Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	command_n	right_a	word_n	4,845	5	5.2166	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60409	Clod-pate's ghost, or, A dialogue between Justice Clod-Pate and his [quondam] clerk honest Tom Ticklefoot wherein is faithfullly related all the news from purgatory, about Ireland, Langhorn, &c / the author, T.T.	Smith, Francis, fl. 1657-1689.	1670 (1670)	Wing S4025; ESTC R638	18,724	14

proceed_n in_o punish_a offender_n there_o clodp._a tom_n do_v ever_o see_v the_o discipline_n of_o bridewell_n ticklef._n yes_o master_n many_o and_o many_o a_o time_n but_o once_o to_o my_o exceed_a great_a mortification_n above_o all_o the_o rest_n clodp._a why_o just_a such_o be_v the_o discipline_n of_o purgatory_n for_o this_o be_v certain_a that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o popery_n in_o england_n a_o curious_a artist_n bring_v they_o a_o model_n of_o purgatory_n and_o the_o court_n of_o alderman_n make_v bridewell_n by_o the_o platform_n the_o delinquent_n be_v bring_v in_o and_o with_o strong_a cord_n be_v make_v to_o embrace_v the_o whipping-post_n two_o sturdy_a stout_a knave_n stand_v ready_a arm_v with_o their_o instrument_n of_o execution_n the_o master_n of_o this_o house_n of_o correction_n sit_v in_o his_o great_a chair_n his_o assessor_n on_o either_o hand_n he_o hold_v in_o his_o right_a hand_n that_o be_v except_o he_o be_v left-handed_a a_o small_a hammer_n thus_o far_o you_o will_v say_v it_o be_v but_o a_o auction_n and_o when_o he_o give_v the_o word_n of_o command_n the_o lictor_n fall_v to_o work_n that_o be_v knock_z goes_z the_o hammer_n slash_v say_v they_o upon_o his_o posteriorum_n thump_v again_o go_v the_o hammer_n thwack_n go_v they_o and_o so_o as_o long_o as_o the_o hammer_n go_v and_o ticklef._n pray_v master_n pardon_v i_o if_o i_o interrupt_v you_o a_o little_a i_o protest_v purgatory_n have_v be_v as_o ill_o bestow_v upon_o you_o as_o upon_o any_o man_n that_o ever_o go_v through_o that_o gantelope_n clodp._a prithee_o why_o tom_n ticklef._n you_o three_o year_n and_o upward_o in_o that_o school_n fie_o i_o be_o ashamed_a of_o you_o clod-p_a why_o tom._n tickef_n why_o what_o a_o incorrigible_a piece_n be_v you_o the_o end_n of_o the_o institution_n of_o that_o furnace_n be_v to_o burn_v off_o all_o the_o dross_n rust_n and_o filth_n that_o sinner_n have_v contract_v here_o in_o this_o world_n but_o i_o perceive_v you_o be_v as_o famous_a a_o liar_n as_o ever_o you_o be_v in_o your_o life_n i_o will_v exchange_v place_n with_o you_o if_o ever_o the_o legend_n tell_v great_a rapper_n than_o you_o have_v do_v in_o so_o few_o line_n for_o shame_v master_n for_o shame_n no_o more_o of_o this_o stuff_n you_o may_v lie_v for_o the_o whetstone_n i_o will_v warrant_v you_o you_o think_v you_o have_v travel_v where_o i_o shall_v never_o come_v to_o confute_v you_o and_o now_o you_o think_v you_o may_v lie_v by_o authority_n and_o cum_fw-la privilegio_fw-la clodp._a what_o you_o be_v get_v into_o one_o of_o your_o rail_a humour_n ticklef._n out_o upon_o it_o these_o be_v all_o mere_a parkerism_n get_v a_o sac._n dom._n to_o licence_n your_o story_n or_o i_o will_v hold_v you_o a_o wager_n your_o book_n will_v be_v burn_v like_o muggleton_n clodp._a well_o then_o tom_n tell_v i_o some_o true_a story_n of_o your_o own_o i_o long_o to_o carry_v some_o news_n with_o i_o down_o below_o if_o i_o come_v empty_a they_o will_v go_v nigh_o to_o send_v i_o back_o again_o what_o news_n prithee_o about_o your_o election_n i_o hear_v there_o be_v old_a drink_v and_o feast_v