Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	call_v	time_n	write_v	5,605	5	5.4143	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64195	A preter-plvperfect spick and span new nocturnall, or Mercuries weekly night-newes wherein the publique faith is published and the banquet of Oxford mice described.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1643 (1643)	Wing T498; ESTC R690	12,385	21

meat_n drink_n apparel_n or_o any_o manner_n of_o necessary_n whatsoever_o except_o the_o say_a party_n shall_v have_v the_o gain_v and_o possession_n of_o the_o say_a necessary_n either_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o credit_n ready_a money_n love_n or_o by_o the_o new_a make_v true_a and_o lawful_a way_n of_o steal_v and_o plunder_v moreover_o the_o say_a tuesday_n night_n the_o garrison_n at_o wallingford_n be_v all_o carosi_v royalist_n and_o cavalier_n be_v in_o such_o distress_n that_o radish_n and_o onion_n be_v exceed_v scarce_o and_o to_o their_o further_a grief_n orange_n and_o limmon_n be_v dear_a to_o they_o than_o to_o we_o so_o that_o all_o manner_n of_o meat_n be_v like_a to_o be_v in_o good_a request_n among_o they_o their_o best_a and_o only_o sauce_n be_v stomach_n pepper_n and_o salt_n also_o this_o night_n be_v bring_v from_o brainsford_n to_o queenhithe_n that_o the_o malignant_a party_n do_v oppose_v his_o excellency_n and_o that_o they_o will_v show_v themselves_o the_o benignant_a party_n for_o the_o service_n of_o god_n their_o king_n country_n and_o the_o protestant_a religion_n and_o that_o we_o the_o true_a anabaptistical_a brownistical_a and_o zealous_a reformer_n shall_v be_v as_o opposite_a to_o the_o truth_n as_o the_o truth_n be_v to_o we_o which_o be_v vote_v also_o this_o night_n there_o be_v paper_n find_v with_o some_o scribble_n write_v by_o nobody_o wherein_o our_o london_n new_a bulwark_n rampire_n trench_n and_o work_n be_v abuse_v with_o nickname_n as_o they_o call_v our_o fortification_n but_o twentyfication_n and_o our_o bulwark_n cow-worke_n because_o the_o woman_n make_v they_o but_o they_o say_v the_o man_n be_v only_o for_o the_o rampire_n it_o be_v also_o vote_v that_o by_o reason_n of_o fear_n and_o jealousy_n that_o the_o cavalier_n will_v come_v and_o plunder_v the_o city_n in_o policy_n the_o people_n shall_v be_v all_o plunder_v by_o the_o parliament_n force_n so_o that_o if_o the_o cavalier_n do_v chance_n to_o come_v they_o shall_v find_v nothing_o to_o take_v away_o for_o we_o have_v a_o purpose_n to_o consume_v all_o by_o this_o kind_n of_o stratagem_n of_o rob_v one_o another_o wednesday_n night_n this_o night_n there_o be_v pamphlet_n scatter_v one_o of_o they_o be_v concerning_o square_n and_o round_n the_o author_n of_o square-dealing_n be_v one_o homo_fw-la quadratus_n the_o other_o be_v non_fw-fr angulus_n rotundus_fw-la wherein_o some_o worthy_a citizen_n of_o oxford_n be_v both_o tax_v and_o vindicate_v namely_o t._n gol._n jacke_n of_o all_o trade_n w._n g._n a_o diligent_a zealous_a brother_n in_o warning_n and_o meet_v at_o holy_a conventicle_n with_o many_o other_o meritorious_a brethren_n and_o sister_n who_o have_v forsake_v oxford_n and_o their_o king_n religion_n and_o allegiance_n who_o now_o suffer_v worthy_o for_o their_o holy_a rebellion_n as_o the_o book_n of_o homo_fw-la quadratus_n do_v most_o abusive_o and_o true_o deliver_v and_o lay_v open_a also_o there_o come_v from_o the_o press_n a_o new_a learned_a weak_a description_n of_o weekly_a news_n it_o be_v so_o acute_a that_o it_o do_v cut_v and_o curry_v the_o cavalier_n in_o such_o fearful_a fashion_n that_o a_o deaf_a man_n will_v rejoice_v to_o hear_v it_o this_o volume_n of_o one_o sheet_n