Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	rank_n	right_a	right_n	11,011	5	9.3549	5	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97276	Youths behaviour, or, Decency in conversation amongst men. Composed in French by grave persons for the use and benefit of their youth. Now newly turned into English by Francis Hawkins.	Hawkins, Francis, 1628-1681.	1646 (1646)	Wing Y204; Thomason E1180_1; Thomason C.54.aa.1(1); ESTC R39198	18,243	59

doore or other straight passage giving way that hee may passe 7 Walking in Company of the like thou shalt give them the more worthy hand according to the custome of the countrey in which speaking in generall it seemeth to be the most common use that the more noble place is on the right hand the right I say in such sort that hee who doth honour to any other placing himselfe on his left hand giveth him the right But if three walke together the cheifest place in rank is for the most part that of the middest then that which is on the right hand and the last that of the left Yet in France for so much as the place neer the wall is ordinarily more high more sure for easie walking and cleaner commonly one giveth it to the more worthy namely where there are but two 8 Being with thy equals bee not the first to take the best place but if one present it unto thee bee not wilfull in refusing it thou mayest well expresse some act of civill courtesie shewing that thou exceptest it rather to obey them or for that thou wouldest not enter into importunate striving than for any merit of thine at least let it appeare that thou rendrest thanks 9 If any one farre surpassing others either in age or in desert would give place to a meaner than himselfe in his owne lodging or elsewhere even as hee ought not to accept of it so hee on the other part should not use much earnestnesse nor offer it unto him more than once or twice to the end he be not suspected of incivilitie 10 But to him who is ones peere or almost the same one ought to give the cheivest place in ones own lodging he ought gently to refuse it then at the second offer to accept it with thanksgiving and recognizance 11 In walking to and fro an house thou oughtest to observe the same but it is enough that one put ones selfe on the left hand at the first and afterwards continue where one is Which may likewise bee observed being with ones superiours yet use the most common custome of the Country 12 They who are in dignitie or in office have precedence in all places but whilst they are young they ought to respect them who are their equals in birth or other qualities although they have not any publique charge if they be much more aged principally if they have the degree of Doctership nay when they give to them the chiefest place they ought notwithstanding at the first to refuse it afterwards to take it civilly with thanksgiving 13 It is good manners to preferre them to whom one speaketh before ones selfe especially if they be farre aboue us with whom in no sort ought one to contend 14 Meeting by the way the Bishop of the Citie the soveraigne Lord or other person of like qualitie it is the duty of each one to do them the reverence which appertaineth to them staying ones selfe untill they are passed by 15 For that which concerneth ceremonies or complements we ought to have respect of time place age and condition of persons and with them who are much imployed wee must bee briefe nay rather wee should make them understand by signe that which we would say unto them 16 Even as Artificers and other persons of low conditions ought not to trouble themselves to use many ceremonies to them who are great Lords but respect them and humbly honour them so likewise on the other part they ought to treat with them in all sort of affabilitie and courtesie keeping themselves from each action or sine of arrogancy 17 Speaking to men of qualitie leane not and looke not them wistly in the face Approach not too neere them and at the least keepe thy selfe a pace from them or thereabout 18 Visiting any sick body doe not play suddenly the Doctor of Physicks part if thou therin understand nothing 19 Writing Letters or speaking to any person of honour and qualitie thou shalt give to each one the title which belongeth unto him answerable to his degree and the custome of the Country and it will not bee to ill purpose to read over again that which thou hast written to the end thou mayest correct the faults if any therein bee found 20 â‹† Strive not with thy superiours in argument or discourse but alwayes submit thy opinion to their riper judgment with modesty since the possibility of Erring doth rather accompany greene than gray haires 20 â‹† Doe not undertake to teach thy equall in the Art himself professeth for that will savour of Arrogancy and serve for little other than to brand thy judgment with Rashnesse 21 â‹† Let thy Seremonyes in Courtesy be proper to the dignity and place of him with whom thou conversest For it is absurd to honour a Clown with words covrtly and of magnificence 22 â‹† Do not thou