Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	worldly_a	year_n	youth_n	15	3	8.0795	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09809	The liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus: collected out of good authors. Also the liues of nine excellent chieftaines of warre, taken out of Latine from Emylius Probus, by S.G. S. By whom also are added the liues of Plutarch and of Seneca: gathered together, disposed, and enriched as the others. And now translated into English by Sir Thomas North Knight	Nepos, Cornelius. Vitae excellentium imperatorum. English. Selections.; Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.; North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?	1602 (1602)	STC 20071; ESTC S111836	1,193,680	142

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artium_fw-la lib._n 2._o p._n 82.83_o &_o notae_fw-la in_o augustinum_n de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la lib._n 2_o cap._n 3._o to_o 14._o of_o radolphus_n gualther_n homily_n 11._o in_o nahum_n 3._o p._n 214.215_o of_o francis_n petrarcha_n de_fw-fr remedio_fw-la utriusque_fw-la fortunae_fw-la lib._n 1._o diologus_fw-la 30._o of_o agrippa_n de_fw-fr vanitate_fw-la scientiarum_fw-la cap._n 20_o 59●64.71_n of_o peter_n martyr_n locorum_fw-la communium_fw-la classis_fw-la 2._o cap._n 11._o sect_n 62.66_o cap._n 12._o s●ct_n 15.19_o and_o commentary_n on_o judge_n page_n 310.311_o of_o bodine_n de_fw-fr republica_n lib._n 6●_n cap._n ●_o of_o joannis_n mariana_n barnabas_n brissonius_n and_o 52._o bulengerus_n de_fw-fr t●eatris_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la &_o ludis_fw-la scenicis_fw-la of_o the_o three_o blast_v of_o retreat_n from_o play_n and_o theater_n page_n 110_o 111_o 112._o of_o master_n northbrooke_n master_n stub_n master_n gosson_n and_o doctor_n reinolds_n in_o their_o several_a treatise_n against_o stageplay_n of_o bishop_n babington_n master_n perkins_n master_n dod_n 7._o master_n lakes_n master_n downeham_n and_o sundry_a other_o on_o the_o seven_o commandment_n yea_o of_o 7._o plato_n 2._o cicero_n 53._o senica_n 2._o tacitus_n 20._o juvenall_n lambert_n marcus_n aurelius_n 45._o pliny_n and_o other_o pagan_a author_n who_o all_o with_o one_o consent_n not_o only_o testify_v but_o likewise_o positive_o condemn_v the_o gross_a the_o execrable_a effeminacy_n which_o attend_v the_o act_n of_o all_o stageplaye_n which_o the_o very_a 8._o cynic_n himself_o will_v blush_v for_o to_o behold_v and_o must_v not_o our_o own_o experience_n bear_v witness_n of_o the_o invirillity_n of_o playacting_a may_v 1059._o we_o not_o daily_o see_v our_o player_n metamorphose_v into_o woman_n on_o the_o stage_n not_o only_o by_o put_v on_o the_o female_a robe_n but_o likewise_o the_o effeminate_a gesture_n speech_n pace_n behaviour_n attire_n delicacy_n passion_n manner_n art_n and_o wile_n of_o the_o female_a sex_n yea_o of_o the_o most_o petulant_a unchaste_a insinuate_a strumpet_n that_o either_o italy_n or_o the_o world_n afford_v what_o wantonness_n what_o effeminacy_n parallel_n to_o that_o which_o our_o men-woman_n actor_n in_o all_o their_o feminine_a yea_o sometime_o in_o their_o masculine_a part_n express_v upon_o the_o theatre_n be_v ever_o the_o invirility_n of_o nero_n heliogabalus_n or_o sardanapalus_n heliogabalus_n those_o monster_n if_o not_o shame_n of_o man_n and_o nature_n be_v ever_o the_o effeminate_a lewdness_n of_o flo●a_n flora_n or_o thais_n comparable_a unto_o that_o which_o our_o artificial_a stage-player_n train_v up_o to_o all_o lasciviousness_n from_o their_o cradle_n continual_o practice_v on_o the_o stage_n without_o blush_n of_o face_n or_o sorrow_n of_o heart_n not_o only_o in_o the_o open_a view_n of_o man_n but_o even_o of_o that_o 7._o all-eyed_a god_n who_o will_v one_o day_n arraign_v they_o for_o this_o their_o gross_a effeminacy_n and_o dare_v we_o man_n we_o christian_n yet_o applaud_v it_o 111●_n pity_n be_v it_o to_o consider_v how_o

