Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	french_a	great_a	king_n	16,597	5	4.3459	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02493	The vanitie of the eye first beganne for the comfort of a gentlewoman bereaved of her sight, and since vpon occasion enlarged & published for the common good. By George Hakewill Master of Arts, and fellow of Exeter Coll. in Oxford.	Hakewill, George, 1578-1649.	1615 (1615)	STC 12622; ESTC S103636	52,423	194

serve_v the_o common_a wealth_n as_o they_o desire_v to_o who_o i_o reply_v that_o what_o be_v necessary_a be_v also_o of_o necessity_n pardonable_a and_o when_o we_o can_v do_v as_o we_o will_v god_n and_o good_a man_n accept_v the_o will_n as_o the_o deed_n and_o what_o be_v want_v in_o actual_a performance_n may_v be_v supply_v with_o tear_n and_o prayer_n for_o the_o public_a good_a 2._o to_o some_o end_n no_o doubt_n it_o be_v that_o both_o the_o poet_n painter_n &_o comedian_n of_o all_o age_n have_v consent_v to_o represent_v the_o 4_o great_a monarch_n of_o humane_a affair_n the_o god_n of_o riches_n the_o god_n of_o love_n justice_n and_o fortune_n all_o blindfold_a 3._o i_o find_v partly_o by_o credible_a report_n and_o partly_o by_o write_a history_n that_o many_o famous_a man_n have_v live_v beside_o such_o as_o be_v before_o upon_o occasion_n name_v of_o all_o estate_n and_o of_o all_o age_n who_o have_v lose_v the_o light_n of_o their_o eye_n have_v notwithstanding_o remain_v as_o lamp_n and_o torch_n in_o the_o world_n to_o some_o by_o their_o good_a example_n and_o to_o other_o by_o their_o counsel_n &_o good_a advice_n for_o emperor_n i_o sacius_fw-la &_o constantine_n the_o 6._o of_o that_o name_n surname_v the_o imagebreaker_n both_o emperor_n of_o the_o east_n for_o king_n alphonsus_n the_o 4_o king_n of_o spain_n &_o john_n king_n of_o bohemia_n 96._o who_o side_v himself_o with_o the_o french_a in_o a_o set_a battle_n against_o the_o english_a and_o understand_v that_o our_o man_n be_v in_o great_a hope_n to_o have_v win_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o day_n command_v himself_o to_o be_v lead_v into_o that_o part_n of_o the_o fight_n where_o the_o king_n of_o england_n be_v whither_o be_v bring_v spur_v his_o horse_n into_o the_o thick_a rank_n of_o the_o enemy_n by_o his_o example_n draw_v his_o follower_n after_o he_o and_o so_o purchase_v the_o victory_n to_o the_o french_a though_o by_o his_o own_o death_n for_o a_o prophet_n tiresia●_n the_o light_n of_o who_o eye_n be_v take_v away_o it_o be_v replant_v with_o usury_n in_o his_o breast_n wherefore_o the_o poet_n never_o bring_v he_o in_o complain_v of_o his_o misfortune_n in_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o sight_n but_o polyphemus_n that_o unresonable_a monster_n he_o describe_v make_v a_o dialogue_n with_o a_o ram_n and_o commend_v his_o estate_n in_o that_o he_o can_v go_v &_o come_v whether_o and_o when_o he_o list_v 5._o but_o in_o that_o say_v tully_n he_o be_v sure_o little_a wise_a than_o the_o ram_n to_o which_o he_o speak_v for_o a_o archbishop_n robert_n wau●op_n a_o scot_n by_o birth_n 1551._o who_o notwithstanding_o he_o be_v bear_v blind_a profit_v so_o well_o in_o the_o study_n of_o the_o divinity_n that_o he_o deserve_v and_o obtain_v the_o degree_n of_o a_o doctor_n in_o that_o faculty_n in_o the_o university_n of_o paru_n and_o not_o long_o after_o go_v to_o rome_n be_v by_o p●ule_a th●_n 3._o consecrate_a priest_n &_o within_o a_o while_n archbishop_n of_o armach_n in_o ireland_n and_o at_o length_n legatus_fw-la a_o latere_fw-la by_o julius_n the_o 3._o his_o monument_n be_v to_o be_v see_v ●in_a the_o monastery_n of_o the_o