Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

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justice_n	lord_n	thomas_n	william_n	8,541	5	8.8656	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05598	The pilgrimes farewell, to his natiue countrey of Scotland vvherein is contained, in way of dialogue, the ioyes and miseries of peregrination. With his Lamentado in his second trauels, his Passionado on the Rhyne, diuerse other insertings, and farewels, to noble personages, and, the heremites welcome to his third pilgrimage, &c. Worthie to be seene and read of all gallant spirits, and pompe-expecting eyes. By William Lithgow, the bonauenture of Europe, Asia, and Africa, &c.	Lithgow, William, 1582-1645?	1618 (1618)	STC 15715; ESTC S109476	29,168	66

prodigious Night Lendes Breath vnto my long-worne wearie Strife And from thy Beames my Darknesse borrowes light To cheare the Day of my desired Life So Great Apollo as thou shin'st so fauour That I mongst thousands may Thy Goodnesse fauour Great Pious Paterne Patrone of Thine owne This rauisht Age admires Thy Vertuous VVayes VVhose Princelie Actes Remotest partes haue knowne And wee liue happie in Thine happie Dayes Thy VVisdome Learning Gouernment and Care None can expresse their Merites as they are Long mayst Thou raigne and long may GOD aboue Confirme Thine Heart in Thy Great Kinglie Loue. The most Humble and Ingenochiat Farewell of WILLIAM LITHGOW To the High and Mightie Prince CHARLES Prince of Great Britane c. LOe heere braue Prince I striue thy Worth to prayse But cannot touch the least of thy Desertes I showe good-will let brauer Spirits rayse Thy Name thy Worth thy Greatnesse and good partes Late famous Henry did not leaue the earth The Heauens esteem'd the Earth too base for him Till thou his second selfe in blood in birth Hadst strength to his most Princely parts to clim Sweet youth in whome thy Grandsires worth reuiues And noble vertues are renew'd againe In Thee the hope of that Succession liues VVhose braue beginning cannot ende in vaine Most hopefull Image of thy vertuous Sire And greatest Hope of that renowned Race These Unite Kingdomes limite thy desire From seeking Conquest in a Forraine place This Noble Yle yeeldes matter in such store For thy braue Sprite to gaine a glorious Name And rayse thy State all Europe yeeldes no more Heere stay and striue to match thy Fathers Fame VVho knowes but thou resembling him in face Mayst one day liue to equall him in Place So euer Happie Prince I humblie bring This Eccho of Farewell Farewell I sing Your Highnesse most prostrate and Obsequious Oratour WILLIAM LITHGOW To the most Reuerende Fathers in GOD My Lordes Archbishops of Sainct Andrewes and Glasgow c. And to the rest of the Reuerēd L. Bishops of Scotland I Scorne to flatter and yee Reuerende Lords I know as much abhorre a flattring name What in my power this simple meane affords I heere submit before your eyes the same I haue small Learning yet I learne to frame My VVill agreeing to my wandring Mind And yee graue Pillars of Religious fame The onlie Paternes of Pietie wee find How well is plant our Church and what a kind Of Ciuill Order Policie and Peace VVee haue since Heauens your Office haue assign'd That Loue aboundes and bloodie jarres they cease Mechanicke Artes and Vertues doe increase The Crowne made stronger by your Sprituall care Yee liue as Oracles in our learned Greece And shine as Lampes throughout this Land all where The stiffe-neck'd Rebelles of Religion are By you press'd downe with vigilance but rueth So liue great Lightes and of false VVolues beware Yee sound the Trumpets of Eternall Trueth And justlie are yee call'd to such an hight To helpe the VVeake defend the poore mans Right So sacred Columnes of our chiefest VVeale I humblie heere bid your great VVorths farewell Your Lo. euer deuouted Oratour to his death WILLIAM LITHGOW To his euer-honoured Lords the right noble Lords ALEXANDER Earle of DVMFERMELING Lord Fyuy Great Chanceller of SCOTLAND c. THOMAS Lord BINNIE Lord President of the Colledge of Iustice and his Maiesties Secretarie for Scotland c. And to the rest of the most Iudicious and honourable Lords tho Iudges and Senatours of the high Court and Senate of this Kingdome c. AS thou art first great Lord in thy great worth So thou dost liue a Loadstarre to this North Next to our Prince in all supreme affaires Art chiefest Iudge and greatest wrong repairs A second Solon on the Arch of Fame Makes Equitie and Iustice seale thy name And art indued with Faculties diuine From whose sage Breast true beames of Vertue shine Out of thy fauour then true Noble Lord. To this my Orphane Muse one looke afford AND PRESIDENT lest flattrie should bee deem'd I scarce may sing the height Thou art esteem'd Euen from thy Birth auspicuous Starres fore-tolde That mongst the Best thy Name should bee enrolde The source of Vertue who procures true peace A third Licurgus in this well-rul'd Greece VVhom Learning doth endeare and wisdome more That Atlas-like supportes our Senate glore Then as thine honours in thy merit shine Vouchsafe graue Lord to fauour this propine AND yee the rest Sage SENATOURS who swey The course of Iustice whome all doth obey VVhose wisest censures vindicates vnright To you I bring this Mite scarce worthie sight Yee doe the cause the person not respect And simple Ones from Proudlinges doe protect The VViddow findes her Right the Orphane sort And VVeaklinges yee with Iustice doe comfort Yee with euen handes Astraeas Ballance holde Iudges of Right and Lampes of Trueth enrolde Long may yee liue and flourish in that Seate Patrones of Poore and Pillars of the State That Iustice Law Religion Loue and Peace By your great meanes may in this Land encrease Your Lo. most Afold and quotidian Oratour WILLIAM LITHGOW To the truely noble and honourable Lord IOHN EARLE OF MARRE c. Lord high Thesaurer of SCOTLAND c. AMongst these VVorthies of my worthlesse paines I craue thy VVorth would Patronize my Quill VVhich granted then O there 's my greatest gaines If that your Honour doth affect good-will And whiles I striue to praise thy condigne parts Thy selfe the same more to the VVorlde impartes Though noblie borne thy vertue addes thy fame And greater credite is 't when man by merit Attaines the title of True Honoures Name Than when voide cyphers doe the same inherit For Fortune frownes when Clownes beginne to craue And Honour scornes to stoupe vnto a slaue Euen as the shade the substance cannot flee And Honour from true Vertue not degrade Though thou fleest Fame yet Fame shall follow thee For Power is lesse than VVorth VVorth Power made And I I wish GOD may thy Race preserue So long as Sunne and Moone their Course conserue Your L. low prostrate Oratour WILLIAM LITHGOW To the Magnanimous Renowned and most Valourous Lorde IOHN Earle of MONTROSE LORD GRAHAME c. GRant this graue Lord to patronize my paines This my Conflict before thine eyes I bring If thou affect good will O there 's my gaines I show my best though plaine the trueth I sing A two-folde debt mee bindes Thy Worth Thy Name That still protectes all them that heght a GRAHAME So Noble Earle accept these small Effectes Thy Vertue may draw Vales ou'r my Defectes To lift thy worth on admirations eye It farre exceedes the reach of my engine But this great Lord I dare attest to thee While breath indures this wandring breast is thine And that great loue I found in thy late Sire I wish the Heauens the same in thee inspire And as his late renowne reuiues his name So imitate his life increase his fame That thou when dead