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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	heat_n	spirit_n	vital_a	2,349	5	10.6043	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17262	Problemes of beautie and all humane affections. VVritten in Italian by Tho: Buoni, cittizen of Lucca. With a discourse of beauty, by the same author. Translated into English, by S.L. Gent; Problemi della belleza. English	Buoni, Thommaso.; Lennard, Samson, d. 1633.	1606 (1606)	STC 4103.3; ESTC S106920	106,759	352

creatures of the world adorned with so many and so excellent qualities but that he must not onely imitate them but farre excell them The heauens are liberall by ministring vnto vs by their influence motion and light euery good thing whatsoeuer The Elements are confederated for being bound with a band of Loue they hold the whole world in vnitie and concord the Plants are fertile for they yeeld vnto vs the delight of their fruite the Lion is maiesticall for he is King of all other beasts the Dogge is faithfull for he neuer forsaketh his Lord and maister the Panther is strong for with his strength he feareth not to encounter the strongest beasts of the field the Ante is wise for within her little celles shee hideth her necessary victuall vntill time of neede the Lambe is gentle for he offendeth not though he be offended the Crane is vigilant for whilest his company sleepeth he standeth Sentinell the Asse is patient for though he endure many blowes he strikes not againe The Camelion is temperate for he liues by the ayre the Bee is prouident for with an excellent order she appointeth her troupes vnto their labour The Fox is subtill for with wonderfull arte he obteyneth his prey the Swanne is bolde for he feares not to enter combate with the Eagle the Elephant is strong for he carieth vpon his backe a tower of armed men the the horsse is valiant for at the sound of the trumpet being thirsty of glory he feareth not to runne into the enemies squadrons The Parret is a Gramarian for he vttereth an articulate voyce The Nightingall is a Musitian for with a thousand tunes he delighteth the eare the Tunnie is an Arithmetician for hauing counted his troupes he gathereth them together into a formall squadron in the waters The Cocke is an Astronomer for with his morning song he foretelleth the qualitie of the times The Dogge is a Logitian for not finding his maister in one place he seeketh him in another and so in a third framing thereby an argument from the whole to the parts that is that his maister being in the house hee must necessarily bee in some part thereof and therefore not finding him in the first nor in the second he concludeth that he must necessarily be in one of the rest Mettalles are solide and permanent for time can hardly corrupt them Stones are precious for in price they exceed gold and herbes haue many hidden vertues in them for they cure all diseases so that man learning from euery thing and taking singular delight in them would not being monarch of this inferiour world be inferiour vnto it but gathering vnto himselfe by his owne artes and industries all those excellencies which he obserueth to be diuided in the multitude of things through out the whole vniuerse enioye them for his vnspeakable delight and comfort VVhy do women and young men especially loue things pleasant and Delightfull Probleme 95. PErhaps because women and young men are of all others best friends vnto their senses and therfore in euery thing most intemperate the reason whereof doth arise from no other ground then that they are nouelists to nature and therefore thirsting after euery delightfull thing they desire to proue all and yet withall be neuer satisfied and women by reason of that tender and delicate softe nature we see in them are more inclinable to the flattering allurements of euery pleasing pleasant obiect Or Perhaps because they naturally louing meriment and laughter desiring sports and pastimes thirsting after solace and content and beeing free to attempt if their mindes bee not ruled by the bridle of shamefastnesse whatsoeuer they wishe or desire and not finding that their desire but in those things that either by nature or arte haue Delight in them with all their strength and studie and by all meanes both open and secret they endeuour to possesse themselues of those delights which do best befit their owne willes And therefore wee doe plainly see among other senses how much they are caried away with the delight of those dainties that doe best please their taste and pallates they Loue sweete meates delight in banquetings desire nouelties follow delicacies and are common gests at rich and bountifull tables Or Perhaps because women and young men being more drawne by the force of Loue which affection according to Plato doth especially raigne intender brests and Loue leading all Louers to a chiefe and principall delight they cannot endure to bee depriued of all other delights but rather direct all other vnto that as the partes vnto the whole and as riuers vnto their fountaine Or Perhaps because young men abounding with much naturall heate and women being weake nature prouoketh them to refresh and strengthen themselues with the comfort of those things that are pleasant and Delightfull VVhy doth the multitude of those delightfull things that especially