Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	husband_n	servant_n	wife_n	9,371	5	6.6651	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35192	A new and pleasant history of unfortunate Hodg of the south very pleasant and delightfull to be read ... / by H. Crouch.	Crouch, Humphrey, fl. 1635-1671.	1655 (1655)	Wing C7286; ESTC R43120	7,281	16

they ran all away crying out pox take this rogue he wil choake us all but when Hodge had washed himself and made himself sweet he was sent for by his Master to whom he related how he came in that pickle whereupon they all fell a laughing at him which tormented him more than his former punishment Chap 10. How Hodge travelled to heaven HOdge being generally hated both at home and abroad was weary of his life and wished himself in heaven which when one of the men heard he said unto him if thou wilt go to heaven hodge I wil conduct thee thither but thou must endure some punishment for thy sins marry quoth hodge I think I have endured punishment enough already nevertheless I should be content to endure more so I might go to heaven why then quoth the man strip thee stark naked and I wil put a cloth before thy eyes because you must not see which way you go then wil I take thee by the hand and lead thee to heaven after thou hast had thy punishment in the mean time he provided six Cart whips for six men and they were to stand in a long room three on each side to whip poore hodge which done accordingly hodge asked the man who they were that whipped him so cruelly the man told him they were Fryars Fryars quoth hodge I pray is there any Fryars in heaven yea quoth the Man them that do wel why then quoth hodge I wil not go to heaven and so ran back again as fast as he could run and was punished as bad comming back as he was before Chap. 11. How hodge was turned out of his place and was made Falconer NOw the Gentleman by th●… perswasions of some of his friends married with a gallant Da●…e b●…t s●…e could not endur●…hodge but told h●…r husband that as long as hodge was Cooke she would not eat a bit of his dressing the Gentleman to please his wife tur●…d hodge out of his place and made him Falconer so hodg looked to his Master hawkes having six hawks to feed but on a time when hodge was absent one of the servants carryed the hawks out of the house and hid the●… and set ●…ix Kites in their places now when Hodge ca●…e again he fed the Kites as he use to do the hawks and thought nothing until such time as his master had an intent to rid●… a hawking and then hodge brought a Kite upon his fist like any man which when 〈◊〉 master saw he said O thou rogue what hast thou brought ●…e here a hawk quoth hodge a hawk quoth the Gentleman it is a Kite and fell a beating of hodge good 〈◊〉 quoth hodge it is such a hawk as you gave m●… to keepe unless some witch hath transformed them from hawl●…es into Kites but after his Master had beaten him su●…iciently the man that took the hawks away brought them again privately and then the tempest was over Chap. 12. How the Gentleman and his wife were invited to a Feast and how she went from her husband because he would not turn away hodge THis Gentleman and his wife heing invited to a Feast and having a very fair orchard and but one Cherry Tree commanded all the Servants that they should not meddle with that Tree but as soon a●…●…hey were gone the servants pulled all the fruit off the Tree and when the master of the house and his wife came home and found all the Cherries 〈◊〉 they examined the servants the servants said that rogue hodge had played the rogue and had done all the mischief the master beat hodge but that was not all because he did not turn him away his wife would not live any longer with him but went from him and lived in a wood saying that she had better live there upon roots and herbs and haws than to live in a house where such a Rogue as hodge was whereupon when the master beard of it he called hodge and said unto him O th●… rogue how long have I kept thee to torment me in this manner thy ●…istris is gone to live in a Wood and all long of thee and before I will lose her I wil turn thee away when ●…odge had heard him say so he said unto him master if that be all I will warrant you I wil fetch her again wel ●…oth the ●…aster use thy skil and go thy way hodge goes ●…o a Farmers wife whom his mistris did not know and ●…esired her to go along with him upon such an account as you heard before the woman being better temperd than the houshould servants went along with him and comming through the wood his mistris called to him and said hodge what woman is that with thee my new mistris quoth hodge your new mistris quoth she am not I your mistris I quoth hodge but you wil not live with my master cox bobby qoth she if any other be there but I I wil pul out their eyes and so away she runs home to her husband and so hodge by his wit brought his mistris home again and she by her wit turned him out of dores as you shall heare in the next Chapter Chap. 23. How the Mistris made a rogue of hodge and transported him to Lubberland NOw the servants told their Mistris that it was hodges roguery to fetch her home again upon that score which when she heard she vowed to be revenged of him to the ful and to that purpose she rose next morning very early and called hodge to go along with her and being neere the Sea she gave a ship master ten shillings to transport him to Lubberland where as it is reported he hath egtheen-pence a day for sleeping and the next news we hea●… from Lubberland you shal hear more of him FINIS