Selected quad for the lemma: day_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
day_n	fair_a	night_n	rain_n	5,430	5	10.9395	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08841	[Chaucer newly painted] [by William Painter].	Painter, William, 1540?-1594.	1623 (1623)	STC 19125.5; ESTC S467	18,575	60

burne So too much wealth oft times to woe doth turne But time and place and quantities required Before that any thing should bee desired For if there dung should in your Chimnye lye You out of doores would throw it presently And if there fire should on the dunghill be You soone would fetch it into your chimney Yet both of these are good in places fit And this is all that I will say of it Who good finds by it may sometimes it vse And whom it hurts from taking I le excuse Then store of Apples in the fire was laid And Ale was gone for as the good wife said Then one that was there in the company Said masters if you will be ruled me by Who will not sing read riddle nor tell tale Shall neither taste of Apples nor of Ale Whereto the company agreed all And to begin the lot thus out did fall They at the rowes end would their Riddles tell Which I must read that neuer well could spell There was a coale whereon one ashes cast Which if he had with bellowes giuen one blast It quickly would haue burn'd into a flame That one might well haue warmed them by the same The second said now marke what I shall tell There be three men in towne where I doe dwell The one hath been my neighbour dwelling long Who whē he was in 'th wright was thē in 'th wrong The other dwels right ouer me againe Whose ioy was greatest when he was in paine The third of long time I know certainely Hath wisht that both his wife and hee might dye Now since the reading you haue put to mee I le tell you what I thinke these for to bee The first doth meane a poore mans Sonne I know VVhich halfe a yeare to schoole did neuer goe For had he had but learning to his wit Sure many should haue profited by it And you that last spoke of your townes men three I le tell you what I thinke them for to bee I doubt your neighbour takes too much delight In some lewd louer that is named VVright And hee that dwells right ouer you againe Doth loue another that is named Paine And for the third a foole may well know this That hee a Dyar by profession is They that sat next did not much time prolong But presently each of them sung a song To tell the tunes I thinke it me behoue The first is Liue with mee and bee my loue The second is if I bee not deceiu'd Mad Tom of Bedlam of his wits bereau'd Who doth these dayes of ours not see Most lamentable for to bee When great offences sore doe rage Whom iustice can no whit asswage From euill temptations night and day Deliuer vs Lord wee thee pray It endlesse were to goe about With colours for to paint them out But I wish all men should abstaine From those which chiefest now doe raigne From euill temptations c. The poore mans faults compare I may To spots in Images made of clay But faults in great men to behold Like staines in statues are of gold From euill temptations c. But as no man can safely ride Too neare vnto a riuers side So they that with bad men conuerse Oft times cannot but bee the worse From euill temptations c. For as the Syrens pleasant song The hearers death doth hasten on So hee that enuy entertaines Can haue no ioy vnmixt with paines From euill temptations c. When as the Crocodile most doth weep Doth most desire the silly sheepe So doth the flatterers double tongue His dearest friend the deadhest wrong From euill temptations c. The strange Camelion that by kind Can change her colour with her minde The Lyer can as readily Of one lye make you two or three From euill temptations c. As Boreas rough breakes Ships in twain And causeth flames to burne amaine So doth the Tale-bearer hatred sow Where loue and friendship else would grow From euill temptations c. From Wolues the worst of all ill beasts A man in house may safely rest But from backe-byters deadly sting No house can safe secure him From euill temptations c. As oftentimes sweet flowers nie Haue Serpents foule beene seene to lye So in a coat full gay hath beene A trecherous heart full often seene From euill temptations c. But as wee read once Balaams Asse More wiser then his Master was Euen so are they that dangers shunne More wise then they that to them run From euill temptations c. As Elephants strong in waters deepe The weake ones doe from danger keep I would all men would learne of them To pitty their poore bretheren From euill temptations c. What christian heart can thinke vpon The wicked liues of many a one And not with Christ our Sauiour deare For them shed many a mournfull teare From euill temptations c. But such as purposely entend Their sinfull courses to amend God with his Spirit assist them so That they frō grace to grace may grow From euill temptations c. Now as a friend I all men will Good men no harme to doe vntill And when to speake you are inforst Of bad men neuer speake the worst Like to our selues Lord grant wee may Our neighbors loue both night day THE pleasant life of Shepheards hath euer yet been deemed Amongst all Swains to take least paines and yet the best esteemed But now may they waile both in mountaine and dale where last their flockes were feeding For now dead they be scarce one of twentie is left that 's worth the heeding And if the liues of Shepheards considered be aright All men must say both night and day they liue in blisfull plight But now may they waile c. Fayre Flora in the Spring time first offereth vnto them The earths sweet flowers through Aprills showers before all other men But now may they waile c. When Phoebus in his highest with hottest beames doth thine He soone will hie him downe to lye in shade vnder the Pine But now may they waile c. And if Apollo chanceth with raine to coole the heat His Pine will serue for to preserue him likewise from the wet But now may they waile c. Whilst hee rests thus defenced both from the raine and heat His pretty Lambes vpon the lands doe sweetly eate their meat But now may they waile c. If any goe astray in 't meadow or in 't graine His little Dog will at first word Soone fetch them forth againe But now may they waile c. When Autumn's fully ended and hay and corne in barne His flockes may goe both to and fro and neuer commit harme But now may they waile c. Then hee with his faire Phillida vnder a willow tree May sport and play each day by day with mirth and melodie But now may they waile c. And when that hoary Hyems begins his raigne to hold A firre bush tree prouide will hee to keepe him from the cold But now may they waile c. Thus haue you heard recited the blisfull Shepheards plight But I aduise no man to praise a faire day before night But now may they waile c. For many Shepheards now are forced hereunto In raine and heat their bread to get or else a begging goe Therefore may they waile both in mountaine and dale where late their flockes went feeding For now dead they bee scarce one of twenty is left that 's worth the heeding The next of all it came to mee by lot To pay my penny to make vp the shot I neither sung had riddle nor good tale Yet faine I would the apples tast and ale Then presently into my minde it came That I before had made an Annagram Which I them told in the stead of a tale And by that meanes I tasted of the ale There bee nine Letters in the Alphabet Which vntill death I neuer will forget They to my minde doe giue so much delight And which they bee I briefely will recite The I alwaies some ioyfull thing presage The O bids youth prouide against old age The N good newes doth euer to vs tell The E bids none let enuy with him dwell The C to all men charity doth show The L to all is louing where it goe The A is alwaies amiable to behold The R said he by reason ruld bee would The K doth keepe the key of knowledg so That no euill thing into the house can goe If I the reason hereof should not tell I seeme to marre should what I haue made well But I may boldly tell it without shame It was the Anagram of my mothers name The last man whom by lot it vnto came Said he also would tell an Anagram Which here I le briefly shew vnto your view I lik't it not no more I thinke will you The w presageth double woe The y nought else but yealousy doth show The f is flattering false vnto his friend The e thinkes euill whatsoeuer it pretend Thus you may see that w y f e Doth bring a man from wealth to misery If euery man were minded like to me Then surely they would maried neuer be Then said I Sir if you 'll not be offended Your Anagram you shall heare soone amended The w doth worth and wealth presage The y bids youth prouide against old age The f is faithfull and doth friendship show The e from euill bids all make hast to goe Thus you may see that w y f e ●…ild wench may a good wife make one day