Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	write_v	writing_n	year_n	15	3	4.7390	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09569	The key of historie. Or, A most methodicall abridgement of the foure chiefe monarchies, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome Being a generall and compendious chronicle from the Flood. Digested into three bookes. Whereunto is added a marginall chronologie of euery Roman emperors raigne, and of all the most memorable persons and accidents. Together with briefe illustrations vpon the more obscure names, places, and offices. With a directory table for the more profitable reading of history. Written by that excellent and most learned man Iohn Sleidan.; De quatuor summis imperiis. English. Abridgments	Sleidanus, Johannes, 1506-1556.; Darcie, Abraham, fl. 1625.	1627 (1627)	STC 19850; ESTC S114662	111,008	406

Britaine in his iourney through Illyricum towards his intended warre against the Persians was trecherously slaine by his owne soldiers At this time the Common-wealth flourished peace being setled in all nations on euery side farre and neere in so much as Probus would sometimes say that the world would come to that passe shortly that there would be no need of Legions and garrisons but the souldiers offended at this his speech thought it best to cut him off After him followed Carus Carus 282. An. 1. and some moneths together with his sonnes Corinus Numerianus hee subdued the Sarneatians who now after Probus his death were growne more insolent and menaced euen Italie it selfe then making an expedition against the Persians tooke Mesopotamia and marching on further died His yonger sonne Numerianus serued in the warres with him his other sonne Carinus hee had set ouer the Gallia's Numerianus was slaine by his t Arius Aper Diocletian 284. an 20. wiues father and in his place came Diocletian with whom Carinus had diuers conflicts about obtaining the Empire but was ouerthrowne and slaine Diocletian in regard of the troubles and seditions in many places kindling tooke to him for his Collegue Maximianus He quiered the country of Gallia then in commotion as also Affrica and Diocletian Egypt putting the Authors of these broiles to death He recouered Britaina also in the tenth yeer after the reuolt and to the end that the state of the Common-wealth might be more firme and to auoid new commotions about succession hee adopted Galerius and Maximianus Constantius Chlorius Galerius being sent by Diocletian against Narses King of the Parthians had ill fortune in that warre losing the major part of his armie but afterwards commanded to renew the warre he ouerthrew the enemie in maine battell and marching on further in those places then any other Emperour except Trajan tooke Ctesiphon subdued all Assyria and recouered the fiue Prouinces lying beyond the riuer u Running through Armenia Tigris which had reuolted in Trajan the Emperours time Diocletian hauing setled the affaires of Asia returned into Europe where the Scythians Sarmatians * Almaines lying betwixt the Alpes and Ments as Carion supposes Alans x People of Sarmatia Bastarnans y â—welling about the Riuer Carpis in Scythia Constantius Galerius 304. an 2 m 3. an 7. m. 5. Carpies Chatties and Quadies were then all in peace Afterwards both hee as also Maximianus resigning their Soueraigntie inuest their Collegues before mentioned with the title of Emperours Constantius of the Gallia's Britaine the Hispaines Italie and Affrica and Galerius of Illyricum Greece and Asia Marcellus was then Bishop of Rome whose decree is extant prohibiting Bishops from calling a Synode without the authority of the Sea of Rome as also to condemne any Bishop who should appeale to Rome But Maxentius the Emperour persecuting him his estate as others before him was both meane and miserable Whereupon it may easily bee coniectured whether or no he in those perplexities and lurking corners could take so much vpon him as to establish such manner of decrees At length Constantius dying at Yorke Galerius adopted Severus and Maximianus In the meane space the Preterian souldiers at Rome elect Maxentius their Emperour After Seuerus was slaine Maximianus made choice of Licinius for his Collegue in the Empire Among those arose great troubles whereupon the Nobles of Rome call home Constantine Constantius his sonne then imploied in the Gallia's to rescue their Citie from the tyranny of Maxentius Constantine the Great 306. an 30. m. 9. d. 27. Hee marching forward into Italie with part of his armie in pitcht field got the victorie and afterwards quite defeated Maxentius his forces at the Citie of Rome After this hee fought against Licinius who being ouerthrowne in battell and almost growne into hatred with all men was at length slaine by his own souldiers Many write that the cause of this warre was for that Licinius did bitterly persecute the professors of Christianitie although he had been very often intreated and admonished to the contrary by Constantine For from the time of the resurrection of Christ vntill this age almost three hundred yeeres the professors of Christ were diuersly punished omitting those whereof the Scripture makes mention as of z Acts 7. Stephen a Acts 11. Iames the brother of Iohn b Acts 9. Peters imprisonment and inlargement by the Angel passing ouer in silence Paul