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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	king_n	time_n	year_n	3,367	5	4.7277	4	true

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B07975	Natvral and morall questions and answers. Intermingled with many prettie and pleasant riddles, and darke sentences / written by A.P. ; with a manner of ordering the body for health through euery month of the yeare, and for dieting it for a seuen-night after blood-letting. Written in Latin verse by Ioachimus Camerarius.	A. P.; Camerarius, Joachim, 1534-1598 Victvs et cultvs ratio.	1598 (1598)	STC 19054.5; ESTC S94569	41,291	139

it groweth the better Qu. What is the reason why teeth do come againe and not any other bones of the body Ans All other bones are made and ingendred of a naturall humor and moistnesse in the mothers wombe but the teeth are ingendred by a nourishing humor which daily doth increase Qu. What is the reason that when wee see others to yawne we are prouoked to doe the like Ans This proceedeth to my iudgement by the vertue of our imagination Qu. What did moue nature to giue vs ears Ans Because thereby men might iudge of the difference of sounds and voices Through the ears likewise is purged the colour which is in the braines as through the nose is the flegme Qu. Of what stuffe are womens tongues made of Ans Of an aspen leafe for they neuer leaue wagging Qu. What is most praised and least practised Ans Honesty or els the vertue of liberalitie Qu. Which is the first step to wisdome Ans To know himselfe and the second to feare God Qu. What is the Magistrate Ans The mouth of the Law Qu. What is honor Ans The reward of vertue Qu. What is the property of folly Ans To see other mens faults and to forget her owne Qu. Which is the only sauce of meat Ans Hunger as thirst is of drinke Qu. What is shamefastnesse Ans The tincture and die of vertue Qu. Which is the cheefest pleasure in this world Ans Libertie Qu. In contracting of marriage what ought first to be regarded Ans Vertue and not riches and therefore Themistocles a woorthy Duke of Grecia being asked why hee had rather to bestow his daughter vpon a poor and an honest man then vpon a rich man ill conditioned I said he had rather a man without money then money wanting a man Qu. How might one best learn to discerne a knaue Ans In comparing him by an honest man Qu. What ought a wise man to practise Ans How to accomodate himselfe to the time Qu. What is a chiefe cause of our owne ouerthrow Ans Selfeloue Qu. Whom chiefely hurteth pouertie Ans Him that cannot carry it patiently Qu. Which is the sauce of labor Ans Rest Qu. Who liues most safely Ans Hee that doth not discouer his owne secrets Qu. What is the state of a rich churle or of a couetous man Ans A continuall torment by extream desire of gaine accompanied with a fear to loose thar which he hath gotten Qu. What thing gets friends Ans Prosperity but aduersity tries them Qu. Why ought we in requiting of a good turne imitate the earth Ans Because it giues more then it receiueth Qu. Why ought we not to blame nor likewise to praise our selues Ans Because the one is a signe of folly and the other a token of inconstancy Qu. What are riches Ans Nets to intrap men and thornes to pierce the heart Qu. Which is the surest guard of a Prince Ans The loue of his subiects Qu. What two things do chiefly bridle and encourage men Ans Reward and punishment Qu. Why haue wise men alwaies hated anger Ans Because it is a spice and kind of folly Qu. Wherein is warre better then peace Ans Warre stirreth vp the minds of men to vertue and peace drawes them to idlenesse and lasciuiousnesse Qu. Why doe old men die almost without paine Ans By reason that all their sences are debilitated and weakened Qu. Why doth sorrow and grief make men to looke old before their time Ans Because they dry vp the moistnesse of the body and age is nothing but a kind of drinesse Qu. Why must Wheaten bread chiefly be salted and leauened Ans Because that Wheat by nature is sopping and very and salt doth dry the great of it and the leauen makes it more lighter Qu. Why are fat things not subiect so soon to corruption Ans Because they participate so much of the aire and the fire Qu. Why is a Diamond not so soon burned by thy fire as any other precious stone Ans By reason of his soliditie Qu. Why dooth oyle swim aboue any kind of liquor Ans Because of his fatnesse and all fat things doe much participate of the ayre Qu. What is the reason that some men are more able to endure longer then other