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A57730
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The gentlemans companion, or, A character of true nobility and gentility in the way of essay / by a person of quality ...
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Ramesey, William, 1627-1675 or 6.
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1672
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Wing R206; ESTC R21320
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only_a balm_n that_o can_v keep_v our_o name_n from_o rot_v and_o the_o chief_a buckler_n against_o the_o sharp_a dint_n of_o the_o tooth_n of_o time_n for_o family_n have_v their_o beginning_n increase_v state_n and_o fall_v or_o death_n as_o well_o as_o person_n only_o they_o continue_v long_o he_o that_o by_o his_o virtue_n have_v lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o his_o house_n and_o be_v the_o beginner_n of_o his_o family_n be_v for_o ever_o to_o be_v honour_v and_o more_o to_o be_v praise_v than_o all_o his_o successor_n he_o that_o advance_v and_o increase_v his_o family_n by_o his_o virtue_n be_v to_o be_v rank_v in_o the_o second_o place_n he_o that_o keep_v it_o only_o at_o a_o stay_n may_v be_v fraught_v with_o outward_a honour_n and_o turgent_fw-la title_n yet_o to_o be_v fear_v be_v empty_a of_o inward_a endowment_n but_o he_o that_o ruin_v his_o family_n be_v most_o unfortunate_a and_o if_o by_o his_o vice_n the_o most_o miserable_a and_o despicable_a of_o men._n what_o shall_v i_o say_v the_o whole_a discourse_n be_v but_o a_o epistle_n unto_o you_o all_o admonitory_a and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v refer_v you_o to_o it_o and_o add_v no_o more_o here_o but_o that_o the_o author_n be_v a_o true_a and_o unfeigned_a lover_n and_o honourer_n of_o the_o nobility_n and_o gentry_n worthy_o so_o call_v die_v 15._o junii_fw-la 1669._o the_o character_n of_o true_a nobility_n and_o gentility_n chap._n i._n what_o gentility_n be_v we_o see_v nothing_o more_o frequent_o gall_v a_o man_n than_o baseness_n of_o birth_n when_o in_o reputation_n or_o honour_n nor_o nothing_o more_o elevate_v he_o than_o the_o empty_a title_n of_o a_o gentleman_n which_o due_o consider_v in_o its_o rise_n progress_n and_o end_v be_v but_o a_o non_fw-la ens_fw-la and_o the_o great_a vanity_n imaginable_a to_o boast_v of_o for_o as_o carnificina_fw-la as_o alii_fw-la pro_fw-la pecunia_fw-la emunt_fw-la nobilitatem_fw-la alii_fw-la illam_fw-la lenocinio_fw-la alii_fw-la venificiis_fw-la alii_fw-la parracidiis_fw-la multi_fw-la proditione_n nobilitatem_fw-la conciliant_fw-la plerique_fw-la adulatione_fw-la calumniis_fw-la ex_fw-la homicidio_fw-la saepe_fw-la orta_fw-la nobilitas_fw-la &_o strenua_fw-la carnificina_fw-la agrippa_n well_o observe_v oppression_n fraud_n cozen_a usury_n knavery_n bawdry_n murder_n and_o tyranny_n be_v the_o beginning_n of_o many_o ancient_a family_n one_o have_v be_v a_o bloodsucker_n a_o parricide_n the_o death_n of_o many_o a_o silly_a soul_n in_o some_o unjust_a quarrel_n seditious_a make_v many_o a_o orphan_n and_o poor_a widow_n and_o for_o that_o he_o be_v make_v a_o lord_n or_o a_o earl_n another_o have_v be_v a_o pimp_n a_o pander_n a_o parasite_n a_o etc._n a_o plures_fw-la ob_fw-la prostitutas_fw-la filias_fw-la vxores_fw-la nobiles_fw-la facti_fw-la multos_fw-la venationes_fw-la rapinae_fw-la caedes_fw-la praestigia_fw-la etc._n etc._n slave_n prostitute_v himself_o his_o wife_n daughter_n to_o some_o prince_n lascivious_o 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