Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
friend_n world_n worthy_a young_a 30 3 5.2277 4 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A01600 The life and death of Mr. Edmund Geninges priest, crowned with martyrdome at London, the 10. day of Nouember, in the yeare M.D.XCI. Geninges, John, d. 1660.; Baes, Martin, engraver.; Wilson, John, ca. 1575-ca. 1645?, attributed name. 1614 (1614) STC 11728; ESTC S103059 35,374 114

There are 2 snippets containing the selected quad. | View original text

the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o mr._n edmund_n geninges_n priest_n crown_v with_o martyrdom_n at_o london_n the_o 10._o day_n of_o november_n in_o the_o year_n m._n d.xci_o pretiosa_n in_o conspectu_fw-la dnin_n mors_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la eius_fw-la psal._n 115._o at_o s._n omers_n by_o charles_n boscard_v s._n cyprianus_n epist._n 9_o in_o fine_a o_o beatam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la nostram_fw-la quam_fw-la temporibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la gloriosus_fw-la martyrum_fw-la sanguis_fw-la illustrat_fw-la erat_fw-la antea_fw-la in_o operibus_fw-la fratrum_fw-la candida_fw-la nunc_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la in_o martyrum_fw-la cruore_fw-la purpurea_fw-la happy_a be_v our_o church_n which_o the_o glorious_a blood_n of_o martyr_n do_v in_o these_o our_o day_n illustrate_v it_o be_v make_v white_a before_o in_o the_o work_n of_o our_o brethren_n but_o now_o be_v become_v purple_a in_o the_o blood_n of_o martyr_n the_o author_n to_o his_o book_n go_v mournful_a muse_n the_o trumpet_n of_o my_o care_n sound_v out_o aloud_o this_o doleful_a accident_n tell_v all_o the_o world_n how_o ill_o the_o matter_n fare_v it_o be_v hard_a if_o none_o will_v help_v thou_o to_o lament_v a_o tiger_n hart_n such_o sorrow_n will_v deplore_v his_o tear_n i_o wish_v that_o never_o weep_v before_o when_o as_o the_o noble_a roman_n make_v return_v from_o foreign_a conquest_n and_o great_a victory_n they_o on_o their_o altar_n sacrifice_n do_v burn_v their_o famous_a act_n thereby_o to_o memorize_v and_o thus_o they_o leave_v unto_o posterity_n the_o due_a reward_n of_o worthy_a chivalry_n shall_v then_o the_o suffering_n of_o our_o champion_n sleep_n his_o glorious_a combat_n and_o victorious_a strife_n no_o no_o dear_a muse_n thy_o pen_n thou_o now_o must_v steep_v in_o bloody_a accent_n of_o a_o martyr_n life_n a_o life_n indeed_o for_o when_o his_o day_n have_v end_n eternity_n of_o life_n do_v death_n amend_v the_o book_n to_o his_o reader_n affect_a word_n or_o courtly_a complement_n do_v not_o expect_v who_o ever_o read_v this_o story_n virtue_n be_v my_o ground_n it_o need_v no_o ornament_n and_o to_o deceyve_v you_o so_o i_o shall_v be_v sorry_a if_o any_o such_o there_o be_v post_v to_o king_n call_v liere_n he_o have_v applause_n seek_v not_o contentment_n here_o poet_n may_v paint_v and_o diverse_o adorn_v their_o feign_v passion_n and_o chimaera_n strange_a teach_v their_o pen_n to_o weep_v as_o one_o forlorn_a and_o up_o and_o down_o in_o barren_a desert_n range_v but_o if_o true_a grief_n do_v once_o possess_v their_o mind_n they_o feel_v their_o combat_n in_o another_o kind_n my_o author_n plain_n nor_o be_v his_o grief_n a_o fiction_n the_o world_n can_v witness_v what_o himself_o do_v prove_v read_v that_o ensue_v it_o be_v write_v for_o thy_o direction_n and_o ease_v thy_o passion_n as_o desert_n shall_v move_v it_o it_o be_v pen_v according_a to_o thy_o fancy_n then_o learn_v to_o suffer_v by_o his_o constancy_n to_o the_o very_a r._n my_o ever_o dear_a and_o worthy_a friend_n master_n i._o g._n p._n worthy_a sir_n this_o ensue_a relation_n which_o of_o late_o i_o receive_v from_o you_o in_o write_a hand_n