Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	answer_v	know_v	see_v	1,229	5	2.8767	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19410	The vnmasking of a feminine Machiauell. By Thomas Andrewe, gent. Est nobis voluisse satis. Seene and allowed by authority	Andrewe, Thomas.	1604 (1604)	STC 584; ESTC S115919	16,466	45

One for whose sake I other friends neglected Was rul'd by him still did what he directed Which Paper as the Poste to me deliuers My hand vnwont as in a feauer shiuers At which being strange I could not chuse but muse And as the smooth Indorsement I peruse Breaking the seale the waxe so fastned cleaues As seem'd vnwilling to let loose the leaues But forced open as th 'ad bene halfe blinde Mine eyes 'gan dazle and no way could finde Where to beginne the sweet sowre Lynes to read From whence my fatall sorrowes ground proceed Mens sences sudden altering out of reason Doe bode ill lucke or do fore-shew some treason At length my hand 'gan stay and eke mine eyes On th' obiect fixed that before them lyes Thus I begunne Since happy Fates ordaine Thou hast suruiu'd where multitudes were slaine From out those Lands breeding dissension blacke Vnto thy natiue soyle with speed come backe Whereas my euer-waking industrie Hath gotten meanes to eleuate on hie Thy tender fortunes which if thou neglect Succeding times will ne're haue power t' effect If thy estate thy Country or my loue Thou would'st increase hold'st deare or any wayes may moue Leaue tedious toyles and warres affording paine And write not backe but come thy selfe againe This letter read the messenger of light Not thrice from th' earth had chac'd away blacke night Who sunke to hell the father of the day To all the world his glory did display But in a small boat plide with striuing Oares I bade adue vnto the Belgicke shores Vnhappy farewell and disastrous fate To leaue bright honour and o'rethrow my state Being come aboord our sailes a stiffe gale stretches Which holding faire the ship soone Englād retches On which cleare coasts in safety thus arriu'de Many reioycing that I there suruiu'de Free from the losse of limbs that others felt That likewise in the late sterne conflict delt Gaue me kind welcome more then I deseru'd Ioying from danger that I was preseru'd Preseru'd from danger said I no not so But was reserued to a greater woe O had I dide where Yaxley Honniwood And more braue Gallants in their hie blood Couragious fighting fell downe all imbrude This home-bred mischiefe had I then eschude But since the Destenies did thus ordaine I must confesse t is bootlesse to complaine Long time e're I returnd the meanes was plotted Whereby my reputation was bespotted That shooke my state betwixt that friend of mine Whose words I held as Oracles diuine Who to my soule and secrets still was neere Apollo n'ere held Hiacinth more deere And her whose tongue for cunning may compare With Greekish Sinon and with Circes share Each hunny word she spake like Magick writtes Were able to enchant the deepest wittes She for the hope of Auaricious gaine Will sweare and forsweare flatter lie and faine Her owne child a Polygamist she made By her vile counsaile Cursed be her trade That hopes not heauen nor respecteth hell Where in dire torments lesse offenders dwell Each circumstance quoth he should I entend T' vnfold to thee discoursing to the end Her practises as well may vndertake To number Libick sands and firme land to make Of Thetis playnes where on a Dolphin rides That aged god the surly sea that guides Let this suffice that she is such a one As but Medea there was neuer none Write what I say though I conceale her name It pleaseth me ynough she read her shame With blushing cheekes if any sparke of grace Which I misdoubt be liuing in her face Scarce had he ended when we saw from farre As we imagined a waiged Carre Which comming neere vs presently I knew 'T was Morpheus Coach that foure night Rauēs drew The wheeles did make no noise yet so fast ran As could beguile the very sight of man With soft Arabian silke 't was ouer-couerd About the which light dreames visions houerd The Curtaines of the same were made of Rings Of the quicke Battes that Vesperugo brings To flie as Harbengers before the night When to th' inferiour Spheare the Sun giues light His Teame being come vnto vs Morpheus staid And looking foorth euen thus me thoght he said Loe I the sonne of griefe-beguiling sleepe That neuer any certaine forme doe keepe But in what shape I list assume can flie From earth to hell from thence vnto the skie To thee Andrea haue my course directed Who of all other holdst thy selfe reiected Thou knowst a thousand visions I presented In gloomy night thinking to haue contented Thy grieued soule yet all was but in vayne Shaddowes of ioyes more did increase thy payne But now I come to carrie thee euen where Thou shalt behold obiects repleat with feare Yet I well know the sight thereof will please thee And of the burthen of thy sorrowes ease thee Stand not to answere but with speed ascend Vp in my Coach and take with thee thy friend That may with vs such wonders strange behold As seene as dreadfull fearefull to be told Mournefull Andrea and my selfe being plac'd By Morpheus side the Chariot ran in haste Till suddenly vpon a banke it stands Whereas the sleepe-god tooke vs by the hands And going forth thus comfortably said What sight soe're you see be not afraid I le goe before your footsteps to direct Dangers at all by no meanes do suspect Him as our guide we follow to a place I thinke scarce seene by any mortall face For in a vale where Titan ne're displayes The radiant brightnes of his golden rayes Where neither lowly shrub nor lofty tree Nor leafe nor grasse nor any plant we see We found a vast and melancholy Caue That op'ned like a hollow wide-mouth'd graue Wherein we enter through a passage made Easily descending to th' infernall shade At length we saw was neuer such a sight ' Mongst all the gastly visions of the night Farre vnderneath vs such a place to lie As could affright the most vndaunted eye Where Thunderclappes and fiery lightnings flash Where boystrous tempests storme dread hailstones dash Frō whence did come a sound astonishing Of wofull shreekes that fearefully do ring Into our eares Then 'gan Andrea thus Where are we now speake gentle Morpheus Oh wherfore hast thou brought vs where our eyes Meete such sterne obiects Then the God replies The place that vnderneath farre off you see Though strange to you is not vnknowne to mee It is that Chaos that confused Den Where are th' eternall punishments for them That surfetting in sinne euen from their birth Without true penitence doe leaue the earth Here all lewd actions fruits of foule desire Tormented are with euerlasting fire Whose burning fury vnextinguisht powers Being but compared vnto that of yours Would make it seeme or nothing or scarce warme Like Winters Sun-beames not of power to harme Aetna still couered with sulphure fume And ardent Hecla shall by time consume But this whose feruour waters n'ere asswage Shall haue continuall and vnceasing rage Then are there