minorit_n at_o paris_n for_o a_o bishop_n richard_n fox_n founder_n of_o corpus_n christ●_n college_n here_o in_o oxford_n who_o foundation_n have_v yield_v oil_n to_o mani●_n rare_a light_n for_o learning_n and_o religion_n among_o which_o be_v cardinals_z poole_n ludovicus_n vives_n i●●ll_o hooker_n wotten_n and_o that_o rare_a precedent_n of_o industry_n and_o pieti●_n john_n raynolds_n behind_o the_o rest_n in_o deed_n in_o time_n but_o inferior_a to_o none_o of_o they_o in_o variety_n of_o read_v or_o strictness_n of_o life_n for_o profess_a divine_v venerable_a bede_n &_o jerome_n zanchy_n a_o italian_a the_o principal_a reform_a schoolman_n who_o during_o his_o blindness_n write_v that_o excellent_a tract_n of_o the_o spiritual_a marriage_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n and_o in_o one_o of_o his_o sight_n paphautius_fw-la which_o be_v put_v out_o by_o the_o arrian_n for_o with_o stand_v their_o heresy_n who_o for_o that_o very_a cause_n as_o ru●●in_n 4._o witness_v in_o his_o ecclesiastical_a story_n constantine_n have_v in_o that_o reverence_n and_o estimation_n that_o he_o will_v often_o send_v for_o he_o to_o his_o court_n love_o embrace_a he_o and_o greedy_o kiss_v the_o eye_n which_o have_v lose_v his_o own_o light_n for_o maintain_v that_o of_o the_o catholic_a doctrine_n for_o a_o lawgiver_n lycurgus_n sylvi_n for_o renown_a general_n timoleon_n &_o ziska_n that_o worthy_a bohemian_a who_o after_o that_o he_o have_v fight_v and_o win_v many_o pitch_a field_n against_o the_o enemy_n of_o god_n church_n lie_v on_o his_o death_n bed_n will_v that_o after_o his_o death_n of_o his_o skin_n shall_v be_v make_v a_o drum_n which_o his_o enemy_n hear_v they_o may_v as_o well_o fear_v he_o after_o his_o death_n as_o they_o do_v fly_v from_o he_o alive_a not_o inferior_a to_o ziska●s_n courage_n be_v belisarius_n his_o patience_n general_a of_o justinians_n army_n who_o have_v bring_v the_o vandal_n on_o their_o knee_n triumph_v over_o the_o persian_n sweep_v the_o goth_n out_o of_o italy_n grow_v by_o that_o mean_n into_o reputation_n with_o all_o man_n &_o by_o consequent_a in_o to_o suspicion_n &_o jealousy_n with_o the_o emperor_n be_v first_o dismiss_v from_o his_o office_n &_o then_o his_o eye_n put_v out_o insomuch_o that_o afterward_o live_v in_o a_o little_a base_a cottage_n near_o a_o beat_a high_a way_n he_o be_v wont_a to_o beg_v in_o this_o form_n passenger_n give_v belisarius_n a_o half_a penny_n who_o virtue_n raise_v &_o envy_v blind_v to_o these_o may_v be_v add_v the_o example_n of_o tyrrhenus_n who_o have_v lose_v his_o eye_n in_o a_o fight_n with_o lygdamus_n command_v his_o body_n to_o be_v set_v right_o against_o the_o face_n of_o the_o enemy_n as_o great_a pe●c●s_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v mount_v that_o so_o he_o may_v discharge_v his_o dart_n upon_o they_o &_o at_o leastwise_o in_o receive_v his_o deadly_a wound_n supply_v the_o room_n or_o spare_v the_o turn_n of_o a_o valiant_a and_o see_a soldier_n last_o among_o the_o ancient_a captain_n as_o plutarch_n have_v worthy_o observe_v four_o of_o the_o great_a warrior_n &_o that_o have_v do_v the_o noble_a exploit_n by_o wit_n have_v but_o four_o ●ies_n philip_n han●ibal_n antigonus_n &_o sart●riu●_n for_o a_o statsman_n appi._n cla●d_n surname_v th●_n blind_a who_o counsel_n against_o pirr●●●_n have_v it_o not_o prevail_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n have_v be_v extinct_a for_o a_o lawyer_n caius_z drusius_n who_o house_n be_v frequent_v at_o the_o oracle_n of_o the_o city_n and_o by_o who_o those_o that_o guide_v he_o to_o the_o plead_a place_n be_v themselves_o guide_v