Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	see_v	think_v	3,978	5	3.8757	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10244	The praise and dispraise of women very fruitfull to the well disposed minde, and delectable to the readers therof. And a fruitfull shorte dialogue vppon the sentence, know before thou knitte. C. Pyrrye.	Pyrrye, C.	1569 (1569)	STC 20523; ESTC S110560	15,885	66

eke_o she_o temper_v her_o finger_fw-la and_o her_o toe_n it_o be_v her_o common_a wont_a use_n with_o naked_a breast_n to_o walk_v which_o thing_n in_o faith_n be_v dangerous_a for_o in_o few_o word_n to_o talk_v it_o mean_v nought_o at_o all_o but_o this_o mark_v well_o what_o i_o rehearse_v that_o where_o her_o poison_n plant_v be_v with_o great_a stroke_n may_v pierce_v i_o be_o compel_v now_o perforce_o to_o draw_v unto_o some_o end_n for_o if_o i_o speak_v till_o i_o be_v whorce_n or_o if_o my_o pen_n i_o spend_v unto_o the_o stalk_n to_o write_v my_o mind_n which_o bus_o can_v devise_v to_o speak_v more_o of_o this_o hateful_a kind_n yet_o will_v it_o not_o suffice_v such_o be_v her_o craft_n and_o her_o deceit_n such_o be_v her_o wicked_a way_n which_o she_o do_v keep_v till_o death_n by_o sleight_n do_v end_n her_o hurtful_a day_n what_o thing_n in_o earth_n be_v find_v more_o rare_a then_o be_v a_o coal_n black_a swan_n who_o ancient_a writer_n do_v compare_v unto_o a_o good_a woman_n eke_o solomon_n say_v thus_o to_o thou_o who_o word_n be_v wise_a and_o sound_n a_o good_a godly_a woman_n say_v he_o be_v scarce_o to_o be_v find_v take_v heed_n and_o look_v before_o thou_o climb_v lest_o sudden_o thou_o slip_v take_v heed_n i_o say_v while_o thou_o have_v time_n lest_o thou_o do_v feel_v the_o whip_n take_v heed_n beware_v be_v not_o to_o rash_a lest_o thou_o perhaps_o repent_v when_o thou_o do_v feel_v the_o scourge_n and_o lash_v to_o late_o thou_o may_v lament_v like_a as_o the_o little_a foolish_a fly_n his_o pastime_n seek_v out_o when_o he_o the_o candle_n do_v espy_v and_o fle_v round_o about_o at_o length_n the_o silly_a wretch_n do_v close_a himself_o in_o fire_n flame_n and_o so_o his_o wretched_a life_n do_v lose_v in_o seek_v of_o his_o game_n even_o so_o if_o thou_o will_v not_o beware_v but_o willing_o be_v entrap_v within_o the_o woman_n wily_a snare_n wherein_o when_o thou_o be_v wrap_v thou_o may_v not_o well_o escape_v again_o no_o way_n be_v leave_v to_o save_v till_o thou_o be_v bring_v to_o deadly_a pain_n to_o thy_o untimely_a grave_n let_v this_o that_o i_o have_v say_v suffice_v and_o print_v it_o in_o thy_o breast_n so_o shall_v thou_o be_v repute_v wise_a so_o shall_v thou_o live_v at_o rest_n so_o shall_v thou_o not_o at_o all_o repent_v such_o well_o bestow_v time_n so_o shall_v thou_o joy_v when_o some_o lament_n by_o void_v sin_n and_o crime_n so_o shall_v thou_o live_v in_o happy_a mirth_n and_o happlye_v end_v thy_o life_n so_o shall_v thou_o haply_o boast_v the_o birth_n which_o be_v exempte_v from_o strife_n so_o shall_v thou_o this_o life_n once_o past_a in_o joy_n and_o bliss_n remain_v so_o shall_v thou_o have_v for_o thy_o repast_n all_o pleasure_n void_a of_o pain_n ¶_o here_o end_v the_o dispraise_n of_o woman_n here_o begin_v the_o praise_n of_o woman_n c._n pyrrye_o i_o chance_v once_o to_o come_v in_o place_n where_o i_o a_o book_n do_v find_v which_o book_n do_v spitefullie_o disgrace_v the_o gentle_a woman_n kind_n then_o thus_o unto_o myself_o i_o think_v good_a lord_n what_o man_n be_v he_o that_o with_o