Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	duke_n	earl_n	son_n	28,642	5	5.7609	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69037	The forrest of fancy Wherein is conteined very prety apothegmes, and pleasaunt histories, both in meeter and prose, songes, sonets, epigrams and epistles, of diuerse matter and in diuerse manner. VVith sundry other deuises, no lesse pithye then pleasaunt and profytable.	H. C.; Chettle, Henry, d. 1607?, attributed name.; Cheeke, Henry, 1548?-1586?, attributed name.; Constable, Henry, 1562-1613, attributed name.	1579 (1579)	STC 4271; ESTC S104854	80,866	158

himselfe to one thing onely and refuse all other For as the stomacke is quickly cloyed with feeding continuallye vppon one kinde of meate so is the mind greatly greeued to bee alwayes musing vppon one matter and therefore desyreth chaunge Which considered after I had gathered togither in one small volume diuerse deuises as well in prose as meeter of sundry sortes and seuerall matter which at idle times as wel to sharpen my wits and shake of sloth as to satisfye my friendes that had occasion to craue my helpe in that behalfe I haue heretofore as occasion serued diuersly framed supposing the same to be fitte for this present time and agreable with the mindes of moste men I haue as well for the disordered placing of euery perticuler parcel thereof being rudely and dispersedly deuided as also for the seuerall fancies therin contained fit for euery degree agreable to their diuerse affections thought good to name it The Forrest of Fancy and so causing it to be imprinted I doe here friendly Reader present it vnto thee as a gift of my good will desiring thee to accept it And though my yong yeares and small experience will not permit me to wryghte so pithily as some haue done heretofore whose worthy works are extant and in great estimation yet considering that I haue not done it either for gaine or glory but partly to make my selfe more apte in other matters of more importaunce wherein I maye happen hereafter to be imployed and partly to procure thy pleasure and profite which may easilye be obtained if thou doe duely consider and rightly conceiue of that which shall be offered to thy view I beseech thee conster my doinges to the best take this my small labour in good parte amend the faultes escaped Let my good meaning serue to excuse my rashnes in presuming thus boldly to publish a thing of so small valew and vouchsafe me thy friendly assistaunce against the slaundrous reportes of enuious Zoylus and his mallicious mates and in so doing thou shalt incourage me hereafter to search my wits and apply my trauaile to contriue some thing more worthy thy reading The Forrest of Fancy ¶ A morrall of the misery and mischiefe that raigneth amongst wicked worldlinges with an admonition to all true Christians to forsake their sinne and amend their manners WHo so he be that silent sits and sets his mind to see The subtle slights that wily wights doe worke in each degree shall surely fynd full great abuse In euery place committed And vertue boyde and out of vse all reason quight remitted Might maistereth right the pore are pincht almost in euery place Fraude flattery gold and greedy gaine each where doth purchase grace But truth and plaine simplicity reapes hatred euery where Good deedes are dead and charity hath hid her head for feare Whores hold the place that Matrons ●●lde doe merite moste to haue And flattery flockes about the Court in steede of fathers graue The couetous carle doth scrape for coyne the royotous sonne spendes all The true man cannot scape the theefe but in his handes must fall The Usurer now doth vse his trade The Landlord raise his rent The powling Lawyer playes his part the truth to circumuent Our Gentles now doe iette it out in brauery passing measure Till they haue lost by vaine expence both credite land and treasure The yeomans sonne not liking of his fathers honest state Will climbe to be a gentle man and euery Gentles mate The Gentleman will be a Knight the Knight a Lord likewise The Lord an Earle the Earle a Duke the Duke will higher rise And make himselfe a puisaunt Prince the Prince will Monarke be So no man now will be content To bide in his degree The sonne doth seeke his fathers death his liuing to obtaine Faith fayles in all few trusty friendes doe any where remayne The mayster seekes by rygorous meanes his seruauntes to suppresse And seruaunts worke all meanes they may their maysters to distresse Now mothers trayne their Daughters vp In loathsome liberty Whereby oft times their honest names they bring in ieoperdy Excesse is vsde in euery place the pore no whit releude Labour is loathde and Idlenesse ech where his web hath weude The Tauernes tiplers ply a pace eache alehouse hath his knightes In dice and dauncing deuilish trades are all their whole delightes All law is left for liberty all vertue changde for vice All truth is turnde to Trecheryē all thinges inhaunce their price Eache craftes man now hath craft at will his neighbour to defraude They sweare and oft forsweare themselues for euery foolish gaude But is it well where euery thing doth seeme so much amis No doubtlesse no a wicked world and wretched state it is A world in deede deuided quight from godlinesse and grace A world that greatly God abhorres from which he turnes his face A world it is which will not last a world whose end is nye A world that shall his fury taste that fees our sins from hye A world that will full well content the enemy of our ioy A world that workes his lewd intent that would our soules destroy Therefore let each true christian hart his secrete sins forsake To God let him with speede reuert and meeke subiection make Committing all his actions still to his deuine protection So shall he surely shun all ill and liue without infection Finis After the death of Oedipus King of Theabes his two sonnes Ethiocles and Polinices striuing whether of them should succeede him in the ende it was agreede that they should raigne by course one yeare the one the next yeare the other But Ethiocles raigning fyrst whé his yeare was expired woulde not giue place to his brother Polinices which caused him to write vnto him in effect as followeth THy cruell dealing hath prue●●de thy Brothers trembling hand O Etheocles for to write and let thee vnderstand what iniury thou doest offer me in going thus about To breake the promise made to me wherein thou doest no doubt Both God and nature much offend for when we were at strife when deadly discord twixt vs twaine and enuye was so rife That each of vs the Kingdome craude our father then decest It was by counsayle graue decreede to cause our countreyes rest That each should yearely raigne by course whereto thou didst agree Then drawing Lots who should be fyrst the lot did light on thee I gaue thee place as right requyrde thou hast a yeare and more Enioyde the same most peaceably without anoy therefore Thou shouldst permit thy brother now thee therein to supply To rule as thou haste done before but thou doest it deny So much ambition doth thee blind and fylthy lukers lure That to resigne to me my right thou mayst now now indure For when I did the same demaund thou proudly didst refuse To render it wherein thou doest thy brother much abuse But doest thou thinke I will receiue such aunswers at thy hande And suffer thee against my