Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	faith_n	good_a	temperance_n	1,131	5	11.1758	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19901	Alektor = The cock Containing the first part, of the most excellent, and mytheologicall historie, of the valorous Squire Alector; sonne to the renowned Prince Macrobius Franc-Gal; and to the peerelesse Princesse Priscaraxe, Queene of high Tartary.; Alector. English	Aneau, Barthélemy, d. 1561.; Hammon, J.	1590 (1590)	STC 633; ESTC S104401	136,307	201

of Gambre and Senegue vnto Capa de bona esperanza and so to the Troglodites habiting vnder the earth From thence coasting Arabia and the lands nigh the red sea I passed alongst the Realmes of Goa Canouer and Calecut and so visited the great noble rich Isle of Taprobane Perne the Isles of Malucques and the two Iaues and hauing compassed the black Realmes of Quiola Melinde Scilam and Habest I vizited Zaphal the Isle of the golden mynes and came to the Realm of Quinsag and so entred into the Barbarian Sea and from thence into the Indian seas I passed the Realm of Cathay and entred into the high India and tooke land at Tangut to repose my selfe a while hoping anone after to trauerse the region of Bator and to come into Tartary and so hauing made the whole Tonrne of the lands seas and Isles to render my selfe againe to my most welbeloued Priscaraxe And knowe O Archier that ouer and about all these marinall iournies in euerie countrie and Region where I landed I trauersed the firme lands most commonly on other earthly horses to knowe the diuersitie of the townes countries and manners of men reforming them if they were barbarous and bringing them to ciuilitie if they were sauage and cruell ensigning them Religion of honor to their Soucraigne Vertue Faith Iustice Temperance and Marriage Likewise teaching them to know the good fruites plants trées rootes hearbs graines and metcalls which they had in their regions and knew not ensigning them also hushandry and to till their grounds vinyards and gardens with the workinanship making of garments and houses and by force of armes chastening the wicked and obstinate dooing violence and outrage to other men likewise purging the country of monsters of euil dangerous beasts and dooing infinite other acts of vertues which should be ouer long to reckon and loathsome to thée to heare and to my self lesse honorable to declare my praises by mine own mouth But thus it fell out that by these my merits and good déedes I got the fauor loue and good will of all the Princes people of the world receiuing of them innumerable riches presents precious gifts of all the best and excellentest things which were in their countries and Region but aboue all I got to my selfe an eternall good renowme whereby being knowne reclaimed beloued through the world my Sonne Alector serching me could not faile to vnderstand newes of me euery where enquiring alwaies for the great old Knight vpon the swimming and flying horse who finally came and found mee at Tangut hauing trauersed other terrestriall waies than I had passed before I came into the Scythian Region where I engendred him vpon Priscaraxe as I haue recited to thée before The Voyage of Alector seeking his Father the newes which hee had of him after hee had been rauished at the Riuer of Tygre where hee slew the rauening Woolues Of the taking of the shield at the Trophie of his fall and of the inuisible laugher CAP. XIX WHiles I was in my farre trauels Alector was on the other side trauersing the regions of Asia Minor the great Mountaine of Tor the flouds of Tygre and Euphrates but in passing the Tygre being a rauishing floud and impetuous like an arrow whereof it beareth the name his horse for all his strength and force hée had was neuerthelesse rauished by the running streame of the water which he could not withstand and was carried into Armenia to the foote of a mountaine where hée tooke land and after hee had shaken his eares maine taile and whole body to cast of the water he began to neigh aloud At this neighing two rauening Wolues deseended from the mountaines séeking their pray vpon the neighing beast and with wide and open throate threatned nothing but to deuoure him howling most horribly The horse naturallie knowing his enemies began to snort and fling furiously in such sort that he stroke one of the wolues which would haue fastned on him behinde haue lopen vpon his croup whiles the other assailed him before But the gentle horse séeing the one and feeling the other gaue such a fling with his two heeles against his brest so rudelie that he sent him stre foote back to the earth amased with his sides broosed And with that rude fling it behoued Alector to fall to the ground who fearing more his horse than his owne person arose spéedilis with his good sword naked in his hand and presented himself before the great rauening wolfe who perceiuing him left the horse and flew vpon Alector throwing one of his pawes vpon his head thinking to haue stroke him downe and after to haue strangled him with faire téeth but hee found the gréene hat of lether hard and strong which defended him from hurting his head and yet for all that hee plucked it of and left him bare head Alector in the meane while slept not but with his good sworde gaue such a stroke vpon the care of the beast that he stroke it off with part of the head and the stroke falling vpon his shoulder cut off his foote right leg Where with all the beast being enraged began hideously to howle and so as Alector thinking that hee had slaine the beast slooped downe to take vp his hat to couer his head the rauening Wolfe through mortall rage caught him by the arme which he had naked with his sharp teeth so straightly that with the paine hee felt almost his heart had failed him but his noble hardines caused him to take courage whereby he gaue such a thrust with his sworde into the body and heart of the beast that with the issuing of the bloud his life departed and force failed his téeth notwithstanding remaining in Alectors arme through mortall conunision so faslned that hee could not recouer it from the dead beast hauing but one hand wherewith to help himselfe His horse on the other part had so trampled the other Wolfe with his forefeete so beaten him with his hinder heeles and so pressed his neck with fayre teeth that he had made an ende of killing him the Wolfe lying dead stretched out vpon the earth and the horse afterwards snorting and neighing At the noyse whereof issued a fisherman out of his house which was thereby because he got his liuing with catching of fish vpon the riuer with nets hookes and a little boate This good fisherman séeing these two rauening Wolues dead was merueilously astonished at the valure which he sawe to be in so young a person and sore compassioned of the euill which hee saw him suffer Wherefore he approached nere him with salutation and gentle speach and by force of his hands and strokes of a betle vpon the iawes of the Wolfe and with a knife which he had abouthin het opeaed the téeth of the Wolfe and deliuered the arme of Alector who séeing his victory at the first combat with his sworde which he had euer made through great ioy he began