likewise who grieuously persecuted the Church of God but after his conuersion escaped no kinde of punishment for Christs cause the Roman Emperours also as Nero Domitian Trajan Septimius Seuerus Decius Valerian Aurelian Diocletian and Maximian committed most horrible and outragious masfacres But Constantine comming to the Empire and imbracing the true Religion affoorded harbour and refuge to the Christians Then first of all beganne the Bishops of Rome to liue in safeâ—ie for till then almost all of them who from Peter whom they will haue to be their first are reckoned to thirty three were tormented with persecutions Their decrees are inserted in the bookes of the Councels but the greatest part of them are so sleight triuiall quite different from the sacred Scriptures as makes it credible that they were a long time after forged by some others But if they bee true and proceeded from them then indeed that which Paul by prophesie foretold 2 Thes 2. seemes most rightly to bee applied to this place that then that sonne of perdition and man of sinne beganne to worke the mysterie of iniquity That decree yet extant goes vnder Anacletus his name the fourth from Peter as they reckon wherein he ordaineth the Church of Rome to be by Christs command and institution the head of other Churches To Alexander the next after him is that decree attributed where he commands that the water should be consecrated with salt to purge the people and to auoid the snares of the Deuill But iudge I pray you how far those differ from that Maiestie of the Apostles how farre from the writings of S. c S. Ierom writes that he dyed in the 68 yere after the passion Suidas says that he liued 120 yeares Iohn the Euangelist who almost liued till this very time I haue onely set downe these two decrees that by them wee may iudge of the rest for they are almost of the same molde and cary open colour of ambition and not onely the speech wants the grace but also the matter it selfe hath no salt in it Colos 4. both which Paul requires in the Ministers of the Church And to this place also appertaines that decree of Constantine the Emperor which they haue inserted into their books for the foundation and bulwarke of their power For the cause and occasion of his excessiue d In conferring as they imagine the City of Rome the Empire of the West c. vpon he Popes liberality which is there set downe may out of history be disproued

And I doubt not of your owne voluntary propension that way as much as your age can beare and your Tutors their diligent vigilancie Wherefore Illustrious Prince proceed auspiciously and as you are borne to the gouernement of a Common-wealth so furnish your selfe with such ammunition as is both perpetuall and will affoord infallible aid and not onely extenuate the labour which you must sometimes vndergoe in gouerning an ancient Prouince but also make it easie and pleasant From Strasburg Anno Dom. 1556. IOHN SLEIDAN of the foure chiefe MoÌ„narchies OR The key of History The first Booke BEfore I treat of the foure chiefe and principall Monarchies of the world Babylon Persia Greece and Rome I must speake a word or two of the great difference about computation of yeeres from the beginning of the world for the Hebrewes Eusebius S. Austin Alphonsus and Mirandula doe exceedingly vary amongst themselues But because almost all the learned men of our times doe in this point follow the account of the Hebrewes I also seeing the case so stands will tread in their steppes And first of all that I may come to my purpose I meane the first Monarchie passing by those occurrents which happened in the a Gen. 1 2 3 4 5 6 chap. first age of all as also the narration of the Flood sit hence all those are contained in holy Scriptures and cannot be better exprest I le take start at that time when the race of mankinde being reduced to a very small number begunne after that the * Moles massie multirude of waters was againe dispersed and the earth made drie to increase anew The time of the Flood is referred to the yeere of the world 1656. and b Gen 5. Mathusalah the seuenth from Adam died at that very time being 969. yeeres of age c Gen 7. Noah Mathusalah his * Nepos Grandchild by his sonne Lamech being then 600. yeeres of age and by Gods especiall fauour preserued together with his familie now when the number of men begunne to multiplie by little and little was the first that caused his children and posteritie by remoouing into seuerall Countries to inhabite the earth and build themselues cities and afterwards about the hundreth yeere after the Flood allotted to each of them his proper Prouince At which time Nimrod Noahs Grand-childes sonne together with his retinue inhabited the land of the Chaldees but at length the multitude of men still multiplying many were necessarily inforced to remoue and seeke out new seats and Colonies They before their departure desirous to leaue their perpetuall memoriall behinde them did thereupon d Gen. 11. It is credible that hereupon the Poets took occasion to make that fiction of the Giants who beaping moantaine vpon mountain went about to ouerthrow the gods Michael Glycas writes that there were forty yeers spent about building of this Tower Nimrod being their Chief-taine beginne to build a Citie and within that a Tower of transcendent height And forgetting Gods wrath which