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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	woman_n	young_a	youth_n	49	3	8.2213	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16257	Thirtene most plesant and delectable questions, entituled a disport of diuers noble personages written in Italian by M. Iohn Bocace, Florentine and poet laureate, in his booke named Philocopo. Englished by H.G. These bookes are to be solde at the corner shoppe, at the northweast dore of Paules; Filocolo. English	Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.; Gifford, Humphrey.; Grantham, Henry, fl. 1571-1587.	1571 (1571)	STC 3181; ESTC S109327	66,026	176

hir and among the other wordes that I vnderstoode of their talke was that eche one said that he was hir best beloued and for proofe thereof either of them alleaged in the furtherance of himselfe diuers gestures then before done by the yong woman And they thus remaining in this contention a long time being now thorowe many woordes at daggers drawing they acknowledged that héerin they did very euil bicause in thus doing they wrought hurt and shame to themselues and displeasure to the woman Wherefore moued of an equall agréement bothe two wente to the mother of the mayd who was also at the same feast and thus sayd vnto hir That forsomuch as aboue all other women of the world either of them best liked hir daughter and that they were at contention whether of them was best liked of hir it woulde therefore please hir to graunte them this fauor to the ende no greater inconuenience might spring thereof as to will hir daughter that she either by word or déede would shew whether of them she best loued The intreated gentlewoman smiling thus answered willingly And so calling hir daughter to hir sayd My fayre daughter eche one of these preferreth the loue of thée aboue the loue of him selfe and in this contention they are whether of them is best beloued of thée and they séeke of me this sauour that thou either by signes or words resolue them herein And therefore to the end that loue from whom all peace and goodnesse oughte alwayes to spring brede not now the contrary content them in this and with semblable curtesie shew towards which of thē thy minde is most bent The yong damsell sayd It liketh me right well And so beholding them bothe a while she saw the one of thē to haue vpon his head a faire garlande of fresh floures and the other to stande without any garlande at all Then she that had likewise vppon hir head a garlande of gréene leaues firste tooke the same from hir head and set it vpon his that stoode before hir without a garlande And after she toke that whiche the other yong man had vpon his head and set the same vpon hirs and so leauing them she returned to the feast saying that she had both performed the commandement of hir mother and eke their desire The yong men béeing thus lefte returned also to their former cōtention eche one affirming that she loued him best And he whose garland she toke and set vpon hir head sayde Assuredly she loueth me beste bicause she hath taken my garlande to none other ende but for that what mine is pleaseth hir and to giue occasion to be beholding vnto me But to thée she hath giuen hirs as it were in place of hir last farewell vnwilling that like a countrey girle the loue which thou bearest hir be without requitall and therfore lastly she giueth thee that garlande thou haddest merited The other replying with the contrary thus answered Truely she loueth that thine is better than thée and that may be séene in taking therof And me she loueth better than what mine is in as much as she hath giuen me of hirs And therefore it is no token of hir last deserued gift as thou affirmest but rather a beginning of amitie and loue A gift maketh the receiuer a subiect to the giuer and bicause she peraduenture vncertane of me to the ende she might be more certayne to haue me hir subiect will binde me if perhaps I were not bounde vnto hir before to be hirs by gift But howe mayst thou thinke if she at the first take away frō thée that euer she may vouchsafe to giue thée And thus they abode a long time contending and in the ende departed without any definition at all Now say I most puissant Quéene yf you shoulde be demaunded of the laste sentence of suche a contention what would ye iudge The faire Lady somewhat smiling turned towards Philocopo hir eies sparkling with an amorous light and after a soft sigh thus made answere Moste noble youthe proper is your Question And truely as very wisely the young woman behaued hir selfe so eche one of the yong men right well defended his cause But bicause ye require what we lastly will iudge therof thus we make you aunswere It séemeth vnto vs and so it ought to séeme to eche one that taketh good héede that the woman had in hate neither the one nor the other but to kéepe hir intent couert did two contrary acts as appeareth and not without occasion And to the end she might get more assured the loue of him whom she loued as not to lose the loue of the other whome she hated not it was but wisely doone But to come to our Question whiche is to whether of the two greatest loue was shewed We saye that she loued him best and he chiefest in hir fauour to whome she gaue hir garland and this semeth to be the reason Whatsoeuer man or woman that loueth any person ech one through force of the loue they beare is so strongly bound to the person loued that abou● all other things they desire to please the same neither to binde him or hir more strongly that thus loueth néedeth either gifts or seruices and this is manyfest And yet we sée that who so loueth though he endeuour him selfe sundry wayes is not able to make the person loued in any sorte benigne and subiect vnto him wherby he may bring it to his pleasure and so with a more bolde face demaund his desire And that this is in suche sorte as we say the inflamed Dido with hir doings dothe very well manyfest the same vnto vs who burning in the loue of Aeneas so long as it séemed hir neither with honours nor with gifts able to winne him had not the courage to attempt the doubtfull way of asking the question So that then the yong woman sought to make him most beholding vnto hir whom she best loued And thus we say that he that receiued the gifte of the garlande was hir best beloued As the quéene became silent Philocopo answered Discrete Lady greatly is your answere to be commended but for all that you do bring me into a great admiration of that ye haue defined touching the propounded question bicause I wold haue iudged rather the contrary For so muche as generally among louers this was the wonted custome that is to desire to beare vpon them some iewell or some other thing of the persons loued to the end that most times they might glorie them selues more therin than in all the remnant they had perceiuing the same about them therwith to glad their minds as ye haue heard Paris seldome times or neuer entred into the bloudie battailes against the Greekes without bearing some token vpon him that had béen giuen him by his Helene beléeuing better to preuayle therewith than if he had gone without the same And truely in mine opinion his thought was not vayne

