Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	duke_n	great_a	king_n	3,144	5	4.0015	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05414	A discourse not altogether vnprofitable, nor vnpleasant for such as are desirous to know the situation and customes of forraine cities without trauelling to see them Containing a discourse of all those citties wherein doe flourish at this day priuiledged vniuersities. Written by Samuel Levvkenor Gentleman.	Lewkenor, Samuel.	1600 (1600)	STC 15566; ESTC S108534	83,597	168

wainsflet_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n college_n build_v magdalen_n college_n he_o build_v also_o a_o great_a part_n of_o eton_n college_n before_o begin_v by_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o william_n smith_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n during_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o seven_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o brazen_a nose_n in_o the_o year_n 1513._o the_o which_o have_v be_v college_n late_o by_o that_o reverend_a old_a man_n alexander_n nowell_n deane_n of_o s._n paul_n church_n in_o london_n much_o help_v &_o increase_v during_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o say_a king_n henry_n the_o seven_o college_n richard_n fox_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n found_v corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la college_n himself_o have_v before_o be_v a_o fellow_n of_o pembroke_n hall_n in_o cambridge_n the_o which_o college_n of_o he_o in_o the_o year_n 1516._o he_o endow_v with_o forty_o pound_n eight_o shilling_n two_o penny_n yearly_a rent_n for_o ever_o in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o thomas_z wolsey_z cardinal_n of_o rome_n archbishop_n of_o york_n and_o lord_n church_n high_a chancellor_n of_o england_n begin_v in_o sumptuous_a manner_n to_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o a_o most_o ample_a and_o spacious_a college_n but_o fall_v into_o the_o king_n heavy_a displeasure_n before_o the_o same_o can_v be_v bring_v to_o perfection_n the_o king_n after_o his_o decease_n enrich_v the_o same_o with_o many_o goodly_a revenue_n annex_v thereunto_o canterbury_n college_n which_o have_v be_v before_o erect_v in_o the_o time_n of_o edward_n the_o 3._o by_o simon_n islep_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n this_o worthy_a king_n of_o famous_a memory_n the_o more_o to_o grace_n &_o adorn_v the_o city_n erect_v therein_o a_o bishop_n sea_n and_o out_o of_o his_o treasury_n appoint_v yearly_a to_o be_v pay_v certain_a annuity_n for_o the_o perpetual_a maintenance_n of_o public_a reader_n in_o each_o several_a school_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o queen_n mary_n sir_n thomas_n pope_n re-edify_v college_n duresme_n college_n which_o be_v in_o former_a age_n erect_v by_o thomas_n of_o hatfield_n bishop_n of_o duresme_n and_o now_o by_o continuance_n of_o time_n exceed_o decay_v by_o which_o knight_n the_o name_n thereof_o be_v alter_v it_o be_v now_o call_v trinity_n college_n not_o long_o since_o hugh_n prise_n doctor_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n have_v found_v a_o new_a college_n which_o in_o honour_n college_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v know_v by_o the_o name_n of_o jesu_n college_n many_o other_o rare_a and_o excellent_a ornament_n there_o be_v wherewith_o this_o famous_a and_o far_o renown_a academy_n exceed_o be_v beautify_v as_o church_n library_n public_a school_n and_o many_o sumptuous_a private_a edifice_n the_o which_o to_o avoid_v prolixity_n i_o will_v omit_v imagine_v that_o such_o trivial_a thing_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v famialiar_o know_v to_o every_o learned_a reader_n wherefore_o with_o this_o assertion_n i_o will_v final_o conclude_v that_o more_o piety_n in_o religion_n