Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	woman_n	year_n	young_a	182	4	5.8912	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03171	An hundred epigrammes. Inuented and made by Iohn Heywood	Heywood, John, 1497?-1580?	1550 (1550)	STC 13294.5; ESTC S119138	18,997	52

gods but one Thou kepest within that bound For god y u hast noue Hauyng or woorshippyng of god false or true Thou hast nor worshippest God old nor newe And as for the committyng of Idolatrie By grauyng to thy selfe any Imagerie This Twenty yeres daie in weather hot or coole Thou handledst no caruyng nor workyng toole The name of god in vayne thou consentst not till Thou neuer swerst but for some purpose good or ill And as for the holy daie thou doest breake none For thou wilt rather make twentie than breake one Father and mother not dishonourd by thee For thou neuer comst where any of them bee And where thou shalt not kyll to clere the of that Thou neuer durst abide to fight with a gnat Than all adultrie or fornicacion Chastitee dischargeth by this approbacion All women hardly can beare thee their fauour To abide thy sight and in no wyse thy sauour For stealyng or their what euer thou hast bene Thy handes at this daie are knowen to be clene How caust thou stele ought in house feeld or streete Thou sittest in Newgate fast bound handꝭ and feete By false witnesse thou neuer hurtest man for why Eury woord thou speakst eury man thinkth a lye Now to couet in mynde thy neighbours asse Or his house when bondage will not let the passe To ride to the tone or go to the tother Or in consented thought one waie or other For to couet thy neighbours maide or his wife Thou knowing ▪ thei can not loue the for their life Or of thy neighbours thinges to couet any thyng Whan couetousnes can no waie bring winnyng But that lacke of credite libertee or loue Kepth thee from that couetyng can moue Thou hast to shrewd a wit in desire to dwell To haue thyngꝭ from which dispeite doth the expell Thus in Gods precepts except thou clere appere I know not who the diuell can saie he is clere Of a nose XXXI ¶ But for blemishe of a face to loke vpon I doubt whiche were best to haue a nose or none Most of our sauours are more sower than sweete A nose or no nose whiche is now most meete Lettyng of a ferme XXXII ¶ By word without writyng one let out a farme The couenauntꝭ wherin the lessee brake a mayne Wherby the lessor lackyng writyng had harme He saide and sware he would make promise playne Without writyng neuer to let thyng agayne Husband cried his wife that othe agayne reuarte Els without writyng ye can not let a farte Age and youth XXXIII ¶ Though age and youth to gether can seeld agree Yet once two yong and two olde folke did I see Agr●de lyke lams togither diuers yeres The storie wherof foorthwith aperes A woman olde and a man yong wer led She him for loue and he hir for good to wed A yong woman and an old man in like case Were wed for like cause at the same tyme and place Into one house these two couples wedded were And duryng their liues together must liue there And thei once aquainted and one month maried All their liues after thei neuer varied Company and condicion these foure folke hold As nature naturally wylth yong and old Couplyng them selues to gether thus eury daie Tholde fooles aldaie prate y e yōg fooles aldaie plaie A rose and a nettill XXXIIII What time herbs wedes such thingꝭ could talke A man in his gardeyn one daie did walke Spiyng a nettill greene as Themeraude spred In a bed of roses lyke the Rubie red Betwene which two colours be thought by his eie The greene nettill did the red rose beautifie How be it he asked the nettill what thing Made hym so pert so nie the rose to spryng I plant me with these roses said the nettill Their mylde propretees in me to settill And you in laiyng vnto me your nose Shall smell how a nettill maie chaunge to a rose He did so whiche done his nostrils so pritcht That rashly he rubd where it no whit itcht To whiche smart mocke and wily begylyng He the same smellyng saied smothely smylyng Roses conuert nettils Nay thei be to fell Nettils will peruert roses rather I smell Of the wifes and hir housbandes waste XXXV ¶ Where am I least husband quoth he in the waste Whiche comth of this thou art vengeable streit laste Where am I biggest wife in the waste quoth she For all is wast in you as far as I see An olde wiues boone XXXVI ¶ In olde world when old wiues bitterly prayde One deuoutely as by waie of a boone Axt vengeance on hir husband and to hym sayde Thou woldst wed a yong wife er this weke wer doone Wer I dead but thou shalt wed the diuell as soone I can not wed the diuel quoth he why quoth-she For I haue wedded his dam before quoth he A talke of two conies XXXVII ¶ In tyme whan dom beastꝭ as wel as birdꝭ spake Two conies their myndes in this mater brake Were all conies in such case said the tone That of two wynters weathers we must choose one Whiche were best choise frost neuer snowe euer Or els to choose froste euer and snow neuer Frost quoth the tother maketh vs lustie and fat And snow lameth vs for leaue What ꝙ he for that Fortie fat conies be oft kild in one night Whan leane conies with life scape awaie quight Ye quoth the tother but where snow to long lieth Conies by famin well nie euery one dieth Better all be fatte though some die as lotts fall Than lynger in leannes and therby die all A prisoner XXXVIII ¶ In prison a prisoner condemned to die And for execucion waityng daylie In his handes for wormes lookyng on a daie Smilyng vnto him selfe these wordes did saie Sens my foure quarters in foure quarters shall stand Why harme I these seely worms eatyng my hand Nought els in this deede do I but my selfe show Enemy to the woorme and frend to the crow Two blynde men XXXIX ¶ One blynde man to supper an other bad Whiche twaine sittyng at such meate as thei had Me thinkth ꝙ this blind host this candel burnth dim So thinketh me sir saide the blynde guest to him Wife said the good man with sorow mend this light She put out the candell whiche burned very bright And chopt downe emptie candelsticks two or thre So lo now eate and welcome neighbour quoth he Debilitee of senses XL. ¶ Wyfe my hands for feelyng are oft very yll And as th one hand mendth thother appeyrth styl Ye saie so the said she th one hand feelth euermore Woorse the daie present than the daie before Thother hand feeleth by oynctmentes excellent Better the daie before than the daie present But how doth your eie sight worse worse said he For worse this day than yesterdaie I see the. Though you wer blind ꝙ she y ● shold no loue breake I would your eies were out so you could not speake Take hearyng to ꝙ he thou makst my