Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	king_n	lord_n	sceptre_n	2,040	5	10.9794	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01471	A garden of graue and godlie flovvres sonets, elegies, and epitaphs. Planted, polished, and perfected by Mr. Alexander Gardyne.	Garden, Alexander, 1585?-1634?	1609 (1609)	STC 11596; ESTC S118827	34,736	98

place succead And occupie the place when thou Art dispossesd or dead Or lastlie those now thy Possessions present shall Be call'd perteining to such one Whose scarcelie none can tell And why because this life Is like a walking way Wherein one passinger expels By course an other way Bot loe a little looke More hie to hier things And mark the mutabilities Of Monarchies and Kings How many everie age We see aims points aspires And covets Crowns Swords Scepturs Thrones Great Kingdomes and Empyres And when oft-times they haue With troubles travels toyle De-population of the land Impietie and spoyle And oft-times too with death Of innocents obtaind All their ambitious bold desires The' are forc'd and constraind And to giue place compeld Not obstant their Estates To their Successours or them selfs Be satled in their seats This day one rules or raignes To morrow he is dead Yet others shortlie shall ascend And in his seat succeid Departed buried dead And to the graue once gone Fairwel th' are well away soone shall Be re-possest their throne Like Maskars on a stage They passe their time and play Some sittes salutes ascends descends They come and goe away Consider this we should That man his life is bot A journey or seducing way And time that taries not Bot speciallie to those Most doubtles dangerous That they be here but Passingers Which be oblivious And who too much does stand Vpon occurrent things The which occasion represents And oft for obiect brings For know the night will come And quickly it will come When many shall be fast asleepe Whairof there shall be some Whose negligence and slouth Shal be a bar to them To beare them back from the most holy hie Ierusalem Whairby they shall become A fearefull sorie sight An pray vnto th' infernall Wolfes That wander be the night To his Maiesties great Commissioner G. E. Marshall Lo. K. and Altrie GReat Fabius far famous for his facts Be long delaies he did restore the state Nought greatest hast the gravest Actions acts Nor are they lost altho a-doing late So generous and Thou most worthie Than Walk with that wise and Inclite Fabian Alex. Rupeo Suo S. KJnd Cunning Crag I can nought bot commend Thy wondrous wit thy Judgement thy Ingyne For thy attempts brought to so braue an end Bewrayes thee for none wordly bot divine And if thou list from Men to lead thy Line Or brwik that they thy first for-Beares ware Then'cording too this Judgement meane of mine Thee to no Craig nor Petra I compare Bot I avow proclame and does declare Thee th' only he that sol'deserues the same That learned old the great Petrarchas heare He was the Craig of whom thou sandie came For with thy works that worthie thou reuiu's And by thy lines his Ladie Laura liues Vpon thee honourable gentleman Iohn Da. and Iohn Sibalds of Kair LOoke here below into this Iudge whair lies Dead in the Lord the father sonne and Oyo By name and Nature SIB-BALD both and wise Honest discret and sotiall also Whose spreits aboue in mouths of men Remaines Their fame their flesh this Terren Tombe contains To the Ghost of the most noble Ladie Lad e Elizabeth Gordon Countesse of Dunbar IF Vertue wit and if discretion doe With pietie expostulat a praise If th' outward shape may be collauded to Than thou adorn'd with those into thy daies Must nocht Madam expect nor looke for lesse Nor all that Art or Poesie can expresse Thought all that Art or Poesie can expresse About thy pale imprinted war and pend Yet should thy praise great Ladie I confesse Permit no point no period nor end Bot be a solemne subiect to be sung In th'after age with each Poetick Tongue Of changing Fortune and her effects into This age HE first that did a Fortune faine to be And but her eyes vpon a Rolling Round Shuip her to sit in my opinion He May passe for an both famous and Profound For lo as shee vnsatled seemes to sit So flowing ay all her affaires does flitt Behold each day and see a sundrie change The Proud deprest and simple Spreits ptomou'd The skilfull scornd and what is yet more strange The Foole preferd and loiterers belou'd And all things known come of contrarious kinde Turnd topsie turvie be this fortune blinde TO THE MOST ACCO-MPLISHED and most noble Earle George Earle of Anzie L. G. c. GReat gallant Youth thy Bogie-valley wailes And louingly laments thy absence long Thy Bogie bursts and as inragd she railes And waries all the world for this wrong Mourning shee moues the Montanes all among And as she slides shee soughs she shoutes and sings With weeping voice a sad and sorie song VVailing thy want her watrie eies shee wrings While spaits of Tears that from those fontains springs The Valies low like furious floods o're flowes And all her banks in their disdaine down dings And with a thought like thunder all ore throwes Yet noble Lord haist home and you shall see Both Bog and Bogie-waill be blyth of Thee EPITAPH VPON THE HONORABLE young Gentleman of singular expectation preuented by death Walter Vrquart apeir of Cragstoun COnvert ȝour eyes vnto this Voult and view This Sepulture or this spelunck espie Whair woe is me Wit worth and valour true Apollos freind and Pallas loue does lie Of such deserts while both those Gods disdaine That such a man mongst mortals should remaine TO THE MOST HONOVRED LAdie The Ladie Clunie WHen I revolue or reckens or recounts All fauours fond from my affected frends Aboue those all so high Thy merits mounts That my conceit them scarsely comprehends So boundles be thy benefits but ends While J ashame for surely I must say If nought my Muse were mindefull of a mends For very woe I vanish would away Bot since jn part Shee preeses to repay And gladly yeelds her indeauours as yours Then I protest I repotest and pray That these the labours of her idle hours In part for payment of my depts receaue And hope at least good Lady for the leaue Deus vnita protegat Sceptra Mag. Brit. THose Crownes conjoind and now vnited Lord Into thy mercie with thy power protege And keepe thou them at quiet and accord Each with their old and princely priuiledge And let no Wrong nor no attempt betide Those royall Realmes vnited to deuide What greater joy nor see two Kingdomes knit Togither-chain'd and locked into Loue And for two Kings to see on Caesar sit And both with Maiestie and Mercie moue Two royall Scepters with one happie hand And or'e two Countries quietly command No greater Grace nor richer blessing be Imparted to no Prince his Subjects then Thou louing Lord of thy benignitie Bestowes on Britans Scots and Englishmen For O we haue from heauen a happie Head And from the same a Sonne for to succead FJNIS ¶ To such as shall peruse this Booke POETRIE is so euery way made the Harauld of wantonnesse as there is not now any thing too vncleane for lasciuious rime which among some in whose hearts God hath wrought better things hath bin the cause why so generall an imputation is laid vpon this ancient and industrious Arte. And I to cleere as I might verse from the soyle of this vnworthinesse haue herein at least proued that it may deliuer good matter with fit harmonie of words though I haue erred in the latter The way to Doe well is not so doubtfull as not to be sought neither so darke but it may bee found I confesse I haue touching my perticular beene long carried with the doubts of folly youth and opinion and as long miscaried in the darknesse of vnhappinesse both in mention and action This was not the path that led to a contented rest or a respected name In regarde whereof I haue heere set forth the witnesse that may testifie what I desire to bee Not that many should know it but that many should take comfort by it And kind Reader this is my request that faults in Printing may be charitably corrected that the sence of the matter may be wisely and herein truely construed and so shall yee both approue your owne Iudgements and right the Authour in his hopes Farewell ⸫ ⸪ ⸫ ⸪ ⸪ ⸫ ⸪ ⸫ ⸪ ⸫ ⸫ ⸪ ⸫ ⸫