item: #1 of 40 id: A27952 author: Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. title: A new version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the tunes used in churches by N. Tate and N. Brady. date: 1696 words: 55189 flesch: 90 summary: 13. He cut the Seas to let 'em pass , Restrain'd the pressing Floo●● While pil'd in Heaps , on either ●ide , The wond'ring Waters stood . 153. Consider my A●●li●tion , Lord , And me from Bondage draw ; Think on thy Servant in Distress , Who ne'er forgets thy Law. 154. keywords: aid; almighty; bless; bring; care; day; distress; earth; eyes; face; fear; foes; glory; god; hand; hast; heart; heav'n; holy; joy; king; land; life; lord; love; man; men; mercy; nations; night; o lord; people; pow'r; praise; psalm; race; round; sacred; saints; set; shall; sing; sion; soul; strength; thee; thou; throne; thy; till; time; trust; truth; vain; voice; ways; wicked; wond'rous; works; world; wrath; ● ● cache: A27952.xml plain text: A27952.txt item: #2 of 40 id: A28287 author: Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. title: Clitie a novel / written by Rich. Blackbourn, Gent. date: 1688 words: 46072 flesch: 55 summary: At 〈◊〉 words both parted , Clitie to visit her Father , who she found in a more pleasant Humour than what she left him My dearest Child ( says he , looking on her ) the poor Darbelle by good fortune 〈◊〉 evited Death , I have not found him 〈◊〉 Lyeidas's House ; the King can blame none but those who have given him 〈◊〉 Advice ; I am so well satisfied that 〈◊〉 met not with him , that I cannot put 〈◊〉 a Disguise to the contrary , and seem troubled , especially since I am so well assured of my due performing all 〈◊〉 Commands I receiv'd from his Majesties for searching that House where they suppos'd he had conceal'd himself . At length by little and little , the Prince's Presents , his Solicitations , and the promises he daily made Mariana , that she 〈◊〉 share with him in all his good Fortune , quite corrupted her , and gained her wholly to his side ; she now forgets all he had promised Darbelle , and all the 〈◊〉 she ow'd to Clitie , and not considering the fatal Consequence this horrid Perfidy might cause , discover'd to the Prince all their Secrets , and assur'd the Prince , that Clitie lov'd Darbelle even to death ; and 〈◊〉 that was the occasion of the Quarrel between him and Amasis , and that he had 〈◊〉 left her , but by her Command ; and after she had given him a thousand Assurances to love him to her Grave , and to marry him as soon as their Affairs were in Condition to admit it ; that no Day scarcely passed wherein Clitie had 〈◊〉 Letter from him ; and that she as often sent him Answers , ( and to be short ) the Darbelle was the only hinderance of 〈◊〉 happiness , and that she had cause to 〈◊〉 confidently assur'd , that nothing but the Pre-ingagement cou'd hinder her from 〈◊〉 him , and that his Person and Addresses had nothing in 'em , but what 〈◊〉 advantageous and agreeable , did not 〈◊〉 consideration of the Love she had to Darbelle interpose . keywords: clitie; cou'd; court; darbelle; day; death; discourse; eyes; heart; king; life; love; man; mariana; person; place; prince; princess; rock; self; shou'd; tears; things; thought; time; words; wou'd cache: A28287.xml plain text: A28287.txt item: #3 of 40 id: A33613 author: Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. title: A duke and no duke as it is acted by Their Majesties servants : to which is now added, a preface concerning farce : with an account of the personæ and larvæ, &c. of the ancient theatre / by N. Tate ... date: 1693 words: 17860 flesch: 86 summary: Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. Bru. Said you Consent ? Alass ! that Name falls short Of his Transcendent Grace : He 's earnest for us , Urges and drives us to the Bow'r of Joy. Lav. keywords: alb; barb; barberino; brunetto; dear; duke; emb; farce; father; fla; florence; good; highness; honour; lav; lavinio; lord; love; mag; man; person; prince; self; sir; sister; stage; thee; thou; thy; time; trap; trappolin cache: A33613.xml plain text: A33613.txt item: #4 of 40 id: A36624 author: Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. title: Examen poeticum being the third part of miscellany poems containing variety of new translations of the ancient poets, together with many original copies by the most eminent hands. date: 1693 words: 69581 flesch: 78 summary: At first approach of Spring , I would advise , Or ev'n in Autumn months if strength suffice , To bleed your Patient in the regal Vein , And by degrees th' infected Current drein : But in all Seasons fail not to expell , And purge the noxious Humours from their Cell ; But fit Ingredients you must first collect , And then their different Qualities respect , Make firm the Liquid and the Gross dissect . She said , and pusht the Keel ; a brisker Gale Forthwith descends and pregnates ev'ry Sail : Now from the East the Sun invites their Eyes , As fast they westward see the Mountains rise Like clouds at first , but as they nearer drew , Rocks , Groves and Springs were open'd to their View ; High on the Decks the joyfull Sailers stand , And thrice with Shouts salute th' expected Land. keywords: age; appear; arms; bear; beauty; birth; body; book; breast; care; come; cou'd; day; death; dryden; e're; earth; ev'ry; eyes; face; fair; fame; fate; father; fear; find; fire; fly; force; god; gods; good; great; ground; hand; happy; head; heart; heav'n; hector; jove; joy; kind; lady; lay; life; light; like; love; man; men; mind; muse; nature; new; o're; ode; place; pow'r; pride; rage; rest; seas; self; shou'd; song; soul; sound; spring; state; sun; tears; thee; thou; thought; thy; time; vain; verse; war; way; wit; world; wou'd; youth cache: A36624.xml plain text: A36624.txt item: #5 of 40 id: A36680 author: Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. title: The second part of Absalom and Achitophel a poem. date: 1682 words: 9776 flesch: 72 summary: Oh! had th' Indulgent Powr's vouchsaf't to yield , Instead of faithless Shelves , a listed Field ; A listed Field of Heav'ns and David's Foes , Fierce as the Troops that did his Youth oppose , Each Life had on his slaughter'd heap retir'd , Not Tamely , and Unconqu'ring thus expir'd : Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. keywords: absalom; achitophel; arms; cou'd; crowd; david; ev'n; fate; foes; israel; king; pow'r; prince; sense; state; tcp; text; thou; treason; trust; wou'd; youth cache: A36680.xml plain text: A36680.txt item: #6 of 40 id: A37239 author: Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. title: The original, nature, and immortality of the soul a poem : with an introduction concerning humane knowledge / written by Sir John Davies ... ; with a prefatory account concerning the author and poem. date: 1697 words: 21133 flesch: 80 summary: This Lamp , through all the Regions of my Brain , Where my Soul sits , doth spread such Beams of Grace , As now , methinks , I do distinguish plain , Each subtile Line of her Immortal Face . Ev'n as a prudent Emperor , that reigns By Sovereign Title , over sundry Lands , Borrows , in mean Affairs , his Subjects Pains , Sees by their Eyes , and writeth by their Hands ; But Things of weight and consequence indeed , Himself doth in his Chamber them debate ; Where all his Counsellors he doth exceed , As far in Judgment , as he doth in State. keywords: bodies; body; death; doth; ev'ry; forms; god; good; hath; life; light; man; men; mind; nature; pow'r; quarto; reason; sect; self; sense; soul; soul doth; things; thou; time; use; wit; world cache: A37239.xml plain text: A37239.txt item: #7 of 40 id: A40375 author: Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. title: Syphilis, or, A poetical history of the French disease written in Latin by Fracastorius ; and now attempted in English by N. Tate. date: 1686 words: 13873 flesch: 67 summary: In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. At first approach of Spring , I would advise , Or ev'n in Autumn months if strength suffice , To bleed your Patient in the regal Vein , And by degrees th' infected Current drein : But in all Seasons fail not to expell , And purge the noxious Humours from their Cell ; But fit Ingredients you must first collect , And then their different Qualities respect , Make firm the Liquid and the Gross dissect . keywords: air; course; day; disease; dreadfull; earth; ev'ry; eyes; fate; flame; force; gods; head; nature; new; night; o'er; plague; rage; rise; self; skies; spread; streams; sun; tcp; text; vain; way cache: A40375.xml plain text: A40375.txt item: #8 of 40 id: A45166 author: Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. title: Characters of vertue and vice described in the persons of the wise-man, the valiant man ... attempted in verse from a treatise of the reverend Joseph Hall, late lord bishop of Exeter / by N. Tate. date: 1691 words: 6046 flesch: 80 summary: In Conquest does beyond the Warriour go , The surest Friend , the latest easiest Foe : Than others so much Happier does appear , As He can more and worse Mis-fortunes bear . For his Friend's sake with Honours he complies , Yields to be Great to help his Friend to Rise . keywords: characters; english; friend; god; good; heart; life; man; ne'er; tcp; text; vertue; vice; wou'd cache: A45166.xml plain text: A45166.txt item: #9 of 40 id: A45651 author: Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. title: The mistakes, or, The false report a tragi-comedy, acted by their Majesties servants / written by Mr. Jos. Harris ; the prologue written by Mr. Dryden ; the epilogue by Mr. Tate. date: 1691 words: 406520 flesch: -71 summary: The rate of 75.86 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-10 Sampled and proofread 2003-02 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2003-03 Sampled and proofread 2003-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