i_o now_o return_v again_o in_o print_n by_o way_n of_o dedication_n my_o reason_n for_o so_o unusual_a a_o thing_n be_v two_o first_o for_o that_o i_o judge_v yourself_o before_o all_o other_o only_o worthy_a to_o patronize_v the_o same_o it_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o he_o in_o who_o before_o all_o other_o you_o ever_o have_v and_o have_v still_o most_o right_a &_o interest_n second_o that_o as_o in_o his_o virtuous_a life_n time_n you_o be_v near_o conjoin_v unto_o he_o both_o in_o affection_n &_o blood_n so_o now_o after_o his_o glorious_a death_n his_o memory_n may_v be_v lively_o represent_v unto_o you_o both_o in_o hart_n &_o mind_n the_o which_o i_o have_v here_o endeavour_v to_o express_v to_o my_o best_a power_n turn_v then_o over_o the_o leaf_n &_o behold_v that_o mirror_n wherein_o you_o most_o delight_n and_o so_o i_o rest_v you_o ever_o most_o assure_v i._o with_o p._n edmundi_fw-la speciem_fw-la spectat_fw-la quicumque_fw-la geningi_n robora_fw-la virtutem_fw-la spectet_fw-la et_fw-la ille_fw-la fidem_fw-la ipsvm_fw-la ter_z dvrae_fw-la fera_fw-fr lex_fw-la fera_fw-fr nexve_fw-fr bearvnt_fw-la terque_fw-la cruenta_fw-la dies_fw-la dena_fw-la decembris_fw-la erat_fw-la numque_fw-la tenet_fw-la raptum_fw-la dum_fw-la cor_fw-la è_fw-la corpore_fw-la lictor_fw-la gregorij_fw-la è_fw-la caelis_fw-la numina_fw-la lingua_fw-la petit_fw-la huic_fw-la den_n ex_fw-la proprio_fw-la vix_fw-la nato_fw-la nascitur_fw-la ore_fw-la roboris_fw-la hoc_fw-la signum_fw-la proque_fw-la fideque_fw-la deo_fw-la mart_n baff_n the_o preface_n sacramentum_n regis_fw-la caelare_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la 12_o opera_fw-la autem_fw-la dei_fw-la revelare_fw-la &_o confiteri_fw-la honorificum_fw-la est_fw-la it_o be_v a_o good_a thing_n say_v the_o holy_a scripture_n to_o conceal_v the_o secret_a of_o a_o king_n but_o it_o be_v most_o honourable_a to_o reveal_v and_o confess_v the_o work_n of_o god_n like_a as_o this_o sentence_n courteous_a reader_n be_v verify_v touch_v all_o the_o divine_a work_n of_o almighty_a god_n himself_o in_o general_a so_o the_o truth_n of_o it_o be_v most_o apparent_a concern_v his_o admirable_a work_n in_o just_a man_n and_o saint_n in_o particular_a the_o reason_n of_o this_o be_v manifest_a because_o the_o relation_n of_o such_o work_n do_v not_o only_o tend_v high_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n who_o by_o this_o mean_n be_v show_v to_o be_v admirable_a and_o praiseworthy_a in_o his_o saint_n 67_o but_o also_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o saint_n themselves_o and_o of_o god_n militant_a church_n on_o earth_n of_o which_o while_o they_o live_v they_o be_v lively_a member_n hence_o it_o have_v be_v ever_o a_o laudable_a custom_n of_o live_a christian_n to_o report_v and_o make_v know_v to_o the_o world_n the_o noble_a act_n of_o god_n saint_n depart_v cut_v of_o this_o vale_n of_o misery_n but_o be_v this_o the_o only_a good_a that_o arise_v of_o such_o endeavour_n no_o for_o the_o history_n of_o the_o live_v of_o saint_n do_v confirm_v our_o faith_n stir_v we_o up_o to_o imitate_v they_o and_o have_v sundry_a other_o most_o profitable_a effect_n and_o although_o these_o motive_n may_v suffice_v to_o persuade_v any_o christian_n to_o pen_n and_o publish_v the_o famous_a act_n of_o holy_a martyr_n yet_o not_o only_o these_o but_o other_o also_o move_v i_o to_o undertake_v this_o labour_n touch_v the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o edmund_n geninges_n priest_n who_o among_o many_o other_o in_o defence_n of_o christ_n holy_a and_o apostolic_a church_n not_o many_o year_n since_o have_v in_o this_o our_o island_n most_o glorious_o shed_v his_o innocent_a blood_n and_o lose_v his_o temporal_a life_n to_o gain_v