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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	love_n	love_v	true_a	4,125	5	5.5302	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14706	The spectacle of louers here after foloweth a lytell contrauers dyalogue bytwene loue and councell, with many goodly argumentes of good women and bad, very compendyous to all estates, newly compyled by wyllyam walter seruaunt vnto syr Henry Marnaye knyght Chauncelour of the Duchye of Lancastre.	Walter, William, fl. 1520.	1533 (1533)	STC 25008; ESTC S111572	13,622	34

in to dystresse I loue and dare not my loue to her expresse That hath my herte hoolly in her cure Meruayle it is that I maye this woo endure ¶ I loue a lady whose beauty dothe excell Lyke as aurora all other sterres in lyght Of her noble vertue the trewthe I can not tell Nature and fortune hath gyuen her that myght Her noble beaute hath persed so my syght Enflamynge my herte by desyre contynuall That vnto loue I am made bonde and thrall ¶ Consultor ¶ Suche dysordynat loue procedeth of ydelnesse To beholde women hauynge delectacyon whiche by contynuaunce dothe more more encrese Encensynge theyr myndes by besy Imagynacyon To fynde the crafte and operacyon To brynge poore women in to suche dotage In theyr loue that they myght madde and rage ¶ Some to theyr louers tokyns do sende Other delyte them in goodly apparell Some other in wrytynge theyr louers do commende And by false ꝓmyses procure them to do yll Other lewde tales of rybaudry to tell And to hote meates and drynkes women desyre By suche prouocacyon to set theym on a fyre ¶ Thus do they dayly and study in theyr mynde How folysshe women that they myght abuse And yf by chaunce ony suche they fynde Than for a tyme they wyll theym haunt and vse And for an other soone after theym refuse They do not care how many they begyle For suche madde loue lasteth but a whyle ¶ Amator ¶ what man is he that wolde hym selfe abstayne From beholdynge of so noble a creature Or what is he that wolde not take greate payne Yf that he myght to purchase suche a treasure whiche myght be moost to his synguler pleasure God neuer created thynge vnder the fyrmament So noble as woman nor to man more conuenyent ¶ And where as ye saye men haue great delectacyon To dysdayne women by some subtyll trayne And to be mutable of theyr dysposycyon Trouthe it is trewe loue wyll neuer stayne But to be stedfast trewe faythfull and playne Though some entende to women to do shame All trewe louers of theym are not to blame ¶ Consultor ¶ Trewe loue nay nay madde loue men may it call A foole is he he can it not deny Where he is free to make hym bonde and thrall In louynge a woman with herte so stedfastly Whiche by his loue in no meane can apply Yet from her loue he can hym not refrayne Though that he knew his loue spe●● in vayne ¶ Suche is the condycyon of louers impacyent That do desyre that they may not attayne Whiche to theyr degrees is not equiualent Yet by reason they can not theym refrayne But of theyr possybylyte to complayne Of the dyffycultye they seke no remedy Bothe counsell and shame they vtterly deny ¶ Amator ¶ Why sholde not men loue women in theyr mynde Syth that brute beestes do loue theyr semblable All thynge is gouerned by nature and by kynde And syth that nature in beestes is so stable Why sholde not a man a creature reasonable Loue a woman syth nature dothe hym bynde Wolde ye haue men erre agaynst theyr kynde Specta of lo. ¶ We louers haue alway suche harde chaunce Some for to loue ferre vnder theyr degre Or theym selfe more greatly do auaunce We neuer be at our owne lyberte To haue respecte vnto the qualyte Nature hathe vs in suche subieccyon There to loue where we ought not of reason ¶ Loue her I wyll whyle my lyfe shall last What so euer therof here after shall ensewe My herte and wyll shall euer be stedfast Her onely to loue as a louer trewe Reason nor counsell my mynde can not subdewe No shame it is to loue in honeste Though that she passe ferre aboue my degre ¶ Consultor ¶ What man is so madde to loue his ennemy Whiche dayly putteth hym to suche encombraunce That at no tyme he can rest quyetly Nor many tymes take bodyly sustenaunce But leseth his colour and mysspendeth his substaunce His credence his vertue and all his good name For suche madde loue wyse men wyll hym dyffame ¶ Suche vyces ensue madde louers comynly They are suspicyous and theym do deedly hate That with theyr louers vse to company And with theym often fyght chyde and debate Moche myschefe ensueth they be infortunate Now in now out this is theyr condycyon Some lose theyr lyfe some theyr wyt and reason ¶ Amator ¶ Of a noble herte procedeth gentylnesse wolde ye haue me my louer to dysdayne Though she be parte of my greate heuynesse I am chefe grounde of my mortall payne Though I her loue she can me not refrayne why sholde I her for my mysfortune blame Syth I my selfe am chefe cause of the same ¶ It was neuer my purpose wyll nor mynde By suche mysgouernaunce my selfe to abuse No false susspeccyons in me shall she fynde For by good cause my loue she myght refuse Yf that therin I myght me not excuse Though I her loue yet wyll I not go madde Nor lose my lyfe my wyt is not so badde ¶ I meruayle that ye loue so despyse whiche of hertely kyndnesse is engendred Nature a man there vnto dothe entyse Of myrthe and pleasure it dothe also procede Frendshyp and charyte there with all agrede Rancoure and malyce it destroyeth vtterly All thynge by it dothe growe and multyply ¶ Loue dothe quycken euery mannes herte It prouoketh the mynde to pleasure and lustynesse Slouthe and sadnesse it causeth to departe Strength and manhode by it dothe encresse It haieth penury it loueth largesse Loue causeth a man to haue delyte and pleasure with a woman to do the course of nature ¶ Consultor ¶ For asmoche as ye he taken in the snare Therfore ye do loue more greatly auaunce But in loue there is sorowe and care It consumeth a man by space and contynuaunce The lenger ye loue the more is your greuaunce Loue brenneth theym so with her cruell fyre The more they take the more they do desyre ¶ Theyr laughters ben shorte theyr mournynges are longe Full lytell ioye but syghes many and greate In plente of sorowe small pleasure is amonge Anger and trouble theyr hertes dothe ofte frete Slepynge nor wakynge they be in quyete In thought and desyre they brenne feruently Suche dolefull payne they suffre wylfully ¶ Amator ¶ Loue is not so as ye haue made reporte women to men are moost profytable Theyr wordes and beaute dothe men greate conforte Theyr kysses and lokes are moche delectable To myrthe and ioye they be agreable where that woman be there is greate solace Happy is he that maye attayne theyr grace ¶ We wylfull louers do lyue pleasauntly To vs by kynde it is appropryed Somtyme to suffer sorowe pacyently And in ioye agayne to be exalted A thynge harde wonne shall better be loued He that wyll not suffre suche lytell payne Is not worthy suche pleasure to attayne ¶ Consultor ¶ O foolysshe louer false is thy sentence To thynke thy payne to be to the pleasure For well thou doest