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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	year_n	young_a	youthful_a	32	3	10.6821	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00419	Maison rustique, or The countrey farme· Compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault, Doctors of Physicke. And translated into English by Richard Surflet, practitioner in physicke. Now newly reuiewed, corrected, and augmented, with diuers large additions, out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French. Albyterio in Spanish, Grilli in Italian; and other authors. And the husbandrie of France, Italie, and Spaine, reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England: by Geruase Markham. The whole contents are in the page following; Agriculture et maison rustique. English	Estienne, Charles, 1504-ca. 1564.; Liébault, Jean, ca. 1535-1596. aut; Surflet, Richard, fl. 1600-1616.; Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.	1616 (1616)	STC 10549; ESTC S121357	1,137,113	746

with so many glittering globes which the Heauens doe containe euerie one readie and prest to applie themselues and whatsoeuer is in them in all seruiceable sort for the effecting of her affaires For who is he that vpon such grounds can refraine as absolutely to giue sentence with it against all sorts of creatures not inhabiting the highest heauens as euer was giuen with H●l●na for beautie Penelope for chastitie Aeneas for pietie or Themistocles for fastnesse of memorie And finally this sacred goddesse as she sheweth her beautie in being clothed in her gaiest colours and her perfection in her naturall kindnesse by pressing out of her neuer drying brests though euermore conceiued euen millions of streames to feed as with sweet milke both the young and old fruit of her wombe so if you please to call to mind such names as the Gretians in their wisedome haue giuen thereunto which are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the verbe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be glorious or to excel or the names affo●rded it in the Holie tongue which are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the one hauing relation to that kind of earth which bringeth forth food for man and the other to that which feedeth cattel● you shall cleerely see that there cannot too reuerend an estimation be had of the earth and that it is to faile and come short of the scope of the Creatour by whom first and principally all names are giuen to account thereof in any base and vile manner Now seeing the earth is so diuine a substance as hath beene proued and that euery man as also his labours are so much the more or lesse to be regarded or honoured as the subiect is whereabout he is occupied I cannot doubt but that this so renowmed a Grace shall bee vouchsafed to haue conferd all due and worthie dignitie and grace vpon such as take paines like deuoted fauorites and feruent true louers to make her admired and honoured of all Especially the same falling out not vpon any light and wanton fantasies that young and youthfull yeares may breed her last and worst age hauing alreadie very deepely seised vpon her but rather of intire affection if not compulsiue dutie pricking them forward so much as lieth in them to pluck off her stiffe hard and drie growne slough that so she might receiue as it were a second birth to the doubling of the thred of her liuely and lustie daies And that vpon both the sorts of them as namely those which shape their course to the purchasing of this hauen through the straits of painefull toyle and the other who endure hard stormes till led by learnings load-stone they haue also discouered the same by skilful precept And the rather seeing that as wisdome it selfe calling the first 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is louers and tillers of the earth the practice of the Worthies of all ages nations whether you call to mind the Romans amongst the Gentiles or the Kings and kingly race amongst the Iewes and thirdly the testimonies of profane writers Dij pecorum pauere greges And Tempus in agrorum cultu consumere dulce est haue not suffered them to want their due laud and praise so the common and delightfull reading and studying of the second besides the lawrell garland and fauour with preferment at the hands of the mightiest Princes euer readie and ordained for good writers doth sufficiently declare their merit and desert yea vnlettered and senselesse workes which skill hath framed cannot but approue and praise the workeman and consiquently the happie hand that was imployed in penning and pointing out the summe of all that art and cunning Againe if such as faithfully set downe the acts the speeches and seuerall occurrences of persons and times for performing so woonderful a worke as to make the things past and perished in the first breathing of the world still to liue and yeeld forth a liuely breath vnto the last and finall end of all and on the contrarie that which shall be last and neuer was before to bee all beset with the ●oari● haires of the very first and eldest antiquities be truely worthie of immortall honour then how much more should they who from painfull plodding precept haue reuealed the knowledge of bringing forth as also of recording whatsoeuer such famous deedes or sayings Wherefore accept and take in good part R. Honourable as one who can neuer let slip any the least kindnesse that hath bin offered to a mother this laboured worke the magazin and store-house of all such knowledge as may make for the honour dignitie place and possessions hee teacheth thee to charge thy selfe as thy reuenues will liberally reach taking heed of pordigalitie and stirreth thee vp to the knowledge of the ordering and dressing of ground or whatsoeuer other thing that so thou mayest not onely see what is to bee done and how but also iudge thereof when it is done If an inferiour person and hauing nothing but what thou labourest for lacking also skill and so suffering thy field to grow barren hee teacheth thee all good meanes for the making of it fruitfull If for lacke of will pouertie come vpon thee as an armed man know that there is neuer a precept of paynefull toyle and laborious husbandrie throughout the whole Booke but it soundeth an alarum and proclaimeth an open defiance against thee as a Sluggard If through skill ioyned with will thou reape the plentifull increase of a rich Haruest but abuse it to the malitious vexing and troubling of thy neighbour in the Law or to the corrupting of the honest and chast liues of Maides or any of thy neighbours Wiues hee calleth thee from such courses vnto the labours of thy ground for scarce to take thy lawfull recreation at lawfull delights such as are Hawking and Hunting will hee affoord thee any leasure If a Farmer hee teacheth thee kindnesse by deuising something to gratifie thy Lord withall and gentlenesse in louingly intreating thy seruants If thy neighbour enioy any goodly commoditie of Grasse Corne or other dead thing or any other liuing thing whatsoeuer that is excellent because hee would not haue thee to looke vpon the same with a repining greedie and couetous eye hee calleth thee to the prouiding of such of thine by teaching thee how to doe it If thou bee a seruant hee willeth thee to bee both painefull and pittifull that so all thy businesse may bee well done and in due time and the beasies wherewith thou art charged may bee tendred of thee in all mildnesse And finally that all vnhonest and disgracefull waies may bee farre from thee hee hath taken the paines to instruct thee in so many things as that if thou wilt applie thy selfe thereunto and to doe them well thou shalt not find the leasure to lend a thought to the euill that might allure thee And that he might not bee