Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	air_n	earth_n	world_n	3,166	5	4.7166	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28549	Summum bonum, or, An explication of the divine goodness in the words of the most renowned Boetius translated by a lover of truth and virtue.; De consolatione philosophiae. English	Boethius, d. 524.; Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1674 (1674)	Wing B3434; ESTC R7385	77,686	220

neglect_v and_o suffer_v to_o lie_v in_o the_o dirt_n but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o for_o if_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v conclude_v a_o little_a before_o be_v fix_v in_o thy_o mind_n thou_o shall_v understand_v by_o his_o instruction_n who_o kingdom_n we_o speak_v of_o that_o good_a man_n be_v always_o powerful_a and_o evil_a man_n be_v always_o weak_a and_o contemptible_a and_o that_o vice_n be_v always_o punish_v virtue_n be_v always_o reward_v that_o all_o thing_n that_o happen_v to_o good_a man_n be_v good_a for_o they_o but_o that_o mischief_n always_o betide_v the_o wicked_a and_o many_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n which_o will_v allay_v all_o thy_o complaint_n and_o establish_v thy_o mind_n in_o the_o most_o firm_a and_o solid_a apprehension_n of_o truth_n and_o goodness_n and_o since_o i_o have_v already_o show_v thou_o wherein_o true_a happiness_n do_v consist_v and_o thou_o have_v learn_v in_o who_o it_o be_v to_o be_v find_v all_o thing_n be_v run_v over_o which_o i_o think_v necessary_a to_o promise_v i_o shall_v show_v thou_o the_o way_n that_o lead_v to_o thy_o house_n and_o i_o shall_v fasten_v wing_n to_o thy_o soul_n by_o which_o she_o may_v raise_v herself_o on_o high_a that_o all_o perturbation_n and_o disorderly_a thought_n be_v do_v away_o with_o these_o wing_n by_o my_o conduct_n in_o my_o path_n thou_o may_v be_v carry_v safe_a into_o thy_o own_o country_n the_o first_o verse_n how_o philosophy_n bring_v man_n to_o the_o contemplation_n of_o god_n for_o i_o have_v nimble_a wing_n that_o soar_v above_o the_o starry_a sky_n which_o when_o the_o mind_n put_v on_o no_o more_o will_v she_o earth_n treasure_n prize_v beyond_o the_o cloud_n she_o do_v aspire_v '_o above_o the_o air_n she_o bend_v her_o force_n and_o so_o transcend_v the_o lofty_a fire_n stir_v by_o the_o heaven_n swift_a course_n then_o she_o ascend_v the_o starry_a plain_n and_o run_v with_o phoebus_n bright_a or_o follow_v the_o tract_n of_o the_o old_a swain_n saturn_n and_o to_o his_o join_v her_o light_n and_o wheresoever_o the_o night_n look_v clear_a she_o run_v among_o the_o star_n and_o when_o her_o fill_n she_o '_o have_v take_v here_o she_o go_v beyond_o heaven_n bar_n and_o on_o the_o top_n of_o aether_n tread_v the_o field_n of_o awful_a light_n here_o sit_v he_o over_o imperial_a head_n who_o guide_v the_o world_n aright_o who_o unmoved_a rule_v the_o nimble_a sun_n who_o power_n do_v all_o thing_n sway_v if_o hither_o thou_o will_v come_v anon_o recov'r_v thy_o lose_a way_n i_o well_o remember_v it_o thou_o will_v say_v this_o be_v my_o country_n dear_a hence_o i_o come_v i_o will_v stay_v here._n and_o if_o thou_o shall_v be_v please_v to_o see_v this_o darken_v world_n again_o thou_o will_v find_v that_o stern_a tyrant_n be_v themselves_o but_o banish_v men._n the_o second_o prose_n that_o good_a man_n be_v powerful_a and_o evil_a man_n weak_a than_o say_v i_o o_o how_o great_a thing_n do_v thou_o promise_n which_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o thou_o be_v able_a to_o perform_v but_o see_v thou_o do_v not_o slacken_v and_o cool_v he_o who_o thou_o have_v excite_v