Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	think_v	4,338	5	3.9369	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53991	A hue and cry after the reasons which were to have been given on Thursday September 18. 1679. to the Lieutenancy, by Sir T.P. and others.	T. P., Sir.; Player, Thomas, Sir, d. 1686.	1679 (1679)	Wing P111; ESTC R5422	1,509	4

A HUE and CRY AFTER THE REASONS Which were to have been given on Thursday September 18. 1679. TO THE LIEUTENANCY BY Sir T. P. and Others Printed at LONDON 1679. A HUE and CRY AFTER THE REASONS Which were to have been given on Thursday last Sept. 18. 1679. to the LIEUTENANCY by Sir T. P. and Others WHereas a certain parcel of Things call'd Reasons did lately pretend to address themselves in Writing to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London for the great good and preservation of the said City but have not yet appeared neither by themselves nor their Proxies Sir T. P. and Mr. F. J. and therefore as 't is thought have privately withdrawn themselves or rather deserted the Great Cause of the City which miserably lies at stake for want of them It was therefore adjudg'd by that great she Stickler in publick Business Madam Vulgar Opinion That those Reasons lay under a vehement suspicion of being criminal by way of omission Whereupon a Council was call'd by the Lady Regent aforesaid at which were present Good Sence Sincerity Judgment Plain Meaning Right Understanding and several others To whom Loyalty Religion and Government made most heavy Complaints of a parcel of Gentlemen that call'd themselves Reasons who had made use of their Names to their great scandal and disreputation as if they were the commom Abettors and Fomentors of Mutiny and Rebellion for which they desired satisfaction and in regard they conceal'd themselves that there might be a Warrant of HUE and CRY against them to take them wheresoever they should be found Which was granted with the following Descriptions for the better pursuit of the Parties THey are said to be fair-fac'd the Locks of their Expressions long and dangling smooth tongu'd but very short sighted They look like Saints but have a black Mark upon their Foreheads as if their Mothers had long'd for Mulberries They have Ears indeed but will hear no body speak but themselves and are very positive in their Assertions which makes them great Lovers of Coffee and Aromatic Sometimes they will be very drunk and then they talk down-right Treason but when they are sober there are no persons in the world more given to whispering They are very young and yet they speak very plain but they want Teeth for the most part which is a certain Sign to know 'em by But as young as they are no persons in the world have a greater conceit of their own Wit as if they were all Minerva's chop'd out of Jupiter's Brain In so much that they will thrust themselves before Kings Councils and Dukes pretend to direct and determin with a confidence beyond Presbyterian and where they get the upper hand will out crow a million of Dunghill Cocks They go well habited for their Wast-coats are of wrought Religion their upper Coats of seeming Loyalty with a lac'd Campain of Complaint against Oppression They have this Quality peculiar to them that they will vanish of a sudden for they are very airy and therefore they that go to seize them must rub their hands in wet Sand like those people that strip Eels They are easily discover'd when they walk for they crickle most shamefully in the Hams and are oft-times so lame that they are forc'd to support themselves with the Crutches of Popularity Hear 'em but discourse and you catch 'em presently They are stiff Protestants but care not a straw for Bishops very worldly minded for they pity the Loss of Trade to extremity They are like Ben. Johnson's Pick-pocket they tickle the Peoples Ears with a straw the better to accomplish their Designs In a word Faction heads 'em Tumult attends 'em and Specious Pretence maintains ' em O-O-O-yes c. If any Man or Woman in City or Country can make discovery where the Strength of these Reasons lies for they covy all together let them bring them before Obedience to Princes who is the sole Judge of their Plea and is also ready to undertake them at all points And they that can apprehend them for Reasons shall be well rewarded for their pains This Proclamation being made it was then debated how to punish these Reasons so soon as they should be taken and it was positively concluded That they should be sent to the Hospital for Mad-men there to be physick'd 'till Affidavit were made of their perfect Recovery FINIS