Ans Because some of them are more cholericke and some more flegmaticke Qu. What is the reason that when wee are a hungred our spitting is more salter then otherwise Ans Because hunger encreaseth choler which easily becommeth bitter by reason of his sharpenesse Qu. Why are women commonly more fatter then men Ans Because they are more colder of cōplexion and doe lesse exercise Qu. What is the cause that the milk of pale or white women is not so wholesome as that of them that are browne Ans Blacke women are more whoter of nature and therfore by consequent their milke is better digested Qu. Of what conditions is man Ans Of all conditions of foules beasts that God hath created Bold as a lyon sportful as an ape dumbe as a fish prating as a parret filthy as aswine neat as a swanne swift as a hart slow as a snaile prowd as a peacocke gentle as a lambe chast as a turtle loyall as a horse fearefull as a hare ignorant as an asse subtle as a serpent angry as a waspe and lecherous as a Moonky Qu. Of what mettall are womens tongues made of Ans Of Virgils brasen flaile which strooke both friends and foes Qu. What difference is there betweene a scold and a harlot Ans As there is betweene the Viper and the Crockadile for the scold with outrage destroieth her husband the harlot with dissembling loue Qu. What is that which is coldest clad in freese and warmest attired in precious stones Ans Pride which hath no grace but in brauery Qu. What is life without literature Ans A mans graue or an image of death Qu. What wicked mother hath brought forth a good child the onely prop stay of all gouernements Ans Ill manners haue brought forth good lawes to the establishment of vertue and the subuersion of vice Qu. What ought we to thinke of the time which we haue here Ans That wee haue little ynough loose much Qu. Where ought marriage not to bee inforced Ans Where loue cannot be compelled Qu. Which are the titles and epithets of the sunne Ans To be parent of the day gouernor of the world a quickner of the body the eie of the firmament the heart of nature the king of the starres and the visible sonne of God Qu. Which are the wings of time Ans Time past present and to come Qu. Which are the teeth wherwith time consumes all things Ans The night the day life and death Qu. What is the cause that in our age there are not so many excellent men as there were in times past Ans By reason of nature which daily decreaseth or because vertue is not so much esteemed of now adaies as it was

whole year or els in two if it seemed good vnto him The cause being debated and ready to bee iudged the Duke himselfe demaunded of the Lawyer if it were possible to find some further remedy to delay the payment of the said summe To whome the crafty Lawyer answered that the cause should not bee ended yet in two years O wonderfull iniustice quoth the Duke and man full of iniquitie Knowest thou not that I owe the man this mony Wilt thou against my conscience thine owne wilfully frustrate the poore of their right and of that which is due vnto them Shall a man go to law for that which he oweth Take this villaine hence said he vnto his men and let him presently be executed without further iudgement and let his body be quartered to the end that other may take example by his fall to beware of the like and that hereafter the Common-wealth be no more corrupted by him This sentence with the full consent of the Senat was presently executed The great charity of a Duke of Sauoy A Certaine Duke of Sauoy being asked by the embassadors of the king of Naples where his Gray-hounds were which he fed for the chase and moreouer that it would please him to let them haue a view of them The Duke did deferre it till the next day saying that if they would thē take the paines to come vnto him they should haue a sight thereof The next day as they came at the time appointed hee brought them into a great and large hall where a great number of poor people were eating and drinking at a long table Behold now quoth the Duke to the Embassadours the Gray-hounds which I feed wherewith I pretend to chase and to take next that which my Sauior hath purchased for vs all the kingdome of heauē and life euerlasting The workes of charitie are of so great force that the Scripture in euery place doth most earnestly commend them vnto vs with such an assurance of reward that a cup of cold water shall not bee giuen for Gods sake without a tenfold recompence The pleasant answere of a Gentleman A Young Gentleman whose mother was lately deceased did mourn for her