and_o inflame_v in_o the_o first_o place_n than_o thou_o may_v easy_o understand_v that_o good_a man_n be_v always_o powerful_a that_o the_o wicked_a be_v void_a of_o all_o power_n of_o which_o assertion_n one_o be_v prove_v by_o the_o other_o for_o since_o good_a and_o evil_a be_v contrary_n if_o it_o be_v manifest_v that_o good_a be_v powerful_a it_o be_v no_o less_o evident_a that_o evil_n be_v feeble_a and_o impotent_a but_o if_o the_o frailty_n of_o evil_n be_v make_v to_o appear_v the_o strength_n and_o firmness_n of_o good_a can_v but_o be_v know_v likewise_o that_o the_o truth_n of_o that_o i_o say_v may_v be_v most_o clear_o and_o abundant_o demonstrate_v i_o shall_v go_v sometime_o this_o way_n and_o sometime_o that_o in_o the_o pursuit_n of_o the_o matter_n i_o have_v undertake_v to_o treat_v of_o there_o be_v two_o thing_n wherein_o all_o the_o effect_n of_o humane_a action_n do_v consist_v to_o wit_n will_n and_o power_n of_o which_o if_o one_o be_v want_v nothing_o can_v be_v do_v for_o if_o the_o will_v fail_v no_o man_n attempt_v any_o thing_n but_o if_o power_n be_v want_v it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o will_v any_o thing_n so_o that_o if_o thou_o see_v any_o man_n willing_a to_o get_v that_o which_o he_o do_v not_o get_v thou_o can_v not_o doubt_v but_o that_o he_o want_v the_o ability_n to_o obtain_v what_o he_o will_v have_v it_o be_v as_o clear_a as_o the_o sun_n quoth_v i._o but_o can_v thou_o doubt_v but_o that_o he_o have_v power_n who_o thou_o see_v to_o have_v effect_v what_o he_o will_v and_o design_v no._n but_o what_o any_o man_n be_v able_a to_o do_v in_o that_o he_o be_v powerful_a but_o what_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o do_v in_o that_o he_o be_v judge_v to_o be_v feeble_a and_o impotent_a i_o confess_v it_o quoth_v i._o do_v thou_o not_o remember_v quoth_v she_o that_o it_o have_v be_v already_o prove_v that_o all_o the_o bent_n or_o intention_n of_o the_o will_n of_o man_n which_o be_v exercise_v in_o divers_a study_n and_o endeavour_n tend_v unto_o true_a happiness_n i_o well_o remember_v quoth_v i_o that_o this_o have_v be_v demonstrate_v do_v thou_o remember_v that_o true_a happiness_n be_v the_o sovereign_n good_a so_o that_o sith_o true_a happiness_n be_v seek_v for_o by_o all_o man_n good_a must_v needs_o be_v desire_v by_o they_o i_o can_v be_v say_v to_o remember_v it_o quoth_v i_o because_o it_o be_v never_o out_o of_o my_o mind_n have_v all_o man_n therefore_o good_a and_o bad_a one_o intention_n viz._n to_o attein_n to_o the_o possession_n of_o good_a it_o must_v needs_o follow_v quoth_v i._o but_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o by_o get_v of_o good_a man_n become_v good_n it_o be_v certain_a do_v good_a man_n therefore_o get_v that_o which_o they_o desire_v so_o it_o seem_v but_o evil_a man_n if_o they_o can_v get_v the_o good_a that_o they_o desire_v will_v cease_v to_o be_v evil_a it_o be_v true_a sith_o therefore_o both_o sort_n of_o man_n desire_v good_a but_o some_o attein_n thereunto_o other_o come_v short_a of_o it_o it_o can_v be_v doubt_v but_o that_o good_a man_n be_v powerful_a but_o they_o that_o be_v wicked_a be_v feeble_n and_o impotent_a whoever_o doubt_v of_o this_o say_v she_o be_v neither_o capable_a of_o consider_v the_o nature_n of_o thing_n nor_o the_o consequence_n of_o reason_n moreover_o say_v she_o if_o there_o be_v two_o person_n who_o have_v one_o purpose_n or_o design_n to_o perform_v that_o which_o their_o nature_n require_v and_o one_o of_o they_o perform_v his_o intention_n but_o the_o other_o be_v not_o able_a to_o execute_v that_o natural_a office_n