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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	call_v	read_v	see_v	2,105	5	3.0627	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05458	Chrestoleros Seuen bookes of epigrames written by T B.	Bastard, Thomas, 1565 or 6-1618.	1598 (1598)	STC 1559; ESTC S104516	39,162	192

6. Ad eundem THe newes of Spanish wars how wondrously It strooke our heartes what terrour it did breed Saint Mary porte and Cales can testifie And thousand's Spaniards witnessing the deede When thou Deurox with feare wast so dismaid That thou to Siuill well nigh fled'st for ayde Epigr. 7. WHen Caesar in those wars which did not cease Till they had consummated not his peace By higher cause was drawne into the flood Where Alexanders royall citie stoode And now the world did stint her conquering Against the comming of a greater king AEgypt which hording all iniquities Vnder yet vnreuealed mysteries Did burne the wisedome of all ages olde Which forty thousand volumes had enrolde Plainely foretold what shortly should ensue Wipe out the olde world and begin the new Epigr. 8. In Philonem PHylo is richly rayde and beareth hye His great reuenues dated in his coate Coyne iewels plate and land loa heere they lie This is their last which lately so did floate First in his bely shipt they suffred wracke Now they are landed all vpon his backe Epigr. 9. BEsides contentions to vs naturall And to our age besides all wickednesse So rife so ripe so reaching ouer all And murdring malice raging in excesse We haue inuented engines to shed blood Such as no age did euer knowe before Like as God thundreth from the ayrie clowde Lightning forth death out of deaths house of store What Arte had euer more perfection Then murder hath since gonns did worke our euill Fye on all mischieuous inuention Fye on all wicked heads fye on the diuell Which vs such murdring instruments assignes It is to much to haue such murdring mindes Epigr. 10. WHen bākrupt Tamus his chānel scarse did wer He was great store of water in our dett Which all he payde vs when an other yeare Hee pleaded at the barre at Westminstere Epigr. Ad Lectorem REader if Heywood liued now againe Whome time of life hath not of praise bereaued If he would write I could expresse his vaine Thus he would write or else I am deceiued Epigr. 12. Of a pudding THe end is all in the end the praise of all depends A podding merits double praise a podding hath two ends Epigr. 13. A crossing of that Epigram A podding hath two ends ye lye my brother For he begins at one and ends at t'other Epigr. 14. Of the Lions TEll me good Tom hast thou the Lions seene Iacke I haue felt them why where hast thou bene Where haue I not beene ranging heere and there And trust me Iacke Lions are euery where Why then thou saw'st them foole that is no soare He that tels thee I felt them tels thee more Epigr. 15. Of Ienkin. IEnkin is a rude clowne go tell him so What neede I tell what he himselfe doth know Perhaps he knowes not then he is a sott For tell me what knowes he which knows not that Epigr. 16. Of an Ape HE that would know an Ape may be to seeke An Ape is that which an Ape is not like Epigr. 17. Of Bankes horse BAnkes hath an horse of wondrous qualitie For he can fight and pisse and daunce and lie And finde your purse and tell what coyne ye haue But Bankes who taught your horse to smel a knaue Epigr. 18. Of Pymer which fell mad for the loue of his dogg Talbott Pymer lou'de Talbot Talbot loued him Who loued best both loued constantly Pymer with Talbot dy'd Talbot with him Who dyed best both dyed louingly Yet were I iudge for Talbot I should sitt Whose match in loue Pymer was not in witt Epigr. 18. Ad Lectorem SOme will perhaps condemne my foolish veyne For that of Dogs Lyons and Apes I speake But if they knewe the cause they would refrayne I doe it onely for the Printers sake The simple must haue something for their humour And hauing somthing they my booke will buy Then gayneth he by whome I am no looser So is he satisfide and they and I. Some will giue sixe pence for a witty touch And some to see an Ape will giue as much Epigr. 19. In Seuerum SEuerus reads my booke and hauing read Forthwith pronounceth me an idle head And idle he had binn as well as we But that he matter found to carpe at me Then all goes not amisse as I mistooke I see there is some matter in my book Epigr. 20. In eundem SEuerus calls me idle I confesse But who can worke vpon my idlenesse Epigr. 21. WHen Sextus Quintus traytrously had slayne He threw his spoyled corpse into the deepe But the iust sea did throw him out againe And to a murder would not counsaile keepe The fact appeares the author of the sinne Is yet vnknowne but see the slayne doth bleede And his cold blood runs out and points at him And cryes this is the author of the deede Thus euen the dead against such villanie Of Abels blood for vengeance learne to cry Epigr. 21. Ad reginam Elizebetham MOther of England and sweete nurse of all Thy countries good which all depends on thee Looke not that countries father I thee call A name of great and kingly dignitie Thou dost not onely match old kings but rather In thy sweete loue to vs excell a father Epigr. 22. Ad eandem I Know where is a thiefe and long hath beene Which spoyleth euery place where he resortes He steales away both subiectes from the Queene And men from his owne country of all sortes Howses by three and seauen and ten he raseth To make the common gleabe his priuate land Our country Cities cruell he defaceth The grasse grows greene where litle Troy did stand The forlorne father hanging downe his head His our cast company drawne vp and downe The pining labourer doth begge his bread The plowswayne seek's his dinner from the towne O Prince the wrong is thine for vnderstand Many such robbries will vndoe thy land Epigr. 23. Ad Do Mountioy MOuntioy what is my muse or my dull pen Or my forlorne conceipt worthy of thee The honoredst of honorable men Nobling with vertues thy Nobilitie Yet sith thy fame through euery eare doth slie And all men praise thy worth why should not I Epigr. 24. In Cacum When Cacus wrong'de me this was his excuse I meant no harme I thought thee no abuse Well had he meant it worse I could not speede I could not fealt his thought more then his deede I would haue thankt him had the case so stood That he had meant me harme and doone me good Epigr. 25. In eundem YOu did me harme but meant not so to doe Since you haue donne it Cacus meane it to Epigr. 26. Ad Georgium Morton Armig. MOrton whose face bewrayes antiquitie When men were goodly of proportion But in whose heart is true gentilitie In thee perfited in thy race begonne Take these poore lines as due to thy desart From him which owes to thee more then his heart Epigr. 27. Ad Richardum Eeds EEds