Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	good_a	great_a	1,782	5	2.3872	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00361	A deuoute treatise vpon the Pater noster, made fyrst in latyn by the moost famous doctour mayster Erasmus Roterodamus, and tourned in to englisshe by a yong vertuous and well lerned gentylwoman of. xix. yere of age	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Roper, Margaret, 1505-1544.; Hyrde, Richard.	1526 (1526)	STC 10477; ESTC S109306	22,951	48

lernyng bycause they say it engendreth wytte and crafte there they reprehende it for that that it is moost worthy to be commended for and the whiche is one singuler cause wherfore lernyng ought to be desyred for he that had leuer haue his wyfe a foole than a wyse woman I holde hym worse than twyse frantyke Also redyng and studyeng of bokes so occupieth the mynde that it can haue no leyser to muse or delyte in other fantasies whā in all handy werkes that men saye be more mete for a woman the body may be busy in one place and the mynde walkyng in another while they syt sowing spinnyng with their fyngers maye ●aste and compasse many peuysshe fantasyes in their myndes whiche must nedes be occupyed outher with good or badde so long as they be wakynge And those y ● be yuell disposed wyll fynde the meanes to be nought though they can neuer a letter on the booke and she that wyll be good lernynge shall cause her to be moche the better For it sheweth the ymage and wayes of good lyuynge euyn right as a myrrour sheweth the symylitude and proporcion of the body And doutlesse the daylye experyence prouethe that suche as are nought are those that neuer knewe what lernyng ment For I neuer herde tell nor reed of any woman well lerned that euer was as plentuous as yuell tonges be spotted or infamed as vicious But on the otherside many by their lernyng taken suche encreace of goodnesse y t many may beare them wytnesse of their vertue of whiche sorte I coulde reherse a great nombre bothe of olde tyme and late Sauynge that I wyll be contente as for nowe with one example of oure owne countre and tyme that is this gentylwoman whiche translated this lytell boke herafter folowyng whose vertuous cōuersacion lyuyng and sadde demeanoure maye be profe euydente ynough what good lernynge dothe where it is surely roted of whom other women may take example of prudēt humble and wyfely behauour charitable very christē vertue with whiche she hath with goddes helpe endeuoured her selfe no lesse to garnisshe her soule than it hath lyked his goodnesse with louely beauty and comelynesse to garnysshe and sette out her body And vndouted is it that to thyncrease of her vertue she hath taken and taketh no lytell occasyon of her lernyng besydes her other manyfolde and great cōmodyteis taken of the same amonge whiche cōmodyteis this is nat the leest that with her vertuous worshipfull wyse and well lerned husbande she hath by the occasyon of her lernynge and his delyte therin suche especiall conforte pleasure and pastyme as were nat well possyble for one vnlerned couple eyther to take togyder or to conceyue in their myndes what pleasure is therin Therfore good Fraunces seyng that suche frute profite and pleasure cometh of lernyng take uo hede vnto the leude wordes of those that dispreyse it as verily no man dothe saue suche as neyther haue lernyng nor wotteth what it meaneth which is in dede the moost parte of men as the moost parte and the best parte be nat alwaye of one mȳde so if this mater shulde be tryed nat by wytte and reason but by heedes or handes the greater parte is lyke as it often dothe to vanquisshe and ouercome the better for the best ꝑte as I reken whom I accompte the wysest of euery age as among the Gentyls the olde philosophers and among the christēmen the aūcient doctors of Christes churche all affyrme lernȳg to be very good ꝓfitable nat onely for men but also for women y e whiche Plato the wyse philosopher calleth a bridell for yonge people agaynst vice Wherfore good Fraunces take you the best parte and leaue the moost folowe the wyse men and regarde nat the folysshe sorte but applye all your myght wyll dilygence to optayne that especiall treasure whiche is delectable in youthe cōfortable in age and profytable at all seasons Of whom wtout doute cometh moche goodnesse and vertue Whiche vertue who so lacketh he is without that thing that onely maketh a man Ye and without the whiche a man is worse than an vnreasonable beest nor ones worthy to haue the name of a man It maketh fayre and amyable that that is of nature deformed as Diogynes the philosopher whan he sawe a yong man foule and yuell fauoured of persone but very vertuous of lyuenge thy vertue sayd he maketh the beautifull And that that is goodly of it selfe alredy it maketh more excellent and bright Whiche as Plato y e wyse philosopher saythe if it coude be sene with our bodily eyes it wolde make men wondersly enamored and taken in the loue of it Wherfore vnto those especiall giftes of grace that god hath lent you and endewed you with all endeuer youre selfe that this precyous diamōde and ornament be nat lackyng whiche had shall florisshe and lyghten all your other giftes of grace and make them more gaye and lacked shall darke and blemysshe them sore And surely the beautie of it though ye had none other shall gette you bothe greatter loue more faithfull and lengar to cōtynue of all good folkes than shall the beautie of the body be it neuer so excellent whose loue decayeth togyder with it y t was the cause of it and moost cōmenly before as by dayly experyēce we maye se them that go toguyder for the loue of the bodily beautie within a small whyle whan their appetyte is satisfyed repent thē selfe But the loue that cometh by the meanes of vertue goodnesse shall euer be fresshe and encrease ryght as dothe the vertue it selfe And it shall you come by non otherwise so redily as if you contynue the study of lernyng whiche you be entred well in all redy And for your tyme and age I wolde saye had greatly profyted sauynge that chyldes age is so frayle accompted that it nedeth rather monicion and cōtynuall callynge vpon than the deserued prayse Howe be it I haue no doute in you whome I se naturally borne vnto vertue and hauyng so good brīgyng vp of a babe nat onely among your honourable vncles chyldren of whose conuersacion and company they that were right yuell might take occasyon of goodnesse and amendement But also with your owne mother of whose preceptes and teachyng and also very vertuous lyueng if you take hede as I put no feare you wyll and also do you can nat fayle to come to suche grace and goodnesse as I haue euer had opynion in you that ye shulde Wherfore I haue euer in my mynde fauored you and forthered to my power your profite and encrease thervnto and shall as long as I se you delyte in lernynge and vertue no kynde of payne or labour refused on my partie that maye do you good And as a token of my good mynde and an instrument towarde your successe and furtheraunce I sende you this boke lytell in quantite but bigge in value tourned out of latyn in to englysshe by