whence that Behold the handmayd of our Lord. God hath regarded the lowlines of his hand mayd But how then O mysterious Hen louest thou dust so wel hating al fowlnes and sordities so much Feltst thou the itching of Vanitie a whit that thou shouldst scrape in that sort No not the least itching of vaine ostentation infested thee the immaculate Virgin Or wouldst thou haue pranckt thy quils plumage of supernal affects It was not needful since they were without anie lets to hinder them at al. Or was thy intention to shake off at least any euil cogitations Not so likewise no such thing had euer accesse or ingresse into that purest mind No temptation of arrogancie ostentation or pride could euer find admittance there But truly this it was thou louedst Humilitie which thou knewest to be gratful and acceptable to thy Sonne which could no where more appeare then in the dust of human nullitie then in the ashes of mortalitie and thy proper annihilation An other reason may be also why thou diggest so in the dust of thy Nothing to find as Hens are wont in the dust some food more acceptable to them for this is a maine cause likewise of their so frequent scraping in the dust who knowes perhaps whether they may not light on a gemme or no for so it hath been knowne The most humble Virgin Marie indeed euen nourished herself with humilitie as a most sauourie food vnto her this she supposed to lye in the dust of her proper abiection and therefore with clawes of consideration neuer left she digging and scraping it forth nor was she anie whit deceaued the earth of her abstraction gaue her abundantly to feed most deliciously And which is more she found in so doing the precious gemme indeed which was so enamoured with her humilitie as he euen stoopt into the dust to be there found by this mysterious and blessed Hen. THE EMBLEME THE POESIE NO mother like the Hen preserues her yong Protects shelters with her wings her tongne Is clucking with a sad and doleful note Call's back her chickens when they are remote And if they come not chides sharp shril lowd With beck tallions fights for them Thus shrow'd OVirgin Mother while the Puttock flies The Prince of darknes who with watchful eyes Seekes for my Soule his prey The Hen is knowne Careful of al. Yet if she hath but one Her care 's as great So 's thine of one or other Then to me Sinner shew thy self a mother THE THEORIES COntemplate first the great magnanimitie of the Hen in defence of her chickens as aboue sayd And then reflect vpon the courage and fortitude of our victorious Patronesse the glorious Virgin especially in the protection likewise of her Children for to her enemies is she terrible as a battail wel arrayed As an armie wel marshalled is a terrour to the enemies and makes them fly at the sight thereof before they enter into fight so are the Diuels danted at the presence of this inuincible Champion standing in defence of her Clients and Children Consider then the great compassion of the Hen towards her yong which appeares in this that with the sick and infirme she wil be infirme she is so sollicitous in feeding them as she finds not a graine but she calles them to her to participate therof And for her care of preseruing them from danger she clucks them vnder her wings from the rapin of the kites and the like rauenous fowle And then weigh withal the tender compassion the Virgin-Mother hath euer shewen towards vs her Children and Seruants in being so sollicitous to feed vs while she was on earth with the food of her doctrine She hath opened her mouth in wisedome and the law of clemencie in her toung and for custodie how she hides vs vnder her wings and protects vs from the snares of the Diuel For this is she to whom was sayd that two great wings were giuen her The one the wing of Mercie to which Sinners do fly to be reconciled to GOD according to the Prophet Protect me vnder the shadow of thy wings The other that of Grace vnder which the Iust remaine to be conserued in grace and may say with him likewise She hath shadowed vs with her shoulders Ponder lastly how the Hen not only sits vpon her owne egs but sometimes strangers likewise as the egs of Ducks and pea-hens put into her nest which being hatched the Ducks according to kind wil betake themselues to the waters and there diue and plunge themselues ouer head and eares and the yong pea-hens enamoured with their owne beautie wil forsake their tender nurse that bred them vp And then weigh withal how manie strange and vngratful children our mysterious Hen the admirable Virgin cherishes and nurse with her daylie protection who requite her il for al her care in trayning them vp THE APOSTROPHE O Queen of Angels saluted hy the Archangel adored by the Powers of Heauen Mistrisse of Vertues Dutchesse of Principalities Ladie of Dominations Princesse of Thrones more highly aduanced then the Cherubins themselues more enflamed with ardour os Diuine loue then al the Seraphins The first next to God the second in the Role or Register of the Predestinate Thou most terrible to thy foes as an Host wel arrayed and yet infirme with the infirme as a Hen amid her chickens most tender of them a most sure bulwark for them against al incursions and assaults of forren and domestick enemies either visible or inuisible O thou who through thy Sonne and thy matchles humilitie hast crushed the Serpent's head through thy holie prayer and intercession I beseech thee let Sathan be trampled likewise vnder thy Seruants feet O grant this same mysterious and Indulgent Bird of Paradice THE XVII SYMBOL THE PEARL THE DEVISE THE CHARACTER THE Pearl or Margaret the Lillieamōg Iewels is the peerlesse Gemme of Nature so much happier then the rest as nobler descended then they this being bred in the womb of the sea and they in the bowels of the earth If they be stillicides from Heauen as some think they are the milkie drops distilled from Iuno's breast which Sol parcheth into seeds which seeds empearle in