such_o painful_a study_n seek_v dispraise_n of_o femenie_n how_o can_v he_o teach_v his_o pen_n to_o write_v how_o can_v his_o hart_n devise_v such_o foolish_a fancy_n to_o indite_v that_o all_o man_n may_v despise_v how_o can_v his_o slanderous_a hurteful_a tongue_n the_o harmless_a so_o difame_v how_o can_v he_o with_o a_o tedious_a song_n the_o silly_a woman_n blame_v i_o think_v he_o be_v not_o of_o man_n seed_n that_o this_o do_v take_v in_o hand_n against_o poor_a wretch_n to_o proceed_v who_o can_v not_o he_o withstand_v thus_o musinge_v do_v i_o sit_v long_a time_n at_o last_o my_o pen_n i_o take_v and_o so_o begin_v to_o writ_n in_o rhyme_n against_o that_o shamles_a book_n oh_o wilful_a witless_a man_n quoth_v i_o thy_o pen_n why_o do_v thou_o frame_v to_o write_v thy_o mind_n so_o spitefullie_o not_o force_v thy_o good_a name_n but_o in_o despite_n of_o they_o do_v speak_v to_o who_o thou_o be_v most_o bind_v and_o in_o most_o slanderous_a talk_n do_v break_v their_o goodness_n to_o confound_v their_o labour_n and_o their_o earnest_a suit_n to_o thou_o be_v spend_v in_o vain_a for_o why_o the_o reap_v at_o all_o no_o fruit_n but_o scorn_n and_o proud_a disdain_n such_o be_v thy_o thankless_a hateful_a mind_n such_o be_v thy_o cruel_a heart_n wherein_o thou_o show_v thyself_o unkind_a in_o pla_v such_o a_o part_n i_o know_v no_o good_a nor_o just_a cause_n why_o thou_o shall_v they_o so_o dispraise_v who_o life_n i_o think_v assure_o be_v innocent_a always_o perhaps_o thou_o do_v against_o they_o prate_v because_o they_o be_v to_o weak_a to_o join_v with_o thou_o in_o word_n of_o hate_n and_o so_o their_o anger_n wreak_v perhaps_o thy_o foolish_a fancy_n seek_v some_o vain_a and_o worldly_a praise_n and_o so_o do_v make_v something_o of_o nought_o which_o sound_v to_o dispraise_n perhaps_o some_o one_o do_v the_o displease_v in_o earnest_a game_n or_o jest_n and_o thou_o thy_o fury_n to_o appease_v do_v rail_v at_o all_o the_o rest_n the_o self_n same_o thing_n or_o some_o such_o like_a do_v move_v thy_o stony_a heart_n this_o deadly_a envious_a stroke_n to_o strike_v all_o just_a cause_n set_v apart_o i_o think_v thou_o do_v not_o call_v to_o mind_n in_o sickness_n or_o in_o health_n how_o we_o be_v help_v by_o woman_n kind_n who_o care_n be_v for_o our_o wealth_n first_o as_o thou_o know_v she_o take_v great_a pain_n by_o travelinge_v in_o bed_n and_o grevous_a groninge_n do_v sustain_v before_o she_o see_v our_o head_n as_o long_o as_o we_o poor_a infant_n be_v and_o nought_o ourselves_o can_v geve_v so_o long_o the_o woman_n take_v the_o care_n our_o body_n to_o releve_n when_o we_o will_v eat_v she_o make_v the_o pape_n she_o geve_v we_o quiet_a rest_n she_o dandle_v we_o upon_o her_o lap_n we_o suck_v milk_n from_o her_o breast_n when_o we_o do_v naught_o but_o cry_n and_o weep_v then_o will_v she_o sing_v and_o play_v or_o else_o will_v lay_v we_o down_o to_o sleep_v our_o cryenge_a so_o to_o stay_v when_o we_o can_v neither_o go_v nor_o stand_v by_o reason_n of_o our_o youth_n the_o love_a woman_n take_v in_o hand_n to_o help_v we_o this_o be_v truth_n now_o when_o we_o come_v to_o further_a age_n and_o can_v both_o speak_v and_o go_v the_o woman_n pain_n do_v not_o assuage_v she_o than_o have_v care_n and_o wo._n in_o seek_v how_o she_o may_v provide_v to_o keep_v we_o still_o in_o health_n and_o care_v how_o she_o may_v we_o guide_v to_o live_v in_o honest_a wealth_n when_o grevous_a sickness_n do_v we_o take_v she_o then_o with_o busy_a pain_n