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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	body_n	death_n	soul_n	5,812	5	5.2725	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10300	The mothers counsell or, liue within compasse Being the last will and testament to her dearest daughter.	M. R.	1630 (1630)	STC 20583; ESTC S101922	13,750	48

and wantonnesse the load-stone to ruth and ruine Wantonnesse maketh a woman couet beyond her power to act beyond her nature and to die before her time Sensuall and wanton vice hath euer these three companions First blindnesse of vnderstanding secondly hardnesse of heart and lastly want of Grace and perfection Wantonnesse is inseparably accompanied with the troubling of order with impudency sloth and dissolutenesse Adultery desireth not procreation but onely pleasure Wantonnesse is a strong tower of mischiefe and hath in it many keepers and many defenders as Needinesse Anger Palenesse Discord Loue and Longing Euery good woman makes not for euery man a good wife no more than one dish of meat can please all stomackes but euery euill woman makes an absolute ill wife as a drop of Coloquintida marres the whole pot of pottage Wanton dwarfe women or foolish ones are the worst to make wiues of for the first brings forth but a race of P●…ies and for the latter there is nothing so fulsome as a she-foole Wantonnesse is attended on by riot and they two impaire health consume wealth and transforme a woman to a beast Wantonnesse is a sin of no single rank No ordinary station that neuer walkes vnattended with a traine of misdemeanors at the heeles Corrupt company is more infections than corrupt aire therefore let women be aduised in their choise for that text of thy selfe that could neuer bee expounded thy companion shall as thy commentarie lay open to the world for it is seene by experience that if those which are neither good nor euill accompany with those that are good they are transformed into their vertue If those that are neither good nor euill consort with those that are euill they are incorporated to their vice If the good companie with the good both are made the better if the euill with the euill both the worse for such as the companie is such is the condition There be foure vices a wanton woman is euer most troubled with sloathfulnesse carelesnes vaine curiositie and nicenesse Hate and Disdain shines in a wantons eyes Deceit and Treason in their bosome lies Th' are mad that thinke by any meanes to stay ●… a wantons mind that is disposd to stray Such is the crueltie of women kind when they haue shaken off the shamefac'st band with which wise nature did them strongly bind t' obey the hests of mans well ruling hand that then all rule reason they withstand to purchase a licentious libertie But vertuous women wisely vnderstand that they were borne to Humilitie vnlesse the Heauens them lift to lawfull Soueraigntie 'T is certaine that the wanton woman neuer Loues Beautie in her sexe but Enuie euer There cannot be a greater clog to man than to be troubled with a wanton woman 'T is euermore obseru'd ' mongst men that be she Base or Hie A wanton eye doth guide her wit and not her wit her Eye Loose women doe repine their sinnes to heare and folly flings if counsail touch thē neare The foolish and the wanton women vse T' obey them most who doth them most abuse A witlesse foole wanton we may guesse that leaues the more takes her to the lesse When wantons finely sooth their owne desires their best cōceits do proue the greatest liers Liue within Compasse in Temperance ABuse not thy body in thy youth by Surfet Riot or any other distemper through an ouer-weening abilitie of strength for youth and Nature passe ouer many Infirmities that are growing till their age Liue temperately and vertuously that thou mayst dye patiently for who liues most honestly will dye most willingly and for thy long dayes and better health on earth afflict not thy body with too much vnnecessary Physicke but furnish thy minde in time of plentie to lay vp for it selfe and others in the time of want for surely her end shall be easie and happie that death finde with a weake body but a strong Soule Grieue not to groane vnder the hand of sicknesse for as sometimes it purgeth the body from intemperate humors so doth it oftentimes the Soule from more dangerous securitie and the rather since there is no perfect health in this world but a newtralitie betweene sicknesse and health The eyes are the instruments of lust therefore make a couenant with them that they betray not thy heart to vanitie Suffer with those that suffer be crucified with those that are crucified so shalt thou be glorified with those that are glorified True grace and Temperance doe not lift vp but humble a good woman therefore she is not yet partaker of true grace which doth not walke in humilitie of heart The streames of Gods grace doe flow downwards not vpwards God creates of nothing and he repaires of nothing that therefore thou maist bée partaker of the Regeneration and Reparation be nothing in thine owne eyes that is attribute nothing to thy selfe arrogate nothing to thy selfe Women are weake and fraile but iudge none frailer than thy selfe to be inferiour to all hurts none to be aboue any offends many Temperance is an enemy to lust and last is an euer-waiting seruant to the pleasures of high bloods Temperance calleth a womun backe from all grosse affects and carnall appetites and lets her neither exceed in foolish reioycing nor in vngodly sorrowing Shee is firmely to be accounted temperate which from the ground of reason can gouerne and bridle the vice of sensualitie and all other grosse affections of the minde and passions Temperance is the true Peace-maker in all the tumults betweene reason and passion When the vntamed passions of a woman haue their full careere and are neither ouer-ruled with Temperance nor discretion then is the soule lost and forsaken or at least deformed and miserable and the more delicately the body is handled the more stubbornly it wrastleth against the minde for the heauie burthen of the body is onely the oppresson of the soule Shee cannot commend Temperance that imagineth the best felicitie to consist in pleasure O it is Temperance with his golden squire Between our passions measures out a mean Neither to melt in pleasures hot desire Nor fry in heartlesse griefe dolefull teen Thrice happie shee that stayes them both betweene O in what safetie Temperance doth rest When it finds harbor in a modest brest Of all Gods workes which doe this world adorne There 's none more faire more sweet or excellent Then womans body both for power and forme Whilst it is kept in temperate gouernment 'T is harder for to learne faire continence In ioyous pleasure than in grieuous paine For sweetnes doth allure the weaker sense So strongly that vnneath it can refraine From that which feeble nature couers fain But griefe and wrath that be her enemies And foes of life shee better can restraine Yet vertue vaunts in both their victories Let Wolues and Beasts be cruell in their kinds But women meeke and of faire temperate mindes Though men mindes can couer with bold sterne lookes Pale