appertaine to the sense of feeling taste and smelling make vs many times intemperate Probleme 96. PErhaps because those senses participate much of that which is earthly and therefore hauing an earthly apprehension of their sensible obiects the senses doe not onely vnite but drowne and ouerwhelme themselues with their obiects and so being altered by the sweetnesse of them become intemperate to the hurt of themselues and others For the sense of Feeling beeing ouermuch accustomed to things eyther by nature or arte ouer soft delicate and the sense of Taste to sweete and pleasant meates and the sense of Smelling to the sweete fragrancie of odoriferous smels the vitall spirits grow and increase about the heart the Desires are awaked concupiscence inflamed the appetite enclined and the will amongst the darke flames of corrupt sense giueth consent and so the euill habit of the sinne of intemperancie groweth in vs. Or perhaps because the force of concupiscence spreading it selfe from the heart as from the fountaine of all heate and with that heate the aboundance of vitall spirits to the whole body euen to the superficiall part thereof where the sense of feeling especially hath place and that beeing much more awakened by the excellencie of those obiects that are presented vnto it and likewise strengthened by that heate which the sense of Taste by the diuersitie of whote drinks and nourishing meates brings with it and yet more encreased by sweete and exquisite odours it carieth vs headlong to the highest degree of intemperance For where the sense beareth rule and without the curbe or bridle of vertue is made the predominant reason in despite of our selues is made a slaue and quite ouercome Or Perhaps because these senses doe so throughly make proofe of the delight of their obiects that they are in such sorte bewitched with them that with a sweete kinde of forgetfulnesse of themselues they carie the Empire and rule of reason in a kinde of delightfull Lethargie to the end it should not discerne that error which by their greedinesse to their common losse they commit and by so much the more

patterne and example That women mooued with the zeale of honour should highly esteeme of their feminine vertue to encrease their glorie and so might leaue it as a rich treasure to ●heir children and their Countrie That the common sort of people spur●ed with a Desire of gaine and commodity should endeuour to attaine skil ●nd knowledge in mechanicall arts ●hat thereby they might both enrich ●hemselues and serue others and last●y that countrimen following the de●ights of the countrie might attend no other thing then their pick axe their ●pade that for the ease of other men Or Perhaps because by this diuersity of Desires the desires of euery mā are more easily satisfied then if al men should Desire one the same thing which forasmuch as it could not bee deuided vnto all some nay the greatest part must needs continew thirstie in their Desires without any one droppe to quench ●lay the thirst thereof And therefore al men desiring diuersly the appetite of al ●n some sort remaines satisfied peace and quietnesse which in this difference of Desires could not otherwise be is procured and maintained VVhy are the desires of the father more noble then those of the mother Probleme 83. PErhaps because the minds of men are more generous and strong then those of women who following the temperature of their owne bodies which are altogether soft and delicate and fit for ease and idlenesse doe alwayes proue fearefull flexible inconstant altogether vnapt for Hercules labours yea are alwayes wallowing in the filth of wanton pleasures and amorous allurements whereby it cometh to passe that fathers beeing directed by that knowledge and vnderstanding that time and experience brings with it not by the blessings of nature or delight of the sense and beauty of their children doe rather wish vnto their children those honors that are gotte● in the field by the strength of their imbrued hands and wonne with the danger nay the losse of their owne liues then that they should liue in the world idlye with infamy and dishonour whereas mothers on the otherside ●eeing alwayes idle and wanton ●nd tender and fearefull doe ●lwayes admit those things as most it and commodious for their children ●hat do quit them most from all occasi●ns of feare and therefore they cannot ●ndure to heare any speech of warres ●f the dangers that followe them both ●y sea and land and of those valiant a●hieuements that bring same and ho●our to valorous hearts Or Perhaps ●ecause the Loue of fathers is more ●rong and vehement then the Loue ●f Mothers therefore they wish vn●o their children those appearing goods which are weake and tender like their ●oues But the desires of fathers are wholy bēt to that firme felicity which ● purchased by honourable and glori●us actions VVhy is the desire of those that Loue towards the thing beloued so fiery and ardent Probleme 84. PErhaps because Loue from whence Desire riseth is an inuisible fire which within the hidden forges of their brests burneth and consumeth their miserable hearts and blazing in the flames of Desire yeeldeth no other signe or testimony thereof then an ardent Desire of the thing beloued Or Perhaps because this Desire springeth from the force and strength of Loue which forasmuch