Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	affection_n	desire_n	love_v	2,823	5	5.8703	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64943	The gentleman apothecary being a late and true story, turned out of French: with several letters.; Apoticaire dévalisé, comédie burlesque. English	Villiers, Claude Deschamps, sieur de, 1600?-1681.	1670 (1670)	Wing V390A; ESTC R222553	17,579	59

sake Madam how I am with you and when I may see you that I may tell you again when you your self shall see at your feet the most faithful and passionate of all Mortals Timante This way of fooling pleased Araminte well enough and set Timante by little and little upon better terms with his Mistress who you must know was too much a Christian to carry malice in her heart against any man that had Wit in him and good Humour But as to the answering either of this or of any other Letter for the future she was utterly against it till all should be gone and past for fear of reviving the story But this would not serve Timante's turn for his business was to possess Araminte with a sense of his passion and to shew her that it was above all discouragements So that let her reply or not his resolution was to write on at a venture which he did a while after as follows TIMANTE To the Fair and Speechless ARAMINTE WHat not one poor word left to cast at a dog Never never to see Araminte again nor so much as to hear from her ten thousand Catarrhs and Gouts upon the Eyes and Fingers that were the causes of it And all this forsooth for having my eyes in my head and for seeing those Delicacies which you your self set before me for doing the very thing which you your self call'd for and waited for only it was done as it appears by a wrong hand Is not this a goodly cause of Banishment think you A very worthy ground of ruining a poor Devil Body and Soul that loves you as if Heaven and Earth would come together Pray let the party offended speak for it self and do not you complain at one end for a kindness done to the other But this is all a man gets for his good will Well well go on if you please and make me turn Apothecary in good earnest I shall not want fair Customers never doubt it when the world shall understand that my first Trial of skill was upon your sweet Ladiship Do not provoke me but be kind and wise in time For in my whole practice if ever I meet with the fellow of the sight you shewed me I shall most certainly revolt Till then you are to expect the Persecution of my Letters and after that day not a syllable more from Timante while your eyes are open Araminte found this Raillery not amiss but still she kept to her Resolution of making no return which put Timante upon this other Letter TIMANTE TO THE Fair ARAMINTE If she be above grouud THough you have plagu'd me most damnably yet I can have the Charity to forgive you if you be dead but look for no quarter at my hands if it shall be your lot to be found among the living To make such a pudder about a Glyster As if it had been Gun-shot I must see You no more it seems because I saw That which neither saw me nor knows me nor ever took any thing ill from me not indeed any thing at all from me but as the lawful Deputy of the Chamber-Maid It is not well to trouble your self so much with what 's done below-stairs and by your own own fretting and fuming to make that so hot in the mouth that was so cool and comfortable in the belly I could say somewhat more than you are aware of perchance in a business of which I was an eye-witness and revenge my self that way upon you If I would give my mind to it But Basto If you be really dead I do not see why any thing of this should trouble you but if you be alive faith recal your commands and let me live too for there is nothing surer than that your Kindness or Cruelty is the Life or Death of Timante This Letter wrought no more upon Araminte than the rest and Timante quickly found that writing would never do his business so that some other course was now to be thought upon for the making of his Peace with his Mistress and no way better than by engaging Neophile which was his next work who he knew could do any thing she pleased with Araminte Upon the opening of his heart to her she promised him fair and you shall now see how she proceeded She got Timante to her house upon a certain time when Araminte was to make her a Visit and there she placed him behind the Hanging within hearing Araminte says she I have a request to make you and you must promise me before-hand not to deny me Araminte past her word that she would not and immediately upon that Neophile presents Timante to her for her pardon and begs of her that for the time to come she should allow him the honour of waiting upon her as formerly he had done No body loves you Madam better than I do says Neophile and you shall never repent the entertainment of so chearful and ingenious a Conversation Timante seconded this mediation of Neophile upon his knees with all expressions of Tenderness Passion and Humility imaginable It was a pretty while before Araminte could recover her self from the Confusion this surprize had given her and just as she was about to reply she was struck dumb again for she could not look Timante in the Face without reflecting that he had looked upon her elsewhere upon which thought she stood for a good while with her eyes fix'd upon the ground and without one syllable speaking But upon farther consideration she resolv'd to break through all these fantastical scruples and to say something to Timante who was all this while upon his knees in expectation of her Answer Timante says she Neophile is my friend and for her sake I am content to pardon all that 's past for 't is not possible I should hate any thing that appears under her protection Wherefore I do once again assure you that whatever is past shall be forgotten as if it had never been But I must now conjure you on the other side that you never see me again and this I am sure you will not refuse me at least if you love me as you say you do or if you have any respect for my Peace and Credit for I perceive I shall never be able to look upon you but with shame and trouble It is upon this condition that I pardon you the affront you have done me and I shall judge of your Affection by your Obedience Ah Madam says Timante would you have me promise you an impossibility To bid a man shew his Love by his Indifference is to bid him Love and not Love at the same time The very soul of Love is the presence of the beloved Object take away That and Love is rather a Disease than a Comfort But how many are there says Araminte that gratifie their Passions at all distances with the very contemplation and desire of what they love By your fair leave Madam says Timante he that lives in

