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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	just_a	law_n	2,761	5	4.7834	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01782	A glasse for housholders wherin thei maye se, bothe howe to rule theim selfes [and] ordre their housholde verye godly and fruytfull.		1542 (1542)	STC 11917; ESTC S109863	29,173	120

And maketh hym to lyue the more merelyer his conscyence beyng cleane and voyde of pryckes whyche these thorny ryches are wonte to fasten in a mannes breste And besydes this the gaynes shal be the greater whatsoeuer the worlde thynketh For buiynge and sellynge wyth some lyberalytee ye shall sell and buy muche more and oftener then other that bee extreme or harde and wyll haue the vttermooste of theyr wares The often gayne then thoughe at euerye tyme were but lytle maye mounte anone to greater gaynes then otherwyse Also by this maner of dealyng ye shall auoyde euell debtes and shrewde paymentes for they that buye wyth gayne dooe seldome paye euill For euyll debtores and frowarde paymentes commeth mooste commenly eyther of eu●ll wares solde for good other of ouer greate pryce charged in the ware Also by thys maner of dealynge you shall alwayse treate wyth loue and pleasure of all that you haue to dooe wyth and lyue withoute variaunce debates or plees Whiche of all thynges oughte to bee excheiued and auoyded Wherfore my louynge frende I praye you to folowe this ordre in buiyng and sellynge for then that whiche you gette shal be well gottē and withoute charge of conscyence and doubtles your gaynes shal be the more and all with pleasure loue and quietnes To commen farther of buiyng and sellynge of marchaundise you shall perceyue that the right office of a true marchaunt is to prouyde and brynge to lande or place where he is all suche wares as are scarce and vnplentytyfull in the sayde place and necessarye for the wealthe of the lande And also to carye and sende oute all suche wares as are superfluouse and dooe habounde in the places where he is into places where is scarcenesse or lacke of theim As here in Englande because clothe tynne and leade be plenteouse these wares ye maye sende hence and not corne or thinges pertainīg to vitailes though here were greate haboundaunce It can not be but hurtfull to lade any oute of the lande And the retourne of these warys ●ether should be in yron stele and other metallis whiche we haue nede of Also in Woade Alam Madder and suche other lyke thynges necessary for oure clothe makyng And as for apples cheries garlike and onions with other frutes wynes spicis sylke clothe of golde and other lyke myghte be lefte very well For we might liue withoute these marchaundizes for thei do rather prouoke men to vices then to temporate liuinge and good and honeste sobre and chaste behauoure And with these marchaundize I mighte couple furres of greate prices and very fine clothe for these are euen so superfluouse as the other of meane prices are necessary and behouable These maye be named for example for to name all kindes of marchaūdizes necessarie and not necessarie profytable and vnprofitable were to muche This oughte to be taken hede of that it is the offyce of a good marchaunte to sende oute of the countree the thinges which are moste superfluouse and to bring thither thinges moste necessarye And so shall his gaynes be the more and better gotten bicause he doeth it to helpe the necessyte of his neighboures ¶ Howe ye oughte to be conuersaunte with youre elders AS touchyng your conuersacion with your elders haue thē I praye you in much reuerence be gentle and louing to youre equalles And in no wise despice youre inferiors Also reuerence all deuoute persones in the choise of theim haue none affeccyon to the cloke or crowne nor other such outward tokens only But where you perceyue example of vertuouse liuing pure chaste cleane in worde and dede Suche a persone haue in honoure and reuerence be he man or woman And thynke that then you do honoure the Image and very lykenesse of God yea God in his image what garment soeuer he wareth Also se I praye you that you be not full of wordes remembring this sayeng of the wyse manne * That I haue spoken I repente then amonge But I neuer repented that I helde my tongue If the herte be redy to moue the tongue to speake y● you wold not Saye to youre tongue Tongue whyther goest thou Fle frome menne full of wordes and medle not muche with theim bicause sin wyll be where muche babling is Fle also the company of whisperers and lyers yf youre presence can not refourme theim For they must nedes engender anger