Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	brother_n	husband_n	sister_n	17,190	5	11.3833	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73334	The excellent historye of Theseus and Ariadne Wherein is declared her feruent loue to hym: and his trayterous dealynge towarde her: written in English meeter in co[n]mendacion of all good women: and to the infamie of suche lyght huswyues as Phedia the sister of Ariadne was: which fled away w[ith] Theseus her sisters husbande: as is declared in this history. By Thomas Vnderdowne.	Underdown, Thomas.	1566 (1566)	STC 24517; ESTC S124908	10,262	35

THE Excellent Historye of Theseus and Ariadne Wherein is declared her feruent loue to hym and his Trayterous dealynge towarde her Written in English Meeter in Cōmendacion of all good women and to the Infamie of suche lyght Huswyues as Phedra the sister of Ariadne was which fled away with Theseus her Sisters Husbande as is declared in this History By Thomas Vnderdowne ¶ Imprinted at London by Rycharde Iohnes and are to be sold at his Shop ioynyng to the Southwest Doore of Paules Churche 1566 28. of Ianuarie ¶ The Preface to the Reader SEynge the pricke wherevnto the Lyne of oure lyfe guydeth vs is knowledg of thynges wherof we are ignorant that of all knowledges none is more estimable or worthy for those that acknowledge them selues by the names of men then the Science of the Natures and qualyties of thynges and of Natures the best moste excellent is the acquaintaunce with Mankind and knowledge of his condicions I haue thought it good gentell Reader to set before thyne eyes Thistorie of Theseus Aryadne the whiche though the Style and Meetre be to base for so perfyte a Paterne of so many thynges yet by the perswasions earnest request of diuers and those my verye frendes I haue gyuen it thee wherin thou maiste beholde as in a Glasse almoste all maner of dealynges for sundry kindes of purposes As if thou seeke for true loue looke vpon Ariadne who aduētured her fame body goods to go with Theseus If thou seeke for good counsell howe to eschewe the blasynge brandes of the fyerye flames of loue see Phedra If Crafte Dissimulacion Perfidye Periurye or forgetfulnes of good turnes behold Theseus If thou craue an Example of vnnaturall lust lechery or as I mought say incest let Phedra come before thyne eyes who hauynge no respect to honestie fame ire of the Goddes nor kynred entysed the vnconstant Theseus to forsake her Sister and loue her Certaynly in that she was a woman she deserued pardon but in that shee was a Sister shee deserued perpetuall ignomynie and euerlastynge shame dishonour And seynge the Sister maye not truste her Sister sithe bothe came oute of one belye and sucked of one pappes what other wyll be so mad or so muche without reason as to trust a woman whose dishonest partes haue hitherto and yet do so properlye playe their Pageantes as no tonge can tell no Pen can wryte nor any harte comprehende I wyll not that any honest and vertuous Woman be towched with that I mynde to saye but they onely who in readynge hereof shall by anye meanes fynde them selues agreeued And I wyll touche no poynt but onelye Beautie For yf I shoulde saye what I haue seene reade and harde a yeare were to lytell to tell of their trickes Assuredly he that desyreth a fayre woman armeth him selfe to a right great and dangerous aduenture and why a fayre woman is nothynge but a gasynge stocke of ydell folkes an earelye wakynge for them that bee lyghte and she that is desired for her Beautie in her youthe maye hope too haue but a sorye lyfe in her age An infallyble Rule it is that shee that is desyred for her fayrenesse is hated for her sowlenesse and Beautie of trouthe is not perpetuall but fadeth as the flowers and greene grasse Also he that hathe a fayre woman must suffre her pryde for Beautie and Pryde go alwaye together Also hee must suffre her expences for beautie in the face and folye in the head be two wormes that fret the lyfe and consume the goodes Also hee must suffre her Ryotes for a faire woman wyll that none but shee haue her commaundementes in the Howse Also bee muste suffre her nyce Mynions for a fayre woman wyll passe her time in pleasures Also hee muste suffre her Presumption for euerye fyne and fayre womā wyll haue preeminence before all other at a worde he that hath a fayre woman is apparelde with as great peryll as euer was Cartha with Scipio Ierusalem with Titus or Rome with Brennus No man complayneth that the Goddes among his destenies haue giuen him a foule wife let euery man chuse as him lyst The noble Armynus of Carthage for the space of fourescore yeres wherin he ruled the cōmon wealth there was as straunge to women as famyliar to his Bookes And this age passed his frendes desired him instantlye to take a wyfe that the memorye of so perfyte a wyse man might remayne to the posterytie and the more earnest they were the more he resisted sayd If she be fowle I shall abhorre her if she be fayre I must take hede to her if she be ryche I must suffer her if she be poore I must mayntayne her if she be a shrew I can not forbere her and the least plague of these is sufficient to slaye a. M. men But let vs see how they of olde tyme passed their dayes let vs consider whither the Grafts that were slipped from these trees be any whyt degenerated from the olde stocke Myrrha lay with her father Byblys caused her brother Cannus for vniuste and vnnaturall lust to be banyshed Medea slewe her Brother Absyrtus therby to scape her fathers danger ▪ folow Iason into Grece and this our Phedra left her sister in a vast forest a pray to the fierce and cruel Beastes and ran away with her Husbande I speake not of any light fault but of suche wherby the fawties haue gotten them no lesse reproch in their time thē shame with vs by beynge Examples of so filthy factes As for those that lyue nowe with vs I feare me thei shal be as yll reported of tyme to come as they be hated nowe with wise and auncient men their lookes be so loftie their gate so stately their apparell so disguised their courage so hawtye that you may muse to here of their maners gestures and behauiours no lesse then thei were Monsters or thinges wherin Nature eyther had erred or woulde not shewe her force And where in time passed all that was done otherwyse then honestie permitted was done very secretely Now I know no cause why they that be dyffamed do as muche reioyce in their naughtines as they aforetime were ashamed of their misdedes I can alledge no reason why suche thyngs shoulde come to passe nowe rather then in tymes paste but that oure women lyue so yedellye that they eschewe all honeste laboure and whollye addicte them selues to vnhonest ydlenesse For this is certaine where the handes is occupyed there the harte muste needes do somwhat and if I saye not true let any man alleadge when euer there were moe ydell Women in the whole worlde then is nowe in the small Circuit of Englande I reade howe diuers haue ben cōmended for kepynge them selues close in their Howses vsynge them selues discretelye with companye moderatelye with their Housholde decentlye with their Husbandes But neuer was any lauded for leadynge of an ydell lyfe You ydle Dames whersoeuer you be tell me I