Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	law_n	life_n	power_n	7,966	5	5.2131	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37095	The English lovers, or, A girle worth gold both parts, so often acted with general applause, now newly formed into a romance / by the accurate pen of I.D., Gent.	Dauncey, John, fl. 1663.; Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641. Fair maid of the west.	1662 (1662)	Wing D289A; ESTC R9663	128,678	272

likewise loose my dearest friend he was content to desist but withall telling me that she did not doubt but the justnesse of my quarrell would make me able of my selfe to revenge such damned infidelity that though he knew Hatton to be sufficiently valiant yet his treachery would cowardize his soul and therefore I should not feare to attempt him single that he had for many yeares been an intimate friend of Hatton's but never knew him guilty of any falceness till now which he as well as I had the charity to believe proceeded rather from the inticements of Mariana's Unkle then his own spirit hardly had he finished to speak to me when Hatton stept into the Chamber but seeing me there before him retired with as much hast as he had entred with only saying as he past out that he wondred he had received no answer from me which I told him he should not much longer wait for nor did he for immediately I took Pen Ink and Paper and by Spencer's advice writ him as followeth For Mr. George Hatton SIR THough I am now become your enemy for what reasons I know not yet our former friendship might have engaged you to have declared in more civil language I know not what pretences you may have to the beauteous Mariana but you cannot but know that she is mine by Contract nor have I I think given you any occasion to believe that I will let what Heaven hath bestowed upon me be snatched away without indangering of my life or forcing that Person be he who he wil that shall treacherously endeavour to deprive me of my only Happinesse I shall not faile therefore Sir to meet you at the appointed place though without a second for I am unwilling to engage friends in a businesse in which none but my self is concerned though I could wish you would rather disclaime your unjust pursuite and let us meet as we used to doe friends Goodlake This having sealed I posted away to him by Mr. Spencer's Page who immediately returned with an answer that he was content to meet me single and withall brought along with him a Ribband which we guessed to be the length of his sword and I found it to be the just measure of mine That night Spencer engaged me by all the loves between us not to depart from him till the morning I went to fight so we passed away the most part of the night in discourses of Hatton's basenesse but concluding that the greatnesse of his estate had moved Mariana's Unkle to proffer her in marriage to him and that her beauty and riches had been the motives to make him accept of the proffer In the morning about five a clock I took a solemne leave of my deare friend not knowing but it might be the last though that misery was reserved to a more unfortunate hour who having poured forth his prayers for my good successe which sayes he I doe not doubt will attend the justnesse of your cause bid me adieu and I fearing least I had overslipped some minutes of the time made hast to the appointed place where I found my adversary ready to receive me We both without speaking began to strip of our Doublets and being now ready to encounter each other he first broke silence telling me that if I would resigne up to him my interest in the beauteous Mariana and set her free from all promises and contracts I might live otherwise his sword should force her from my heart to which I replyed That he could not but know that I prized the enjoyment of my deare Mariana for mine said I I will in despight of you call her far above my life and therefore any proposition of parting with her rather then may dearest blood was vaine and irrational that I might with more reason perswade him to relinquish pursuite of that to which he had nor could pretend any right to To this he made no other reply but that we came not then thither to talk but doe and therewith made a desperate passe at me but it was my fortune to put by his point and before he could recover himselfe to give him a mortal thrust into the right side at which he fell saying no more then goe now and enjoy the price of my blood they Mari-a-na I must confesse I was sorry when I saw him fall for I would not willingly have killed kim hoping he might yet have been perswaded to desist further pursuite of his love and have proved as true a friend as at first he had been but seeing that his wound was past remedy 't was in vaine for me to stay and lament him but rather study my own safety having therefore wrapped his body in his Cloake I took my Horse from the hedge where I had tyed him and with all speed galloped to tell Spencer what I had done he at first expressed a great deale of sorrow for the so suddaine death