but_o take_v some_o such_o course_n which_o be_v not_o agreeable_a to_o nature_n whereby_o he_o do_v not_o accomplish_v his_o purpose_n but_o imitate_v one_o that_o do_v accomplish_v it_o whether_o of_o these_o two_o do_v thou_o judge_v to_o be_v the_o more_o able_a man_n though_o i_o conjecture_v say_v i_o what_o thou_o will_v be_v at_o yet_o i_o desire_v thou_o will_v speak_v it_o out_o more_o plain_o will_v thou_o deny_v say_v she_o that_o to_o go_v be_v a_o motion_n natural_a to_o man_n no_o say_v i._o and_o do_v thou_o doubt_v that_o it_o be_v natural_a to_o the_o foot_n to_o perform_v that_o office_n neither_o can_v i_o deny_v that_o if_o any_o one_o than_o shall_v go_v on_o his_o foot_n and_o another_o who_o want_v this_o natural_a office_n of_o foot_n shall_v endeavour_v to_o go_v on_o his_o hand_n who_o of_o these_o may_v be_v right_o judge_v to_o be_v the_o more_o able_a man_n proceed_v say_v i_o for_o it_o be_v unquestionable_a that_o he_o who_o have_v a_o power_n to_o perform_v those_o action_n which_o nature_n require_v have_v more_o strength_n than_o he_o who_o be_v not_o able_a so_o to_o do_v but_o the_o sovereign_n good_a which_o all_o man_n aim_v at_o good_a and_o bad_a good_a man_n attein_n unto_o by_o the_o natural_a office_n of_o virtue_n but_o the_o wicked_a earnest_o endeavour_v after_o this_o very_a good_a by_o gratify_v their_o various_a lust_n and_o unruly_a affection_n which_o be_v not_o the_o office_n that_o nature_n require_v we_o to_o perform_v that_o we_o may_v attein_n to_o the_o true_a good_n do_v thou_o think_v otherwise_o no_o sure_o say_v i_o the_o consequence_n also_o be_v very_o clear_a for_o from_o what_o i_o have_v grant_v it_o must_v of_o necessity_n follow_v that_o good_a man_n be_v powerful_a that_o wicked_a man_n be_v altogether_o feeble_a and_o impotent_a thou_o do_v well_o quoth_v she_o thus_o to_o run_v before_o i_o and_o this_o as_o physician_n be_v wont_n to_o hope_n be_v a_o sign_n that_o

not_o confess_v it_o since_o we_o see_v it_o so_o frequent_o that_o the_o possessor_n be_v deprive_v of_o their_o wealth_n for_o what_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o so_o many_o complaint_n that_o be_v make_v before_o the_o judge_n but_o that_o man_n endeavour_v to_o regain_v the_o money_n that_o have_v be_v take_v from_o they_o by_o force_n or_o by_o fraud_n it_o be_v so_o quoth_v i._o every_o man_n therefore_o say_v she_o will_v stand_v in_o need_n of_o some_o aid_n from_o without_o by_o which_o he_o may_v possess_v his_o money_n in_o safety_n that_o can_v be_v deny_v quoth_v i._o but_o he_o will_v have_v no_o need_n of_o any_o such_o aid_n or_o assistance_n if_o he_o have_v no_o money_n that_o may_v be_v take_v from_o he_o that_o be_v unquestionable_a quoth_v i._o the_o matter_n than_o fall_v out_o quite_o contrary_a to_o what_o vain_a man_n expect_v for_o those_o riches_n which_o be_v think_v to_o make_v a_o man_n sufficient_a render_v he_o the_o more_o necessitous_a make_v he_o to_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o such_o external_n aid_n or_o assistance_n which_o otherwise_o he_o may_v well_o be_v without_o but_o how_o can_v riches_n drive_v away_o indigence_n do_v not_o rich_a man_n suffer_v hunger_n and_o thirst_v do_v not_o the_o limb_n of_o moneyed_a man_n feel_v cold_a in_o the_o winter_n but_o rich_a man_n thou_o will_v say_v have_v wherewith_o they_o may_v satisfy_v their_o hunger_n wherewith_o they_o may_v ease_n themselves_o of_o thirst_n and_o cold._a but_o thus_o they_o may_v have_v some_o consolation_n in_o their_o indigence_n but_o they_o can_v be_v whole_o free_v from_o it_o wherefore_o if_o wealth_n can_v