to_o the_o win_n of_o their_o plead_n for_o poet_n thamyra_n 〈◊〉_d stesicherus_fw-la &_o homer_n who_o be_v not_o only_o blind_a but_o take_v his_o name_n of_o blindness_n and_o yet_o give_v light_n to_o all_o that_o write_v since_o in_o that_o kind_n have_v in_o such_o sort_n describe_v every_o creek_n and_o corner_n of_o greece_n the_o range_v of_o battle_n the_o manner_n of_o fight_n the_o situation_n of_o town_n the_o passion_n of_o man_n that_o though_o himself_o see_v nothing_o yet_o have_v he_o cause_v we_o to_o see_v all_o these_o as_o in_o a_o table_n or_o glass_n for_o a_o thetorician_n passeratiu●_n who_o not_o long_o since_o in_o a_o public_a lecture_n in_o paris_n make_v a_o learned_a &_o eloquent_a oration_n in_o the_o commendation_n of_o blindness_n orat●ul●_n which_o be_v print_v and_o extant_a in_o his_o book_n of_o oration_n for_o philosopher_n 14._o zenarchus_n sometime_o in_o ward_n with_o augustus_n &_o asclepiades_n who_o make_v none_o other_o account_n of_o his_o blindness_n but_o that_o be_v wont_a to_o walk_v alone_o he_o have_v now_o a_o boy_n ever_o attend_v on_o he_o and_o as_o the_o persian_a king_n use_v other_o man_n ●ares_n so_o do_v he_o ●ther_n man_n eye_n to_o these_o may_v be_v add_v nich●laus_n &_o lippus_fw-la both_o florentine_n and_o well_o know_v as_o it_o seem_v to_o jovianus_n pontanu●_n 7._o who_o report_v of_o they_o that_o the_o one_o every_o holiday_n be_v wont_a to_o recite_v out_o of_o the_o pulpit_n some_o history_n of_o the_o bible_n or_o the_o annal_n of_o their_o country_n in_o italiam_fw-la verse_n with_o a_o extraordinary_a concourse_n &_o applause_n of_o all_o the_o learned_a who_o then_o live_v at_o florence_n and_o the_o other_o be_v but_o young_a daily_o frequent_v the_o school_n of_o the_o rhetoritian_n and_o philosopher_n marvellous_a be_v he_o in_o the_o study_n of_o antiquity_n &_o perfection_n of_o the_o latin_a tongue_n and_o for_o behaviour_n in_o accost_v his_o friend_n exceed_v please_a yet_o to_o his_o blindness_n

leviticall_a law_n command_v that_o none_o shall_v enter_v into_o the_o holy_a of_o all_o 7._o save_v only_o the_o high_a priest_n alone_o and_o that_o once_o in_o the_o year_n only_o and_o upon_o the_o same_o ground_n no_o doubt_n it_o be_v that_o the_o great_a turk_n suffer_v not_o his_o subject_n to_o look_v he_o in_o the_o face_n when_o they_o speak_v unto_o he_o and_o that_o those_o eastern_a prince_n the_o duke_n of_o mus●ovia_n the_o great_a cham_n of_o tartary_n and_o praester_n john_n as_o boterus_n &_o paulus_n venetus_n report_n present_v themselves_o to_o be_v see_v of_o their_o subject_n but_o once_o or_o twice_o in_o the_o year_n at_o most_o as_o well_o remember_v that_o presence_n much_o weaken_v report_n and_o that_o 4._o good_a mother_n bring_v forth_o four_o bad_a daughter_n virtue_n envy_n peace_n idleness_n truth_n hatred_n and_o familiarity_n contempt_n to_o this_o effect_n also_o be_v that_o excellent_a discourse_n which_o comineus_n have_v in_o his_o second_o book_n to_o prove_v that_o interview_n between_o great_a prince_n for_o the_o most_o part_n prove_v more_o dangerous_a ●_o they_o profitable_a the_o example_n he_o bring_v happen_v all_o in_o his_o own_o time_n &_o some_o of_o they_o himself_o have_v be_v present_a at_o as_o that_o between_o edward_n the_o 4_o king_n of_o england_n &_o lewes_n the_o 11_o king_n of_o france_n &_o of_o the_o rest_n have_v he_o be_v credible_o inform_v among_o which_o the_o first_o and_o chief_a for_o our_o purpose_n be_v that_o which_o be_v hold_v between_o the_o forename_a lewes_n and_o henry_n king_n of_o castille_n in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o