more_o profoundness_n in_o learning_n more_o strictness_n in_o discipline_n &_o more_o integrity_n in_o life_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o one_o university_n in_o whatsoever_o part_n or_o region_n of_o the_o world_n cambridge_n concern_v the_o first_o original_a and_o foundation_n of_o the_o city_n and_o university_n of_o cambridge_n among_o the_o learned_a searcher_n of_o antique_a lustory_n two_o several_a and_o discrepant_a opinion_n strong_o be_v maintain_v john_n caius_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o antiquity_n of_o cambridge_n with_o many_o argument_n labour_v to_o prove_v the_o foundation_n thereof_o to_o have_v be_v lay_v and_o the_o name_n derive_v from_o one_o cantabar_n a_o prince_n of_o spain_n brother_n to_o partholinus_fw-la king_n of_o ireland_n and_o son_n in_o law_n to_o gurguntius_n king_n of_o britain_n in_o the_o year_n 4317._o after_o the_o world_n first_o creation_n which_o be_v 539._o year_n before_o our_o saviour_n nativity_n for_o proof_n of_o which_o opinion_n he_o allege_v the_o authority_n of_o john_n lidgat_n monk_n of_o berri●_n and_o scholar_n to_o that_o famous_a poet_n and_o only_a homer_n of_o our_o english_a nation_n geffrey_n chaucer_n who_o verse_n in_o old_a english_a as_o i_o find_v they_o write_v i_o have_v here_o underneath_o set_v down_o by_o true_a record_n of_o the_o doctor_n bede_n that_o sometime_o write_v so_o much_o with_o his_o hand_n and_o special_o remember_v as_o i_o read_v in_o his_o chronicle_n make_v of_o england_n among_o other_o thing_n as_o we_o shall_v understand_v who_o for_o my_o author_n i_o dare_v allege_v sith_o the_o translation_n and_o build_n of_o cambridge_n with_o he_o according_a a●fred_n the_o chronicler_n serious_o who_o list_v his_o book_n for_o to_o see_v make_v in_o the_o time_n when_o he_o be_v thresurer_n of_o beverley_n a_o old_a famous_a city_n affirm_v and_o sane_a the_o university_n of_o cambridge_n and_o study_v first_o begin_v by_o their_o writing_n as_o i_o report_n can_v he_o rehearse_v first_o for_o commendation_n by_o their_o writing_n how_o that_o old_a city_n be_v strong_o wall_v with_o tower_n many_o one_o build_v and_o finish_v with_o great_a liberty_n notable_a and_o famous_a of_o great_a authority_n as_o their_o author_n according_a sane_a the_o same_o of_o cantabar_n take_v first_o his_o name_n like_a as_o i_o find_v report_n i_o can_v none_o other_o this_o cantaber_n time_n of_o his_o live_n to_o partholine_n he_o be_v germane_a brother_n duke_n in_o those_o day_n in_o ireland_n a_o great_a king_n chief_a and_o principal_a cause_n of_o that_o build_n the_o wall_n about_o and_o tower_n as_o they_o stand_v be_v set_v and_o build_v upon_o a_o large_a flood_n name_v cantebro_n a_o large_a broad_a river_n and_o after_o cante_n call_v cantebro_n this_o famous_a city_n this_o write_v the_o chronicler_n be_v call_v cambridge_n rehearse_v eke_o also_o in_o their_o book_n these_o author_n both_o two_o touch_v the_o date_n as_o i_o rehearse_v can_v from_o thilk_o time_n that_o the_o world_n begin_v four_o thousand_o complete_a by_o account_n clear_a and_o three_o hundred_o by_o computation_n join_v thereto_o eight_o and_o forty_o year_n when_o cantebro_n give_v the_o foundation_n of_o this_o city_n and_o this_o famous_a town_n and_o of_o this_o noble_a university_n set_v on_o this_o river_n which_o be_v call_v cante_n and_o fro_o the_o great_a transmigration_n of_o king_n reckon_v in_o the_o bible_n old_a from_fw-mi jerusalem_n to_o babylon_n two_o hundred_o winter_n &_o thirty_o year_n tell_v thus_o to_o write_v my_o author_n make_v i_o bold_a then_o cantebro_n as_o it_o well_o know_v at_o athens_n school_v in_o his_o youth_n all_o wit_n great_o do_v apply_v to_o have_v acquaintance_n by_o great_a affection_n with_o folk_n expert_a in_o philosophy_n from_o athens_n he_o bring_v with_o he_o down_o