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	heart_n	word_n	2,963	5	3.8797	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02140	A notable discouery of coosenage Now daily practised by sundry lewd persons, called connie-catchers, and crosse-byters. Plainely laying open those pernitious sleights that hath brought many ignorant men to confusion. ... With a delightfull discourse of the coosenage of colliers. By R. Greene, Maister of Arts.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1592 (1592)	STC 12280; ESTC S105834	25,497	32

the cros-biting of such as lust after their filthie enormities some simple men are drawen on by subtill meanes which neuer in●ended such a bad matter In summer euenings and in the winter nightes these traf●ckes these common truls I meane walke abroad either in the fields or str●●tes that are commonly hanted as stales to drawe men into h●ll and a farre of as attending applesquires ce●taine cross-biters stand aloofe as if they knew them not now so many men so many affections Some vnruly mates that place their content in lust letting slippe the libertie of their ●ies on their painted faces f●ede vpon their vnchast beauties till their hearts be set on fire then come they to these minions and court them with many sweet words alas their loues needs no long sutes for they are forthwith entertained and either they go to the ●auerne to s●ale vp the match with a pottle of Ipocras or straight she carries him to some bad place and there picks his pocket or else the Cross-biters comes swearing in so out-face the dismaied companion that rather then hee would be brought in ques●ion he would disburse all that he hath present But this is but an easie ●osnage Some other meeting with one of that profession in the street wil question if she will drinke with him a pint of wine theyr trade is neuer to refuse and if for manners they doe it is but once then scarce shall they be warme in the roome but in comes a terrible fellow with a side hair● a ●car●full beard as though he were one of Polyphemus cut he comes frowning in saith what hast thou to do● base knaue-to carrie my sister or my wi●e to the tauern by his ownes you whore tis some of your cōpanions I wil haue you both before the Iustice Deputie or Constable to bée examined The poore seruingman apprentise farmer or whatsoeuer he is séeing such a terrible huffe snuffe s●rearing with his dagger in his hand is fearefull both of him and to be brought in trouble and therfore speakes kindly and courteously vnto him and desires him to be content he meant no harm The whore that hath teares at commaund fals a weeping and cries him mercy At this submission of them both he triumphs like a bragard and wil take no compassion yet a last through intreaty of other his companions comming in as strangers hee is pacified with some forty shillings and the poor man goes sorrowful away sighing out that which Salomon hath in his prouerbs A shameles woman hath hony in her l●ppes and her throte as sweet as hony her throte as soft as oyle but the end of her is more bitter then Aloes and her tongue is more sharp then a two edged sword her feet go vnto death and her steppes leade vnto hell Again these ●ruls when they haue got in a no●ice then straight they pick his purse and then haue they their cros-biters redy to whom they conuey the mony and so offer themselues to be searcht but the poore man is so outfaced by these cros-biting Russians that hee is glad to goe away content with his losse yet are these easie practises O might the Iustices send out spials in the night they shold sée how these stréet walkers wiliet in rich garded gowns queint periwigs rufs of the largest size quarter and halfe déep gloried richly with blew starch their cheekes died with surfuling water thus are they trickt vp and either walke like stales vp and down the stre●ts or stande like the deuils Siquis at a tauern or alehouse as if who shoulde say if any be so minded to satisfie his ●ilthie lust to lende me his purse and the deuil his soule let him come in and be welcome Now sir comes by a countrey farmer walking from his inne to perform some busines and seeing such a gorgeous damzell hee wondring at such a braue wench stand staring her on the face or perhappes doth but cast a glance and bid her good spéed as plain simple swains haue their lustie humors as well as others the trull straight beginning her exordium with a smile saith how now my friend what want you would you spe●●●e with anie body here If the felow ●aue anie bolde sp●●it perhaps he will offer the wine then he is caught tis inough in he goes and they are chamberd then sends she for her husband or hir friend and there either the farmers pocket is stript or else the cros-biters fall vpon him and threaten him with bride will and the law then for feare he giues them all in his purse and makes them some bill to paie a summe of monie at a certaine daie If the poore Farmer bee bashfull and passeth by one of these shamelesse strumpets then will she verse it with him and claime acquaintaunce of him and by some pollicie or other fall aboord on him and carr●e him into some house or other if he but enter in at the doores with her though the poore Farmer neuer kis● her yet then the cros-biters like vultures will pray vpon his purse and rob him of euerie pennie If there bée anie yong gentleman that is a nouice and hath not séene theyr traines to hi● will some common filth that neuer knew loue faine an ardent and honest affection till she and her cros-biters haue verst him to the beggers estate Ah gentlemen marchants yeomen and farmers let this to you all and to euery degr●e else be a caueat to warn you from lust that your inordinate desire be not a meane to impouerish your purses discredit your good names condemns your soules but also that your wealth got with the sweat of your browes or left by your parents as a patrimonie shall be a praie to those coosning cros-biters● Some fond men are so farre in with these detestable trugs that they consume what they haue vpon them and find nothing but a Neapolitan fauor ●or their labor Reade the seuenth of Salomons prouerbs and there at large view the description of a shameles and impudent curtizan yet is there an other kind of cros-biting which is most pestilent and that is this There liues about this to●ne certaine housholders yet méere shifters and coosners who learning some insight in the ciuill law walke abrode like parators sumners and informers beeing none at all either in office or credit and they go spying about where any marchant or marchants prentise citizen wealthie farmer or other of credit either accompany with anie woman familiarly or else hath gotten some maide with child as mens natures be prone to sin straight they come ouer his fallows thus they send for him to a tauerne ther open the matter vnto him which they haue cunningly larned out telling him he must be presented to the Arches the scitation shalbe peremptorily serued in his parish church The partie afraid to haue his credit crackt with the worshipfull of the Citie and the rest of his neighbors grieuing highly his wife should heare of