remove_v indigence_n and_o do_v in_o many_o respect_n increase_v it_o can_v there_o be_v any_o reason_n that_o you_o shall_v believe_v that_o all_o the_o riches_n in_o the_o world_n can_v produce_v sufficiency_n the_o three_o verse_n how_o riches_n afflict_v their_o possessor_n in_o life_n and_o forsake_v they_o in_o death_n though_o he_o that_o love_v the_o world_n be_v vain_a wealth_n have_v all_o the_o gold_n that_o gold_n tagus_n yield_v and_o have_v a_o hundred_o ox_n in_o his_o stall_n to_o blow_n his_o ample_a field_n yet_o whilst_o he_o live_v care_n will_v bow_v down_o his_o head_n nor_o will_v his_o wealth_n avail_v he_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a the_o four_o prose_n that_o true_a happiness_n consist_v not_o in_o dignity_n but_o dignity_n render_v a_o man_n venerable_n be_v there_o that_o power_n and_o efficacy_n in_o magistracy_n or_o civil_a authority_n that_o it_o may_v engraft_v virtue_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o those_o that_o use_v it_o and_o drive_v away_o vice_n but_o it_o be_v wont_n not_o to_o drive_v away_o wickedness_n but_o rather_o to_o make_v it_o more_o conspicuous_a hence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o our_o indignation_n be_v so_o often_o stir_v to_o see_v the_o most_o wicked_a man_n invest_v with_o power_n and_o dignity_n for_o which_o cause_n verona_n catullus_n call_v hist_o nonius_n though_o sit_v in_o the_o consul_n chair_n struma_n a_o impostume_n see_v thou_o not_o how_o great_a disgrace_n dignity_n bring_v upon_o person_n of_o base_a and_o unworthy_a disposition_n but_o their_o unworthiness_n will_v less_o appear_v if_o they_o have_v no_o honour_n to_o make_v they_o eminent_a can_v thou_o be_v so_o wrought_v on_o by_o so_o many_o danger_n as_o to_o be_v willing_a to_o bear_v office_n with_o decoratus_fw-la when_o thou_o do_v discover_v in_o he_o the_o mind_n of_o a_o base_a fellow_n and_o a_o accuser_n of_o honest_a man_n but_o if_o thou_o shall_v see_v a_o man_n endue_v with_o wisdom_n be_v it_o possible_a thou_o shall_v not_o think_v he_o worthy_a either_o of_o reverence_n or_o of_o the_o wisdom_n with_o which_o he_o be_v endue_v it_o be_v not_o possible_a for_o virtue_n have_v dignity_n of_o its_o own_o which_o it_o can_v but_o transfuse_v into_o those_o which_o join_v themselves_o unto_o it_o which_o because_o popular_a honour_n can_v perform_v it_o be_v manifest_a they_o have_v not_o in_o they_o the_o beauty_n of_o true_a dignity_n this_o aught_o to_o be_v very_o much_o think_v on_o for_o if_o every_o man_n be_v more_o abject_a and_o despicable_a for_o be_v contemn_v by_o a_o great_a number_n of_o person_n since_o dignity_n make_v not_o wicked_a man_n reverend_a it_o be_v manifest_a that_o show_v they_o to_o more_o people_n it_o make_v they_o to_o be_v more_o despise_v but_o wicked_a man_n be_v revenge_v on_o dignity_n by_o defile_v they_o with_o their_o own_o impurity_n by_o which_o they_o be_v so_o expose_v to_o disgrace_n and_o that_o thou_o may_v acknowledge_v that_o true_a reverence_n can_v be_v obtain_v by_o these_o shadow_n of_o dignity_n if_o any_o man_n that_o have_v be_v never_o so_o often_o consul_n shall_v come_v among_o foreign_a nation_n will_v his_o honour_n render_v he_o venerable_a to_o those_o strange_a people_n but_o if_o it_o do_v appertain_v to_o the_o nature_n of_o dignity_n to_o make_v man_n reverend_a or_o venerable_a they_o will_v not_o cease_v to_o perform_v this_o office_n in_o any_o nation_n whatsoever_o as_o fire_n throughout_o the_o whole_a world_n never_o desi_v from_o its_o heat_n but_o because_o this_o do_v not_o appertain_v to_o their_o nature_n but_o be_v