Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	apostle_n	faith_n	temperance_n	815	5	10.9534	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16439	The boke of wisdome otherwise called the flower of vertue. Folowing the auctorities of auncient doctours [and] philosophers, deuiding and speaking of vices [and] vertues, wyth many goodly examples wherby a man may be praysed or dyspraysed, wyth the maner to speake well and wyselie to al folkes, of what estate so euer they bee. Translated first out of Italion into French, [and] out of french into English, by Iohn Larke. 1565.; Fiore di virtù. English.	Larke, John.; Gozzadini, Tommaso, attributed name.; Leoni, Tommaso, attributed name.	1565 (1565)	STC 3358; ESTC S116186	56,010	218

the causes of any man he doth repute him selfe a straunger in thys world and thynketh alwaies to departe from it he doth well and geueth good example to other to doe wel for he forbideth y e euyll doth kepe him from it to his power all his dedes his sayengs be concordable and very pacyently doth suffre endure the iniuries and opprobryus wordes spoken against him without takinge any venegeaunce the wyse manne is alwayes in one minde and courage he is not in diuers opynions he wil not be letted for no maner of thynge to tell the trueth And he is verye Charytable And of thys speaketh the holye Scrypture sayenge Homo sanctus et sapience manet sicut Solstultus sicut luna ¶ How temperaunce is one of the flowers of Prudence And how he that hath it in hym maye resiste and withstande many euils after the saienges of the wise men in y e chapter going before ¶ The .v. Chapter I Emperaunce is a flower of Prudence for of Prudence descendeth commeth temperaunce Temperaunce dothe moderate the Vyces maketh the vertues perfecte Temperaunce is a fyrme and a stable auctoritie and power the which doth moderate refraine the will of the heart and courage And this noble vertue of temperaunce maye be compared to the Camell for the Camell is a Beaste of suche nature that he wold go two hundreth miles to haue the naturall companie of the femall And then after that he hath suche temperaunce in him that he being with his mother or Systers wyll neuer touche them for no maner of thynge ¶ Tulie sayth if thou haue temperaunce thou wilt vse measure in al thyng and wyll forsake vaine pleasures and volupteousnes ¶ Senec saith that a man cannot haue a better nor a greater power auctorytie then to haue the power of hym selfe ¶ Senec saith that a man can not haue a better nor a greater power and auctorytie then to haue the power of hym selfe ¶ Socrates saith that it is a greater and a more vertuous thyng for a man to vanquyshe and ouercome his wyll then to vanquyshe hys enemye ¶ Plato saythe that he shall euyll ouercome his enemie that can not ouercome him selfe And saith that he is to be praised and honoured whych hath temperaunce in his liuing moreouer he sayth that there is fyue maner of temperaunce The fystre is to be chaste in yong age Merye in olde age Measure in haboundaunce of Ryches gentle and humble in prosperitie pacyent in aduersity Temperaūce is power of reason agaynst Lecherye and agaynste all other vyces and synnes ¶ Tulle sayth that this vertue of temperaunce is the apparell and adournemente of life and abusing of all tribulacions ¶ Orace saith eschewe the delite pleasure of the fleshe for y e pleasure is very euyll wherof the ende is ful of sorowe Of this vertue of temperaunce decende and come manye vertues that is to saye Measure shame abstynēce honestie chastitie Temperaunce is a vertue whiche refrayneth the proude men ¶ Saint Austin saith that the vertue of temperaūce refraineth concupiscence which is contrary to vs doth trouble vs in the faith of oure lord of this speaketh the Apostle S. Peter in his first epistle saieng ¶ Obseord vos tanquam aduenas 〈◊〉 regrinas abstinere vos a carnalibus desideriis que melitant aduersus animam ¶ Howe distemperaunce is contrarie to temperaunce And how it is the pryncypall cause of all euyll ¶ The .vi. Chapter DYstemperaunce foloweth the wyll as it commeth ¶ Plato saythe that there is no worse vyce in the world then dystemperaunce for of it commeth and desendeth all maner of euyll ¶ Varro sayth that he whyche foloweth and pleaseth hys wyll cannot be without vyce and synne ¶ Senec saythe that it is a meruayle if ryches do come to any person and dure with hym if he be wilfull ¶ Socrates saithe he that wyl folowe hys wyll hys ende cannot be but shame and rebuke ¶ Example