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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	abundant_a	body_n	member_n	1,662	5	10.0159	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52447	Observations and advices oeconomical	North, Dudley North, Baron, 1602-1677.	1669 (1669)	Wing N1286; ESTC R616	31,061	156

within his own Family and shall do well to take order for the external and publick Service of God there twice a day and in case any of the Servants especially those whose businesse lyeth within doors be negligent to give attendance at the Chappel or other place assigned for that duty he must either by himself or his Chaplain who is his substitute in spiritualibus if he have one reprove them for it and so for scandalous courses that any of his Family shall give themselves over unto XXXIX There was a piece of managery heretofore which is now wholly out of use and yet might be beneficial It is the having of a Wardrobe in considerable Families wherein was kept such Houshold-stuff as seldom came into use and there was also preserved all the old Vestments of the Master and Mistris which had been any thing costly This was a Store-house out of which might be taken at any time materials towards the making of new house Furniture and Saddles or such like things but now it is grown a shame with us to preserve any such frippery as they call it XL. Having in the last Observation mentioned Vestments or Apparrel I cannot think it improper in this place to take that matter further into consideration The most natural uses of Apparrel are these to defend against the injuries of Weather and to be a Covering for the obscene parts of the Body which last was the occasion of our Father Adams first piece of Clothing by Fig-leaves But certainly it may also be used for ornament or else our Saviour would not have said that such as wear soft Cloathing are in Kings Houses nor S. Paul have spoken of bestowing more abundant honour on those members of the Body which we esteem least honourable Excesse in bravery of Apparrel causeth much waste and therefore some Rules should be given to prevent it There can be little said in general the condition of persons being so different in respect of Age Quality c. As for those who are aged especially in a retired way they cannot be too moderate for much vanity and great age should be incompatible Most indulgence is to be afforded to people in the flower of their age who may find advantage many wayes by adorning their persons I knew a Noble-man whose course was this to apparrel his Daughters in very plain Habit till they became Marriagable and then he trimed them one by one in Garments of more cost which succeeded very well all of them being seasonably and fitly disposed of The same course may be proper for Male Children and the way is not irrational for persons so trained up will return with lesse reluctation to plain attire if need be In the general it is a good Rule to defer the making of new Apparrel as much as may be which at the long run becomes a great saving of charge And on the contrary those who must have many Suits of Clothes at the same time find themselves at great losse since the Fashion cannot but alter before some of them have had their full wearing That wise and frugal People the Venetians have a way to distinguish the quality and degree of persons by the form and not the bravery of their Habit which of necessity must become a great advantage to their State in general But the wiser part of every Nation must submit it self to the common usages of the whole yet prudence ought to be shewed in affecting rather moderation then affectation for men are not sooner concluded to be defective in judgement by any thing then by their Apparrel and moderation is incomparably the best governour of expence and no lesse so in this then in other particulars XLI The Master and not onely he but his steward ought to govern as much by Example as by Command for how indecent must it be for a man to reprove another for excesse of Drinking or any other habit of Vice whereunto he himself is given over Longum iter per precepta breve per exempla the way by Precept is long and that by Example short And if the Example of Superiours be attractive up the cragged rock of Vertue it cannot be imagined but our course after them will be speedy and somewhat tending to precipitation on the smooth down-hill of Vice when we are spurred forwards by our own depraved inclinations Such persons as are Leaders had need be very cautious in the choyce of their way since they have no small share in others faults XLII It is a common precept that the Master of a Family must be last in Bed at night and soonest out of it in the morning for so he may see good order kept and that the Servants not onely attend their businesse but observe fit times for it Yet in great Families the Masters dignity is such for the most part as that and other personal activities are fitly transferred to the Stew●rd XLIII The Master shall do well to take his Stewards Accompt once in a Year at the least and to be very punctual and curious in it or seem to be so This is good also for the Steward for by that means he may the more easily satisfie his Master as to particular disbursements and the Masters seeming care will make the Steward fear to be discovered if he use any underboard play XLIV Masters of Families are much favoured in our Law for their houses are termed their Castles and have the priviledge not to be forced by publike Officers but in prosecution of high treason felony present breach of the peace within dores and some other extraordinary cases XLV The good government of Families is very profitable to the Prince or State for Servants well trained up in obedience and free from Idlenesse become good members of the Common-wealth and none more fit for Soldiers then they but especially those of the better sort who by their breeding attain to a kind of generos●ty of spirit which renders them most fit for the Martial profession and I am fully perswaded that the great actions performed by our Kings in forrain Countreys heretofore were chiefly acted by the Nobility and Gentry who being obliged by tenure of their Lands to attend their Prince in person carryed with them their Servants and these had not their heart so much at a home of their own as members of the Traind-Bands in our dayes XLVI It is necessary for Fortresses and Families to have a years provision before hand the first to be in readinesse for Siege and the latter to prevent losse by a year of Dear●h but as well in Corne as in most other provisions of store within dores the damage will be very great if sufficient care be not taken in custody of them XLVII Money is said to be the Sinew of War and it is little less in the way of Oeconomy for if the Housholder have not money in hand he must bear much losse Provisions will almost double their price if they be not bought in