Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	honourable_a	lord_n	viscount_n	3,313	5	11.4579	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15042	A remembraunce of the life, death, and vertues, of the most noble and honourable Lord Thomas late Erle of Sussex Vicount Fitz-water, Lord of Egremount and Burnell, iustice of an ayer, of all her Maiesties forrestes, parkes, chaces, and warrantes, on the south side of Trent, Captaine of the pensioners & gentlemen at armes, Lord Chamberlaine of her Maiesties honorable household, Knight of the noble Order of the Garter, and of her Highnesse most gratious and prudente Pryuy Councell. VVho deceased at Barmesey the 11. of Iune 1583. The report of George VVhetstones gent.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?	1583 (1583)	STC 25344; ESTC S111701	7,104	16

A Remembraunce of the Life Death and Vertues of the most Noble and Honourable Lord Thomas late Erle of Sussex Vicount Fitz-water Lord of Egremount and Burnell Iustice of An Ayer of all her Maiesties Forrestes Parkes Chaces and Warrantes on the South side of Trent Captaine of the Pensioners gentlemen at Armes Lord Chamberlaine of her Maiesties Honorable Household Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter and of her Highnesse most Gratious and Prudente Pryuy Councell VVho deceased at Barmesey the 11. of Iune 1583. The report of George VVhetstones gent. Formae nulla Fides LONDON Imprinted by Iohn Wolfe and Richard Iones 1583. To the right honorable Sir Henry Ratclif Knight Earle of Sussex Vicount Fytz-water Lord of Egremount and Burnell George Whetstons wisheth accomplishment of honorable and perfect desires RIGHT NOBLE EARLE in former times it was held so deepe an office of iustice to eternize the memories of worthie personages deceased with sumptuous monuments and learned Epitaphes as in the ouerthrowes of warre the dead were ransomed to haue honorable funerals at as hye a price as the liuing Captaines in hope of further seruice One of the chiefe of the seauen wonders of the world was the sumptuous sepulchre of king Mausolus which his louing wife Artimisia caused to be erected and in aduantage she hyred with rich rewardes the most famous Poets of Grece to register his life vertues The performing of these louing and naturall dueties is the cause that the memory of so many famous men long since ingraued is at this day so fresh and to posteritie the incouragement to vertue so great And to say the truth the Cronicles of good mens actes are the guydes of wel doing on the other side the blaming of vitious deedes is the bridle of euill attempts The noble Emperor Alexander called Seuerus would often times say that his firmest motions to do well proceeded of this cause that Historiographers should write well of him by the warrant of good desart and furthermore hee feared to iniury any wryter lest he should defame him through a froward and malicious disposition Your Honorable Lordship in solemnising most sumptuously the funerals of the thrise noble Lord and your deare brother the late Earle of Sussex fully assureth the world that you regarded his worthinesse farre more then his wealth And to giue him his right the full report of his vertues would be a taske as troublesome as to gase against the Sunne painefull But for that in greatest things it sufficeth to show a good will Much moued by the passion of a cōmon sorrow for the death of so gracious a Lord but farre more by the generall bruite of his diuine and heroicall vertues I haue written this small remembrance of his mightie merits no better garnished then precious stones set in brasse protesting that I onely haue re●●ued my Instructions of vpright fame stopping one of my eares when affection praysed and the other when enuy detracted So that right honorable you may greatly pacifie your naturall sorrow with this precious comforte That this briefe regester of his worthynes common to the world May be an Image of honor to the wise which present I humbly present vnder the protection of your Lordship as the shadow of your selfe Being the heire of your magnanimous brothers honours by law and of his vertues by nature No more but the Lord protect your Lordship in health and happines Redie to do your Honor seruice George Whetstons A Remembraunce of the most Noble and Honorable life death and vertues of Thomas late Earle of Sussex Vicount Fitz-water Lord of Egremount and Burnell c. WHylom of Macedon the mighty King By Homer pend Achylles life did reade Who forthwith wisht his owne renowne to ring Homer aliue and Alexander dead Desire of Fame Contempt of life so bread And trueth to say mans life is but a breath VVhen Fame outliues Enuie Time and Death The hope of Fame as Pallingene doth write Of yore mens minds with vertuous thoughts did crown The Monuments that Hystoryes resight Of worthies dead which liue in bright renown when millions mo a shallow graue doth drown Are spurs to thrust the Coward on the pykes And dobbles force when as the valiant strikes Yet farre more good then fame vnto the dead the registers of good mens liues containe for in the same posteritie may read the way to worke their owne and countries gaine withall to shunne the faultes which honor staine which well forewaid it is each wryters charge of good men dead to show the liues at large My selfe for one who worst may pay this due but want no will more able wits to whet this many a day haue laid in open viewe their liues and deathes that did by vertues set not fed with hope rewardes thereby to get for most men know it is no way to thriue to prayse the dead but flatter men aliue But God forbid the dead should lose his right and shame befall the flattrer at his need some skill I haue on good mens tombes to wright no grace at all at vaine mens bordes to feed and now too old the flattring art to read yet thus my name shall with the best remaine when flattrers vade like thunder smoke and raine Well let this goe and fall I to my taske a common griefe doth charge my Muse to wright a sowresweete song for such his friendes as aske for Sussex Earle most true and noble knight of vertue and vallor the mirror bright with much adoe who vanquisht is by death vanquisht not so but onely reau'd of breath His purple robe doth shew his honor sound his armed sworde the mettle of his hart his forward leg in S. Georges garter bound shewes that he would not from his standard start his staffe of peace a witnes is of art then no man dead may iustly iudge this lord who liuing vsde both Cesars pen and sworde But to discribe this worthie Peere at large in vertue he did blase his noble race in peace in warre a man most meete for charge whome chaunge nor chaunce could maske with double face a Tutch that tryes faire semblance often bace he dreaded these one God one king one law and of the rest he stoode no whit in awe In tender yeares whilst vertue might engraue within his plyant minde her sacred heast he bent his eare to heare the counsels graue that Science taught and wrote them in his brest thus still with time his worthines increast withall so staid when youth was in his pride as then he wist a vvaightie charge to guyde Ambassador a mariage to intreate betwene the Queene and Philip king of Spaine this Earle was sent who in this message great behau'd him selfe so nobly wise and plaine as with successe much honor he did gaine and waighing Armes beseemed best this lord the king gaue him a rich and costly sworde And sure the sworde becomes the noble best vpon