eternal_a of_o which_o motive_n one_o be_v my_o own_o exact_a knowledge_n of_o many_o particular_n discourse_n concern_v this_o bless_a man_n whereof_o other_o better_a able_a to_o perform_v this_o matter_n then_o myself_o perhaps_o be_v ignorant_a which_o particular_n being_n memorable_a will_v peradventure_o thereby_o be_v bury_v in_o perpetual_a oblivion_n if_o i_o shall_v not_o deliver_v they_o thus_o in_o write_v to_o posterity_n another_o motive_n be_v my_o particular_a love_n and_o deserve_a affection_n to_o the_o party_n of_o who_o i_o be_o to_o treat_v the_o three_o be_v the_o persuasion_n and_o entreaty_n of_o some_o special_a friend_n who_o request_n in_o such_o a_o matter_n i_o can_v well_o either_o neglect_v or_o withstand_v final_o some_o secret_a motive_n have_v often_o assault_v my_o mind_n and_o invite_v i_o to_o this_o enterprise_n which_o in_o mature_a consideration_n seem_v to_o i_o to_o have_v proceed_v from_o god_n himself_o who_o will_v not_o have_v the_o memory_n of_o his_o saint_n so_o long_o obscure_v &_o forget_v these_o reason_n as_o they_o urge_v i_o forward_o so_z other_o also_o contrariwise_o hitherto_o keep_v i_o back_o day_n &_o dissuade_v i_o from_o such_o proceed_n first_o a_o fear_n or_o suspicion_n of_o be_v account_v over_o partial_a by_o reason_n i_o have_v be_v so_o much_o link_v unto_o he_o in_o friendship_n and_o favour_n for_o which_o cause_n my_o relation_n perhaps_o unto_o some_o may_v seem_v in_o part_n feign_v through_o affection_n and_o consequent_o of_o doubtful_a truth_n second_o my_o own_o insufficiency_n and_o want_n of_o experience_n in_o pen_v such_o a_o worthy_a discourse_n as_o this_o deserve_v these_o two_o conceit_n have_v hitherto_o keep_v i_o back_o from_o publish_v of_o this_o intention_n but_o now_o the_o former_a motive_n be_v deem_v by_o i_o more_o forcible_a and_o weigh_v down_o these_o opposite_a objection_n especial_o see_v that_o both_o these_o let_n &_o obstacle_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o a_o indifferent_a reader_n may_v after_o a_o sort_n be_v either_o much_o weaken_a or_o altogether_o remove_v the_o one_o by_o a_o protestation_n of_o truth_n and_o sincerity_n the_o other_o by_o another_o mean_n of_o like_a
every_o where_o about_o they_o this_o strange_a sight_n put_v the_o child_n into_o a_o great_a fear_n persecution_n which_o cause_v he_o to_o run_v in_o hasty_o to_o tell_v his_o mother_n be_v then_o a_o widow_n what_o he_o have_v see_v and_o she_o present_o go_v forth_o with_o three_o or_o four_o of_o her_o neighbour_n who_o that_o night_n have_v sup_v with_o she_o and_o they_o be_v all_o eye-witness_n of_o the_o same_o spectacle_n thus_o much_o i_o myself_o have_v hear_v they_o report_n who_o also_o affirm_v that_o myself_o be_v then_o present_a but_o be_v very_o young_a i_o can_v remember_v it_o this_o happen_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o our_o chief_a persecution_n not_o long_o before_o the_o glorious_a death_n of_o b._n father_n campian_n and_o the_o rest_n about_o the_o year_n 1581._o seruit_fw-la hero_n duce_fw-mi hero_n christi_fw-la fit_a seruus_fw-la uterque_fw-la fidus_n proque_fw-la hero_n agit_fw-fr maxima_fw-la proque_fw-la deo_fw-la of_o his_o conversion_n to_o the_o catholic_a faith_n chap._n ii_o now_o grow_v further_o in_o year_n frequent_v the_o school_n until_o he_o be_v 13._o year_n of_o age_n in_o which_o process_n of_o time_n he_o attain_a to_o so_o great_a virtue_n of_o obedience_n towards_o his_o mother_n of_o modest_a behaviour_n towards_o all_o of_o reverence_n towards_o his_o elder_n &_o better_n education_n and_o profit_v so_o much_o in_o learning_n that_o he_o be_v not_o only_o worthy_o admire_v &_o belove_v of_o many_o but_o especial_o of_o his_o schoolmaster_n above_o other_o who_o have_v