Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	clear_a	foul_a	night_n	3,451	5	10.2705	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04794	Flovvers of epigrammes, out of sundrie the moste singular authours selected, as well auncient as late writers. Pleasant and profitable to the expert readers of quicke capacitie: by Timothe Kendall, late of the Vniuersitie of Oxford: now student of Staple Inne in London	Kendall, Timothy, fl. 1577.	1577 (1577)	STC 14927; ESTC S107994	86,662	304

his tayle and in the waues doth spring See said the foole the plucking pangs of death how sore they sting A Iest of a Theefe A Certain Theefe found guiltie both of theft and periurie Was iudgd to haue his tong cut out with knife most cruelly Oh sayd the theef vnto the Iudge your pointed purpose stay Oh saue my tongue with caruyng knife and cut mine eares away Twoo eares for one tongue I will lose well quoth the Iudge agreed And sent for executioner to cut his eares with speed Now when the executioner came his hat from hed he threw And heares there did appeare but eares he there had none to vew For he had lost his eares before each laught to see his wile And hauyng thus decevd the Iudge the theefe hymself gan smile CYNTHIVS IOANNES BAPTISTA To Diana Ariosta IN browe in breast in beautie braue in skill and noble name Chast Cynthia thou resemblest right Diana peerlesse Dame. In this alone ye are not like hartes wilde she killed still Hartes milde thou kilst she kild with bowe with look but thou dost kill Of Niobe YE ●●●●●●unt brutes be packyng hence a●●●●che ye pensiue wights And mourne with me whom sorrowe fell torments bothe daies and nights Brattes 7. and 7 by me were borne and brought into the light Of 7. and 7. ah wretche againe the Gods haue refte me quight I melted into teares and now transformde to Marble stone I drop foorth teares so as in life I mourne now life is gone Learne here ye mortalles all what t is with stroutyng pride to swell And what likewise for to despise the Gods in heauen that dwell Of his straunge loue IN fire I freeze in Froste I frie How so wouldst knowe a louer I. To Renata a noble Dame. FOr princely pompe and riches greate queene Iuno beares the bell Pallas for skill for puritie Diana doeth excell For beautie braue doeth Venus passe Renata learned well Riche chast of beautie braue beside all fower doeth farre excell Vesbia THree Furies here to fore haue alwaies been in hell But now that Vesbia she is there there furies fower doe dwell TEXTOR Praiers for the ded nothyng profit THou sowest ●n sāde thou ploust the plash thou anglest in the ayer If so thou goest about to helpe the soule deceast by praier An Epitaphe I Laught I wepe I was but now I nothyng am become I plaied but now I ceasse to plaie I sang but now am domme I wakt I slepe I studied once but loe I now am still My fleshe I fedde and pampred once but now the wormes I fill I welcomde all sometyme but now to all I bidde adue I caught but now am caught my self now slaine whiche sometyme slue Once faught I now I peace enioye I life enioyed all right Of right againe I must therefore yelde vnto Mors his might I yelde and yelde I must of force yearth was I once certaine Yearth duste and now at laste I am yearth duste become againe Yearth duste now naught at all wherefore worlde vaine adue to thee And sith I needes must hence awaie wormes welcome you to me To his Frende THou wont wast often to demaunde when we should foes become And when the knot of frendship should betwene vs be vndoon Can Flint or Marble harde be made as yeldyng Butter softe Or can the lumpishe Oxe be made to mount and soar alofte Can Woulues and Lambes agree or can the scrawlyng Crab crepe right Or can the Night as gladsome Daie become so cleare and bright Can Catte forbeare to catche the Mouse can Henne and Kite agree Can Daie be darke or can the Night as cleare Aurora bee Can Crowes be made both faire and white and Swannes bothe foule and blacke Can colde congeled Ice be hotte can Winter coldnesse lacke Can Fire then Water be more cold or can the Hare delight To plaie and dallie with the Dog can ought be emptie quight Can Winde from blowyng be restrainde can surgyng Seas bee still Can flotyng Fishe forsake the foorde can Death leaue of to kill Can Foxe and Henne bothe in a Penne agree together well Can peace abide with butteryng blowes can loue with discorde dwell Can seas be waterles and drie can hilles be dales without Can woods be voyd of trees or skies deuoid of starres throughout Can one lone Emot drinke the seas can God be from an hie Can God haue euer any ende can mortalles shun to die Can ragged rockes be precious stones can Iron Gold excell Can drowsie drunkennes esteme sage sober manners well Can fame be husht and silence keepe can drabs their tattle ceasse Can Venus vicious vile be chast and leaue her beastlines Whē thou canst bryng these things to passe eache one bothe more and lesse Or seest them to be brought to passe then shall our frendship ceasse To the Pope IF that thou wilt not saue thy flocke from wolues deuouring throate At least be not a wolfe thy selfe clad in a sheepskin coate To spirituall pastors AS pastor pure preserue thy flocke haue Argus eyes to watche Lest that the feend the woulfe of hell doe thee and thine dispatche Thou oughtst their wooll and fleese to shere to shere but not to shaue Haue Argus eyes I saie againe thy flocke to shield and saue No meruell now though sickly sheepe and sore deseasd we see For who as nowadaies God knowes but wolues their keepers be A woman A Woman fawnes and doth intrap a woman wageth war She guiles ▪ the bodie she doth blind the members she doth mar She febles force she drawes a man she burneth vp the bones She fawnes giues askes she likes she lothes she merrie makes she mones She wasteth wealth though purse be stuft she crosses makes the same She fights she throwes downe mighty walles strong Castelles she doth tame She posies beares she glasses hath as pert as any Pie She smelles she kisseth and her corps she loues excedyngly She tufts her heare ▪ she frotes her face she idle loues to be She mincyng iets to vertue slow but prone to vice is she How to get frendship GIue much but little aske againe take heede thou nothyng take If muche thou giue and little aske if guiftes thou doe forsake Among the common people thou shalt beare away the bell And thicke and threefold frends will flocke with thee to byde and dwell But if thou nothyng giue at all then frends will from thee flie If much thou aske then shalt thou be repulsed by and by If much thou take then couetous and carle they will thee call Take naught aske little part from much and frends haue sure ye shall The properties of certaine birdes Of the Peacok WHen Argus with his hundred eyes Hermes had conquerd q●●ght By sweet melodyous harmony and Musyckes heauenly might Then Iuno tooke his watchfull eyes and brauely by and by She plast them in my traine where now they shine as sunne in skye My name hights Peacocke comonly I take a greate delight In settyng