and_o treat_v still_o for_o member_n to_o serve_v in_o parliament_n what_o kind_n of_o people_n do_v they_o choose_v ticklef._n why_o sir_n even_o so_o so_o a_o thief_n and_o a_o gentleman_n as_o they_o couple_v rabbit_n clodp._a but_o i_o will_v fain_o hear_v who_o they_o have_v choose_v at_o my_o native_a town_n of_o b_o ticklef._n well_o think_v on_o master_n i_o have_v just_a now_o receive_v a_o letter_n that_o will_v gratify_v your_o curiosity_n and_o importunity_n both_o with_o a_o labour_n in_o the_o first_o place_n they_o have_v pitch_v upon_o a_o old_a rot_a crooked_a warp_a piece_n of_o timber_n that_o will_v never_o make_v a_o supporter_n for_o a_o totter_v state_n or_o a_o crutch_n for_o a_o lame_a church_n such_o a_o stick_n of_o wood_n as_o i_o dare_v not_o venture_v to_o make_v a_o hovel-post_n on_o they_o may_v make_v a_o pair_n of_o gallow_n of_o he_o to_o hang_v his_o elector_n and_o that_o be_v all_o that_o ever_o he_o will_v be_v good_a for_o and_o in_o the_o next_o place_n they_o have_v choose_v a_o son_n to_o vote_n against_o and_o condemn_v his_o own_o father_n and_o be_v it_o not_o a_o comely_a sight_n to_o see_v the_o son_n within_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o when_o the_o dad_n be_v within_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o tower_n for_o high-treason_n this_o be_v their_o choice_n and_o now_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o eat_v off_o their_o finger_n for_o their_o folly_n when_o it_o be_v too_o late_a clodp._a that_o be_v a_o piece_n of_o the_o best_a news_n i_o be_o like_a to_o carry_v down_o with_o i_o but_o tom_n how_o have_v they_o choose_v in_o essex_n ticklef._n o_o upon_o my_o word_n there_o be_v a_o coot_a card_n for_o you_o but_o i_o perceive_v you_o play_v loath_a to_o depart_v good_a night_n master_n once_o for_o all_o pray_v have_v a_o care_v you_o do_v not_o break_v your_o shin_n again_o as_o you_o go_v out_o and_o if_o you_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o tell_v any_o more_o story_n pray_v tell_v they_o to_o the_o wall_n for_o i_o i_o will_v go_v sleep_v as_o hard_o as_o i_o can_v drive_v and_o so_o farewell_o master_n clod-pate_n tom_n ticklefoot_a to_o his_o reader_n greeting_n it_o be_v more_o hard_a to_o reform_v a_o inveterate_a though_o irrational_a custom_n than_o to_o cure_v the_o itch_n and_o a_o nonsensical_a whim_n that_o can_v plead_v prescription_n will_v crush_v a_o private_a practice_n to_o dirt_n that_o want_v grey_a hair_n and_o gravity_n to_o procure_v it_o veneration_n the_o plain_a english_a of_o all_o which_o be_v but_o this_o as_o good_a be_v out_o of_o the_o world_n as_o out_o of_o the_o fashion_n though_o never_o so_o apish_a and_o ridiculous_a however_o for_o once_o i_o be_o resolve_v on_o it_o to_o try_v whether_o my_o new_a book_n like_o the_o new_a barge_n will_v not_o sail_v against_o the_o wind_n of_o antiquity_n and_o the_o tide_n of_o peevish_a example_n it_o have_v hitherto_o all_o along_o be_v the_o mode_n of_o all_o our_o scribbler_n to_o march_v their_o epistolary_a address_n in_o the_o van_n of_o their_o book_n a_o errant_a hysteron_fw-gr proteron_fw-gr say_v i_o the_o cart_n before_o horse_n for_o all_o the_o world_n to_o call_v he_o thy_o courteous_a thy_o candid_a thy_o ingenuous_a thy_o learned_a reader_n marry_o come_v up_o my_o dirty_a gossip_n when_o perhaps_o the_o poor_a man_n have_v not_o read_v one_o line_n one_o word_n one_o syllable_n on_o it_o and_o if_o he_o be_v wise_a be_v sure_a never_o will_v whereas_o i_o upon_o good_a advice_n have_v place_v i_o in_o the_o rear_n