some_o boil_a brath_n for_o we_o do_v make_v our_o body_n to_o sustain_v all_o kind_n of_o physic_n she_o do_v use_v that_o may_v be_v for_o our_o case_n no_o painful_a pain_n do_v she_o refuse_v our_o sorrow_n to_o appease_v she_o wake_v the_o long_a and_o weary_a night_n she_o toil_v in_o the_o day_n our_o safety_n be_v her_o chief_a delight_n she_o be_v our_o only_a stay_n for_o in_o all_o place_n where_o i_o go_v man_n geve_v the_o only_a charge_n unto_o their_o wife_n the_o truth_n be_v so_o because_o their_o wit_n be_v large_a each_o thing_n to_o view_v and_o overlook_v as_o need_n may_v she_o constrain_v the_o baker_n brewer_n and_o the_o cook_n no_o toil_n do_v she_o refrain_v she_o order_v all_o man_n not_o a_o whit_n as_o right_a and_o reason_n will_v because_o she_o be_v of_o quick_a wit_n her_o business_n to_o fulfil_v it_o can_v not_o be_v that_o we_o can_v miss_v this_o gentle_a woman_n kind_n who_o presence_n be_v our_o only_a bliss_n and_o cause_n of_o quiet_a mind_n who_o harmless_a help_a hand_n we_o need_v in_o every_o thing_n we_o do_v and_o she_o be_v ready_a by_o her_o deed_n to_o put_v she_o help_v thereto_o her_o counsel_n be_v both_o good_a and_o find_v in_o matter_n of_o great_a weight_n and_o doubtful_a thing_n she_o will_v confound_v by_o skilful_a wisdom_n sleight_n the_o word_n procede_v from_o her_o breast_n be_v wise_a and_o full_a of_o skill_n all_o that_o she_o do_v be_v for_o the_o best_a she_o brydle_v witless_a will_n disdainful_a pride_n she_o do_v abbate_v her_o malice_n do_v assuage_v she_o bear_v not_o in_o mind_n long_a hate_n she_o love_v not_o to_o rage_n all_o ill_a devise_n she_o do_v confound_v all_o rancour_n do_v expel_v of_o quiet_a life_n she_o seek_v the_o ground_n and_o long_o therein_o to_o dwell_v vain_a trifle_a talk_n she_o do_v refrain_v few_o word_n be_v her_o desire_n from_o quick_a belief_n she_o do_v abstain_v and_o flee_v from_o wreckful_a ire_n she_o do_v

nothing_o without_o foresight_n of_o good_a success_n in_o the_o end_n all_o modest_a means_n be_v her_o delight_n to_o virtue_n she_o do_v bend_v her_o listen_a ear_n she_o do_v incline_v grave_a wisdom_n to_o attain_v against_o all_o vice_n she_o do_v repine_v and_o wickedness_n disdain_v a_o loathsome_a thing_n be_v lechery_n to_o she_o in_o deed_n or_o thought_n a_o hateful_a thing_n be_v bawdry_n which_o she_o do_v set_v at_o nought_o blasphemous_a oath_n she_o do_v despise_v false_a lie_v do_v detest_v she_o do_v obey_v in_o humblewise_o she_o keep_v her_o behest_n to_o check_v or_o taunt_v she_o do_v refuse_v though_o why_o perhaps_o offend_v her_o friendly_a council_n she_o do_v use_v our_o guilty_a fault_n to_o amend_v she_o be_v of_o chaste_a and_o honest_a life_n true_a love_n in_o she_o do_v flow_v she_o be_v a_o sober_a quiet_a wife_n her_o duty_n she_o do_v know_v all_o evil_a thought_n out_o of_o her_o head_n she_o seek_v to_o remove_v good_a cogitation_n in_o their_o stead_n her_o godly_a mind_n do_v love_n with_o earnest_a labour_n and_o great_a pain_n her_o live_n she_o do_v get_v the_o food_n that_o do_v her_o life_n sustain_v be_v get_v by_o her_o sweat_n her_o willinge_v hart_n do_v not_o withstand_v such_o as_o be_v poor_a in_o deed_n she_o stretch_v forth_o her_o help_v hand_n accord_v to_o their_o need_n her_o countenance_n she_o do_v not_o spare_v in_o comely_a wise_a to_o keep_v and_o joy_n with_o they_o that_o joyful_a be_v and_o mourn_v with_o they_o that_o weep_v her_o trusty_a tongue_n do_v not_o disclose_v the_o