Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	cause_n	compound_v	good_a	18	3	2.1572	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41370	A friendly apology, in the behalf of the womans excellency together with some examples of women-worthies : as also the character of a virtuous and accomplished woman : wherein ladies of pleasure are taxed and admonished / written in verse by J. Golborne ...	Golborne, John.	1674 (1674)	Wing G1009; ESTC R6976	33,308	70

thou strivest to excell Transcendently becoming humble so What most advanceth thee still makes thee low Thy native vileness truly to confess And real greatness makes thee so much less In the esteem of self yet on this score Thy worth and modesty deserve the more Thy speeches pithy solid give a light Composed to instruct and to delight Serious and pleasant witty pertinent Grave pat and proper fit for each intent With pleasure hearer that may entertain And recompence with profitable gain Much unlike theirs who troubled with the lask Or loosness of the tongue relate and ask Not with desire to be inform'd or break Somewhat material to be known but speak What savours ill Let men pretend their fears How to such lavish tongues they lend their ears Pleasant their fancies too in laying ten To one they never have them back agen Or not without the wrong of foul abuse Thou payest precious ear-rings for the use Of some few short-liv'd Minutes what is heard From thee shall be their pleasure and reward Thy words as they imploy so do they whet Both exercise attention and beget They satisfie not cloy By what is said Hearer indebted it as well as paid Thy Counsels are resolving Medicines Swasions attractives reproofs Anodynes Where the discreet and tender management Make not the smallest part of Argument Whilst vain talk Melancholy doth increase Instead of helping adds to the disease Lifts up the spirits in transports withall By their depression gives the sadder fall Good Cordials skilfully compounded hit The cause and so alleviate the fit So thy well temper'd speeches are more sure Way to give ease and to effect the cure Thy prudent humble meekness best can tame Anger when fury would the more inflame When over-hasty Romans do oppose The stronger cunning Carthaginian grows And more successful but soon melts away By greater force of Fabian-delay Quitting is stratagem to win the field The way at once to overcome and yield Never the base regarding petty harms Shall cast disgrace upon thy Coat of Arms. Thy Victories are not dishonoured As where the Conquerour is vanquished They of true triumph want the greater half That conquer other Monarchs but not self You that will have your nature judged by Laughter at good some Ladies property Come see the ugly face of your offence In Mirror of unmoved Patience By wrong would you provoke her That doth move Her to provoke you so much more to love Or will you calumn●es cast Her defence Is not the like reproach but Innocence In vain contend you with her whose contest Is not to get the better to be best She knows they who by passion most have won Will so much sooner prove to be undone They run in debt that sltrive to give offence To others owe the greater recompence An undeserved taunt or wicked curse Can make her virtue not a jot the worse What malice casts upon whilst not within Is the reproach of others not her sin Were talk true Judge the good then only might Be good by favour and be bad by spight Whilst some do in their needless visits rome Till they be greatest strangers to their home Gadding as though they to the world were sent To be imploy'd in what 's Impertinent As if their birth did priviledge by right Them to cast off the care and oversight Of house-concerns thou keep'st thy wonted ●rack Through each task of thy painful Zodiack Like the bright Champion of the day that rowls His flaming eye toward the distant Poles Arctick Antarctick vieweth both the Tropicks The Seas Tartarian and Aethiopicks Thou art accomplished with quickest sense In wise forecast and careful Providence With memory fitly to recollect And care in all things makes thee circumspect Not suff'ring Medler in thy house to grow That 's open-headed nor unuseful slow For slothful servants should there be no blame When idle lazy thou wouldst force for shame By thy example them that wait on thee To be affected to good huswifry They in their orbs must take their light from thine So they are made to serve as well as shine By friends perswasions or thy fancy catch'd To some prodigious temper art thou match'd Or marry'd rather to draw out in care Thy vexed life with a familiar One that proves most unsuitable whose gall O'reflowing fills the house with hateful braul Thy Physick is not usual by keen Reproofs ill-savouring to mend his spleen Repress his choler sweetly to endure Thy Ethicks tell thee is the way to cure Where bombards cannot any breaches make A milder fiege is found the way to take Assoon the shackles of the Persian King Or idle Ceremony of a Ring Presented by Pope to his Zani may Bind Hellespout oblige rough Adria To calmness as sharp quips loud blust'ring can Correct the madness of the chur●●h man This piece of rigour Nabalisme rage If curable thou'●t break by Saxifrage Of patience and discretion When dint Of reason cannot meekness breaks the flin● But if some passion break forth 't is thy strong Desire endeavour that it dye when young Thou wilt not be at fruitless pains to nurse That which as it grows elder groweth w●rse Is he with fury charcoal'd of desire That softest breath makes him spit sparks of fire Thy silence from his rage shall take supply Anger as fire if 't have no air will dye If glitt'ring pretences do'nt abuse The can dour of thy judgement but thou choose With love that is not blind associate That may yield double comfort to thy state Not Cynical nor worthless passions sl●ve But with a sweet complaysance that is grave Whose gentle nature more designs to draw With most obliging carriage than to a●e With stern looks insolent commands then you Cannot but hit the Golden Rule of two In Matrimonial fellowship where one Heart joy concern care tongue make U●ison No emulation who shall be above To govern rule command controul but love Strive who shall please most and contention Is strong on both sides that there may be none Thy snares are harmlesly to gain Each gin Discreetly by thee laid is but to win In joy success his sorrows losses too Thou challengest for Joynture half as due With his content thy cheerfulness will mingle Thy person is not nor are crosses single By Catechizing good instruction To help fault of the first Transgression And sad fruit thence arising to redress To most things steril but to barrenness Thou dost endeavour that those of the earth May be made happy by a second birth To holiness and thus thy pray'rs and toyl May be rewarded by a fruitful soyl With the sincere milk of the Word dost nurse To make them blessings and take off the curse Whereby they growing up afford the gain Of joy much greater than thy former pain So toyling husband-man beholding fate And curse upon the earth degenerate Grubs up the shrubs thorns bryars and then ploughs Harrows and sowes his seed with sweating brows And thus by manifold encrease obtains Against the