Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	fortitude_n	prudence_n	temperance_n	1,677	5	10.4183	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03230	Londini speculum: or, Londons mirror exprest in sundry triumphs, pageants, and showes, at the initiation of the right Honorable Richard Fenn, into the Mairolty [sic] of the famous and farre renowned city London. All the charge and expence of these laborious projects both by water and land, being the sole undertaking of the Right Worshipful Company of the Habberdashers. Written by Tho. Heywood.	Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.	1637 (1637)	STC 13349; ESTC S106211	8,168	22

I will give you this short Character She was the daughter of King Costus and had the generall title of Queene of Famogosta because crowned in that City being lineally discended from the Roman Emperors who as she lived a Virgin so she dyed a Martyr under the Tyrant Maxentius whose Empresse with divers other eminent persons she had before converted to the Faith she rideth on a Scallop which is part of his Lordships Coate of Armes drawne in a Sea-Chariot by two Sea-horses with divers other adornments to beautifie the peece the Art of which the eye may better discover than my pen describe and why she being a Princesse and Patronesse of this Company of the Haberdashers who onely ruled on the Land should at this time appeare upon the water and without any iust taxation to make that cleare shee thus delivereth her selfe St. Katherines speech by Water GReat Praetor and grave Senators she craves A free admittance on these curied waves Who doth from long antiquity professe Her 〈◊〉 to be your gratious Patronesse Oft have I on a passant Lyon sate And through your populous streets beene borne in state Oft have I grac'ty our Triumphes on the shore But on the Waters was not seene before Will you the reason know why it doth fall That I thus change my Element you shall When Triton with his pearly trumpets blew A streperous blast to summon all the crew Of Marine gods and goddesses to appeare As the annuall custome is and meet you here As they were then in councell to debate What honour they might adde unto the state Of this Inauguration there appear'd God Mercury who would from Iove be heard His Caducaus silence might command Whilst all attentive were to understand The tenor of his message who thus spake The Sire of gods with what you undertake Is highly pleas'd and greatly doth commend That faire designe and purpose you intend But he beheld a Machine from an high Which at first sight daz'd his immortall eye A royall Arke whose bright and glorious beams Rivall the Sunnes ready to proove your streames A vessell of such beauty burthen state That all the high Powers were amaz'd thereat So beautified so munified so clad As might an eight to the seaven wonders adde VVhich must be now your charge 't was Ioves owne motion That all of you attend her to the Ocean This notwithstanding such was their great care To shew that o're you they indulgent are That Neptune from his Chariot bad me chuse Two of his best Sea-horses to excuse His inforc't absence Thames whose breast doth swell Still with that glorious burthen bad me tell That loves command shall be no sooner done But every Tide he 'le on your errands runne From hence to the Lands end and thence againe Backe to conveigh your trafficke from the Maine My message thus delivered now proceed To take your oath there is no further need Of my assistance who on Land will meete you And with the state of greater Triumphes greete you These few following Lines may and not impertinently be added unto Iupiters message delivered by Mercury which though too long for the Bardge may perhaps not shew lame in the booke as being lesse troublesome to the Reader than the Rower Dance in thy raine-bow colours Pr●t●●s change Thy selfe to thousand figures 't is not strange VVith thee thou old Sea-prophet throng the seas With Ph●rcus Daughters the Nereides And all the blew-hair'd Nymphes in number more Than Barkes that float or Pibbles on the shore Take Ae●lus along to fill her sailes With prosperous windes and keepe within his gailes Tempestuous gusts which was no sooner said But done for all the Marine gods obey'd The second show but the first by Land is presented by the great Philosopher Pythagoras Samius the sonne of Menarchus which being outwardly Sphericall and Orbicular yet being opened it quadrates it selfe iust into so many Angles as there be Scepters over which his Sacred Maiesty beareth title namely England Scotland France and Ireland concerning which number of foure I thus Read Pythagoras and his Schollers who taught in his schooles that Ten was the nature and soule of all number one Reason which he gave to omit the rest was because all nations as well civill as barbarous can tell no farther than to the Denary which is Ten and then returne in their account unto the Monady that is one For example from Tenne wee proceed to Eleven and Twelve which is no more than Ten and One Ten and Two and so of the rest till the number rise to an infinite Againe hee affirmeth that the strength and vertue of all number consisteth in the quaternion for beginning with one two three and foure put them together and they make ten he saith further that the nature of number consisteth in ten and the faculty of number is comprized in foure in which respect the Pythagoreans expresse their holy oath in the quaternion which they cal'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as may appear in these words Per tibi nostrae animae praebentem tetrada Iuro Naturae fontemque firmamenta perennis For they held the soule of man to subsist in that number proportionating it into these foure Faculties Mens Scientia Opinio Sensus the Mind Knowledge Opinion and Sence and therefore according to that number Pythagoras frames his Speech alluding to those foure Kingdomes over which his Maiesty beareth title The Speech of the second Show delivered in Paules Church-yard SAcred's the number foure Philosophers say And beares an happy Omen as this day It may appeare foure Elements conspire Namely the Water Earth the Aire and Fire To make up man the colours in him bred Are also foure White Pallid Blacke and red Of foure Complexions he existeth soly Flegmaticke Sanguine Choler Melancholy His meate foure severall digestions gaines In Stomacke Liver Members and the Veines Foure qualities cald primae within lie Which are thus titled Hot Cold Moist and Drie He acts his whole life on this earthy stage In Child-hood Youth Man-hood Decripit age The very day that doth afford him light Is Morning the Meridian Evening Night Foure seasons still successively appeare Which put together make a compleat yeare The earth with all the Kingdomes therein guided Is into foure distinguish'd parts divided The foure Windes from the Worlds foure quarters blow Eorus Favonius Auster Aquilo All Morall vertues we in foure include As Prudence Iustice Temperance Fortitude Court City Campe and Countrey the foure CCCs Which represent to us the foure degrees Requir'd in every faire and flourishing Land Substract but one a Kingdome cannot stand Foure Colonels are in this City knowne Of which you honoured Sir have long beene one And those foure Crownes for so the high Powers please Embleme the Kings foure Scepters and foure Seas The fift Imperiall Arch above proclaimes That glorious Crowne at which his Highnesse aimes Thus is our round Globe squard figuring his power And yours beneath Him in the number foure