Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	better_a	doubt_v	great_a	88	3	2.0647	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16256	A pleasaunt disport of diuers noble personages: written in Italian by M. Iohn Bocace Florentine and poet laureat: in his boke vvhich is entituled Philocopo. And nowe Englished by H. G.; Filocolo. English	Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.; Gifford, Humphrey.; Grantham, Henry, fl. 1571-1587.	1567 (1567)	STC 3180; ESTC S110498	68,810	118

witte and power to bring to effecte And truely when she vnderstode the same of that I desired she made me a gracious gift the which as I had receiued and receiuing it at what time it pleased me me thought none by a greate way to haue a life comparable to myne in gladnesse only one thing pricked me that I coulde not make hir beleue how perfectly I loued hir Further than this she perceiuing me to loue hir as I sayd passed lightly for me But the Gods that will graunt no worldly good turne without some bitternesse to the ende that the A goodly sentence heauenly may be the better knowen by consequent the more desired to this they gaue me an other corsey without comparison noisome that is that it hapned one day as I abode with hir all alone in a secret place séeing without being againe séene who passed by espied a propre yong man and of a pleasant countenance to come along by vs whom she behelde as I perceiued with a fixed eie and being past she fette a pitifull sigh the which I espying sayde Alas do you so soone repent as that ye now sigh for the loue of an other She whose face was thorowe this occasion painted with a new rudde swearing by the power of the high Gods began with many excuses to endeuor hir self to make me beleue the contrary of that which I had conceiued thorowe the sigh but all was to no purpose bicause she kindled my heart with an anger so exceding fierce as she made me then almost ready to chide with hir but yet I withhelde me therfrom And certainely it wil neuer out of my minde but that she loueth him or some other better than me and all those persuasiōs the which at other times heretofore she vsed for my helpe that was that she loued me better than she did any other I nowe esteme them all in contrary imagining that she hath fainedly sayde and done all that she hath heretofore wrought wherby I endure intollerable griefe neither doth any comfort at all preuaile therin but bicause shame often times doth bridle the wil I haue rather to sorrowe me than glad me I doe not continue my bitter griefe so as I make any apparaunce therof but briefly I am neuer without cares and cogitations the which bring me far greater annoy than I willingly would Lerne then to beare the lesse griefs since thou séest the greatest with a valiant minde borne of me To whome I answered that as it semed to me his grief although it wer great was no wayes to be compared to myne He answered me the contrary and thus we abode in a long contention and in the ende parted without any The quenes iudgement vpon this fift question diffinition Wherefore I pray you that ye wyll say your iudgement hereof Yong Gentleman sayd the Quèene great is that paine of yours and greate wrong doth the damsell committe in not louing you But yet at al times your grief may by hope be eased the which happeneth not to your companion bicause that since he is once entred in suspect nothing is able to draw it away Therfore continually whilest Loue lasteth he sorroweth without cōfort So that in our iudgement greater séemeth the griefe of the iealous than that of the vnloued Louer Then said Clonico The contrary opinion of Clonico Oh noble Quéene since you saye so it playnely appeareth that you haue alwayes bene loued againe of him whome you haue loued by occasion whereof ye hardely knowe what my payne is Howe may it appeare that iealousie bryngeth greater griefe than is that I féele forsomuch as the iealous possesseth that he desireth may in holding the same take more delight therof in one houre than in a long time after to féele any paine thorowe want thereof and neuerthethelesse he may thorow experience abandon such ielousie if it happen that this iudgemēt be found false But I being kindled with a fiery desire how much y● more I sée my selfe farre off from the attaining thesame so much the more I burne and consume my self assaulted of a thousande instigations neyther is any ●●perience able to helpe me therein bycause thorowe the often reprouing hir and finding hir euery houre more sharpe I liue desperate Wherefore your answere séemeth contrary to the truth bycause I doubt not but that it is much better to hold wyth suspition than to desire with teares That amorous flame that doth shine in our eyes and that euery houre doth adorne our sight with the greater beautie doeth neuer consent replied the Quéene that we loue in vaine as The Quene replieth you affirme but for al that it is not vnknowen to vs how great and what maner of payne that is both of the one and the other and therefore as our answere hath bene confirmable to the truth ▪ one thing we wil shewe to you It is manifest that those things which most do hynder the quiet of the minde are cares the whiche are some of them come to a merrie ende so some we sée to ende with great sorrowe wherof how much more the minde is repleate so muche the more hath it of griefe and chiefliest when as the same are noisome and that the iealous haue more store therof than haue you is manifest bicause you héede nothing else but only to get the good will of the damsel whome ye loue the which not being able to attaine is to you a griefe most grieuous but yet it is certayne that it may easly come to passe to attaine the same at one instant not thinking thereof forsomuch as womens heartes are inconstant bysides peraduenture she loueth you not withstanding to proue if you also loue hir she sheweth the contrary and so perhappes wyll shewe vntill suche time as she shall be well assured of your loue so that with these thoughtes hope can mitigate vnfained griefe but y● iealous hath hys mind full fraught of infinite cares agaynst the which neyther hope nor other delyght can bring comfort or ease the paine For he standeth intentiue to giue a Lawe The effectes of Iealousie to the wandring eyes the which his possessor can not giue He will and doth endeuour himselfe to giue a Law to the féete to the hands and to euery other act of his Mistresse He will be a circūspect knower both of hir thoughts and of hir myrth interpreting euery thing in euill parte towardes him selfe beleuing that eache one desireth and loueth hir whome hée loueth Likewise he imagineth euery word that she speaketh to be twaine full of disceite And if he euer committed any detractiō towards hir it is death to him to remēbre it imagining to be by y● like meanes deceiued He wil with coniectures shut vp the ways of the aire of the earth And briefly the heauens y● earth birds beastes euery other creature that he thinketh doth hinder his deuises And to remoue him frō this hope hath no place bicause in