Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	believe_v	faith_n	know_v	3,423	5	4.6161	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03921	The blacke dogge of Newgate both pithie and profitable for all readers.	Hutton, Luke, d. 1596.	1596 (1596)	STC 14029; ESTC S106173	22,997	44

euery penny whereof ten pound was to be paide to the man in the moone for I dare take it vpon my death neither of these Cunnies did offend any such man in manner as these knaues had charged them By your leaue a word all this while you haue not concluded what became of the first Cunny these odde shauers mette with I pray you be briefe and let vs heare how he was ended withall and then you shall heare me tell you of wonders if these be held to be but of moment Well then to the first Cunny againe at his time appointed he commeth to the wise man of Newgate to inquire what is done in his matter and at Newgate the Cunny findeth his odde acquaintance with E. H. who at the first sight hath the time of the day for him much curtesies but to the tauerne they must to debate the matter where they must haue a pottle of the best Whilest the Wine is a filling the Cunny-catcher sheweth what great paine he hath taken to come by the theeues and how hardly they mist of them but for it is best to vse few wordes the Cunny-catcher from one day to an other still driueth off the Cunny who is still in hope that the Cunny-catcher meaneth good faith whereas indeed he neuer made accoumpt what faith was so to be short if the theeues robd him of some fiue or sixe pound he hath got or he finde where he is a drie shauing as much as forty or fiftie shillings more I tell thee Zawny me thinkes these are notable vyllanies pittie they should not be punished who liue by no other meanes but practising such prankes as these be Againe this is a generall rule to the Cunny-catcher that when or where he meetes with such a one as hath beene at any time committed to Newgate if that fellow haue good apparrell on his back the Cunny-catcher taketh acquaintance of him and a quarte of Wine they must needes drinke when the reckoning comes to paiment the Cunny-catcher hath brought no money from home that day so by the others drawing of his pursse to pay for the wine he knoweth what lyning is in it then if he haue money the Cunny-catcher is in hand with him for a bribe some odde crowne or an Angell to drinke if the man be in any fault fearing the worst he will not stand with him for a tryfle if he be in no fault perhaps he tels in fayth you are deceiued in me I am not he you take me for and so parteth and giueth him nothing Presently the Cunny-catcher vseth all meanes ●o knowe where he lyes which when he hath done within a night or two away goes this knaue with some olde warrant to the Constable of that liberty crauing his ayde to apprehend a bad fellow who is thought to haue done much mischiefe but for a suertye he auoucheth him for an arrand theefe and that he hath beene in Newgate Upon these speeches the Constable goes with this H. where the poore man lyes and apprehends him and conuaies him to Newgate laying some Iustices commaundement on him where he lyes till the sessions vnlesse he come of roundlie with a bribe to the Connycatcher but say the Connycatcher be mistaken in this fellowes pursse that he haue not so much as he supposed yet the Connycatcher is so strong of faith that he will not beleeue the contrary so by this meanes the poore man lyeth in prison till he be quite a beggar without releasment till the proclamation at the Sessions at which time he is not worth the ground he goes on neither knoweth he being vtterly ouerthrowne how to haue any remedy which is pittifull and lamentable I muse you should accoumpt of these trifling matters whereas iudeed they are nothing in respect of the prizes they haue plaide and if you will giue me leaue a little I will come some thing nearer the Cunny-catcher then you haue yet done I pray thee doe yet I must needs tell thee I haue beene too neere the Cunnycather and what I haue spoken of him it is not onely with greefe but with sorrow to my heart and anguish of soule that these outrages should be committed to the vtter vndoing of so many as within this thirty yeares haue beene for so long did I heare one of these vyllaines vaunt he had beene in office about Newgate and what I haue done or sayd on this behalfe with my life and death I am ready to make proofe of it that it is true Thi●●inde I beare that the Diuell should haue his due of these knaues and I holde it my duty to reueale whatsoeuer is to the good of a common-wealth and so I will though the Cunnycatcher sweare to giue me a cut in the legge for my labour and now Zawny I pray thee go forward Gentlemen though I want eloquence yet you shall see I haue a rowling toung deepe knowledge and am a rare fellow to bewray many matters touching Cunny-catching Maister Greene God be with thee for if thou hadst beene a liue knowing what I know thou wouldst as well haue made worke as matter but for my part I am a plaine fellow and what I know I will not be meale mouthed but blab I wist and out it must nay and out it shall for as the Comedian sayd Plenus rymarum sum I know twenty and twenty of these fine Cunny-catchers who learne of the fencers to double a blow knowing what belongs to the button and the bob yet for the Author hath onely vsed foure letters for two names let them stand and when I name E. he must thinke Zawny can see whilst there is an eye in his head H. is aspirationis nota and no letter indeed therefore I care not if this Cunny-catching H. were wypte out of the letters rowe to hang on the Gallowes who is fitter to be a sipher to make vp a number at Tyborne then to be a man of so bad condition As for a pottle of Wine he cares not who he hangd so he may haue it if it be but the Wine N. is the first of the second name the Author vseth No knaue I warrant you and as for S. if he be in some sorte a knaue to be prooued he will be contented nay he must in spight of his teeth disgest the name of a Cunnycatcher for by that arte being not worth one groate a yeare he is able by his fine wit to mainteyne himselfe in his Sattin dublet Ueluet hose his Hatt lynde with Ueluet his silke stock his Rapter and Dagger gilt his goulden brouche and all things correspondent as might seeme a man both of witte and liuing And now I according to my promise to the Author will haue a cast at these fine Cunny-catchers and I will not slaunder them in any wise but speake the trueth vnto death If I say more then I will prooue I will neuer byd you trust Zawny againe Not long since at a Tylting vpon triumph