be_v call_v mercurius_n civicus_n the_o author_n never_o write_v before_o that_o time_n and_o die_v in_o his_o first_o week_n of_o his_o travel_n it_o be_v say_v by_o the_o malignant_n that_o he_o be_v most_o unfortunate_o choke_v with_o seventeen_o neat_a and_o palpable_a lie_n which_o he_o have_v careful_o invent_v and_o insert_v in_o the_o say_a book_n for_o the_o credit_n of_o our_o army_n he_o be_v worse_a than_o dead_a for_o his_o reputation_n be_v bury_v with_o this_o epitaph_n here_o mercurius_n civicus_n lie_v in_o his_o throat_n for_o we_o be_v resolve_v to_o believe_v any_o thing_n that_o make_v for_o the_o advance_n of_o our_o cause_n and_o likewise_o we_o suppress_v and_o politic_o give_v no_o credit_n to_o such_o news_n or_o loss_n as_o do_v make_v against_o we_o in_o brief_a we_o have_v lose_v a_o profitable_a member_n by_o the_o death_n of_o this_o painful_a author_n but_o hang_v he_o it_o be_v report_v that_o he_o be_v alive_a again_o or_o the_o devil_n in_o his_o likeness_n however_o it_o be_v to_o be_v conjecture_v that_o he_o that_o be_v so_o nimble_a to_o abuse_v and_o tell_v the_o malignant_a partieso_fw-mi roundly_o in_o one_o week_n no_o doubt_n but_o if_o he_o have_v live_v long_a he_o will_v have_v bang_v they_o back_o and_o side_n beyond_o all_o belief_n and_o credit_n it_o it_o almost_o certain_a that_o bruno_n combertus_fw-la the_o high_a and_o mighty_a emperor_n of_o aethiopia_n and_o quoba_fw-la cond●na_fw-la pheodorwich_n the_o puissant_a king_n of_o the_o large_a territory_n of_o the_o invincible_a and_o invisible_a utopia_n it_o be_v say_v that_o they_o be_v both_o in_o our_o narrow_a sea_n with_o a_o thousand_o ship_n galley_n sloop_n and_o other_o vessel_n for_o the_o war_n they_o have_v bring_v two_o thousand_o ton_n of_o gold_n silver_n precious_a stone_n and_o some_o hang_n they_o be_v come_v to_o aid_v we_o against_o the_o rebel_n that_o obey_v the_o king_n they_o have_v bring_v five_o thousand_o piece_n of_o wooden_a ordnance_n powder_n more_o than_o can_v be_v count_v or_o to_o be_v speak_v of_o and_o shoot_v beyond_o reckon_n with_o all_o other_o necessary_n for_o war_n or_o peace_n they_o be_v feast_v brave_o aboard_o our_o admiral_n and_o they_o will_v be_v ready_a to_o give_v battle_n at_o brumingham_n as_o soon_o as_o ever_o the_o water_n be_v high_a enough_o to_o bring_v the_o ship_n thither_o news_n come_v this_o night_n that_o the_o author_n of_o a_o seditious_a pamphlet_n be_v take_v at_o lewis_n in_o sussex_n it_o be_v a_o book_n wherein_o be_v declare_v the_o goodness_n and_o happiness_n of_o the_o king_n that_o beyond_o all_o example_n or_o record_n in_o 15_o year_n reign_n have_v not_o any_o nobleman_n gentleman_n or_o any_o subject_a that_o arise_v against_o he_o in_o any_o way_n of_o opposition_n or_o rebellion_n so_o that_o the_o sword_n of_o justice_n have_v no_o occasion_n to_o be_v draw_v to_o cut_v of_o treason_n a_o blessing_n unparalleled_a in_o this_o kingdom_n or_o any_o other_o for_o so_o long_a time_n till_o now_o and_o the_o book_n say_v further_o that_o when_o augustus_n caesar_n reign_v our_o saviour_n be_v bear_v and_o that_o the_o emperor_n be_v monarch_n of_o all_o the_o discover_a kingdom_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o peace_n be_v then_o over_o the_o face_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n which_o whole_a earth_n augustus_n command_v to_o be_v tax_v luke_n 2.1_o short_o after_o there_o be_v raise_v a_o rebellion_n in_o spain_n by_o a_o army_n of_o thief_n under_o the_o command_n of_o one_o crocotus_n a_o mad_a harebrained_a desperate_a ambitious_a fellow_n this_o crocotus_n with_o his_o crew_n trouble_v caesar_n and_o commit_v many_o