Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	king_n	time_n	year_n	23,396	5	4.9641	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28143	A voyage of the late King of Sweden and another of mathematicians sent by him : in which are discover'd the refraction of the sun which sets not in the northern parts at the time of the solstice, varition [sic] of the needle, latitudes of places, seasons &c. of those countries : by command of the most serene and most mighty Prince, Charles XI, King of Swedes, Goths and Vandals / faithfully render'd into English.; Midnats solens rätta och synlige rum uti Norrlanded effter. English	Bilberg, John, 1646-1717.	1698 (1698)	Wing B2889; ESTC R30235	33,096	118

maritine_n place_n for_o beside_o that_o the_o horizon_n see_v upon_o the_o water_n be_v even_o be_v hinder_v by_o no_o inequality_n which_o at_o land_n the_o mountain_n or_o tree_n use_v to_o make_v i_o also_o think_v that_o reflection_n come_v near_a to_o refraction_n which_o be_v join_v in_o a_o double_a manner_n represent_v the_o species_n of_o the_o solar_a body_n no_o otherwise_o than_o happen_v in_o looking-glass_n where_o the_o first_o reflection_n without_o refraction_n be_v make_v in_o the_o polish_a superficies_n of_o the_o glass_n but_o the_o other_o in_o the_o bottom_n of_o it_o in_o its_o file_a bottom_n but_o with_o refraction_n which_o composition_n except_o you_o take_v heed_n show_v to_o you_o one_o thing_n sometime_o false_o under_o a_o double_a image_n or_o somewhat_o great_a than_o it_o shall_v be_v and_o further_o many_o thing_n may_v be_v object_v about_o the_o maritine_n observation_n of_o peasant_n and_o we_o very_o often_o want_v the_o confirmation_n of_o fisherman_n say_n who_o be_v accustom_v to_o spread_v probability_n for_o certainty_n sometime_o both_o egregious_o deceive_v and_o be_v deceive_v yet_o we_o will_v admire_v it_o the_o less_o because_o mathematician_n as_o well_o in_o their_o celestial_a as_o terrestrial_a observation_n have_v something_o that_o be_v human_a in_o they_o in_o the_o frigid_a zone_n and_o its_o neighbourhood_n the_o stay_n of_o the_o sun_n above_o the_o horizon_n bring_v this_o advantage_n to_o the_o inhabitant_n that_o the_o corn_n in_o those_o place_n ripen_v in_o a_o short_a time_n for_o as_o we_o have_v hear_v from_o the_o husbandman_n in_o fertile_a and_o fruitful_a year_n not_o above_o six_o or_o seven_o week_n be_v require_v among_o they_o from_o the_o time_n of_o sow_v their_o corn_n until_o harvest_n we_o make_v no_o difficulty_n to_o suffer_v ourselves_o to_o be_v persuade_v of_o it_o when_o the_o first_o sower_n as_o we_o go_v be_v in_o the_o city_n torneo_n and_o the_o barley_n sow_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o june_n or_o the_o 16_o day_n of_o the_o same_o month_n be_v grow_v beyond_o expectation_n and_o the_o grass_n which_o as_o we_o pass_v by_o some_o place_n of_o western_a bothnia_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o june_n have_v scarce_o come_v out_o of_o its_o stalk_v at_o our_o return_n after_o four_o week_n be_v mow_v but_o this_o advantage_n be_v follow_v by_o another_o disadvantage_n for_o the_o corn_n be_v liable_a to_o much_o danger_n from_o the_o cold_a in_o this_o so_o short_a a_o space_n of_o time_n for_o if_o it_o do_v but_o happen_v about_o the_o time_n when_o it_o ripen_v or_o when_o they_o hope_v it_o shall_v ripen_v that_o the_o dew_n or_o frost_n fall_v upon_o it_o in_o the_o morning_n it_o hurt_v the_o grain_n and_o whole_o destroy_v it_o which_o mischief_n they_o can_v otherwise_o prevent_v than_o by_o cut_v the_o corn_n unripe_a before_o it_o so_o suffer_v even_o than_o they_o do_v conjecture_v that_o they_o shall_v experience_n this_o year_n the_o same_o damage_n not_o without_o the_o