which_o those_o two_o confederate_a nation_n say_v he_o begin_v to_o scoff_n and_o jest_n each_o at_o other_o the_o king_n of●_n castille_n be_v deform_v &_o weak_a of_o behaviour_n and_o the_o french_a mislike_v his_o apparel_n wherefore_o they_o deride_v he_o again_o the_o french_a king_n wear_v his_o apparel_n very_o short_a and_o marvellous_a uncomely_a &_o be_v sometime_o clad_v in_o very_a course_n cloth_n &_o beside_o wear_v a_o old_a hat_n differ_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o company_n and_o a_o image_n of_o lead_n upon_o it_o where_o the_o castilian_n i●stiested_v as_o if_o this_o proceed_v from_o besenes_n so_o that_o these_o two_o king_n be_v ever_o before_o this_o interview_n confederate_n &_o good_a friend_n part_v discontent_n on_o both_o side_n &_o never_o love_v hearty_o after_n that_o meeting_n notwithstanding_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o there_o may_v be●_n solomon_n the_o very_a sight_n of_o who_o may_v add_v much_o to_o heresay_n and_o report_n as_o the_o queen_n of_o saba_n who_o cane_n to_o see_v he_o witness_v in_o these_o word_n 6._o it_o be_v say_v she_o a_o true_a word_n which_o i_o hear_v in_o my_o own_o country_n of_o thy_o wisdom_n &_o of_o thy_o say_n howbeit_o i_o believe_v not_o their_o report_n until_o i_o come_v &_o my_o eye_n have_v see_v it_o the_o like_a issue_n have_v that_o renown_v interview_n if_o i_o may_v so_o term_v it_o at_o that_o king_n of_o denmark_n his_o come_n over_o to_o see_v his_o majesty_n the_o true_a solomon_n of_o this_o age_n of_o who_o i_o may_v as_o just_o say_v that_o his_o presence_n in_o this_o university_n breed_v a_o great_a admiration_n and_o reverence_v they_o the_o report_n which_o be_v send_v before_o he_o which_o howbeit_o it_o be_v almost_o beyond_o credit_n yet_o his_o presence_n much_o ou●streched_a it_o but_o howsoever_o some_o on_o such_o phoenix_n may_v arise_v in_o a_o age_n yet_o for_o the_o most_o part_n which_o art_n &_o precept_n only_o consider_v i_o dare_v confident_o maintain_v my_o first_o position_n ground_v aswell_o upon_o reason_n as_o common_a experience_n that_o presence_n much_o weaken_v report_n and_o diminish_v reverence_n aswell_o towards_o person_n as_o thing_n cap._n 5._o how_o curiosity_n and_o pry_n into_o other_o man_n business_n be_v breed_v and_o maintain_v by_o the_o etc_n the_o 6._o particular_a be_v curiosity_n for_o such_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o most_o man_n that_o although_o nature_n have_v seat_v the_o eye_n in_o the_o inner_a chamber_n of_o the_o face_n yet_o be_v they_o pry_v always_o into_o other_o man_n business_n sharp_a sight_v as_o eagle_n in_o censure_v other_o man_n action_n but_o bat_n &_o mole_n in_o their_o own_o not_o unlike_o those_o witch_n call_v lamiae_n ●●_o of_o who_o plutarch_n speak_v in_o his_o book_n of_o curiosity_n who_o be_v wont_a to_o put_v up_o their_o eye_n in_o a_o box_n while_o they_o stay_v at_o home_n and_o never_o to_o set_v they_o in_o their_o head_n till_o they_o be_v go_v abroad_o insomuch_o that_o the_o oracle_n of_o truth_n itself_o have_v pronounce_v it_o for_o truth_n that_o those_o who_o can_v see_v a_o mote_n in_o their_o brother_n eye_n 4._o can_v not_o yet_o discern_v a_o beam_n in_o their_o own_o &_o the_o second_o wise_a man_n that_o ever_o live_v have_v lay_v it_o down_o for_o a_o maxim_n that_o a_o wise_a man_n eye_n be_v in_o his_o head_n but_o a_o fool_n be_v peep_v in_o at_o every_o window_n which_o lesson_n it_o seem_v antoninus_n the_o emperor_n be_v to_o seek_v of_o when_o curious_o cast_v his_o eye_n about_o in_o another_o man_n house_n it_o be_v free_o tell_v he_o that_o it_o