outrage_n upon_o peaceable_a people_n and_o to_o suppress_v the_o rebellion_n the_o emperor_n cause_v proclamation_n to_o be_v set_v forth_o that_o whosoever_o can_v vanquish_v the_o rebel_n or_o take_v their_o general_n crocotus_n and_o bring_v he_o alive_a or_o dead_a shall_v have_v twenty_o five_o thousand_o crown_n for_o his_o service_n and_o pardon_v withal_o for_o any_o former_a fault_n commit_v as_o soon_o as_o crocotus_n hear_v of_o this_o proclamation_n he_o begin_v to_o fear_v that_o some_o of_o his_o own_o soldier_n will_v cut_v his_o throat_n or_o surprise_v and_o deliver_v he_o to_o caesar_n for_o so_o great_a a_o reward_n as_o be_v proclaim_v upon_o which_o consideration_n he_o wise_o disguise_v himself_o run_v away_o from_o his_o army_n and_o fall_v at_o caesar_n foot_n claim_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o proclamation_n for_o he_o have_v bring_v crocotus_n alive_a and_o so_o reveal_v himself_o and_o be_v receive_v into_o grace_n and_o favour_n mend_v his_o manner_n contrary_a to_o all_o expectation_n the_o application_n of_o this_o story_n be_v that_o it_o be_v desire_v that_o every_o offender_n will_v imitate_v crocotus_n thursday_n night_n this_o night_n much_o time_n be_v spend_v in_o drink_n smoke_n and_o talk_v at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o man_n in_o the_o moon_n without_o dowgate_n where_o after_o some_o half_n a_o score_n rouse_v every_o one_o begin_v to_o talk_v of_o that_o which_o they_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v withal_o among_o the_o rest_n one_o ignorant_a fellow_n be_v bold_a to_o ask_v what_o manner_n of_o thing_n the_o public_a faith_n be_v and_o what_o the_o reason_n be_v that_o it_o be_v lay_v to_o pawn_v for_o money_n everywhere_o but_o that_o which_o make_v he_o most_o wonder_n be_v wherefore_o any_o one_o man_n will_v be_v so_o mad_a as_o to_o adventure_v to_o lend_v any_o thing_n upon_o it_o except_o upon_o especial_a good_a and_o lawful_a ground_a reason_n therefore_o he_o

a_o preter-pluperfect_a spick_a and_o span_a new_a nocturnal_a or_o mercury_n weekly_a night-news_n wherein_o the_o public_a faith_n be_v publish_v and_o the_o banquet_n of_o oxford_n mouse_n describe_v saturday_n night_n i_o will_v have_v the_o reader_n to_o understand_v that_o nightwork_n and_o day-work_n be_v not_o all_o one_o and_o as_o our_o london_n diurnal_n although_o the_o writer_n of_o they_o have_v daylight_n to_o see_v to_o write_v true_o yet_o for_o all_o that_o they_o do_v often_o stumble_v into_o most_o gross_a error_n which_o some_o be_v so_o bold_a as_o to_o call_v very_a lie_n therefore_o myself_n that_o be_o fain_o to_o grope_v in_o the_o dark_a or_o at_o the_o best_a in_o the_o moon_n shine_v i_o hope_v if_o i_o chance_v to_o ramble_v a_o little_a at_o one_o side_n now_o and_o then_o it_o may_v be_v impute_v to_o the_o darkness_n of_o the_o time_n wherein_o it_o be_v write_v and_o that_o want_v of_o eyesight_n cause_v oversight_n and_o whereas_o we_o begin_v our_o diurnal_n on_o monday_n and_o oxford_n news_n begin_v on_o sunday_n i_o must_v be_v contrary_a to_o they_o both_o and_o begin_v on_o saturday-night_n as_o follow_v this_o night_n without_o any_o vain_a flourish_a lie_a or_o wharton_v there_o happen_v a_o very_a strange_a accident_n at_o oxford_n where_o near_o the_o upper_a end_n of_o the_o butcher_n row_n within_o a_o quoyte_n cast_v of_o carfax_n there_o dwell_v one_o george_n chamber_n a_o stationer_n or_o bookseller_n who_o since_o these_o distract_a trouble_n have_v buy_v and_o sell_v many_o pamphlet_n of_o divers_a and_o contrary_a subject_n some_o of_o they_o be_v of_o his_o majesty_n part_n and_o print_v at_o york_n and_o at_o