many_o ingenuous_a witty_a comely_a youth_n devote_v unto_o god_n in_o baptism_n to_o who_o they_o owe_v themselves_o their_o service_n be_v ofttimes_o by_o their_o graceless_a parent_n even_o whole_o consecrate_v to_o the_o stage_n the_o 52._o devil_n chapel_n as_o the_o father_n phrase_n it_o where_o they_o a●e_v train_v up_o in_o the_o it_o school_n of_o vice_n the_o playhouse_n as_o if_o their_o nature_n be_v not_o prone_a enough_o to_o sin_n unless_o they_o have_v the_o help_n of_o art_n to_o back_v they_o to_o the_o very_a excess_n of_o all_o effeminacy_n to_o act_v those_o womanish_a whorish_a part_n which_o pagan_n will_v even_o blush_v to_o personate_v and_o be_v this_o a_o laudable_a as_o many_o a_o player_n trivial_a venial_a harmless_a thing_n as_o most_o repute_v it_o be_v this_o a_o light_n a_o despicable_a effeminacy_n for_o man_n for_o christian_n thus_o to_o adulterate_a emasculate_a metamorphose_v and_o debase_v their_o noble_a sex_n thus_o purposely_o yea_o affect_o to_o unman_v unchristian_a uncreate_v themselves_o if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v and_o to_o make_v themselves_o as_o it_o be_v neither_o man_n nor_o woman_n but_o monster_n a_o sin_n as_o bad_a nay_o worse_o than_o any_o 3._o adultery_n offer_v a_o kind_n of_o violence_n to_o god_n own_o work_n and_o all_o to_o no_o other_o end_n but_o this_o lib._n to_o exhilerate_v a_o confluence_n of_o unchaste_a effeminate_a vain_a companion_n or_o to_o become_v competent_a actor_n on_o a_o stage_n according_o the_o great_a infamy_n that_o can_v befall_v a_o ancient_a pagan_a roman_a or_o a_o christian_a be_v this_o a_o mean_a a_o pardonable_a wickedness_n to_o violate_v the_o law_n of_o god_n of_o nature_n to_o educate_v those_o in_o the_o very_a discipline_n and_o school_n of_o satan_n 6.7_o who_o shall_v be_v train_v up_o in_o the_o admonition_n fear_n and_o nurture_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v more_o deep_o 2●15_n enthrall_v to_o the_o devil_n bondage_n all_o their_o day_n since_o accordigly_a custom_n be_v another_o nature_n 23●_n it_o be_v as_o difficult_a a_o thing_n for_o such_o who_o be_v accustom_v to_o evil_a to_o do_v good_a as_o for_o a_o aethiopian_n to_o change_v his_o skin_n or_o a_o leopard_n his_o spot_n and_o be_v make_v more_o sure_a partaker_n with_o he_o in_o his_o eternal_a torment_n at_o their_o death_n o_o therefore_o let_v we_o now_o at_o last_o consider_v with_o ourselves_o the_o execrable_a effeminacy_n which_o attend_v the_o very_a act_n of_o our_o stageplay_n together_o with_o the_o danger_n accompany_v this_o sin_n which_o be_v no_o less_o without_o repentance_n than_o the_o 5.19.20_o eternal_a loss_n of_o heaven_n and_o then_o we_o shall_v we_o can_v but_o abhor_v all_o stageplay_n even_o in_o this_o regard_n scaena_fw-la qvarta_fw-la fourthly_o as_o the_o gross_a effeminacy_n 19_o even_o so_o the_o palpable_a vanity_n the_o ridiculous_a folly_n of_o act_v play_n do_v manifest_v they_o to_o be_v evil_a as_o this_o nineteen_o 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from_o the_o presence_n of_o a_o foolish_a man_n when_o as_o they_o perceive_v not_o in_o he_o the_o lip_n of_o knowledge_n second_o because_o c.d._n vanity_n and_o folly_n be_v the_o very_a matter_n seminary_n and_o seed_n of_o sin_n of_o wickedness_n there_o 10._o be_v nothing_o worse_o than_o they_o the_o minor_a as_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o concurrent_a testimony_n of_o the_o forequote_v father_n act_n 3._o scene_n 7._o so_o it_o be_v such_o a_o experimental_a know_a truth_n that_o it_o be_v lose_v labour_n for_o to_o prove_v it_o for_o what_o else_o be_v the_o personate_n of_o the_o clown_n the_o fool_n the_o fantasticke_n the_o lover_n the_o distract_v discontent_a lascivious_a furious_a angry_a person_n part_n but_o profess_a vanity_n or_o ridiculous_a affect_a folly_n yea_o what_o else_o be_v the_o whole_a action_n of_o play_n but_o well_o personate_v vanitatum_fw-la vanity_n artificial_a folly_n or_o a_o less_o bedlam_n frenzy_n he_o who_o shall_v serious_o survey_v 3._o the_o ridiculous_a childish_a inconfiderate_a yea_o mad_a and_o beastly_a action_n gesture_n speech_n habit_n prank_n and_o foolery_n of_o actor_n on_o the_o stage_n if_o he_o be_v not_o childish_a foolish_a or_o frentique_a himself_o must_v needs_o deem_v all_o stage-player_n child_n fool_n or_o bedlam_n since_o they_o act_v such_o part_n such_o prank_n yea_o use_v such_o gesture_n speech_n raiment_n compliment_n and_o behaviour_n in_o jest_n which_o none_o but_o child_n fool_n or_o madman_n do_v act_n or_o use_v in_o earnest_n there_o be_v ibidem_fw-la ●o_o difference_n at_o all_o between_o a_o fool_n a_o fantastic_a a_o bedlam_n a_o whore_n a_o pander_n a_o cheater_n a_o tyrant_n a_o drunkard_n a_o murderer_n a_o devil_n on_o the_o stage_n for_o his_o part_n be_v ofttimes_o act_v and_o those_o who_o be_v such_o in_o truth_n but_o that_o the_o former_a be_v far_o worse_o far_o more_o inexcusable_a than_o the_o latter_a because_o they_o wilful_o make_v themselves_o that_o in_o 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