and being seene vpon a certaine time in the kings court mounted a horse backe with his foot-cloth of crymson veluet the ladies other damosels of the court laughed him to scorn saying that they found it very strange to see his horse deckt with a foote-cloth of red veluet whereas he himselfe did mourne for the death of his Mother My ladies replied the Gentleman herevpon you haue herein some reason but yet ye ought to consider likewise that the mother of my horse is not yet dead as that he should mourne for her Of Cardinall Cossa that made himselfe Pope by force THe Cardinals being assembled together in the citty of Bologne vpon the election of a new Pope immediately after the decease of Pope Alexander Cardinall Baltasar Cossa bishop of the said place came also there in counsel accompanied with a great number of souldiors saying to all the Cardinals there present if they did not chuse a Pope according to his mind and liking that hee would make them all to repent it The whole assembly being astonished at these threatnings and seeing so many souldiors about the counsel house named diuers vnto him but none did like orcontent him Herevpon as they were all taken with a great feare willed him to name one himself and if he were fit for the place they said that they would accept of him Cossa herevpon called for the Papall cope for to put it vpon him whome he would haue chosen which as it was brought took it and casting it ouer his owne shoulders said Ego sum Papa The Cardinals although it was an act against custome were notwithstanding constrained to consent to this extraordinary election and called him Pope Iohn the thirteenth Ambition in all estates causeth great troubles and bringeth the ministery in great contempt Of a request presented to king Alphonsus BEcause king Alphonsus was knowne to bee a Prince delighting greatly in the hearing and saying of wordes well and readily spoken A certaine man of base degree and somwhar needy addressed himselfe to the king saying My soueraigne doe iustice vnto me and giue me the law I haue a creditour to whome my father now lately deceased did owe a debt my father left me nothing wherewith to pay him yet notwithstanding vpon his earnest sute I made shift to pay it him and hee so instantly demaunded the same againe afterward of me that I was forced to pay him the same debt againe He yet not contented herewith did molest me afterward againe for the same debt and yet at this present sues me most vehemently for it I haue left nothing wherewith I should pay him and if your grace dooth not assist me in this extremity I shall bee vndone for euer Truly quoth the king this is an vnreasonable and a most cruell creditor What is he for one My liege answered the poore man it is my belly to whome I haue payed the debt so long and so oftentimes that nothing is remained wherwith to content him any more these are therefore humbly to intreat your grace to assist me in my wants to helpe me for to giue him his due I haue such another creditor said the king your grace speaketh most true answered the poor man but God be thanked you haue alwaies ynough wherewith to pay him and not I. The King hearing this request so well inuented commanded a peece of mony to be giuen him King Lewis sayings touching those that had benefices and offices HEe was wont to say that asses had for the most part better daies and liued more at hearts ease then horses did for horses quoth he run in post to Rome for prebends and benefices whereof many asses are already prouided Of king Alphonsus THis king as hee heard vpon a time that a certaine king of Spain had said that literature was not greatly to bee required in a Prince answered That this was bellowed as an oxe and not spoken as a king and that they were not the words of a man but of a crowned asse Of the same king and one begging another mans office A Certaine officer of his hauing with an amorous potion lost his wits one of the Courtiers did beg for his office and liuing as if it were vnmeet that his place ware supplied by a mad man It were a most vngodly deed answered the king to take the substance and liuing from him whom God hath barred from all meanes to get and gather any more hereafter The last will and Testament of a Lawyer A Certaine Lawyer hauing in his life time gathered together great riches hauing no kindred to whō he might bequeath his wealth as he lay vpon his death bed disposed all his goods to bee employed in the building of an hospitall wherein no other diseased persons should bee receiued but such