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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	soul_n	spirit_n	3,520	5	5.4686	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00024	Peace with her foure garders Viz. fiue morall meditations: of concord, chastitie, constancie. Courtesie. Grauitie. Eschew euill, and doe good, seeke peace and ensue it.	Aylett, Robert, 1583-1655?	1622 (1622)	STC 1002; ESTC S118662	30,466	62

knowledge to accord Their wrathfull furious Passions euermore Plato the Gods immortall doth adore That they him reasonable made no Beast A Man no Woman But it glads him more That he knew humane Arts and heau'nly best By which he thought himselfe in life and death most blest The Emperour Traiane when his friends him blame As carelesse of imperiall Maiesty Because so mild sweet gentle he became And affable to all his company Said he would so be in high Sou'raignty To others as if else he priuate were He wish'd to find the royall Dignity With whom all good men ought be free from feare But cruell vile malicious neuer should come there Philip who had by Liberalitie Obliged as he thought to him a Nation Receiued nought but Scorne for Courtesie Wherefore his Courtiers mou'd with indignation Perswade their King vnto reuenge and passion Soft said the Prince if these men doe requite Our benefits in such a scornefull fashion They vs for iniuries will more despight True patterne of a prudent patient gentle Knight Is Iury barren then of gentle deed Because I onely of the Nations tell The liues of Abram Isaac Ioseph reade And see how they in Courtesie excell When as betwixt the Heardmen strife befell Abram leaues to his nephew Let the Plaine His Courtesie the Angels greetes so well Their errand gently they to him explaine Yea gracious God to him familiar talke did daigne Most gentle Iacob courteous like thy Sire Though Laban churlishly thee handeled Let all thy patient gentlenesse admire When thou didst see thy Dina rauished And for her Rape a Nation slaughtered Thy gentle Ioseph into Egypt sold Who when he sees his brethren humbeled Could not his heart and eyes from weeping hold The Dreames thus prouing true which he before had told Though Shemei barke Dauid forbids to smite Oh let him curse my sonne me seekes to kill The Lord with Blessings may his Curse require If in his fauour I continue still I shall returne else be it as he will Mephibosheth must haue his fathers land And at his Table eate of Bread his fill Chimham in old Barzellais roome shall stand And nothing be denide him at King Dauids hand But Kings and People all learne gentlenesse Of our most courteous gentle King of Kings Who when he walk'd on earth in lowlinesse And was the Lord and Maker of all things Neuer vs'd bitter words nor threatenings But was to meanest courteous gentle mild The Lord rebuke thee Michael onely sings When Satans malice would haue him beguil'd Of Moses body but he neuer him reuil'd As of the head so of the members learne Mildnesse Humanity and Gentlenesse Speeches morose and countenances sterne Neuer agree with worth and noblenesse Nor to the vessels of true holinesse And Dames that soft and tender are by kind Adorn'd with Natures goodliest gracefulnesse Be gentle humble soft and meeke in mind So you with God and Man shall grace and fauour find No vertue so adornes a valiant man Nor vertuous Dame whom valiant men doe loue As courtesie which best direct them can To beare themselues in all as doth behoue Whether them God hath plast to rule aboue Or wait below it them befits to know Their Duties that none iustly may reproue Their rudenesse in not giuing what they ow Who giues each man his due doth great discretion show Nothing more wins mens hearts than gentle words Nor their affections than sweet lookes delight If Men like Beasts should make the strongest Lords And be enrag'd one at anothers sight Societie of men would perish quight The rules of Policies and States would faile Mens liues should be in hazzard of each wight That them by force or cunning would assaile Yea sauage Beasts against their weakenesse would preuaile Rude manners those that haue them doe infest And grieuous are to all they deale withall But gentlenesse in Angels Man and Beast Is much commended and belou'd of all The Poets want the Gods in heau'n to call Most gentle bountifull and amiable But Fiends and Furies cruell tetricall To first they Temples build and prayers fable Counting th' other dreadfull and abominable If Socrates a froward wife would beare As men ride horses wild that they may know To rule them better that well tamed were Much more should Christians sweetly beare the blow Of proud