Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	author_n	work_n	write_v	2,328	5	5.4134	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00472	The duetie of a faithfull and wise magistrate, in preseruing and deliuering of the eommon [sic] wealth from infection, in the time of the plague or pestilence two bookes. Written in Latine by Iohn Ewich, ordinary phisition of the woorthie common wealth of Breame, and newlie turned into English by Iohn Stockwood schoolemaister of Tunbridge. ...; De officio fidelis et prudentis magistratus tempore pestilentiae rempublican a contagio praeservandi liberandique. English	Ewich, Johann von, 1525-1588.; Stockwood, John, d. 1610.	1583 (1583)	STC 10607; ESTC S101800	118,209	274

our_o negligence_n and_o rashness_n in_o such_o a_o case_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o we_o may_v desire_v and_o follow_v all_o wholesome_a counsel_n and_o remedy_n if_o there_o die_v any_o which_o at_o that_o time_n be_v a_o daily_a thing_n they_o ought_v neither_o too_o slow_o nor_o too_o hasty_o to_o be_v carry_v forth_o and_o bury_v for_o on_o both_o side_n there_o be_v danger_n and_o inconvenience_n wherefore_o a_o moderation_n and_o mean_n must_v be_v use_v this_o shall_v be_v do_v by_o such_o as_o be_v thereunto_o especial_o appoint_v as_o bursars_n gravemaker_n cleanser_n who_o ought_v quiet_o and_o modestlye_o to_o execute_v this_o charge_n follow_v holy_a man_n in_o time_n paste_v and_o that_o which_o be_v more_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n who_o themselves_o also_o sometime_o do_v this_o office_n it_o must_v also_o be_v do_v without_o any_o company_n of_o man_n and_o if_o so_o be_v that_o any_o solemnity_n must_v be_v use_v the_o same_o must_v be_v finish_v with_o as_o little_a come_n together_o and_o charge_n as_o may_v be_v least_o ambition_n and_o pride_n may_v seem_v to_o be_v seek_v in_o death_n and_o the_o old_a spittle_n of_o pompous_a funeral_n or_o buryalle_n be_v lick_v up_o again_o the_o church_n yard_n in_o which_o they_o be_v to_o be_v bury_v must_v be_v build_v without_o the_o territory_n of_o the_o city_n of_o a_o convenient_a largne_n in_o a_o place_n neither_o low_a nor_o moist_a towards_o the_o north_n of_o around_o figure_n compass_v with_o a_o stone_n wall_n with_o grate_n at_o the_o entry_n and_o door_n fall_v too_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n after_o they_o be_v open_v to_o keep_v out_o cattle_n after_o that_o the_o corpse_n be_v carry_v forth_o the_o infect_a house_n &_o all_o thing_n in_o it_o be_v with_o singular_a diligence_n to_o be_v cleanse_v &_o purge_v set_v open_a the_o window_n to_o be_v perfume_v with_o fire_n and_o the_o wall_n to_o be_v white_v with_o lime_n thing_n of_o no_o great_a value_n be_v to_o be_v burn_v other_o to_o be_v wash_v in_o lie_n last_o all_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v strew_v with_o sweet_a herb_n flower_n and_o fruit_n and_o these_o thing_n must_v be_v do_v by_o those_o who_o we_o have_v name_v ouerseear_n about_o buryal_n cleanser_n &_o carryar_n forth_o to_o bury_v or_o by_o those_o of_o the_o household_n if_o they_o be_v there_o all_o those_o which_o be_v leave_v alive_a must_v be_v by_o certain_a law_n keep_v in_o such_o in_o manner_n as_o have_v be_v say_v of_o they_o household_n servant_n which_o have_v be_v with_o the_o sick_a those_o therefore_o which_o shall_v be_v in_o health_n among_o they_o if_o they_o will_v go_v abroad_o must_v aswell_o as_o they_o carry_v a_o white_a rod_n in_o their_o hand_n those_o which_o have_v be_v infect_v and_o so_o so_o recover_v but_o yet_o not_o full_o may_v not_o rashlye_a go_v abroad_o until_o they_o be_v thorough_o cleanse_v unto_o the_o which_o the_o space_n of_o two_o month_n be_v requisite_a at_o the_o least_o but_o such_o as_o indeed_o be_v now_o present_o sick_a of_o this_o disease_n may_v in_o no_o case_n be_v find_v amongst_o the_o assembly_n of_o man_n as_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o the_o leprous_a to_o be_v in_o the_o company_n of_o the_o clean_a these_o order_n every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o ability_n and_o office_n must_v endeavour_v diligent_o to_o observe_v as_o most_o profitable_a and_o necessary_a both_o privatelye_a for_o himself_o and_o for_o the_o whole_a society_n and_o fellowship_n he_o that_o of_o conscience_n and_o religion_n shall_v be_v persuade_v to_o think_v that_o he_o resist_v the_o will_n of_o god_n if_o by_o the_o help_n of_o man_n he_o labour_v to_o avoid_v his_o punishment_n he_o must_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v better_o teach_v and_o not_o to_o lay_v a_o snare_n upon_o his_o own_o conscience_n but_o he_o that_o of_o slothfulness_n or_o waywardness_n shall_v contemn_v the_o public_a health_n let_v he_o know_v that_o