philosopher_n most_o sovereign_a of_o renown_n unto_o cambridge_n plain_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n anaximander_n and_o anaxagoras_n with_o many_o other_o my_o author_n do_v fare_v to_z cambridge_z fast_o can_v he_o speed_v with_o philosopher_n and_o let_v for_o no_o cost_n spare_v in_o the_o school_n to_o study_v and_o to_o read_v of_o who_o teach_v great_a profit_n that_o begin_v spread_v and_o great_a increase_n rise_v of_o his_o doctrine_n thus_o of_o cambridge_n the_o name_n begin_v first_o shine_v as_o chief_a school_n and_o university_n unto_o this_o time_n from_o the_o day_n it_o begin_v by_o clear_a report_n in_o many_o a_o far_a country_n unto_o the_o reign_n of_o cassibelan_n a_o worthy_a prince_n and_o full_a knightly_a man_n as_o sane_a chronicle_n who_o with_o mighty_a hand_n let_v julius_n caesar_n to_o arrive_v in_o this_o land_n five_o hundred_o year_n full_a thirty_o year_n &_o twenty_o from_o babylon_n transmigration_n that_o cassibelan_n reign_v in_o britain_n which_o by_o his_o notable_a royal_a discreation_n to_o increase_v that_o study_n of_o great_a affection_n i_o mean_v of_o cambridge_n the_o university_n franchise_v with_o many_o a_o liberty_n by_o mean_a of_o his_o royal_a favour_n from_o country_n about_o many_o a_o one_o diverse_a scholar_n by_o diligent_a labour_n make_v their_o resort_n of_o great_a affection_n to_o that_o study_n great_a plenty_n there_o come_v down_o to_o gather_v fruit_n of_o wisdom_n and_o science_n and_o sundry_a flower_n of_o sugar_a eloquence_n and_o as_o it_o be_v put_v eke_o in_o memory_n how_o julius_n caesar_n enter_v this_o region_n one_o cassibelan_n after_o his_o victory_n take_v with_o he_o clerk_n of_o famous_a renown_n fron_n cambridge_n &_o lead_v they_o ●●_o rome_n town_n thus_o by_o process_n remember_v heretoforne_o cambridge_n be_v found_v long_o ere_o christ_n be_v bear_v five_o hundred_o year_n thirty_o &_o eke_o nine_o in_o this_o matter_n you_o get_v no_o more_o of_o i_o rehearse_v i_o will_v no_o more_o at_o this_o time_n these_o remembrance_n have_v great_a authority_n to_o be_v prefer_v of_o long_a antiquity_n

be_v sundry_a opinion_n lelandus_n imagine_v that_o it_o first_o be_v call_v ouseforde_n from_o the_o river_n ouse_n in_o latin_a isis_n but_o the_o most_o true_a and_o probable_a conjecture_n be_v that_o it_o be_v name_v of_o the_o saxon_n oxenford_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n that_o the_o grecian_n name_v their_o bosphoros_n and_o the_o german_n ochensfurt_n a_o city_n stand_v at_o this_o day_n on_o the_o bank_n of_o the_o river_n odour_n from_o a_o fourde_z or_o shallownes_n of_o the_o river_n in_o that_o place_n through_o the_o which_o cattle_n may_v safe_o pass_v for_o which_o cause_n it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n of_o the_o ancient_a briton_n call_v in_o their_o language_n rhyddichen_n we_o find_v write_v in_o our_o chronicle_n that_o this_o city_n be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o briton_n the_o first_o inhabitant_n of_o this_o island_n consecrate_v unto_o the_o muse_n who_o name_n and_o memory_n be_v afterward_o during_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o saxon_a war_n therein_o utter_o extinguish_v and_o the_o city_n much_o obscure_v know_v only_o for_o certain_a relic_n of_o s._n frideswid_v a_o religious_a votaress_n therein_o reserve_v and_o with_o much_o devotion_n often_o visit_v but_o in_o succession_n of_o time_n 873._o year_n after_o our_o saviour_n incarnation_n alfred_n a_o holy_a and_o religious_a saxon_a king_n restore_v again_o the_o muse_n to_o their_o former_a dignity_n which_o have_v be_v thence_o so_o long_o exile_v who_o the_o better_a to_o encourage_v their_o abode_n therein_o cause_v three_o college_n to_o be_v erect_v one_o for_o grammarian_n another_o for_o philosopher_n and_o a_o third_o for_o