Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	commodity_n	young_a	youth_n	12	3	8.7984	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08375	Esops eables [sic] translated grammatically, and also in propriety of our English phrase; and, euery way, in such sort as may bee most profitable for the grammar-schoole; Aesop's fables. English	Aesop.; Brinsley, John, fl. 1581-1624.	1617 (1617)	STC 187.5; ESTC S104368	37,385	84

no●hing is euery way blessed I in very deed would not wish my lot to be changed so that it be tolerable Many hauing gotten a new lot haue wished the old againe That is the nature almost of vs all that we are discontent with our estate 19 Of a theefe and a dogg● teaching to beware of flatterers A Theefe of a time reaching bread to a dog that hee would holde his peace the dogge answered I know thy treachery Thou giuest mee bread that I should leaue off barking But I hate thy gift because if I shall take thy bread thou wilt carry away all things out of these houses Mor. Beware you lose not a great commodity for a small commodities sake Take heed you trust not euery man For there are men who will not onely speake curteously but also deale kindly onely with purpose to deceiue 20 Of a wolfe and a young sow teaching vs to beware of them who are too officioiu A Young sowe was about to pigge A wolfe promi●eth that hee will bee the keeper of her young The sow answered that she had no need of the s●ruice of the wolfe If hee would be accounted deuout and if hee desire to doe her a kindenesse that he would get him further off For that the kindeness of the wolfe should consist not in his presence but in his absence Mor. Wee are not to giue credite to all things which euery one saith Many will promise their help not for the loue of you but of themselues seeking their owne cōmodity not yours 21 Of the bringing forth of the mountaines teaching to beware of foolish boasting and vaine feares IN time past there was a rumour that the mountains brought forth Men run vnto them stand ●ound about exspecting some monster not without feare At length the mountaines bring forth a mouse creepeth out Then all the beholders did almost die with laughter Mor. Horace toucheth this pretty fable The mountaines are in trauell quoth hee a ridiculous mouse will bee bred But hee noteth boasting For boasters when they profess and make ostentation of great matters scarsly performe small Wherefore those Thrasocs are iustly a matter of ●est scorne This fable doth also forbid vaine feares For the feare of the perill is for the most part greater than the p●ll it selfe yea it is oft ridiculous which wee feare 22 Of ● a hound despised of his master snewing the nature of ingratitude and that nothing is loued but that which bri●eth commodity A Master hastens on his hound which was now waxen olde He calls on him in vaine His feet are sl●we hee maketh no haste Hee had caught a wilde beast the beast slips away from him being toothlesse His master rates him with strokes and with words The dogge answered that he ought of right to be pardoned that now he was becomne olde but that hee had beene stout when he was young But as I see quoth hee nothing pleaseth without commodity You loued me being young you hate me now becomne olde You loued mee bringing in preies you hate mee now slowe toothlesse But if you were thankful whom you loued rin times past being yong for your commodity sake you would loue now ●eeing olde for the cause of his profitable youth Mor. The dogge said well For 〈◊〉 Ouid saith Nothing i● loued but that which bring● commodity Beholde take away from a greedy minde the hope of commodity no bodie will be sought for There is no remembrance of a cōmodity past and the fauor of a future commodity not great the chiefest thankfulnes is for a present commodity Indeed it i● a shame to bee spoken but if wee confesse the truth The common sorte doth approoue friendship by their commodity 23 Of hares and frogs setting forth the folly of timerousnesse and the necessity of courage in perils A Woode roaring on a time with an vnaccustomed whirle-winde the trembling hares beginne to flee away swiftly But as they were fleeing whenas there was a fe●ne in their way they stood doubtfull inclosed with perills on both sides And which was a prouocation of greater feare they see frogs drowned in the fenne Then one of the hares wiser more eloquent than the rest said why doe we feare without cause wee haue need of a courage wee haue indeed nimblenesse of body but wee want heart This danger of the whirle-winde is not to be fled but to be contemned Mor. There is need of courage in euery matter Vertue without confidence lyeth vnder foote for confidence is the leader and queen of vertue 24 Of a kid and a wolfe teaching children to obey their parents WHenas on a time a goate was to goe to feed shee shut vp her kid at home warning him to open to no body vntill she herselfe returned The wolfe which heard that a farre off after his dam was gone knockes at the doores imitates the goate in voyce commanding the doores to be opened The kid perceiuing the treacheatie I will not open them quoth hee for although the voyce be the goates voyce yet indeed I see a wolfe thorough the chinks Mor. For children to obey their parents is profitable to themselues and it becommeth a young man to harken to an old 25 Of asta● and a sheep shewing that extorted promises are not to be kept A Stagge accused a sheep before a wolfe clamoring against her that shee ought him a bushell of wheate But the sheepe was ignorant of the debt Yet neuerthelesse for the presence of the wolfe promiseth that shee would giue it There is a day appointed for payment it comes The stagge puts the sheepe in minde of the debt Shee denyeth it For what she had promised she exculeth it done by feare and for the presence of the wolfe and that an extorted promise was not to be kept Mor. The sentence of the lawe is It is lawfull to repell violence by violence From this little fable a certain new sentence doth arise That it is lawfull to refell deceit by deceit 26 Of a countrie-man and a snake teaching vs to learne wit by that which is past A Certaine countrie-man had bred vppe a snake And being angry of a time smit him with his hatchet He escapeth away not without a wound Afterwards the coū trie-man comming to pouerty supposed that misfortune