Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	heart_n	know_v	speak_v	4,049	5	4.4293	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89762	A nose-gay for the House of Commons. Made up of the stincking flowers of their seven yeares labours, gathered out of the garden of their new reformation. ... / By Mercurius Melancholicus.	Mercurius Melancholicus, fl. 1648.	1648 (1648)	Wing N1387; Thomason E458_22; ESTC R203057	4,340	8

you that have by your cursed rage ambitious to shew your Omnipotency ruined all this happinesse shut in our day of beauty love and peace within the black and dismall clouds of contention blasted all our Roses and Lillies of happines and long enjoyed amity with noysome and pestifferous showres of sanguinolent and bloody warres but this as a parhenthesis The Keeper or chiefe Lord of this Garden being of a credulous and tractable nature committed the care of this Garden to some servants through whose negligence some weeds sprang up and a breach was made in the fence Monopolizers thieves entred and stole away some flowers a Lambe or two was missing the Lord perceiving the negligence of his servants and their ambition for self-ends which had caused a murmuring in the people which he no sooner perceived but he summoned together all the chief of the Land to advise with him which way this Garden might be weeded and how this breach might be made up to help him execute justice on his servants that had betrayed their trust and so shew himselfe the most willing in this great worke he began to weed with his owne royall hands plucked up the thistles the Mayweed and Darnell that choked the corne Ship-money and other monopolies high Commision Star-chamber and committed the sole care and governance of this Paradice to these unskilfull Gardiners who no sooner were by this royall authority convented but presently every frog began to swell into an Elephant to lift up their heeles against their head and to kick at that power that had given them being and in stead of putting their hands to help him wo●ke lifted up their hands against him and forced him to flie for safegard of his life and instead of making up the breach made the breach wider and instead of pulling up the weeds sowed seeds of strife and dissention feares and jealousies when presently in rushes the Wolfe the Tygar Anababtists and other Sectaries now under Fairfax the slye and crafty Fox Presbyter and the wilde Boare who all conspired the ruine of this most happy vineyard rooting up the tender Vines and the fattest Olives rooted up with their round snouts the rose-tree spoyled the curious knots and borders made holes through the fence broke the lawes that all manner of uncleane beasts entred rooted up the Arbors over threw the Tables the Commandements spilled the Manna mudyed the fountaine old Ford saints and quickly made that which was a Paradice of pleasure a wildernesse of woe barenesse and famine that which was the Phoenix of Christendome London they made a habitation for Owles and Jackdawes that which was the paragon of beauty the Church now the patterne of deformity and that which was lately the Crowne and pride of all Europe now to be the scar-crow and scorne of the world And this hath beene the seven yeares labours of this blessed Parliament that will hereafter be inroled in the monuments of fame for the most Traytorous that ever was Treason never went without a just reward who instead of curing the nationall maladies of this Kingdome have added fresh fuell to their encreasing flames disinthroned and imprisoned their Leige Lord and Soveraigne raised a most dreadfull and bloody war layd more heavy burdens on the people then ever Pharohs task-Masters did on the Israelites and finally have brought a generall ruine and destruction on the whole Kingdome all this is reall truth so help us God Now instead of a Postscript give me leave to speake a word or two to a stioking Kingdome and a disconsolate City and he that hath guided my hand in composing this Nosegay which I know will not be favoury to the Saints guide your hearts and understandings to that resolution that you shall be instructed unto by one that had he ten thousand lives would ve●●u●e them all for the reestablishing of his Majesty the freeing him from his abhorred imprisonment the procuring of a personall Treaty obtayning of an act of Oblivion and his Majesties gracious generall Pardon the Souldiers their arrears and every man his owne and truth and peace established in the Land with a favourable regard to tender consciences Which till this bee obtayned let all true subjects keepe their mony from these pr … ers over our lives and estates endevour to preserve and defend his Majesties Royall person the power and priviledge of Parliament and the Laws and liberties of the Subject and by all good wayes and meanes oppose and endeavour to bring to exact triall all such as eyther by plots or conspiracies have done or shall doe any thing to the prejudice of the purity of Religion the Lawes Liberties and Peace of the Kingdome And further withall just and honourable wayes endevour to preserve union and peace betwixt the three Kingdomes doe this and expect a blessing otherwise assured destruction The NOSEGAY A Little Hemp Hemlock wormwood and Rue Would make a Poesie fit for such as you Rebels and Traytors Cut-throates men of blood Fitter to hang then do the Subject good Others by fit election you by Fate Are made the Executioners of State And not distinguisht from the rank of those Who only know you are not whence you rose You countenance give to Error and and curb in Bold Reprehension make all truth a sinne L●ve uncontroul'd and in contempt of Law Do kill do rob Tyrannize and over-awe Yet this your comfort is the more you strive To Ruine us the better do we thrive Like Hearbes the more you bruise us wee the better sent Plaine truth can nere be stain'd but may be shent FINIS