and cruell worldlings heere below And not to grieue at their prosperitie Though heere they seeme in wealth and blisse to flow Alas such stand in places slippery And in their haughty pride shall perish suddenly Who that most wicked Sect doe imitate That would all friendship and acquaintance shun That they might heere enioy more happy fate And partners of no others losse become One burthen is inough for any one Oh! why should others losses them molest By this is all Humanity vndone And man made more vngentle than a beast The Heathen therefore did such beastlinesse detest The first and speciall Duty which we ow Is Loue to God which we call Piety Next is the Mercy we to men do show And this indeed is true Humanity This is the summe of all Diuinity And this to Piety doth Practice ioyne All loue the Lord in words but doe deny Their hearts and hands to Mercy to incline God grant they both in vs together may combine Chiefe Band amongst men is Humanity Which who would breake deserues eternall palne From one man all deriue their pedigree And therefore Kinsmen all in him remaine From one God we our soules doe all obtaine And so we brethren are and neerer ioyn'd In Soule than Body And we hope in vaine If all into one head be not conioyn'd And feele not all one Spirit working in our minde Inhumane cruell Beasts which take delight Without iust cause Gods image to destroy Torment kill torture cruelly despight When God would haue all liue in amity Oh measure others by thy misery No man without anothers ayd can liue He that denies helpe in aduersitie None at his need vnto him helpe shall giue As none shall be forgiu'n that doth not heere forgiue No man that doth obey Dame Natures hest Can hurt a man much lesse him spoile or kill Learne of the gentle meeke and harmlesse beast How he Society doth couet still The Shepheards gentle Flocks the Plaines do fill Wolues Beares and Tygres loue to Lord alone Where they their yong ones with the fat may fill And forrage all the Countrey for their owne Lo Mercy there is strange where Misery 's vnknowne Such in their Complement are onely kind And where they kindnesse may receiue againe Oh be mine heart to gentlenesse inclind Not for base recompence reward or gaine But for his sake who for my sinne was slaine But ouer-courteously I doe abuse My Readers patience with vngentle straine Yet if he gentle be he cannot chuse But my most willing mind though not my Verse excuse MEDITATION 5. Of Grauitie MY Muse now fares like some Geometrician That hauing view'd on Globe terrestriall The Earth and

all one we are For so all fulnesse of Diuinity Inhabited in 's Body really That on the Crosse by his most precious blood He all in heau'n and earth did pacifie Abysse profound not to be vnderstood But where sweet inward Peace of Conscience makes it good For in the heart and Conscience is the Seat Of all the Peace that mortals can befall Alas what bootes it though our peace seeme great Abroad if that within we nourish shall Hate Diffidence Contentions Enuy Gall Without this inward peace and holinesse We may not hope to see the Lord at all Peace-makers onely shall haue happinesse True peace on earth the earnest is of heau'nly Blesse Sweet voyce of peace than which we nothing heare In heau'n or earth more glad and acceptable What more delightfull can to vs appeare What here than to possesse more profitable As sprite of man to quicken is not able The members without peace and vnity So neuer stand the Churches members stable Vnlesse sweet inward peace them viuifie And cause them all to liue in peace and amitie Inseparable friends are Righteousnesse And peace they one another meet and kisse Except thou Iustice loue thou do'st professe In vaine thy loue to peace Him that doth misse True loue to Iustice peace will neuer blisse What more than Peace do all mankind admire But Righteousnesie to them a stranger is Sweet Fruits of Peace all earnestly require But to the workes of Iustice no man hath desire With peace are alwayes Mercy Grace and Loue Faith Meeknesse Humblenesse Ioy Holinesse Except these Graces her companions proue She 's but seeming-quiet Lazinesse Eu'n stupifide with worldly happinesse Like dreames and slumbers in a morning faire Which feed our Fantasies with seeming blesse But when we wake lo nothing but the ayre Our golden hopes are flowne we left in more Despaire This is a seeming peace there is a feign'd Which wolues do in sheeps clothing oft propound Ah! many Soules by such false peace are train'd To build their peace vpon vncertaine ground Such semblance make as if there did abound With them Ioy Peace Truth and Sinceritie But seeke and nothing lesse with