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	time_n	5,928	5	3.4202	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52102	Epigrams of Martial, Englished with some other pieces, ancient and modern.; Epigrammata. English. Selections	Martial.; Killigrew, Henry, 1613-1700.	1695 (1695)	Wing M830; ESTC R20924	97,802	340

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meal_n ep._n 73._o to_o theodorus_n that_o i_o may_v book_n do_v not_o to_o thou_o impart_v although_o thou_o su'_v and_o instant_a for_o they_o art_n do_v wonder_v for_o good_a cause_n i_o this_o decline_v for_o fear_v lest_o theodore_n thou_o give_v i_o thou_o ep._n 74._o on_o pompey_n and_o his_o son_n europe_n and_o asia_n pompey_n son_n entomb_v africa_n himself_o if_o he_o find_v any_o room_n no_o wonder_n thus_o the_o world_n they_o quarter_n slay_v what_o soil_v so_o great_a a_o ruin_n can_v contain_v ep._n 77._o on_o cinna_n by_o the_o often_o use_v of_o poison_n he_o do_v make_v the_o pontic_a king_n unhurt_a can_v poison_n take_v and_o cinna_z thou_o by_o eat_v ill_a take_v care_v neither_o to_o die_v by_o scant_o or_o evil_a fare_v ep._n 79._o on_o zoilus_n in_o the_o meal_n ten_o time_n thou_o from_o the_o board_n do_v range_v and_o every_o time_n thou_o do_v thy_o vestment_n change_n for_o fear_v lest_o sweat_v harm_n thy_o body_n get_v between_o the_o air_n and_o garment_n that_o be_v wet_a why_o sweat_v not_o i_o who_o sup_v with_o thou_o thou_o fool_n who_o have_v no_o change_n of_o clothes_n be_v strange_o cool_a ep._n 81._o to_o emilianus_fw-la if_o thou_o be_v poor_a thou_o shall_v be_v ever_o so_o the_o rich_a do_v only_o on_o the_o rich_a bestow_v lib_fw-la vi_o ep._n 1._o to_o julius_n martialis_n this_o my_o six_o book_n julius_n to_o thou_o i_o send_v dear_a among_o the_o first_o and_o my_o judicious_a friend_n if_o it_o shall_v pass_v approve_v thy_o learned_a ear_n when_o it_o be_v in_o caesar_n hand_n i_o less_o shall_v fear_v ep._n 4._o to_o domitian_n censor_n of_o manner_n be_v thy_o glory_n more_o than_o prince_n of_o prince_n which_o thou_o have_v before_o though_o for_o so_o many_o triumph_n rome_n do_v owe_v which_o thy_o heroic_a valour_n do_v bestow_v so_o many_o temple_n new_a so_o many_o old_a so_o many_o show_v and_o god_n by_o thou_o enroll_v so_o many_o city_n win_v or_o else_o lay_v waste_n yet_o more_o she_o owe_v that_o thou_o have_v make_v she_o adultery_n chast._n ep._n 5._o to_o cecilianus_n i_o late_o purchase_v have_v a_o piece_n of_o ground_n cecilian_n lend_v i_o pray_v a_o hundred_o pound_n do_v say_v i_o never_o will_v pay_v and_o thereon_o pause_n to_o speak_v the_o truth_n i_o borrow_v for_o that_o cause_n ep._n 7._o on_o thelesina_n since_o the_o law_n against_o adultery_n take_v place_n and_o all_o be_v force_v chastity_n to_o embrace_v in_o less_o than_o thirty_o day_n thou_o have_v be_v wed_v ten_o time_n ten_o man_n admit_v to_o thy_o bed_n who_o wed_v so_o oft_o not_o wed_v but_o play_v the_o whore_n and_o than_o adultery_n offend_v more_o ep._n 8._o to_o severus_n no_o less_o than_o praetor_n two_o and_o tribunes_z four_z seven_o advocate_n and_o poet_n half_a a_o score_n be_v suitor_n late_o to_o a_o certain_a maid_n her_o father_n of_o they_o all_o small_a reckon_a make_v but_o on_o a_o crier_n do_v the_o girl_n bestow_v wherein_o he_o play_v the_o