great_a prejudice_n to_o they_o and_o the_o event_n show_v that_o they_o be_v not_o false_a prophet_n for_o although_o they_o see_v the_o cold_a to_o be_v near_o yet_o the_o corn_n be_v not_o then_o come_v to_o that_o maturity_n as_o it_o can_v be_v expose_v to_o any_o inconvenience_n by_o the_o violence_n of_o the_o cold_a wether_n but_o here_o be_v one_o thing_n which_o i_o will_v have_v my_o courteous_a reader_n to_o observe_v that_o the_o nature_n of_o these_o northern_a country_n be_v not_o altogether_o to_o be_v estimate_v from_o the_o intemperateness_n of_o this_o year_n for_o the_o present_a year_n exceed_v all_o other_o that_o be_v pass_v in_o the_o memory_n of_o man_n for_o the_o severity_n of_o the_o season_n and_o there_o be_v very_o long_o live_v man_n in_o those_o place_n who_o sometime_o live_v to_o a_o hundred_o and_o more_o year_n but_o not_o one_o to_o be_v find_v among_o they_o who_o can_v testify_v that_o thunder_n be_v so_o much_o as_o once_o hear_v in_o the_o year_n and_o especial_o in_o the_o middle_n of_o april_n which_o now_o happen_v and_o seem_v to_o presage_v something_o unusual_a and_o it_o be_v very_o remarkable_a that_o when_o our_o most_o serene_a king_n go_v to_o see_v these_o place_n the_o year_n before_o the_o inhabitant_n never_o see_v a_o more_o pleasant_a time_n as_o if_o the_o countenance_n of_o heaven_n be_v compose_v for_o mirth_n the_o lord_n of_o the_o country_n be_v present_a as_o for_o what_o concern_v the_o island_n of_o the_o bothnick_a sea_n they_o undergo_v a_o different_a fortune_n for_o as_o we_o go_v from_o torneo_n to_o the_o parish_n calix_n in_o our_o voyage_n on_o the_o 19_o of_o june_n at_o our_o arrival_n at_o some_o little_a island_n we_o there_o perceive_v that_o the_o soil_n be_v not_o yet_o free_v from_o cold_a nor_o do_v the_o birch-tree_n which_o be_v very_o many_o in_o that_o place_n show_v any_o sing_v of_o greenness_n when_o yet_o in_o other_o place_n beyond_o sea_n they_o abound_v with_o their_o ripe_a and_o full_a grow_v leave_n and_o we_o know_v that_o this_o be_v not_o also_o unusual_a in_o other_o country_n since_o in_o japan_n whilst_o the_o sharp_a winter_n continue_v and_o the_o snow_n and_o rain_n continual_o fall_v other_o country_n of_o asia_n and_o europe_n situate_v under_o the_o same_o climate_n be_v not_o sensible_a of_o the_o same_o hardness_n of_o winter_n and_o nova_n albion_n be_v situate_v about_o forty_o two_o degree_n north_n latitude_n when_o drake_n the_o englishman_n first_o arrive_v there_o he_o find_v the_o mountain_n cover_v with_o snow_n and_o the_o english_a be_v so_o trouble_v with_o cold_a in_o the_o month_n of_o june_n that_o they_o be_v force_v to_o go_v from_o it_o other_o island_n also_o lie_v in_o the_o ocean_n be_v report_v to_o be_v liable_a to_o these_o inconvenience_n at_o night_n between_o the_o nineteen_o and_o twenty_o day_n we_o see_v the_o sun_n set_v in_o calix_n at_o eleven_o a_o clock_n and_o twelve_o minute_n though_o the_o horizontal_a plane_n by_o reason_n of_o that_o unequal_a part_n in_o which_o it_o look_v to_o the_o north_n scarce_o permit_v we_o to_o determine_v its_o true_a set_n we_o try_v the_o next_o day_n to_o take_v the_o height_n of_o the_o sun_n but_o this_o hope_n vanish_v among_o the_o cloud_n as_o much_o as_o we_o can_v judge_v from_o our_o journey_n and_o the_o sun_n be_v set_v the_o latitude_n of_o that_o place_n can_v differ_v but_o little_a from_o torneo_n since_o the_o church_n in_o calix_n where_o the_o observation_n be_v take_v seem_v to_o be_v situate_a direct_o to_o the_o westward_n of_o it_o chap._n vi_o the_o latitude_n of_o place_n observe_v in_o our_o return_n on_o the_o 21_o we_o observe_v in_o the_o old_a town_n luhlea_n the_o meridian_n altitude_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o