Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	ambassador_n	king_n	send_v	1,788	5	5.7207	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16191	A schole of wise conceytes vvherin as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth, set forth in common places by order of the alphabet. Translated out of diuers Greke and Latine wryters, by Thomas Blage student of the Queenes Colledge in Cambridge.	Blague, Thomas, d. 1611.	1569 (1569)	STC 3114; ESTC S109053	110,067	304

is strōger than thou if not stronger yet craftier with his pollicie to gyue thée the foyle 43 Of a Foxe and women eating of a Hen. THe Foxe passing by a farme house espied a great route of women eating Hens sumptuously prepared but God wot there was no talke amongst them to whom she sayd what crying and barking of dogs would be after me if I shold doo as ye doo Thou wicked beast quod an old woman we eate that is our own but thou stealest from others Mor. We may not be so bolde with other mens goods as y e right owners 44 Of a Dog and Wolues A Great barking Dog was a sore enimie to the Wolues for when they would haue entred the citie he kept them out wherfore they also hated the dogge whom they would fayne haue killed At length they sent two Ambassadours to y e Dog desiring him to come abroad into y e fields and they would make him their king bycause he was mighty and valiaunt The foolish curre consented went with them whom they brought safely to y e other wolues that tare him in pieces Mor. Hée that will be hardy let him kéepe him selfe in a sure defence 45 Of the Pecocke and the Crane THe Pecocke and the Crane somtyme supped togither amōgst other talke the Pecocke bragged muche of his fayre tayle despising the Crane he graunted y t she was a faire birde in that pointe yet was he able with his stoute flying to enter amongst the clouds when she coulde scarse flye to the house toppe Mor. Let not one thinke scorne of another euery one hath his proper gift vertue for he that wāteth thy qualitie perhaps hath y t which thou lackest 46 Of a Knight which had a brauling wife THere dwelt a Knight at Florence descended of a noble bloud whiche had a wayward and brauling wife that dayly went to hir ghostly Father to whom she complayned of hir husbāds demeanure for which he much blamed the Knight It happened not long after that she desired hir ghostly father to set hir hir husband at quiet wherevppon he called him to shrift saying that if he came he doubted not but to make them friendes againe The Knight agréeing the other required him to make declaration of his faultes In fayth quod y e knight it shall not néed for I know that my wife hath often tolde thee al that euer I did yea and more too 47 Of Arion and the Dolphin ARion was an auncient man came of a noble linage he could sing to the harpe he was borne in the citie of Methimne in the Isle of Lesbus whom Periander King of Corinthe loued for his cunnings sake from whom he departed to sée the famous countrey of Sicilie and Italie When he was come thyther had well delighted the eares and contented the minds of most mē in those partes he gayned greatly and liued in pleasure loue of all men Afterwarde hauing gathered much substance he minded to returne to Corinth whervpon he hired a Corinthian ship and mariners of that coaste bycause he hoped to find friendship at their hands The Corinthians receyued him and laūched into the déepe who being gréedy of this great praie of money tooke counsell to kill Arion He vnderstanding of hys destruction gaue them al the money that he had praying them only to saue his life But being past hope and sore afrayde he requested that before his death he might put on his apparell and take his Harpe sing a mourning song to cōfort hys harté withall The Mariners though they were hard harted and cruell desiring to heare him graunted his petitiō He being clad as he was accustomed standing in y ● hinder part of the ship song with a loude voyce the song called Orithium In the end of his song as he stood with his harpe and in his clothes he cast him selfe intoo the Sea The shipmen nothing doubting but that he was drowned kept on their voyage But a straunge and wonderfull thing happened for a Dolphin sodeynly swam by receyued him caried hym on his backe aboue the water and brought him safe soūd to Tenarus in the land of Laconia frō whēce Arion went straight to Corinthe and shewed him selfe to King Periander and howe he was caried of the Dolphin declaring all that happened The King little beleeued this but commaunded him safely to be kept til y e truth were tried The mariners were sought for and Arion sent out of the way who being brought before the king he demaūded of them making no semblant that he had knowledge of Arion whyther they hearde any thing of him in the parties whence they came they aunswered that when they set foorth he was in Italie and liued wel there and was highly estéemed in the cities and also was excéeding rich Whiles they thus spake in came Arion with his Harpe hauing on the same apparell wherewith he lept into the Sea wherby the shipmē being amazed pricked in conscience could not denie it Mor. In brute beasts we shall somtyme finde more friendshippe than in couetous men which care for nothing but riches neyther haue any sparke of humanitie but the only phisnomie 48 Of a Kid and a Wolfe A Kid straying frō the flock and being pursued by a Wolf turned backe to him sayde O wolf bycause I am persuaded y t thou shalt eate mée play first on thy pipe that I may daunce least I die in sorow As the wolf was playing and the Kid daūcing y e dogs heard it chased the wolf who sayd to the kid I haue well deserued this for I ought not being a cooke to counterfet a minstrell Mor. They whiche regarde not that wher vnto thei are naturally inclined but assaye that which to others belongeth fall into aduersitie 49 Of the Crab and the Foxe A Crab fish came forth of the sea fed the Foxe being hungry séeing him caught him who being ready to be deuoured sayd I am wel serued which being a fishe of the sea would liue on land Mor. Those mē are iustly miserable y t forsaking their proper sciēce doo medle w t that which becommeth them not 50 Of the Aple tree and the Pomegranat tree THe Pomgranat and the Apple trée cōtended aboute their beautie When they hadde continued long in stryfe togyther a bush which was their neighbour often hearing them at length sayd It is tyme friends to be at one Mor. The vilest persons sometyme will medle in their betters matters 51 Of a Dog and his Maister A Certen man had a Dog whome he alwayes fed with his owne handes bycause he should loue him the more and when he was bound he loosed him But yet he cōmaunded hys seruant to tye him vp and beate him to the ende the dogge might perceyue he loued him that hys seruant did not The dog taking it gréeuously to be dayly tied and beaten ranne away Whom when his maister rebuked as