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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	woman_n	word_n	yield_v	44	3	6.2217	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07461	The dodechedron of fortune; or, The exercise of a quick wit A booke so rarely and strangely composed, that it giueth (after a most admirable manner) a pleasant and ingenious answer to euery demaund; the like whereof hath not heretofore beene published in our English tongue. Being first composed in French by Iohn de Meum, one of the most worthie and famous poets of his time; and dedicated to the French King, Charles the fift, and by him, for the worth and raritie thereof, verie much countenanced, vsed, and priuiledged: and now, for the content of our countrey-men, Englished by Sr. W.B. Knight. The vse of the booke the preface annexed declareth.; Plaisant jeu du dodechedron de fortune. English	Jean, de Meun, d. 1305?; B., W., Sir.	1613 (1613)	STC 17847; ESTC S112678	68,222	170

as now it is intended With most great crueltie it shall be ended 10 If he be not purged well and in hast His life is gon and it cannot long last 11 Be you most sure that be it good or ill All is vntrue and this approoue I will 12 You may chaunce heerein much for to spend Without finding beginning or the end Alluata 1 Search towards th'orient and looke well about And in an old wall you shall finde it out 2 If he be two yeare old then doe what you will But take you heede that heate doe him no ill 3 Because he is so soft kinde and affable His fortune shall be thereto agreeable 4 Assure your selfe of what I now you tell He shall liue long in perfect health and well 5 In this thy law and processe I suppose Thy charges onely thou art like to lose 6 To be ill shapen and also ill spoken Keepes loue far off without a better token 7 This man in spight of all his enemies To his former honour againe shall rise 8 Who would beleeue him to be religious Should be deuout and he suspitious 9 Assuredly he is a great coward And feares to put himselfe in any hasard 10 Suddenly this war had a beginning and as quickly it shall haue an ending 11 He liues most sober and in diet small And so shall neede no Phisicke at all 12 Without some good cause the seede was not sowne Nor without fire was neuer smoke knowne Albothon 1 Doe not thinke that I tell you a fable For the newes will fall out most veritable 2 T' is hid déepe in the ground in cunning wise Iust on that side that the sunne doth rise 3 If he haue good strength to eate and drinke The worst is surely past thus doe I thinke 4 If with reason he will be well guided Fortune cannot hurt it is so prouided 5 He shall liue long what soeuer men saine But that shall be with much dolor and paine 6 The more you venter the more shall be lost For nought shall returne to answer the cost 7 Be vigilant and bould spare not to venter For neuer faint heart faire Lady could enter 8 It neuer will him so fortunate hit That he may returne to his sound credit 9 Whether Phisition Priest or Surgeon It 's not the habit that maketh the man 10 A valiant man can hardly death escape If that by battell for honour he gape 11 By garboile and war people are anoyde And all the countrie is quickly destroyd 12 Leaue for the present for onely by nature This diseased will gaine both helpe and cure Aldebaram 1 For to purge the season is not good The best is to abstaine from too much foode 2 This newes very lickly seemes to the view And by all apparances will be true 3 Looke carefully for so it is assigned Where first thou dost it looke thou shalt it finde 4 The childe hath suckt enough with reason Yet weane him not in summer season 5 Fortune is so gracious and fauourable That he shall be sure to be honourable 6 You shall haue long life happie and good Without sicknesse or infected blood 7 For neither riches goods nor yet land Enter not the law at any hand 8 To haue merrie dayes and a good life See that thou brall not nor chide thy wife 9 The busie bodie and buzzing flie Is soone caught with dishonour to die 10 T' is a prating groome and full of chat like a chattering Iay or a Parrat 11 With manie strokes he shall die and end If he be not saued by a friend 12 In this great war blood garboyle and strife One of the captaines shall lose his life Allelatha 1 This great war shall soone haue a good end Although the vilde Pope be an vnfriend 2 Take now no phisicke nor let no blood Vntill the sunne and moone be good 3 If that the newes continue yet a space Then is it