and the indignaciō of God And such as be the louers of God loue the truthe in all thinges so y● in sporte nor in earneste it appere that you delight to saye nor heare any lyes or thinges sounding therunto Also in doyng benefytes or good dedes to other loue promptnesse quickenesse and haste For it is twise geuen the whiche is gladly and redely geuen Be not hastye or roughe in denieng any honest thyng that is asked of you yf ye canne do it For it is conuenient that whome you can not helpe in dedes at leest with youre good worde you so dyspatche him y● he may perceiue your wil to be good Fraude and deceite you shulde not onely auoide and not do but not once consente that any other shoulde deceytie or defraude any manne or woman or childe if you maye lette it Also haue no enuye at any mannes prosperytee neyther yet be gladde of any mannes aduersytee Ponder the gaynes and losses of youre neyghbours to be gladde and sorye for theim like as you wolde of youre owne that they maye waye youres in y● same balaunce Moreouer see that you dooe nothinge in youre house that you wolde not to bee knowen in the market place Thynke that the worste parte of youre seruauntes is the tongue And thoughe you youre selfe as alwaies should feare to doo any viciouse thynge alone be not yet witnesse to other of suche dedes For he that holdeth his tongue feareth to rebuke synne for Goddes sake he feareth more manne then he loueth God and loueth neyther of bothe as he oughte to dooe Besydes this if youre goodes encrease you should not only encrease in goodnesse good dedes to the poore and nedeful persons but let youre seruauntes also fele the aduauntage of youre gaines Good reason it is that they that are parteners of the laboures enioye parte of the profyte But yf fortune looke sowerlye vpon you and withdrawe prosperouse successyon frome you lette theim see youre sayles borne after the blowynge of the wynde Also flee plees and debates all contencyon and strife though youre cause seme neuer so good If it be a money mater that thinke very gaynes what soeuer of strife you lose with money For losse of brawling and strife with money maye well be rekened gaynes to theim that loue God peace and charytee and contempne money for Chrystes cause leaue strife to theym that loue more money then peace or charyte For in the lawe besides that you shal stand in dought to haue iustice though your mater be iust yet the tediousnesse or werinesse y● anger and busynesse to folowe it the laboure

hartes to departe with theim though they haue receyued it of the hande of God euen for the same purpose Wherof procedeth that many tymes for a veray litle anger or displeasure the father doeth wholly disheryte his sonne or at least taketh away frō hym a great parte of his inherytau●ce wherof also procedeth that men can fynde in their hertes many tymes y● theyr seruauntes should be made disposers of theyr goodes or theyr frendes rather then theyr children Al this as I suppose procedeth of none other thyng but of the lytle loue that they haue to theyr chyldrē And this litle loue cōmeth of this that the natural mother norished not her owne chylde in the presence of the father Wherfore my dere frende and Christen brother let youre owne wyfe noryshe youre chylde euen though it shoulde seame a newe thyng and not vsed Forsoth God and nature hath not wrought brestes and teates in youre wyfe yea and mylke healthe and habylytee in vaine yf these should not serue for her owne chyldren And besydes this she maye not ryghtly be called a mother fullye and perfyghtly afterwardes of her owne chyldren beynge but halfe a mother And hereof procedeth also the coulde loue and smal reuerēce that some childrē haue in their age afterwardes to theyr fathers and mothers For whan the soonne or doughter beyng of age consydereth howe the father and mother refused labour wyth hym or her ● put theim oute to nurse frō theim regardeth theim therafter And when they be in necessite or lacke thei thinke thei that may serue theim lyke maner That is to saye to thruste theim oute of dores and sende theim to some hospytall to findyng as they did theim Besides this yf the mother were of a good disposicion of bodye and of a verteouse inclinacyon there is cause geuen to the childe to grudge agaynste the mother and father thinkyng that by the vyce of theim he dranke or sucked malicyousenesse with the mylke of his nurse being of a farre worse disposicion then the mother was So nowe yf the naturall mother norished the childe you se what commodityes should folowe The father shuld be sure that in his lyfe tyme and after his death