oxford_n many_o of_o they_o be_v of_o the_o parliament_n party_n and_o print_v at_o london_n so_o that_o there_o remain_v unsold_a in_o the_o say_a shop_n of_o such_o sort_n as_o be_v stale_a and_o past_a sale_n to_o the_o number_n of_o 160_o or_o thereabouts_o these_o small_a trifle_n be_v lay_v one_o upon_o another_o confuse_o like_o a_o pack_n of_o card_n shuffle_v together_o so_o these_o book_n be_v intermingle_v together_o friend_n and_o foe_n truth_n and_o lie_n all_o in_o a_o heap_n one_o among_o another_o tie_v in_o a_o bundle_n with_o a_o packthread_n the_o owner_n intend_v to_o have_v every_o sort_n of_o they_o bind_v by_o themselves_o afterwards_o all_o these_o division_n be_v thus_o accord_v with_o a_o cord_n or_o parcel_n of_o hemp_n which_o will_v end_v all_o division_n be_v lay_v upon_o a_o shelf_n in_o the_o shop_n to_o which_o truss_n fardel_n magazine_n mass_n or_o chaos_n of_o confusion_n a_o army_n of_o mouse_n come_v on_o the_o saturday_n night_n a_o book-haling_a where_o they_o valiant_o assault_v this_o bulwark_n of_o book_n play_v the_o pioneer_n part_v so_o valiant_o that_o with_o tooth_n and_o nail_n they_o enter_v the_o papyreall_a suburb_n and_o never_o leave_v undermine_v till_o they_o have_v make_v way_n tyrannical_o tear_v through_o the_o territory_n of_o that_o babel_n gnaw_v and_o eat_v their_o passage_n with_o their_o sharp_a fang_n as_o hannibal_n do_v eat_v his_o way_n through_o the_o alps_n with_o vinegar_n many_o of_o they_o be_v almost_o choke_v with_o eat_v of_o three_o word_n only_a cavalier_n malignant_a and_o delinquent_n the_o frog_n of_o egypt_n never_o have_v such_o a_o banquet_n in_o pharaoh_n court_n it_o will_v trouble_v vitellius_n his_o purveyor_n heliogabalus_n his_o clerk_n of_o the_o kitchen_n or_o sardanapalus_n his_o master_n cook_n to_o have_v make_v the_o bill_n of_o fare_n provide_v the_o acate_n or_o dress_v the_o diet_n the_o several_a dish_n be_v as_o follow_v i_o pray_v you_o pardon_v i_o if_o i_o err_v in_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o service_n for_o it_o be_v night_n and_o no_o order_n be_v keep_v in_o the_o eat_n but_o to_o the_o diet_n of_o which_o be_v all_o these_o several_a dish_n follow_v these_o valiant_a vermin_n fall_v first_o upon_o some_o famous_a volume_n namely_o plain_a english_a the_o observator_fw-la mercurius_fw-la civicus_n the_o continuation_n sir_n john_n ray_n eight_o speech_n master_n prin_n 19_o and_o last_o volume_n master_n speaker_n parallel_v between_o a_o parliament_n and_o wife_n sergeant_n wildes_n argument_n for_o a_o new_a great_a seal_n sir_n simon_n dewes_n his_o revelation_n master_n callamie_n his_o purgation_n of_o perjury_n m._n martial_n his_o letter_n write_v to_o himself_o and_o devise_v by_o himself_o m._n pym_n deliverance_n from_o the_o dangerous_a plague_n plaster_n which_o indeed_o be_v by_o his_o own_o device_n take_v from_o a_o gall_a horse_n back_o after_o that_o the_o mouse_n begin_v to_o nibble_v at_o sir_n benjamin_n rudiard_n speech_n but_o find_v they_o lukewarm_a too_o cold_a for_o the_o king_n and_o too_o hot_a for_o the_o parliament_n they_o leave_v they_o and_o fall_v to_o anticavalierism_n than_o they_o fall_v to_o feed_v upon_o queres_fw-la mistake_v fear_n jealousy_n malignancy_n doubt_n order_n ordinance_n vote_n these_o they_o assault_v and_o quick_o make_v spoil_n of_o then_o there_o be_v many_o print_a book_n wherein_o his_o majesty_n have_v declare_v his_o gracious_a intention_n to_o all_o his_o love_a subject_n as_o expression_n declaration_n exhortation_n admonition_n protestation_n imprecation_n proclamation_n demonstration_n and_o of_o all_o these_o the_o mouse_n will_v not_o eat_v one_o bit_n but_o