of Dystemperaunce ¶ The .vii. Chapter OF Dystemperaunce it is rede in the lyfe of Fathers that there was a mayden called Ianselme which alwaies had ben chaste and of honest conuersasion And she being one day amongest other women whyche did speake of the pleasures of Lecherye did purpose in her mynd to proue if y e pleasures were so greate as she had harde them say And thervpon she dyd sende for a yonge man whyche aforetimes had desired to haue his pleasure of her And he came to her in cōclusion medled bodely with her And socontinued a great space in taking theyr pleasures togither And afterwarde on a certayne day this yonge woman dyd remembre the great ordre and vylenes of this sinne of Lecherye And the offence that she had made vnto oure lorde God And did remembre see also by y t reason of a litle distemperaūce she had lost her virginitie the whiche she could neuer recouer againe for y e which thing she was so troubled and vexed in her minde And had such distemperaūce in her selfe that she did hange her selfe by the necke And so ye maye see that dystemperaunce is an euyll a daunrous vyce ¶ How the auctour speaketh of Loue of Beneuolence of deliberacion And how of Loue he maketh foure Chapters ¶ The .viii. Chapter LOue Beniuolence and Deliberacion be as one thinge after the sayeng of Sainte Thomas in his sūme And that the fyrste mouynge of all maner of Loue is the knowledge For Saynte Angustin saith that a man can not loue anie thing if he first haue not the knowledge of the same And thys knowledge descendeth and commeth of the fyue corporall sences and wyttes of the persons as the eyes vnderstandynge and hearynge of the Eares smell of the Nose taste of the Mouthe and touchynge of the Handes or of the Sence and Wytte whyche hathe vnderstandinge by Imaginacyon And this knowledg is the first mouinge and felinge of Loue but the moste parte commeth of the Eies after the sayenge of Aristotyle for first y e wil of persons by this knowledge of the memorie dothe tourne into pleasure into Imaginacion And by this pleasure is moued the desyre of hearte in desyrynge that thynge that dothe please it And this pleasure gyuethe hope trust to the hearte to haue the said thynge ¶ Aristotle saythe that of this procedeth the souerine vertue of loue the which is foundacyon and gide of all other vertues ¶ Saynte Thomas sayth that no vertue maye be without loue And sayth that in loue ther muste be ordre fyrste a man ought to loue God aboue all thynges And then hym selfe then his Father and mother And then hys wife or the wyfe her husbande then to loue euerye man after hys estate and degre And to loue better good persons then euil ¶ Saynte Augustyne saythe that thou ought to loue thy selfe but not thy vyces

to his glorye to the whiche the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost bring vs all Amen FINIS ¶ Here endeth the Booke of Wysdome after the sayenges of auncient Phylosophers and other noble wise mē Lately translated out of French into Englishe And here so 〈…〉 eth the Table Here begynneth the Table of thys Booke FIrste the Auctoures names Follio 2 The Prologue fol 3 ¶ The auctoure shew how a man or a womā oughte to be adorned with vertues And how that Prudēce ought chiefly and fyrst of all rule and gouerne the creatures The fyrst Chapter Follyo 5 Howe prudence is cheefe buckler defence of all vertues of the greate goodnes that may come of the same to al persons after the auncient Phylosophers The second chapter fol 6. Example of the vertue of prudence The thyrd chapter fol 11. How Folie is contrary to prudence And how Folie is deuided into manye partes of the man Also the maner to knowe the folie by the dedes and the wyse man by hys workes The .iiii chapter fol. 13. Howe Temperance is one of the Flowers of Prudence And howe he that hathe it in hym maye resyste and withstand many euylles after the say enges of the wise men in the chapter going before The v. chapter fol 16. Howe Dystemperaunce is contrarye to Temperaunce And howe it is the pryncypall cause of all euyll The vi chapter fol 18. Example of Dystemperaunce The vii chapter fol 19. How the Auctour speaketh of Loue of Beneuolence and of delyberacion how of loue he maketh iiii chapters The .viii. chapter fol. 19. Howe the loue of God is the loue aboue al loues that dureth the longest And that without the whiche the creatures can not be satysfyed nor contented The .ix chapter fol. 21. Howe the loue of father and mother with other parentes commeth what reuerence