Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	death_n	great_a	king_n	2,913	5	3.6168	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19643	The schoole of pollicie: or The araignement of state-abuses Directing magistrates, adorning the court, and beautifying the whole common-wealth.	Crosse, Henry.	1605 (1605)	STC 6071; ESTC S113496	92,346	156

she is deuidable and albeit many sprigges growe out of these foure braunches yet is shee called Vertue in the singular number Prudence Prudence is a certaine brightnesse shining in the minde by which the light of truth is descried foreseeing what is fit to be done a true affection labouring by reason to finde out the quallitie and to iudge what is iust fit honest profitable equall and good not onely aduisedly looking to the first motiue cause but also to the consequent and finall endes by this the present felicitie and infelicitie of this life is sweetly tempered and all things ordered in comelinesse Whosoeuer rashly setteth vpon his businesse without her rusheth vpon the rockes of errour and by his owne headie opinion commeth soone to ruine because it is impossible to effect any thing well vnlesse he be guided by her light neither can hee be able to discerne good from euill things profitable from thinges preiudiciall but as a blinde man doth venterously trauaile without a guide and at euery step readie to stumble so hee that is ignorant in plotting his affaires wadeth in darkenesse wherein euery storme of triall doth ouerturne his pollicie A prudent man is so cautelous and vigillant as wel in the consideration of fore-passed daungers as in preiudicating perills to come that he meeteth with euerie mischiefe and is not ouertaken with non putaui had I wist for hauing set his rest on a firme ground doth not doubt but expect not repeÌ„t in the end but reioice in the whole action so that she regardeth things past present and to come and bendeth her force to that part that is needfull to defend the weakenesse of reason and when she hath drawne out the plot which honestie doth require committeth it to Sapience whch as a hand-maide is readie to execute that in the outward worke which before was determined The main difference betweene these two is the former is a generall comprehending and knowledge of things the other an experience of that in action For as by reasoning reading and conuersing with wise men a man may vnderstand much yet without practise all is nothing Before a Phisition doth minister to his Patient he searcheth into the nature of the disease and acquaints himselfe with the state of the body which hauing once found out it is to no end if he apply not himselfe in outward meanes to benefite the sicke person with his potion So if there be but a defused knowledge of things Scire tuum nihil est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter and as it were such a collection as by it the vnderstanding is bettered and no outward demonstration it is as treasure hid in the earth and serues for no vse for there be markes to knowe a prudent man by if hee be vniustly vexed troubled Ennius or in pouertie sicknesse and tossed too and fro in miserie if he reioyce in these afflictions Notes of a wise man and patiently beare the crosse the same is a prudent man and his suffring maketh it a meane to him but when a man is chastised either in body or goods and will not suffer without griefe and muttering the same is a vitious and imprudent man To be briefe she is the right disposer of all things an enemie to ignorance the key of knowledge which openeth the rich treasure of diuine and humane things doing nothing but that which is right iust and praise-worthy Iustice Iustice is a vertue that giueth to euery man his owne the first and principall part whereof is and euer was to doo God that honour which is due to his diuine maiestie consisting in feare loue reuerence for as Iustice will equally render to euery man his owne bring discording things to an equalitie by considering the difference betweene them so much more and most of all it is most iust to loue God of whom wee haue all that we haue and being perished by originall corruption were eftsoones recouered by the sufferings of his son this part of Iustice ought to be imbraced with other affectioÌ„ than the Heathen who wandring in the darknes of ignorance know not God as he is A iust man coueteth not that that is an others but rather neglecteth his owne for the good of the Common-wealth nor with a greedie humor doth incroach vpon his neighbors possession Without Iustice no estate can subsist for all vertues are comprehended vnder the name of Iustice of which a man is said to be a good man for all the other vertues cannot make a man good if Iustice be absent Tully calleth her the Lady Queen of all other vertues by her is the societie of man preserued the most excelleÌ„t blessing that euer God gaue to man was to be gouerned by Iustice which bridleth the hot fury of the wicked comforteth the innocent equally decideth between Meum TuuÌ„ And he that is exercised herein his mind is lifted vp to the apprehension of greater wisdome For howsoeuer the world is troubled with hurly burly yet the quietnesse of his minde is no whit distracted but resting in securitie smileth at the worlds turbulent state Finally it is a bloud in the vain giuing life to the whole body the head of all vertues for of her selfe she may do many things but without her the rest can doo nothing rightly Fortitude Fortitude is a greatnesse of mind which without furious or rash resolution feareth not to hazard it selfe in the greatest perils and with eager pursuite to hunt after honourable actions thirsting after glory not respecting the tedious difficultie of the passages therevnto to encounter wiih dangers wade through the mystie clouds of darknes willingly endure all bitternes of fortune for the safegard of the country such were Scipiones Fabij Alcibiades Hannibal c. who by their valour great prowes reached to the top of honour Neither is true Fortitude measured by the compasse of a great body nor by dooing great enterprises in respect of the huge stature but by a fierce and couragious spirit striuing in a good cause the cause is all The cause maketh a Martyr it is not the torment that maketh a Martyr but the cause for which he suffereth So that to speake properly Fortitude is that which is granted vpon good cause possible to be atchieued such true valour was in Dauid who could not abide to heare the name of God blasphemed by such a monster as Goliah therefore knowing God would aide his enterprise he relyed not vpon his owne strength but cast off all vaine glory for when matters are rightly attempted many straunge aduentures proceed euen as it were by myracle a iust honest cause maketh a man bolde hardie and venterous to striue against one of greater force as King Alexander being of small body sought hand to hand with Porrus which was a more mightie man it is not then any great person or huge Collosse that can triumph ouer a good cause The

