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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	city_n	great_a	siege_n	1,089	5	8.9397	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02399	A treatise of morall phylosophie contaynyng the sayinges of the wyse. Gathered and Englyshed by Wyl[lia]m Baldwyn.	Baldwin, William, ca. 1518-1563?	1547 (1547)	STC 1253; ESTC S100585	85,509	281

writeth in the first boke of his histories seyng on a tyme Hipocrates sacrifice and vessels in Olimpo to burne without helpe of fier counselled him either to lyue chaste or yf he were maryed to put away his wyfe sley his children Some saye y t when Esop whiche was in his tyme asked hym what Iupiter dyd he answered he mekeneth the myghty and exalteth the lowelye Beynge demaunded wherin y e learned differed from the ignerant he answered In theyr good hope To hym y t asked what was harde he sayde to kepe close secrete counsayle to kepe a man from ydlenes to suffre wronge He lyued so well that whan he was olde he sayde that he neuer in his lyfe to his knowlege had done any euell saue that on a tyme whan he shoulde haue bene iudge among his frendes wolde do nothyng contrary to the lawe he perswaded one to appele from him to some other iudge that therby he myght bothe kepe the lawe also his frende The Grekes reioysed in him muche because he prophecied of Citherea an ylond of Laconia For when he had well aduised both the nature and situation therof wolde to god ꝙ he that eyther thys ylond had neuer ben orels that it had ben drowned as sone as it was sene A worthy prophet lyke sayeng For Demaratus flyeng from Lacedemonye coūsayled Xerxes to kepe a nauy of shippes in that ylond And surely yf he had periwaded him therto he shulde haue got great riches by Gretia And afterwarde Niceas after he had warred at Peloponesꝰ ouercame y t place And made it a refuge for the men of Athens and afflicted sore the Lacedemoniens He was brefe in communication in so muche that brefe spakyng was of his name called Chilonia He was olde about the .li. Olimpiade In whiche tyme Esopus y e oratour was in his flowers whiche was in the yeare from the worldes creation 4624. he dyed at 〈◊〉 sayth Heimippus whyle he kissed his sonne that was crowned in Olimpia beyng ouercome both 〈◊〉 ●oye also with age The rest of his sayinges shal be spoken of in their places ¶ Of Byas Prienneus Cap. xi BYas Prieneus as sayth Diogenes was borne in Priena Hys fathers name was Teutamiꝰ Satirꝰ 〈…〉 hym the first of the seuen sages And many gesse that he was 〈…〉 Phanodicus wryteth that he redemed many wenches of Messena whiche were captiues brought them vp as his owne daughters and afterwardes geuing them dowries sent thē home agayne to they re countreye vnto theyr frendes Not long after certayne fishers found a golden trestell on whiche was wryten Sapienti that is to saye this is for a wise man Whiche when the forenamed wenches fathers hearde of they sayde Byas was a wiseman and sent it him but whan he sawe it he sayde Apollo was a wiseman and that he sent it hym We fynde that when his countrey Priena was besiged of Aliattes he fed two mules for the nones insomuche that they were exceding fat and draue them forthe into his enemyes tentes whiche whā Aliattes sawe he was amased thynkyng by the fatnes of them that they had great plentye of all thinges And thinkyng to areyse the syege he sent a messenger into the citie to serche the truth And whan Byas perceyued the kynges entent he made many gret heapes of sand to be couered with wheate shewed them to the messenger whiche whan the kynge knewe thinkynge that they had had great plenty of vitayles made peace with them and sent cōmaundement to Byas to come vnto him to whiche Byas answered I commaunde the kynge to eate ony●ns and to wepe He wrote about .ii. m. verses Being asked what was difficill he sayde to take in good worth aduersitie after prosperitie O natu●●e he sailed among wicked men and whan the ship was sore shaken with greate tempest and those wicked men called vpon god peace ꝙ he that he se you not sayling from hence To a wicked man that asked him what was goodnes he gaue no answere And whā he asked why he answered him not he sayde because thou enquirest of that whiche pertayneth not to the. He wolde saye y t he had rather be iudge among hys enemies than amonge his frendes for of his enemies he shulde make one his frend but amonge his frendes he shulde make one his foe Beyng asked in what dede a man reioysed most he answered whā he gaineth He was a good oratour and when he was very olde as he pleaded a cause for one of his frendes after he had done his oration beyng weary and faynt with speakyng he rested his head in hys neces lappe whiche was his daughters sonne and whan his aduersary began afresh and had fynyshed and the iudges had geuen theyr sentence on hys syde whose part Byas toke assone as the iudgement was ended he was found dead in his nephewes bosom which buried him worthely And the citizens of Priena dedicated a chapell to hym whiche is called Teutonium He wolde saye alwaye the greater part are euell The rest of hys sayenges shal be spoken of in theyr places ¶ Of Periander Cap. xii PEriander as sayeth Heraclides was borne in Corinth his fathers name was Cipcelus he maried a wyfe called Licydes whiche was y e daughter of Procleus a tirant of Epidaur and by her had two sōnes the one called Cypselus and the other Lycophrone of whiche y e yonger was very wyse but thelder was a fole This Periander was well learned And wrote a boke of .ii. M. verses neuertheles he was a Tirant excercised so muche his tyranny that al men did hate him he was about the .xxxviii. Olimpiade in Solons time And he executed his Tiranny xl yeares Some saye there were two Perianders th one a tyrant y e other a Philosopher which might well be neuerthelesse this Tyrant is he whome Laertius reckneth for one of the seuen sages whose opinion I allowe not For lyke as he for his euill doctrine disaloweth Orpheus to be a Philosopher so I for his euyl liuyng disalowe Periander to be any of the leuen sages althoughe he haue written many wise sayinges For as ī Philosophy nothing is lesse alowed than ignoraunce so in wisedome nothing is more abhorred than Tiranny in which this Periander excelled in so muche that whan he was demaunded why he continued in his tyrany because it is daūgerous ꝙ he for a man to yelde him selfe eyther of his owne accorde or els against his wyll Neuerthelesse he wolde saye as wicked Hanniball sayed of peace that who so wolde rayne in suerty ought to endeuour them to haue theyr subectes obediente with loue and not with force And pet he him selfe sought nothing lesse For one a time he beyng very angry flong his wife being great w t childe downe a payre of staires and trode her vnder his feete and so kylled her And sent away his sonne Lycophorna bycause he mourned for his mother draue him vnto Corcyra And afterward whan he him selfe was