Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	master_n	servant_n	wage_n	1,026	5	11.4895	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56258	The whole duty of man according to the law of nature by that famous civilian Samuel Puffendorf ... ; now made english.; De officio hominis et civis. English	Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694.	1691 (1691)	Wing P4182; ESTC R17921	151,736	377

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the_o care_n thereof_o may_v by_o they_o be_v entrust_v with_o another_o so_o still_o that_o the_o parent_n reserve_v to_o himself_o the_o oversight_n of_o the_o person_n depute_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o a_o father_n may_v not_o only_o commit_v his_o son_n to_o the_o tutorage_n of_o proper_a teacher_n but_o he_o may_v give_v he_o to_o another_o man_n to_o adopt_v he_o if_o he_o perceive_v it_o will_v be_v advantageous_a to_o he_o and_o if_o he_o have_v no_o other_o way_n to_o maintain_v he_o rather_o than_o he_o shall_v die_v for_o want_n he_o may_v pawn_v he_o or_o sell_v he_o into_o some_o tolerable_a servitude_n reserve_v still_o a_o liberty_n of_o redeem_v he_o as_o soon_o as_o either_o himself_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o be_v at_o the_o charge_n or_o any_o of_o his_o kindred_n shall_v ●e_v willing_a to_o do_v it_o but_o if_o any_o parent_n shall_v inhumane_o expose_v and_o forsake_v their_o child_n he_o who_o shall_v take_v it_o up_o and_o educate_v it_o shall_v have_v the_o 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genius_n and_o opportunity_n shall_v offer_v raise_v and_o increase_v their_o fortune_n on_o the_o other_o hand_n it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o child_n xii_o duty_n of_o child_n child_n to_o honour_v their_o parent_n that_o be_v to_o give_v they_o reverence_n not_o only_o in_o outward_a show_n but_o much_o more_o with_o a_o hearty_a respect_n as_o the_o author_n not_o only_o of_o their_o life_n but_o of_o so_o many_o other_o unvaluable_a benefit_n to_o they_o to_o obey_v they_o to_o be_v assistant_n to_o they_o to_o their_o utmost_a especial_o if_o they_o be_v age_v or_o in_o want_n not_o to_o undertake_v any_o business_n of_o moment_n without_o defer_v to_o their_o advice_n and_o opinion_n and_o last_o to_o bear_v with_o patience_n their_o moroseness_n and_o any_o other_o their_o infirmity_n if_o any_o such_o be_v chap._n iu._n the_o duty_n of_o master_n and_o servant_n after_o mankind_n come_v to_o be_v multiply_v begin_v i._o servile_a state_n how_o begin_v and_o it_o be_v find_v how_o convenient_o domestic_a affair_n may_v be_v manage_v by_o the_o service_n of_o other_o man_n it_o early_o become_v a_o practice_n to_o take_v servant_n into_o a_o family_n to_o do_v the_o office_n belong_v to_o the_o house_n there_o at_o first_o probable_o offer_v themselves_o drive_v thereto_o by_o necessity_n or_o a_o consciousness_n of_o their_o own_o want_n of_o understanding_n and_o then_o be_v assure_v that_o they_o shall_v constant_o be_v supply_v with_o food_n and_o necessary_n they_o devote_v all_o their_o service_n for_o ever_o to_o their_o master_n and_o then_o war_n rage_v up_o and_o down_o the_o world_n it_o grow_v a_o custom_n with_o most_o nation_n that_o those_o captive_n to_o who_o they_o grant_v their_o life_n shall_v be_v make_v slave_n ever_o after_o together_o with_o the_o posterity_n bear_v of_o they_o though_o in_o many_o country_n no_o such_o servitude_n be_v in_o use_n but_o all_o domestic_a office_n be_v perform_v by_o mercenary_a servant_n hire_v for_o a_o certain_a time_n now_o as_o there_o be_v several_a degree_n as_o servant_n ii_o