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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	answer_n	letter_n	receive_v	778	5	5.2253	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12787	Three proper, and wittie, familiar letters: lately passed betvveene tvvo vniuersitie men: touching the earthquake in Aprill last, and our English refourmed versifying With the preface of a wellwiller to them both.	Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.; Harvey, Gabriel, 1550?-1631. aut	1580 (1580)	STC 23095; ESTC S111268	38,417	65

absurditie it séemed to Plautus draw both togither in one and the same Yoke Conclusio ferè sequitur deteriorem partem The Gospell taughte not learned Charitie key colde nothing good but by Imputation the Ceremoniall Lawe in worde abrogated the Iudiciall in effecte disanulled the Morall indéede abandoned the Lighte the Lighte in euery mans Lippes but marke me their eyes and tell me if they looke not liker Howlets or Battes than Egles as of olde Bookes so of auntient Uertue Honestie Fidelitie Equitie newe Abridgementes euery day freshe span newe Opinions Heresie in Diuinitie in Philosophie in Humanitie in Manners grounded muche vpon heresay Doctors contemned the Text knowen of moste vnderstood of fewe magnified of all practised of none the Diuell not so hated as the Pope many Inuectiues small amendment Skill they say controlled of Will and Goodnesse mastered of Goods but Agent and Patient muche alike neither Barrell greatly better Herring No more adoe aboute Cappes and Surplesses Maister Cartwright nighe forgotten The man you wot of conformable with his square Cappe on his rounde heade and Non resident at pleasure and yet Non-residents neuer better bayted but not one the fewer either I beléeue in Acte or I beléeue in Purpose A nūber of our preachers sibbe to French Souldiors at the first more than Men in the end lesse than Women Some of our pregnantest and soonest ripe Wits of Hermogenes mettall for al the world Olde men and Counsailours amongst Children Children amongst Counsailours and olde men Not a f●we ●ubble faced Iani and chaungeable Camelions ouer-manye Clawbackes and Pickethanks Réedes shaken of euerie Wind Iackes of bothe sides Aspen leaues painted Sheathes and Sepulchres Asses in Lions skins Dunglecockes slipperye Eles Dormise I blush to thinke of some that wéene themselues as fledge as the reste being God wot as kallowe as the rest euery yonker to speake of as politique and as great a Commonwealths man as Bishoppe Gardner or Doctor Wutton at the least as if euerie man nowe adayes hauing the ●raming of his own Horoscope were borne in decimo coeli domicilio and had al the Wit Wisedome and Worshippe in the world at commaundement Sed heus in aurem Meministin ' quod ait Varro Omnes videmur nobis esse belli festiui saperdae cùm sumus Canopi Dauid Vlisses and Solon fayned themselues fooles and madmen our fooles and madmen faine thēselues Dauids Vlisses and Solons and would goe nigh to deceiue the cunningest and best experienced Metaposcopus in a country It is pity faire weather should euer do hurt but I know what peace and qui●tnes hath done with some melancholy pickstrawes in the world as good vnspoken as vnamēded And wil you néedes haue my Testimoniall of youre ol●e Controllers new behauior A busy and dizy heade a brazen forehead a l●dden braine a woodden wit a copper face a stony breast a factious and eluish hearte a founder of nouelties a confounder of his owne and his friends good gifts a morning bookeworm an afternoone maltworm a right Iuggler as ful of his sleights wyles fetches casts of Legerdemaine toyes to mocke Apes withal odde shiftes and knauish practizes as his skin can holde He often telleth me he looueth me as himselfe but out lyar out thou lyest abhominably in thy throate Iesu I had nigh hand forgotten one thing that ywis somtime I think often ynough vpon Many Pupils Iackemates and Hayle fellowes wel met with their Tutors and by your leaue some too because forsooth they be Gentlemen or great heires or a little neater and gayer than their fellowes shall I say it for shame beléeue me t is too true their very own Tutors Ah mala Licentia ab initio nō fuit sic Stulta est omnis iuuenilis Doctrina sine virili quadam Disciplina Quasi verò pauperioribus duntaxat pueris ac non multò magis generosa atque nobili Iuuentuti conueniat pristinae illius Institutionis atque Educationis seueritas ingenuae prudentis cruditae cum Tutoris personae tum pupillo etiam ipsi perquam accomodatae Vsquequaque sapere oportet id erit telum acerrimum Caetera faerè vt ●●lim Bellum inter Capita membra continuatum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 publicis defensa scholis priuatis confirmata parietibus omnibus loc●s ostentata Scire tuum nihil est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter Pl●●imi passim fit Pecunia Pudor parui penditur Nihili habentur Literae Mihi crede credendum nulli O amice amicus nemo Quid tu interim Quomodo te inquies geris Quomodo Optimum est aliena frui insania Video taceo rideo Dixi. Et tame● addam quod ait Satyricus ille Vi●●endum est rectè tum propter plurima tum his Praecip●è causis vt linguas Mancipiorum Contemnas E meo municipio Postridie quàm superiores de Terraemotu sermones haberentur id est ni fallor Aprilis septimo Vesperi With as manye gentle Goodnightes as be letters in this tedious Letter Nosti manum tanquam tuam POSTSCRIPTE This Letter may only be shewed to the two odde Gentlemen you wot of M●rry I would haue those two to see it as sone as you may conueniently Non multis d●rmio no● multis scr●bo non cupio placere multis Alij alios numeros la●dant praeferunt venerantur Ego ferè apud nos ferè apud vos Trinitatem Verbum sapientisat nosti caetera tres Charites habes ad vnguem A Gallant familiar Letter containing an Ansvvere to that M. Immerito vvith sundry proper examples and some Precepts of our Englishe reformed Versifying To my very friend M. Immerito SIgnor Immerito to passe ouer youre néedelesse complaint wyth the ●●sidue of your preamble for of the Earthquake I presuppose you haue ere this receyued my goodly discourse and withall to let my la●●●nglishe Hexametres goe as light●ye as they came I cannot choose but thanke and honour the good Aungell whether it were Gabriell or some other that put so good a motion into the heads of those two excellent Gentlemen M. Sidney and M. Dyer the two very Diamondes of hir Maiesties Courte for many speciall and rare qualities as to helpe forwarde our new famous enterprise for the Exchanging of Barbarous and Balductum Rymes with Artificial Uerses the one being in manner of pure and fine Goulde the other but counterfet and base ylfauoured Copper I doubt not but their liuelie example and Practise wil preuaile a thousand times more in short space than the dead Aduertizement and persuasion of M. Ascham to the same Effecte whose Scholemaister notwithstanding I reuerence in resp●ct of so learned a Motiue I would gladly be acquainted with M. Drants Prosodye and I beséeche you commende me to good M. Sidneys iudgement and gentle M. Immeritos Obseruations I hope your nexte L●tters which I daily exspect wil bring me in farth●r familiaritie acquaintance with al thrée Mine owne Rules and Precepts of Arte I beléeue wil fal