as it doth best befit the first encounter of a matrimoniall bedde it was wont to be expressed by those burning tapers of blushing Himeneus Or Perhaps because such a will or Desire fostring and nourishing it selfe by speciall priuilege in the hearts of young men who abounding with much bloud and consequently with great store of vitall spirits are wont to be more ardent and firy in their Desires especially in matters of Loue the delight whereof giueth best relish to the pallats of young men Or Perhaps because colde is a signe of death and heate of life and louers enflamed with the Desire of their best beloued think● by the fruition thereof they enioyes happy life whereof they giue a manifest testimony by that ardent Desire that maketh them nimble and valorous and reddy and ruddy and full ●f wanton and youthfull ardour VVhy doe the Desires of children ende in matters of small weight Probleme 85. PErhaps because they are but the new births of Nature which is best ●ontented with a little and hath alwayes beene offended with too much ●nd therefore being directed by so ●ise a mistresse they know not how ● desire things aboue the reach of their ●wne natures but content themselues ●ith childish sports as fayned warres ●d such pastimes as do minister grea●st delight vnto their mindes Or Per●ps because children exercising the ●owers of the minde but weakely the ●ractise wherof dependeth vpon much ●te gotten with much paines and la●our but vsing the outward discerning ●wers which are the senses which are ●uer moued but by corporall things ●ed vnited to matter subiect to cor●ption and only present and besides ●at beeing led by no kinde of experi●ce but giuing credit to deceiuing ●dgement and to that onely de●ght which is present nothing respecting that which is most noble most honest most honourable being all full of solace and delight they desire nothing else but sports and pastimes as Beautifull spectacles maskes and meriments birds dogges hoby-horses and a thousand the like ridiculous toyes and inuentions Or Perhaps our great grandmother Nature seeing the simplicitie of their nature for wisdome is gotten by the vse and experience of of humane things altogether caryed with a sweete kinde of forgetfulnesse of things of greater weight and better befitting riper yeares was willing to enflame their minds with a desire of light and friuilous things to the end they might passe their tender age without tint tediousnesse that idlenesse brings with it Or Perhaps because the powers doe neuer worke vpon their subiects aboue their owne force but more or lesse strongly according to their owne power and excellencie therfore children being by nature weake tender soft and delicate and little or nothing accustomed to matters aboue their owne reache what maruell is it if they esteeme most of those things that are most agreeable to their natures as the sappe and sweete of euery sweetnesse of milke hony fruite drinks and whatsoeuer may giue best delight vnto their pallats as olde wiues tales childish sportes apish imitations of euery art euery inuention As the melodie of euery sound euery instrument and whatsoeuer else may bring delight without labour VVhy doth the Desire of immortality make men bold and resolute in vndergoing labors and dangers Probleme 86. PErhaps because the ende or reward being great and excellent it requi●eth great hearts great labours great meanes and if neede be great dangers ●oo For a victorie gotten without fight without danger without stratageme is neuer celebrated and commended but for a gift of fortune And ●herefore he that desireth to be excel●ent let him frame his endeauors ●o the thing hee desires for Hercules without his greate Labours had beene without his honors Or

violent remoue of any one member from his naturall place all the rest are strangely affected with paine and griefe But in so great a mutation and dislocation of the chiefe maister bones and in so great an vndoing and dissoluing of the rest what incredible paine and torment is endured they onely can best tell who vpon their bed of death haue made experience thereof Or perhaps because the woman was no sooner created but bytasting the forbidden fruit deliuering it to our Grandfather Adam brought death vnto her selfe vnto Adam and to all his posteritie as yet vnborne So that by the iust iudgment of God euen in the gates or entrance of life whereby her childe first entreth this life shee is constrained to passe through the gate of death VVhy would Plato that children from their tender yeares should be accustomed both to delight and Sorrow Probleme 106. PErhaps because these two affections are the end of all other all being ordained to follow Delight and flie griefe and Sorrow which being well vnderstood by young men they easily know afterwards how to discerne for what causes a man should reioyce and for what he should grieue which is a great cause of their good education and their future seruice for the good of the common-weale Or Perhaps to the end they should learne the true discipline of that honestie wherewith a wise man is delighted and the hatred of that sinne which bringeth Sorrow to honest minded men and consequently be mooued to follow the honestie of vertue and to flie the hatred of sinne being allured to the one by delight and terrified from the other by griefe Or