fool_n i_o do_v not_o know_v ep._n 10._o to_o domitian_n i_o late_o of_o jove_n a_o thousand_o crown_n do_v crave_v he_o will_v give_v it_o say_v he_o who_o i_o a_o temple_n give_v that_o he_o it_o be_v true_a a_o temple_n give_v to_o thou_o but_o yet_o no_o thousand_o crown_n bestow_v on_o i_o i_o backward_o be_v our_o jove_n this_o way_n to_o engage_v but_o how_o serene_a how_o free_a from_o cloudy_a rage_n he_o read_v my_o suit_n with_o such_o a_o placid_a brow_n to_o conquer_a king_n their_o crown_n he_o do_v allow_v and_o from_o the_o capitol_n return_v and_o go_v o_o virgin_n who_o alone_o our_o great_a lord_n know_v if_o with_o such_o look_n he_o do_v our_o suit_n reject_v say_v with_o what_o mien_n he_o do_v they_o then_o accept_v i_o pray_v pallas_n her_o shield_n reverse_v reply_v what_o be_v not_o give_v yet_o think_v thou_o fool_n deny_v ep._n 11._o on_o marcus_n thou_o wonder_v friendship_n now_o be_v no_o more_o renown_v that_o no_o orestes_n pylades_n be_v find_v pylades_n ever_o marcus_n drink_v of_o the_o same_o nor_o fat_a thrush_n to_o orestes_n come_v each_o better_o than_o himself_o do_v the_o other_a treat_v no_o difference_n make_v in_o beverage_n or_o in_o meat_n on_o lucrine_n oyster_n thou_o do_v gormondize_n while_o flashy_a of_o peloris_n i_o suffice_v and_o yet_o my_o palat_n as_n refine_v as_o thou_o as_o skill_v in_o the_o best_a meat_n and_o noble_a wine_n rich_a tyrian_a wool_n to_o make_v thy_o garment_n seek_v but_o my_o the_o course_v which_o from_o gallia_n bring_v will_v have_v i_o love_v thou_o in_o a_o purple_a gown_n while_o i_o be_o clad_v like_o some_o poor_a rustic_a clown_n if_o you_o expect_v i_o pylades_n shall_v be_v orestes_n you_o must_v show_v yourself_o to_o i_o friendship_n by_o deed_n not_o word_n must_v be_v approve_v the_o man_n must_v love_v that_o seek_v to_o be_v belove_v ep._n 13._o on_o the_o statue_n of_o julia._n who_o will_v not_o think_v this_o piece_v by_o phidias_n wrought_v or_o to_o perfection_n by_o minerva_n bring_v the_o snow_n white_a marble_n seem_v even_o to_o speak_v such_o life_n and_o grace_n do_v from_o the_o countenance_n break_v it_o sport_v hold_n love_v girdle_n in_o its_o hand_n and_o above_o the_o god_n of_o love_n do_v love_n command_v when_o venus_n will_v in_o mars_n lose_v flame_n renew_v here_o for_o the_o charm_a cestus_n she_o must_v sue_v ep._n 14._o on_o laberius_n thou_o can_v write_v excellent_a verse_n as_o thou_o do_v say_v why_o then_o to_o write_v laberius_n do_v delay_v who_o can_v do_v aught_o that_o be_v excellent_a and_o withhold_v among_o the_o great_a man_n may_v be_v enroll_v ep._n 15._o on_o a_o emmet_n under_o a_o poplar_n while_o a_o emmet_n go_v a_o amber_n drop_v do_v the_o small_a beast_n enclose_v thus_o that_o which_o worthless_a be_v while_o it_o do_v live_v it_o be_v funeral_n now_o do_v a_o high_a value_n give_v ep._n 17._o on_o cinnamus_n thou_o will_v be_v call_v cinna_n cinnamus_n be_v thy_o name_n such_o barbarous_a practice_n many_o will_v defame_v to_o be_v name_v theseus_n say_v it_o thou_o befall_v and_o man_n shall_v call_v thou_o thief_n will_v take_v it_o well_o ep._n 18._o on_o solinus_n solinus_z sacred_a relic_n rest_v in_o spain_n few_o ghost_n so_o noble_a among_o the_o dead_a remain_n it_o be_v sin_n to_o mourn_v for_o he_o that_o be_v yet_o alive_a who_o