Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	beget_v	father_n	son_n	11,645	5	6.8465	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16800	The strange fortunes of two excellent princes in their liues and loues, to their equall ladies in all titles of true honour.	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1600 (1600)	STC 3702; ESTC S109673	51,587	74

not liue to dilgeste though perhaps such maie bee the mercifull nature of the glorous height of the heauens highest grace as maie fauour thy disposition prosper thy aduentures and blesse thee in all thy actions But as it is ill to distrust God so is it not good to tempt him answere me therefore truly to that I demand of thee whether thy desire be to trauaile or not what are the reasons that perswade thy resolution howsoeuer it be y● shalt find in me that kindnes that the condition of thy loue deserueth The young Prince caried no lesse in obedience to the loue of his father then willing to aduenture his fortune to atchieue the honor of his hope in as good tearmes as he coulde vppon the sodaine made his father this answere If it maie become so vnworthie a son as my selfe to so honourable a father as your maiestie to stand vpon argumentes of controuersie for the direction of his course of life crauing pardon for what soeuer I shall speake that maie perhaps be vnpleasing to your expectation I will not only deliuer you the truth of my intent but the reasons that haue induced me into the determination of my resolution I haue heard your maiestie often saie that nature begetteth no deformitie but rather the true image of it selfe and as in outwarde proportion so do I thinke in the qualitie of the spirit the sonne may participate with the father and although tha●… vertue be the gift onelie of God yet in the inclination and disposition of the mind the sonne maie take somewhat of the fathers spirit For proofe whereof I haue often heard you saie that yo●… were your fathers sonne such was your desire to see the world for till he was maried he had no desire to siue at home harde fare colde lodging bitter stormes sharpe 〈◊〉 in a forreine soile or in the Ocean sea were more pleasing to him then the most daintie banquet the softest bed the calmest weather and the sweetest peace that either his fathers court his own chamber or the most pleasant Paradise that his whole countrie at home could yeeld him and such were your delightes rather to heare a Trumpet in a fielde then a Lute in ●… chamber and to see the assault of a forte then the dauncing of a maske Your maiestie would euer preferre a trotting courser before an ambling lootecloth a peale of ordinance before a ring of belies and a bloudie sword before a painted looking glasse in somme if in alsuch courses of your conceit you followed the inclination of my Grandfather will you think it strange in me to follow the steps of your affection Haue you not allowed my reading of histories and how many of any account are written onelie of home actions Haue you not wisht me to make much of strangers and shall I not studie languages where with to entertaine them I must confesse there is no friend to a father whose loue cannot be separated from the fruit of his own body Home dwelling is full of ease but not of honour which is rather purchased by aduentures then by nature inherited friends are kind so maie strangers be full of courtesse and he that looketh not into the world wanteth much wherein to glorifie the Lorde God My sisters fortune I had rather leaue to the effect of your wisedome then my weaknes and knowing her discretion wil nothing feare the honor of her affection My mothers tender care of me maie be more kind then commodious for though I will not liue but to bee in all humblenes her childe yet mus I haue a care for my countries good not to be a babie to my 〈◊〉 for to reade of the noble aduentures of diuerse honourable 〈◊〉 rits what perilles they passed what conquests they made 〈◊〉 they inriched their countries enlarged their kingdomes ●…nanced their followers increased their 〈◊〉 and left 〈◊〉 to their houses shall I as one dull of witte not to vnderst 〈◊〉 what I réede or fearefull of spirit to followe the pathes of 〈◊〉 passages not like your sonne lie still at home and blowe 〈◊〉 banquet dance in a chamber or tumble in a bed where 〈◊〉 sléepe maie dull my sences musike maie browne my spirite 〈◊〉 su●…feiting maie kill my stomacke farre ●…e it from your 〈◊〉 to shew so little of his fathers nature for dangers they are the ●…als of the valiant for aduentures they are the honor of the resoluto and for labours they are the praises of the patient 〈◊〉 where are these at home No by traua●…le is gotten knowledge and to answeare to some points of your propositions 〈◊〉 the same sunne shineth in one place that shineth in another but not at one and the same time men and women are of the same proportion but not of the same disposition which is a note of great regard the diet apparell deineanour and inclination of euerie countrie is to be deserued and the obseruations well taken maie fall out to be commodious so I haue heard you say my selfe haue read and verely beléeue by trauaile I shall learn who are our friendes or foes and so either to estéeme them or beware of them My friendes that you maie spare will followe me in my course or allowe of my content my seruantes will attend the issue of my fortune and my countrey I hope shall be benefited by my trauaile I intend no long voiage nor anie at all without your liking but if with your leaue I might haue my desire I must confesse I would willinglie a little set foote abroad into the world and for that there are as I am certainlie informed a great number of gallant young gentlemen shortlie intending to attend the Emperour in his warres against the Turke wherein who performeth the true parts of valour shall returne with the badge of deserued honour I humbly beséech you with as little charge as it shall please you to furnish me to this piece of seruice from whence I am assuredly perswaded I shall neuer returne with discontentment Now hauing reuealed vnto your maiestie both the nature of my inclination the grounde from whence it grew and the reasons that haue there to induced me I leaue to your fatherly loue to consider of my dutie and your discréete consideration to thinke of my stay or frauaile The good old Duke finding that the colte of a courser would hardly be brought to the harrow a lapwing would runne as soone as it was out of the shell a bird of his own fether would take after his owne slight though it could not but grieue him to haue him far out of his sight yet knowing the quarrell good that he went to fight in with the Emperour against the Turk and that manie princes had sent their sonnes to gaine honor in that piece of seruice after a few words of some vnwillingnesse to want the comfort of his presence was not only contented to like well of his desire but promised with his blessing to furnish him for