expresse joy before one sick or in paine for that contrary passion will easily aggravate his misery But do thou rather Sympathize his infirmityes for that will afford a gratefull easement by a seeming participation 23 â‹† Shew thy self humbly tractable to thy Superiours especially to Magistrates and men in Authority let thy demeanour towards thy equals be such as may argue thee free from arrogancy And be thou assured that gentle affability towards thy inferiours will fix to thy name the Epithite of courteous CHAP. III. Of the fashion of qualifing or titling of Persons to whom one speaketh to advise them to breake a jest 1 TOuching the Titles and Attributes which comomonly one giveth to great persons it is needfull to observe the use of times and of the Country and to take counsell of them who are versed and experienced in such things Also one ought to take heed in speaking to such an one that one change not his Title giving unto him sometimes one sometimes another if one be not mistaken at the first 2 To persons of lesser ranck one saith you without thou-ing any body bee it not some little childe and that thou wert much more aged and that the custome it selfe amongst the more courteous and better bread were to speake in such manner Yet Fathers to their Children untell a certaine age as in France untill they bee set at libertie Masters to their little Schollers and others of a like command seeme according to the more common use to have power to say Thou Thee even plainly for what concerneth familiar friends amongst them the custome doth comport in certaine places that they Thou one another more freely in other places one is more reserved 3 When a man doth the uttermost hee can and ought although it succeedeth not to thy wishes take heed to blame him for in it hee rather deserveth praise 4 Having whereof to advise or reprehend any one take good heed whether it ought to be done in publique or in private or indeed whether it bee fit to remit it to another time consider in what termes thou shouldst doe

it especially when hee who should bee counselled seemeth not to give hope of remedy to his passed or future faults above all in reproving any one shew no signe of choler nor speake to him with too high an accent but doe it with all sweetnesse 5 Being admonished of any whosoever and in what time and place soever shew to take it in good part thanking him who hath done thee such an office but if afterwards being not culpable it seeme to thee necessary to justifie thy selfe thou mayst doe it in time and place and with decency rather to content him who adviseth thee than to excuse thy selfe especially if hee bee thy superiour 6 Reproach not anyes imperfections although they bee naturall Take not pleasure to make any body blush either by thy deed or word 7 Neither mock nor scoffe in a thing of importance nor be reproachfull nor also breake a jest in biting like a dogge but if thou deliverest any conceit which is ready and not too much permeditated and without offence to any body thou mayest do well Wittie conceits and passages of the tongue ought not to be in base and mis-beseeming things such as are those of jesters and when so it falleth out that thou deliver some happy lively an jolly conceit abstaine thou and let others laugh 8 â‹† Be sure thy conversation be in that poynt vertuous wherein thou art desirous to retaine another least thy Actions render thy advice unprofitable Since the ratification of any advice is the serious prosecution of that virtue For example hath ever been more prevalent than precept 9 * In writing or speaking to any deprive then not of their acquired Titles least thou seeme Censorious of their deserts 10 * Thou oughtest not too sudenly to be seen a flying Rumour of a freind or any other But let charity guid thy judgment untill more certanty for by this meanes thou securest his Reputation And free 's thy self of rashnesse 11 * Use no reproachfull language against any man nor Curse or Revile For improperations and imprecations will rather betray thy affections to censour than in any manner hurt him against whom thou utters them CHAP. IV. Of Cloaths and Arraying the Body 1 BE not too solicitous in setting thy bands thy haire or thy beard Carry not about thee any sweet smell Weare not thy hat too high on thy head nor too cloase on thine eyes nor in the fashion of swaggerers and jesters 2 Untrusse not thy selfe nor make thy selfe ready for the cloase stoole in the presence of others afterwards if thou be to touch any meat first wash thine hands but if it may bee not in the sight of any whosoever 3 It is a poynt of cleanlinesse and of wholesomnes to wash ones hands and face as soone as one is up and to combe ones head in time and season yet not too curiously 4 Weare not thy cloathes foule unsowed dusty nor old looke that they be brushed commonly once a day Take heed where thou sittest or kneelest and whom thou approachest for feare that there be dust or some uncleannes Carry not thy Cloake under thine arme like a Braggadoche If thou layest by thy