body_n be_v dead_a but_o glory_n do_v survive_v ep._n 19_o to_o his_o advocate_n of_o murder_n poison_n war_n thou_o have_v nought_o to_o say_v but_o of_o three_o goat_n my_o neighbour_n steal_v away_o the_o judge_n require_v i_o this_o shall_v make_v appear_v to_o the_o pontic_a war_n thou_o make_v excursion_n here_o canna_n fight_n punic_a falsehood_n thou_o with_o might_n of_o hand_n and_o voice_n do_v roar_v out_o recite_v of_o sulla_n marius_n mutius_n various_a story_n speak_v now_o to_o three_o goat_n lose_v in_o so_o much_o glory_n ep._n 20._o to_o phoebus_n thou_o say_v oft_o wil_v it_o nought_o of_o i_o command_v to_o borrow_v a_o small_a sum_n i_o do_v demand_v but_o then_o thou_o humm'_v demurr'd_v thyself_o and_o i_o with_o long_a doubt_n vex_v i_o nothing_o ask_v thou_o be_v free_a ep._n 22._o on_o proculina_n that_o proculina_n marry_v to_o her_o knave_n and_o will_v her_o gallant_a for_o her_o husband_n have_v fear_v the_o julian_n law_n she_o do_v not_o wed_v but_o now_o proclaim_v what_o life_n before_o she_o lead_v ep._n 24._o on_o charisianus_fw-la charisianus_n vain_a far_o than_o all_o the_o town_n when_o other_o masquerade_n he_o be_v see_v in_o his_o gown_n ep._n 25._o to_o marcellinus_n thou_o generous_a offspring_n of_o a_o noble_a race_n bold_a marcellinus_n who_o now_o hold_v the_o place_n where_o horrid_a

her_o bed_n by_o friend_n by_o tear_n so_o wondrous_a fair_a be_v she_o nothing_o that_o life_n can_v more_o deform_v be_v what_o be_v it_o that_o please_v then_o and_o take_v his_o eye_n she_o be_v rich_a and_o cough_n and_o give_v good_a hope_n she_o will_v die_v ep._n 13._o on_o regulus_n near_a hercules_n fane_n and_o tibur_n cool_a stream_n where_o alba_n vapour_n forth_o pale_a sulphurous_a steam_n meadow_n and_o land_n be_v see_v a_o sacred_a grove_n four_o mile_n from_o rome_n the_o muse_n care_n and_o love_n a_o rude_a old_a portico_n near_o to_o these_o high_a raise_v for_o grateful_a shade_n in_o heat_n of_o summer_n praise_v a_o monstrous_a fact_n commit_v have_v well_o nigh_o as_o regulus_n in_o his_o chariot_n pass_v by_o the_o ponderous_a fabric_n rush_v unto_o the_o ground_n and_o he_o and_o his_o train_n do_v only_o not_o confound_v but_o fortune_n do_v our_o plaint_n and_o curse_n fear_v nor_o equal_a be_v the_o odious_a crime_n to_o bear_v the_o ruin_n please_v now_o which_o do_v not_o prove_v while_o yet_o it_o stand_v what_o care_v the_o god_n above_o have_v of_o good_a man_n their_o guardianship_n and_o love_n ep._n 14._o on_o arria_n and_o petus_n when_o arria_n to_o her_o petus_n give_v the_o sword_n with_o which_o her_o chaste_a and_o faithful_a breast_n she_o have_v gore_v trust_v i_o say_v she_o that_o i_o myself_o have_v slay_v i_o do_v not_o grieve_v it_o be_v thy_o death_n give_v i_o pain_n ep._n 16._o to_o julius_n julius_n who_o come_v not_o my_o best_a friend_n behind_o if_o constant_a faith_n avail_v a_o sincere_a mind_n the_o term_n of_o threescore_o year_n thou_o have_v pass_v almost_o and_o but_o few_o happy_a day_n thou_o yet_o can_v boast_v ill_o thou_o deferr'_v those_o joy_n may_v never_o come_v and_o which_o when_o past_a thou_o only_o thou_o can_v sum_n evil_n on_o evil_n cease_v not_o we_o to_o ply_v but_o joy_n return_v not_o though_o they_o swift_o fly_v use_v all_o thy_o force_n to_o hold_v they_o yet_o you_o