Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
cause_n bring_v court_n king_n 1,408 5 3.7271 3 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A56780 The worth of a peny, or, A caution to keep money with the causes of the scarcity and misery of the want hereof in these hard and mercilesse times : as also how to save it in our diet, apparell, recreations, &c.: and also what honest courses men in want may take to live / by H.P. ... Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643? 1641 (1641) Wing P949A; ESTC R12154 24,730 40

There are 2 snippets containing the selected quad. | View original text

ill_a if_o your_o purse_n have_v be_v late_o purge_v the_o doctor_n be_v not_o a_o leisure_n to_o visit_v you_o yea_o hardly_o your_o neighbour_n and_o familiar_a friend_n but_o unto_o money_a and_o rich_a man_n they_o sly_a as_o bee_n to_o the_o willow_n palm_n and_o many_o time_n they_o have_v the_o judgement_n of_o so_o many_o that_o the_o sick_a be_v in_o more_o danger_n of_o they_o than_o his_o disease_n a_o good_a and_o painful_a scholar_n have_v late_o take_v his_o order_n shall_v be_v hardly_o able_a to_o open_v a_o church_n door_n without_o a_o golden_a key_n when_o he_o shall_v ring_v his_o bell_n hence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o so_o many_o of_o our_o prime_a wit_n run_v over_o sea_n to_o seek_v their_o fortune_n and_o prove_v such_o viper_n to_o their_o mother-country_n have_v but_o a_o ordinary_a suit_n in_o law_n let_v your_o cause_n or_o case_n be_v never_o so_o plain_a or_o just_a if_o you_o want_v where_o with_o to_o maintain_v it_o and_o as_o it_o be_v ever_o and_o anon_o to_o water_v it_o at_o the_o root_n it_o will_v quick_o wither_v and_o die_v i_o confess_v friend_n may_v do_v much_o to_o promote_v it_o and_o many_o prevail_v by_o their_o powerful_a assistance_n in_o the_o prosecution_n there_o be_v of_o late_a year_n in_o france_n a_o marvellous_a fair_a and_o goodly_a lady_n who_o husband_n be_v imprison_v for_o debt_n or_o something_o else_o be_v constrain_v to_o be_v his_o solicitor_n and_o in_o she_o own_o person_n to_o follow_v his_o suit_n in_o law_n through_o almost_o all_o the_o court_n in_o paris_n and_o indeed_o through_o her_o favour_n get_v extraordinary_a favour_n among_o the_o lawyer_n and_o courtier_n and_o almost_o a_o final_a dispatch_n of_o all_o her_o business_n only_o she_o want_v the_o king_n hand_n who_o be_v henry_n the_o four_o of_o famous_a memory_n he_o as_o he_o be_v a_o noble_a witty_a and_o understand_a prince_n understand_v how_o well_o she_o have_v speed_v her_o suit_n be_v in_o the_o opinion_n of_o most_o man_n desperate_a or_o lose_v tell_v she_o that_o for_o his_o part_n he_o will_v willing_o sign_n her_o petition_n withal_o he_o ask_v how_o her_o husband_n do_v and_o bid_v she_o from_o himself_o to_o tell_v he_o that_o have_v be_v not_o pitch_v upon_o his_o horn_n he_o have_v utter_o be_v spoil_v and_o crush_v so_o that_o hereby_o be_v the_o old_a proverb_n verify_v a_o friend_n in_o court_n be_v better_a than_o a_o penny_n in_o the_o purse_n but_o as_o friend_n go_v now_o adays_o i_o have_v rather_o seek_v for_o they_o in_o my_o parse_v then_o in_o the_o court_n and_o i_o believe_v many_o courtier_n be_v of_o my_o mind_n again_o to_o teach_v every_o one_o to_o make_v much_o of_o and_o to_o keep_v money_n when_o he_o have_v it_o let_v he_o serious_o think_v with_o himself_o what_o a_o misery_n it_o be_v and_o how_o hard_o a_o matter_n to_o borrow_v it_o and_o most_o true_a it_o be_v that_o one_o faith_n semper_fw-la comitem_fw-la aeris_fw-la alieniess_fw-la miseriam_fw-la that_o misery_n be_v ever_o the_o companion_n of_o borrow_a money_n hereby_o