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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	great_a	keep_v	king_n	2,594	5	3.5237	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03234	London ius honorarium Exprest in sundry triumphs, pagiants, and shewes: at the initiation or entrance of the Right Honourable George Whitmore, into the Maioralty of the famous and farre renouned city of London. All the charge and expence of the laborious proiects, and obiects both by water and land, being the sole vndertaking of the Right Worshipfull, the society of the Habburdashers.	Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.	1631 (1631)	STC 13351; ESTC S106212	7,986	25

the way lyes cleare Will you know how looke upward then and sayle By the signe Libra that Celestiall scale In which some write the Sunne at his creation First shone and is to these times a relation Of Divine Justice It in justice shind Doe you so Lord and be like it divind Keepe the even Channell and be neither swayde To the right hand nor left and so evade Malicious envie never out of action Smooth visadgd flattery and blacke mouthd detraction Sedition whisprings murmuring private hate All ambushing the godlike Magistrate About these rockes and quick sands Syrens haunt One singes connivence th' other would inchaunt With partiall sentence and a third ascribes In pleasing tunes aright to gifts and bribes Sweetning the eare and every other sence That place and office may with these dispence But though their tones be sweete and shrill their notes They come from foule brests and inpostum'd throats Sea monsters they be stiled but much nay more 'T is to be doubted they frequent the shoare Yet like Vlisses doe but stop your eare To their inchantments with an heart sincere They fayling to indanger your estate Will from the rocks themselves precipitate Proceede then in your blest Inauguration And celebrate this Annuall Ovation Whilst you nor this way nor to that way leane But shunne th' extreames to keepe the golden meane This glorious City Europs chiefest minion Most happy in so great a Kings dominion Into whose charge this day doth you invest Shall her in you and you in her make blest THe first show by Land presented in Pauls Church yard is a greene and pleasant Hill adorned with all the Flowers of the spring upon which is erected a faire and flourishing tree furnished with variety of faire and pleasant fruite under which tree and in the most eminent place of the Hill sitteth a woman of beautifull aspect apparrelled like Summer Her motto Civitas bene Gubernata i. a City well governed Her Attendants or rather Associats are three Damsels habited according to their qualitie and representing the three Theologicall vertues Faith Hope and Charity Amongst the leaves and fruits of this Tree are inscerted diverse labels with severall sentences expressing the causes which make Cities to flourish and prosper As The feare of God Religious zeale a Wise Magistrate Obedience to rulers Vnity Plaine and faithfull dealing with others of the like nature At the foot of the Hill sitteth old Time and by him his daughter Truth with this inscription Veritas est Temporis Filia i. Truth is the Daughter of Time which Time speaketh as followeth IF Time some say have here bin oft in view Yet not the same old Time is each day new Who doth the future lockt up houres inlarge To welcome you to this great Cities charge Time who hath brought you hither grave and great To inaugure you in your Praetorium seate Thus much with griese doth of himselfe professe Nothing 's more precious and esteemed lesse Yet you have made great use of me to aspire This eminence by desert when in full quire Avees and Acclamations with loud voyce Meete you on all sides and with Time rejoyce This Hill that Nimph apparreld like the Spring These Graces that attend her every thing As fruitfull trees greene plants flowers of choise smell All Emblems af a City governd well Which must be now your charge The Labels here Mixt with the leaves will shew what fruit they beare The feare of God a Magistrate discreete Iustice and Equity when with these meete Obedience unto Rulers Vnity Plaine and just dealing Zeale and Industry In such blest symptoms where these shall agree Cities shall like perpetuall Summers bee You are now Generall doe but bravely lead And doubtlesse all will march as you shall tread You are the Captaine doe but bravely stand To oppose vice see all this goodly band Now in their City Liveries will apply Themselves to follow where your Colours fly You are the chiefe defend my daughter Truth And then both Health and Poverty Age and Youth Will follow this your Standard to oppose Errour Sedition Hate the common foes But pardon Time grave Lord who speaks to thee As well what thou now art as ought to be Then Time maketh a pause and taking up a leavelesse withered branch thus proceedeth See you this withered branch by Time o're growne A Cities Symbole ruind and trod downe A Tree that bare bad fruit Dissimulation Pride Malice Envy Atheisme Supplantation Ill Government Prophannes Fraud Oppressiō Neglect of vertue Freedome to transgression Obedience here with power did disagree All which faire London be still farre from thee The second show by Land is presented in the upper part of Cheapside which is a Chariot The two beasts that are placed before it are a Lyon passant and a white Vnicorne in the same posture on whose backs are seated two Ladies the one representing Justice upon the Lyon the other Mercy upon the Vnicorne The motto which Justice beareth is Rebelles protero the inscription which Mercy carrieth is Jmbelles protego Herein is intimated that by these types and symboles of Honour represented in these noble beasts belonging io his Majestie all other inferiour magistracies and governments either in Common weales or private Societies receive both being and supportance The prime Lady seated in the first and most eminent place of the Chariot representeth London behinde whom and on either side diverse others of the chiefe Cities of the Kingdome take place As Westminster Yorke Bristoll Oxford Lincolne Exeter c. All these are to be distinguished by their severall Escutchons to them London being Speaker directeth the first part of her speech as followeth You noble Citties of this generous Isle May these my two each Ladies ever smile Justice and mercy on you You we know Are come to grace this our triumphant show And of your curtesy the hand to kisse Of London this faire lands Metropolis Why sister Cittyes sit you thus amazd If to behold above you windowes glas'd With Diomonds'sted of glasse Starres hither sent This day to deck our lower Firmament Is it to see my numerous Children round Incompasse me So that no place is found In all my large streets empty My yssue spred In number more then stones whereon they tread To see my Temples Houses even all places With people covered as If Tyl'd with faces Will you know whence proceedes this faire increase This joy the fruits of a continued peace The way to thrive to prosper in each calling The weake and shrinking states to keepe from falling Behold my motto shall all this display Reade and observe it well Serve and obay Obedience though it humbly doth begin It soone augments unto a Magozin Of plenty in all Citties'tis the grownd And doth like harmony in musicke sound Nations and Common weales by it alone Flourish It incorporates many into one And makes vnanimous peace content and joy Which pride doth still Insidiate to destrsy And