professor_n of_o divinity_n but_o this_o felicity_n not_o long_o endure_v for_o the_o dane_n in_o the_o time_n of_o ethelred_n consume_v all_o with_o fire_n and_o sword_n burn_v a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o city_n and_o not_o long_o after_o harald_n lightfoot_n exercise_v in_o the_o same_o such_o immane_a harefoott_n and_o barbarous_a cruelty_n that_o the_o student_n fly_v from_o their_o college_n and_o habitation_n leave_v the_o university_n desolate_a and_o forsake_a in_o which_o estate_n it_o remain_v until_o william_n the_o norman_a by_o his_o conquer_a arm_n obtain_v the_o regal_a diadem_n after_o which_o prince_n his_o entrance_n robert_n de_fw-fr oilgi_n a_o gentleman_n of_o normandy_n in_o guerdon_n olley_n of_o his_o valour_n travel_n and_o expense_n receyve_v of_o the_o conqueror_n a_o grant_n of_o certain_a land_n near_o the_o wall_n of_o this_o city_n erect_v at_o the_o west_n end_v thereof_o a_o strong_a &_o well_o fortify_v castle_n which_o after_o be_v by_o king_n stephen_n during_o the_o war_n between_o he_o and_o maude_n the_o empress_n long_o in_o vain_a besidge_v he_o also_o as_o some_o think_v environ_v oxford_n with_o a_o wall_n which_o now_o by_o long_a continuance_n be_v decay_v robert_n his_o brother_n son_n in_o the_o year_n 1130._o found_v near_o unto_o this_o city_n a_o spacious_a and_o goodly_a priory_n which_o from_o the_o river_n before_o mention_v environ_v the_o same_o he_o call_v ousney_n the_o ruin_n of_o who_o wall_n remain_v only_o at_o this_o day_n to_o be_v see_v in_o these_o time_n the_o city_n be_v again_o with_o many_o fair_a and_o goodly_a aedifices_fw-la adorn_v new_o begin_v to_o flourish_v and_o great_a multitude_n of_o student_n from_o every_o part_n and_o corner_n of_o the_o realm_n for_o their_o better_a increase_n in_o learning_n begin_v to_o repair_v thither_o and_o now_o the_o fountain_n of_o the_o muse_n which_o have_v long_o seem_v to_o be_v dry_a or_o stop_v up_o be_v again_o all_o obstruction_n of_o barbarism_n be_v take_v away_o open_v and_o reviue_v for_o the_o which_o much_o do_v this_o noble_a university_n remain_v indebt_v to_o the_o worthy_a memory_n of_o robert_n polenius_fw-la a_o learned_a man_n by_o who_o only_a laborius_n and_o painful_a industry_n it_o have_v recover_v the_o place_n and_o dignity_n which_o at_o this_o day_n it_o hold_v among_o other_o academy_n in_o our_o christian_a world_n unto_o so_o happy_a effect_n do_v sort_n the_o labour_n of_o this_o worthy_a man_n that_o in_o the_o raigue_n of_o king_n john_n three_o thousand_o student_n be_v number_v in_o this_o university_n all_o which_o in_o short_a time_n after_o depart_v some_o to_o read_v and_o some_o to_o cambridge_n for_o certain_a iniutious_a wrong_n offer_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o citizen_n which_o dissension_n be_v not_o long_o after_o again_o appease_v they_o all_o return_v other_o affirm_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o secession_n to_o have_v be_v because_o the_o king_n cause_v three_o student_n to_o be_v apprehend_v in_o their_o college_n &_o present_o hang_v for_o the_o murder_n of_o a_o certain_a woman_n of_o which_o fact_n they_o all_o be_v innocent_a and_o guiltless_a not_o long_o after_o i_o mean_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o next_o succeed_a prince_n sundry_a virtuous_a and_o well_o dispose_v person_n begin_v to_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o diverse_a goodly_a college_n intend_v thereby_o to_o leave_v some_o monument_n of_o their_o name_n and_o worthiness_n to_o all_o posterity_n by_o who_o example_n since_o many_o famous_a prince_n and_o reverend_a prelate_n have_v be_v excite_v to_o do_v the_o like_a so_o that_o it_o comprehend_v at_o this_o day_n sixteen_o fair_a and_o goodly_a college_n all_o endue_v with_o large_a tenement_n &_o possession_n and_o eight_o