Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	henry_n	king_n	son_n	33,152	5	6.0091	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00649	Fennors descriptions, or A true relation of certaine and diuers speeches spoken before the King and Queenes most excellent Maiestie, the Prince his highnesse, and the Lady Elizabeth's Grace. By William Fennor, His Maiesties seruant.	Fennor, William.	1616 (1616)	STC 10784; ESTC S102016	14,787	46

to the Rhyne Which shewes the way to Palatine But being driuen in by stormes He was constrained to lodge at Wormes The Cities worth the God admires And the next day he din'd at Spyres But e're the night approached nye He came to the Vniuersitie Cal'd Hedelberg a famous place Where he beheld the Princes grace Well mounted on a stately steed Which did Bucephalus exceed The day had left the Easterne Coast And to faire Thetis gallopt post Which made the Germaine mountaines darke Cupid drew nye to view the marke And at his bosome sent a shaft Which after it a tincture left No sooner Cupid dedicates This stroke but straight he eleuates To the gods where he a lecture redde How loue had metamorphosed This Princes heart perplext with paine Which caused him to crosse the maine To Brittaines Coast first Graue-send gaines him And England brauely entertaines him The Court his company desires London the louely Prince admires Such ioy sprung forth on euery side That all the Gods mans mirth enuide Therefore they held a Parliament How they might worke his discontent Last they agree'd O! dismall day To take our chiefest hope away Grim visag'd death presum'd to strike A Prince that neuer had his like For as his vertue all excel'd His valour was vnparralel'd Heauen tooke his worth earth knew his want And made a generall complaint Great Brittaine clad in sable blacke With endlesse teares lament his lacke This hopefull match begot great gladnesse But Henries death a solemne sadnesse And had not these two opposites Met England sure had lost hir wits For had their beene no funerall To stay this happy Nuptiall This Kingdome being ouerioy'd With mirth her selfe might haue destroy'd So had their beene no Nuptiall After this driery funerall This Iland would her selfe confound Of force to drowne with her owne teares A heart of cork Therefore the Scene 'Twixt mirth and mourning kept the meane And time which all things doth expell Prouided for this Kingdome wel For though he tooke our hope away He left behinde a second stay Whom heauens highest hand preserue For he all goodnesse doth deserue Thus leauing hearts with sorrowes clad For him whose like earth neuer had T is fit my pen pursue the carriage Of this selected sacred marriage Twixt these two Princes dignity Who were with all solemnitie Ioyn'd with the forefront of the spring In Nuptiall bands before a King But time that for no King will stay Conducts this Virgin bride away T'wards her new confines blest conten Attended on her grace in Kent The trees stood all in suites of greene To guard this Nymph-like natures Queen She leaues a Land where she is knowne To see a strange Land of her owne The louely Nightingale did sing Hir sweete farewell from Englands King Thus after many parting stories Time brought them to their teritories And eare twelue moneths their course had run Betwixt them they possest a Sonne This blessed newes the Seas sent post To comfort vs for him we lost From Henry's ashes there is sprung A second Henry who eare long We hope shall in this Land arriue The hearts of all men to reuiue And greet his royall Grand-sires raigne The Queene and 's Vncle Charlamayne Whom heauen still protect and blesse With royall issue to possesse This Kingdome Scepter and beare sway Till Sunne and Moone doe passe away FINIS The Originall and continuance of the most Noble Order of the Garter as it was spoken before the Kings Maiestie on Saint GEORGES day last Anno Dom. 1616. By W. FENNOR EDward the third that truely Potent King whose Temples worthily wore Englands Crowne This Noble Order of whose fame I 'le sing inuents for Britaines Trophy of renowne Salsburies Countesse hath all Ladies grac't that loose their Garter yet keepe Honour chast From Honor'd chastitie the Garter fell and in a moment rose to royaltie King Edward grac't this Ladies fauour well who humbly bends his kingly Maiesty Catcht vp the ribbon had a leg inbrac't that neuer capor'd with a step vnchast The Lady dies her cheekes with tell-tale redde which blabs she blushes that her Garters found By him that had aduanc't it to a head which with Imperiall dignity was crown'd The Nobles murmur and the King by chance perceiv'd spoke Hony soit quy maly pense Exchanges lawlesse loue for lawfull Armes buckles on ' armour weell's his warlike sword Beats his brac't Drums Trumpets sounds alarums thus like bold Hector rode he to the field Subdu'd his foes and for his deeds in fight of the rich Garter was instal'd a Knight Which bred such luster in each Noble brest as if new Troy had mustred vp the Sonnes Of strong back't Priam and amongst the rest the bold blacke Prince toth ' field most fiercely runs And with his sword hammor'd in Vulcans forge made the French Dennys kneele to English George For which he with the Garter was instal'd and made a Knight of that most Noble Order With many other Nobles that were cal'd worthy by fame that ancient true Recorder The Garter bred such luster in great hearts each stroue for excellence in Armes and Arts. Saint Patricks Crosse did to the Garter vayle Saint Iaques Order waxt with anger pale Saint Dauids leeke began to droupe i th tale Saint Dennys he sate mourning in a dale Saint Andrew look't with cheerefull appetite as though toth ' Garter he had future right But Dragon-killing George that still depends vpon the Garter since third Edwards dayes In this age present hath as many friends as well deseruing high eternall praise As any ages euer had before neuer at one time better neuer more Hanniball stroue for Romes triumphant bayes Scipio for the Carthaginians bough But thanklesse Senators did dimme the rayes of these two worthies and would not allow Nor wreath nor branch they dy'd and left their fame vnto the glory of the Garters name Impartially a royall King bestowes it vpon some Subiect worthy of the wearing His Armes aduanc't within a Church that owes it the oath administred in publike hearing Which being falsifyed the Honors crost by Heraldry the Armes and Garter lost Say that a man long languishing in loue whose heart with hope and feare growes cold and warme Admit some pitty should his sweet-heart moue to knit a fauour on his feeble arme All parts would ioyne to make that one ioynt strong to appose any that his loue should wrong The Garter is the fauour of a King clasping the leg on which mans best part stands A poesye in t' as in a Nuptiall ring binding the heart to their liege Lord in bands That whil'st the leg hath strength or the arme power to kill that Serpent would their King deuoure For which the George is as a Trophy worne and may it long and long remaine with those Which to that excellent dignitie are borne as opposites vnto their Countries foes God keepe our King and them from Romes black pen let all that loue the Garter say Amen