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	know_v	think_v	3,328	5	3.8263	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20047	O per se O. Or A new cryer of Lanthorne and candle-light Being an addition, or lengthening, of the Bell-mans second night-walke. In which, are discouered those villanies, which the bell-man (because hee went i'th darke) could not see: now laid open to the world. Together with the shooting through the arme, vsed by counterfeit souldiers: the making of the great soare, (commonly called the great cleyme:) the mad-mens markes: their phrase of begging: the articles and oathes giuen to the fraternitie of roagues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggers at their meetings. And last of all, a new canting-song.; Lanthorne and candle-light	Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632.	1616 (1616)	STC 6487; ESTC S109511	68,042	112

O per se O. OR A new Cryer of Lanthorne and Candle-light Being an Addition or Lengthening of the Bell-mans Second Night-walke In which are Discouered those Villanies which the Bell-man because hee went i' th darke could not see now laid open to the world Together With the shooting through the arme vsed by counterfeit Souldiers The making of the great Soare commonly called The great Cleyme The Mad-mens markes Their phrase of Begging The Articles and Oathes giuen to the Fraternitie of Roagues Vagabonds and sturdy Beggers at their Meetings And last of all A new Canting-Song Printed at London for Iohn Busbie and are to be sould at his shop in S. Dunstans Church-yard in Fleete-street 1612. To my owne Nation Readers AFter it was proclaymed abroad that vnder the conduct of the Bel-man of London new Forces were once more to be leauied against certaine Wilde and barbarous Rebels that were vp in armes against the tranquilitie of the Weale-publicke It cannot be told what numbers of voluntaries offred themselues daily to fight against so common so bold so strange and so dangerous an enemie Light horse men came in hourely with discouery where these Mutiners lay intrenched deliuering in briefe notes of intelligence who were their Leaders how they went armed and that they serued both on horse and foote onely their Strengths could not be discried because their Numbers were held infinite Yet instructions were written and sent euery minute by those that were fauourers of Goodnesse shewing what militarie discipline the Foe vsed in his battailes and what Forts if he were put at any time to flight he would retire to what stratagems he would practise and where he did determine to lye in Ambuscado They that could not serue in person in this Noble quarrell sent their Auxiliary Forces well armed with Counsell So that the Bel-man contrary to his hopes seeing himselfe so strongly and strangely seconded by friends doth now brauely aduance forward in maine battalion The day of encounter is appointed to be in this Michaelmas Tearme the place Paules Church-yard Fleetstreete and other parts of the Citie But before they ioyne let me giue you note of one thing and that is this There is an Vsurper that of late hath taken vpon him the name of the Bel-man but being not able to maintaine that title hee doth now call himselfe the Bel-mans brother his ambition is rather out of vaine-glory then the true courage of an experienced Souldier to haue the leading of the Van but it shall be honor good enough for him if not too good to come vp with the Rere You shall know him by his Habiliments for by the furniture he weares he will be taken for a Beadle of Bridewell It is thought he is rather a Nevvter then a friend to the cause and therefore the Bel-man doth here openly protest that hee comes into the field as no fellow in armes with Him Howsoeuer it be strucke or whosoeuer giues the first blow the victorie depends vpon the valour of you that are the Wings to the Bel-mans army for which conquest he is in hope you will valiantly fight sithence the quarrell is against the head of monstrous abuses and the blowes which you must giue are in defence of Law Iustice Order Ceremonie Religion Peace and that honourable title of Goodnesse Saint George I see the two Armies moue forward and behold the Bel-man himselfe first chargeth vpon the face of the Enemy Thus A Table of all the matters that are contained in this Booke Chap. 1. Of Canting Chap. 2. 1 What matters were tryed at a Tearme that was in Hell 2 The proceedings of that Court. 3 A Counsell held in Hell about the Bel-man 4 A messenger sent from thence with instructions Chap. 3. Of Gull-groping How Gentlemen are cheated at Ordinaries To furnish which feast these Guests are bidden viz. The Leaders The Forlorne Hope The Eagle The Wood-pecker The Gull The Gull-groper Chap. 4. Of Ferreting How Gentlemen are vndone by taking vp commodities Which Tragedy hath these fiue Acts viz. A Tumbler Pursenets A Ferret Rabbet-suckers A Warren Chap. 5. Of Hawking How to catch Birds by the Booke Which is done with these fiue Nets viz. A Falconer A Lure A Tercell-Gentle A Bird. A Mongril Chap. 6. Of Iackes of the Clocke-house Chap. 7. Of Ranckeriders How Inne-keepers and Hackney men are sadled To make whom goe a round pace you must haue A Colt A Snaffle A Ring Prouander Chap. 8. Of Moone-men Chap. 9. The infection of the Suburbs Chap. 10. Of Iynglers The villanie of Horse-coursers Who consists of Iynglers Drouers Goades skip-iackes Chap. 11. Of Iack in a Boxe or a new kind of cheating teaching how to change gold into siluer vnto which is added a Map by which a man may learne to trauell all ouer England and haue his charges borne Chap. 12. The Bell mans second Nights walke in which hee meetes with a number of Monsters that liue in darkenesse Lanthorne and Candle-light OR The Bel-mans second nights walke Of Canting How long it hath beene a language how it comes to be a language how it is deriued and by whom it is spoken CHAP. 1. WHen all the World was but one Kingdome all the people in that Kingdome spake but one Language A man could trauell in those dayes neyther by Sea nor Land but he met his Countreymen none others Two could not then stand gabling with strange tongues and conspire together to his owne face how to cut a third mans throate but he might vnderstand them There was no Spaniard in that age to braue his enemie in the rich and loftie Castilian no Romaine Orator to plead in the Rethoricall and Fluent Latine no Italian to court his Mistressa in the sweet and amorous Tuscane no French-man to parley in the full and stately phrase of Orleans no Germaine to thunder out the high and ratling Dutch the vnfruitfull crabbed Irish and the voluble significant Welch were not then so much as spoken of the quicke Scottish Dialect sister to the English had not then a tongue neyther were the strings of the English speech in those times vntyed When she first learned to speake it was but a broken language the singlest and the simplest words flowed from her vtterance for she dealt in nothing but in Monosillables as if to haue spoken words of greater length would haue crackt her voyce by which meanes her Eloquence was ●●rest yet hardest to learne and so but for necessitie not regarded amongst Strangers Yet afterwards those noblest languages lent her words and phrases and turning those Borrowings into Good husbandry shée is now as rich in Elocution and as abundant as her prowdest and best-stored neighbours Whilst thus as I said before there was but one Alphabet of Letters for all the world to read by all the people that then liued might haue wrought vpon one piece of worke in countries farre distant a sunder without mistaking one another and not néeding an Interpreter to run