thence_o gather_v the_o latitude_n of_o the_o place_n to_o be_v 65_o degree_n and_o 25_o minute_n and_o the_o declination_n of_o the_o magnet_n from_o the_o north_n to_o the_o west_n to_o be_v about_o six_o degree_n that_o city_n be_v found_v in_o the_o year_n m_o dc_o xx_o ii_o where_o there_o be_v still_o a_o old_a church_n yield_v to_o none_o in_o that_o country_n for_o structure_n and_o largeness_n but_o for_o a_o more_o convenient_a situation_n new_a luhlea_n be_v build_v near_o to_o the_o sea_n in_o the_o year_n m_o dc_o xl_o ii_o but_o by_o the_o carelessness_n of_o the_o laplander_n kindle_v a_o fire_n in_o the_o neighbour_a wood_n be_v five_o year_n after_o together_o with_o the_o wood_n destroy_v by_o fire_n nor_o be_v it_o rebuilt_a more_o fortunate_o after_o for_o in_o the_o year_n mdcliii_o it_o be_v again_o ruin_v by_o a_o accidental_a fire_n and_o from_o those_o ruin_n become_v such_o a_o one_o as_o we_o now_o see_v it_o on_o the_o 24_o in_o the_o old_a city_n bithea_n we_o in_o vain_a hunt_v after_o the_o meridian_n altitude_n of_o the_o sun_n the_o sky_n be_v thick_o set_v with_o cloud_n whole_o hinder_v our_o design_n and_o therefore_o we_o go_v the_o next_o day_n into_o the_o neighbourhood_n to_o search_v for_o it_o this_o old_a city_n be_v build_v in_o the_o year_n m_o dc_o xx_o i._n but_o after_o it_o be_v casual_o by_o fire_n reduce_v into_o ash_n in_o the_o year_n m_o dc_o lx_o vi_o for_o some_o time_n the_o rebuilding_n of_o it_o be_v defer_v until_o some_o fresh_a privilege_n and_o immunity_n be_v grant_v by_o his_o most_o serene_a royal_a majesty_n they_o may_v undertake_v the_o business_n but_o the_o new_a city_n then_o begin_v to_o be_v build_v be_v distant_a half_n a_o mile_n from_o the_o old_a be_v situate_v near_o to_o the_o sea_n for_o a_o more_o convenient_a port_n and_o convenience_n of_o export_v merchandize_n the_o next_o day_n in_o the_o parish_n of_o schelefta_n near_o to_o the_o church_n

a_o voyage_n of_o the_o late_a king_n of_o sweden_n and_o another_o of_o mathematician_n send_v by_o he_o in_o which_o be_v discover_v the_o refraction_n of_o the_o sun_n which_o set_v not_o in_o the_o northern_a part_n at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o summer_n solstice_n variation_n of_o the_o needle_n latitude_n of_o place_n season_n etc._n etc._n of_o those_o country_n by_o command_n of_o the_o most_o serene_a and_o most_o mighty_a prince_n charles_n xi_o king_n of_o swede_n goth_n and_o vandal_n faithful_o render_v into_o english_a london_n print_v for_o edward_n castle_n next_o scotland-yard-gate_n by_o whitehall_n 1698._o to_o the_o most_o serene_a and_o most_o mighty_a prince_n and_o lord_n charles_n xi_o king_n of_o sweden_n goth_n and_o vandal_n great_a prince_n of_o finland_n duke_n of_o schonen_fw-mi estland_n lifland_n carelen_n bremen_n verden_n stetin_n pomerania_n cassuben_n and_o vandalia_n prince_n of_o rugen_n lord_n of_o ingria_n and_o wismar_n palsgrave_n of_o the_o rhine_n duke_n of_o bavaria_n juliers_n cleves_n and_o mons_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n my_o most_o gracious_a king_n and_o master_n most_o serene_a king_n and_o my_o most_o gracious_a lord_n because_o it_o please_v your_o majesty_n most_o serene_a prince_n to_o lay_v your_o command_n upon_o i_o to_o write_v both_o in_o our_o own_o language_n and_o latin_n what_o we_o observe_v in_o a_o late_a northern_a journey_n concern_v the_o elevation_n of_o the_o pole_n and_o other_o thing_n of_o that_o nature_n i_o have_v therefore_o for_o a_o few_o week_n past_a since_o our_o return_n daily_o deduct_v somewhat_o from_o my_o public_a concern_v that_o thereby_o i_o may_v most_o humble_o obey_v the_o command_n of_o your_o most_o serene_a and_o royal_a