Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	hold_v	manor_n	tenant_n	2,080	5	9.7767	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13742	The ioiefull and blessed reuniting the two mighty & famous kingdomes, England & Scotland into their ancient name of great Brittaine. By John Bristoll	Thornborough, John, 1551-1641.	1605 (1605)	STC 24036; ESTC S118409	39,081	92

is in simplicitie and perfection one but the Devil neither dwelling in this Center nor sitting in this Circle is carried in duallitie nay contrariety of numbers opposing evil against good whose Cēter being falshood the circumference cannot be truth his is a kingdome divided and must fal being not a Monarchie it cannot stand And yet we reiect not the number of two so they continue persist in vnion as it is written they shall be two in one flesh but reprobate is that duallitie that maketh war in peace begetting and ingendring diuision and contrarietie controuersie and confusion and either of ambition senslesnes hatred quarrel open discorde or rebellion doth hinder that sweete Harmony of vnion most pleasing to God and most profitable for men of whom saith Tacitus In publicum exitiosi nihil spei nisi per discordias habent tamen libert as praeciosa nomina praetexuntur But do we not see by this vnfolding of things how the perpetual course of trueth and vnitie throughout al in the world doth euen now conduct and lead me by the hand to the matter now in hand And verily I wil follow thee sacred vnion whither soeuer thou leadest me into what soeuer Region of vertue thou intendest I wil not leaue thee being never vnlike thy selfe alwaies wel accompanied adorned and beautified with diversitie of things and never alone and yet stil but one It is thy doing that Prudence the chiefe head and governour of vertues the rule and direction of al wel doings and prescribing to every vertuous action the manner order and course of doing wel doth so knit and ioine togither al moral vertues as that by thy secret influence they al may be found iointly in al wife Subiectes and in everie one particulerly with one heart to performe that duety which both yeeldeth right to the king and maintaineth peace and loue among men Siquidem communis vitae societas in vnione consistit And seeing it hath pleased his Maiesty by publique proclamation to assume the name and stile of King of Great Brittaine iure haereditario it is meete that al loving Subiects not only acknovvledge the clearenesse of his right but ioyfully applaude and cheerefully follow him herein least murmuring they like evil and base minded souldiers follow their Emperor with an evil wil according to that saying malus miles imperatorem Senec. sequitur gemens We see some noble men yea the gentlemen in our State daily to purchase vnite Land to Land and Lordship vpō Lordship to seeke by al meanes to shake of the Tenure in Capite and to hold al their Lands in some other one more free Tenure And it cannot bee denied that to al their several Courts al Tenants and free holders willingly performe their several services or els are fined by the Lord of the Mannor or by his Steward And may the inferiour Lord expect more homage from a Tenant then a King require both of Lordes and Tenants al Subiects to him and holding al they haue from Tac. 1. Hist by and vnder him pacis interest omnem potestatem ad vnum referri But al gaine-sayers murmurers qui contumaciam potius cum pernicie quā obsequium cum securitate malunt are not vnlike Mesech and Kedar spoken of in the Psalme in respect of whom the good King complained to God and to himselfe saying woe that I dwel with Mesech and Kedar I labour for peace and they prepare them to battell I studdy vnion and they Liv. 1. Dec. 2. lib. striue to make division Non placeo concordiae author said that good Valerius But alas why should Ephraim beare evill vvillto Iuda or Iuda vex Ephraim fratres'enimsumus should not they rather both togither vnited nowe into the name of Esa 11. Britaines as into the name of the beloued Israel of God flee vpon the shoulders of the Philistines and make spoile of their enemies so that the Idumites Moabites and Ammonites euen al their enemies might be subdued vnto them Duo enim sunt quibus omnis respub servatur in hostes fortitudo domi concordia And verily the vniting the two kingdomes into the name of Brittaine is not vnlike that chariot drawne with two horsemen Es 21. mentioned in Esay at sight whereof the watch-man cried Babilon is fallen Babilon is fallen all the images of her Gods are smitten down to the ground For so ' except we wil smother the childe of Vnion in his first birth both English Scottish wil soone heare him sound alow de into the whole world that al great Brittaine is like Ierusalem which is as a cittie at vnitie within it selfe and Babilon even divisiō disorder discord and confusion are confounded and overthrown and what King Egbert did write in Sand King Iames hath blotted out and troden vnder foote al the dishonour thereof and engraven as in a marble Srone the perpetual honor of great Brittaine by Royal restitution This verily commeth of the Lord of hosts which worketh with wonderfull wisedome and bringeth excellent thinges to passe Alexander asked King Porus his captiue how he would be entertained Porus answered like a King Alexander demaundeth againe Porus answereth againe in Kingly manner Alexander asketh what els Porus answereth nothing else for in this kingly manner euery thing els is cōtained And though God be praised for it the cause be not betweene English and Scottish in Conquest aud captivity as betweene Alexander and Porus but two famous kingdomes in right of bloud vnder one mighty Monarch yet our great Alexander in his high wisdome considering how these two might best bee governed hath in his owne roial heart best resolued it namely by vniting them into one Monarchie into one government and into one name and if any demaunde how els verily he must be answered no way else for in this vnion whatsoeuer else is contained Nā in istoc sunt omnia euen as the Stoiks who I thinke neither were in iest nor arrogantly conceited contained vnder Prudence both iustice and fortitude and temperance and whatsoever vertue els accounting also him who was perfectly wise an Orator a Poet a rich man a very King and an Emperour All blessings and graces may be thought attendants and companions to vnion who alone knoweth how to order al things in government and is a princely commander of Subiects obedience and subduer of gainsaiers ordering vnrulie affections bridling vntamed lustes restraining swelling pride composing rebellious appetites determining al doubts rights within the compasse of her iudgement and yet giving to euerie one his due by her discretion And therefore is like the Sunne in the middest of heauen among the Stars and as the Stars take light of the Sun so al blessings of Weale publique proceede from this sacred thrice happy vnion into the name of great Brittaine whose glorious light shineth to all and every one hath comfort thereby It is also not vnlike the Soule in the body of man for