politic_o consider_v that_o by_o this_o artifice_n he_o must_v be_v my_o reader_n ere_o i_o call_v he_o so_o in_o spite_n of_o his_o nose_n now_o then_o have_v at_o thou_o courteous_a reader_n or_o by_o what_o name_n or_o title_n soever_o thou_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o be_v dignify_v or_o distinguish_v i_o do_v bold_o recommee_v my_o dialogue_n to_o thou_o my_o own_o self_n because_o perhaps_o no_o body_n else_o will_v and_o if_o thou_o think_v that_o to_o applaud_v it_o upon_o my_o credit_n be_v to_o venture_v thy_o judgement_n upon_o a_o implicit_a faith_n prithee_o consider_v the_o most_o of_o mankind_n have_v take_v up_o their_o religion_n upon_o no_o better_a principle_n thou_o will_v hardly_o believe_v i_o if_o i_o shall_v tell_v thou_o i_o can_v have_v have_v the_o licenses_fw-la of_o all_o the_o fat_a choplain_n middle-sized_n chaplain_n and_o the_o thin-gutted_n chiplain_v about_o town_n and_o a_o thousand_o thanks_o to_o boot_v that_o i_o will_v honour_v they_o so_o for_o as_o to_o suffer_v their_o name_n to_o appear_v in_o the_o frontispiece_n whether_o the_o pope_n have_v get_v it_o into_o the_o vatican_n i_o dare_v not_o say_v but_o it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a if_o the_o act_n for_o regulate_v the_o press_n have_v be_v in_o force_n both_o the_o university_n have_v claim_v their_o copy_n by_o this_o time_n and_o yet_o now_o i_o think_v on_o it_o it_o have_v then_o never_o be_v write_v it_o have_v be_v a_o question_n move_v among_o the_o learned_a whether_o the_o expiration_n of_o that_o statute_n have_v do_v more_o good_a than_o harm_n and_o without_o doubt_v it_o have_v be_v very_o pernicious_a to_o the_o public_a if_o this_o one_o dialogue_n have_v not_o make_v amends_o for_o the_o mischief_n of_o our_o scurrilous_a pamphlet_n to_o tell_v thou_o one_o half_a of_o its_o excellency_n will_v tempt_v thou_o to_o disbelieve_v the_o other_o half_o and_o whilst_o it_o pretend_v to_o cure_v all_o disease_n with_o our_o quack_n will_v be_v ready_a to_o question_v whether_o it_o can_v cure_v any_o yet_o take_v a_o taste_n of_o

the_o country_n and_o this_o he_o do_v as_o a_o gentleman_n upon_o no_o other_o motive_n but_o because_o he_o see_v how_o this_o bold_a jesuit_n brazen_v it_o out_o against_o authority_n and_o huff_v and_o hector_v the_o sheepish_a protestant_n when_o yet_o all_o ireland_n asseveration_n be_v broad_a falsehood_n so_o that_o the_o thing_n be_v as_o plain_a as_o the_o nose_n on_o your_o face_n clodp._a ay_o marry_o tom_n that_o be_v word_v like_o a_o cunning_a sophister_n as_o plain_a as_o the_o nose_n of_o my_o fate_n why_o thou_o know_v i_o have_v no_o nose_n on_o my_o face_n and_o so_o i_o tell_v thou_o before_o ticklef._n why_o master_n have_v the_o worm_n or_o the_o pox_n eat_v it_o off_o but_o i_o mean_v innocent_o and_o to_o clear_v it_o i_o say_v it_o be_v as_o plain_a as_o the_o nose_n upon_o my_o own_o face_n clodp._a come_v tom_n enough_o of_o this_o jest_n do_v think_v i_o be_o in_o a_o pickle_n to_o drole_v it_o when_o i_o have_v lie_v so_o long_o reeze_v in_o the_o smoke_n of_o purgatory_n that_o since_o the_o prohibition_n of_o westphalia_n ham_n i_o do_v not_o believe_v there_o be_v any_o thing_n leave_v in_o england_n that_o can_v sample_n my_o blackness_n but_o be_v not_o thing_n strange_o vary_v with_o you_o since_o the_o last_o pacquet-boat_n ticklef._n ay_o indeed_o master_n we_o have_v ring_v change_n so_o long_o that_o now_o we_o begin_v to_o ring_v the_o bell_n backward_o you_o shall_v see_v a_o man_n as_o hot_a as_o mustard_n against_o plot_n