Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	bring_v	king_n	queen_n	4,239	5	6.8428	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00290	A mirrour to all that loue to follow the warres go trudge my little booke, possesse ech willing hand, and giue all leaue to looke, that seekes to vnderstand, the trauels of thy knight, plead hard to hold his right, who finds thee may be bould, his actions to vnfould.	I. B.	1589 (1589)	STC 1041.7; ESTC S1050	5,817	15

A Mirrour to all that loue to follow the warres Go trudge my little booke Possesse ech willing hand And giue all leaue to looke That seekes to vnderstand The trauels of thy Knight Plead hard to hold his right Who finds thee may be bould His actions to vnfould LONDON Printed by Iohn Woolfe 1589. To the honorable minded Souldier THese late frostie mornings pleasing my humor roused me sooner then of custome from my drowsie bedde and with desire pressing me I went abroad to walke Where all alone betrampling frosned ground Me thought to heare some fierce and warlike sound For Phoebus then began his course in skies On rolling wheeles his fierie wagon flies Most swift to send blacke Pluto to his bed Who giuing place left skie like blood as red This made me conceiue some discourse within my selfe and wondering much there came vnto mind how God had pleased to blesse and keepe our Queene and land from the thundering and tempestious stormes of all our mortall and furious enimies with this conceit my ioy was much augmented and did amase me greatlie to consider how far from common expectation the late rumors of wars and the rage of those which wrought to destroy vs were blowne ouer and gone from vs with their owne confusion and we inrest still liuing in all felicitie ruled and gouerned by Elizabeth our most blessed and redoubled Princes This seemed to my wonder most maruellous and more moued me to muse when stepping on a peece of broken Ice I spurned forth a paper rolled vp wherein when I had opened and read appeared matter sitting my present deuise which noting by what chance and fortune and in what season it came to my hands sodenly resolued to haue it printed yet not willing to be ouer rash in presenting vnto your viewes what I knew not assuredly true found after occasion of conference with sundrie of good iudgement who I knew had long frequented the Low countries from whence they lately came By whom vnder standing all was most true and that they added much more honor vnto the Lorde Willughbie her Maiesties Lieutenant generall whome this booke toucheth I greatly longed although I neuer did see his Lordships person to haue his so noble indeuours with all speed published which as it may worthelie be placed for a looking glasse to such as woulde game fame and honor So with your good fauor and patience I will be bould to name this short discourse A Mirrour to all that loue to follow the warres Whereby if any shall take profite in imitating his Lordships so honorable desire to purchase Englands good it will aduance him and his to a neuer ending fame And our sacred Prince by whom we liue most happie shall reape sweete comfort in her so blessed daies when her florishing realme shal be garnished and stored with many such Lord Willughbies who leaueth not both day and night to liue in restlesse toile and trauell and ioyeth most when newes is brought or meanes found how hee may best spoile or incounter her Maiesties enemies This onely do I craue that with good construction you will with fauor reade what followeth and yeelde but due right where nought besides is demanded and when by chance I finde the like of any one of you I promise to performe as much and more if so your actions merit or deserue Yours in a greater matter at command R. B. P Praise worthie yeald to Mars his noble knight E Excellent fame in world shines passing bright R Reporting still his valiant actes and deedes E Engraued be his name so well he speedes G Gould is too base his actions of more price R Registred are in hearts by warres right happie thrice I In blessed time his life did nature frame N None knowes his deedes but will confesse the same E Except they hate no man dare wrong his name L Lord by discent the honour of his house O O comfort great to each good English hart R Reioyce be glad for now your noble men D Disdaines no toyle nor flies from painefull smart W Will any man denie that he is wise I I thinke not one mo good actes doth deuise L Let him stand vp when honour bids him rise L Let him said I nay sure he can not fall V Vpright he standes whom valiant all men call G Giue him then duly right that honored is of all H Heape shame on such as wish thee ill to speede B By courage stout make Princes foes still bleede Y Your God Queene will recompence indeed A Mirror for Souldiers THose which in ought do well deseru's some praise to gaine Yet not so much by farre most will presume to thinke As he which still sustaines a world of endlesse paine And that from taske him set no toyle can force to shrinke Then yeeld him duly right whom fame with trump cōmends That wisely and with care his countries cause defendes For learned and discret most men do know him well That he is wise and iust report hath spred the same His actions and desertes no lesse abroad can tell He serues and feares high Ioue And reuerenceth his name His wit his will applyed his learned skill and all That nought but happie hap to Englandes cause might fall His gallant Sprit appeard when young to Danish king Was sent Ambassadour from our most Royall Queene How grauely he declarde and answere backe did bring To trust reposde in him Not better hath beene seene Such care of common cause did rule his liberall minde As king and people there most louing he doth finde Since he beganne to beare the Martiall pearcing Lance And to the warres to bende his well addicted will Himselfe before his men he euer doth aduance With courage prest to fight their mindes with ioy to fill His worthie heart vpstird Soone breakes their brauest troup And Princes rightfull cause makes all her foes to stoupe He chaseth them in feare like Lion fierce with rage And leaues not off pursute till all are pulled downe His courage makes him oft himselfe midst them enrage And suffereth nought vnsought to get or winne renowne Then Willughbie in right Lord worthie of great prayse For Countries cause maintainde liues happie in these dayes How many men of Rome And of the Grekish rout Had beene forgot now dead And smothered with the graue Of other Nations eke that valiant were and stout If whilst they liu'd some friend their actions would not saue Or write them straight in bookes as now this noble knight For yeelding Countries due deserueth in his right What man hath Parma found in all this fower yeares warre More prest with will then he To meete him in the face With paine hath he not sought to finde him neere and farre And often spoyld his men with foule and much disgrace He marcheth on with cheare his friend Fortune doth stand And toyles like him that hath his Princes cause in hande At Zutphen when the Duke came to relieue the place This worthie Willughbie