Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	hold_v	tail_n	tenant_n	1,791	5	9.9256	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43159	The floating island, or, A new discovery relating the strange adventure on a late voyage from Lambethana to Villa Franca, alias Ramallia, to the eastward of Terra del Templo, by three ships, viz. the Pay-naught, the Excuse, the Least-in-sight, under the conduct of Captain Robert Owe-much, describing the nature of the inhabitants, their religion, laws and customs / published by Franck Careless, one of the discoverers.	Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?	1673 (1673)	Wing H1253; ESTC R9532	26,693	44

that reels in the streets as if they were too narrow to contein him is a Geometrician Their Military School THere is one very famous Military School which is held in great estimation in that it brings the Students to a great proficiency in a very little time and thus the Students therein concern'd are rankt according to their Qualifications He that fl●ngs a bottle down stairs to no other intent than to double the Files and inflame himself as well as the reckoning is stiled Marshal of the Field He that found out that crafty knack of calling for a Gill of Canary and thereby meant a Pint and so an half Pint a Quart by which the intemperance of a compacted jovial Crew was muffled up from the knowledg of their serious Relations I say this man they call Master of the Ordnance He that runs all the Town over having no other bufiness than to find out so much Liquor as will send him drunk to bed is called Scout-Master-General He that drinks three Glasses in a hand is Master-Gunner He that in a hot dispute of headstrong resolute Bacchanalians gets first drunk in the Society is made Captain of a foot company and he that is last drunk is Lieutenant He that is quarrelsome in his Liquor and upon the least occasion delivers his box about is Marshal of the Regiment He that will not fight upon just occasion given but turns his revenge upon the Innocent Drawer is a Drum Major but he that draws upon every body is a Serjeant He whose indigency makes a meer hanger on and being a Low-Country Soldier is made Gentleman of the Pikes He that makes two Pence serve for his expence in company though the stay be very long is Lanspresado or Powder-Monkey He that will not let any small trifling thing escape his hands but instantly secures them as Knives Handkerchiefs Gloves c. is termed a Suttler He that will drink eight and forty hours without sleep or if he should chance to catch a nap he lyeth rough this man is called an old Soldier Their Court of Admiralty or Navy Office HE that bears briskly up in the turbulent waves of an Ocean of Liquor is Master or Pilot of a Ship He that spills his Liquor on the table and then leans and lolls his elbows in it is Swabber He that will never let the glass stand still but when it lies at his Neighbours door out of a covetous principle steals it from him is a Dutch Caper or Pirate He that is suddenly taken with the hickup is Gunners-Mate He that is perpetually smoaking Cook and he that belcheth or breaketh wind backwards is Trumpeter In what manner the Inhabitants hold their Lands WE have already shown you what kind of Philosophy and Soldiery is profest and practised in Ramallia we shall describe next how the Inhabitants hold their Lands Imprimis He that by impertinent foolish discourse or apish gesture makes himself a laughing stock to the whole Company is Tenant in Fee-simple He that watcheth all opportunities to kiss his Landlady her Daughter or her Maid so that he stick to one only is Tenant in Tail special He that kisseth all that come nigh him without distinction of persons is Tenant in Tail general He that is half Seas over i. e. three quarters drunk yet will run madding after Mutton without the consideration of its being sound or rotten is Tenant in Tail after possibility of Issue extinct He whose head is lop heavy by too large a Grace-cup and takes a nap is Tenant by the Courtesie of England If a parcel of merry Wives frequently meet at a Tavern or elsewhere to drown'd the troublesome thoughts of having pevish aged impotent husbands they are Tenants in Dowr He that hath heels much lighter than his head holds in Soccage and he that hath an head much lighter than his heels holds in Capite He that drinks with his hat off Tenders in homage if on the knee besides doth his fealty He whose Wife will not suffer him to be drunk unless she may be drunk with him either in the same company or elsewhere is a Free-holder He that sneakingly capitulates about the reckoning till some franck generous soul hath discharged it is a poor Copy-holder Lastly That mean spirited thing which suffers it self to be drag'd home by his Wife from the Alehouse with railing reproachful speeches is Tenant at will and deserves to be kick●d over his own Threshold I might enlarge my self upon this subject let this suffice for any rational man to guess at the rest I shall in the next place tell you what are the qualifications of their principal Officers The Principal Officers of Ramallia and their Qualifications AS Arts and Sciences are not attained unto but with great labour and study so high Titles are not commonly obtained without singular worth but in this sensual drunken Country the worst of men have the best preferment for be that drinks much and talks little is a Judge He that will not drink an health by any means and yet will make an hard shift but will go to bed intoxicated is a Justice of Peace He that continually clacks with his Tougue so that no other talk can be heard is a Barrester He that forcibly puts his friend or acquaintance into the Tavern or Alehouse is a Counter Serjeant He that being proud of his parts and very opinionative will engross all the discourse to himself is Fore man of the July He that bawls and wrangles in his liquor is Cryer of the Court. He that drinks in hugger mugger is a Bencher He that is lost in his own argument is a Mooter He that scorns to baulk his Liquor is a hopeful young Student He that takes the tale out of another mans mouth is a Publick Notary He that talks he knows not what a Sollicitor He that is tediously long in telling his own stories is a Register and he that is ever kind and complemental in his Liquor is a Civilian Be pleased to take notice That he who calls his Landlady Whore puts in his Declaration he that is melancholy or sottishly drunk is said to demur upon the Plantiff he that payeth the whole reckoning suffering none else to pay a farthing Pronounceth Judgment he that sumbleth in his pocket till the reckoning be paid is quit by Proclamation and he that gives his Landlord a bill Obligatory under hand and Seal to stop his mouth for the present is saved by his Clergy Special Cases in the Law of Ramallia as they have been argued privately between Mr. Simon Spend-all Son to Sir Ferdinando Sackbut and Philip Philpot Son and Heir to Giles Spiggot The first Case If a Debtor at any time be frighted by a Capias or any other Writ and he fly for safety it shal be free for him to enter forceably into the next Tenement adjacent without trespassing especially if the Door or Window be checquered with blew or red and all because when the Landlord demanded Quo Jure