will_v find_v you_o may_v as_o well_o embrace_v the_o wave_n or_o wind._n that_o he_o will_v live_v a_o wise_a man_n shall_v not_o say_v to_o morrow_n late_a he_o ought_v to_o live_v to_o day_n ep._n 17._o to_o avitus_n some_o thing_n be_v good_a indiff'rent_a some_o some_o nought_o you_o read_v a_o book_n can_v otherwise_o be_v write_v ep._n 18._o to_z titus_n thou_o urge_v i_o to_o plead_v do_v oft_o repeat_v how_o great_a it_o be_v a_o wrong_a cause_n to_o defeat_v that_o which_o the_o ploughman_n do_v be_v also_o great_a ep._n 19_o to_o tucca._n tucca_n what_o strange_a delight_n be_v this_o of_o thou_o to_o mix_v the_o noble_a with_o the_o vile_a wine_n what_o so_o great_a good_a from_o bad_a do_v ever_o receive_v or_o of_o what_o good_a do_v thou_o the_o good_a bereave_v our_o throat_n to_o cut_v may_v no_o great_a matter_n be_v to_o slay_v falernum_fw-la be_v a_o high_a degree_n of_o murder_n rich_a campanian_a wine_n to_o abuse_v in_o the_o generous_a grape_n rank_a poison_n to_o infuse_v thy_o guest_n may_v possible_o deserve_v their_o bane_n such_o precious_a liquor_n can_v to_o be_v slay_v ep._n 20._o on_o aelia_n four_o tooth_n as_o i_o remember_v be_v thy_o store_n one_o cough_n spit-out_a two_o and_o one_o cough_v two_o more_o now_o safe_o thou_o may_v cough_v thy_o whole_a life_n through_o for_o the_o three_o cough_n have_v nothing_o lest_o to_o do_v ep._n 21._o to_o caecilian_a what_o brutishness_n be_v this_o when_o friend_n you_o treat_v they_o look_v on_o alone_o you_o mushroom_n eat_v what_o on_o such_o gluttony_n shall_v i_o implore_v may_v claudiu's_fw-mi mushroom_n eat_v and_o never_o eat_v more_o ep._n 22._o on_o mucius_n scevola_n when_o for_o the_o king_n his_o scribe_n bold_a mucius_n slay_v in_o flame_n instead_o of_o blood_n he_o do_v imbrue_v his_o err_a hand_n the_o foe_n not_o steel_v to_o see_v 〈…〉_z a_o prodigy_n so_o fall_v bid_v he_o go_v free_a what_o mucius_n in_o contempt_n of_o pain_n be_v bold_a to_o act_v porsena_n faint_v to_o behold_v his_o failing_n hand_n thus_o great_a glory_n find_v have_v he_o not_o err_v he_o have_v be_v less_o renown_v ep._n 26._o on_o faustinus_n at_o length_n faustinus_n let_v the_o world_n obtain_v the_o polish_a piece_n of_o thy_o learned_a brain_n which_o the_o athenian_a school_n will_v high_o praise_v and_o our_o old_a sage_n to_o the_o star_n will_v raise_v do_v doubt_v to_o admit_v fame_n stand_v at_o thy_o gate_n thy_o labour_n just_a reward_n to_o bear_v do_v hate_v that_o which_o will_v after_o in_o thy_o time_n let_v live_v too_o late_a man_n praise_v unto_o our_o ash_n give_v ep._n 28._o to_o procillus_n to_o sup_v with_o i_o to_o thou_o i_o do_v propound_v but_o it_o be_v when_o our_o full_a cup_n have_v oft_o go_v round_o the_o thing_n thou_o straight_o concluded'_v to_o be_v do_v merry_a and_o sober_a word_n count_v all_o one_o th'example's_n dangerous_a at_o the_o high_a rate_n a_o memorative_n drunkard_n all_o man_n hate_v ep._n 30._o to_o fidentinus_n it_o be_v say_v my_o book_n thou_o do_v abroad_o recite_v as_o if_o my_o verse_n thou_o thyself_o do_v write_v verse_n i_o will_v gratis_o send_v let_v they_o be_v i_o otherwise_o buy_v they_o that_o they_o may_v be_v thou_o ep._n 33._o to_o sabidius_n i_o love_v thou_o not_o but_o why_o i_o can_v display_v i_o love_v thou_o not_o be_v all_o that_o i_o