Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	speak_v	true_a	word_n	8,834	5	4.4618	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08278	The labyrinth of mans life. Or Vertues delight and enuies opposite. By Io: Norden	Norden, John, 1548-1625?	1614 (1614)	STC 18611; ESTC S110180	46,781	96

before his eye But doth accuse his fained friend or chance Of selfe desert will take no cognizance Some faine that Fortune giues yet doth not see She makes at random high and low degree In constant fickle of Camelion-showes A fansie or a dreame whom no man knowes Some faine her brutish sottish and some blind None can define her as she is in kinde Her name nor nature nor her qualities Are truely such as man Philosophies For when we say fortune or fortunate It 's prouidence Diuine we intimate This prouidence distributes as he will In outward things alike to good and ill To none by chance Diuinely he fore-sees Where great or lesser portion best agrees The greatest portion and the least may fall Alternately and suddenly to all And all for good vnto the good befals The best good thing the wicked most inthralls And whether seeming good or ill men haue For good or ill the powres Diuine it gaue Not ill in what is giu'n or him that giues The heart doth hurt mistaking what relieues For what is good blind Nature doth despise And likes of bad pleasing fond fansies eyes As is opinion so is good and bad The good and ill is as it 's held and had Much ioyes some man when he by fraud doth rise And thinkes him happy in his enterprise Such gaine and glory yet are steps to shame Vnlesse true vertue soone reforme the same True greatnes growes by right and not by wrong The Iust are great the contrarie not strong Though seeming so in humane fantasie It 's but the shadow of felicitie For when the Fates by Poets fayn'd so cal'd Depriue againe what they themselues instal'd Then how that greatnes futurely succeeds Soone showes it selfe by vanitie it breeds Fulnes breeds pride and pride breeds libertie Libertie gets sinne sinne brings miserie Miserie breeds griefe Griefe sadnes to the heart Sadnes the gall of out and inward part If outward and the inward parts sustaine For present pleasure such succeeding paine Why should men mourne when they begin to slide From Earths fayre fauour so oft falsifide Assur'd to none no none so great can say He stands secure If powres Diuine say nay Where greatnes growes there emulation breeds VVhere Emulation lurkes there Enuy feeds VVhere Enuy liues there hidden Trecherie Seekes to betray by seeming amitie It 's seldome seene a man of might to fall But some that seemes to loue prepares the gall Needlesse to quote examples here by name For full are our times legends of the same Are not great Cities by like guile surpriz'd As well as men the actors long disguiz'd How then can men aduanced high be sure That they are safe though they themselues be pure Sith inward fauourites may vndermine Their hearts deseignes and couertly combine With Enuies Actors to hurle downe the tree Vnder whose beames themselues safe shelter'd be Hate may be hid vnder true Loues pretence And true Loue liue And yet but held offence The first is subtile secret politicke The second simple ouert still it like The first pre tendeth loue and loueth not The second loues beloued thinkes it not Deceiu'd sometimes by fained humblenes And verb all dutie forged thankefulnes The fearefull milde stands off in heart comes neare Not faining dutie If true triall were The most officious are not firm'st of trust Though forward and by deep protests most iust The habite face and tongue might show the heart If it were skil-lesse of dissembling art The touch of truth doth in true triall rest Truely tride dutie showes transparent brest Onely fowle E●●y dissembles that May draw the innocent to stumble at In words and deedes and what men doe proiect It much behooues them to be circumspect Deeds done are seene words heard and thoughts conceil'd Fooles speake and doe yet say I 'le haue 't conceal'd What 's done or said nay thought will be disclos'd Too late to say I wish t' were not propos'd All states of men by nature dangerous For all are carnall too too humerous And in their humours often perpetrate Offensiue things too inconsiderate For though they think the things they spake or did Could not be knowne from foes conceal'd and hid That power Diuine discouers secret'st things Concealing none no not the thoughts of Kings He will re-rouze from darke Obliuions pit Fare by-past sinne of men forgetting it His Maiestie of wisedome infinite Is patient but not forgetfull quite His long for