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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	faith_n	knowledge_n	true_a	3,217	5	4.9873	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96279	Grand Pluto's progresse through Great Britaine, and Ireland. Being a diarie, or exact iournall of all his observations during the time of his walking to and fro in the said kingdomes. Found on Dunsmore Heath, and translated out of infernall characters into English verse. By G.W. alias Philoparthen Esdras.	Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681.	1647 (1647)	Wing W1547; Thomason E405_16; ESTC R201886	11,695	21

Edenburg Dublin LONDON TOuching this Embleme that pourtrayed we see Take it as 't is a lantskip for to be In midst of which the Stygian god amaine Is hurried along by Dragons twaine Fully resolv'd within himselfe to see How matters handled were in Britanie And as he posts along his eye doth cast Upon the neighbouring Isles about him plac'd Strictly observing what he now might find That might be pleasing to his divellish mind Each Kingdome is distinguished in brief By that same city is its head or chief GRAND PLUTO'S Progresse through Great Britaine And Ireland BEING A Diarie or exact Iournall of all his Observations during the time of his walking to and fro in the said Kingdomes Found on Dunsmore Heath and translated out of infernall characters into English Verse By G. W. alias Philoparthen Esdras Proper Lib. 3. Fortuna miseras auximus arte vias Printed in the Yeere 1647. Pluto's Progresse THROUGH GREAT BRITAIN The Argument He that in a Serpents hide Inflam'd our Grandam Eve with pride To be like God forsaking hell Doth visit earth where mortalls dwell Arriv'd in * Anglia joyes to see Furie pride and luxurie Predominant that from the Crowne Vnto the rigid rustick clowne He was adored by his sonnes Of various religions He doth applaud their evill lives And for to urge them forward strives Then to * Hibernia takes his way Talks with the Rebells whose dismay He mitigateth vaunting he Will both their Guide and Captain be He vieweth Scotland but in ire Departeth thence and doth retire Amongst the * Cambrians likes their acts Promiseth to reward their facts Returnes to fill his fierie throne The Author makes conclusion THe Prince of darknesse in his flaming Car The same he rode in when he seiz'd on * Her He after made his Queen of cole-black hew And mistie-footed were the jades him drew Ascends the earth and gallops up and downe Great Britaines continent in every towne Hee passes and unseene himselfe doth shrowd As Venus once Aeneas in a cloud 'Bout him a Role he bare in which hee writ VVhat he then saw for to remember it And having tane his progresse quite throughout * Britannia Major hee began to doubt That if hee staid too long the feinds of Hell Against him might combine and eke rebell Hee held it best no longer for to stay * Knowing that danger still waits on delay And therefore he gave to his steeds the reine VVho hurried him like Phaeton amaine His chariots joulting so amaz'd his sence That he let fall his pen'd intelligence And till he came into the shades below That he had lost his scrole he did not know Johnsons prophetick * Play is come to passe who 'le now not say the Divell is an asse A friend of mine as he by chance rid ore That dismall Dunsmore-Heath not to explore As many doe to plunder those they meet Beheld a role of paper at his feet Takeing it up and viewing of it well He found to read it did his wit excell As the Egiptians ere they Letters found Had all their books in Hierogliphicks bound Such mistick writing did the scrole include Which uncouth piece when he to me had shew'd With paine and studie undefagitable I here have rendred as my muse was able Plutos Narratien With great desire to know what things were done On earth and whether mortalls did not shun The dire suggestions of my Agents there I Hell forsook that I the truth might heare Arriv'd on earth I prais'd my owne abode Knew my own good to be the Stygian God For there I all things out of order found But there is order underneath the ground There each man studies evill 'gainst his Brother But there the Feinds do never harm each other * Aenyo I had thought her dwelling had In Tartarus but there I found her clad In bloodie garments shaking of her light And wooing all men to the bloodie fight Vile A●e there her mansion hath made * And exerciseth her destroying trade All things goe arsey-versey quite contrary And in ill-boding acts they strive to varie They wrest the Ballance from fair Justice fist And make her Instruments doe what they list And truth to say if ere I truth did tell There 's the Effigies of distracted Hell His Observations in England The Nations with white Rocks who are surrounded Who are by Neptunes billowes each way bounded Whom I had fear'd had hated mee so sore They would not harken to my hellish lore Henceforth my feares are taken cleare away Hereafter I le not doubt their soules decay I came at first into a country towne Doubting my entertainement with the clowne * I 'de thought their plaine rigid Rusticitie Had furnisht them with such simplicitie That they were void of those crimes cleave to them Who a man only * as his clothes esteeme But even there the thrasher vying was VVith him who erst did mow the verdant grasse There were two farmers who in wealth did flow Ceres and twice borne * Bacchus did allow Them corn wine abundance their focks were great Rich Autumn fil'd their barns with corn compleat Yet emulation did so far prevaile They grudg'd each others good and would assaile With sturdy blowes each other when they met And toiles to trap each others flock would set And when by chance his Neighbours horse he found Broke from his Master grazing on his ground He with a knife would wound him hoping now He nere again should draw the crooked Plow I like ye ye dull Swaines and joy to see That you in envie are so like to mee Another Town next day I came unto Where all the inhabitants were prompt to doe What ere my agents should bring in their braine But for to doe ought vertuous held it vaine They had liv'd long in blinded ignorance My Enemies Gods Pastors who advance This Kingdome above mine they never had And that they then them wanted were most glad Their right hand from their left they never knew Nor yet a reason of their faith could shew O my true servants you 'bove all I love Who for to live in darknesse doe approve And hate the light the knowledge of the truth 'T is that 't is that alone doth work mee ruth For had not learned men the truth discover'd But that behind a cloud it still had hover'd How many thousands that are now in glee Had been co-partners of my fact with mee I have no better prop stayes up my throne Then Ignorance nurse of confusion And therefore I full wisely have provided That learned men should be by fooles derided The learning lives in penurie and bare While fooles grow rich and feed on diantiest fare That no man should be honour'd for his wit But only golden oare should purchase it That if great Homer Hesiod Mare Nas● Ariosto Spenser ●ar renowned Tass● Were now on earth * they should not be regarded But fooles 'fore them