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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	sin_n	soul_n	world_n	9,573	5	4.8199	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25808	A pleasant comedie, entituled Hey for honesty, down with knavery translated out of Aristophanes his Plutus by Tho. Randolph, augmented and published by F.J.	Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635.; Jaques, Francis, fl. 1642.	1651 (1651)	Wing A3685; ESTC R7554	59,602	54

think we 'll pray to wear out our Stockings at knees for nothing No of all prayers this is the result Iove make me rich or pray quicunque vult Chr. Is not Plutus then the Author of grand sacrifices where would the Directory lie if it were not for the new Act of the Priests maintenance Nay if we were to sacrifice a Bull or Ram do you think the Butcher would give it to the god for nothing No no if Plutus should not purchase devotion with his coyn the Olympian Kitchin would smel of nothing but Lent and Fasting-dayes all the year after Plut. VVhy I pray may I put Iupiter out of Commons when I please Chr. May you I marry may you Doest not thou maintain him He l•…ves at thy charges Iupiter had not best anger thee lest thou take an opinion and starve him Plut. Say you so Is it by my courtesie they sacrifice to Iove Chr. Yes altogether for whom is he honored by Plut. By reverend Priests Chr. And dost thou think the Levitical men would not disband if there were want of pay or Tithes It is most certain money is the Catholick Empresse of the world her commands are obey'd from Spain to the Indies Car. 'T is true Master had I been rich But I curse my Stars I was born under the three-penny Planet never to be worth a groat I should have scorn'd the degree of Sword and Buckler but now for a little silver and a thred-bare Livery I have sold the Fee-simple of my self and my liberty to any worshipfull peece of folly that will undertake me Chr. I have heard your Gentilizians your dainty Curtezana's in plain English your arrant VVhores of Venice such as are ready stew'd for any mans appetite if a poor man desire to sin a little they presently sit crosse-leg'd but if a rich man tempt them at the sound of his Silver they cannot hold their water VVhy the VVhores of Pict-hatch Turnbull or the unmercifull Bawds of Bloomsbury under the degree of Plutus will not let a man be acquainted with the sins of the Suburbs The Pox is not so cheap as to be given gratis The unconscionable Queans have not so much charity left as to let you damn your selves for nothing Car. 'T is very true that my Master tels you For Pluta•…ch reports in the life and death of Besse Bron•…bton that she never unbutton'd to any of the guard for nothing Chr. But you may think this is spoken only of bad men such as have prostituted their souls to the world As for good Round they desire not money no good souls not they Car. VVhat then J pray Chr. VVhy this wishes for a good Trooping horse that for a fleet pack of Hounds Car. J when they are ashamed to ask money in plain terms they vail their avarice under some such mask or other but he that wishes for a Horse makes silver the intent of his journey and they that beg for Hounds 't is money they hunt for Chr. All Arts and Crafes 'mongst men were by thee invented I and the seven Sciences but for thee they could never have been so liberal Plut. O horse that I was never to know my own strength till now Chr. 'T is this that makes great Philip of Spain so proud Car. VVithout thee Plutus the Lawyer would not go to London on any Terms Chr. All the Generals Hopton and Montross are by thee maintained ' Troth all the Troopers or Foot-men without thee would never be contented with free-quarter onely there must come Taxes Contributions and Excise to boot Did not Will Summers break his wind for thee And Shakespeare therefore writ his Comedy All things acknowledge thy vast power divine Great God of Money whose most powerfull shine Gives motion life Day rises from thy sight Thy setting though at noon makes night Sole catholick cause of what we feel or see All in this All are but th' effects of thee Plut. O heavens can I do all these things you talk of Ill tide this wretched blindenesse of mine that would never let me see what Command or Power I had All the world for a pair of Eys and a Looking-glasse Sure now the Delphian gate and J have good wits for we jumpt together in this opinion that it is an excellent thing for a man to know himself J shall love a Nosce teipsum as long as J live for this trick Can J doe all these things Chr. All these J by heaven canst thou and millions more then these VVhy there was never any man weary of thy company O god of wealth Thou art a welcome guest where ere thou comest There is plenty of all things Plenty of Love Car. And pienty of VVhite-bread and Butter Chr. Plenty of Honour Car. And plenty of Cheese-cakes Chr. Plenty of Friends Car. And plenty of Bag-puddings Chr. Plenty of Servants Car. And plenty of Furmenty Chr. Plenty of Health Car. And plenty of Custards Chr. Plenty of Command Car. And plenty of Pease-porredge Chr. Never any man has enough of thee If he can change a Groat yet he despairs of a Bed till he can get a Tester Then he procures a full Jury of pence to be empannell'd for the finding out of a Shilling That done the ambitious Niggard will fain usurp a Crown which must be made a Noble one And that is never safe till it have a good Angel to guard it All this obtain'd he cannot without a Mark be reckoned a man of notice Nor has he a patch of a Gentleman till he be worth a Peece Car. The good old Gentleman thinks he has jested all thiswhile handsome grave graypated quiblets Good heaven what pretty things these wits are when they are out of date Chr. When the Purse is full the Pouch gapes and when the Pouch hath his belly-full the great Chest yawns-wide enough to swallow 〈◊〉 •…dies and Goldsmiths-Hall and the Devil to boot and yet when all is done they think themselves as poor as I•…us if their estates do not out-value Doomsdaybook Plut. You say true Sir yet methinks I am afraid of one thing Chr. VVhat is that Plut. That I shall never attain to that •…utopia you speak of 't is a country so hard to conquor Castles in the aire are very impregnable Chr. Sir upon my word let not that trouble you Do your endeavour and I 'le warrant you shall see as perfectly as any Lynceus in Christendome Plu. Then Lynceus what was he Chr. One that could see the very motes in the sun and the least things in the world Plu. I can see the least in the world already I thank you for nothing I can see lesse then any Lynceus living But how canst thou poor mortal worm take off the sequestration of my eye-sight and restore me to perfect seeing again Chr. Do not doubt it For thy delinquent Eyes Shall be admitted to compound and see most perfectly Be of good hope the Delphian god hath sworne And therewithall brandish'd his Pythian Lawrel That