had so lately swallowed vp the whole Globe of the earth whereof Noah without all doubt had very much very often and diligently preached to them intended to extend the fame of their owne names by vaineglorious and ambitious workes But God herewith offended made frustrate these their enterprises sending amongst them a confusion of tongues whereas before that time there was but one and the same kinde of language all the world ouer Thus being constrained to surcease their begunne worke they departed into seuerall parts of the world From this confusion of tongues the citie called Babell took the name froÌ„ the time I mean froÌ„ the 131. yeer after the Flood or therabouts the kingdome of the Chaldees Babylonians took the beginnings The first King thereof was Nimrod before spoken of who as it is written ruled 56. yeeres The Scripture stiles him the e Gen. 10. 1 Chron. 5. Mich 5. The land of Babylon is called the land of Nimrod mightie Hunter and attributes to him strength and puissance Others call him Saturne and report that in the 45. yeere of his raign he sent away certaine Princes of Colonies hither and thither as Assur Madas Magog and Mosech Those erected kingdomes after their owne names as Assyria Media f Suidas writes that the Persians were so called but Melancthoâ— think them to be the now Turks Magog and Mosco the two first whereof doe wholly belong to Asia and the third and last to Asia and Europe The Scripture makes mention of this g Assur Gen. 10. Belus Assur and that Niniue was by him builded Iupiter Belus succeeded his Father Nimrod who as historie speakes possessed all the Country from the sunne-serting to Sarmatia in Europe and afterwards made warre against Sabbatius King of Saga whom not he by reason hee was preuented by death Ninus the first Monarch about 1905. of the world but his sonne Ninus subdued who extending his dominions farre and wide was the first that euer tooke vpon him a Monarchie Noah died 350. yeeres after the Flood and about the 18 yeere after his death b Gen. 11. Abraham the tenth from Noah so commanded by God left his Country being then 75 yeers of age and in i Gen. 17. 24 yeere after that God made a couenant with him by ordaining the circumcision In the k Gen. 21. 100 yeere of his age his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him hee liued after that 75. yeeres for the tearme of mans life was now much shortened The manner of his Grand-childe l Gen. 37. Iacobs life and vpon what occasion he went downe into Egypt and there dyed how afterwards his posteritie remained in Egypt for some ages oppressed with most grieuous bondage and by Gods fauour brought out and set at libertie by his seruant Moses the holy m From the 30 ch of Gen. to the 14. of Exod. Scriptures declare This departing of the children of Israel out of Egypt is referred to the yeere of the world 2454. that is 430 yeeres after the promise made to Abraham as n Gal. 3. S. Paul hath it After Moses the children of Israel were gouerned by Iudges till the daies of Saul whom Dauid another King of the same people succeeded Now let vs returne to the Empire of Babylon Ninus being dead his wife Semiramis succeeded him in his Empire Semiramis who in riches victories and triumphs was inferiour to no mortall Prince She inlarged the towne of Babylon and made it a citie of sufficient greatnesse adorning it with diuers faire buildings and inuironing it with a wall Shee subdued Aethiopia and made warre also in India Her sonne Zameis the fifth King Zameis performed nothing worthy of memorie Arius but Arius who next succeeded him conioyned the Bactrians and Caspians to his Empire It is written that Aralius his successor was renowned for his wit and prowesse Aralius but what he atchieued is not committed to writing The next

length the Athenians incounter with their enemies in the Port of Syracusa but after a doubtfull and dangerous battell were all of them put to flight and slaine In the meane time the Lacedemonians and their confederates conclude a league against the Athenians with Darius King of Persia Tissaphernes was Darius his Ambassadour Next after Codrus Polydor of Sparta and Aristomenes of Messene these following are for the most part reputed the chiefe and most renowned Captaines of the Greekes some whereof performed worthy seruice for the whole Country of Greece and euery one for his owne country at the least as Miltiades Leonidas Themistocles Pericles Aristides Pausanias Xantippus Leotychidas Cimon Conon Epaminondas Leosthenes Aratus of Sicyon Philopoemen Most of these were at length banished their countries Cicero describes the Port of Syracusa and reports how the Athenian Nauie onely which consisted of 300. ships did within mans memorie inuade it and was vanquished and ouerthrowne within the same by reason of the aduantage in the scituation and nature of the place and port it selfe and then first of all was the puissance of that Citie borne down abated and ouerwhelmed and shipwracke was made of Nobilitie Gouernement and Glory Thucidides relates that the circuit of Sicilie is as much as a great vessell can saile round about in eight daies space and that the Iland is distant from the Continent about twenty g Two miles and a haâ—e furlongs Darius had two sonnes Artaxerxes Mnemon and Cyrus Artaxerxes Mnemon the first whereof succeeded his father and Cyrus