and_o plotter_n one_o day_n and_o as_o cool_v not_o to_o say_v freeze_v as_o charity_n the_o next_o so_o that_o i_o be_o confident_a modern_a charity_n and_o zeal_n against_o popery_n equal_a quantity_n a_o spoonful_n be_v the_o best_a julep_n in_o a_o bure_a fever_n that_o be_v in_o all_o the_o dispensatory_a good_a lack_n how_o have_v i_o see_v a_o man_n bawl_v and_o some_o at_o mouth_n for_o the_o plaintiff_n to_o day_n that_o will_v bawl_v as_o loud_o for_o the_o defendant_n to_o morrow_n in_o twenty_o four_o hour_n the_o nature_n of_o thing_n and_o man_n shall_v be_v so_o change_v that_o you_o can_v know_v they_o again_o he_o that_o be_v all_o choler_n shall_v be_v all_o phlegm_n as_o if_o the_o man_n have_v be_v tap_v and_o a_o sheep_n blood_n transfuse_v into_o a_o lion_n vein_n clodp._a prithee_o tom_n unriddle_v i_o this_o riddle_n for_o i_o protest_v it_o be_v beyond_o my_o clod-pated_n capacity_n to_o understand_v it_o ticklef._n it_o be_v do_v as_o easy_o as_o you_o can_v kiss_v your_o hand_n it_o be_v but_o flux_v a_o man_n with_o quicksilver_n and_o he_o be_v clear_a another_o thing_n clodp._a ay_o but_o it_o be_v dangerous_a meddle_v with_o these_o quicksilver_n medicine_n tom._n ticklef._n upon_o my_o word_n sir_n none_o at_o all_o you_o may_v give_v it_o to_o a_o chrysom-child_n it_o be_v as_o safe_a as_o butter_v ale_n and_o as_o nourish_v my_o life_n for_o your_o there_o be_v no_o danger_n in_o it_o you_o may_v if_o you_o please_v give_v it_o inward_o in_o a_o competent_a do_v of_o aurum_fw-la potabile_fw-la that_o be_v a_o rare_a vehicle_n or_o outward_o by_o unction_n which_o be_v only_o a_o hard_a word_n for_o grease_v in_o the_o fist_n clodp._a and_o have_v it_o do_v those_o feat_n they_o boast_v of_o ticklef._n oh_o sir_n believe_v it_o if_o all_o the_o blind_a that_o have_v have_v their_o eye_n open_v all_o that_o have_v have_v their_o tongue_n loose_v all_o that_o have_v be_v cure_v of_o deafness_n dumbness_n by_o this_o rare_a receipt_n be_v but_o so_o civil_a as_o to_o make_v their_o acknowledgement_n our_o lady_n of_o halle_n will_v not_o glory_n in_o a_o more_o numerous_a retinue_n it_o have_v make_v that_o no_o evidence_n to_o save_v one_o which_o be_v clear_a and_o good_a evidence_n to_o hang_v a_o whole_a baker_n cozen_v it_o have_v make_v sometime_o two_o witness_n necessary_a to_o every_o branch_n and_o article_n of_o a_o indictment_n when_o in_o another_o case_n and_o at_o another_o time_n one_o witness_n to_o each_o branch_n or_o article_n have_v be_v mortal_a and_o kill_v a_o man_n as_o dead_a as_o a_o red_a herring_n it_o shall_v make_v a_o plot_n no_o plot_n in_o eight_o and_o forty_o hour_n and_o convert_v deadly_a poison_n into_o a_o sovereign_n cordial_a and_o that_o be_v pretty_a fair_a i_o think_v for_o one_o receipt_n which_o you_o may_v see_v in_o poor_a robin_n pharmacopoeia_fw-la but_o i_o beseech_v you_o master_n how_o come_v you_o by_o your_o intelligence_n clodp._a we_o know_v nothing_o but_o what_o we_o have_v from_o the_o public_a print_n diurnal_o courant_n gazette_n pamphlet_n which_o fly_v up_o and_o down_o thick_a and_o threefold_a especial_o of_o late_a indeed_o former_o we_o have_v st._n coleman_n letter_n twice_o a_o week_n and_o they_o be_v authentic_a but_o he_o be_v now_o better_a employ_v and_o our_o staple_n advice_n be_v from_o the_o gazette_n ticklef._n i_o wonder_v who_o write_v these_o gazette_n in_o your_o territory_n clodp._a in_o truth_n tom_n i_o can_v well_o tell_v but_o some_o few_o year_n ago_o there_o be_v a_o slip-string-fellow_n write_v they_o he_o have_v a_o hardish_a