Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	diverse_a	good_a	great_a	91	3	2.0888	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13485	The pennyles pilgrimage, or The money-lesse perambulation, of Iohn Taylor, alias the Kings Majesties water-poet How he trauailed on foot from London to Edenborough in Scotland, not carrying any money to or fro, neither begging, borrowing, or asking meate, drinke or lodging. With his description of his entertainment in all places of his iourney, and a true report of the vnmatchable hunting in the brea of Marre and Badenoch in Scotland. With other obseruations, some serious and worthy of memory, and some merry and not hurtfull to be remembred. Lastly that (which is rare in a trauailer) all is true.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1618 (1618)	STC 23784; ESTC S118255	31,268	54

of enemies that Royall Crowne and Scepter hath from one hundred and seauen descents keepe still vnconquered and by the power of the King of Kings through the grace of the Prince of peace is now left peacefully to our peacefull King whom long in blessed peace the God of peace defend and gouerne But once more a word or two of Edinborough although I haue scarcely giuen it that due which belongs vnto it for their lofty and stately buildings and for their faire and spacious streete yet my minde perswades me that they in former ages that first founded that Citie did not so well in that they built it in so discommodious a place for the Sea and all nauigable Riuers being the chiefe meanes for the enriching of Townes and Cities by the reason of Traffique with forraigne Nations with exportation transportation and receite of variety of Marchantdizing so this Citie had it beene built but one mile lower on the Sea side I doubt not but it had long before this beene comparable to many a one of our greatest Townes and Cities in Europe both for spaciousnesse of bounds Port state and riches It is said that King Iames the fifth of famous memorie did graciously offer to purchase for them and to bestow vpon them freely certaine lowe and pleasant grounds a mile from them on the Sea shore with these conditions that they should pull downe their Citie and build it in that more commodious place but the Citizens refused it and so now it is like for me to stand where it doth for I doubt such another proffer of remoueall will not be presented to them till two dayes after the Faire Now haue with you for Leeth whereto I no sooner came but I was well entertained by Mr. Barnard Lindsay one of the Groomes of his Maiesties Bed-chamber hee knew my estate was not guilty because I brought no guilt with mee more then my sinnes and they would not passe for current there hee therefore did replenish the vaustity of my emptie purse and discharged a peece at mee with two bullets of gold each being in value worth eleuen shillings white money and I was credibly informed that within the compasse of one yeare there was shipped away from that onely Port of Leeth fourescore thousand Boles of Wheate Oates and Barley into Spaine France and other forraigne parts and euery Bole containes the measure of foure English bushels so that from Leeth onely hath beene transported three hundred and twenty thousand bushels of Corne besides some hath beene shipped away from St. Andrewes from Dundee Aberdeene Disert Kirkady Kinghorne Burnt-Iland Dunbar and other portable Townes which makes mee to wonder that a Kingdome so populous as it is should neuerthelesse sell so much bread corne beyond the Seas and yet to haue more then sufficient for themselues So I hauing viewed the Hauen and Towne of Leeth tooke a passage Boate to see the new wondrous Well to which many a one that is not well comes farre and neere in hope to be made well indeede I did heare that it had done much good and that it hath a rare operation to expell or kill diuers maladies as to prouoke appetite to helpe much for the auoyding of the grauell in the bladder to cure sore eyes and olde vlcers with many other vertues which it hath but I through the mercy of God hauing no neede of it did make no great inquisition what it had done but for nouelty I dranke of it and I found the taste to be more pleasant then any other water sweet almost as milke yet as cleare as cristall and I did obserue that though a man did drinke a quart a pottell or as much as his belly could containe yet it neuer offended or lay heauie vpon the stomacke no more then if one had dranke but a pint or a small quantity I went two miles from it to a towne called Burnt-Iland where I found many of my especiall good friends as M. Robert Hay one of the Groomes of his Maiesties Bed-chamber Maister Dauid Drummond one of his Gentlemen Pentioners Maister Iames Acmooty one of the Groomes of the Priuie Chamber Captaine M●rray Sir Henry Witherington Knight Captaine Tyrie and diuers others and there Master Hay Maister Drummond and the good olde Captaine Murray did very bountifully furnish mee with gold for my expences but I being at dinner with those aforesaid Gentlemen as we were discoursing there befell a strange accident which I thinke worth the relating I know not vpon what occasion they began to talke of being at Sea in former times and I amongst the rest said I was at the taking of Cales whereto an English Gentleman replied that he was the next good voyage after at the Ilands I answered him that I was there also He demanded in what Ship I was I tolde him in the Rainebowe of the Queenes why quoth hee doe you not know mee I was in the same Ship and my name is Witherington Sir said I I doe remember the name well but by reason that it is neere two and twenty yeeres since I saw you I may well forget the knowledge of you well said hee if you were in that Ship I pray you tell me some remarkable token that happened in the voyage whereupon I tolde him two or three tokens which hee did know to be true Nay then said I I will tell you another which perhaps you haue not forgotten as our Ship and the rest of the fleete did ride at Anchor at the I le of Flores one of the Isles of the Azores there were some fourteene men and boyes of our Ship that for nouelty would goe a shore and see what fruit the I land did beare and what entertainement it would yeeld vs so being landed wee went vp and downe and could finde nothing but stones heath and mosse and wee expected Oranges Limonds Figges Muske-millions and Potatoes in the meane space the winde did blow so stiffe and the Sea was so extreame rough that our Ship-boate could not come to the land to fetch vs for feare she should be beaten in pieces against the rockes this continued fiue dayes so that wee were all almost famished for want of foode but at last I squandring vp and downe by the prouidence of God I happened into a Caue or poore habitation where I found fifteene loaues of bread each of the quantity of a penny loafe in England I hauing a valiant stomacke of the age of almost 120. houres breeding fell too and eate two loaues and neuer said grace and as I was about to make a Horse-loafe of the third loafe I did put 12. of them into my breeches and my sleeues and so went mumbling out of the Caue leaning my backe against a tree when vpon the sodaine a Gentleman came to me and saide friend what are you eating bread quoth I for Gods sake said hee giue me some with that I put my hand into my breech beeing my best pantrey and I gaue him a Loafe