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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	delight_n	young_a	youth_n	12	3	7.3466	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01013	The picture of a perfit common wealth describing aswell the offices of princes and inferiour magistrates ouer their subiects, as also the duties of subiects towards their gouernours. Gathered forth of many authors, aswel humane, as diuine, by Thomas Floyd master in the Artes.	Floyd, Thomas, M.A., of Jesus College, Oxford.	1600 (1600)	STC 11119; ESTC S122030	71,774	330

pleasure According to the first the friendship of good men consisteth as I haue afore mentioned that there could be no friendship but amongst good men according to the secōd proceedeth a familiarity of daily conuersion and that is betweene marchants and diuers other mercenary trades men giuen to the world and regarding profit amongst whom there is no friendship for as Cicero saieth Amicus est alter ego that is I esteeme my friend as my selfe but they regard more their welth thē friendshippe which they thinke may procure them sufficient friends euery where Is not this an odious thing in a Cōmon wealth that friendship should be contemned which procureth concord and vnity vnity peace peace tranquillity tranquillity security of life which are the onely causes of the maintayning and long continuance of the good estate of the Common wealth The third last obiect is pleasure according to which the friendship of yōg youthes children dependeth for the delight they enioy in pleasure and pastime together which is not to be termed friendship because in such there wantes constancy and discretion as it euidently appeareth for this friendship endureth but for a time The like vnto this though a worse is that of theeues robbers conspirators and diuers other malefactors who as birds of the same feathers do flocke and resort together not for any loue they owe one the other but for the good will they beare vnto those lewde practises which they do vse Wherefore they are excluded of all men and in respect hereof they consort together for friendship sake as they terme it which is no friēdship but carrieth a shewe of friendship because friendship onely is said to be amongst good and vertuous mē which is the necessariest thing that should be esteemed amongst men For as Socrates was woont to say there could not bee a more excellent possession enioyed of any mā thē a good friend wherein Epaminōdas much delighted and was wont to glory that he neuer returned from any towne before hee had gotten the friendship of some man or other Wherby hee coniectured that there could be nothing of greater efficacy force then friendship which was well approued by Lucullus Volumnius who were such intimate friendes that when Marcus Anthonius had the Empire of Rome after the death of Cesar and also had put Lucullus to death for his conspiracy against Cesar Volūnius hearing of his friend Lucullus death came with sobs and teares before Anthony requesting on his knees one graunt and desiring Anthony to sende his souldiors to kil him vpon the graue of his friend Lucullus which being denied of the Emperour then immediatly he wrote vpon a piece of paper the which hee caried in his hand vntil he had accesse vnto the graue wherein Lucullus was layed and there holding fast the paper in one hand and his dagger in the other hande imbrued his hand with his owne bloud vpon the very graue of his friend hauing also clasped his hand fast vpon the piece of paper wherein was written this worthy sentence Thou that knowest the loyal friendship betwixt Volumnius and Lucullus linke our bodies together as our minds were one being aliue Such friendshippe was betweene Pomponius and Cesar that the one wanted nothing that the other had whose examples wee should ingenerall imitate for though wealth decay fortune frowne and we be of honours and dignities depriued yet shall not fortune with all her troupes change or alter friends who in prosperity or aduersity might reioyce one with an other or else in bewayling ease one an others calamity which is the chiefest sacrifice that may bee offered vnto God and the greatest terror vnto our enemies 1 The smile of a foe that proceedeth of enuy is worse then the teares of a friend flowing with pitie 2 Wee make experience of a friend as the goldsmith doth of his gold in trying him before wee haue need 3 To set on forwards in folly argueth no discretion to disswade a mā in course of honour were not the part of a friend 4 The counsell and perswasiō of a friend are alwaies fortunate in prosperity and his company in misery is alwaies delightfull Of Liberality Cap. 32. LIberality is a vertue gratefully bestowing gifts vpon others and is saied to be the encrease and yerely fruits or annuities of those blessings which God hath bestowed vpon vs for the relieuing of the distressed For the chiefest honor thereof cōsisteth in helping of the poore And as Ambrose saith this vertue is in league with iustice wherefore it should be ruled by moderation and reason ayming at her reuenues and thereof giuing freely as Bion Borystenite was wont to say it was good to bestow a portion of that talent wee haue vpon others yea farre better then to receiue any gift though bestowed So Demosthenes beyng asked what was most possessed of men that resembled GOD answered To bestow bountifully and to effect good things Neuerthelesse in bestowing we must be circumspect and consider where when and to whom because liberality consisteth not in the quantity of the thing bestowed but in the true meaning and natural inclination and disposition of the giuer For he is neuer said to giue in vaine as Augustine saith that giueth with a zeale and deuotiō they are accoūted liberall and bountiful which bestow giftes vpon him that deserueth well requesteth nothing For doubtlesse that gifte is double to bee accepted which proceedeth from a free hand and a liberall hart because Plautus saieth that he giueth too late that giueth when he is asked for the request of the thing that is giuen deserueth the gift wherfore he is rightly accoūted liberal that giueth of his owne accord and receiueth not and withall the benefite of the giuer doth more profit him that giueth then the receiuer which Phocion the whole credit of Athens did esteeme rightly to be no otherwise who when Alexander the great had presented him with giftes and sundry costly Iewels frō Persia did shew a liuely example hereof in refusing the gift adding this sentence I wil not learne to take lest I forget to giue Wherein hee shewed himselfe a patterne of liberalitie well befitting the worthines of his person Herby we may coniecture that to be liberal is a signe of an excellēt mind This property of bestowing is a commendation in noble persons for in liberall giuing beneficial doing are princes compared vnto God For what may be more cōmendable in subiectes towards their Prince then to be faithfull and loyall or what may deserue greater praise thē liberality and clemency in a prince towards his subiects What made Iulius Cesar to be beloued of his souldiers but magnificēce and liberality who vanquished Darius whose treasure and substance were brought before him which amounted in ready coine to two hundred thousand pounds beside infinite treasures and iewels wherof he tooke nothing from his souldiers but a litle book named Homers Iliades in which he delighted much onely to