womens faces are their owne faults bookes Those vertues that in women praise doe win Are sober shewes without chaste thoughts within True faith due obedience to their make And of their children honest care to take They melt with words as wax against the Sunne So weake in many women's modestie For what sometimes they most would seeme to shield Another time vnaskt poore soules they yeeld Out of Compasse in Temperance Madnesse A Mad woman is like a rough stirring Horse and as he must haue a sharp bit so must shee haue a sharp restraint As a blocke though it be decked with gold pearles gems and precious ornaments is not to be regarded except it represent the shape of some thing euen so a woman be she neuer so rich and glorious yet if shée want obedience she is of no account or estimation Such wiues as would rather haue foolish Husbands whom they might rule than to be ruled by sober wise men are like them that would rather lead a blind man in an vnknowne path than follow one that can both see and knoweth the way directly She that forsakes her husband because she dislikes his manners is like her that forsakes the Honey least the Bee might sting her They which sacrificed to Iuno the goddesse of married women tooke euer the galls from the beasts which they sacrificed signifying thereby that all anger madnes and displeasure should euer be farre from married couples In three points women and fooles hold small difference they are full of vaine affections they are curious and peeuish to please and euer wilfull to disobay There is no creature that more desireth honour and worse keepeth it than a mad woman The intemperate woman with her lightnesse and children with their small knowledge occupy their minds in things present but vertuous wise women do thinke on that is past they ordaine for that which is present and with great study and care prouide for the time to come There are in outragious womens eyes two seuerall sorts of teares the one of griefe the other of deceit Beautie in womens faces and outrage in their hearts are two wormes which fret life and waste goods Mad women for a little goodnes looke for a great recompence but for much euill no chastisement A fierce beast and a dangerous for is an outragious woman to a Common-wealth for shée hath much power to doe much harme and is not apt to follow any goodnesse A mad woman once defamed beleeues after in no woman vertue but defameth all to make her owne vice worthie of a companion The tongue of a mad woman is a slipperie instrument nimble to doe mischiefe for commonly by it friendship is decayed worldly riches diminished the life most miserably wasted and infamy and immortall paine purchased Such a mischieuous euill is the sinne of detraction in the heart of a proud and vnruly woman that there is neither long familiarilie accustomed fellowship nor causes of approued friendship neither yet any estate or degree that can once bridle them or stay them from doing infinite mischiefe She that is giuen to the vice of detraction is worthily subiect to the common hatred of men and to be eschewed of all as a most pestilent infection and at her enterance into any place among good women euery mouth to be either stopped against her or otherwise opened to hisse her out of doores as a thing altogether voyde of delight and filled vp but with danger onely Amongst temperate women madde women are made bright but amongst madde women temperate women are made glorious It is a great madnesse in any woman to amuse vpon those things which are farre beyond her vnderstanding A faire woman without discretion is like a faire house and an ●…uill host harbored therein Many times of wise maides becommeth foolish wantons and of foolish wantons wise maides Let euery woman behold her selfe in a Looking-glasse and if shee appeare beautifull let her doe such things as become her beautie but if shée séeme foule then let her make good with good manners the beautie which her face lacketh As the body being alwayes opprest with labour loseth his strength and so perisheth so doth the minde of a woman oppressed with passions and pleasures of this world lose the force lust and desire which shee had to the rest of eternall life to come Excesse of passions may euer hurt they can neuer profit When sensualitie reigneth especially amongst women there reason taketh no place A madde Woman knoweth things done but a discreet woman considereth things long before they come to passe Praise and indiscretion can neuer be coupled together From idle wit there springs a brain-sick will Which wise men lust which foolish make a god This in the shape of vertue reigneth still But 't is the onely vice one worst and odde Will puts in practice what the wit deuiseth Will euer acts and wit contemplates still And as from wit the power of wisedome riseth All other vertues daughters are of will The heedlesse will true iudgement doth ensnare Who 's rul'd by it doth neuer want her care Where womens actions measure no regard There lawlesse will is made his owne regard Such is the crueltie of women kinde When they haue maken off the shame-fac't band With which wise nature did them strongly binde T' obey the hests of mans well-ruling hand That then all rule reason they withstand To purchase a licentious libertie But vertuous women wisely vnderstand That they were borne to base humilitie Vnlesse the Heauens them lift to lawfull souereigntie What iron band or what sharp mouthed bit What chain of Diamond if such might be ●an bridle womens wrath or conquer it ●nd keepe them in their bounds and true degree Craft makes a woman oft appeare in show Merry and sad when shee is neuer so The louely lookes the sighs that storme so sore The due of deep dissembling doubtfulnesse These may attempt but are of power no more When beauty leanes to wit soothfastnes Liue within Compasse in Beautie THere is nothing harder for a woman than to know her selfe for blinded with beautie and selfe-loue they flatter themselues in all things There is in euery woman two powers which draw and conduct her a desire of pleasure bred in the beautie of the body and a good opinion coueting onely good things betweene these two there is continuall strife in women and when the opinion hath the maistry it maketh a woman sober chaste discreet quiet but when desire getteth the vpper hand it makes her lustfull riotous couetous vnquiet Three things a woman ought to hold remarkable her soule her body the substance of this world The soule first because it is a thing beautifull immortall made after the shape of God himselfe The body next because it is faire and is the case and sepulcher of the soule and the nearest seruant to the secret spirit lastly the substance of this world being necessary and the principall instruments and