them is found Vaine outward glory wealth prosperitie Is all their ayme and end not minds Tranquillitie Curst be their Vnion cursed is their peace For by their concord plots and vnity True Iustice hindred is in her increase For thus they foster all iniquity These make a shew of peace but come to try Them by their actions they are instruments Of Warres Rebellions Treasons Cruelties Like Simeon Leui cou'ring their intents With making Proselites and sewing Churches rents Foure mortall enemies there are to peace Base auarice pale enuie wrath and pride If from vs we for euer banish these We may in happy peace for ay abide These two words Mine and Thine do more diuide The minds of brethren neighbors priests and flocke Than all that you can reckon me beside These two the bands of Amity vnlocke And all the world together in a fury shocke Eu'n as mans body whose iust temp'rature Consists of humid frigid hot and dry So long as they in Concord do indure Doth thriue and grow but if ambitiously They striue amongst themselues for soueraignty Their ciuill breach doth cause Deaths execution So is 't in City Church or Family Sweet Peace and Concord breed sound constitution But Enuy Discord Pride a fearefull dissolution And as in Musicke diuers diffring Sounds By Concord make one pleasant Harmonie But he that straines aboue the rest confounds His owne and all the others melody So it befalleth each Society So long as they in Concord do remaine They liue in plenty ease prosperity But if they iarre for Enuy Pride or Gaine They from their quiet state do tumble downe amaine As many weake stickes in one faggot bound No strength of man e're able is to breake Which if they be alone and single found Would seeme but easie to a man that 's weake The same we may of Peace and Concord speake Whilst they true Subiects hearts in one do bind No forraine Powre on them their spite can wreak But if with iarres it them disioyn'd doth find It breakes their rankes them chasing like a fearefull Hind Concord and Peace be like a brazen wall No Fort 's so strong as vertuous minds combin'd But as a straight and crooked piece by all The workmans skill cannot in one be ioyn'd So fores it with a good and wicked mind In wicked nature fraught with guile and spight True Peace and Concord thou shalt neuer find For as good minds great pleasure take in right So base malicious hearts in doing wrong delight The hungry Foxe pursuing hard his prey By chance vpon a sleeping Snake doth tread For which she wroth deferres not long his pay But with sting taught him to take better heed Thus dang'rously both wounded are indeed And both to wounds do Phisicks helpe apply Which inwardly do ranckle more than bleed Yet both by Leeches skill and Surgery For bodies griefe not minds do find a remedy Many yeeres after this malicious Snake Who still reuenge doth harbour in her brest Meeting the Foxe him fairely thus bespake Ah! how great sorrow doth my heart molest That we should one another thus infest For since the time that first began our broyle No greater care within mine heart doth rest But how our loues againe to reconcile Thus would malicious Snake the crafty Foxe beguile Now if you please let vs all iniuries Forget and as we ought true Peace embrace For Peace and Concord all good things supplies To mortals of what-euer ranke or place What thing more pleasing sweet and good than Grace She all conserues keepes all things safe and sound Makes great increase of Fruit in little space In pleasure wealth and ease she doth abound Yea all the good that one can wish in her is found She is the cherisher and nurse of Life She breeds feeds nourisheth giues education When all confounded are by warres and strife Which breeds Corruption Peace brings Generation Nothing on earth is of like estimation Thus hauing said she offers him to kisse And faire embrace according to her fashion But Renold trusts her ne'r the more for this Who most malicious cruell implacable is But thus replies All 's true that thou hast said But as true peace of all things is the best So sure of nothing more am I afraid Than feigned peace a poyson nearly drest Which thou concealst now boyling in thy brest And with a seeming Kindnesse cruelly Wouldst spill my Life when as I fear'd it least No open sorce spite or hostilitie So dang'rous is as feigned peace and amity This publique priuate health wealth dignity All ouerthrowes when most we seeme secure No man will trust an open enemy And therefore 'gainst his malice stands more sure When he by fraud can him no harme procure But such faire painting words and honest showes Insnare the simple inexpert and pure And into misery and errour