Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	daughter_n	king_n	son_n	18,071	5	5.0209	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33322	The life & death of Nebuchadnezzar, the Great, the first founder of the Babylonian Empire, represented by the golden head of that image, Dan. 2. 32., and by the lion with eagles wings, Dan. 7. 4. as also of Cyrus, the Great, the first founder of the Empire of the Medes and Persians, represented by the breast, and arms of silver in that image, Dan. 2. 32., and by a bear, Dan. 7. by Sa. Clarke ...	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1664 (1664)	Wing C4530; ESTC R15232	35,680	56

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have_v thou_o not_o glorify_v then_o be_v the_o part_n of_o the_o hand_n send_v from_o he_o and_o this_o writing_n be_v write_v writing_n mene_n mene_n tekel_n upharsin_n whereof_o this_o be_v the_o interpretation_n mene_n god_n have_v number_v thy_o kingdom_n and_o finish_v it_o tekel_n thou_o be_v weight_v in_o the_o ballanee_n and_o be_v find_v want_v peres_n thy_o kingdom_n be_v divide_v and_o give_v to_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n the_o very_a evening_n or_o night_n of_o this_o day_n wherein_o belshazzar_n thus_o feast_v and_o wherein_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v cyrus_n either_o by_o his_o espeials_n or_o be_v inspire_v by_o god_n himself_o who_o ensign_n he_o follow_v in_o these_o war_n find_v the_o time_n and_o opportunity_n fit_a for_o he_o even_o whilst_o the_o king_n head_n euphrates_n and_o the_o head_n of_o his_o nobility_n be_v no_o less_o distemper_v with_o the_o vapour_n of_o wine_n than_o their_o heart_n be_v with_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n judgement_n he_o cause_v all_o the_o bank_n and_o head_n of_o his_o trench_n to_o be_v open_v and_o cut_v down_o with_o all_o speed_n and_o diligence_n whereby_o that_o great_a river_n euphrates_n be_v quick_o draw_v dry_a and_o himself_o with_o his_o army_n pass_v through_o the_o channel_n which_o be_v now_o dry_a without_o any_o opposition_n they_o easy_o make_v their_o entrance_n into_o the_o city_n find_v none_o to_o disturb_v they_o invadunt_fw-la urbem_fw-la somno_fw-la vinoque_fw-la sepultam_fw-la all_o the_o town_n lie_v bury_v in_o wine_n and_o sleep_n take_v and_o such_o as_o come_v in_o the_o persian_n way_n be_v put_v to_o the_o sword_n unless_o they_o save_v themselves_o by_o flight_n as_o some_o do_v who_o run_v away_o cry_v and_o fill_v the_o street_n with_o a_o uncertain_a tumult_n such_o of_o the_o assyrian_a lord_n as_o have_v former_o revolt_v from_o belshazzar_n to_o cyrus_n do_v now_o conduct_v a_o select_v company_n to_o the_o king_n palace_n which_o be_v easy_o force_v by_o they_o they_o 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hundred_o year_n before_o this_o subversion_n of_o babylon_n in_o his_o forty_o seven_o chapter_n and_o elsewhere_o describe_v this_o destruction_n so_o feel_o and_o lively_a as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v present_a both_o at_o the_o terrible_a slaughter_n there_o commit_v and_o have_v see_v the_o great_a and_o unseared_a change_n and_o calamity_n of_o this_o great_a empire_n yea_o and_o have_v also_o hear_v the_o sorrow_n and_o bewalling_n of_o every_o survive_a soul_n thereunto_o subject_a which_o prophecy_n he_o begin_v with_o these_o word_n come_v down_o and_o sit_v in_o the_o dust_n o_o virgin_n daughter_n of_o babylon_n sit_v on_o the_o ground_n there_o be_v no_o throne_n o_o daughter_n of_o the_o chaldean_n for_o thou_o shall_v no_o more_o be_v call_v tender_a and_o delicate_a etc._n etc._n and_o though_o it_o can_v be_v doubt_v that_o god_n use_v nabuchadnezzar_n and_o the_o chaldean_n as_o his_o instrument_n to_o punish_v the_o idolatry_n and_o wickedness_n of_o the_o jew_n yet_o do_v he_o not_o forget_v that_o in_o the_o execution_n of_o god_n judgement_n they_o have_v use_v much_o rigour_n and_o extremity_n as_o we_o see_v isaiah_n 47._o 6._o i_o be_v