true in euerie case 4 You shall finde it sure without all doubt If that by our art you seeke it out 5 Now weane the childe if so you doe please The season is good for health and ease 6 If thou with discretion dost proceede Thou shalt be happie and neuer neede 7 By nature hée 's like to liue verie long If excesse he forbeare himselfe to wrong 8 Of this thy demaund I know certaine Not all but something thou maist obtaine 9 Moue her with gifts for so dost thou well The woman that buies will surely sell 10 He that lewdly spends his first estate Doth not recouer when t' is to late 11 Such as he seemes I know him to be Neither more nor lesse but as you see 12 He is well content to see them square But in the fight he will haue no share Grarayt 1 He is worthie valiant strong and stout And shall be slaine in a warlike rout 2 The wars shall last and endure so long Till both repent and see their owne wrong 3 If with spéede thou purge not then be sure Thou wilt be sore sicke and past all cure 4 It is a thing false and so will be found Without anie truth or perfect ground 5 Séeke while thou wilt I am of the minde That thou shalt neuer any thing finde 6 It is not now good time nor season Although I show not here the reason 7 It is against all sense and nature That thou should haue now good aduenture 8 He shall die in his florishing age Which doth both griefe and sorrow presage 9 Goe not to the law I thée aduise Rather giue th' one halfe if thou be wise 10 Be stout and bould thy selfe to defend And so beware of a fained friend 11 Basely he hath lost his name and honour Which by no meanes he can recouer 12 Trust not this base fainthearted fellow For he is vnconstant weake and shallow Albachin 1 What so he doth is not fained but pure He loueth the Church of this I am sure 2 He shall not die I sée by my cunning While he is so strong and giuen to running 3 A learned Doctor shall deale in this case And by his industrie conclude a peace 4 To cure nature of humors repleate Of some good Doctor he must take a diet 5 This your newes being good and pleasing You may ensure them is no leasing 6 His labour is vaine for getting wealth Yet let him be doing t' is good for health 7 It is time to weane if female it be But if a boy let him sucke hardly 8 Fortune in th' end will doe thy desire Though time doe detract as thou dost aspire 9 He is made of strong and good stature And shall liue by force of his owne nature 10 His plea by proses he shall obtaine For good counsell shall his cause maintaine 11 Good behauiour and words that are milde Increaseth loue and makes a woman yeelde 12 Honour lost by fortune and mischaunce By vertue and wit a man may aduaunce Alameache 1 Let him doe the best of

treason Cabdaldabth 1 Though thy loue be féeble and without remorce His loue rests violent and of great force 2 It is not for thée the readiest way To serue in Court marke what I say 3 He is by nature a little obdure Yet prone to his booke of this be thou sure 4 He that in this his fortune doth craue Is likelie the first to be in his graue 5 Feare not how angrie so euer thou sée them For I am sure their friends wil agrée them 6 This medicine being so laxatiue Will prooue to thee fascheous and corasiue 7 Be bould for it will prooue as good agen There is nothing equall to the loue of men 8 This thing being secret and neuer knowne Is vnpossible euer to be showne 9 They shall as I thinke be each to other As kinde and louing as brother and brother 10 There is great riches surely ment him Except some mischance hap to preuent him 11 He shall be good by his inclination But youthfull tricks shal be his destruction 12 Without the lawyer get some present Your sute will faile incontinent Sarphados 1 If thou wilt beléeue the oath of his partie No doubt but the quarrel wil then soone agrée 2 He is well loued and so it shall prooue So long as there may be still loue for loue 3 As he goes forward he shall haue good lucke Seruing the welthy that haue store of mucke 4 I am perswaded and that you shall sée He will prooue aptest to Philosophie 5 He that now séemes best in all your eyes A thousand to one but first he dies 6 The challenger is valiant and stout And will haue reuenge there is no doubt 7 Take heede that what he appoints be not such As by working it weaken you not to much 8 There is no vrgent cause for ought I know Except some bargaine or monie I owe. 9 The thing may be secret husht and still And so knowne to none except you will 10 These two of seuerall humours shall be And