THE MISTAKES , OR , The False Report : A TRAGI-COMEDY . Acted by their Majesties Servants . Written by being at such a noble height as you Sir have rais'd it to , carries more prevailing influence , than all the languid efforts of our enervate Pens . But it were as vain to attempt a particular Encomium of what I understand not , as to deny it's excellency , which the greatest Stupidity must confess with silence , and the greatest malice with a forc'd admiration .

Pardon me Sir , If in dwelling upon so pleasing a Subject , I have forgot that I am arguing for what is beyond the Verge of dispute , and kept you long in the Portall , that I have reason to fear you may be tir'd before you Survey the whole building ; but if it affords you any diversion , I shall not complain of any reception it has already , or may meet with in it more publick dress , but content my self that it gives me this oppertunity to testify how much I am

Your most Devoted Humble Servant , 'le'siBast. Flourish . Enter Lear , Cornwall , Albany , Burgundy , Edgar , Goneril , Regan , Cordelia , Edgar speaking to Cordelia at Entrance . Edgar . Cordelia , royal Fair , turn yet once more , And e're successfull Burgundy receive The treasure of thy Beauties from the King , E're happy Burgundy for ever fold Thee , Cast back one pitying Look on wretched Edgar . Kent . Nor tript neither , thou vile Civet-box . Strikes up his heels . 2002-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-04 Sampled and proofread 2002-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-05 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

King Richard II. The first alteration of this play was by Tate , intitled , The Sicilian Usurper . It was prohibited from being performed , on which account it was published by the author in 16●1 , with a preface , in which he protests against such prohibition . In 1720 , an alteration of it was published by Theobald . It was performed at the Lincoln's . Inn-Field's Theatre , with tolerable success .

THE HISTORY OF King RICHARD The SECOND Acted at the THEATRE ROYAL , Under the Court.

For the two days in which it was Acted , the Change of the Scene , Names of Persons , 2002-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-04 Sampled and proofread 2002-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-05 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

BRUTUS OF ALBA : OR , THE Enchanted Lovers . A TRAGEDY . Acted at the Duke's Theatre . Written by N. TATE .

— Neque ut te miretur Turba , Labores . 2002-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-03 Sampled and proofread 2002-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

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August here lies together , if the Plot be not too regular for Farce , and ought not rather to have been call'd Comedy , I dare trust the Reader for the rest . Notwithstanding all the Disadvantages in its Appearance on the Stage , you were pleased , Sir , to discover some Beauties through the Cloud . However , I am not so much concern'd for a Work of this Nature , as to impose the Protection of it upon you . My Ambition in this Address , is , to owne my good fortune in your Acquaintance , and Advantages from thence , as to Nobler Species of Poetry . I speak not with relation to any Essays of my own , but for improvement of my Skill in the best Latin Poets . When Ben Johnson was inform'd , that a certain Person had done him Injury , he cry'd out with Indignation , I made the Ingrateful Man understand Horace . Obligations of this kind , indeed , are unvaluable . I presume ( Sir ) I could before pretend to a Grammarians , or Commentators knowledge ; but this was understanding like a Dutchman :

From whom , the Author more obscure become , The Fogs of Holland cloud the Wit of Rome ; While these the Vehicle of Words essay , The subtle Spirit flies unseen away .

They understood the Words , but you the