great_a trial_n of_o he_o who_o now_o begin_v to_o affect_v he_o so_o much_o and_o to_o conceive_v such_o a_o opinion_n of_o he_o as_o he_o will_v often_o use_v s._n paul_n word_n unto_o he_o gratia_n dei_fw-la es_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la es_fw-la &_o gratia_fw-la eius_fw-la in_o te_fw-la vacua_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la through_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n thou_o be_v that_o which_o thou_o be_v and_o his_o grace_n in_o thou_o be_v not_o void_a now_o i_o can_v here_o but_o much_o admire_v the_o providence_n of_o almighty_a god_n who_o by_o his_o secret_a and_o unexpected_a mean_n bring_v ever_o that_o to_o pass_v which_o he_o have_v preordain_v this_o youth_n during_o all_o this_o time_n be_v no_o member_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n but_o frequent_v the_o protestant_n conventicle_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o friend_n how_o then_o be_v he_o draw_v to_o the_o true_a faith_n and_o religion_n oh_o god_n that_o order_v all_o thing_n sweet_o dispose_v this_o according_o for_o it_o happen_v that_o a_o gentleman_n come_v to_o the_o place_n where_o he_o be_v teach_v and_o lodging_n at_o his_o scoolemaisters_n father_n house_n gentleman_n who_o keep_v a_o inn_n in_o the_o same_o city_n and_o by_o chance_n or_o as_o god_n will_v have_v it_o meet_v the_o schoolmaster_n there_o at_o supper_n after_o other_o ordinary_a communication_n inquire_v of_o he_o whether_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o get_v in_o that_o city_n a_o handsome_a youth_n to_o ride_v with_o he_o as_o his_o page_n who_o quoth_v he_o i_o will_v maintain_v like_o a_o gentleman_n if_o he_o have_v learning_n nurture_n and_o behaviour_n beseem_v such_o a_o person_n to_o which_o the_o schoolmaster_n make_v answer_v such_o a_o youth_n there_o be_v here_o qui_fw-la virtutem_fw-la in_o vultu_fw-la gerit_fw-la who_o carry_v virtue_n in_o his_o very_a countenance_n but_o say_v he_o he_o be_v the_o child_n of_o a_o widow_n who_o i_o much_o fear_n will_v not_o easy_o be_v persuade_v to_o depart_v from_o he_o whereupon_o the_o gentleman_n much_o desire_v to_o have_v a_o sight_n of_o the_o youth_n obtain_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v send_v for_o to_o his_o lodging_n at_o who_o come_n he_o find_v the_o scoolemaisters_n word_n most_o true_a friend_n and_o therefore_o will_v not_o cease_v his_o suit_n until_o he_o have_v obtain_v his_o mother_n consent_n which_o by_o long_a entreaty_n and_o large_a promise_n and_o a_o assure_a speedy_a return_n the_o junekeeper_n and_o schoolmaster_n be_v his_o surety_n at_o length_n he_o enjoy_v and_o so_o this_o our_o young_a man_n be_v age_a about_o 16._o year_n upon_o a_o sudden_a willing_o leave_v both_o mother_n friend_n and_o country_n and_o with_o all_o alacrity_n put_v himself_o into_o the_o government_n of_o a_o master_n that_o be_v unto_o he_o a_o mere_a stranger_n but_o here_o i_o must_v advertise_v my_o courteous_a reader_n that_o this_o good_a gentleman_n be_v a_o catholic_a and_o very_o much_o persecute_v for_o his_o religion_n in_o his_o temporal_a fortune_n sherwood_n and_o therefore_o make_v seldom_o any_o long_a abode_n in_o one_o place_n for_o the_o better_a preservation_n of_o his_o live_n the_o same_o man_n afterward_o go_v beyond_o the_o sea_n and_o be_v make_v priest_n so_o that_o the_o man_n become_v fellow_n and_o brother_n to_o his_o master_n as_o shall_v be_v relate_v hereafter_o this_o gentleman_n at_o the_o first_o have_v a_o watchful_a eye_n over_o his_o new_a servant_n in_o all_o his_o action_n because_o he_o know_v all_o his_o friend_n to_o be_v earnest_a protestant_n but_o in_o short_a time_n he_o find_v he_o so_o trusty_a so_o secret_a master_n and_o so_o diligent_a