and honoure we oughte to giue to oure father mother And the maner to loue hys wyfe and children to correct leade them in this world The r chapter fol 23. Of the loue of compaignons friendes and how to entertaine it The xi chapter fol 26. How the loue of concupicence commeth to men and women and of the great daunger that do chaunce come of the same The .xii chapter fol 29. Example of the vertue of Loue. The xiii chapter fol 30. How Enuy is contrary to the vertu of Loue and what enuy is and also of the paine that the enuyous man beareth in hym self The xiiii chap fol 32 Exāple of enuy The xv chap fol 33 How a man ought to take gladnes Ioy and of what thing and what gladnes or Ioy is The xvi chap fol 34. Howe heauines is contrary to gladnes how the wise man ought neuer to put any in his hearte wherof heauines and mellancholly may be engendred The xvii chap. fol 35 How mellancholly is daungerous and what is mellancholly and how it causeth many to fall in great trauaile paines miseries consequentlye in great pouertie The xvii chap fol 36. Exāple of heauines or pensiuenes The xix chap fol 39 How the vertue of peace ought to be mayntayned kepte and of the great goodnes that cōmeth of the same and what peace is The xx chapt fol 40 How Ire is contrarye to peace and what Ire is how it doth destroy and waste the vertues and bodies of them that be entangled with the same and of the euyll that dothe come of it The xxi chapter fol 41 Exāple of Ire The xxii cha fol 43 Of chastytye how she ought to be withholden obserued kept the perils that the wise shuld flie for feare to lease such vertu The xxiii chap fol 45 Example of the vertue of Chastytie The xxiiii chap fol 46 How lechery is contrary to chastity in how many sortes it is deuided thē is shewed the daūgers that come therof as well to the bodyes of men as to theyr soules The xxv chap fol 48 Of force or strength what it is the maners and comparisons of the same and who may be called stronge and of those also whych be alwayes stronge The xxvi chap fol 50 How pacience causeth a mā to beare easelye the paines trauailes of thys world and how many sortes therbe of pacyence The xxvii chap. fol 52. How feare and dread be contrarye to strēgth valliantnes what feare is who those be that be feareful for what cause The xxviii chap fol 53. Of suerty how many maners ther is therof how feare and suertye doe striue togither by dyuers languages The xxir chap fol 57. How the wise man ought to doubt how by doubte feare many times the mē becōe vertuous The xxx cha fo 60 How good Fame oughte to go afore men of the goodnes that commeth of the same The xxxi chapt fol 63. How glotony is a daungerous vyce of the great euill that cōmeth therof to the bodies of mē how the vertues of men be distroyed and corrupte by the same The xxxii chap fol 64. How abstinence is that wherof glotony is consumed and by the goodues that is therin and that may come ther of The xxxiii chap fol 65 How Constancie Inconstancie be dyfferent how constancie is a noble vertue and what Inconstauncye is The xxxiiii chap fol 66 Of the vertue of noblenes of courage of men and howe the men be ofte tymes praysed by reason of the same The xxxv chap fol 67 Example of Noblenes of Courage The xxxvi chap fol 68 Of vainglory how many maners there is therof howe vainglory is to be dispraised The xxxvii chap fo 68 Example of Vayne glorye fol. 69. How Iustice ought to be done how it is y t thing that doth measure al thinges vpon earth The xxxix chap fo 70 Exāple of Iustice The xl chap fo 72 How Iniustice or wrong is contrarye to Iustice and how many maners therbe of Iniustyce howe Iniustyce demaundeth vengeaunce afore god The xli chap fol 74 Example of Iniustyce The xlii chap fol 76 Of Loyaltye and by Loyaltye the person is greatlye praysed The xliii chap fol 77 Of falsehed what it is of the difference that is betweene suspycion and Ielousye and treason and malyce The xliii chap. fol 78. Exāple of falshehed The xlv cha fo 80 How trueth is to be cōpared by reason to the perdryche how truethe is that thing which iustyfieth the man afore al persons The xlvi chap fo 81 Example of the vertue of Verytye The xlvii chap fol 82 How lyeng is an euyl vice the maners to eschewe it and in what sorte and whyche is euyll Lyenge The xlviii chap fol 83 What mercye is of the operacyon of the same how mercy is that wher by a man obteyneth the loue of God The xlix chap fol 84 Example of mercy The l cha fo 86. Of Crualtie howe many sortes be therof and of the greate