a_o man_n be_v make_v cheap_a and_o undervalue_v despise_v defer_v mistrust_v and_o oftentimes_o flat_o deny_v beside_o upon_o the_o least_o occasion_n upbraid_v therewith_o in_o company_n and_o among_o friend_n and_o sometime_o necessity_n drive_v man_n to_o be_v behold_v to_o such_o as_o at_o another_o time_n they_o will_v scorn_v to_o be_v wherein_o the_o old_a say_n be_v verify_v mis●rum_fw-la est_fw-la debere_fw-la cui_fw-la nolis_fw-la and_o on_o the_o contrary_a how_o bold_a confident_a merry_a lively_a and_o ever_o in_o humour_n be_v moneyed_a man_n they_o go_v where_o they_o list_v they_o wear_v what_o they_o list_v they_o eat_v and_o drink_v what_o they_o list_v and_o as_o their_o mind_n so_o their_o body_n be_v free_a they_o fear_v no_o city_n sergeant_n court-marshalls-man_n or_o country-bailiff_n nor_o be_v they_o follow_v or_o doge_v home_o to_o their_o ordinary_n and_o lodging_n by_o city-shopkeeper_n and_o other_o creditor_n but_o they_o come_v to_o their_o house_n and_o shop_n where_o they_o be_v bid_v welcome_a and_o if_o a_o stool_n be_v fetch_v into_o the_o shop_n it_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a favour_n because_o all_o passer_n by_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o and_o these_o man_n can_v bring_v their_o wife_n or_o friend_n to_o see_v in_o court_n the_o king_n and_o queen_n at_o dinner_n or_o to_o see_v a_o mask_n by_o mean_n of_o some_o eminent_a man_n of_o the_o guard_n or_o the_o carpenter_n that_o make_v the_o scaffold_n the_o common_a and_o ordinary_a cause_n why_o man_n be_v poor_a and_o want_n money_n there_o must_v by_o the_o divine_a providence_n in_o the_o body_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n be_v as_o well_o poor_a as_o rich_a for_o as_o a_o human_a body_n can_v subsist_v without_o hand_n and_o foot_n to_o labour_n and_o walk_v about_o to_o provide_v for_o the_o other_o member_n the_o rich_a be_v the_o belly_n which_o devour_v all_o yet_o do_v no_o part_n of_o the_o work_n but_o the_o cause_n of_o every_o man_n poverty_n be_v not_o one_o and_o the_o same_o some_o be_v poor_a by_o condition_n and_o content_a with_o their_o call_n neither_o seek_v nor_o can_v work_v themselves_o into_o a_o better_a fortune_n yet_o god_n raise_v up_o as_o by_o miracle_n the_o child_n and_o posterity_n of_o these_o oftentimes_o to_o possess_v the_o most_o eminent_a place_n either_o in_o church_n or_o commonwealth_n as_o to_o become_v archbishop_n bishop_n judge_n commander_n and_o general_n in_o the_o field_n secretary_n of_o state_n statesman_n and_o the_o like_a so_o that_o it_o prove_v not_o ever_o true_a which_o marshal_n say_v pauper_fw-la eris_fw-la semper_fw-la si_fw-la pauper_fw-la es_fw-la aemiliane_fw-la if_o poor_a thou_o be_v poor_a thou_o shall_v ever_o be_v aemilianus_n i_o assure_v thou_o of_o this_o condition_n be_v the_o great_a number_n in_o every_o kingdom_n other_o there_o be_v who_o have_v possess_v great_a estate_n but_o those_o estate_n as_o i_o have_v see_v and_o know_v it_o in_o some_o family_n and_o not_o far_o from_o the_o city_n have_v not_o thrive_v or_o continue_v as_o get_v by_o oppression_n deceit_n usury_n and_o the_o like_a which_o common_o last_v not_o to_o the_o three_o generation_n according_a to_o the_o old_a say_n de_fw-la mail_fw-la quasitis_fw-la vix_fw-la gaudet_fw-la tertius_fw-la haeres_fw-la other_o come_v to_o want_v and_o misery_n and_o spend_v their_o fair_a estate_n in_o way_n of_o vicious_a live_n as_o upon_o drink_n and_o woman_n for_o bacchus_n and_o venus_n be_v inseparable_a companion_n and_o he_o that_o be_v familiar_a with_o the_o one_o be_v never_o a_o stranger_n to_o the_o other_o vno_fw-la namque_fw-la