in_o all_o his_o business_n and_o affair_n that_o he_o begin_v to_o deal_v with_o he_o touch_v religion_n for_o the_o salvation_n of_o his_o soul_n and_o perceive_v he_o both_o tractable_a capable_a and_o willing_a to_o hear_v he_o so_o far_o instruct_v he_o that_o at_o length_n the_o youth_n blush_v at_o his_o own_o ignorance_n earnest_o desire_v to_o be_v reconcile_v and_o make_v a_o member_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n from_o which_o he_o promise_v he_o will_v never_o swerve_v deo_fw-la adiwante_fw-la with_o god_n assistance_n which_o pious_a request_n be_v not_o long_o deny_v he_o to_o his_o exceed_a comfort_n and_o consolation_n behold_v here_o his_o first_o entrance_n into_o the_o way_n towards_o heaven_n his_o first_o step_n to_o his_o glorious_a martyrdom_n heaven_n who_o devout_a beginning_n make_v he_o gracious_a both_o to_o god_n and_o man_n for_o as_o before_o he_o be_v diligent_a in_o all_o his_o master_n affair_n so_o now_o he_o be_v most_o fortunate_a in_o what_o he_o take_v in_o hand_n which_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v love_v of_o every_o one_o with_o who_o he_o converse_v i_o can_v here_o let_v pass_v one_o thing_n among_o many_o which_o this_o our_o pious_a young_a man_n do_v in_o the_o service_n of_o his_o foresay_a master_n which_o i_o relate_v the_o rather_o because_o the_o gentleman_n himself_o be_v a_o priest_n in_o brussels_n of_o flanders_n tell_v it_o afterward_o unto_o i_o and_o this_o it_o be_v the_o foresay_a gentleman_n have_v deal_v in_o matter_n of_o great_a importance_n with_o many_o recusant_n of_o our_o country_n it_o so_o fall_v out_o that_o one_o of_o they_o who_o for_o many_o respect_n i_o forbear_v to_o name_n be_v take_v &_o commit_v close_a prisoner_n in_o london_n and_o because_o weighty_a matter_n have_v pass_v betwixt_o the_o prisoner_n and_o the_o foresay_a gentleman_n touch_v land_n and_o other_o affair_n and_o thereby_o be_v like_a to_o ensue_v some_o damage_n extraordinary_a to_o the_o gentleman_n he_o if_o some_o mean_n be_v not_o wrought_v to_o advertise_v the_o prisoner_n how_o to_o answer_v to_o those_o accusation_n which_o will_v be_v lay_v against_o he_o and_o have_v by_o himself_o seek_v all_o the_o mean_n that_o he_o can_v to_o have_v access_n to_o the_o say_a prisoner_n &_o perceive_v no_o hope_n thereof_o without_o eminent_a danger_n desist_v determine_v at_o last_o to_o send_v this_o his_o trusty_a servant_n confide_v more_o to_o his_o approve_a wit_n &_o lucky_a success_n in_o all_o his_o action_n then_o to_o any_o probability_n of_o accomplish_v the_o same_o and_o thus_o resolve_v he_o send_v edmund_n who_o be_v not_o yet_o 17._o year_n of_o age_n to_o effect_v that_o enterprise_n which_o himself_o can_v not_o perform_v and_o this_o he_o only_o impose_v upon_o he_o not_o direct_v he_o how_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o be_v atcheive_v the_o youth_n have_v his_o charge_n go_v with_o all_o readiness_n commit_v his_o cause_n to_o god_n quia_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la impossibile_fw-it apud_fw-la deum_fw-la omne_fw-la verbum_fw-la for_o that_o nothing_o be_v impossible_a to_o god_n business_n determine_v therefore_o to_o do_v as_o a_o trusty_a servant_n what_o do_v lie_v in_o he_o and_o think_v on_o no_o other_o mean_n he_o take_v up_o his_o lodging_n near_o to_o the_o prison_n hope_v in_o time_n to_o get_v acquaintance_n with_o the_o keeper_n or_o his_o man_n and_o so_o to_o bring_v to_o pass_v his_o intend_a purpose_n neither_o be_v his_o hope_n frustrate_v for_o within_o few_o day_n he_o so_o order_v the_o matter_n as_o he_o fall_v into_o great_a familiarity_n with_o the_o say_v keeper_n man_n who_o as_o god_n will_v have_v it_o have_v the_o charge_n of_o the_o foresaid_a close_a