Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	heaven_n	love_v	soul_n	5,739	5	5.0400	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57763	The birth of Merlin, or, The childe hath found his father as it hath been several times acted with great applause / written by William Shakespear and William Rowley.	Rowley, William, 1585?-1642?; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Birmingham Shakespeare Library.	1662 (1662)	Wing R2096; ESTC R7261	41,256	56

headlong from her Poor mortal thou and I are much uneven Thou must not speak of goodness nor of heaven if I confer with thee but be of comfort whilst men do breath and Britiains name be known The fatal fruit thou bear'st within thy womb Shall here be famous till the day of doom Clown 'Slid who 's that talks so I can see no body Ioan. Then art thou blind or mad see where he goes and beckons me to come oh lead me forth I 'le follow thee in spight of fear or death Exit Clown Oh brave she 'l run to the devil for a husband she 's stark mad sure and talks to a shaddow for I could see no substance well I 'le after her the childe was got by chance and the father must be found at all adventure Exit Enter Hermit Modesta and Edwin Modesta. Oh reverent sir by you my heart hath reacht at the large hopes of holy Piety and for this I craved your company Here in your sight religiouslly to vow My chaste thoughts up to heaven and make you now the witness of my faith Her Angels assist thy hopes Edwin What meanes my Love thou art my promis'd wife Modest. To part with willingly what friends and life Can make no good assurance of Edwin Oh finde remorse fair soul to love and merit and yet recant thy vow Modest. Never this world and I are parted now for ever Her To finde the way to bliss oh happy woman Th' ast learn'd the hardest Lesson well I see Now show thy fortitude and constancy Let these thy friends thy sad departure weep Thou shalt but loose the wealth thou could'st not keep My contemplation calls me I must leave ye Edwin O reverent Sir perswade not her to leave me Her My Lord I do not nor to cease to love ye I onely pray her faith may fixed stand Marriage was blest I know with heavens own hand Exit Edwin You hear him Lady 't is not a virgins state but sanctity of life must make you happy Modest. Good sir you say you love me gentle Edwin even by that love I do beseech you leave me Edwin Think of your fathers tears your weeping friends whom cruel grief makes pale and bloodless for you Modest. Would I were dead to all Edwin Why do you weep Modest. Oh who would live to see How men with care and cost seek misery Edwin Why do you seek it then What joy what pleasure can give you comfort in a single life Modest. The contemplation of a happy death which is to me so pleasing that I think no torture could divert me What 's this world wherein you 'd have me walk but a sad passage to a dread Judgement-Seat from whence even now we are but bail'd upon our good abearing till that great Sessions come when Death the Cryer will surely summon us and all to appear to plead us guilty or our bail to clear what musick 's this Soft Musick Enter two Bishops Edwin Donobert Gloster Cador Constancia Oswold Toclio. Edwin Oh now resolve and think upon my love this sounds the Marriage of your beauteous sister vertuous Constancia with the noble Cador look and behold this pleasure Modest. Cover me with night It is a vanity not worth the sight Dono. See see she 's yonder pass on son Cador. Daughter Constancia I beseech you all unless she first move speech salute her not Edwin what good success Edwin Nothing as yet unless this object take her Dono. See see her eye is fixt upon her sister seem careless all and take no notice of her on afore there come my Constancia Modest. Not speak to me nor dain to cast an eye To look on my despised poverty I must be more charitable pray stay Lady are not you she whom I did once call sister Constan. I did acknowledge such a name to one whilst she was worthy of it in whose folly Since you neglect your fame and friends together In you I drown'd a sisters name for ever Modest. Your looks did speak no less Glost. It now begins to work this sight has moved her Dono. I know this trick would take or nothing Modest. Though you disdain in me a sisters name yet charity me thinks should be so strong to instruct e're you reject I am a wretch even follies instance who perhaps have er'd not having known the goodness bears so high and fair a show in you which being exprest I may recant this low despised life And please those friends whom I mov'd to grief Cador. She is coming yfaith be merry Edwin Consta. Since you desire instruction you shall have it what i st should make you thus desire to live vow'd to a single life Modest. Because I know I cannot flie from death oh my good sister I beseech you hear me This world is but a Masque catching weak eyes With what is not our selves but our disguise A Vizard that falls off the Dance being done And leaves Deaths Glass for all to look upon Our best happiness here lasts but a night Whose burning Tapers makes false Ware seem right Who knows not this and will not now provide Some better shift before his shame be spy'd And knowing this vain world at last will leave him Shake off these robes that help but to deceive him Const. Her words are powerful I am amaz'd to hear her Dono. Her soul 's inchanted with infected Spells Leave her best Girl for now in thee I le seek the fruits of Age Posterity Out o' my sight sure I was half asleep or drunk when I begot thee Const. Good sir forbear What say you to that sister The joy of children a blest Mothers Name Oh who without much grief can loose such Fame Modest. Who can enjoy it without sorrow rather And that most certain where the joy 's unsure Seeing the fruit that we beget endure So many miseries that oft we pray The Heavens to shut up their afflicted day At best we do but bring forth Heirs to die And fill the Coffins of our enemy Const. Oh my soul Dono. Hear her no more Constantia she 's sure bewitcht with Error leave her Girl Const. Then must I leave all goodness sir away stand-off I say Dono. How 's this Const. I have no father friend no husband now all are but borrowed robes in which we masque to waste and spend the time when all our Life is but one good betwixt two Ague-days which from the first e're we have time to praise a second Fever takes us Oh my best sister my souls eternal friend forgive the rashness of my distemper'd tongue for how could she knew not her self know thy felicity from which worlds cannot now remove me Dono. Art thou mad too fond woman what 's thy meaning Const. To seek eternal happiness in heaven which all this world affords not Cador. Think of thy Vow thou art my promis'd Wife Const. Pray trouble me no further Omnes Strange alteration Cador. Why do you stand at gaze you sacred Priests you holy men