of one that was once his friend but you tell me no more sayes he then what I expected and think he deserved so that we have more reason to lament his folly then his death but however continued he the strict Lawes lately made against duelling will hardly admit of such defensory excuses and though he might fall justly by your sword yet the power of his friends will endanger your life let me therefore advise you to make all possible speed out of England and because I know not how your slender fortunes may have furnisht you let me beg of you to accept this taking down a little Cabinet from the Beds head and giving it me as token of my love which if I live and have the happinesse to know where you reside I shall be most highly obliged if you admit me to supply farther otherwise if I dye I shall dedicate some of my last breath to the remembrance of our friendship I could not tell what to answer to so noble and generous a friend but distilling some teares out of griefe that I was forced to depart from him I let him by those silent showres know how much I prized his goodnesse and that the gratitude of my soule was greater then my tongue could expresse having therefore kissed him again and againe and poured forth ten thousand Prayers for his health as he did for my good successe we sorrowfully bid farewell and I taking Horse rid with all speed possible to the Sea Coast where finding a Ship going with fresh supplyes of provisions to the English-Souldiers in Holland I embarqued my selfe on her and in seven days we came to Vlishing whence I travel'd to the Hague and there changing my name to Love-ill listed my selfe a Souldier to recount to you Noble Spinola any passages of this war were but to give you a dark and blind repetition of a thing which your selfe already know most perfectly I confessed said Spinola I have from my Father and other friends besides some smal experience of my own received an exact relation of

dear Goodlake said she from whence proceeds this strange perplexity in thy minde have I ventured all dangers imaginable and endured all miseries to finde thee out and wilt thou not now own me for thy Mariana how many times hast thou solemnly sworn that without me thou couldst not live how many times hast thou protested that I was the very essence of thy soul Away false man if nothing will convince thee yet let this Ring the last pledge I received of thy Love be a testimony against thee for thy perjuries which the gods will without doubt severely vindicate Goodlake was yet more astonished at the strangeness of the adventure but at length recollecting himself if thou be'est said he the shade of my dear Mariana as I cannot but think thou art what worth was there in me that could call thee from the eternal Mansion of rest to these earthly miseries I am said she neither shade nor Ghost but thy real living Mariana cloystered up from thee by the cruelty of my Uncle who to preserve to himself my Estate and to put thee into despair gave out I was dead and made a solemn burial of an empty Coffin but his real death had no sooner freed me from his Tyranny but I put in execution that vow which during my confinement I made to search thee through the world and now I have found thee wilt thou forsake me Forsake thee my dear Mariana said Goodlake the gods must first relinquishâ— their eternal powers Alas those years I have lived since thy supposed death have been but a continual death to me and had not the friendship of the Noble Spencer kept me alive and his love bouy'd up my Spirits I had assuredly long since been a concomitant with those wandring spirits in the eternal shades Here the Generous Spencer came to salute the fair Mariana and to joy with her both for her safety and her happy meeting of her long lost Lover But all these strange adventures rather increased the worthy Spencers melancholy then allayed it others joy put him in minde of his grief for the loss of his beloved Spouse which the Grand Duke perceiving and willing to make fully compleat the joys of this day retiring for a short time soon returned leading his Fair Guest vailed in his hand he addressed himself to Mr. Spencer Noble Englishman said he the resentment I have to see you alone discontent of all this Noble Company and in a day so fraught with wonders makes me present you this Lady in whom I dare presume you will finde as ample content as any here Herewith Besse Bridges for so she was till then thought to be taking off her vail the amazed Spencer ran joyfully to salute her embracing her with all that affection which could be expected from so constant and loving a pair whose frequent adversities had both tried their love and confirmed their constancy But whilst they were thus embracing each other an antient gentleman who had stood all this while mute and melancholly amongst the released captives stepped forth and addressing himself to the generous Spencer's fair Spouse Madam said he both of the names and the excellency of your beauty I am confirmed that you are the Lady I have so long been in