majesty_n but_o as_o the_o nature_n of_o mathematical_a science_n be_v such_o that_o they_o depend_v upon_o easie_n use_v and_o exercise_n but_o require_v a_o more_o difficult_a invention_n and_o demonstration_n so_o our_o observation_n be_v make_v in_o few_o hour_n than_o demonstrate_v the_o distinction_n of_o the_o little_a wheel_n into_o its_o know_a part_n give_v but_o small_a trouble_n to_o the_o clockmaker_n but_o the_o manner_n of_o divide_v be_v not_o he_o and_o but_o difficult_o invent_v even_o boy_n at_o present_a do_v mutual_o teach_v one_o another_o arithmetic_n but_o the_o practice_n of_o it_o have_v be_v intricate_a the_o rule_n be_v altogether_o draw_v from_o the_o very_a depth_n of_o mathematics_n the_o master_n of_o that_o art_n will_v peradventure_o wonder_v that_o at_o this_o day_n the_o mathematician_n solve_v the_o more_o difficult_a problem_n by_o the_o help_n of_o addition_n sole_o but_o when_o they_o have_v get_v the_o key_n they_o will_v cease_v any_o further_a to_o admire_v it_o for_o the_o ignorant_a ploughman_n will_v play_v you_o upon_o his_o instrument_n any_o french_a air_n just_a as_o well_o as_o the_o most_o excellent_a musician_n provide_v he_o have_v but_o the_o key_n of_o it_o in_o a_o word_n all_o artifices_fw-la which_o owe_v their_o birth_n proper_o to_o mathematics_n be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n and_o because_o very_o many_o not_o well_o skill_v in_o this_o learning_n and_o not_o sufficient_o accustom_v to_o distinguish_v the_o truth_n of_o sense_n and_o reason_n have_v render_v philosophy_n only_o sensible_a and_o by_o this_o error_n of_o they_o have_v render_v the_o way_n to_o solid_a learning_n in_o other_o science_n also_o very_o abstruse_a and_o difficult_a therefore_o mathematician_n have_v resolve_v never_o to_o admit_v of_o any_o thing_n whatsoever_o without_o clear_a and_o perspicuous_a demonstration_n how_o imperfect_a the_o knowledge_n of_o our_o sense_n be_v when_o destitute_a of_o reason_n the_o sun_n be_v elevate_v above_o the_o horizon_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n may_v teach_v we_o which_o yet_o reason_n dictate_v to_o be_v otherwise_o place_v i_o have_v therefore_o expound_v the_o doctrine_n of_o refraction_n and_o other_o thing_n not_o altogether_o so_o unknown_a more_o at_o large_a than_o be_v absolute_o needful_a and_o it_o be_v well_o that_o our_o observation_n come_v forth_o in_o both_o language_n though_o our_o mother-tongue_n may_v have_v be_v sufficient_a for_o our_o countryman_n as_o it_o be_v now_o usual_a for_o the_o french_a english_a and_o other_o nation_n of_o europe_n to_o express_v art_n and_o science_n to_o their_o countryman_n and_o yet_o because_o very_o many_o foreigner_n have_v lay_v the_o seat_n of_o their_o fortune_n in_o swedeland_n and_o beside_o that_o there_o be_v divers_a people_n of_o the_o subject_n of_o your_o most_o serene_a majesty_n who_o speak_v a_o language_n only_o proper_a to_o themselves_o the_o latin_a tongue_n be_v familiar_a to_o all_o in_o the_o european_a world_n will_v best_o fit_v every_o one_o of_o they_o in_o particular_a last_o because_o foreigner_n bear_v under_o another_o climate_n and_o soil_n have_v a_o desire_n to_o learn_v such_o thing_n from_o we_o as_o not_o long_o since_o both_o the_o french_a and_o italian_n undertake_v this_o journey_n not_o without_o the_o great_a labour_n so_o great_a king_n something_o will_v redound_v to_o the_o immortality_n of_o your_o name_n from_o this_o observation_n not_o only_o begin_v but_o likewise_o perfect_v under_o the_o auspicious_a influence_n of_o your_o most_o serene_a majesty_n the_o world_n be_v not_o ignorant_a that_o god_n have_v adorn_v and_o accumulate_v your_o majesty_n with_o endowment_n of_o all_o sort_n