holy marriage send the East Angles King this happy news that thou with me hast made a League for ever and added to his state a friend and brother speak dearest Love dare you confirm this Title Artes. I were no woman to deny a good so high and noble to my fame and Country Aurel. Live then a Queen in Brittain Glost. He meanes to marry her Dono. Death he shall marry the devil first marry a Pagan an Idolater Cador. He has won her quickly Edwin She was woo'd afore she came sure or came of purpose to conclude the Match Aurel. Who dares oppose our will my Lord of Gloster be you Embassador unto our Brother the Brother of our Queen Artesia tell him for such our entertainment looks him our marriage adding to the happiness Of our intended joys mans good or ill In this like waves agree come double still Enter Hermit Who 's this the Hermit Welcome my happiness our Countries hope most reverent holy man I wanted but thy blessing to make perfect the infinite sum of my felicity Hermit Alack sweet Prince that happiness is yonder Felicity and thou art far asunder this world can never give it Aurel. Thou art deceiv'd see here what I have found Beauty Alliance Peace and strength of Friends all in this all exceeding excellence the League 's confirm'd Hermit With whom dear Lord Aurel. With the great Brother of this Beauteous woman the Royal Saxon King Hermit Oh then I see and fear thou art too near thy misery what magick could so linck thee to this mischief by all the good that thou hast reapt by me stand further from destruction Aurel. Speak as a man and I shall hope to obey thee Hermit Idolaters get hence fond King let go Thou hug'st thy ruine and thy Countries woe Dono. Well spoke old Father too him bait him soundly now by heavens blest Lady I can scarce keep patience 1 Saxon Lord What devil is this 2 Saxon Lord That cursed Christian by whose hellish charmes our army was o'rethrown Hermit Why do you dally sir oh tempt not heaven warm not a serpent in your naked bosom discharge them from your Court Aurel. Thou speak'st like madness command the frozen shepherd to the shade when he sits warm i' th' Sun the fever sick to add more heat unto his burning pain these may obey 't is less extremity then thou enjoynst to me cast but thine eye upon this beauty do it I 'le forgive thee though jealousie in others findes no pardon then say thou dost not love me I shall then swear th' art immortal and no earthly man oh blame then my mortallity not me Hermit It is thy weakness brings thy misery unhappy Prince Aurel. Be milder in thy doom Hermit 'T is you that must indure heavens doom which faln remember's just Artes. Thou shalt not live to see it how fares my Lord If my poor presence breed dislike great Prince I am no such neglected soul will seek to tie you to your word Aurel. My word dear Love may my Religion Crown State and Kingdom fail when I fail thee command Earl Chester to break up the camp without disturbance to our Saxon friends send every hour swift posts to hasten on the King her Brother to conclude this League this endless happy Peace of Love and Marriage till when provide for Revels and give charge that nought be wanting which make our Triumphs Sportful and free to all if such fair blood Exit all but Hermit Ingender ill man must not look for good Florish Enter Modestia reading in a book Modesta. How much the oft report of this blest Hermit hath won on my desires I must behold him and sure this should be he oh the worlds folly proud earth and dust how low a price bears goodness all that should make man absolute shines in him much reverent Sir may I without offence give interruption to your holy thoughts Hermit What would you Lady Modest. That which now ne're found a language in me I am in love Her In Love with what Modest. With vertue Her There 's no blame in that Modest. Nay sir with you With your Religious Life Your Vertue Goodness if there be a name to express affection greater that that would I learn and utter Reverent Sir if there be any thing to bar my suit be charitable and expose it your prayers are the same Orizons which I will number Holy Sir keep not instruction back from willingness possess me of that knowledge leads you on to this humility for well I know were greatness good you would not live so low Her Are you a Virgin Modest. Yes Sir Her Your name Modest. Modesta Her Your name and vertues meet a Modest Virgin live ever in the sanctimonious way to Heaven and Happiness there 's goodness in you I must instruct you further come look up behold yon firmament there sits a power whose foot-stool is this earth oh learn this lesson And practise it he that will climb so high Must leave no joy beneath to move his eye Exit Modest. I apprehend you sir on Heaven I fix my love Earth gives us grief our joys are all above For this was man in innocence naked born To show us wealth hinders our sweet return Exit ACTUS II. Enter Clown and his Sister great with childe Clown AWay follow me no further I am none of thy brother what with Childe great with Childe and knows not whos 's the Father on 't I am asham'd to call thee Sister Ioan. Believe me Brother he was a Gentleman Clown Nay I believe that he gives arms and legs too and has made you the Herald to blaze 'em but Ioan Ioan sister Ioan can you tell me his name that did it how shall we call my Cousin your bastard when we have it Ioan. Alas I know not the Gentlemans name Brother I met him in these woods the last great hunting he was so kinde and proffer'd me so much as I had not the heart to ask him more Clown Not his name why this showes your Country breeding now had you been brought up i' th City you 'd have got a Father first and the childe afterwards hast thou no markes to know him by Ioan. He had most rich Attire a fair Hat and Feather a gilt Sword and most excellent Hangers Clown Pox on his Hangers would he had bin gelt for his labor Ioan. Had you but heard him swear you would have thought Clown I as you did swearing and lying goes together still did his Oathes get you with Childe we shall have a roaring Boy then yfaith well sister I must leave you Ioan. Dear Brother stay help me to finde him out I 'le ask no further Clown 'Sfoot who should I finde who should I ask for Ioan. Alas I know not he uses in these woods and these are witness of his oathes and promise Clown We are like to have a hot suit on 't when our best witness 's but a Knight 'ath Post Ioan. Do but enquire this