a_o temporary_a servant_n it_o be_v of_o servitude_n so_o the_o power_n of_o the_o master_n and_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o servant_n do_v vary_v to_o a_o servant_n hire_v for_o a_o time_n the_o duty_n of_o the_o master_n be_v to_o pay_v he_o his_o wage_n the_o other_o make_v good_a on_o his_o part_n the_o work_n as_o agree_v for_o and_o because_o in_o this_o contract_n the_o condition_n of_o the_o master_n be_v the_o better_a therefore_o such_o servant_n be_v also_o to_o pay_v respect_n to_o his_o master_n according_a to_o his_o dignity_n and_o if_o he_o have_v do_v his_o business_n knavish_o or_o negligent_o he_o be_v liable_a to_o punishment_n from_o he_o provide_v it_o go_v not_o so_o far_o as_o any_o grievous_a maim_v of_o his_o body_n much_o less_o so_o far_o as_o infliction_n of_o death_n but_o to_o such_o a_o servant_n as_o voluntary_o servant_n iii_o a_o voluntary_a perpetual_a servant_n 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master_n of_o his_o own_o accord_n and_o not_o another_o and_o it_o concern_v he_o much_o with_o who_o he_o serve_v if_o he_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o any_o heinous_a crime_n against_o one_o not_o of_o the_o same_o family_n he_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o civil_a power_n if_o he_o live_v in_o a_o community_n but_o if_o the_o family_n be_v independent_a he_o may_v be_v expel_v but_o if_o the_o crime_n be_v against_o the_o same_o family_n it_o be_v independent_a the_o head_n thereof_o may_v inflict_v even_o capital_a punishment_n captive_n in_o war_n be_v make_v slave_n iu._n captive_a slave_n slave_n be_v frequent_o treat_v with_o great_a severity_n something_o of_o a_o hostile_a rage_n remain_v towards_o they_o and_o for_o that_o they_o attempt_v the_o worst_a upon_o we_o and_o our_o fortune_n but_o as_o soon_o as_o there_o intervene_v a_o mutual_a

master_n of_o a_o family_n not_o still_o but_o that_o any_o man_n be_v except_v from_o this_o duty_n who_o be_v take_v himself_o to_o a_o chaste_a single_a life_n find_v his_o constitution_n accommodate_v thereto_o and_o that_o he_o be_v capable_a in_o that_o rather_o than_o in_o the_o marry_a state_n to_o be_v useful_a to_o mankind_n or_o to_o the_o commonwealth_n especial_o also_o if_o the_o case_n be_v so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o fear_n of_o the_o want_n of_o people_n between_o those_o who_o be_v about_o to_o contract_n iu._n matrimonial_a contract_n take_v upon_o themselves_o the_o marry_a state_n a_o contract_n ought_v and_o be_v wont_a to_o intervene_v which_o if_o it_o be_v regular_a and_o perfect_a consist_v of_o these_o head_n first_o because_o the_o man_n to_o who_o it_o be_v most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o both_o sex_n that_o the_o contract_n shall_v owe_v its_o original_a intend_v hereby_o to_o get_v to_o himself_o child_n of_o his_o own_o not_o spurious_a or_o supposititious_a therefore_o the_o woman_n ought_v to_o plight_v her_o troth_n to_o the_o man_n that_o she_o will_v permit_v the_o use_n of_o her_o body_n to_o no_o other_o man_n but_o to_o he_o the_o same_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n be_v require_v of_o the_o husband_n and_o second_o since_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o flat_o contrary_a to_o a_o social_n and_o civil_a life_n than_o a_o vagabond_n desultory_n and_o changeable_a way_n of_o live_v without_o any_o home_n or_o certain_a seat_n of_o his_o fortune_n and_o since_o the_o education_n of_o that_o which_o be_v the_o offspring_n of_o both_o be_v most_o convenient_o take_v care_n of_o by_o the_o joint_a help_n of_o both_o