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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	affection_n	love_n	soul_n	780	5	4.7839	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40856	The famous history of stovt Stukley: or, His valiant life and death		1650 (1650)	Wing F378A; ESTC R221219	10,160	26

THE Famous History OF STOVT STVKLEY OR His valiant Life and Death LONDON Printed by R. I. for Francis Grove dwelling on Snow-Hill VVHen Love and Valour both together meet The Story is most pleasing and most sweet Here you may read how Fortune led him on And did advance him first to Venus Throne Three nights be raign'd but then depos'd himself From Loves fond kingdom having spent Loves welth To other Kingdoms then he travailes forth First Ireland was acquainted with his worth Then boysterous winds did force his Ship on Spain Where he a Spanish Ladies Love did gain Was freed by her from danger but at last Fortune when all these fair bright dayes were past Led him unto the Warrs in Barbary Where he did in his friends embraces dye Lovers embraces do grow loose and end But Friends embraces are fast to their friend Thus lusty Stukley liv'd thus Stukley dy'd His fame is in this Story glorifi'd The Famous History of stout STVKLEY IF you delight to read the passages of Love and to sée how affection soon cooles when the little smith Cupid doth cease to blow with his amorous Bellows you may here read this History of Thomas Stukley a Gentleman a Lover and a Souldier Fortune brought him first acquainted with the onely Daughter of Sir Thomas Curtis whose name was Nell she had at that time another Suter one Vernon of a noble soul and gentle Nature but he finding that his friend Tho Stukley was in love with Nell and beloved by her their affections being mutuall and state equall he expressing therein the part of a worthy noble friend left the sole happiness of his heart to his friend Tho Stukley resigning up his right and interest unto him and afterwards to smother his discontents and beat off the remembrance of his forsaken Swéet-heart he travells beyond Sea so at once to lose her name and memory Now Stukley being them an entertained to his friends felicity both by the father and mother and beloved by Nell after some exchange of Ceremonies about the contract some chiding of her for her choice which are usuall matters Stukley was received by Sir Thom. Curtis and his wife for their son and by Nell for her wished husband Suppose now their wedding was desired to be kept with great cost and solemnity and in the mean time the promised Bride fed upon the expectation of the wedding night Chap. II. How old Stukley came up to London to see his son and how young Stukley acquainted his father with his intended Marriage FAme having reported unto old Master Stukley that his Son had gotten into the favour and affection of Sir Thomas Curtis's daughter he comes presently up to London in all haste and first he goes to visit his son young Stukley at the Temple and to come upon him like an old Fox unawares that he might take him in the security of all his youthfull negligence so comming to his Chamber he knocks and finds no body within but his Page who had a ready wit to give his old Master an answer in his young Masters behalf at last Stukley bids his Page deliver him the key of his Study but the Page to save his Masters credit told him that he ever carried it about with him but at last the old man péeping about found the door standing open and there discovers his Sons books which were these following Long-Sword Short-Sword and Buckler Foxes Bilboes Blades but never a Candle-stick but an old Hilt of a broken sword and the bottom of a Temple Pot with a little sarsenet in 't did serve him for a Candlestick at last comes in Stukley not suspecting that his Father was there but at last perceiving that he had béen taking an Inventory of his Books and House-hold-stuff he knéeles down to receive his Fathers blessing who at first begins to scold at him but he puts him out with other questions at last he begins to come over him with honest wholsom counsell upbraiding him with those that were of his age setting thē before him as examples of good Students and thrifty young Gentlemen but Stukley told his father that Iohn-a-Nokes Iohn-a-Stiles he could not coten and that the French Law was worse than buttered Mackerell full of bones at last he plainly told his Father that in stead of scratching things out of a Standish all a mans life time he had found out a nearer cut to preferment which was that he was in possibility to marry Alderman Curtis his Daughter and therefore if his father would but promise the Alderman that he should make her a Ioynture all would be done for he had his daughters good will already Old Stukley conceiving the plot it being a matter of gain where by his son should obtain a wife worth forty thousand pounds he presently consents to his son who had already tampered the Wench wrought the Alderman and his wife now perswaded his father to assist to this matter of money and so you must expect his Marriage Chap. III. How Stukley was married and how on his VVedding-day he fell out with one Herbert about some disgracefull speeches and how Vernon went to travell NOw came the wedding day and the Bride like a spreading Rose opened all her beauties desiring to be gathered Stukeley that had put on his best Apparel was ready to do the service of a Bridegroom wherwith he had béen acquainted and was no Novice in Cupids wayes but as the Bride sat simpering at dinner and the old folks conceiting their Daughters happiness it chanced that a suddain accident disturbed Hymens Feast some words had past between one M. Herbert and Stukley Herbert prophesying to this effect that Ald. Curtis had undone his daughter by this marriage Stukley being angry hereat presently challenged Harbert they presently rose from the table but were at last by the Alderm perswasions pacified the brides tears who loath to lose her Stukley and to be divorc'd from him on the wedding-day wrought so with Herbert that their quarrel was deferred until a fitter opportunitie when they might both question and decide the former injury so the wound given to Stukley was for a while closed up and the wedding went forward to the Aldermans contentment the old mothers great joy who was glad in her daughters behalf and now Candles were lighted Supper was served in after many dishes had been rifled and a Banquet wholly destroyed by the Guests after many Ceremonies the long delayed night growing on Stukley his beloved Nell were brought into their VVedding-Chamber and the Bride like a Sacrifice laid into her bed while merry T. Stukley taught to see fear and desire expressing themselves in the blushes of Nells cheekes and now the Curtaines being drawn all the company left them and what followed must be left to your imaginations Chap. IV. How Vernon resolved to go into Ireland with Herbert and another Captain and how Stukley paied all his Creditors NOble and brave-minded