modo_fw-la vina_n venusque_fw-la nocent_a some_o again_o live_v in_o perpetual_a want_n as_o be_v natural_o whole_o give_v to_o idleness_n these_o be_v the_o drone_n of_o a_o common_a wealth_n who_o deserve_v not_o to_o live_v qui_fw-la non_fw-la laborat_fw-la non_fw-la manducet_fw-la say_v the_o apostle_n paul_n both_o country_n and_o city_n swarm_v with_o these_o kind_n of_o people_n the_o diligent_a hand_n say_v solomon_n shall_v make_v rich_a but_o the_o sluggard_n shall_v have_v scarcity_n of_o bread_n i_o remember_v when_o i_o be_v in_o the_o low_a country_n there_o be_v three_o soldier_n a_o dutchman_n a_o scot_n and_o a_o englishman_n for_o their_o misdemeanour_n condemn_v to_o be_v hang_v yet_o their_o life_n be_v beg_v by_o three_o several_a man_n one_o a_o bricklayer_n that_o he_o may_v help_v he_o to_o make_v brick_n and_o carry_v they_o to_o wall_n the_o other_o be_v a_o brewer_n of_o delft_n who_o beg_v his_o man_n to_o fetch_v water_n and_o do_v other_o work_n in_o the_o brewhouse_n now_o the_o three_o be_v a_o gardener_n and_o desire_v the_o three_o man_n to_o help_v he_o to_o work_v in_o and_o to_o dress_v a_o hop-garden_n the_o first_o two_o accept_v their_o offer_n thankful_o this_o last_o the_o englishman_n tell_v his_o master_n in_o plain_a term_n his_o friend_n never_o bring_v he_o up_o to_o gather_v hop_n but_o desire_v he_o may_v be_v hang_v first_o and_o so_o he_o be_v other_o have_v have_v great_a and_o fair_a estate_n leave_v unto_o they_o by_o friend_n and_o who_o never_o know_v the_o pain_n and_o care_n of_o get_v they_o have_v as_o one_o say_v true_o gallop_v through_o they_o in_o a_o very_a short_a time_n these_o be_v such_o of_o who_o solomon_n speak_v who_o have_v riches_n have_v not_o the_o heart_n or_o rather_o the_o wit_n to_o use_v they_o these_o man_n most_o apt_o homer_n compare_v unto_o the_o willow_n tree_n which_o he_o call_v by_o a_o most_o significant_a epithet_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o in_o latin_a frugsp●rda_n or_o loose-fruit_n because_o the_o palm_n of_o the_o willow-tree_n be_v no_o soon_o ripe_a but_o
the_o worth_n of_o a_o penny_n or_o a_o caution_n to_o keep_v money_n with_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o scarcity_n and_o misery_n of_o the_o want_n hereof_o in_o these_o hard_a and_o merciless_a time_n as_o also_o how_o to_o save_v it_o in_o our_o diet_n apparel_n recreation_n etc._n etc._n and_o also_o what_o honest_a course_n man_n in_o want_n may_v take_v to_o live_v by_o h._n p._n master_n of_o art_n london_n print_v by_o r._n hearne_n 1641._o to_o the_o every_o way_n deserve_v and_o worthy_a gentleman_n m._n richard_n gipps_n elder_a son_n unto_o m._n richard_n gipps_n one_o of_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o court_n of_o guild-hall_n in_o the_o city_n of_o london_n sir_n when_o i_o have_v finish_v this_o discourse_n of_o the_o worth_n of_o a_o penny_n or_o a_o caution_n to_o keep_v money_n and_o bethink_v myself_o unto_o who_o i_o shall_v offer_v the_o dedication_n none_o come_v more_o opportune_o into_o my_o thought_n then_o yourself_o for_o i_o imagine_v if_o i_o shall_v dedicate_v the_o same_o unto_o any_o penurious_a or_o miserable_a mind_a man_n it_o will_v make_v he_o worse_o and_o be_v more_o uncharitable_a and_o illiberal_a if_o unto_o a_o bountiful_a and_o free-minded_a patron_n i_o shall_v teach_v he_o to_o hold_v his_o hand_n and_o against_o his_o nature_n make_v he_o a_o miser_n i_o to_o avoid_v either_o make_v choice_n of_o yourself_o who_o be_v yet_o unmarried_a walk_v alone_o by_o yourself_o have_v neither_o occasion_n of_o the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o beside_o you_o