which_o we_o fall_v into_o the_o other_o extreme_o do_v more_o spare_o commend_n whilst_o studious_o shun_v the_o mob_n of_o flatterer_n so_o much_o detest_v by_o your_o majesty_n with_o a_o tacit_n veneration_n only_o honour_v every_o perfection_n draw_v from_o the_o heap_n of_o your_o imperial_a virtue_n outlandish_a man_n will_v not_o be_v silent_a in_o it_o nor_o shall_v after-age_n neglect_v to_o extol_v it_o to_o heaven_n with_o the_o just_a praise_n as_o for_o what_o concern_v this_o little_a work_n i_o ought_v not_o to_o conceal_v that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o below_o mediocrity_n but_o i_o be_o sensible_a will_v be_v far_o beneath_o the_o hope_n of_o your_o most_o serene_a majesty_n for_o since_o the_o time_n that_o your_o majesty_n unexpected_o impose_v the_o province_n upon_o i_o of_o a_o most_o different_a nature_n from_o this_o affair_n for_o some_o year_n together_o i_o throw_v away_o the_o rule_n and_o compass_n as_o unprofitable_a instrument_n for_o the_o course_n of_o life_n which_o be_v then_o to_o be_v take_v and_o hide_v those_o old_a master_n in_o a_o certain_a corner_n of_o my_o library_n which_o still_o fill_v up_o a_o little_a room_n in_o my_o house_n at_o upsal_n but_o now_o endeavour_v to_o wipe_v off_o that_o filthy_a rust_n from_o my_o mathematical_a instrument_n which_o they_o have_v contract_v by_o lie_v by_o i_o have_v make_v it_o my_o business_n that_o rather_o power_n than_o will_n shall_v be_v want_v in_o i_o so_o far_o distant_a from_o my_o book_n and_o because_o a_o great_a strife_n among_o your_o subject_n in_o the_o veneration_n of_o your_o serene_a royal_a majesty_n grow_v daily_o warm_a as_o for_o i_o the_o least_o share_n of_o they_o if_o i_o can_v act_v equal_o to_o the_o rest_n yet_o certain_o will_v never_o suffer_v myself_o to_o be_v outdo_v by_o any_o in_o obedience_n reverence_n observance_n submissive_a respect_n and_o a_o devote_a disposition_n to_o the_o very_a last_o i_o will_v humble_o implore_v the_o divine_a majesty_n of_o the_o supreme_a god_n that_o he_o will_v vouchsafe_v perpetual_o to_o preserve_v your_o majesty_n the_o glory_n of_o king_n give_v from_o heaven_n to_o promote_v his_o honour_n and_o conserve_v our_o country_n healthful_a vigorous_a undisturbed_a and_o cheerful_a to_o we_o and_o to_o they_o that_o be_v and_o shall_v be_v bear_v of_o we_o so_o wish_n and_o will_v ever_o pray_v of_o your_o most_o serene_a and_o royal_a majesty_n the_o eternal_o most_o devote_a servant_n john_n bilberg_n in_o solstitium_fw-la aestivum_fw-la à_fw-la serenissimo_fw-la potentissimoque_fw-la principe_fw-la carolo_n undecimo_fw-la suecorum_n gothorum_n vandalorumque_fw-la rege_fw-la in_o tornea_n urbe_fw-la spectatum_fw-la expositumque_fw-la à_fw-la celeberrimo_fw-la viro_fw-la joanne_n bilberg_n torna_fw-la vetus_fw-la septem_fw-la sed_fw-la nunc_fw-la nova_fw-la fama_fw-la trionum_fw-la ultima_fw-la botniaci_n quam_fw-la maris_fw-la unda_fw-la ferret_v grande_n tibi_fw-la cessit_fw-la praesens_fw-la quod_fw-la suspicit_fw-la aevum_fw-la quodque_fw-la canent_fw-la semper_fw-la postera_fw-la secla_fw-la decus_fw-la nuper_fw-la hyperboreum_n propius_fw-la cum_fw-la viserit_fw-la axem_fw-la carolus_n augusti_fw-la sideris_fw-la instar_fw-la habens_fw-la quaque_fw-la iit_fw-la in_fw-la plausus_fw-la sese_fw-la utraque_fw-la solveret_fw-la arctos_n et_fw-la nova_fw-la conciperet_fw-la gaudia_fw-la totus_fw-la apex_n in_o te_fw-la pervigilem_fw-la nocturno_fw-la tempore_fw-la phaebum_fw-la vidit_fw-la pro_fw-la patria_fw-la pervigil_n ipse_fw-la sua_fw-la vidit_fw-la inocciduo_fw-la radiantem_fw-la lumine_fw-la vultum_fw-la perpetuoque_fw-la die_fw-la tum_fw-la sua_fw-la regna_fw-la frui_fw-la i_o nunc_fw-la quicunque_fw-la es_fw-la nostris_fw-la