Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	wit_n	work_n	work_v	27	3	6.0477	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19035	Cobbes prophecies his signes and tokens, his madrigalls, questions, and answeres, with his spirituall lesson, in verse, rime, and prose. Pleasant, and not vnprofitable. Reade that will, iudge that can, like that list.		1614 (1614)	STC 5452; ESTC S108104	11,901	38

will make cheare in Bowles But when the Oyle of Malt Makes the heeles for to halt take heed of your lop heauy Nowles IN the olde time When an odde-pumpe rime would haue made a Dog laugh And the Ostesse of the Swan Would swinge her good Man with a good quarter staffe When more then a good many Had nine Egges a penny and Corne was sixe pence a strike Then true blinde deuotion Brought such to promotion As neuer I hope will be like When the Catkild the Mouse And the Dog kept the house and all was wholesome and cleanely And Iohn and his Ioane Did liue of their owne full merily though but all meanely When Beefe Bread and Beere Was honest mens cheere and welcome and spare not And the Man kist the Maid And was not affraid come who will I care not When right should haue reason In time place and season and Truth was beleeued When these things did go thus Which Truth doth not show vs the Charity flourisht When loue and good Nature In euery Creature a kind Spirit nourisht But if that it were so As many do feare no that some were sore blinded What euer the cause was T is now at another passe men are otherwise minded For such as haue prooued What is to beloued will euer be heedfull That nothing be wanting Though somewhat be scanting to comfort the needfull And therefore no matter How ere fooles do flatter their wits with their will I wish the time present In all true contentment to stay with vs still IF the day were as long as the yeare And the Gossips were making good cheere they would thinke the time were but short But if they fall to brawling and scolding And the Beggats be at the vpholding oh there would be delicate sport If the Apples were once in the fire Each Gossip had her pot by her and euery one to her tale And the Wife that went once for a maid Would tell what trickes she had plaid oh there would be worke for whole sale If the Wine once did worke in the braine And the Wenches were right in the vaine then talke of the reckoning to morrow Let Husbands take care for their wiues And Gossips make much of their liues they are fooles that will dye for sorrow IT was my hap of late by chance oh pretty chance To meet a Country Moris-dangce oh pretty dance When cheefest of them all the foole oh pretty foole Plaied with a Ladle and a toole oh pretty toole When euery Younker shak't his Bels oh pretty Bels Till sweating feete gaue fohing smels oh fohing smels And fine Maide-Marian with her smoile oh pretty smoile Shew'd how a Rascall plaid the Roile oh pretty Roile But when the Hobby-horse did wihy oh pretty wihy Then all the Wenches gaue a tihy oh pretty tihy But when they gan to shake their Boxe oh pretty Boxe And not a Goose could catch a Foxe oh pretty Foxe The Piper then put vp his pipes oh pretty pipes And allthe Woodcoks lookt like Snipes oh pretty Snipes And therewith fell a showry streame oh pretty streame That I awakt out of my dreame oh scuruy dreame Signes and Tokens VVHen Charing-Crosse and Pauls Church meet And breake their fast in Friday street When Ware and Waltham goe to Kent Togither there to purchase Rent When Islington and Lambeth ioyne To make a voyage to the Groine And Southwarke with St. Katherines gree To ride in post to Couentry When Turmele-street and Clarken-well Haue sent all Bawdes and Whores to Hell And Long-ditch and Long-lane do try Antiquities for honesty And Newgate weepes and Bridewell greeues For want of Beggars Whores and Theeues And Tyburne doth to Wapping sweare Shall neuer more come Hang-man there When blinde men see and dumbe men read Which seemes impossible indeed And by all rules that I can see I thinke in truth will neuer be Then then ye may say then Knaues now will be honest men VVHen Youth and Beauty meet togither there 's worke for Breath But when they both begin to wither there 's worke for Death When Loue and Honor worke togither there 's worke for Fame But when they both begin to wither there 's worke for shame When Hope and Labour go togither there 's worke for gaine But when they both begin to wither there 's worke for paine When Wit and Vertue worke togither their work goes well But when they both begin to wither there 's worke for Hell Let then perfections liue togither and worke for praise For when their worke begins to wither their worth decaies IF all Rules of Phisicke Had onely help for the Tisicke And all Chirurgeries ground Were for the healing of one wound And all kind of preaching Were but for one Parish teaching And all kind of diet To keepe one tongue in quiet And all kind of pleasures Were but for one mans treasures And all kind of learning Were for one points discerning And all kind of disputing Were fore one points confuting And all kind of writing Were for one mans delighting If there should be such a season All so to go against reason Which I thinke neuer to see Let them that know thinke what will be VVHen the Rich are all agreed On the purses of the poore to feede And the wise men finde out fooles Lands To get them all into their hands And Wenches haue tricks with their eies To catch men as Candles do Flies And Swagrers make the high-way The cheefest part of their stay When Bawds and Whores study the Art To scape the Whip and the Cart And Cut-pursses all take their oathes To keepe the Hang-man in cloathes When thus the Deuill doth lurke To fall with the world to his worke Which would be a greatsorrow to see Pray that it may neuer be Questions and Answers Qu. WHy should a rich man become a Theefe An. Because the sweete of gaine ouercomes his sence Que. Why should any man want Mony An. Because some spend it faster then they can get it Que. Why are old folkes in loue An. Because ease breeds idlenesse Que. Why is Tobacco in such esteeme An. Because it dries vp Rheume and spends drinke Que. Why do so many people vse gaming An. Because they want wit for better exercise Que. Why is a Cuckold patient An. Because of profit or feare Que. Why are men iealous of their wiues An. Because they are Fooles Que. Why are offenders punisht An. To keepe the Subiects in peace Que. Why are Gallants flattered An. For a Fooles pride and a Knaues profit Que. Why do Children cry An. Because they know not what they would haue Que. Why doe Beggars skold An. Because they are commonly drunke Que. Why doe Apes counterfeit men An. Because men counterfeit Apes Que. Why are Lawes ordained An. To giue euery man his right Qu. Why are their such delaies in their execution An. Because there are so many causes to dispatch Que. What makes wares deere in the world An. The multitude of people Qu.