wroth_a with_o my_o people_n i_o have_v pollute_v my_o inheritance_n and_o give_v they_o into_o thy_o hand_n thou_o do_v show_v they_o no_o mercy_n upon_o the_o ancient_n have_v thou_o very_o heavy_o lay_v the_o yoke_n and_o again_o i_o will_v rise_v up_o against_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n and_o will_v cut_v off_o from_o babel_n the_o name_n and_o the_o remnant_n and_o the_o son_n and_o the_o nephew_n mean_v evilmerodach_n and_o belshazzar_n and_o again_o isaiah_n 13._o 15_o etc._n etc._n every_o one_o that_o be_v find_v shall_v be_v thrust_v through_o and_o every_o one_o that_o be_v join_v to_o they_o shall_v be_v slay_v with_o the_o sword_n their_o child_n also_o shall_v be_v dash_v to_o piece_n before_o their_o eye_n their_o house_n shall_v be_v spoil_v and_o their_o wife_n ravish_v behold_v i_o will_v stir_v up_o the_o mede_n against_o they_o which_o shall_v not_o regard_v silver_n and_o as_o for_o gold_n they_o shall_v not_o delight_v in_o it_o their_o bow_n also_o shall_v d●sh_v the_o young_a man_n to_o piece_n and_o they_o shall_v have_v no_o pity_n on_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o womb_n their_o eye_n shall_v not_o spare_v child_n and_o babylon_n the_o glory_n of_o kingdom_n and_o beauty_n of_o the_o chaldee_n excellency_n shall_v be_v as_o when_o god_n overthrow_v sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n etc._n etc._n read_v also_o chapter_n fourteen_o no_o historian_n that_o be_v either_o present_a at_o this_o victory_n of_o cyrus_n or_o that_o receive_v the_o report_n from_o other_o true_o as_o it_o be_v can_v better_o describe_v and_o leave_v the_o same_o to_o posterity_n after_o it_o be_v act_v than_o isaiah_n have_v do_v in_o many_o part_n of_o his_o prophecy_n which_o be_v write_v two_o hundred_o year_n before_o any_o of_o these_o thing_n be_v attempt_v the_o greatness_n babylon_n and_o magnificence_n of_o babylon_n be_v it_o not_o by_o divers_a grave_a author_n record_v may_v seem_v altogether_o fabulous_a for_o it_o be_v report_v for_o truth_n that_o one_o part_n of_o the_o city_n know_v not_o that_o the_o other_o be_v take_v three_o day_n after_o which_o be_v not_o impossible_a if_o we_o consider_v the_o vast_a circumference_n of_o it_o diodorus_n siculus_n say_v that_o it_o be_v in_o compass_n three_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o furlong_n which_o make_v forty_o five_o mile_n the_o wall_n be_v so_o thick_a that_o six_o chariot_n may_v pass_v in_o front_n thereon_o and_o they_o be_v three_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o five_o foot_n high_a and_o be_v adorn_v and_o beautify_v with_o one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o tower_n strabo_n give_v a_o great_a circuit_n add_v twenty_o five_o forlong_n more_o to_o the_o former_a compass_n reckon_v it_o at_o three_o hundred_o eighty_o five_o furlong_n which_o make_v forty_o eight_o mile_n and_o one_o furlong_n herodotus_n find_v the_o 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this_o great_a and_o signal_n victory_n the_o glory_n of_o which_o be_v a_o reward_n for_o his_o service_n do_v for_o he_o who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o and_o of_o all_o goodness_n and_o thereby_o translate_v the_o empire_n of_o the_o chaldean_n to_o himself_o jew_n according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n which_o go_v afore_o of_o he_o in_o this_o first_o year_n of_o his_o empire_n he_o make_v a_o decree_n that_o the_o captive_a jew_n shall_v return_v again_o into_o their_o own_o country_n of_o judea_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v build_v again_o the_o house_n of_o god_n in_o jerusalem_n have_v now_o endure_v and_o finish_v the_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n foretell_v by_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n the_o tenor_n of_o which_o decree_n be_v thus_o thus_o say_v cyrus_n king_n of_o persin_n it_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o heaven_n have_v give_v i_o all_o