Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	know_v	see_v	son_n	19,837	5	5.8352	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09538	Times iourney to seeke his daughter Truth and Truths letter to Fame of Englands excellencie.	Pett, Peter, fl. 1599.	1599 (1599)	STC 19818; ESTC S110438	19,872	52

are so rude By this Time hauing left our hemispheare With Phoebus fiery steeds kept equall pace Now to myne eyes another did appeare Wherein the Sun did take another race As in this our Horison he doth trace Nor doth he euer rest as Poets faigne That course once done he straight returnes agayne All this time had I not of Time inquired Toward what place his winged course he bent Which thing because to know I much desyred I gan to question him of his intent And prayd him tell mee to what place he went I long sayd I good father Time to know Whether thou flyest now and hastest so I fly said Time and restlesse neuer cease About the World and as thou seest the Sonne Euen so my sonne doth Time nor doth decrease His force but as when first his course begonne It shall continue till his course be donne For time shall come when Time himselfe must dy And that time now approacheth very ny But vntill then this course I still must keep For to this day I nere repose did take Nor since the world began did euer sleep For then my charge imposde I should forsake Vntill my death I euer must awake Thus haue I done fiue thousand yeares and more And till I leaue to be thus must I sore But when I thee did my companion take I meant to leade thee to the house of Fame Where I must shortly inquisition make For a pure virgin of vnblemisht name Whose great perfection though some dare to blame Is admirable and beyond ●ompare Most excellent most exqu●●●te and rare I meane vnspotted Truth whom many deeme My daughter and because when she was yong I fostred her they therefore doe esteeme Yet falsely that from my loynes she is sprong But Truth though wicked men she liue among Is of no mortall powers borne or bred Bu● calld my child cause I her nourished And though her foster-father Time must dy When once his race appointed is expired Yet Truth shall euer liue immortally And shortly shall her beauty be admired And euery where the same shall be desired Then they which haue so much prophan'd her name Shall reape disgrace well deserued shame And for I know that Fame can well declare To me where my supposed daugh●er is To her I therefore now doe make repaire And when Fame hath acquainted me with this I thinke thou then wilt nothing thinke amis Thou ca●●st with me that thou mayst make it known Where Truth remaynes and where her face is shown But loe I now discerne farre of the ken Of Fames great castle whence she takes her flight To trumpet sundry newes in eares of men Some of great moment others of delight And others tragicall which doe affright Then gan we nearer to the 〈◊〉 to draw And I will tell you what I further saw Amongst th' Antipodes there is a hill Which farre beyond the cloudes it selfe doth stretch And farre beyond that region which still Is fild with vapors which the Sun-beames fetch And from the earth exhale That monstrous wretch Which gainst the heauens did wage persumptuous warre Is not ore whelmd with such an hill by farre No not Olimpus may with it compare Which farre aboue the middle region goes And penetrates the liquid cloudes that are About the same and doe the same inclose Though on the same as Plinie sayth there growes Of tender plants and fruitfull trees great store That are so high no cold can make them hore On highest top of this great hill there stood A goodly Pallace framed large and wide At foot of this same hill a spatious wood That ●emd this mountaine in on euery side Moreouer in this Pallace I espyde A thousand windowes open euery way And many doores nere shut by night or day At euery one of which there thrungd a prease Of rumours and reports Some of debates Some told of warres and others blabd of peace Some talk tof Empyers and of ruind states And some of men whome Fortunes malice mates Such a confusion neuer did I see In one conclusion did not two agree Vpon this castles toppe of christall gl●sse Stood a fayre turre● where Fame had 〈…〉 There sate shee and in hand a 〈◊〉 of brass● Shee held and therewith to the world made knowne The sundry newes and tales of euery one Of those Reportes that to her castle came And as they b●ought them shee disperst the 〈◊〉 Her trumpets sound was loud and very 〈◊〉 Reporting euery matter very cleare Which when it once was sounded forth did fill The wood which to that hill adioyned neare In which a thousand tatling Ec●h●es were That iterated euery vttered sound And made the same throughout the world rebound And euen as many streames that ioyne at last From many sundry parts doe meet together Till all in selfe same current 〈◊〉 on fast Vnto the wide vast boundlesse Ocean whether Their course them leades for they are charged 〈◊〉 her So all reports flow swiftly vnto Fame Who to the worlds great Sea straight sends the ●ame Now aged Tim● nigh to this castle drew Where all these things I orderly did note As in so short a ●pace I could them vew For else I might haue had more things to quote And now that Time about the ●ame did flote He asked some Reportes that thronged there If they could tell where Truth his daughter were One answered shee was of late in Spay●e Another sayd shee was exilde from Fra●●ce Another sayd shee no where did remayne Another sayd some her did countenaunce Another sayd so tragicke was her chaunce Her sacred body was of life bereauen And her sweet soule fled vnto God in heauen When Time saw in them such vncertainty Of them no longer would he thus inquire But soaring vp he vnto Fame did hye Who at his sudden comming did admire But her Time earnestly did then desire To fly with him because he might not stay And many things he must vnto her say Straight Fame attyr'd her in her wingd array And from her backe layd downe her costly weed And for Time would admit of no delay Time flew before Fame followed with speed And as shee flew it seemed shee did reed What you shall heare anon meane time giue eate And what first past you shall in order heare At last Fame ouertooke vs and then sayd God saue thee Time what wouldst thou Fame command Regreeting made Time instantly her prayd That shee would make knowne to him out of hand Where Truth his daughter was and in what land Shee now remayn'd I haue not seen her long And I doe feare saith he shee suffreth wrong Knowest thou not that then answerd to him Fam● Which throughout euery land my trumpets ro●e Hath sounded forth and hath disperst the same No accident that hapned hertofore What ere it were haue I reported more Doth Truth her face so much in England maske That Time of me should such a question aske No Time her bea●tyes are not hid I know No