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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	evil_a	good_a	see_v	2,875	5	3.5208	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14893	A lyttle treatyse called the image of idlenesse conteynynge certeyne matters moued betwene Walter Wedlocke and Bawdin Bacheler. Tra[n]slated out of the Troyane or Cornyshe tounge into Englyshe, by Olyuer Oldwanton, and dedicated to the Lady Lust.; Image of idleness.	Oldwanton, Oliver.	1555 (1555)	STC 25196; ESTC S107597	42,681	103

but rather scoffyngly to retreate and dishonestly make theyr aduaunte of that they myght haue had The diuersitie and dispositions of which persons it shal be necessary for you to endeuer your selfe with all the sleyghtes and pollicie that possible ye maye deuyse to perceaue and knowe and thereafter to giue them enterteynement and answere For as to any of the fyrst sort a sodayne refuse is death without redemption and therfore vnto such you may not gyue the repulse at fyrste but rather with an answere of double vnderstandyng by lyttle and lyttle quayle theyr hope of spede Or otherwyse by counterfaytinge your selfe to be fro warde or entangled with some other euyll tatche to make them thinke you better lost then founde so that they maye rather seme to gyue ouer then to be refused But as for the seconde meyny whereof God wote there are so many ye can not vse them to euyll For surely vnto suche wretches the very torment and payne of hel so that the poore soule were saued is scarsly sufficient punishement And therfore besides an vtter nay at the fyrst to shewe them as much sullayne strangenesse as ye can deuise whereby the rather to brynge them in dispayre of spede shal be but wel done Respect yet somewhat to be had that ye seme not to take vnthankefully that whiche is offered vnder a frendly pretence and beware that in such case ye gyue no credyte to any creature that speaketh in theyr fauoure or furtheraunce For no doubt it is often sene that such sutes grounded on couertise be so compassed with golde and gyftes that manye tymes one frende selleth another whereby bothe the byer and seller are geytners But woe may be the poore wyfe that payeth for all and yet is neuer the rather maryed for in such case the goodes be maryed and not the woman and as we may se by experience eyther of them cheryshed and set by accordyngly But nowe to the thyrde sort of suters these eluyshe dissemblers that I spake of before when ye haue a lyttle denyed them whiche I wolde wyshe were doone vnder a mylde indifferente sorte onely to eschewe that ye minister them none occasion to boast of any thynge graunted and not to brynge them in vtter dispayre of spede wherby to gyue ouer theyr sute and lese no more but theyr laboure ▪ For that were to lyttle penaunce and therefore ye muste in suche case when ye haue sayde them nay counteruayle your worde with a louynge lyppe or frendly eye as though not perceauynge theyr dissimulation ye ment them muche better then ye spake and therwithall to encrease theyr affection ye must enterteyne them with port and fashyon as ye shall thynke most to theyr contentation which neuerthelesse muste be done with suche demure simplicitie as it seme not to passe the bowndes of womanhed and honest estimatiō and vnder so good awayte that ye seme not in the same presence to shewe the lyke grace and familiaritie to any other assayinge by suche meanes to make of such counterfeytes ryght venerians and then smylynge at theyr smarte scornefully to gyue thē ouer on my fayth I thinke in conscience were none offence at al. I wryte you these thinges as a warning that ye recompence not the fayner with the faythfulles rewarde nor marry away your lyuynge and remayne wydowe your selfe for feare of repentaunce as in dayes paste and not thynkynge thereby the rather to allure you although I be one of the first sort to shewe me any grace or fauour Yet neuerthelesse if any such good chaunce happen me being for truth in my behalfe not loked for and yet much trusted vpon I assure you ye shall gratifie your selfe with suche a good turne as vpon the profe ye wyll be sory to haue so longe tyme forborne and so fare ye well ¶ Here Bawdyn wryteth to a certeyne Gentlewoman that was daungerous to be sene or spoken withall by her suters The seuenth Chapter MYstres B. after my harty commendations whereas ye vse to absente your selfe and wyll not be spoken withall at suche tyme as I and other good felowes come to treate with you vppon maryage I can do no lesse for good mynde that I beare you but to wyshe that ye wolde leaue suche demeanoure For I assure you there are many men that gather euyl opinion therof and thinke the cause to be that doubtynge your selfe to go with chylde ye abashe to be sene in any presence of skilfull iudgement How be it as for my parte on my fayth I suspect no such thinge but recken surely that ye do it onely of entent thereby to auoyde suters whose presence and wordes myght els happen to win you vnto wedding by the which ye shulde leaue your chast wyddowyshe lyfe and lese the merite that in heauen is for the same ordeyned Howe be it and if your meanynge be none other then so then sithe ye are so well assured in refusynge of suche requestes as before this I haue harde you bere in hande better were in my mynd that ye common therof with as many as lyst sue vnto you for the more temptacion ye withstande the greater shal be your mede And yet bicause my lernyng in scripture doth not extende to discusse what blysfull rewarde may be due for such vnnaturall and frutles penaunce the best and surest way for you in my iudgemente were to accepte suche one of your suters to your husbande or familiar frende as ye may thynke loueth you moste hartely and in no wyse to refuse them all least hereafter ye repent as other haue done For what merite God gyueth to the chaste sowles I knowe not but it is very certeine that the Goddesse Venus punisheth ryght sharpely the bodyes that are repugnaunt to her louynge lawes as partely doth apeare by the hystories folowyng which I tel you are not fayned but wrytten by good aucthoritie in the boke of Cupides sayntes and be thus There was sometyme a knyght named Permalides that loued most hartely the Lady Agglarose who for no sute that possible myght be made wolde ascent to his desyre The importunate sorowes whereof shulde shortely haue ended his wofull lyfe dayes hadde not bin the greate mercy of Venus who by playne miracle pyteinge to se her faythfull seruaunt so tormented with the crueltie of a mercilesse Lady made an exchaunge of both theyr desyres so that this Lady loued this knyght aboue al creatures and he to the contrary hated her beyonde al reason whereupon when she had longe time folowed him with many lamentable and piteous complayntes requyrynge his fauoure and myght not obteyne dyed euen of loue Lo thus ye maye se Venus can wounde her disobediēt subiects with their owne wepon There was also before this one Narcissus of suche bewtie and semelines that dyuers women came out of farre countreys onely to beholde hym wherof many peryshed by his defaulte for he wolde in no wyse encline to loue whiche caused Venus to take displeasure and to punyshe hym as