have_v travel_v france_n and_o italy_n and_o i_o hope_v have_v learned_a thrift_n in_o those_o place_n and_o understand_v what_o a_o virtue_n parsimony_n be_v for_o want_v whereof_o how_o many_o young_a heir_n in_o england_n have_v gallop_v through_o their_o estate_n before_o they_o have_v be_v thirty_o last_o my_o obligation_n be_v so_o much_o to_o your_o learned_a and_o good_a father_n and_o for_o goodness_n your_o incomparable_a mother_n that_o i_o shall_v ever_o have_v think_v the_o worse_a of_o myself_o if_o i_o have_v not_o cum_fw-la tota_fw-la mea_fw-la supellex_fw-la sit_fw-la chartacea_fw-la as_o erasmus_n say_v i_o have_v not_o express_v my_o duty_n and_o hearty_a love_n unto_o you_o one_o way_n or_o other_o who_o in_o all_o service_n i_o be_o true_o hen._n peacham_n the_o worth_n of_o a_o penny_n or_o a_o caution_n to_o keep_v money_n the_o ambassador_n of_o muley_n hamet_n sheck_n k._n of_o morocco_n when_o he_o be_v in_o england_n about_o four_o or_o five_o year_n since_o say_v on_o a_o time_n sit_v at_o dinner_n at_o his_o house_n at_o woodstreet_n he_o think_v very_o that_o algiers_n be_v four_o time_n as_o rich_a as_o london_n a_o english_a merchant_n reply_v that_o he_o think_v not_o so_o but_o that_o london_n be_v far_o rich_a than_o that_o and_o for_o plenty_n london_n may_v compare_v with_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o peaceful_a day_n of_o solomon_n for_o my_o part_n i_o believe_v neither_o especial_o the_o merchant_n for_o in_o the_o time_n of_o solomon_n silver_n be_v as_o plentiful_a in_o jerusalem_n as_o stone_n in_o the_o street_n but_o with_o we_o stone_n be_v in_o far_o more_o abundance_n when_o in_o every_o street_n in_o london_n you_o may_v walk_v over_o five_o thousand_o load_n ere_o you_o find_v a_o single_a penny_n again_o the_o general_a complaint_n and_o murmur_n throughout_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o scarcity_n and_o want_n of_o money_n argue_v that_o we_o fall_v far_o short_a of_o that_o plenty_n which_o the_o merchant_n imagine_v and_o one_o time_n i_o begin_v to_o bethink_v myself_o and_o to_o look_v into_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o want_n and_o this_o general_a scarcity_n and_o i_o find_v they_o manifold_a first_o some_o man_n who_o by_o their_o wit_n or_o industry_n or_o both_o have_v serve_v and_o wind_v themselves_o into_o vast_a estate_n and_o gather_v thousand_o like_o the_o griffon_n of_o bactria_n when_o they_o have_v meet_v with_o a_o gold_n i_o so_o brood_n over_o and_o watch_v it_o day_n and_o night_n that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o charity_n to_o be_v regard_v virtue_n reward_v or_o necessity_n relieve_v and_o this_o we_o know_v to_o have_v be_v the_o ruin_n not_o only_o of_o such_o private_a person_n themselves_o but_o of_o whole_a estate_n and_o kingdom_n that_o i_o may_v instance_n one_o for_o many_o constantinople_n be_v take_v by_o the_o turk_n when_o the_o citizen_n abound_v in_o wealth_n and_o money_n will_v not_o part_v with_o a_o penny_n in_o the_o common_a necessity_n no_o not_o for_o the_o repair_n of_o their_o batter_a wall_n or_o the_o levy_n of_o soldier_n to_o defend_v they_o another_o sort_n dote_v upon_o the_o stamp_n of_o their_o money_n and_o the_o bright_a lustre_n of_o their_o gold_n and_o rather_o than_o they_o will_v suffer_v it_o to_o see_v the_o light_n will_v hide_v it_o in_o hill_n old_a wall_n thatch_n or_o tile_n of_o their_o house_n tree-root_n and_o such_o place_n as_o not_o many_o year_n since_o at_o wainslet_n in_o lincolnshire_n there_o be_v find_v in_o dig_v of_o a_o backside_n to_o sow_v hemp_n in_o a_o old_a rusty_a helmet_n of_o iron_n ram_v in_o full_a