parent_n together_o and_o whereas_o continual_a cohabitation_n bring_v more_o of_o pleasure_n and_o comfort_n to_o a_o couple_n who_o be_v well_o match_v whereby_o also_o the_o husband_n may_v have_v the_o great_a assurance_n of_o his_o wife_n chastity_n therefore_o the_o wife_n do_v moreover_o engage_v her_o faith_n to_o her_o husband_n that_o she_o will_v always_o cohabit_v with_o he_o and_o join_v herself_o in_o the_o strict_a bond_n of_o society_n and_o become_v of_o the_o same_o family_n with_o he_o and_o this_o mutual_a promise_n must_v be_v suppose_v to_o be_v make_v from_o the_o husband_n to_o she_o of_o the_o like_a cohabitation_n the_o nature_n of_o this_o state_n so_o require_v but_o because_o it_o be_v not_o only_o agreeable_a to_o the_o natural_a condition_n of_o both_o sex_n that_o the_o case_n of_o the_o husband_n shall_v be_v the_o more_o honourable_a of_o the_o two_o but_o that_o he_o shall_v also_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o family_n of_o which_o himself_o be_v the_o author_n it_o follow_v that_o the_o wife_n ought_v to_o be_v subject_a to_o his_o direction_n in_o matter_n relate_v to_o their_o mutual_a state_n and_o to_o their_o household_n hence_o it_o be_v the_o prerogative_n of_o the_o husband_n to_o choose_v his_o habitation_n and_o she_o may_v not_o against_o he_o will_v wander_v abroad_o or_o lodge_v apart_o yet_o it_o do_v not_o seem_v essential_o necessary_a to_o matrimony_n that_o the_o man_n shall_v have_v power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n or_o of_o inflict_v any_o grievous_a punishment_n as_o neither_o of_o dispose_v at_o his_o pleasure_n of_o all_o the_o estate_n or_o good_n of_o his_o wife_n but_o these_o point_n may_v be_v settle_v between_o the_o marry_a couple_n by_o peculiar_a agreement_n or_o by_o the_o municipal_a law_n of_o the_o place_n now_o though_o it_o be_v manifest_o repugnant_a woman_n v._o one_o man_n and_o one_o woman_n to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n that_o one_o woman_n shall_v have_v more_o man_n than_o one_o at_o once_o yet_o it_o obtain_v among_o the_o jew_n of_o old_a and_o many_o other_o nation_n that_o one_o man_n may_v have_v two_o or_o more_o wife_n nevertheless_o let_v we_o allow_v never_o so_o little_a weight_n to_o argument_n bring_v from_o the_o primitive_a institution_n of_o marriage_n deliver_v in_o holy_a writ_n yet_o it_o will_v appear_v from_o right_a reason_n that_o it_o be_v much_o more_o decent_a and_o fit_a for_o one_o man_n to_o be_v content_a with_o one_o woman_n which_o have_v be_v approve_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o all_o the_o christian_n through_o the_o world_n that_o we_o know_v of_o for_o so_o many_o age_n nor_o do_v the_o nature_n of_o this_o strict_a perpetual_a vi_o contract_n perpetual_a union_n tell_v we_o less_o plain_o that_o the_o bond_n of_o matrimony_n ought_v to_o be_v perpetual_a and_o not_o to_o be_v unloose_v but_o by_o the_o death_n of_o one_o party_n except_o the_o essential_a article_n of_o the_o principal_a matrimonial_a covenant_n be_v violate_v either_o by_o adultery_n or_o a_o wicked_a and_o dishonest_a desertion_n but_o for_o ill_a disposition_n which_o have_v not_o the_o same_o effect_n with_o such_o lewd_a desertion_n it_o have_v obtain_v among_o christian_n that_o a_o separation_n from_o bed_n and_o board_n shall_v be_v sufficient_a without_o allow_v any_o engagement_n in_o a_o new_a wedlock_n and_o one_o great_a reason_n hereof_o among_o other_o be_v this_o that_o too_o free_a a_o liberty_n of_o divorce_n may_v not_o give_v encouragement_n to_o either_o party_n to_o cherish_v a_o stubborn_a temper_n but_o rather_o