bearance no quietus est Mercy and Iudgement still possesse his brest The powres Diuine behold the inward part Of Rich and poore nought hurteth but the heart A poore man proud A rich man couetous The powres Diuine hold equall odious The poore content The rich man liberall In earth betoken grace spirituall The Rich and Poore resemble two estates The one and other as ech estimates Their ioy and griefe resemble heauen and hell How either stands none but himselfe can tell Although the Poore seeme heere afflicted most The Rich may haue then he lesse cause to boast A harder lot lights not on men that neede A strong commander in the actiue deede But in the passiue part no thing more strong Perforce accepts and vndergoes all wrong But if it would it can not doe the thing May ease the minde commanded by a King When griefe of heart proceeds of outward need Supply reuiues the inward parts that bleed But if it grow by sinnes felt guiltines No outward cure can ease hearts heauines Onely the heart incountring what is ill Not doing ill but as against the will Obtaines the victory that bringeth peace That peace heales griefe makes sorrow-feuer cease Hearts nature seekes to please it selfe below Where what it feeles pretends it well doth know Yet knoweth not by present future things Though what too day not what too morrow brings Much lesse by this the carnall minded see What ioy or griefe in future time shall be What 's found in fine shall be perpetuall Here wunne or lost the best and principall But hearts diuinely light doe here foresee Of carnall hearts delights what end will be Bondmen of free these earthly pleasures make The wise preponder what they vndertake For pleasures comming promise hearts reliefe Retain'd perform'd and gone leaue th' hart in griefe A man best qualifide indeed doth ill To gaze on that that may peruert the will The eye doth show the obiect of the heart The heart then likes or loathes what th' eyes impart And when desire inkindles and consents Be 't good or ill it is the thing contents What best contents is that good thing men craue Which they themselues or which some others haue Desire and Appetite are blind and strong They both command both leade commanded wrong Vnlesse right Reason daigne to be their guide By whom the heart is rightly rectifide Not to aspire against right Reasons will To runne and rise without regard is ill Many hid gulfes and pits of danger

delight she beares If that serue not sh'in●atuates with teares Flatterie and force are weapons of her fight A fearefull combate to the vertuous light Reuenge of wrongs though light she instigates Puts patience by she only plots debates Reuenge heroycall Meekenesse cowardice Pardon 〈◊〉 wrongs indignities The hautie proud and insolent she makes The Minions of her Court who vndertakes A course by wrong If he grow thereby great She wils hold fast to giue for no intreat He is her prudent her prouident her bancke Him she commends inhibites to be franke And he that will the contrarie imbrace The prodigall that spends in virious case Bountie who promiseth performeth not Is truely pollitique and not a s●● She blindes mens eyes the meane they may not see The meane is Vice Vertue● th' extreame degree A thousand counterfeites of Vertues deedes She giues for currant and truthes-bearing seedes The Spider and the Toade both venimous Are ech to other deadly odious So Pride and Enuie borne infernall twins Hold mutuall warre but Enuie still begins This hagge haunts mee where I am there is she Her workes and mine as light and darke agree She in despite peruertes the wayes I teach Where I affect she seekes to make a breach Whom I aduance she plots to hurle him downe From basest abiect to th' imperiall crowne How did She instigate those bloudie hearts How kept She concord of so many parts That plotted lately that strange Strategeme That aym'd not only to the Diademe The Stocke and Branches of admired State To Prince and Princesse pure and Potentate But Artes and Artistes and Religion Had felt together sad subuersion But that the power that curbes her deepest despi●● From darkest cell brought Deuils deuice to light Worlds wonder how this hidious hagge could finde So many knit firme in infernall minde But that whom she once windeth in her clewe Seldome vntwist or libertie renewe Spider-like she spins snares stings lets them lye Whom she findes instruments for villanie Els needes must some of that infernall crewe Disclos'd the plot though sworne to be trewe Traytors are worse then wormes that eate the tree Vnder whose barke themselues ingendr'd bee Worse then the Viper and the Moath that gnawe