Cloake or thy Gowne wrap it up takeing heed where thou puttest it 5 For what concerneth cloathes accommodate thy selfe to the fashion of thy equals civill and orderly men according to the use of times and places Yet thy Cloathes ought to bee rather more plaine and grave regard had to others than richer and beter 6 â‹† Ever be modest in thy apparell rather seeking to Accommodate nature then curious by Art to procure admiration Cloathes may give thee ornament but the juditious will never seeke thy perfection on thy outside And I 'me sure if decency be thy only aime thou wilt be sure to shoulder off the censure of a Phantastick 7 â‹† Admire not thy selfe in thy apparrell for that will so farr monstrate thy defects as thou art willing to seeke perfection in the skill of a Taylour CHAP. V. Of walking be it alone or in Company 1 RUnne not in the streets also goe not too slowly nor with thy mouth open Move not to and fro in walking goe not like a ninnie nor hang thy hands downwards Shake not thine armes kick not the earth with thy feet Throw not thy leggs a-crosse here and there and walking draile not thy feet after thee Trusse not up thy breeches at every hand-while goe not upon the top of thy toes nor in a dauncing fashion nor in a stooping nor in a capering or in a tripping manner with thy heeles 2 Play not the Peacock looking every where about thee whether thou beest well decked and trimme if thy shooes sit well if thy stocking bee fitly drawn up and thy other clothes handsome and well accommodated Goe not out of thy chamber with thy pen in thine eare cap or hat carry not thy handkerchiefe in thy hand nor in thy mouth nor hang it at thy girdle nor under thine arme nor upon thy shoulders or under thy gowne but put it in a place where others see it not and from whence thou mayst take it out when thou needest Beware although thou hadst scarcely made use thereof to present it to others 3 Eat not in the streets principally in the Towne beest thou alone nor in company nor in the house out of season and in the presence of strangers 4 Laugh not nor speake not thou being alone for it is not the part of a man Walking alone sing not in such manner that thou be over-heard Make not any signe of admiration as if thou thoughtest of some great businesse Also throw not in the streets a stone a stick or any other thing Tread not purposely one the pebble stones and remove them not out of their places for it is the act of a foole Goe not with thy head too high nor too low nor hanging to the right or left and looke not giddily here and there 5 Above all things if thou esteemest of thy reputation associate thy selfe with men of good qualitie but if it cannot be because thou knowest none or for some other reason it were better as one saith to bee alone than ill accompanied 6 If thou goest with one of thy rank take not the upper hand and amuse not on points of precedence and having not the place which belongeth to thee let it not trouble thee but goe on roundly It indignitie he be more eminent than art thou give him the right hand or the most worthy place and beware thou goe not before him 7 Walking up and downe an house with one only if he be greater than thy selfe at first give him the right hand and stop thou not then when he stayeth bee not thou the first to returne and turne not thy back to him but thy selfe towards him If he bee a man of great qualitie walke not at all by him cheeke by joule but somewhat behind him yet in such manner that he may easily speak to thee If he

teeth 20 Spet not on thy fingers and draw them not as if it were to make them longer also sniffle not in the sight of others 21 Neither shake thy head feet or legges Rowle not thine eyes Lift not one of thine eye-browes higher than thine other Wry not thy mouth Take heed that with thy spettle thou bedew not his face with whom thou speakest and to that end approach not too nigh him 22 Kill not a flea or other uncleane virmine in the presence of others And if thou seest any filth on the ground as some thick spettle or the like put thy foot thereon dexterously if thou canst if that were upon the cloathes of thy companion shew it not to others but if thou canst put it off neatly yet without his taking notice thereof if it may so be and if another doe for thee the like office shew thy selfe unto him with tender of thanks 23 Spet not far off thee nor behinde thee but a-side a little distant and not right before thy companion but if it be some grosse flegme one ought if it may bee tread upon it Be-spet not the windowes in the streets nor spet on the fire nor on a Bason nor on any other place where the spettle cannot bee taken away by putting thy foot thereon 24 Turne not thy backe to others especially in speaking Jogge not the Table or Deske on which another doth read or write Leane not upon any one pull him not by his cloak to speake to him push him not with thine elbow 25 Set not in order at every hand-while thy beard or thy stockings Keepe not thy nailes foule or too long and keepe thy hands and thy teeth