the mother shulde be good to his chyldren louing lyke a trewe a naturall mother and also bothe the father and mother shoulde be sure in theyr age and alwaies y● the children should haue theim in muche loue feare reuerence as trewe children Also the mother beyng nurse to youre chyld of a good desposicion temperauncie of bodye and in minde constaunt deuoute and of a good inclinacion suche as I trust your good iudgemente and dyscrecion wolde chose you maye bee sure y● youre childe shall haue bothe vertue and good temperaunce of bodye whiche he may lightely lacke being norished of a straunge woman So for all these causes and other that maye be considered I beseche you folowe that which by these reasons you maye perceyue to be beste When your childrē can speake and vnderstande forthwith withoute any delaye put theim vnder some vertuouse persone to learne to reade and write togethers but specially to learne vertuouse maners and to serue God And that he may so doo from the tyme that he can speake teache hym euery daye some short prayer according to the capacite of his witte or memorye And as he dothe encrease in strength fede hym with longer prayers and other fruitefull lessons moste worthy memory And thus do with as faire meanes as you may As for great chastising and ouer muche feare in teaching yonge childrē is not best after my iudgemēt for by that the spirytes and wittes of children be dulled being induced by ouermuch feare in youthe are neuer afterwardes bolde nor maye lifte vp their mindes and hertes to thinges of honoure that is to saye thynges of ghostely strength and vertue but are alwayes deiecte pe●ishe with oute corage or stomake to good honest thinges They doo rather applye theim selues afterwarde when they haue lybertee to euell then to goodnesse which bringig vp is naturall proper to theym that be borne in bondage and to captiues and not of fre mens children wherfore both you and your childrens mayster shoulde entice and allure your chyldrē with loue and good wordes Yea and then amonge with small giftes to vertue and learning rather thē with feare and force you shoulde boste and fauoure theym very muche for any lytell thyng that they doo well and conueniently that by it they maye haue corage and herte to doo more so yet I doo not vtterly disswade but that feare and correccion is necessary so it be moderate in conuenient time and for a notable cause I woulde there were shewed to the childe bothe the apple and the rodde but more oftener the apple and more exhorted to deserue the rewarde and praise then the correccyon And all the tyme that youre childe is in your house frome schole kepe hym alwayes with you in youre presence as nygh as you can And let hym take his meate at your table and lye in youre chaūber For of your maners and behaueoure at the table and chaumber he shall see heare better communicacyon and learne mo vertuose maners here more wysdome and take hede of more ciuilytee or nurture then in the kechin or stable amōgest your seruauntes Haue the presence of your child in suche veneracyon that before God and hym be spoken no viciouse wordes no swearing no lies no backbiting or slaundering no cursing mockīg or ribauldry no wordes of fraude or disceite For the childe can speake but suche lāgage as he heareth and bycause he is mooste yee alwaies lightely in youre conuersacion he wyll vtter your maners to other folkes Let hym therfore be ware of hearing suche maner of speches But beware you muche more for to you it shal be rekened double syn youre owne and youre chyldes you knowe that of a naturall inclinacyon suche woordes as are soundynge vnto euell are more promptely fixed in theyr myndes then other And this same exhortacion or monicyon shoulde be geuen vnto youre chyldes mayster yf he be honest he wyll thankefully receiue it that youre chylde heare nothyng but that whiche soundeth to vertue goodnesse And to cause that youre childe refuse not youre companye or his maisters bothe you and he muste some time fynde your childe some pointes and instrumētes to playe and suffer hym to vse honest games or playes then amonge for the recreaciō of his spirytes that he maye be the gladder with you and loue you and hym with reuerent dreade the better And so shall he with a better wyl applie his learning without trembeling feare or inforce And after this maner he shall learne more and soner The women children wolde be broughte vp in all feare and drede with litle fauoure shewed theim vntyll they bee of a perfyte age and vnderstanding For as in men is nothing more reprouable then to be cowardes fearfull pekyshe and of no