when nothing is more wretched the nurse of pride the schoole of abuse and the guide that leades into many temptations it is much better rather to shine in Vertue then in riches And therefore our Sauiour Christ in the Gospell compareth the felicitie of a rich man to an impossibilitie saying that it is as hard for him to climbe to heauen being loaden with drosse as for a Cammell to creepe through the eye of a Needle and this made the Philosophers in their humane wisedome so much despise worldly honour and vndergoe pouertie with so great patience Examples of contemners of money Annacreon hauing a huge masse of money sent him by Policrates could neuer rest till he was rid of it againe his minde troubled his sleepe broken returned it againe to him that sent it saying he neuer liued in so great feare and dread all his life long as hee had done those two dayes while the mony was in his house Phocion in like manner when the king had sent him a great beneuolence hee asked him that brought it what mooued his maister to send him so much mony seeing the king did not know him answered it was in respect of the great fame he heard of his vertues If that be the cause quoth he carry it backe to him againe and let him leaue me as I am and not by increase of wealth to diminish my vertues Diogines refused all and craued nothing but the common benefit of the Sunne which Alexander had taken from him by standing betweene him and it Plutarch reporteth that when Alexander vpon a time came into a poore barren Countrey thinking to haue made some great conquest found the inhabitants gathering rootes grasse to eate neither vsing force to repell and keep him backe nor any meanes to disswade him from his warlike attempt but as poore snakes were altogether busied for their bellies The King considering their pouertie and vnfruitfulnesse of their countrey had pittie and compassion on their miserie and bad them aske what they would and it should incontinently be graunted Quoth they with one consent giue vs euerlasting life Why how can I giue that quoth he that am but a mortall man Then why seeke you to win the whole world as though you were immortall and should neuer dye Zenon Crates infinite were the examples of those that were rauished with the formossitie and excellent hue of Vertue that they contemned money riches pompe choosing pouertie for the pure life of perfection bearing the bitternesse of fortune with an vnconquerable courage The auntient victorious Romaines sought after Vertue and by their noble deedes and heroicall spirits got the palme of true honour not sparing body or goods to aduance the CoÌ„mon-wealth The shadow of vertue was more esteemed among the Heathen then the true body is now among the Christians in so much as many of them had not wherewith to endowe theyr daughters nor which was lesse to defraye Funerall charges but what they had out of the commoÌ„ store which by their conquests they had so greatly enriched as Scipio Sylla and the great Pompey for then Vertue was their chiefest riches An example we finde of a noble captaine who beeing offered a great reward by his Generall for his knighthood and valour done in seruice with this gratulation thou shalt bee paide in riches for thy valour and not in honour for Vertue hee refused the one and tooke the other counting riches not worthy to bee matched wirh the dignitie of Vertue The Martyrs in all ages are much to bee admired that being indued with true fortitude did most willingly embrace their deathes and suffer their bodies to bee rent torne and cruelly burned by the persecutors for the profession of a good conscience and by theyr meeke sufferings gained perpetuall honour And although it falleth out as for the most part it doth that men indued with rare and singular vertues are vtterly forgotten and scarce noted while they liue yet beeing dead theyr fame mounts vp to heauen and is divulged and spread in the earth for the want of a good thing is then most precious when it is remooued farthest off Cato was scarce knowne while he liued but after his death was of great price and all those famous Philosophers Orators schoole-men that liued in darknesse and were so basely esteemed yet wee see by the memorie of their goodly vertues they now liue againe by being recommended from one age to an other And herehence sprung the multiplicitie of Heathen goddes I meane from the notable vertues of singular men for the foolish antiquitie honoured men as gods after their deathes Cicero de nat deor which eyther were of high dignitie while they liued of great birth or had done some notable benefite for their Countrie for honour and reuerence is rehibited for some certaine cause rising of externall things framed by Vertue for honour is compounded of honestie Honor ex virtute oritur Hermes or Mercurius was of such fame among the Aegiptians as hee was deified and made a god calling him the Messenger of Iupiter Mars a great warriour Bacchus the inuenter of wine Esculapius a Phisition Pytho was so reuerently thought of amongst the Barbarians for that by his singular wisedome hee had withdrawne the inhabitants from their vices that they made of his Cottage a Temple giuing him diuine honour What contumelies and strife was about the bodie of Homer when seuen Cities were at variance to possesse his corpes when he was dead Septem vrbes certant de stirpe insignis Homeri Aulus bell Smyrna Rhodes Colophon Salamin Ios Argos Athenae Diogenes liued beggerly in contempt but after his death was honorably interred in a monument of fame so that the memorie of these sprung from the roote of Vertue and from some notable exployt which got the peoples loue who thought the applause of this worlde was no sufficient recompence for theyr vertues The flourishing state of the Romaines Athenians Lacedemonians and other dominions Vertues hold vp a common-wealth were all vpheld by Vertue for where Vertue is established there Vice is detested for as light and darknesse fire and water cannot be put together but one will confound the others nature so these two contraries cannot ioyntly hold possession but one will vtterly extinct the other and where Vertue is wanting in a generall gouernment that Common-wealth is wholly ouerthrowne Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore Hora. Oderunt peccare mali formidine paene The good hate to sinne because of Vertue the bad for lawe but he is onely good that of his owne wil and honest mind eschueth euil more for coÌ„science sake theÌ„ for dread of mans punishment the euill and vicious contrariwise are with-held by the rigour of Iustice and for feare of penaltie the rebellion within is kept from outwardly working so that nothing but the sword of the magistrate doth the hot rage of his furie when the conscience lyes vast and open to all

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