secret_n of_o thy_o mind_n in_o hide_a hart_n she_o do_v repose_v thy_o thought_n to_o her_o resinde_n her_o harmless_a mouth_n his_o close_a still_o from_o slanderous_a hurtful_a talk_n to_o have_v true_a virtue_n be_v her_o will_n and_o long_o therein_o to_o walk_v with_o wanton_a eye_n she_o do_v not_o look_v on_o those_o that_o she_o do_v mote_n nor_o gaze_v her_o fancy_n for_o to_o brook_v on_o either_o side_n the_o street_n she_o lift_v up_o her_o listen_a ear_n till_o each_o man_n tale_n be_v tell_v if_o need_v require_v though_o she_o do_v hear_v she_o talk_v she_o do_v withhold_v her_o help_a hand_n be_v very_o slack_a to_o do_v the_o thing_n be_v ill_a wish_v fearful_a foot_n she_o step_v not_o back_o all_o goodness_n to_o fulfil_v in_o decent_a order_n she_o do_v wear_v her_o garment_n on_o each_o side_n she_o go_v not_o sluttish_a in_o her_o gear_n and_o yet_o she_o want_v pride_n she_o eat_v her_o meat_n in_o sober_a wise_n to_o satisfy_v her_o need_n she_o drink_v no_o more_o than_o do_v suffice_v not_o use_v to_o exceed_v whereby_o she_o seem_v to_o bear_v in_o mind_n man_n live_v not_o to_o eat_v but_o for_o to_o live_v by_o nature_n kind_n receave_v he_o his_o meat_n abroad_o she_o do_v not_o revel_n much_o till_o need_n do_v she_o constrain_v herself_o she_o do_v acquaint_v with_o such_o as_o virtue_n do_v maintain_v what_o will_v thou_o more_o if_o i_o shall_v write_v each_o virtue_n she_o do_v taste_v the_o day_n and_o eke_o the_o candle_n light_n before_o my_o talk_n shall_v waste_v good_a godly_a man_n have_v write_v their_o mind_n in_o old_a and_o ancient_a time_n much_o praise_v of_o this_o woman_n kind_n for_o want_v heinous_a crime_n which_o if_o thou_o have_v observe_v well_o i_o think_v thy_o grudge_a heart_n will_v not_o so_o much_o against_o they_o swell_v with_o word_n of_o deadly_a smart_n i_o think_v thou_o will_v not_o seek_v to_o spill_v their_o good_a and_o honest_a name_n in_o blow_a of_o a_o blast_n so_o shrill_a with_o trump_n of_o black_a diffame_v thou_o do_v well_o know_v but_o will_v forget_v thou_o see_v but_o will_v be_v blind_a that_o they_o be_v clear_a from_o crime_n or_o spote_n by_o deed_n or_o inward_a mind_n thy_o tongue_n i_o say_v will_v not_o confess_v that_o we_o to_o they_o be_v bind_v that_o we_o ofttimes_o truth_n to_o express_v great_a good_a by_o they_o have_v find_v if_o i_o do_v want_v authority_n to_o furnish_v out_o my_o cause_n or_o be_v it_o not_o for_o flattery_n then_o will_v i_o not_o long_o pause_v to_o show_v and_o set_v before_o thy_o face_n good_a woman_n of_o renown_n assigninge_v the_o their_o dwellinge_a place_n yet_o live_v in_o this_o town_n but_o now_o my_o mind_n my_o pen_n shall_v frame_v to_o set_v before_o thy_o eye_n and_o speak_v of_o those_o who_o famous_a fame_n by_o virtue_n do_v arise_v and_o do_v continewe_v to_o this_o day_n and_o shall_v for_o ever_o last_o though_o they_o by_o death_n be_v take_v away_o full_o many_o year_n now_o past_a we_o find_v that_o ceres_n do_v invent_v 5._o ovid._n meth._n lib._n 5._o all_o grain_n to_o in_o and_o sow_v and_o for_o she_o be_v to_o wisdom_n bend_v most_o people_n do_v she_o know_v honour_n divine_a to_o she_o they_o give_v so_o do_v her_o dede_n express_v with_o one_o consent_v all_o man_n do_v crave_v to_o call_v her_o good_a goddess_n the._n a._n b._n c._n carmenta_n find_v 9_o iside_n lib._n 1._o ant_n 9_o whereby_o we_o do_v indite_v whereby_o in_o wisdom_n we_o abound_v and_o learn_v the_o thing_n be_v right_n and_o