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	good_a	know_v	2,039	5	3.4458	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03171	An hundred epigrammes. Inuented and made by Iohn Heywood	Heywood, John, 1497?-1580?	1550 (1550)	STC 13294.5; ESTC S119138	18,997	52

with hens in a band Came by and with the fox she fell in hand What thyng is it Rainard in your brayn ploddyng That bringth this buisie blissyng and noddyng I nother nodde for sleepe swete hert the fox sayde Nor blisse for spirite except the diuel be a mayde My noddyng and blissyng breedth of woonder Of the witte of Poules wethercock yonder There is more witte in that cocks only head Than hath been in all mens heades that be dead As thus by common report this we fynde All that be dead did die for lacke of wynde But that wethercocks witte is not so weake To lacke wynde the wynde is euer in his beake So that while any wynde blowth in the skye For lacke of wynde that wethercock will not dye She cast downe hir hens and now did she blis Iesu quoth she In nomine patris Who hath euer heard at any season Of a foxes forgeyng so ●eat a reason And while she preised the foxes wit so He gat bi r hens in his necke and to go Whither away with my hens fox quoth she To Poulis pig as fast as I can quoth he Betwene these hens and yonder wethercock I will assaie to haue chekins a flock Whiche if I maie get this tale is made goode In all Christendome not so wise a broode Maiden quoth he these hens be forboden Your sight tyll that wethercock hath troden Wo woorth quoth she all craftie inuencions And all inuenters that by false intencions Inuent with intent to blynde or bleare blunt eies In case as this fox to me doeth deuise Of an yll gouernour called Iude. XI ¶ A ruler there was in countreie a fer And of the people a great extorcioner Who by name as I vnderstand was called Iude One gaue him an as whiche geft whan he had veude He 〈◊〉 geuer for what intent He brought to him that as For a present I bryng maister Iude quoth he this as hither To ioygne maister Iude and this as togither Whiche two ioygned in one this is brought to pas I may bidde you good euen maister Iudas Macabe or Iscariot thou knaue quoth he Whom it please your master ship hym let it be Vpon geuyng an almes XII ¶ Into a beggers hand that almes did craue In stede of one peny two pense one geue Whiche done he saide beggar happie thou art For to thee my hand is better than my hart That is quoth the begger as it chaunceth now The better for me and the woorse for yow Of a surfette XIII ¶ A man from a feuer recouered new His greedy appetite would not eschew From meate contagious wherto he had a lust But one morsell one euenyng nedes eat he must Which foorthwith after brought good approbacion Of his returne into residiuacion What cause causeth this quoth the phisicion I know quoth he no cause of suspicion How be it my wonder is great as can be By what meane this feuer attacheth me More for caryng a littell this night last Than for caryng muche more the night before past I did eate a capon me euery whit The last night after whiche I felt no fit And this night I eete but one bit of fresh beefe And yet am I shaken with the hourson theefe Nowe quoth the phisicion aperth the cause why Capon is holsome and the beefe contrary And a litell yll meate geueth sickenesse more foode Than a littell to muche of meate that is goode Sir I thanke you muche quoth the pacient This lesson shall hensfoorth make me to consent Whan I shall nedes surfet by vnruly wyll Rather to surfet on that is good than yll Repugnancie in apparance XIIII ¶ Muche contrarietee maie seeme to stand Where none is as by example my son In London is the best ale of all England And yet as good ale in England as in London The ape and the asse XV. ¶ The ape and the asse stode where they beheelde A course with a greyhound at the hare in a feelde Thei well perceiuing the greihound great gron̄d wan As long as the hare and he foorthright ran And lyke aduauntage they sawe in the hare Whan she list lightly to turne here and thare The ape to know whether the assis talkyng Were any quicker than his asshis stalkyng Asked the asse If thou shouldest choose one of bothe To ren as swiftly as the greyhound yonder gothe Or turne as light as the hare whiche one of twaine Wouldst thou in thy choosyng by choise obtayne I quoth the asse beyng at libertee Will choose none of bothe feates I may saye to thee What winneth the dog by his swift footemanship Whan the bare at pinche turnth from him at a whip And what wynth the hare in hir turns so lightly The dog outrennyng hir agayne by and by Rennyng or turnyng so ren or turne who will I will goe softly or els stand euen still Howbete to assoyle thy question quoth he If I should choose one lyke the hare would I be For where the dog renneth the hare for to kyll She turnth for defence offryng the dog none yll And better is this part in this case brother My selfe to defend than offend an other A foole and a wyse man XVI ¶ A foole and a wyse man ridyng one espyde He asked the horse that the wyse man did ryde Whither goste thou horse whither goe I quoth he Aske hym that guideth the bridell aske not me Whither ridest thou foole ꝙ he with looke so fell Aske my horse knaue said he what can I tell Whan fooles ride ꝙ he that can not rule the raine Their horses be their herbengers I see plaine And whan wise men ride I right well espie Them self not their horse apoynt where thei shal lie Of sight XVII ¶ Who nedes will looke and woulde not see The syght once seen thou lokeste fore Close vp thine eyes For truste thou me Muche lookyng so breedth much ●ie sore Feigned newes XVIII ¶ From a feelde fought one of the beaten syde Ran ●ome and victorie on his parte he cryde Whose prince by hym thus enfo●rmed of this Made bonfiers and banertꝭ as the vse is In shorte tyme after all which ioye and coste The kynge was acert●ynde the feeld was loste Wherwith he in as great hast as great greefe Charged the first messenger to make preefe Where he had this lie that the feelde wss wonue My selfe sir quoth he this lie first b●gonne Which for comm●dite● vnto your grace And all your subiectes I brought it in place Where y e truth shold haue broght waa●●hing weping My lie brought two daies of laughing and sleping And if ye all this yere toke my lie for true To kepe you merie what harme could ensu● 〈◊〉 is quoth he be it new or stale A harmelesse lie than a harmefull true tale How his lie wa●●laude I know none that knowth But it was at least winke at I heard of trowth Two arme in ●rme XIX ¶ One said to a nother taking his arme By licence frend