courageous_o they_o fall_v upon_o remonstrance_n letter_n message_n passage_n treaty_n animadversion_n exprobration_n exclamation_n objection_n question_n answer_n reply_v replication_n reduplication_n quadruplication_n detraction_n distraction_n rebellion_n intelligence_n observation_n decree_n order_n lie_n libel_n diurnal_n execration_n resolve_n proof_n disproofe_n extravagancy_n delinquency_n case_n cause_n clause_n article_n all_o this_o while_n they_o touch_v not_o any_o book_n or_o paper_n that_o concern_v the_o king_n or_o wherein_o any_o thing_n be_v express_v either_o for_o his_o majesty_n service_n or_o honour_n then_o afresh_o they_o fall_v to_o it_o again_o gnaw_v and_o knabble_v brief_n breviate_n approbation_n amplification_n transcription_n massacre_n petition_n repetition_n declamation_n supplication_n reservation_n degradation_n justification_n manifestation_n declaration_n molestation_n condemnation_n advertisement_n remembrance_n pamphlet_n sermon_n sedition_n fight_v battle_n skirmish_n suspicion_n submission_n triumph_n fire_n plunder_n advice_n intelligence_n news_n exposition_n proposition_n imposition_n transposition_n acquisition_n deposition_n supposition_n composition_n inquisition_n commission_n and_o the_o devil_n and_o all_o some_o book_n also_o of_o irish_a rebellion_n be_v devour_v as_o they_o have_v be_v shamroy_n among_o which_o these_o remarkable_a passage_n there_o be_v one_o invective_n rail_v pamphlet_n write_v by_o a_o nameless_a author_n against_o cross_n and_o any_o sign_n figure_n or_o remembrance_n of_o any_o manner_n of_o cross_n whatsoever_o upon_o which_o crosselesse_a untoward_a overthwart_a book_n the_o mouse_n fall_v in_o such_o curious_a manner_n that_o they_o gnaw_v it_o some_o four_o inch_n down_o the_o back_n and_o as_o much_o on_o the_o folding_n of_o the_o head_n just_a into_o the_o perfect_a form_n of_o a_o cross_n almost_o as_o even_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v cut_v with_o a_o knife_n which_o be_v a_o prediction_n that_o the_o very_a vermin_n will_v rise_v against_o these_o villainous_a scandalous_a pamphlet-monger_n and_o knabble_v their_o damnable_a invention_n some_o all_o to_o tatter_n and_o some_o into_o the_o form_n and_o fashion_n of_o such_o laudable_a figure_n which_o they_o have_v rail_v against_o these_o be_v the_o variety_n of_o dainty_n that_o be_v spoil_v devour_v sack_v and_o ruinate_v at_o this_o banquet_n battle_n among_o which_o viand_n three_o of_o master_n pym_n speech_n be_v mistake_v by_o the_o mouse_n to_o be_v kiss_v comfit_n marmalade_n and_o sucket_n for_o in_o send_v and_o taste_n they_o be_v as_o sweet_a as_o sugar_n carrion_n but_o though_o they_o be_v delicious_a in_o the_o palate_n it_o be_v find_v by_o woeful_a experience_n that_o no_o ratsbane_n can_v be_v more_o poisonous_a nor_o any_o venom_n more_o baneful_a in_o operation_n which_o be_v a_o emblem_n that_o though_o mouse_n be_v common_a pilfer_a thief_n and_o do_v maintain_v their_o straggle_a commonwealth_n only_o by_o steal_v yet_o when_o they_o grow_v so_o audacious_o impudent_a that_o they_o dare_v to_o feed_v upon_o treason_n though_o it_o have_v a_o pleasant_a smack_n yet_o it_o choke_v they_o and_o prove_v their_o bane_n for_o many_o of_o they_o die_v and_o it_o be_v certain_a most_o of_o they_o be_v destinate_v or_o bewitch_v like_o traitor_n to_o be_v catch_v in_o a_o trap_n or_o fall_v into_o the_o claw_n of_o the_o cat_n as_o conspirator_n and_o wicked_a treacherous_a rebel_n will_v drop_v into_o the_o hangman_n budget_n but_o the_o day_n begin_v to_o dawn_n therefore_o i_o will_v give_v over_o till_o soon_o at_o night_n yet_o one_o thing_n more_o which_o be_v almost_o