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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	evil_a	young_a	youth_n	31	3	8.0033	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04206	A nevve mery and vvittie comedie or enterlude, newely imprinted, treating vpon the historie of Iacob and Esau taken out of the xxvij. chap. of the first booke of Moses entituled Genesis. The partes and names of the players who are to be consydered to be Hebrews and so should be apparailed with attire. 1 The Prologe, a poete. 2 Isaac, an olde man, father to Iacob [and] Esau ... 11 Abra, a little wench, serua[n]t to Rebecca.; Jacob and Esau.		1568 (1568)	STC 14327; ESTC S109093	36,245	58

out of the dore That if he bidde me runne to get him meat afore I shall runne as fast as my feet were made of leade And tell him there is none though I may wel be spead I will be euen with him for my fare last day When he was with Iacob Esau What is it that thou doest say Ragau. Sir on your behalfe I earnestly wishe and pray That if like nede chaunce ye may fare as last day When ye were with Iacob Esau Well come on let vs go Ragau. Euen when ye will is there let in me or no Exeāt ambo Actus quarti scaena prima Rebecca Iacob Rebecca SOnne Iacob euen now is come the very houre That if thou haue any grace or hearte or power To play thy parte well and sticke vnto it throughout Esau his blessing will be thine without dout Iacob Mother I know your good will to be vnfained But I sée not which waye the thing may be attained Rebecca I haue it contriued how all thing shall be done Do thou as I shall bid thée and it will be wonne Iacob Mother in me shall be no faulte or negligence Rebecca Then herken very well vnto this my sentence I hearde olde Isaac in a long solempne talke Bid thy brother Esau to the fielde to walke And there with his bowe to kill him some venison Which brought and dressed he to haue his benison For I am aged sayd Isaac truly And would blesse thée dere sonne before that I dye Now is Esau gone to do it euen so But while he his away I would haue thée to go Abroade vnto the flocke and fet me kiddes twain Of which I shall with a trice make such meate certain As shall say come eate me and make olde Isaac Licke his lippes therat so toothsom shall it smacke I shall make him therof such as he doth loue Which in thy brothers stéede to blisse thee shall him moue Iacob O swete and dere mother this deuise is but vaine For Esau is rough and I am smothe certaine And so when I shal to my father bring this meate Perchaunce he will féele me before that he will eate Old men be mistrustfull he shall the matter take That I went about my father a foole to make Mother by such a pranck the matter will be wurse And I in stede of blissing shal purchase me his curse Rebecca 〈◊〉 be thy curse my sonne let it light on me Only fet thou the kiddes hither as I bid thée Doo thou thy true deuoire and let God worke therein Iacob Vpon your worde mother I will the thing begin Send me litle Mido to helpe me beare a kidde Rebecca He shall come by and by for so I shall him bidde Now lord if thou please that this thing shall take place Further this our enterprise helping with thy grace Actus quarti scaena secunda Mido. ARe ye here maister Iacob I came you to looke And here dame Rebecca hath sent you your shepecroke And hath commaunded me to wayte on you this day But wherfore or why she woulde nothing to me say Iacob Come on then folow me Mido a litle wayes Mido. Whether ye shall leade me I am at all assayes Iacob And art thou able to beare a kidde on thy backe Mido I am able I trowe to beare a quarter sacke How say you to this corps is it not fat and round How say ye to these legges come they not to the ground And be not here armes able your matter to spede Be not here likely shoulders to do such a déede Therfore come maister Iacob if this your dout be For bringing home of kiddes lay the biggest on me So that if we make a feast I may haue some parte Iacob Yes that shalt thou Mido right worthy thou art Actus quarti scaena tertia Rebecca Abra. Rebecca I Come to sée if Iacob be gone a fielde yet A litle slacking may all our purpose let But now that he is gone he will be here at once Therfore I will call my maide Abra for the nonce That all thing within may be in a redinesse Abra where be ye Abra Abra. Here within maistresse Rebecca Come forth when Abra what Abra I say Abra. Anone Rebecca Must I call so oft why come ye not by and by Abra. I was washing my vessell forsooth maistresse I Rebecca And in very déede looke that all your vessell be clene Abra. There is not one foule péece in all our tent I wene Rebecca Then make a great fyre and make redy your pot And sée there be plenty of water colde and hotte And sée the spitte be scoured as cleane as any pearle Abra. If this be not quickly done cal me noughtie gyrle Rebecca Nay soft whither away I haue not yet all done Abra. I thought ye would haue had me as quicke to be gone As when ye call Abra ye would haue me to come Rebecca Than sée ye haue made redy cloaues mace and sinamom Peper and sasfron then set hearbes for the potte Abra. We will haue the best that by me can be got Rebecca And let no foule corner be about all the tent Abra. If ye find any fault hardly let me be shent Is there any thing else but that I may go now Rebecca Nought but that when I come I finde no faut in you Abra. No I warrant you I will not let my matters slepe Rebecca Any good wenche will at hir dames bidding take kepe Now God of Abraham as I trust in thy grace Sende Iacob the blissing in Esau his place As thou hast ordeyned right so must all thing be Performe thine own wordes lord which thou spakest to me Now will I go in to sée that mine olde husband May of my secrete working nothing vnderstand Or in case he smell what we haue thus farre begonne He may thinke it all for Esau to be done Actus quarti scaena quarta Abra the mayde Deborra the nourse Abra. HE that were now within should find all thing I wene As trimme as a trēcher as tricke as swete as cleane And seing that my dame prepareth suche a feast I will not I trow be found such a fluttishe beast That there shall any filthe about our tent be kepte But that both within and without it shall bée swepte The second song It hath bene a prouerbe before I was borne Yong doth it pricke that wyll be a thorne WHo will be euill or who will be good Who geuen to truth or who to falshood Eche bodies youth sheweth a great likelihood Then let her sweepe with a brome and while she doth it sing this song and when she hath song let her say thus For yong doth it pricke that will be a thorne Who so in youth will no goodnesse embrace But folow pleasure and not vertues trace Great meruaile it is if such come to grace For yong doth it pricke that will be a thorne Suche as in youth will refuse to be tought Or will be slacke to worke as