can_v say_v ep._n 34._o on_o galla._n galla_n alone_o her_o father_n death_n never_o weep_v when_o any_o come_v in_o tear_n her_o cheek_n she_o steep_v that_o galla_n be_v not_o grief_n for_o praise_n be_v show_v she_o true_o grieve_v that_o grieve_v when_o she_o be_v alone_a ep._n 36._o to_o cornelius_n cornelius_n thou_o complain_v i_o verse_n write_v so_o loose_a and_o wanton_a master_n they_o affright_v from_o read_v in_o the_o school_n but_o these_o my_o book_n please_v if_o not_o wanton_a none_o who_o on_o they_o look_v more_o than_o the_o marriagebed_n without_o due_a rite_n the_o sob'r_a man_n or_o chaste_a wife_n delight_v thou_o may_v say_v too_o a_o nuptial_a song_n indite_v but_o in_o the_o nuptial_a language_n do_v not_o write_v who_o ever_o do_v flora_n grave_o dress_v before_o or_o put_v a_o matron_n steal_v upon_o a_o whore_n to_o epigram_n much_o licence_n be_v allow_v nor_o please_v they_o speak_v always_o in_o a_o cloud_n wherefore_o lie_v by_o thy_o grave_a and_o sour_a mind_n and_o judge_v my_o sportive_a muse_n in_o she_o own_o kind_a geld_v not_o my_o verse_n for_o foul_a be_v his_o mistake_n who_o a_o priapus_n cybel_n priest_n will_v make_v ep._n 37_o to_o lucanus_n and_o tullius_n if_o to_o thou_o tullius_n or_o to_o lucan_n thou_o castor_n and_o pollux_n fate_n allow_v may_v be_v your_o pious_a strife_n both_o mutual_o will_v show_v each_o before_o other_o unto_o death_n will_v go_v and_o he_o who_o lot_n it_o be_v to_o lead_v the_o way_n live_v my_o time_n brother_n and_o your_o own_o will_v say_v ep._n 39_o on_o fidentinus_n the_o book_n fidentine_n which_o thou_o read_v be_v i_o but_o while_o thou_o read_v it_o ill_o thou_o make_v it_o thou_o ep._n 40._o to_o decianus_n if_o a_o rare_a friend_n i_o will_v essay_n to_o show_v so_o faithful_a age_n past_a do_v only_o know_v if_o one_o embue_v with_o greek_a and_o latin_a lore_n who_o single_a goodness_n through_o all_o danger_n bear_v guardian_n and_o friend_n of_o truth_n who_o will_v not_o fear_v that_o man_n of_o what_o he_o ask_v the_o god_n shall_v hear_v who_o lean_v alone_a on_o his_o virtue_n great_a and_o sound_a decian_a be_v he_o in_o who_o all_o these_o be_v find_v ep._n 41._o to_o the_o envious_a who_o read_v these_o line_n from_o ranc'rous_a spleen_n not_o free_a may_v envy_v all_o and_o none_o ever_o envy_v thou_o ep._n 42._o on_o cecilius_n thou_o seem_v facetious_a to_o thyself_o to_o be_v but_o other_o no_o such_o thing_n in_o thou_o can_v see_v what_o then_o brutish_a buffoonery_n and_o rank_n such_o as_o the_o crier_n show_v on_o tibur_n bank_n that_o which_o for_o wit_n among_o some_o people_n pass_v chaffer_v for_o brimstone_n matches_n break_a glass_n such_o as_o the_o seller_n of_o warm_a pulse_n and_o meat_n delight_n those_o with_o who_o in_o the_o street_n do_v eat_v such_o as_o from_o boy_n and_o butcher_n you_o shall_v hear_v when_o pug_n go_v by_o the_o bagpipe_n and_o the_o bear_n from_o ballad-singer_n of_o the_o mean_a strain_n when_o people_n make_v a_o ring_n to_o applaud_v their_o vein_n such_o as_o old_a bawd_n do_v undertake_v to_o make_v who_o shameless_a impudence_n for_o wit_n some_o take_v cease_v then_o at_o length_n fond_o thyself_o to_o deem_v what_o none_o beside_o thyself_o do_v thou_o esteem_v that_o from_o day_n caballus_fw-la thou_o do_v bear_v the_o bell_n in_o