Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	jupiter_n	mars_n	saturn_n	3,045	5	13.8605	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09530	Phisicke against fortune, aswell prosperous, as aduerse conteyned in two bookes. Whereby men are instructed, with lyke indifferencie to remedie theyr affections, aswell in tyme of the bryght shynyng sunne of prosperitie, as also of the foule lowryng stormes of aduersitie. Expedient for all men, but most necessary for such as be subiect to any notable insult of eyther extremitie. Written in Latine by Frauncis Petrarch, a most famous poet, and oratour. And now first Englished by Thomas Twyne.; De remediis utriusque fortunae. English	Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.; Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613.	1579 (1579)	STC 19809; ESTC S114602	539,184	716

repeate often vnto my selfe the same place the better to endure the payne neuerthelesse I shal be neuer able of my selfe neyther by the helpe of Cicero nor any other to finde sufficient abilitie there vnto Reason This distrust I doo not discommende but rather prayse let no man trust muche to hym selfe but in all difficulties seeke helpe not of man but of GOD howbeit not in suche sort that he beleeue that there shall come Angelles downe from heauen armed to delyuer hym GOD sometyme perhappes fauoureth wicked men but as for the slouthfull he neuer helpeth them If thou wouldest seeme woorthie of succour doo as muche as in thee lyeth to styrre vp to aduaunce and to arme thy mynde whiche beyng doone bryng hym foorth into the feelde agaynst the Enimies Sorowe The residue I suppose I vnderstand what thou meanest but this one thyng I demaunde whiche be these weapons of the minde whereof thou speakest Reason This is well Nowe I conceyue some hope of thy welfare In the sharpnesse of matters to weepe is womanyshe but endeuour agaynst a thyng to resiste it to seeke counsell and helpe is the part of a man and effectuall to preuayle The weapons of the minde and the skyll and policie in fighting are many and diuers accordyng to the diuersitie of the enimies Neyther is there any duetie in Philosophie more profitable or holye then to entreate of these whiche as I suppose doo more appertayne vnto you then to knowe what the Planettes doo what the aspect of Iupiter promiseth in a natiuitie what Saturne threatneth beyng in coniunction with Mars what qualities Mercurius the wanderyng interpretour taketh from the father and brethren what he boroweth of euerie one that he meeteth what is the cause of showers and heate whereof come earthquakes by what power and force the deepe Seas doo swell and not to knowe from whence the colde heate swellyng quakyng and weakenesse of the minde proceede and by what meanes the heate may be tempered the swellyng asswaged the quakyng and weakenesse strengthned and confirmed In whiche practice although Aristotle doo laugh and gybe at Socrates yet perhappes afterwarde he changed his minde and followed the same studie not a lytle But these matters are commonly to be founde dispearsed in the writinges of the Philosophers wherewith to furnyshe the ignoraunt were ouer tedious and too long a matter for this breefe discourse and vnto the skylfull superfluous who needeth not to be taught but onely admonished Sorowe I knowe it is so neyther demaunded I of all thinges but onely this one what weapons thou wouldest specially minister vnto me wherewith I myght encounter this myne enimie Payne agaynst whom I nowe fyght Reason Herevnto can I not answeare thee better nor brieflyer then doth Cicero For he asketh the question as thou dooest And what weapons sayth he are these He answeareth immediatly Earnest endeuour Confyrmation and Inwarde communication Sorowe Discourse I praye thee vppon euery one of them for I haue read them many tymes heretofore howbeit I am afearde lest it happen vnto me as it doth vnto many who when they reade any thyng to them selues thynk that they vnderstand all but when they come to vtter them selues before other then perceyue they that they vnderstand nothing And therefore tel me yf you please what is this earnest endeuour Reason This appeareth sufficiently yf thou proceede a lytle forwarde in Ciceroes owne woordes but that thou shalt not seeme to aske any thyng of me in vayne I wyl declare the same another way There be many thynges like in the mindes and bodyes and as there is no force of the bodye so great so lykewyse is there no strength of the minde of such power which with a sudden and heauie burden wyl not quayle and bende See that they be euermore prouided and readie least they be both ouerthrowen by their owne greatnesse but that when neede shal require they be founde prepared for many tymes a very valiant man hath been sore afearde at the sudden meetyng of a mightie enimie Geue thy mind space to refresh it selfe and to shewe foorth it owne strength in the present danger and then shall it receiue the assault of the enimie with securitie The Champions that are redie to combat at the exercise called Caestes make redie their armes and set their necke and shoulders vnto the burden by bending their strength they shew the more valure in the fight hauing prepared them selues they beare that weight more easily vnder which if they went slouthfully to worke they might happen to fal more dangerously In like maner whensoeuer there appeareth any great difficultie the minde must be bent against it whiche if it be throughly doone it shal become conquerour ouer all extremities otherwyse incredible it is to be spoken howe soone a sluggyshe and vnprouided minde is ouerthrowen by a small occasion This is that same earnest endeuour of minde whereof Cicero speaketh or whether thou haddest rather haue it tearmed an Intention of the minde for both these woordes haue but one signification indifferently as thou feest vsed by him deriued both from one woord Sorowe I perceiue and heare thee gadly but what is Confirmation Reason I wyll shewe thee In the mindes that are most valiant there are some poyntes of distrust to be sounde ioyned with other laudable affections and although they be truely perswaded yet false matters sounde about their eares and suche a multitude of populare errours assemble them selues to vanquishe the castle of their minde that it is an hard matter for it to keepe vpright iudgement For sometime there commeth vppon it a certaine dulnesse and sometime a doubting whether those thynges be true or not which are commonly reported by men of great learnyng and holynesse concerning the vertue of patience of the cumlinesse of honestie and the bryghtnesse of glorie or rather that whiche is disputed by others and liked of the common people to witte that the best thyng that can be is to be out of payne that there is nothing woorse then payne and that pleasure is the ende of all whatsoeuer is good also that as for the fyrst they are the sayinges but of fewe but these the speeches welnigh of al men whereof some tymes the noyse is so great that these fewe voyces of those that doo exhort can not be heard and the keepers of the Castles beyng made afearde forsake their charge and prouide for them selues by flyght In this case the minde whiche is doubtful and vncertaine to whiche syde to turne ought to be rescued with a freshe force that it fall not from it auncient perswasion as sometime dyd Dionisius Heracleontes who when on a time being ouercome with payne he had reiected that opinion of his Schoolemaister Zeno concerning payne he deserued to be mocked of his Schoolefellow Cleantes Let him not I say forget but resist and keepe his feete within the steppes which he hath possessed vnderstanding what is a true thing in deede and what