Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	john_n	love_v	son_n	10,662	5	6.1615	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17882	The third and fourth booke of ayres: composed by Thomas Campian. So as they may be expressed by one voyce, with a violl, lute, or orpharion; Ayres. Book 3, 4	Campion, Thomas, 1567-1620.	1617 (1617)	STC 4548; ESTC S106662	15,441	46

iust and constant still Loue may beget a wonder Not vnlike a Summers frost or Winters fatall thunder Hee that holds his Sweet-hart true vnto his day of dying Liues of all that euer breath'd most worthy the ●●●ying 〈◊〉 XXVII NEuer loue vnlesse you can Beare with all the faults of man Men sometimes will Iealous bee Though but little cause they see And hang the head as discon-tent And speake what straight they will re-pent BASSVS 2 Men that but one Saint adore Make a shew of loue to more Beauty must be scorn'd in none Though but truely seru'd in one For what is courtship but disguise True hearts may haue dissembling eyes 3 Men when their affaires require Must a while themselues retire Sometimes hunt and sometimes hawke And not euer fit and talke If these and such like you can beare Then like and loue and neuer feare CANTVS XXVIII SO quicke so hot so mad is thy fond fute So rude so That faine I would with losse make thy tongue mute And yeeld some te-dious growne in vrging mee An houre with thee I care not to con-verse For I would not lit-tle grace to quiet thee be coun-ted too peruerse BASSVS 2 But roofes too hot would prove for men all fire And hils too high for my vnused pace The groue is charg'd with thornes and the bold bryer Gray Snakes the meadowes shrowde in euery place A yellow Frog alas will fright me so As I should start and tremble as I goe 3 Since then I can on earth no fit roome finds In heauen I am resolu'd with you to meete Till then for Hopes sweet sake reft your tir'd minde And not so much as see mee in the streete A heauenly meeting one day wee shall haue But neuer as you dreame in bed or graue CANTVS XXIX SHall I then hope when faith is fled Can I seeke loue when hope is gone Or can I liue when Loue is dead Poorely hee liues that can loue none Her vowes are broke and I am free Shee lost her faith in loo-sing mee BASSVS 2 When I compare mine owne euents When I weigh others like annoy All doe but heape vp discontents That on a beauty build their ioy Thus I of all complaine since she● All faith hath lost in loosing mee 3 So my deare freedome haue I gain'd Through her vnkindnesse and disgrace Yet could I euer liue enchain'd As shee my seruice did embrace But sh●●● i● chang'd and I am free Faith failing her Loue dyed in mee TO MY VVORTHY FRIEND M R. IOHN MOVNSON Sonne and Heyre to Sir Thomas Mounson Knight and Baronet ON you th' affections of your Fathers Friends With his Inheritance by right descends But you your gracefull youth so wisely guide That his you hold and purchase much beside Loue is the fruit of Vertue for whose sake Men onely liking each to other take If sparkes of vertue shin'd not in you then So well how could you winne the hearts of men And since that honour and well-suted Prayse Is Vertues Golden Spurre let mee now rayse Vnto an act mature your tender age This halfe commending to your Patronage Which from your Noble Fathers but one side Ordain'd to doe you honour doth diuide And so my loue betwixt you both I part On each side placing you as neare my heart Yours euer THOMAS CAMPIAN To the READER THE Apothecaries haue Bookes of Gold whose leaues being opened are so light as that they are subiect to be shaken with the least breath yet rightly handled they serue both for ornament and use such are light Ayres But if any squeamish stomackes shall checke at two or three vaine Ditties in the end of this Booke let them powre off the clearest and leaue those as dregs in the bottome How soeuer if they be but conferred with the Canterbury Tales of that venerable Poet Chaucer they will then appeare toothsome enough Some words are in these Bookes which have beene cloathed in Musicke by others and I am conten● they then serued their turne yet giue mee now leaue to make vse of mine owne Likewise you may finde here some three or foure Songs that haue beene published before but for them I referre you to the Players Bill that is failed Newly reuiued with Additions for you shall finde all of them reformed eyther in Words or Notes To be briefe all these Songs are mine if you expresse them well otherwise they are your owne Farewell Yours as you are his THOMAS CAMPIAN CANTVS I. LEaue pro-longing leaue pro-longing thy distresse All de layes af-flict the dying Many lost sighes long I spent to her for mer-cy cry ing But now vaine mour-ning cease I le dye I le dye and mine owne griefes re-lease BASSVS 2 Thus departing from this light To those shades that end all sorrow Yet a small time of complaint a litle breath I le borrow To tell my once delight I dye alone through her despight CANTVS II. RE-spect my faith re-gard my seruice past The hope you wing'd call home to Great prise it is that I in you shall gaine So great for you hath been my you at last My wits I spent and time for you a-lone Obseruing you and loosing all for one losse paine BASSVS 2 Some rais'd to rich estates in this time are That held their hopes to mine interiour farres Such scoffing mee or pittying me say thus Had hee not lou'd he might haue liu'd like vs. O then deare sweet for loue and pittits sake My faith reward and from me scandall take CANTVS III. THou ioy'st fond boy to be by ma-ny lo-ued For this dost thou thy na 〈◊〉 To haue thy beauty of most dames ap-pro-ued Thy glasse thou coun-cel'st more 〈◊〉 worth disguise And play'st the Sy-co-phant t'ob-serue their eyes durne thy skin That first should schoole thee to be fayre with-in BASSVS 2 'T is childish to be caught with Pearle or Amber And woman-like too much to cloy the chamber Youths should the Field affect heate their rough Steedes Their hardned nerues to fit for better deedes Is 't not more ioy strong Holds to force with swords Then womens weakenesse take with lookes or words 2 Men that doe noble things all purchase glory One man for one braue Act hath prou'd a story But if that one tenne thousand Dames o'creime Who would record it if not to his shame 'T is farre more conquest with one to liue true Then euery houre to triumph Lord of new CANTVS IIII. VAile loue mine eyes O hide from me The plagues that charge the curious minde If beauty priuate will not be Suffice it yet that she proues kinde Who can vsurp heau'ns light alone Stars were not made Stars were not made to shine on one BASSVS 2 Griefes past recure fooles try to heale That greater harmes on lesse inflict The pure offend by too much zeale Affection should not be too strict Hee that a true embrace will finde To beauties faults must still be blinde 〈…〉 EV'-ry Dame af-fects good fame what ere her doings