Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	art_n	maintain_v	nourish_v	1,406	5	13.1663	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05313	The touchstone of complexions generallye appliable, expedient and profitable for all such, as be desirous & carefull of their bodylye health : contayning most easie rules & ready tokens, whereby euery one may perfectly try, and throughly know, as well the exacte state, habite, disposition, and constitution, of his owne body outwardly : as also the inclinations, affections, motions, & desires of his mynd inwardly / first written in Latine, by Leuine Lemnie ; and now Englished by Thomas Newton.; De habitu et constitutione corporis. English	Lemnius, Levinus, 1505-1568.; Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.	1576 (1576)	STC 15456; ESTC S93449	168,180	353

THE Touchstone of Complexions Generallye appliable expedient and profitable for all such as be desirous carefull of their bodylye health CONTAYNING MOST easie rules ready tokens where by euery one may perfectly try and throughly know aswell the exacte state habite disposition and constitution of his owne Body outwordly as also the inclinations affections motions desires of his mynd inwardly First written in Latine by Leuine Lemnie and now englished by Thomas Newton Nosce teips um Imprinted at London in Fleetesreete by Thomas Marsh Anno. 1576. ❀ Cum Priuilegio TO THE RIGHT honorable his singuler good Lorde Sir VVilliam Brooke Knighte Baron Cobham and Lorde Warden of the Cinque Portes Thomas Newton his humble Orator wisheth long life encrease of honor vvith prosperous health and eternall felicitye SVndrye tymes right Honorable and my singuler good Lorde debating with my selfe the chiefe causes why Artes and disciplines do in these Alcyon dayes of ours so vniuersallye flourishe althoughe I knowe well ynoughe that sundrye men can coigne sundry reasons and alledge manifolde verdictes and probable argumentes therfore yet in my simple iudgement nothing more effectually whetteth the wittes of the studious nor more lustelye he awaketh the courages of the learned then doth the fauourable furtheraunce and cheereful coūtenaunce of the Prince and Nobility For honor preferment dignity prayse feedeth nourisheth and mainteyneth bothe Artes and vertues and Glorye is a sharpe spurre that vehementlye pricketh forward gallāt heades and pregnaūt natures to attempt worthy enterprises VVe see that thīg to be greedely and as it were with a certayne kinde of Ambition on al handes soughte for and pursued whereunto the Prince and Peeres are studiouslye enclined And therfore the lesse meruail is it though in Royalmes and Countries gouerned by barbarous Princes monstruous Tyrannes learning be vtterlye prouigated and thoughe the Muses taking their flight thence do abandon that soyle where they see thēselues so slenderlye regarded and so churlishlie entertayned As contrarywise where they be reuerenced cherished maynteined had in pryce ther doe they endenizō thēselues settle their dwellings And this surelye my L. do I think to be one or rather an only cause which in this old age later caste of the worlde rayseth vp among vs such a plentiful Haruest of rype and excellent wittes conspicuous in euerye facultie because by speciall Priuiledge frō the Almightie and of his great bountie and gracious goodnesse towardes vs we haue such a godlye vertuous learned Princesse such an honorable State of noble Personages themselues not only in euerye seueral Arte singulerly skilled but also to the professors thereof lyke terrene Gods benigne and bounteous Of whom may bee sayde that whiche though of vnlike persons Cicero reported of Socrates saying that there were further deeper matters to be conceyued and thought of Socrates then in all Plato hys Bookes coulde be purported or fully decyphered VVhose lenities and fauourable inclinations would not neyther ought to bee abused as they are by some to muche with the Patronage of euery friuolous fācy tryflyng toye tending neyther to profitable vse in the cōmon wealth nor to anye auaileable purpose touching publique society VVhereas many of thē if they coulde finde in theyr harts otherwise to tickle their pennes with matters of better importaunce and employe their golden giftes to the aduauncemēt of vertue and commoditye of their Countrye in steede of beinge fine Architectes and contriuers of matters offensiue and scandalous they might eternize themselues like good mēbers and worthy Ornamentes of their Countrey within the Beadrolle of Fame and perpetuitie VVhat opiniō that inuincible Prince Alexander of Macedonie had of all vayne Artes foolish baables phantasticall toyes and curious deuises well appeareth by the rewarde whyche he in presence of his Nobles and Souldiers publiquely gaue vnto a certain dapper fellow one of hys hoaste who partlye vpon a brauery and ostentation of his cunninge but chieflye in hope of some magnificente rewarde did before the Kings presence cast or throw a kind of smal Pulse called a Cichpease through a Needles eye beīg set a pretie distaūce of that manye times without anye missing VVhich vayn trick thriftlesse deuise sauouringe altogether of a little foolish curiositie and nothing at al of any expediēt vse or cōmodity many of the beholders with admiratiō cōmended and deemed right worthye of recompence In fine because the skilfull Squier shoulde not loose the hoped fruicte of that hys practized knacke and notable singularitie the Kinge rewarded him onelye with a Bushell of Cichpeasō A cōdigne guerdon doubtlesse and verye fitte to counteruayle such a peeuishe Practise and vnnecessarie Mataeotechnie A great folly therfore forwardnes is it in mannes nature to bestow such great study payn care cost industry in attayning suche needlesse friuolous tromperies the hauinge whereof nozzeleth the hauer Artist in loytering idlenes breedeth otherwise greate inconuenience in the bodie of the whole common wealth VVhiche deformitie and abuse manye learned Clerkes bewaylinge haue in eche of their seueral professions by wryting and otherwise graphicallye depainted And among many this Author whom I now vppon confidence of the generosity of your noble nature presume to present and exhibite vnto your Lordshippe goinge a neerer way to worcke then many others doth not onely by artificial contēplation wade into the very Gulphe Camaryne of mannes apparaūt wilfulnesse but also rushing into the verye bowles of Nature bewrayeth as with a pensil liuely setteth downe the affections condiciōs plyghtes habites and dispositions of euery seueral Complexion And as one that wel knew himselfe not to bee borne only for himselfe hath franckly frendly and learnedly bequeathed the Talent of his knowledge to a publique and vniuersall commoditye In readinge whereof I am perswaded that none of indifferent iudgemente shall thinke his oyle labour lost neither his time and trauaile mispent at least wyse if it were with like grace in any respect deliuered out in English as he hath done and left it in the Latine But surelye I haue done my beste trusting that others in recompence of my trauail wil not vpō a Splene requite me with their worste neyther miscōstrue my meaning which was in plain tearmes and vulgare phrase to goe as neere to my Authours plotforme as my adle head could well imagine And now being arriued to Land after a prety long voyage and pleasant saylinge in this hys Philosophicall Sea I approach in moste dutifull humility wyth suche Newes and VVares as I haue heard seene read and gotten vnto your Honor whom for many respectes I mistruste not but wyll honorablie daigne to heare mee And now doe I stande at the Barre of curtesie to heare your Lordshippes doome concerning this my temerity The comfortable expectation wherof putteth me in no small hope that all the better sort mooued by your Lordshippes example wil bee the more easie and readie to dispence with my vnmellowed adolescencie As for the