Their mothers bowels maugre Natures lawe Antigonus could loue a Traytor so As he could plot to circumuent his foe The treason done transformes his loue to hate Reiects the Traytor person detestate What then if these reneged impes had sped Th 'had cut themselues by treason from their head And seeking for their treasons salarie They should haue guerdon fit like treacherie What Traytor thinkes another will him trust That 's to his Head suborn'd to be vniust A giddie head an idle thirst to rise A heart corrupt breedes Treasons first surmise Surmising feares his in-bred plot is knowne Suspectes ill haruest ere the seede be sowne If this ●oule hagge the nurse of dyre despite Heaue at the highest will she not excite Her hatefull instruments to hurle downe those Of lowest ranke and yet of force her foes In all complots how so of spite they rise On mee she fasly fathers th' enterprise She makes Religion colour outward hate Which makes the fact farre the more detestate Religion is the builder of estates And true Obedience her remunerates Strange thing that true Religion should be foe To that estate she planted first to growe This hagge doth haunt me at ech wished deed Not to assist but hinder leste it speede Where true desert may challenge due reward She frownes and striues the gift may be debar'd If any prosper by my ayd-full hand Her malice great takes sword in hand to band Not one escapes who her despite feeles not And oft preuailes her heart of hate is hot Examples of her ougly cruelties Are infinite couler'd by flatteries But when the plot hath taken it effect It 's found herfawne were meerely counterfect False fraudulent and secret vndermines Which when the wise doe shun then she repines And vomits out her glutted g●rge of gall Without respect of State Imperiall Deceipt her sword flatt'ry defensiue sheeld Are her chiefe instruments of ●ight in feeld Put by the first the second naught auailes She flyes or fals before him she assailes Thy selfe who 〈…〉 By proofe dost finde 〈…〉 Though showing 〈…〉 She hates and seekes to 〈…〉 If thou conioy●e 〈…〉 to what 〈…〉 Thou shalt be nee●e her ye● without 〈…〉 I am thy guide this 〈…〉 〈…〉 Thou shalt goe right it by 〈…〉 The way to 〈…〉 this 〈…〉 〈…〉 Is not selfe force but only of my ●●gh● Thou must begin by banish me 〈…〉 ill To what is good to dedicate thy will And hone● life free from impi●tie Is first and chiefest steppe to dignitie It is not actes of auncester● 〈◊〉 make A vertuous man but way●● 〈…〉 If any vaunt him of high honour a 〈…〉 And is no● vertuous giues himselfe 〈…〉 It is no praise t haue a 〈…〉 worthy 〈◊〉 Vnlesse the sonne by vertue 〈◊〉 〈…〉 True vertue is the 〈…〉 Who hath not that ●ur●●● the Noble 〈…〉 None can be Noble but the Vertuous All Vertuous are not Noble yet gen●●ous The vertuous-base may haue an honest ●al●e True generositie imports the same One may be vertuous yet not seene to rise To great estate or earthly dignities Though men see not nor praise thy ver 〈…〉 Imbrace them full for inward grace ●t 〈…〉 If Vertue liue within thy secret 〈…〉 She will bee working V●rtue cannot ●●st Nor seldome may for E 〈…〉 〈…〉 Me● liue in thee or thou to 〈…〉 Set thou therefore 〈…〉 As thou be not 〈…〉 She will 〈…〉 wiles By office 〈…〉 For we 〈…〉 y place Or by 〈…〉 She heaues 〈…〉 eth di●●●ines ●he fawns 〈…〉 constrains As she for 〈…〉 d Fortune 〈…〉 Fortune 〈…〉 〈…〉 ●●e ●●iles The fawn'd and 〈…〉 with equall wiles Trust not 〈…〉 Ficklen 〈…〉 ●●e 〈…〉 And falslie imitate 〈…〉 Which giues nor 〈…〉 respecting men ●●ward But as the heart 〈…〉 So high or lowe con 〈…〉 What ech 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 wrest The good to ill the ill 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Thou hast had 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 er Be constant walke 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Cons●rt not 〈…〉 base Were thou ● branch of most high honours race Refraine the way where 〈…〉 d I will conduct where 〈…〉 de Though 〈…〉 Like subt●le 〈…〉 I haue To place polluted 〈…〉 the ●●lth of 〈…〉 She will in●i●e ●orbea●● 〈…〉 What I command 〈…〉 What I fo 〈…〉 to 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Be not too rash what 〈◊〉 bi●●●ndertake Attempt it not by mee first triall make What I aduise if thou reuolt and fly Faining consent it is hipocrisie The Truth is naked Craft is cloath'd with guile None vse deceite but are deceiu'd the while Imbrace the words and documents I teach Let not this hagge make in thee smallest breach For it she set foot in thy heart and finde Foundation fit in thine vnstable minde Hard to remoue her from the Ci●●●●ll She in thy heart plants and prepares