fasten_v on_o they_o by_o the_o false_a opinion_n of_o man_n they_o vanish_v present_o when_o they_o come_v among_o those_o who_o do_v not_o esteem_v they_o to_o be_v dignity_n but_o this_o among_o foreign_a nation_n but_o among_o those_o with_o who_o they_o have_v their_o beginning_n do_v they_o always_o endure_v the_o office_n of_o a_o praetor_n be_v in_o time_n past_o a_o great_a power_n but_o now_o it_o be_v but_o a_o empty_a name_n in_o time_n past_o he_o that_o be_v to_o provide_v corn_n for_o the_o people_n be_v esteem_v to_o be_v a_o great_a man._n now_o what_o be_v more_o contemptible_a than_o such_o a_o office_n for_o as_o i_o say_v a_o little_a before_o that_o which_o have_v not_o any_o beauty_n in_o itself_o have_v sometime_o a_o kind_n of_o lustre_n sometime_o none_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o those_o that_o use_v it_o if_o therefore_o dignity_n can_v make_v man_n venerable_a if_o when_o wicked_a man_n be_v invest_v with_o they_o they_o become_v sordid_a and_o odious_a if_o by_o the_o change_n of_o time_n they_o lose_v their_o splendour_n if_o by_o the_o estimation_n of_o people_n they_o become_v vile_a and_o nothing-worth_n what_o beauty_n be_v in_o they_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v desire_v much_o less_o have_v they_o any_o to_o bestow_v on_o other_o the_o four_o verse_n how_o nero_n being_n most_o wicked_a be_v in_o great_a dignity_n though_o nero_n vaunt_v his_o royalty_n with_o scarlet_a and_o with_o pearl_n adorn_v yet_o in_o his_o pompous_a luxury_n be_v he_o of_o all_o man_n loathe_v and_o scorn_v the_o consul_n chair_n hereby_o disgrased_a this_o man_n so_o full_a of_o vice_n have_v in_o his_o own_o dispose_n who_o then_o will_v ever_o think_v that_o honour_n can_v make_v happy_a which_o so_o vile_a a_o wretch_n bestow_v the_o five_o prose_n of_o king_n and_o their_o favourite_n but_o may_v kingdom_n and_o the_o favour_n of_o king_n make_v a_o man_n powerful_a how_o not_o when_o their_o felicity_n endure_v for_o ever_o but_o antiquity_n be_v full_a of_o example_n and_o so_o be_v our_o present_a age_n how_o the_o felicity_n of_o king_n have_v be_v turn_v into_o calamity_n o_o glorious_a power_n which_o prove_v so_o unable_a to_o preserve_v itself_o if_o the_o power_n of_o kingdom_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o happiness_n do_v it_o not_o lessen_v felicity_n or_o bring_v in_o misery_n if_o in_o any_o part_n it_o be_v defective_a but_o although_o humane_a empire_n be_v stretch_v never_o so_o wide_a every_o king_n must_v acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v many_o nation_n without_o the_o compass_n of_o his_o dominion_n but_o where_o that_o power_n can_v reach_v no_o further_o that_o make_v man_n happy_a there_o enter_v that_o want_n of_o power_n which_o make_v they_o miserable_a thus_o king_n of_o necessity_n have_v a_o large_a portion_n of_o misery_n than_o of_o felicity_n a_o certain_a tyrant_n that_o have_v experience_v the_o danger_n of_o his_o estate_n set_v forth_o the_o fear_n that_o be_v incident_a to_o crown_n and_o sceptre_n by_o the_o terror_n of_o a_o sword_n hang_v over_o a_o man_n head_n what_o kind_n of_o power_n then_o shall_v we_o account_v this_o which_o can_v drive_v away_o the_o most_o bite_a care_n and_o solicitude_n which_o can_v avoid_v the_o continual_a pricking_n of_o dread_a and_o horror_n they_o will_v fain_o live_v secure_o but_o can_v and_o yet_o they_o boast_v of_o their_o power_n do_v thou_o judge_v that_o man_n to_o be_v powerful_a who_o thou_o see_v so_o unable_a to_o do_v what_o he_o will_v do_v thou_o judge_v he_o to_o be_v powerful_a who_o be_v encompass_v