cleane yet without overmuch attendance theron or curiositie 26 Puffe not up thy cheekes Lall not out thy tongue Rub not thy beard nor thy hands Thrust not out thy lips or bite them and keepe them neither too open nor too shut 27 Take heed thou be'st not a flatterer for such an one sheweth to have little opinion of the judgment of him whom hee flattereth holding him for a simple fellow Play not with him who taketh no pleasure therein 28 It be commeth not to read Letters Books or other Writings whilst one is in company unlesse there bee some necessity as it were in passing by then also thou should'st crave leave of the company be it not that thou art the cheife of them all No more may'st thou touch the writings Bookes or such like things of others nor go neare them nor fix thine eyes upon them unlesse thou be'st invited thereunto by him who is the owner of them and thou shouldst not blame them or praise them until one asketh thy advice therein Also thou ought'st not to approach or looke nigh when another readeth a Letter or such like thing 29 Let not thy countenance be like that of a phantasticall or haire-brained sterne amazed melancholique pensive inconstant man in such sort that one thereby may discerne some passion or unruly affection rather shew a good countenance and pleasant cheere avoyding too much mirth in serious affaires and too much gravitie in things familiar and ordinary 30 â‹† Let the gestures of thy body be agreable to the matter of thy discourse For it hath been ever held a solaesime in oratory to poynt to the Earth when thou talkest of Heaven 31 â‹† Scorne not any for the infirmityes of nature which by no Art can be amended nor do thou delight to put them in minde of them since it very oft procures envye and promotes malice even to Revenge 32 â‹† When thou shalt heare the misfortunes of an other shew not thy selfe gladed for it though it happ to thy enemy for that wil argue a mind mischevous and will convict thee of a desire to have executed it thy selfe had either power or opertunity seconded thy will 33 â‹† When thou seest justice executed on any thou maist inwardly take delight in his vigillancy to punish offenders because it tends to publique quiet yet shew pity to the offender and ever Constitute the defect of his morality thy precaution 34 â‹† Laugh not too much or too Loud in any publique spectacle least for thy so doing thou present thy selfe the only thing worthy to be laughed at CHAP. II. Of the first duties and Ceremonies in Conversation ALthough superfluous complements and all affectation in ceremonies are to be eschewed yet thou ought'st not to leave them which are due otherwise thou displeasest the person with whom thou dost converse 2 Put off thy cap or hatt to persons of desert as are Churchmen Justices and the like turning thy cap or hat to thy selfe-wards make them a reverence bowing thy selfe more or lesse according to the qualitie of the persons and the custome of the better-bred So in like sort it is an undecent thing not to do reverence to whoÌ„ it appertaineth among thy equals to expect that thy companion prevent thee in that dutie Also to put off ones hat when there is no necessitie appeareth to have of affectation in like manner it is reproveable to observe whether one doth re-salute thee For the rest in manner of saluting or resaluting by word keep the most common custome of the best-trained up 3 It is ill said Sir bee covered or put on your hat to one of more eminency than thy selfe as also not to say so much to whom it is due Likewise he who maketh too much hast to put on his hat and he who at the first putteth not on or after some few intreaties doe not well and therefore one ought to bee covered after the first or for the most part after the second time if so that in some Countryes the contrary custome be not received and among equals or superiours who are of the selfe same house the inferiour may cover himselfe at the first request True it is that equals at the instant or immediatly after are wont to enterchange a signe of covering themselves joyntly Now what herein is spoken of qualification in behaviour ought likewise to be conceived in what concerneth taking of place and sitting downe for ceremonies without bounds are too troublesome 4 He who being inferiour or held for such an one would put on his hat his companion being uncovered ought to demand leave of the other then in good time let him do so upon condition that he may presume that nothing will offend the other 5 If any one come to speake with thee whilst thou sittest stand up especially if the person do merit it be it that he be greater than thy selfe or for that he is not thy familiar or though for the rest he were thy equall or thy inferiour and if there be any thing for one to sit on be it a chaire be it a stoole give to each one his due 6 When thou shalt meet any one of greater rank than thy self thou oughtest to stay thy selfe yea and even retire a little especially if the meeting bee at a

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