annoy than I willingly would Learne then to beare the lesse griefs since thou séest the gretest with a valiaunt minde borne of me To whom I answered that as it séemed to me his grief although it wer gret was no ways to be compared to mine He answered me the contrary and thus we abode in a long contention and in the end parted without any diffinition Wherefore I pray you that you wil say your iudgement hereof Yong Gentleman sayde the Quéene great is that payne of yours and great wrong doth the damsell committe in not louing you But yet at all times your griefe may by hope be eased the whiche happeneth not to your companion bicause that since he is once entred in suspecte nothing is able to draw it away Therfore continually whilest loue lasteth he soroweth without comfort So that in our iudgement greater séemeth the griefe of the iealous than that of the vnloued louer Then sayde Clonico Oh noble queene since you say so it playnly appeareth that you haue always ben loued agayne of him whom you haue loued by occasion whereof ye hardely know what my payne is How may it appeare that iealousie bringeth greater griefe than is that I feele forsomuche as the iealous possesseth that he desireth and may in holding the same take more delight thereof in one houre than in a long time after to feele any payne through want thereof and neuerthelesse he may through experience abandon such iealousie if it happen that this iudgement be found false but I being kindled with a fiery desire howe much the more I sée my selfe farre off from the attaining the same so muche the more I burne and consume my selfe assaulted of a thousand instigations neither is any experiēce able to help me therin bicause thorow the often reprouing hir and finding hir euery houre more sharpe I liue desperate Wherefore your answer séemeth contrary to the truthe bicause I doubt not but that it is muche better to holde with suspition than to desire wyth teares That amorous flame that dothe shine in our eyes and that euery houre dothe adorne our sight with the greater beautie doeth neuer consent replied the Quéene that we loue in vain as you affirme but for all that it is not vnknown to vs howe great and what manner of paine that is bothe of the one and the other and therfore as our answere hath bene confirmable to the truth one thing we will shew to you It is manifest that those things which moste doe hinder the quiet of the minde are cares the which are some of them come to a merrie ende so some we sée to end with great sorow wherof how much more the mind is repleat so much the more hath it of gréefe and chiefliest when as the same are noisome and that the iealous haue more store therof thā haue you is manifest bicause you héede nothing else but only to gette the good will of the dāsel whom ye loue the which not being able to attaine is to you a gréefe most gréeuous but yet it is certaine that it may easly come to passe to attaine the same at one instant not thinking therof forsomuch as womens heartes are inconstant bisides peraduēture she loueth you not withstanding to proue if you also loue hir shée sheweth the contrary and so perhappes wil shew vntil such time as she shal be wel assured of your loue so that with these thoughts hope can mitigate vnfained gréefe but the iealous hath his minde ful fraught of infinite eares against the which neither hope nor other delight can bring cōfort or ease the paine For he standeth intentiue to giue a law to the wandring eyes the which his possessor can not giue He wil and doth endeuour hymselfe to giue a law to the féete to the hands and to euery other acte of his Mistresse He will be a circūspect knower both of hir thoughtes of hir myrth interpreting euery thing in euil part towardes himself belèeuing that eche one desireth and loueth hir whome hée loueth Likewise he imagineth euery woord that shée speaketh to be twaine and full of disceit And if he euer committed any detraction towardes hir it is death to him to remembre it imagining to be by the like means deceiued He wil with coniectures shut vp the wayes of the aire and of the earthe And briefly the heauens the earthe birdes beastes and euery other creature that he thinketh doth hinder his deuises And to remoue him from this hope hathe no place bicause in this doing if he find the woman faithful he thinketh that shée espyeth that which he doth and is therfore héedefull therein If he findeth that he séeketh for and that he would not finds who is more dolorous than hée If peraduenture ye thinke that the imbracing hir in his armes be so great a delighte vnto him as shuld mitigate these pangs your iudgemēt is then false bicause such manner of colling bringeth him in choller in thinking that others as wel as he hath imbraced hir in the like sort and if the woman peraduenture doe louingly entertaine him he demeth that shée doth it to the ende to remoue him from suche his imaginations not for the true loue shée beareth him If he finde hir maliciously disposed he thynketh that shée then loueth an other and is not content with him And thus we can shewe you an infinite numbre of other suspitions cares that are harbored in a iealous persone What shall we then say of his lyfe but that it is farre more gréeuous than that of any other liuing creature He lyueth beléeuing and not beléeuing and stil alluring the woman and moste tymes it hapneth that these iealous persons doe end their liues thorow the self same malice wherof they liue fearful not without cause for that with their reprehensions they shewe the way to theyr owne harmes Considering then the aforesayd reasons more cause hath your frend that is iealous to sorrow than haue you bicause you may hope to get and he liueth in feare to lose that which he scarsly holdeth for his own And therfore if he haue more cause of gréefe than you yet comforts him selfe the best he cā much more ought you to comfort your self and to set aside bewailings that are méete for faint heartes and hope that the assured loue which you beare towardes your Ladie shall not lose his due desert For though she shew hir selfe sharp towardes you at this present it can not be but that shee loueth you bicause that loue neuer pardoned any loued to loue and ye shal know that with the fierce vehement windes are sooner broken the stubburne Okes than the consenting réedes The sixt Question proposed by a yong Gentlevvoman NExt vnto Clonico sate a faire Gentlewoman apparelled in black vesture vnder an honest veyle who as she perceiued the Quéen to haue made an end of hir wordes thus began to say Moste gracious Quéene I remembre that