Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	air_n	earth_n	element_n	11,896	5	9.9757	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52951	The figure of six containing these six things : wit, mirth, pleasure, pretty observations, new conceits, and merry jests : When dayes are long, this figure may help you to passe the time away, and it wil breed you much delight to passe away the winters night.	D. N.	1652 (1652)	Wing N7; ESTC R8514	7,003	25

FIGURE OF SIX Containing these Six things Wit Mirth Pleasure pretty Observations new Conceits and merry Jests When dayes are long this Figure may Help you to passe the time away And it wil breed you much delight To passe away the Winters night LONDON ●●●nted for John Wright at the Kings head in the Old Bayley 1652. TO make a larg preface to a small Volume were as ridiculous as to set and Aldermans Gate before a poor Cottage for as the one would shew a great diproportion in building so the other would tire the Reader to no purpose and therefore I intend not to use many words to intreate thy acceptance of this Figure of Six because it may be some delight more in dry Thistles then in the weetest Flowers that can bee gathered out of the Garden of Invention but let them injoy their humour for I know there are Six kinds of Readers the paine Readers the ignorant Reader the scoffing Reader the conceited Reader the carping Reader and the kind Reader Now to the last of these Six namely to the kinde Reader I commend this Figure of Six and if he like it I care not for the rest and so I rest Thy Friend D. N. This Booke is like a Paire of Dice That doth run still upon the sice And two pence of it is the price The Figure of Six is liked well For t is six to one but it will sell THE FIGURE OF SIX 1. SIx things are very hard to doe to pray heartily to forgive willingly to suffer patiently to love moderatly to love wisely and to spend thriftily 2. Six things are much abused Wine Women Weapons Wit Wealth and a poore man in want 3. Six heads are without Braines an Arrow head a Horse head a Nayles head a Hammers head a Beds head and a Maiden head 4. Six things are best when they are broken A cunning Scrivener a Nut a Cake a Lobster an Egge and a good Jest 5 Six things doe blinde judgement Affection Passion Ignorance Opinion Hatred and Bribery 6. Six cruell long Bills A Forrest Bill a Stewards Bill a Watchmans Bill a Chancery Bill a Woodcocks Bill and a Taylors Bill 7. Six great helps belong to a Poet the helpe of Invention the helpe of nature the helpe of Art the help of Reading the helpe of the Muses and the helpe of Money 8 Six chiefe Hearbs in the Garden Sage Time Thrift Batchelors Buttons Rosemary and the Hearbe of Grace 9 Six figures of Six The figure of Six in Arithmetick the figure six in small Beer the figure of Six in a horses mouth the figure of Six upon Cardes the figure of Six in this Booke and the figure of Six in silver 10. Six very painefull Letters The head H the tooth H the back H the belly H the horn H and the halter H 11 Six things are necessary for school boyes a Pen-knife Quils Paper Inke-Books and sometimes Birch Feare Hope Idlenes Jealousie Sadnesse and Madnesse 13. Six things doe live in a severall Elements A Camelion in the ayre a Salamander in the fire a Mole in the earth a Fish in the water a Foole in the Court and a Drunkard in his Ale 14. Six things are good in cold weather good Fare good Fires good Drinke good company good jests and a she Bed-fellow 15 Six degrees of misery To be out of Cloathes to be out of Money to be out of Friends to be out of Credit to be out of house and home and to be out of one senses 16. Six goodly fights to see a Tree full of fruit a Garden full of Flowers a field full of Cattell a Barne full of Corne a woman with childe and a ship under sayle 17. Six light things doe make man heavy hearted Light penny-worths light pots light purses light gold light suppers and light wives 18. Six things are necessary to Life Meat drink cloathing lodging health and some wealth 19. Six things doe make no shew to the world Wit in a blunt man Learning in a wise man strength in a valiant man wealth in a r●ch man Religion in a good man and vertue in a poore man 20. Six things are much alike The fawning of a Dogge the flattering of a Knave the scratching of an Asse the greasing of a Sow the cackling of a Goose and the kindnesse of an Host●● 21. Six blind things a blind Man a blind Mold a blind Buzzard a blinde Beetle Homer the blinde Writer and Cupid the blind Archer 22 Six things are n●cessary in a Christian life Faith Hope and Charitie Love Peace and Unitie 23. Six kinds of Prodigals The fine Prodigall the kind Pr●digall the drunken Prodigall the dicing Prodigall the wit●y Prodigall and the wenching P●odigall 24 Six pleasant Fruits Cherries S●rawberries Plumbs Peaches Peares and the fruit of Love 25. Six angry things A sick man a proud man a conceited man an upstart Officer a waspe and a woman 26. Six things are too much used much eating much drinking much sleeping much swearing much prating and much lying 27. Six things are very dangerous to take up hot Iron whole Pots a seale from a Bond dice among Cheaters money upon Usury and a Maids petticoat 28. Six kinds of Wormes a Mal●worme a Muck-worme a Mud worme an Earth worme a fruit-worme and a Wood-worme 29. Six things there are which drink of other men cost an Host an Hostis a Tost a T●pster a Fly and a sharker 30. Six bad humers a scoffing humour a quarrelling humour a proud humour a zealous humour a mad humour and a melancholly humour 31. Six great menders Taylors Coblers Semsters Tinkers Glasse-menders and Bellowes●menders 32. Six things doe soone vanish Youth Beauty Strength Mirth Pleasure and hasty Love 33. Six things are very sharp sighted an Eagle a Hawke a Hearne a needle a jealous eye and a hungry man 34 Six things are well matcht together A slut and a sloven a knave and a foole a scould and a deaf man a whore and a blinde man a Bride and a Bridegroome an asse and a flatterer 35 Six Schooles are much frequented A Grammer schoole a Writing schoole a Drinking Shoole a Dancing schoole a Fencing schoole and a Vaulting schoole 36 Six ill sounds The scraping of trenchers the rubbing of iron the howling of a Dog the creaking of a wheele the crying of Cats and the sco●lding of a shrew 37 Six kinds of tame fowle live in London prating Dawes gossiping Magpies cheating Rookes young Woodcocks old Dottrels and wanton Wagtayles 38 Six essentiall parts belong to a Gallant To weare good clothes to sweare great oathes to spend soundly to drinke profoundly to complement with a friend and to court a wench 39 Six things are soone dry A ditch in summer a tap when the drink is out a complementing Asse a poore mands ●urse an Ap●ill shower and a widdowes eares 40 Six things are much desired but seldome found A happy Life a good wife a carefull servant an honest Pettifogger a conscionable man and