yet for shame they both shall agrée 11 Be nigardly still and spare nere so much It is vnpossible thou shouldst be rich 12 He shall be so fantasticke and so wilde As is not likely to be reconcilde Bryntach 1 He shall neuer neither old nor young Obtaine to speake with a flowing tongue 2 By long seege and staying a great sort The enemie at last shall get the fort 3 Hee loues thee well although he seeme strange Yet shall his loue from thee neuer change 4 He shall long raigne most maiesticall To the ioy and loue of his subiects all 5 If sleeping thy dreame force thee to awake It shewes some strange thing I dare vndertake 6 Rest in good hope for thou maist be sure That they that threaten thee liue in great feare 7 Make no bargaine great or notable For it will not be to thee profitable 8 He hath surfeted with eating something That at the heart is his great payning 9 I thee aduise to write all in verse And with close words thy minde to rehearse 10 This thy purpose as I vnderstand Is like to haue an vnlucky end 11 He that his brother least enuie doth beare Is like to liue long and many a yéere 12 A schollers flat cap will fit him best To get a benefice among the rest Sarphados 1 By diligent labour and carefull paine Great store of wealth and good thou shalt obtaine 2 He shall temper his spéech mildly with skill And so still liue quiet go where he will 3 Some good agréement the campe shall discharge So all men shall retire and go at large 4 His kindnesse is naught worth and but a bable Because his heart is false and variable 5 He shall liue and raigne long most happily Except by some excesse he surfet and dye 6 Thy pleasant dreame with contentation Hath none effect or signification 7 Thou art too timersome and soone dismaid A very small thing will make thee afraid 8 Though that you intend nothing for to buy Yet I you aduise to goe spéedily 9 That which makes him so sore languish and pine Is that he hath tasted of loues swéet wine 10 Lay by thy writing and be not afraid And put thou no trust in a chamber maid 11 This businesse shall haue a good end For Fortune is graciously thy friend 12 It is no matter who first die or fall For ere it be long death will haue all Sabrazulit 1 They both are in danger therefore kéepe watch For death doth intend them both to dispatch 2 Let him labour and toyle neuer so much It will be in vaine he shall not be rich 3 He shall speake brauely with many faire showes But his spéech shal be weake witlesse God knowes 4 This fort shall be had without any faile If that some braue souldier chance it to assaile 5 There can no good come as the case now stands If thou put thy credit into his hands 6 This king shall not last or endure long For the enemies pursuite is very strong 7 What in the day I haue thought on by chance In the night my dreames doe still it aduance 8 Thou art too affraide of euerie small thing None walks in a field that feares each leafe stirring 9 Whatsoeuer now to buie thou art bent Thou shalt be sure with losse to repent 10 It is not fortune that now I discouer But a woman that faine would haue thée loue her 11 Put thou no other writing in vre Thy selfe must sée it of this be sure 12 Whatsoeuer meanes thou dost intend Thou shalt haue small pleasure in the end Belleco 1 Feare not you haue no cause at all to doubt For I am sure the end will fall well out 2 He shall liue longest that is most chast For that his bodie he doth not wast 3 If thou a woman canst content and please Thou shalt obtaine wealth though but little ease 4 By iests and pleasant spéeches now and then Thou shalt get fauour of great noble men 5 Th' enemie shall not obtaine their desire But malecontent disgrac't they shall retire 6 His true loue and fauour is not very common For though he séeme friendly he loues but one 7 This King he shall raigne and liue verie long But cruell to his subiects doing them wrong 8 Concerning thy dreame I am of the minde It is of import as a puffe of winde 9 Concerning this feare in verie short space There will be meanes found to alter the case 10 Buie while they offer you good condition For oft time losse doth follow omission 11 Thou néedst not for the lot to séeke redresse But for the spirit that doth him possesse 12 By message there hath béene wrought such a tricke As hath made the woman come at a becke Gardolitalu 1 If thou canst finde no better a meane The least thou canst doe is to write a●●ine 2 Although the course séeme not very lowable Yet shall the end be verie honourable 3 We sée it by