kind_n of_o strange_a name_n but_o real_o i_o have_v forget_v it_o only_o i_o remember_v they_o say_v he_o be_v one_o of_o old_a noll'_v fiddler_n and_o be_v old_a dog_n at_o it_o he_o can_v tell_v you_o where_o rowland_n pippin_n dwell_v and_o decipher_v all_o his_o bum-truss_n there_o be_v not_o a_o spaniel_n or_o a_o watch_n lose_v but_o he_o can_v recover_v it_o better_o than_o will._n lily_n moll_n cutpurse_n or_o the_o city-marshal_n but_o now_o i_o think_v on_o it_o there_o have_v be_v a_o great_a smoke_n and_o smother_v of_o late_a about_o the_o fire_n of_o london_n and_o southwark_n prithee_o what_o do_v you_o aboveground_o say_v of_o that_o ticklef._n nay_o what_o do_v you_o below-ground_n say_v of_o for_o most_o man_n with_o we_o think_v you_o have_v reason_n to_o know_v more_o on_o it_o than_o we_o clodp._a pardon_v i_o tom_n for_o that_o we_o must_v not_o tell_v tale_n out_o of_o the_o school_n we_o be_v under_o a_o oath_n of_o secrecy_n not_o to_o reveal_v the_o arcana_fw-la imperii_fw-la the_o mystery_n of_o our_o subterranean_a kingdom_n beside_o to_o tell_v you_o true_a we_o be_v not_o of_o the_o divan_n poor_a wretch_n we_o be_v keep_v close_a prisoner_n and_o know_v as_o little_a as_o you_o do_v what_o the_o grand_a signior_n of_o hell_n be_v plot_v in_o his_o cabinet-council_n only_o common_a fame_n go_v with_o we_o that_o the_o fire_n of_o london_n wonderful_o abate_v the_o flame_n of_o purgatory_n they_o be_v even_o ready_a to_o leap_v out_o of_o their_o skin_n for_o joy_n at_o the_o news_n but_o tell_v i_o serious_o whether_o you_o believe_v our_o friend_n have_v a_o finger_n in_o it_o ticklef._n a_o finger_n ay_o a_o hand_n a_o head_n a_o heart_n and_o all_o in_o it_o honest_a reading_n tell_v we_o in_o his_o trial_n that_o mr._n bedlow_n have_v lay_v in_o faggot_n behind_o the_o palsgrave_n head_n tavern_n to_o burn_v westminster_n this_o he_o do_v when_o a_o papist_n but_o he_o repent_v sincere_o be_v pardon_v full_o and_o free_o and_o when_o reading_n charge_v it_o and_o he_o own_v it_o who_o can_v deny_v the_o truth_n of_o it_o clodp._a do_v read_v charge_v it_o on_o he_o then_o be_v he_o as_o great_a a_o clod-pate_n as_o myself_o and_o yet_o i_o think_v i_o have_v be_v the_o head_n of_o our_o family_n and_o the_o top_n of_o all_o our_o kin_n well_o i_o shall_v never_o be_v dead_a as_o long_o as_o reading_n be_v alive_a i_o only_o wish_v instead_o of_o the_o pillory_n he_o have_v mount_v the_o gallow_n for_o he_o have_v do_v our_o cause_n more_o disservice_n by_o this_o job_n than_o ever_o he_o do_v it_o a_o kindness_n by_o disparage_v the_o king_n witness_n ticklef._n why_o then_o master_n i_o perceive_v you_o and_o i_o be_v agree_v let_v he_o hang_v himself_o to_o save_v squire_n catch_v a_o labour_n and_o honest_o cheat_v he_o of_o his_o fe_n clodp._a but_o tom_n what_o say_v thou_o to_o those_o sweet_a hopeful_a youth_n that_o come_v from_o st._n omars_n do_v they_o not_o play_v their_o part_n notable_o and_o manful_o overwhelm_v the_o king_n evidence_n with_o a_o torrent_n of_o truth_n ticklef._n i_o promise_v you_o they_o have_v be_v excellent_a tool_n have_v they_o be_v in_o all_o point_v a_o little_a better_o instruct_v for_o they_o speak_v home_o to_o the_o time_n in_o question_n but_o for_o a_o hour_n before_o they_o speak_v as_o they_o have_v never_o be_v bear_v and_o for_o a_o hour_n after_o as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v already_o dead_a clodp._a i_o confess_v some_o of_o they_o come_v blew_o off_o but_o we_o can_v have_v twenty_o more_o such_o instrument_n for_o time_n of_o need_n