he_o great_o hurt_v charity_n and_o as_o it_o be_v sin_v against_o his_o own_o body_n last_o of_o all_o he_o that_o shall_v be_v find_v slack_a and_o unfaythfull_a in_o his_o office_n must_v be_v punish_v accord_v unto_o the_o quality_n of_o his_o fault_n which_o punishment_n the_o preserver_n shall_v rule_v and_o set_v down_o either_o by_o some_o penalty_n of_o money_n or_o of_o reproach_n or_o by_o suspension_n or_o depryvation_n from_o dignity_n and_o offyce_v or_o by_o imprisonment_n or_o by_o the_o last_o punyshment_n of_o put_v to_o death_n and_o thus_o far_o have_v hitherto_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o faithful_a and_o wise_a magistrate_n to_o be_v use_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o plague_n which_o if_o it_o shall_v seem_v peradventure_o new_a unto_o any_o man_n albeit_o that_o in_o many_o place_n it_o be_v not_o altogether_o unusual_a let_v he_o understande_v that_o we_o go_v about_o a_o new_a work_n new_a i_o say_v in_o some_o place_n perchance_o or_o at_o least_o wise_a in_o some_o part_n new_a but_o yet_o notwithstanding_o not_o unprofitable_a or_o not_o necessary_a and_o wholesome_a counsel_n be_v not_o therefore_o to_o be_v despyse_v despise_v because_o they_o be_v new_a for_o all_o thing_n which_o now_o be_v old_a and_o with_o reason_n long_o ago_o ordain_v be_v once_o new_a neither_o do_v it_o follow_v this_o be_v new_a therefore_o it_o be_v to_o be_v refuse_v for_o be_v the_o hand_n of_o god_n shorten_v so_o that_o in_o our_o time_n he_o can_v reveal_v nothing_o which_o be_v not_o know_v of_o our_o forefather_n do_v there_o not_o daily_o come_v abroad_o new_a medicine_n the_o use_n whereof_o be_v unknowen_a unto_o our_o elder_n have_v be_v with_o great_a fruit_n and_o profit_n know_v unto_o we_o wherefore_o they_o which_o judge_v thus_o that_o which_o be_v unto_o any_o man_n strange_a and_o unusual_a the_o same_o by_o no_o mean_n be_v to_o be_v receive_v and_o allow_v do_v tie_v the_o magistrate_n unto_o too_o straight_a band_n to_o cut_v away_o from_o he_o all_o liberty_n to_o take_v advice_n upon_o most_o weighty_a matter_n and_o such_o as_o he_o never_o before_o hear_v of_o far_o disagree_v from_o the_o counsel_n of_o that_o prince_n in_o homer_n who_o necessity_n enforce_v say_v he_o that_o can_v better_a counsel_n geve_v who_o so_o he_o be_v now_o let_v he_o come_v for_o be_v he_o young_a or_o be_v he_o old_a most_o willing_o the_o same_o i_o take_v when_o as_o therefore_o there_o be_v some_o rular_o over_o all_o office_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n who_o especial_o take_v charge_n of_o those_o thing_n the_o dooinge_a whereof_o be_v commit_v unto_o they_o jest_n any_o thing_n shall_v be_v do_v amiss_o or_o disorderlye_v i_o hope_v that_o wise_a magistrate_n will_v herein_o easy_o also_o agree_v to_o receive_v this_o newenesse_n into_o their_o common_a wealth_n the_o which_o albeit_o it_o shall_v peradventure_o seem_v somewhat_o hard_a unto_o such_o as_o be_v not_o acquaint_v with_o it_o yet_o by_o use_n it_o will_v wax_v mild_a and_o by_o the_o profit_n thereof_o make_v itself_o by_o little_a and_o little_o more_o commendable_a but_o if_o quarrellar_n shall_v cry_v out_o that_o i_o have_v take_v some_o thing_n out_o of_o other_o author_n into_o this_o treatise_n i_o have_v example_n by_o which_o example_n i_o think_v it_o lawful_a for_o i_o to_o do_v that_o which_o they_o have_v do_v how_o many_o thing_n nay_o almost_o all_o thing_n have_v terence_n take_v into_o his_o comedy_n out_o of_o menander_n terence_n and_o virgil_n into_o his_o poesy_n out_o of_o homer_n cicero_n although_o of_o singular_a wit_n &_o eloquence_n virgil_n nay_o the_o father_n of_o eloquence_n be_v not_o ashamed_a every_o where_o out_o of_o the_o greek_n to_o convey_v so_o many_o thing_n into_o his_o writing_n that_o he_o may_v seem_v rather_o the_o translator_n than_o author_n of_o some_o thing_n in_o the_o law_n physic_n divinity_n the_o new_a writer_n have_v almost_o nothing_o or_o very_o little_a the_o which_o they_o have_v not_o take_v from_o the_o old_a out_o of_o who_o book_n also_o they_o be_v not_o afraid_a to_o write_v out_o many_o thing_n word_n for_o word_n and_o to_o stuff_n they_o in_o their_o work_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o their_o cause_n albeit_o sometime_o not_o without_o suspicion_n of_o falsehood_n and_o these_o thing_n they_o often_o do_v in_o the_o same_o matter_n which_o have_v sometime_o be_v handle_v before_o by_o other_o with_o how_o much_o more_o right_a i_o then_o who_o do_v handle_v a_o matter_n not_o perhaps_o so_o very_o new_a yet_o thorough_o &_o as_o it_o be_v from_o point_n by_o point_n set_v forth_o hitherto_o by_o no_o man_n that_o i_o know_v if_o out_o of_o the_o work_n of_o good_a author_n i_o have_v fit_v to_o my_o