search for to deliver this letter to from your noble Father Certainly Sir said she you are extreamly mistaken for neither was my father noble nor hath he this many years been amongst the living True Madam replyed he your supposed father is long since dead but she whom you and the world I likewise esteemed your Mother hath upon her Death-Bed declared that the Countess of Sherborn your real Mother dying in Childe-bed you were put to her to Nurse but her own and onely Infant soon after dying she loath to be childless sent word to my Lord that you were dead so that you have ever since meanly lived as childe to your Foster-father which yet could not obscure those noble vertues inherent to your birth and which declare you to be as indeed you are the worthy Lady Isabella sole daughter and heiress to my thrice noble Master the Earl of Sherborn You tell me said she strange Paradoxes and therewith breaking open her Letter and having read it to her self see here said she my Spencer the same this gentleman tells us is confirmed by that worthy Lord nor will I in the least doubt it This joy was added to the rest of those great adventures which had before happened which so rejoyced the grand Duke that he resolved to portion his entertainment equal to the strangeness of them and therefore earnestly pressing that the marriages between the Illustrious Bassa and the Infanta of Mantoua and the gallant Captain Goodlake and his beloved Mariana might be celebrated in his Court which was readily assented to nor wanted there a third Marriage to make full the joy for Ruffman having the same day found out Mrs. Forcet who was likewise cast away in the Negro it was concluded that he and Maria should now likewise consummate their loves The Revels Dancings Justs Masques and other Triumphs performed at the Marriage of these worthy personages was such that there wanted nothing of that state and magnificence which the Riches of the grand Duke or the famous City of Florence could afford to the far renowned and deserve dâ—pender of such a ceremony the solemnity of which lasted forty days At the end of which time the beauteous Lady Isabella put her Spencer in mind of the earnest pressings of the Earl of Sherborn her father for her return home and he begging leave of the grand Duke had it though somewhat unwillingly granted whereupon the generous Spencer and the noble Isabella Goodlake and Mariana Forcet and Maria together with Ruffman prepared for their voyage and accompanied by the three Dukes with many other persons of quality came to Pisa where they imbarqued and fortune being now weary of buffeâ—â—ing such worthy personages gave them a prosperous Gale for England As for the worthy Bassa having now the possession of his beloved Iulietta Infanta of Mantua he resolved to keep his vow of never more returning into his native Country FINIS Courteous Reader these Books following are printed for and are to be sold by Francis Kirkman at the Sign of Iohn Fletchersâ— head over against the Angel Inn on the backâ— side of St. Clements without Temple-bar 1. AMadis de Gaule a Romance the sixth part Translaced out of French into English by F. K. in 4 to 2. Clerio and Lozia their Loves and Adventures a Romance Translated out of French into English by F. K. in 8o. 3. Overbury revived Or a Satyrical description of the vices of our present times in Essayes and Characters in 1 s. 4. A Compendious Gâ—ronicle of the kingdom of Portugal from Alfonsus the first King to Alfonsus the sixth now raigning with a Cosmographycal Description of that Country by Iohn Dauncey in 8o. 5. The English Lovers a Romance written originally in the English tongue by Iohn Dauncey in 8o. Playes 6. A Cure for a Cuckold a Comedy written by Iohn Webster and William Rowley in 4o. 7. The Thracian Wonder a Comical History written by Iohn Webster and Willian Rowley in 4o. 8. Gammer Guâ—tons needle a Comedy written by Mr S Master of Art in 4o. 9. The two meâ—ry Milk maids a Comedy written by I. C. 4o. 10. Tom Tyler and his wife a Comedy in 4toâ— 11. The Presbyterian Lash or Noctrâ—ft's maid â—hipt a Tragi comedy in 4 to 12. The merry conceited humours of Botom the Weaver in 4 to 13 Hells higher Court of Justice or the Trial of the three Politick Ghosts of Oliver Cromwel the King of Sweden and Cardinal Mazarins in 4 to 14. A merry dialogue between Band Cuff and â—uff done by an excellent wit in 4 to 15. The Spanish Gipsie a Comedy written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley Gent. in 4 to 16. Love will finde out the way A Comedy by T. B. in 4 to 17. Lusts Dominion Or the Lascivious Queen a Tragedy written by Christopher Marlo Gent. in 12 s. 18. The noble Ingratitude a Pastoral Tragi-Comedy written by Sir Wil. Lower Knight in 12 s. 19. The Enchanted Lovers a Pastoral written by Sir Wil. Lower knight 2 s. 2â— The Amorous Fantasme Sir Tragi-Comedy written by Wil. Lower knight in 12 s. His History of the late Times Two stoick Philosophers His History of Theagenes Caraclea

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