Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	world_n	write_v	year_n	107	3	4.6372	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73588	A Iewes prophesy, or, newes from Rome Of two mightie armies, aswell footemen as horsmen: the first of the great Sophy, the other of an Hebrew people, till this time not discouered, comming from the mountaines of Caspij, who pretend their warre is to recouer the land of promise, & expell the Turks out of Christendome. Translated out of Italian into English, by W.W. 1607.	Buonaccorsi, Andrea, attributed name.	1607 (1607)	STC 4102.9; ESTC S125453	6,695	18

a meruailous noise such as no people vse their Ensigne is an Eute in a blacke field and haue for their posye Such is my gouernment 6 Of the Duke of Barsalda THere is a duke of Barsalda and he is the conductes of xiii thousand footmen which are all Harquebushers carry no fire matches but strike it with a stone they are apparrelled armed with such a hard kinde of leather and so enchaunted that no yron weapon in the world is able to perse it thorow They bee also very swift and light their Ensigne or armes is a dry tree in a blew field and their deuise thus I hope to spread and be greene againe 7 Of the Armie of the Duke Pasill THere is a duke of Pasill called Abia he hath vnder his conduct a thousand footemen very cruell hauing all kind of weapons to push or pricke far off and to strike night but farre different from ours they are very expert in artificiall fire and make the greatest and most dreadfull thinges with all that a man can imagin they do it either by arte or enchauntmen so that it seemeth that it raigneth fire vpon their enemies and yet notwithstanding hurteth not themselues at all by reason they are apparrelled with a certaine Serpents skin which preserueth them Their Ensigne is a Lat holding a Rat in her paw in a blacke fielde and their posy thus Euen so hapneth it to him that is not gouerned 8 Of the Army conducted by the Earle of Albary THere is an Earle of Albary caled Orut which hath vnder his gouernaunce a thousand Horse-men with Crosse-bowes some of them weare certaine light armour of a kind of hard mettall with Rapyers and daggers after theyr manner they fight alwayes running and their horses are so swift that it is wonderfull This man also hath xx thousand horses barbed with very fine leather Some cary pikes and Partisans such like weapons Their Ensigne or armes is a man in chaines in a field parted halfe with greene and Purple and this deuise withall My chaines shall bind another man 9 Of the Marquesse of Vorio THere is a Marques of Vorio called Manasses who hath vnder his conduct xvii thousand footemen Armed with a very hard strong leather which men beleeue to be enchaunted because that no meapon nor harquebush is able to perse it thorowe yet it is as light as Linneu cloth and a thing very fayre to see to These now haue all sorts of weapons that an Armie may haue and they are diuided and set in a very faire comely and decent order their Ensigne is an old man in a chariot in a blacke fielde saying thus After a long iourney I shall be happy Caleb Shilock his prophesie for the yeere 1607. BE it knowne vnro all men that in the yeare 1607. when as the Moone is in the Watrye signe the world is like to bee in great danger for a learned Iew named Caleb Shilock doth write that in the foresaid yeere the Sun shall be couered with the Dragon in the morning from fiue of the clocke vntill nine and will appeare like fire therefore it is not good that any man do behold the same for by beholding thereof hee may lose his sight Secondly there shall come in the same yeare a meruailous great flood of water to the great terror and amazement uf many people Thirdly there shall arise a meruailous great wind and for feare thereof many people shall be consumed or distraughted of their wits Fourthly the same yeare about the month of May will arise another wonderfull great flood and so great as no man hath seene since Noyes flood which wil continue three daies and three nightes whereby many Litties and Townes which standeth vppon Sandie ground will be in great danger Fiftly Infidels and Hereticks through great feare and dread will flye and gather together and asmuch as in them lies make war against Christian princes Sixtly in the same yeare after the great waters be past about the end of the yeere will be very great and fearefull Sicknesses so that many people are like to die by the infection of strange diseases Seauenthly there will be throughout the Worlde great trouble and contention about matters of Religion and wonderfull strange newes vnto all people as concerning the same Eightly the Turke with his God Mahomet shall bee in daunger to loose his Septer through the great change and alteration in his Regiment by reason of famine and warres so that the most part of his people will rather seeke reliefe from the Christian then from him Ninthlie there will also arise great Earth-quakes whereby diuers goodly buildings high houses are like to be ouerthrowne and ruinated Lastlie there will be great remoouings of the earth in diuers places so that for feare thereof many people will be in a strange amazement and terror These punishments are prognosticated by this lerned Iew to fall vpon the whole Worlde by reason of sinne wherefore it behoueth all Christians to amende their euill liues and to pray earnestly vnto GOD to with-hold these calamities from vs and to conuart our harts wholy to him whereby we may find fauour in our time of neede through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen FINIS