that_o the_o irremediable_a state_n of_o each_o may_v persuade_v both_o to_o accommodate_v their_o humour_n to_o one_o another_o and_o to_o stir_v they_o both_o up_o to_o mutual_a forbearance_n for_o the_o rest_n if_o any_o essential_a article_n of_o the_o matrimonial_a contract_n be_v violate_v the_o wrong_a party_n only_o be_v discharge_v from_o the_o oligation_n the_o same_o still_o bind_v the_o other_o so_o long_o as_o the_o former_a shall_v think_v good_a any_o man_n may_v contract_v with_o any_o woman_n impediment_n vii_o moral_a impediment_n where_o the_o law_n make_v no_o special_a prohibition_n if_o their_o age_n and_o constitution_n of_o body_n render_v they_o capable_a of_o matrimony_n except_o some_o moral_a impediment_n be_v in_o the_o way_n presuppose_v that_o he_o or_o she_o be_v under_o a_o moral_a impediment_n who_o be_v already_o marry_v to_o some_o other_o person_n and_o it_o be_v account_v a_o moral_a impediment_n kindred_n viii_o kindred_n of_o lawful_a matrimony_n if_o the_o party_n be_v too_o near_o ally_v by_o blood_n or_o by_o affinity_n on_o which_o score_n even_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n those_o marriage_n be_v account_v incestuous_a and_o wicked_a which_o be_v contract_v between_o any_o person_n relate_v in_o the_o ascend_v or_o descend_v line_n and_o for_o those_o in_o the_o other_o transverse_a order_n as_o with_o the_o aunt_n either_o on_o the_o father_n or_o mother_n side_n the_o sister_n etc._n etc._n as_o also_o those_o in_o affinity_n as_o with_o the_o mother-in-law_n stepmother_n step-daughter_n etc._n etc._n not_o only_o the_o positive_a divine_a law_n but_o that_o of_o most_o civilise_a nation_n with_o who_o also_o all_o christian_n agree_v do_v abominate_a nay_o the_o special_a law_n of_o many_o country_n forbid_v marriage_n even_o in_o the_o more_o remote_a degree_n that_o so_o they_o may_v keep_v man_n from_o break_v in_o upon_o those_o which_o be_v more_o sacred_a by_o set_v the_o barrier_n at_o a_o great_a distance_n now_o as_o the_o law_n be_v wont_a to_o assign_v ceremony_n ix_o ceremony_n to_o other_o contract_n and_o bargain_n some_o solemnity_n which_o being_n want_v the_o act_n shall_v not_o be_v adjudge_v of_o validity_n so_o also_o it_o be_v in_o matrimony_n where_o the_o law_n require_v for_o the_o sake_n of_o decency_n and_o good_a order_n that_o such_o or_o such_o ceremony_n be_v perform_v and_o these_o though_o not_o enjoin_v by_o the_o law_n natural_a yet_o without_o the_o same_o those_o who_o be_v subject_n of_o such_o a_o community_n shall_v not_o consummate_v a_o legal_a matrimony_n or_o at_o least_o such_o contract_n shall_v not_o be_v allow_v by_o the_o public_a to_o be_v effectual_a it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o husband_n to_o love_v duty_n x._o mutual_a duty_n his_o wife_n to_o cherish_v direct_v and_o protect_v she_o and_o of_o the_o wife_n to_o love_v and_o honour_v her_o husband_n to_o be_v assistant_n to_o he_o not_o only_o in_o beget_v and_o educate_v his_o child_n but_o to_o bear_v her_o part_n in_o the_o domestic_a care_n on_o both_o side_n the_o nature_n of_o so_o strict_a a_o union_n require_v that_o the_o marry_a couple_n be_v partaker_n as_o well_o in_o the_o good_a as_o ill_a fortune_n of_o either_o and_o that_o one_o succour_v the_o other_o in_o all_o case_n of_o distress_n moreover_o that_o they_o prudent_o accommodate_v their_o humour_n to_o each_o other_o in_o which_o matter_n it_o be_v the_o wife_n duty_n to_o submit_v chap._n iii_o the_o duty_n of_o parent_n and_o child_n from_z matrimony_n proceed_v posterity_n authority_n i._o paternal_a authority_n which_o be_v subject_v to_o the_o