become_v a_o guest_n as_o he_o be_v in_o that_o place_n to_o be_v deaf_a &_o blind_a to_o which_o purpose_n also_o we_o read_v in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o our_o saviour_n be_v take_v up_o in_o a_o cloud_n 10._o out_o of_o their_o sight_n they_o be_v check_v by_o the_o angel_n for_o gaze_v curious_o after_o he_o and_o in_o a_o kind_n of_o reproof_n style_v with_o the_o name_n of_o man_n of_o galilee_n 19_o yet_o more_o memorable_a be_v that_o instance_n out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o samuel_n where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o lord_n smite_v the_o man_n of_o bethshemish_n because_o they_o have_v look_v into_o the_o ark_n &_o as_o it_o be_v add_v in_o the_o text_n for_o that_o very_a fact_n he_o slay_v among_o the_o people_n fifty_o thousand_o 60._o &_o 10._o man_n but_o for_o a_o pleasant_a example_n in_o this_o kind_n i_o have_v not_o meet_v with_o any_o answerable_a to_o that_o of_o rabelais_n 33_o who_o report_v that_o pope_n john_n the_o 22_o be_v in_o france_n &_o pass_v by_o the_o nunnery_n of_o fonthenrant_n the_o abbess_n with_o her_o nun_n present_v unto_o he_o a_o supplication_n that_o it_o may_v be_v lawful_a &_o sufficient_a for_o they_o to_o confess_v one_o to_o another_o since_o many_o secret_n fall_v out_o among_o they_o which_o they_o dare_v not_o either_o for_o shame_n or_o fear_v trust_v the_o priest_n withal_o the_o pope_n give_v they_o the_o hear_n &_o tell_v they_o he_o will_v consider_v of_o the_o matter_n and_o at_o his_o departure_n deliver_v to_o the_o abbess_n a_o little_a box_n in_o which_o he_o have_v put_v a_o linnot_n to_o be_v keep_v without_o open_v under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n till_o his_o return_n his_o holiness_n have_v no_o soon_o turn_v his_o back_n but_o they_o with_o one_o consent_n set_v all_o upon_o the_o abbess_n for_o the_o open_n of_o it_o to_o see_v what_o be_v in_o it_o such_o be_v their_o curiosity_n of_o pry_v even_o into_o the_o pope_n secret_n she_o be_v easy_o persuade_v do_v so_o by_o which_o mean_v the_o linnot_n escape_v the_o pope_n present_o return_v under_o pretence_n of_o some_o other_o occasion_n demand_n his_o box_n but_o find_v the_o bird_n go_v tell_v they_o that_o if_o they_o can_v not_o keep_v his_o counsel_n upon_o so_o straight_o a_o charge_n they_o will_v hardly_o keep_v one_o another_o and_o so_o injoine_v they_o their_o wont_a form_n of_o confession_n cap._n 6._o of_o bewitch_v by_o the_o eye_n the_o seven_o and_o last_o particular_a in_o this_o kind_n which_o i_o will_v speak_v of_o be_v bewitch_v by_o the_o eye_n to_o which_o the_o apostle_n s._n paul_n allude_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o galatian_n where_o he_o demand_v who_o have_v bewitch_v they_o 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n in_o the_o original_n be_v find_v but_o this_o once_o only_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n &_o as_o i_o think_v in_o the_o canonical_a scripture_n &_o as_o the_o learned_a beza_n have_v right_o observe_v proper_o signify_v a_o kind_n of_o fascination_n or_o bewitch_v by_o the_o eye_n and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o same_o verse_n continue_v his_o metaphor_n oppose_v thereunto_o as_o a_o amulet_n or_o preservative_a the_o crucify_a of_o christ_n in_o their_o sight_n and_o tertullian_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o vail_n of_o virgin_n virginibus_fw-la bring_v this_o as_o a_o reason_n to_o persuade_v they_o to_o the_o use_n of_o their_o veil_n lest_o the_o heathen_a might_n thereby_o take_v advantage_n to_o bewitch_v they_o in_o find_v their_o face_n