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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bishop_n	king_n	prince_n	1,915	5	5.6349	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13240	The araignment of leuud, idle, froward, and vnconstant women or the vanitie of them, choose you whether : with a commendation of wise, vertuous and honest women : pleasant for married men, profitable for young men, and hurtfull to none.; Arraignment of lewd, idle, froward, and unconstant women. 1615	Swetnam, Joseph, fl. 1617.	1615 (1615)	STC 23534; ESTC S529	43,338	78

vnsatiable desire of them if with a song thou wouldest be brought asleepe or with a dance be led to delight then a fayre woman is fit for thy dyet if thy head be in her lap she will make thee beleeue that thou art hard by Gods seat when indeed thou artiust at hell gate Theodora a monstrous strumpet on a time made her brags to Socrates of the great hant of lusty Gallants which came to her house and furthermore she told him that she could get away more of his Schollers from him then he could of hers from her No maruaile quoth Socrates for thy waies seeme pleasant and easie and that is the way youth loues to walk in but the way that leadeth to a vertuous life seemeth full of brambles and bryers and to match with this there is an history that makes mention of three notable Curtizanes whose names were Lauia Flora and Layes Lauia and Layes were homo common to all men they would play at small game rather then sit out these three Strumpets during their life time were the beautifullest and richest of that trade in the world and had three seuerall gifts whereby they allured their Louers to seeke their fauours The Engine wherewith Lauia entrapped her Louers proceeded from her eyes for by her smiling countenance and wanton lookes shee greatly inflamed all that beheld her And Flora wan her Louers by her excellent wit and eloquent tongue And Layes enticed her Louers by her sweet singing and pleasant fingering of Instruments of musicke But now againe to Lauia King Demetrius gaue but a glaunce of his eies suddenly vpon her and was taken presently with her net and spent eleuen talents of siluer vpon her which he had prouided and appointed to pay his soldiours and furthermore hee quite forsooke his owne wife and neuer left the company of this Strumpet vntill death tooke her from him and after shee was dead hee made great mone for her death hee also kissed and embraced her and caused her to be buried vnder his window that so often as he did see her graue hee might bewaile her death Layes likewise had a King whose name was Pirrhus which was her chiefe friend but yet hee serued but as it were for a cloake for he continued not very long with her in Greece but went himselfe to the warres in Italy but in his absence she was not onely sought to but obtained of many and set downe her price that before she would doe her worke she would haue her money Now to Flora shee was a Kings daughter her parents died when she was of the age of fifteene yeares and shee was left as rich as beautifull she had the bridle of liberty throwne on her necke so that shee might runne whither she would for shee was left without controulment so that sodainly she determined to trauell and see the warres of Africa where she made sale both of her personage and honour King Menelaus was the first that made loue vnto her as he was marching to the warres of Carthage and spent more money vpon her then in conquering his enemies But as she was of noble race so it is said that she neuer gaue her selfe ouer to meane or petty company as the other two did but shee had a scroule set ouer her gate the tennor whereof was thus King Prince Emperour or Bishop enter this place and welcome neither was this Flora so greedy of gold as the other two were for on a time one of her familiar friends asked her the cause why shee did not make price of her loue shee made this answere I commit my body to none but to Princes and Noblemen and I sweare there was neuer man gaue me so little but that I had more then I would haue asked or that I looked for and furthermore she said that a noble woman ought not to make price of her loue all things are at a certaine rate except Loue and that a woman of great beauty should be so much esteemed of as she esteemes of her selfe She died at the age of forty yeares and the wealth shee left behind her in Rome was valued to be so much as would haue builded new walles round about the City if there had beene no walles at all Was not that noble City of Troy sacked and spoyled for the faire Hellena and when it had cost many mens liues and much bloud was shed when they had got the conquest they got but a harlot by this and that which followeth thou shalt see the power of women how it hath beene so great and more preuailed in bewitching mens wits and in ouercomming their sences then all other things whatsoeuer It hath not onely vanquished Kings and Keisars but it hath also surprised castles countries nay what is it that a woman cannot do which knowes her power Therefore stay not alone in the company of a woman trusting to thy owne chastity except thou be more stronger then Sampson more wise then Salomon or more holy then Dauid for these and many more haue beene ouercome by the sweet entisements of women as thou shalt read heereafter It is said that the Gods themselues did change their shapes for the loue of such women as they lusted after Iupiter he transformed himselfe into a Bull Neptune into a Horse and Mercury into a Goat Aristippus desired sweet meat for his belly and a faire woman for his bed But in my mind hee that layes his net to catch a faire woman hee may chance to fall into the sprindge which was laid for a woodcocke therefore I doe admonish young men and I aduise olde men and I counsell simple men and I warne all men that they flye from a wicked woman as from the pestilence or else they will make thee flye in the end Aristotle for keeping company with a queane in Athens was faine to runne away to saue himselfe from punishment and yet he had dwelt there and wrote many books for the space of thirty yeares Again of Sampson Hercules for all their great strength and conquest of Giants and monsters yet the one yeelded his club at Diauer as foot and the other reuealed his strength to Dalila and he paid his life for his folly The sugred and renowned Orators Demosthenes and Hortentius the one came from Athens vnto Corinth to compound and agree with Layes a common Strumpet as you heard before of her and yet hee had but one nights lodging with her And the other was so farre in loue with another bird of the same cage the which hee could not obtaine nor yet could he conquer his affection vntill hee had quite pined himselfe away so that in short time hee had wasted himselfe to nothing Plato for all his great Philosophy and knowledge yet he kept company with Archenasse when she was olde and forsaken of all her Louers for she had giuen her selfe to a number in her youth yet neuerthelesse Plato so loued her that he wrote many verses in