Desire lives in Torment But however be it as you please whether my life shall be happy or miserable I shall not want strength and obedience to carry this Passion with me to my Grave Do as you say then said Araminte and you will oblige me in suffering for me It shall be so Madam says Timante with a passionate sadness in his Countenance Bnt is it not possible that time No more Questions says Araminte but let it suffice that you will please me if you obey me And let me tell you that he that comes once to please his Mistress is in a fair way to gain her Timante finding that matters went better than he expected prest the business no further but passing his word for his obedience left the rest to Time and good Nature On the other side the lovely Araminte was so well satisfied with Timante's manner of proceeding both upon the point of Affection and Respect that she told him so soon as the talk was over he might visit her again and that for her part when the World should have forgotten his Fault she would not be the last should remember it Upon this they parted and Timante took his leave Araminte staid not long after but not a word this bout to Neophile of any disposition she found in her self to favour the person whom but just now she so violently hated It seems by the discourse that the Apothecary and his Patient began now to understand one another which Neophile took notice of too and within a few days brought her friend to confess as much At which time Licandre a profest Servant though no great Favourite of Araminte's came out of the Country where he had been upon some earnest business At his Return he was welcom'd with the story of the Glyster which instead of diverting him put him being extreamly jealous and hot-headed into the most extravagant rage imaginable Nothing would serve him but he must be reveng'd upon Timante and that too not without reproaching Araminte how innocent soever which he did sufficiently the first Visit he made her You are in good health I hope Madam says Licandre In very good health Sir I thank you replys Araminte Yes Madam says he I make no question of it for I understand you are in a course of Physick to keep you so Araminte that knew his humour perfectly well and saw what he would be at made him this careless answer I do not know how you come to be so well informed in my Affairs but this I assure you Sir that whatever I do it is not to please you And yet Madam says the brutish Licandre though you have no design to please Me there are a thousand others that you would be glad with all your heart to please you would never have taken a Glyster of the first comer else You may be sure however for your part says she with a modest indignation that 't is an office I 'le never receive from you And truly Madam says he I am not at all ambitious of the honour my Rivals it may be will be glad on 't but for my self I was never cut out for an Apothecary At a venture says Araminte I shall not put that to the tryal You 'l do the better Madam says he for I 'm not half so good at it as Timante I cannot imagine says she what it is you drive at But 't is enough says he that I can They entertain'd one another at this rate a good while and Araminte was so quick upon him at every turn that Licandre had little joy of that Visit and so away he went This business ran in his head all that night and early in the morning up he gets and away towards Timante's Lodgings to watch his going abroad and demand satisfaction with his Sword in his hand which he resolved to do in such a manner however that it should appear rather a Casual Encounter than a Formal Duel After a matter of an hours waiting out comes Timante and Licandre at a petty distance follows him till they came in a little blind unfrequented Alley and there Licandre draws and runs in upon him bidding him defend himself One word was as good as a thousand to Timante in such a case who so behaved himself that Licandre found he was like to have his belly-ful before they parted They exchanged several Passes upon equal means but at last Timante drew blood of his enemy and it had gone worse with him too if company had not come in and parted them There was no body took this engagement for any other than a Rencounter and yet the Combatants durst not trust themselves to the severity of the Law but thought it their wisest course to shift for themselves and lye close till either their peace should be made or they might fight it out You may imagine the different reflections these two Gentlemen past upon the fortune of that day and that while Timante on the one side was transported with Joy for the advantage he had gain'd upon his Adversary and Rival both in one Licandre on the other side was ready to hang himself for the contrary But the thing that most stuck in his stomach was the ridiculous occasion of the Quarrel If the Devil had not possest me says he I should never have brought my Life and Honour to the stake for a Glyster-pipe with a great deal to this effect And while Licandre was in this chafe and stewing himself in his own grease Timante's employment was to write to his Mistress which he did the same day in these terms TO THE Invisible FAIR ONE I Am under so absolute a Resolution and Necessity of conforming my Opinions and Affections to yours and of loving or disliking just as you do that I cannot say whether I am the better or the worse for my late Success till I know how you understand it If you take nothing amiss in it I shall reckon it a Blessing if otherwise it will turn to my Ruine I have been thinking to make you the Present of a little Gallantry for your Diversion the fruit of an Idle Hour or two But I have check'd my self again for fear you should from that freedom measure the Reverence and Respects of Timante Araminte took this Letter very kindly but could not yet be prevail'd upon to put pen to paper only by word of mouth she gave Timante to understand that she should be glad to have a sight of what he mentioned in his Letter Which Timante sent her immediately in company with this which follows TO THE Most Charming Creature In the whole WORLD IF the Foolery I now send you should happen to displease you blame your self Madam for commanding it you will find upon your perusal that it is a piece written in praise of somewhat that shall be nameless The Child is not yet Christned What if we should call it a Panegyrique Or give it what other name you please If it makes you merry