Perhaps to the end that being instructed by publicke Iustice which ministreth vnto the wicked infamie with corporall punishment and to the good a crowne of honour and immortalitie they should flye dishonour and infamie and follow vertuous and valorous enterprises VVhy do many dye with too great an apprehension of ioye others with too much griefe and sorrow of the minde Probleme 107. PErhaps because in great ioyes and delights that are either new or long expected or very soodaine and bring much felicitie with them the store and plentie of vitall spirits enlarging and spreding themselues at that new and sudaine delight to the superficiall part of the body and the heart the fountaine of life being thereby forsaken it is no maruell if the heart faint and the man perish So contrarywise in great and vnspeakable griefes which arise from strange and sudaine occasions Nature being willing to succour the part offended the vitall spirits which are dispersed through the whole body gather themselues vnto the heart as the part most noble and most necessary to be releeued the plenty of which spirits being ouer-great the miserable heart by the aboundant heate of them is not succoured but smothered and ouerwhelmed and so dyeth Or Perhaps because euery superfluous ouermuch is alwayes hurtfull and therefore though delight doe helpe Nature yet it is onely when delight is in his iust temperature for meate helpeth that creature which it nourisheth ●ut yet too much doth not only offend ●ut killeth him and if griefe be mode●ate though it be alwayes offensiue yet if it be not ouer-great and patiently borne it ouerthroweth not OF HOPE VVhy hath Nature giuen Hope Probleme 108. PErhaps to the end that Hope might be an especiall helpe to giue heart and courage to those who haue newly vndertaken difficult and dangerous enterprises for without the sweete and pleasant pasture of assured hope they that are wearied weakned with their labours can neuer attaine their desired end And therefore Hope is termed an Anchor because as when it falleth out that a tempest ariseth at Sea by casting the Anchor into it the vessell is secured from the assaults of contrarie fortunes the Anchor not suffering it to floate a● the pleasure of the raging windes S● they that are actors and labourers i● the world being tumbled and tossed sometime with one difficulty somtim● with another they are many times in the sea of their actions and operations in such sort ouerwhelmed with doubts and dangers that were they not stayed and strengthned with the Anchor of Hope doubtlesse the worthiest and most excellent enterprises would be drowned in the raging tempest of dispaire and neuer attaine the hauen of light or come to the knowledge of mortall men For to say the truth how could the husbandman endure frost and snowe colde and heat wet and drouth how could he go through his labours in plowing and digging and deluing and dunging and a thousand the like yea and as many losses and hinderances if he were not recomforted by the sweetnesse of Hope How could the Artificer amongst so many labours so many inconueniencies cares dangers and hard occurrents of fortune gouerne his estate and passe through his trauells without the sweet entisements of some hoped good How could students and learned men spend their solitarie dayes and nightly watchings in deepe studie and contemplation in much reading frequent obseruations long disputes continuall speculation multitude of bookes varietie of authors diuersities of opinions in the search of hidden causes strange effects in the difficultie of artes the the darknesse of a thousand doubts and contrariety of textes if Hope did not still giue comfort vnto them in the search of the truth The husbandman therefore hopes in his plough the artificer in his instrument the Notary in his Pen the Sayler in his ship the Souldier in his sword the Courtier in his courtly cariage the Nobleman in his bloud the Philosopher in his speculalation the wiseman in his discreet gouernment the Prince in his iustice and fortitude and the whole world liues and is susteined by Hope And therefore it was not without good cause that they haue fained this onely goddesse Hope to be remaining vpon the earth and the other diuine powers to be translated into heauen Or Perhaps because it was not sufficient that Nature hath giuen Loue which is the first pleasing content of that good wee see and desire which is that kindled thirst to possesse it but least dispaire should quench the heate of eyther she added the Spurre of Hope that notwithstanding there bee many difficulties in obtayning that good wee seeke wee should neuerthelesse with all diligence and patience leaue no way vnattempted to winne the possession thereof VVhy do rich men noble men and young men hope much Probleme 109. PErhaps because golde especially in these dayes seemes to be the measure or rule nay the prise of euery good and temporall honour for wee see magistracies publicke offices and dignities and euery great place to bee sold for money and therefore riche men knowing they haue those riches lying by them that excell in prise the rarest things it is no maruell if they doe not onely hope after great matters but as times now are obtaine them Or perhaps because noble men and mighty knowing that the opinion conceiued of them among their followers