hals_n merton_n college_n be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o henry_n the_o third_o or_o as_o other_o write_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o college_n found_v by_o walter_n merton_n sometime_o canon_n of_o salisbury_n and_o after_o bishop_n of_o rochester_n not_o long_o after_o or_o as_o some_o think_v before_o during_o the_o reign_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n be_v the_o ancient_a ledge_n foundation_n of_o holy_a alfred_n renew_v by_o one_o william_n archdeacon_n or_o as_o other_o say_v bishop_n of_o durisme_n and_o call_v university_n college_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o saviour_n incarnation_n 1263_o during_o the_o reign_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o be_v found_v balliol_n college_n college_n by_o john_n balliol_n king_n of_o scot_n or_o rather_o as_o other_o imagine_v his_o parent_n john_n and_o deruorguidis_n about_o this_o time_n as_o write_v armachanus_fw-la be_v number_v in_o oxford_n 30000_o student_n in_o the_o year_n from_o our_o saviour_n nativity_n 1126._o in_o the_o time_n of_o edward_n the_o second_o walter_z stapleton_n bishop_n of_o excester_n lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o excester_n college_n hall_n and_o hart_n hall_n which_o college_n late_o have_v be_v much_o augment_v in_o the_o day_n of_o our_o sovereign_a lady_n queen_n elizabeth_n by_o sir_n william_n peter_n knight_n king_n edward_n the_o second_o desirous_a to_o imitate_v the_o worthy_a example_n of_o this_o reverend_a praelate_n erect_v oriall_a college_n so_o call_v because_o it_o be_v indeed_o a_o college_n work_n which_o most_o worthy_o may_v beseem_v a_o king_n &_o thereto_o he_o add_v s._n mary_n hall_n hall_n lady_n philip_n wife_n unto_o king_n edward_n the_o third_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o a_o goodly_a college_n which_o she_o name_v the_o queen_n college_n about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1340._o college_n william_n wicham_n a_o famous_a and_o worthy_a prelate_n for_o his_o singular_a wisdom_n high_o esteem_v of_o king_n edward_n the_o three_o and_o by_o his_o mean_n make_v bishop_n of_o winchester_n in_o the_o year_n 1358._o lay_v in_o oxford_n the_o foundation_n of_o a_o magnificent_a and_o sumptuous_a college_n now_o call_v new_a college_n into_o the_o which_o yearly_a be_v send_v many_o rare_a and_o excellent_a wit_n from_o the_o college_n near_o winchester_n a_o most_o sertile_a seminary_n of_o good_a letter_n found_v by_o that_o thrice_o worthy_a bishop_n and_o by_o he_o commit_v to_o the_o tutele_n and_o protection_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n mary_n richard_n fleming_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n in_o the_o day_n college_n of_o henry_n the_o five_o about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n one_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o found_v lincoln_n college_n which_o be_v afterward_o in_o richard_n the_o thirdes_o time_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1479._o by_o thomas_n rotheram_n bishop_n of_o the_o same_o sea_n much_o augment_v and_o increase_v henry_n chichley_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n in_o the_o year_n 1439._o lay_v in_o oxford_n the_o foundation_n college_n of_o two_o goodly_a college_n the_o one_o dedicate_v to_o the_o memory_n of_o all_o soul_n the_o other_o to_o s._n bernard_n which_o be_v afterward_o suppress_v by_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o be_v of_o late_a in_o the_o reign_n of_o queen_n mary_n restore_v and_o re-edify_v by_o sir_n thomas_n white_a lord_n mayor_n of_o london_n and_o by_o he_o name_v s._n johns_n college_n durin_n the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o six_o about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 145●_n william_n