Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	old_a	youth_n	youthful_a	16	3	10.5666	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53744	John Owen's Latine epigrams Englished by Tho. Harvey, Gent. ; dedicated by the author Mr. John Owen unto the Lady Mary Nevil, daughter of the Earl of Dorset.; Epigrammata. English	Owen, John, 1560?-1622.; Harvey, Thomas.	1677 (1677)	Wing O825E; ESTC R11234	92,073	212

husbands sole defence And comfort is in 's Wife t' have confidence 212. An hollow Tooth The Fire Me cast therein doth not consume But I am hollow made by Watrish Rheume 213. Vertues Praise As the Suns constancy consists in Motion So Vertue 's force in Action hath best Notion 214. Aesop ' s Tongue No Member is that doth to man belong More Noble or Ignoble than the Tongue 215. To the Children of Winchester Colledge I am not what I was once all for Plays A Child of Festivals and Holy-days 216. Wisdome leading Fortune following Of Ancus If ill advice chance well in vulgar Eyes Ancus the Fool shall be reputed wise If good advice come by mischance to nought Wise Cato shall himself a Fool be thought 217. Grief Loss present's to be griev'd for We bemoan Past ah too late and future loss too soon 218. Vicissitude Mirth Mourning ends and Mourning Mirth concludes Hope Fear w' are various by Vicissitudes 219. To Germanicus Thy Wife hath rais'd the Number of thy Friends This her fertility in part commends This Benefit in Wedlock doth accrew A new Wife gains new Friends and Friendship new 220. Armed Wickedness Of Linus As the best Wine makes Vinegar most tart So the more witty thou more wicked art 221. Opinionist How ah Opinion reigns the World thoughout The Truth I know not yet I must not doubt Who doubteth errs not Yet for both prepar'd Error b' Opinion not by doubt's declar'd 222. Alma Mater Academia Oxonia Fair Mother Oxford University Nature was Mother of my Brain Thou Now She dura Mater pia Mater Thou 223. The Poet. Rewards not words Me●enas Poets gave The Grandee What more than words can I from Poets have 224. Man is to Man a God A Man 's a Man though he but sparing lives A Wolf that spoils a God who freely gives 225. Homer If that be true which some of thee do write Thou never sawst thy Books yet see the Light 226. Three Secretaries Thou must to th' Lawyer thy whole case untwist To th' Doctor thy Disease thy Sins to th' Priest If thou respect'st thy Soul's and Body's weal Nothing from this Triumvirate conceal 227. To D. C. G. The Gout thee vexeth and a pest contrary Thy Wife makes thee to run the Gout to tarry 228. Ubiquitaries All th' Earth's before the poor where e're he roam He 's never exil'd ever is at home 229. Lovers Love is in us as in the Wood is Fire As Fire the Wood Love burns us with desire But Fire in Air Wood t' Ashes doth consume We Ashes are And what 's our Love but fume 230. Speech A Speech is like to Grief is like to sport If long 't is trivial if grave 't is short 231. On an esseminate old man Bacchus old age Venus doth youth ingage This therefore fit for youth and that for age 232. On Harpalus a covetous Youth The World thy Friendess is wretch thou t' adore it That 's old thou youthful 't is enough t' abhorr it 233. To the Reader Who writes is fam'd of these is blam'd of those Himself to censure still he doth expose He daily pleads his cause desisteth Never And Reader unto Thee the Judge is ever 234. Of a Looking-glass Thou gav'st m' a Glass my Face to represent One to present thy Face would more content 235. Of Quintia a Hypocrite Learn'd Comely youthful fair Benign and Chast Thou if not proud of these some Goodness hast 236. A Probleme The Prodigal the Miser doth detest Why then do Misers Prodigals love best 237. Sleep Venus Shall I you call Death's Sisters or Allies Thou pleasing Venus Thou Sleep easing Eyes You both indulge your Selves on Beds to lie And Feds are made your Pleasures to supply Dull Sleep lewd Venus hate the light And this Is the Souls Death the Senses Death that is 238. Lifes length and shortness To sloathful men the Day Night Month and Year Seem long though posting on with swift career We trifle out our long-thought time in vain Why of Life's shortness do we then complain 239. The Treasury Birds are with Bird-lime caught both young and old So Treasuries like Lime-twigs catch our Gold 240. To self-loving Ponticus Thy mind and Eye themselves did never see That thou so lov'st thy self how can it be 241. Scrutiny O that what Christ unt ' his Disciples spake Prince Priest and people would their Query make What do men say of me This askd in th' end Men would their Errors see and them amend 242. Light of Grace The Moon enlight'ned by the Sun doth shine So shines the Soul inspir'd with Grace divine 243. Fame Error Rumours and Errors further going grow Greater and greater like a Ball of Snow 244. Historical Tradition of King Brutus To William Camden Books may be burn'd and Monuments may lie Demolished thy works and mine may die But a Tradition National alive While is that Nation will in force survive 245. To Roger Owen A Learned Knight Thou knowst the Britains Laws their old new Rites And all that their whole History recites In thy Discourse Th' art so profoundly read A living Library seems in thine Head 246. On a Covetous Man Thou wretched man why for a thousand year Provid'st and canst not live one hundred here Why such vast sums of Moneys up dost heap And seek'st long Joys in this short life to reap Thou sayst I one day shall be rich if I Live close Why sayst not I shall one day die 247. One Foot in the Grave We live upon Deaths shore our life 's as near To death as Seas unto the Shores appear Life Death are almost one thing in repute As Earth and Water one Globe constitute 248. Britains Mercury To J. H. Of mundane things Moore wrote the best and good Thou writ'st the worst but Truth if understood 249. Of Himself Some say I am no Poet 't is no lye For I write nothing else but verity 250. To William Butler Physician at Cambridge Some to desired Health preferr their Wealth Thou sleightest Wealth thy care 's for cure for Health Thee the Physician let none despair Of Health that 's sick Physick as Phoebus Heir Thou giv'st I flatter not the truth I speak Nor comes this Praise from one that 's Sick or weak 251. To Paulus A Lawyer Why calls the common Law a Relict her Whose husband 's dead to th' wedded that referr No need a Wife her husbands death expect To lodge in mournful Bed with Face erect 252. The last Divorce If man to Bliss to Dis wife pass away Or contrary No more one flesh are they 253. The World The Earth is like a Gaol like Walls the Skies The Gaoler's Sin the Fetters Womens Eyes 254. Laws Nullity We many Laws have made almost not any For if not any kept what good 's so many That Laws be kept this one Law more ordain Which if soon marr'd will soon be made again 255. The state of man If one Foot down Then th' other is