pallas_n the_o through_o pured_a brain_n fast_o ovid._n in_o fast_o so_o do_v the_o story_n tell_v of_o oil_n and_o wool_n first_o find_v the_o vain_a which_o be_v a_o great_a jewel_n wherefore_o they_o do_v she_o then_o prefer_v before_o lady_n neptune_n to_o geve_v the_o name_n as_o please_v she_o unto_o athenes_n town_n and_o soppbo_n eke_o the_o poetresse_fw-mi with_o harp_n to_o singe_v do_v find_v which_o do_v expel_v all_o carefulness_n out_o of_o a_o careful_a mind_n the_o malign_a spirit_n have_v saul_n oppress_v and_o long_o in_o sorrow_n tide_n tull_n david_n for_o to_o give_v he_o rest_n his_o warble_a harp_n do_v guide_v such_o pleasure_n we_o by_o woman_n have_v whereby_o we_o be_v preserve_v yet_o thou_o do_v seek_v they_o to_o deprave_v who_o have_v it_o not_o deserve_v let_v this_o for_o truth_n in_o thy_o hart_n cleave_v for_o prove_v it_o so_o i_o can_v as_o many_o pleasure_n we_o receive_v by_o she_o as_o by_o the_o man_n but_o since_o poetry_n do_v decay_n and_o be_v have_v in_o despite_n i_o will_v therefore_o without_o delay_n set_v forth_o in_o open_a sight_n example_n plain_a and_o manifest_a in_o holy_a writ_n find_v out_o which_o be_v weigh_v in_o even_a breast_n this_o slander_n will_v confute_v to_o all_o that_o read_v it_o do_v appear_v how_o michol_n david_n wife_n such_o trusty_a love_n to_o he_o do_v bear_v that_o she_o do_v save_o his_o life_n for_o bloody_a saul_n to_o have_v he_o dead_a his_o messenger_n do_v send_v but_o she_o find_v mean_n that_o david_n flee_v to_o escape_v such_o cruel_a end_n she_z through_o a_o window_n let_v he_o pass_v so_o that_o he_o go_v his_o way_n and_o in_o the_o bed_n where_o david_n be_v a_o image_n do_v she_o lay_v whereby_o king_n saul_n his_o whole_a intent_n and_o purpose_v spend_v in_o vain_a to_o murder_n david_n he_o be_v bend_v he_o fail_v to_o obtain_v jehosaba_n do_v not_o disdaive_v 1●_n 4._o reg._n 1●_n jehoas_n life_n to_o save_v when_o athlia_n with_o busy_a pain_n the_o same_o do_v seek_v to_o have_v who_o keep_v jonathas_n in_o a_o well_o when_o foe_n his_o death_n have_v seek_v the_o wife_n in_o bahurin_n do_v dwell_v that_o this_o good_a deed_n have_v wrought_v jonathas_n and_o his_o fellow_n eke_o this_o godly_a wife_n do_v hide_v that_o when_o their_o enemies_n do_v they_o seek_v than_o be_v their_o not_o espy_v the_o servant_n that_o be_v send_v to_o look_v for_o they_o do_v ask_v the_o wife_n who_o say_v they_o pass_v the_o water_n brock_n thus_o do_v she_o save_v their_o life_n a_o maid_n be_v she_o that_o do_v descry_v eodem_fw-la eodem_fw-la a_o hitophels_n intent_n and_o show_v the_o conspiracy_n that_o be_v to_o david_n mean_v to_o jonathas_n declare_v she_o the_o thing_n before_o unknowen_a so_o from_o the_o snare_n escape_v he_o that_o erst_o for_o he_o be_v sow_v when_o moses_n by_o the_o river_n brink_n 2._o exod._n 2._o be_v in_o a_o basket_n put_v where_o he_o be_v leave_v to_o swim_v or_o sink_v be_v there_o so_o close_o shut_v compassion_n do_v the_o woman_n move_v when_o she_o do_v hear_v he_o weep_v she_o bear_v to_o he_o such_o earnest_a love_n that_o she_o his_o life_n do_v keep_v and_o like_o a_o mother_n do_v he_o find_v adopt_v he_o her_o son_n behold_v the_o love_a woman_n kind_n this_o godly_a deed_n have_v do_v who_o cause_v first_o let_v truth_n be_v say_v 5._o 4._o reg._n 5._o that_o naaman_n have_v his_o heal_n from_o leprosy_n it_o be_v a_o maid_n for_o she_o do_v first_o reveal_v a_o godly_a prophet_n to_o remain_v and_o be_v in_o israel_n can_v