of_o piece_n of_o gold_n with_o the_o picture_n and_o arm_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o and_o money_n thus_o hide_v the_o owner_n seldom_o or_o never_o meet_v withal_o again_o be_v many_o time_n prevent_v by_o sudden_a death_n lose_v by_o casualty_n or_o their_o forgetfulness_n mounsieur_fw-fr gaulart_n a_o great_a man_n of_o france_n though_o none_o of_o the_o wise_a in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o civil_a war_n bury_v some_o two_o thousand_o crown_n a_o mile_n or_o two_o from_o his_o house_n in_o a_o open_a fallow_a field_n and_o that_o he_o may_v know_v the_o place_n again_o take_v his_o mark_n from_o the_o spire_n of_o a_o steeple_n that_o be_v right_a against_o the_o place_n the_o war_n be_v end_v he_o come_v with_o a_o friend_n of_o he_o as_o near_o the_o place_n as_o he_o can_v guess_v to_o look_v for_o his_o money_n which_o he_o not_o find_v and_o wonder_v what_o the_o reason_n shall_v be_v after_o in_o the_o circumference_n he_o have_v go_v about_o the_o steeple_n be_v right_o against_o it_o which_o way_n soever_o he_o go_v quoth_v he_o to_o his_o friend_n be_v there_o no_o cheat_a knave_n think_v you_o in_o the_o steeple_n that_o turn_v it_o about_o intend_v to_o cheat_v i_o of_o my_o money_n imagine_v that_o it_o go_v round_o and_o himself_o stand_v still_o as_o copernicus_n do_v of_o the_o globe_n of_o the_o earth_n indeed_o much_o money_n and_o treasure_n in_o former_a time_n as_o of_o the_o invasion_n of_o the_o saxon_n dane_n norman_n here_o with_o we_o and_o of_o other_o in_o other_o place_n have_v be_v this_o way_n bestow_v and_o for_o this_o reason_n in_o such_o troublesome_a time_n become_v scarce_o for_o whole_a age_n after_o but_o this_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o want_n of_o money_n in_o our_o time_n wherein_o it_o be_v true_a we_o have_v little_a money_n to_o hide_v yet_o there_o be_v not_o want_v among_o we_o those_o monedulae_fw-la or_o money_n hide_v daw_n who_o repine_v and_o envy_v that_o either_o king_n or_o country_n shall_v be_v one_o penny_n better_o yea_o even_o in_o the_o great_a extremity_n for_o what_o they_o have_v convey_v into_o their_o hole_n and_o most_o true_a it_o be_v that_o money_n so_o heap_v up_o in_o chest_n and_o odd_a corner_n be_v like_o as_o one_o say_v unto_o dung_n which_o while_o it_o lie_v upon_o a_o heap_n do_v no_o good_a but_o disperse_v and_o cast_v abroad_o make_v field_n fruitful_a hence_o aristotle_n conclude_v that_o the_o prodigal_a man_n be_v more_o beneficial_a to_o and_o deserve_v better_a of_o his_o country_n then_o the_o covetous_a miser_n every_o trade_n and_o vocation_n fare_v the_o better_a for_o he_o as_o the_o tailor_n haberdasher_n vintner_n shoemaker_n sempster_n ostler_n and_o the_o like_a the_o covetous_a person_n be_v acquaint_v with_o none_o of_o these_o for_o in_o stead_n of_o satin_n he_o suit_v himself_o with_o sacken_n he_o tremble_v as_o he_o pass_v by_o a_o tavern_n door_n to_o hear_v a_o reckon_n of_o eight_o shilling_n send_v up_o into_o the_o half_a moon_n for_o wine_n oyster_n and_o faggot_n for_o his_o own_o natural_a drink_n you_o must_v know_v be_v between_o that_o the_o frog_n drink_v it_o and_o a_o kind_n of_o pitiful_a small_a beer_n too_o bad_a to_o be_v drink_v and_o somewhat_o too_o good_a to_o drive_v a_o water-mill_n the_o haberdasher_n get_v as_o little_a by_o he_o as_o he_o do_v by_o a_o old_a acquaintance_n of_o i_o by_o li●ne_n in_o norfolk_n who_o when_o he_o have_v wear_v a_o hat_n eight_o and_o thirty_o year_n will_v have_v petition_v the_o parliament_n against_o haberdasher_n for_o abuse_v the_o country_n in_o make_v their_o ware_n so_o slight_a for_o the_o