gouerned lonia but not being content with his owne share made war vpon the King his brother was there ouerthrown and slaine Marcus Portius Cato as Cicero hath it cals this Cyrus the yonger King of Persia a man of an excellent wit and the glory of his Kingdome He commends him also for his delight in husbaÌ„dry as Xenophon writes of him for this Xenophon was one of his souldiers and very familiar with him and for that cause was afterwards driuen into exile by the Athenians who were in league amity with Mnemon Ochus Darius After Mnemon raigned Ochus his third and youngest sonne Darius the last of all succeeded Against him Alexander King Philip of Macedon his sonne made warre who after hee had subdued Thebes and pacified Greece set forward into Asia in three battels ouerthrew Darius taking his mother wife and daughters prisoners Darius offered him very large conditions part of his kingdome to the riuer of Euphrates but he refused both and ceased not till hee had ouerthrowne him for when Darius saw that hee could not make his peace vpon these conditions hee renewes the war the third time and comming against him with a most puissant Army was the third time ouerthrowne and as he fled slaine by his owne men when together with him the Monarchy of Persia which had stood 200. yeares was extinguished Alexander by these famous victories brought vnder his subiection almost all the countries lying Eastward The third Monarchie of the Greekes founded by Alexander the Great about 3609. after the Persian Monarchie had stood about 200. yeares translated the Imperiall feat out of Asia into Europe and founded the third Monarchie After this he made warres in India but such is the weakenesse of mortall men those blasts of ful-handed and indulgent fortune could not breath vpon him but must needes puffe him vp with ambition when hauing plaied many insolent prankes and in a manner commanded diuine worship to be giuen him comming to Babylon there died of a feuer or as many write of poison being 33 years of age and hauing raigned 12 yeares Calanus an Indian as Cicero relates foretold him of his death whom as he was going to be h He caused himselfe to be burnt following the ancient custome of the chiefemen of his Nation burnt AlexaÌ„der asked if he had any thing to say Oyes quoth he I shall see thee â—re it be long Within a few dayes after Alexander breathed his last which was as it is commonly taken in the hundred fourteenth i Games in honor of Iupiter celebrated euery fift yeere they begun An. mund 3186 ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Most authors as Meibomius notes agree that he dyed in the 429 y. after the building of Rome Olympian in the foure hundred and ninth yeare after the building of the City of Rome which is 322. yeares before the birth of Christ He was a very deuout louer of good Arts most liberall towards learned men is therefore highly extold in many of their workes He delighted much in Homers Poems and though we read that hee was neuer without many learned men about him to record his acts yet when hee stood before Achilles his tomb in Sigeum O happy young man said he that hast found such an Herald as Homer to proclaime thy vertues For as hee would rather then any others haue Apelles his l Painter Pictor and Lysippus his m Statuist Fictor so would hee haue his worth extold and commended to the memorie of posterity by such as in setting forth his glory could purchase renowne to their owne wits He imployed his Tutor Aristotle about describing the nature of all liuing creatures and for that purpose procured certaine thousands of men throughout Greece Asia as Grasiers Huntsmen Fishermen Fishmongers Fowlers many more such like to giue him information of each creature It s written that hee gaue to the Author himselfe in recompence of his labour 800 Talents which amounts as the learned of our times collect to 1480. Crownes He sent Xenocrates the Philosopher 50 Talents by his Ambassador which comes to 1030 Crownes which when hee refused and sent him word back again by his Ambassadors that he hath no need of so much money What said he has he no friend whoÌ„ he may benefit by theÌ„ In his tender yeares when he was Aristotles scholler hee was as Cicero writes endued with a most excellent wit and exceeding great modesty but afterwards aduanced with the title of King He grew proud cruell and deboist Historiographers tell wondrous stories of Darius his gorgeous pomp delicious pastimes and riotous exesse For hee kept within his Tents Cookes of all kinds Hucksters crammers of fowle Artificers clerks of his kitchin and Confectioners lest hee should bee vnprouided of any meanes that might encrease his bodily pleasure Many writers speake of the Kings of Persia their solemnities and sumptuous prouision in their daily banquets elsewhere They were wont to keep many wiues as Cicero writes and to those they gaue certaine cities that such a citie should find such a woman with all manner of attire for her head and such a City with this or that apparell Such was Darius his end as I formerly recited who as he fled from Alexander drinking foule water polluted with dead corpes denyed that euer in al his life he drunk a more pleasant draught for he neuer drunke when hee was a thirst

Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Text snippets containing the quad