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word_n	speak_v	tongue_n	unknown_a	3,037	5	10.3259	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97276	Youths behaviour, or, Decency in conversation amongst men. Composed in French by grave persons for the use and benefit of their youth. Now newly turned into English by Francis Hawkins.	Hawkins, Francis, 1628-1681.	1646 (1646)	Wing Y204; Thomason E1180_1; Thomason C.54.aa.1(1); ESTC R39198	18,243	59

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distance_n 9_o ⋆_o letoy_n thy_o conversation_n be_v without_o malice_n or_o envye_v for_o that_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o a_o tractable_a and_o commendable_a nature_n and_o in_o all_o cause_n of_o passion_n admit_v reason_n for_o thy_o governess_n so_o shall_v thy_o reputation_n be_v either_o altogether_o inviolable_a or_o at_o the_o least_o not_o stain_v with_o common_a tincture_n 10_o ⋆_o never_o express_v any_o thing_n unbeseeming_a nor_o act_n against_o the_o rule_n moral_a before_o thy_o inferior_n for_o in_o these_o thing_n thy_o own_o guilt_n will_v multiply_v crime_n by_o example_n and_o as_o it_o be_v confirm_v ill_o by_o authority_n 11_o ⋆_o be_v not_o imumode_a in_o urge_v thy_o friend_n to_o discover_v his_o secret_n lest_o a_o accidental_a discovery_n of_o they_o work_v a_o breach_n in_o your_o amity_n chap._n vi_o of_o discourse_n 1_o utter_v not_o frivolous_a thing_n among_o grave_n and_o learned_a man_n nor_o any_o very_a difficult_a question_n or_o subject_n among_o the_o 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well_o show_v notwithstanding_o that_o they_o distaste_n thou_o likewise_o may_v thou_o now_o and_o then_o sage_o give_v some_o good_a counsel_n in_o time_n and_o place_n 10_o stay_v not_o to_o gaze_v on_o the_o mark_n or_o blemish_n appear_v on_o other_o although_o they_o be_v natural_a principal_o if_o they_o be_v in_o the_o face_n and_o ask_v not_o from_o whence_o they_o come_v and_o that_o which_o thou_o well_o may_v speak_v in_o secret_a to_o thy_o friend_n deliver_v not_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o orher_n 11_o speak_v not_o in_o a_o unknown_a language_n or_o in_o what_o thou_o know_v not_o well_o be_v it_o not_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n to_o be_v better_o understand_v but_o use_v thy_o own_o natural_a tongue_n as_o man_n of_o quality_n of_o the_o town_n speak_v it_o not_o like_o the_o mean_a sort_n especial_o take_v thou_o heed_n to_o utter_v word_n which_o savour_v of_o immodesty_n although_o in_o secret_a or_o to_o move_v mirth_n use_v not_o homely_a and_o clownish_a 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somewhat_o under_o thy_o breast_n or_o under_o thy_o girdle_n when_o thou_o talk_v be_v circumspect_a how_o thou_o carry_v thy_o body_n shake_v not_o thy_o head_n nor_o move_v thy_o hand_n much_o and_o hold_v thy_o foot_n still_o 16_o whilst_o thou_o speak_v put_v not_o on_o thy_o hat_n nor_o ought_v else_o before_o thy_o mouth_n chew_n not_o paper_n nor_o other_o thing_n shake_v not_o thy_o head_n deal_v not_o blow_n with_o thy_o elbow_n stand_v not_o tittertatter_n on_o one_o foot_n put_v not_o one_o leg_n overthwart_o the_o other_o 17_o point_v not_o with_o thy_o finger_n at_o he_o of_o who_o thou_o speak_v approach_v not_o too_o nigh_o his_o person_n less_o his_o face_n to_o who_o thou_o talk_v 18_o if_o thou_o be_v in_o company_n speak_v not_o in_o

secret_a with_o whosoever_o but_o refer_v it_o to_o another_o time_n if_o so_o be_v that_o thou_o have_v no_o authority_n over_o they_o 19_o to_o treat_v with_o man_n at_o a_o unfit_a time_n be_v to_o do_v nothing_o or_o rather_o to_o anger_v they_o with_o who_o thou_o will_v speak_v 20_o take_v thou_o heed_n that_o thou_o make_v no_o comparison_n and_o if_o any_o body_n happen_v to_o be_v praise_v for_o some_o brave_a act_n or_o virtue_n praise_v not_o another_o for_o the_o same_o virtue_n in_o his_o presence_n for_o every_o comparison_n be_v odious_a 21_o be_v not_o apt_a to_o relate_v news_n if_o thou_o know_v not_o that_o for_o the_o most_o part_n they_o be_v true_a discourse_v of_o thing_n which_o thou_o have_v hear_v say_v not_o who_o tell_v they_o unto_o the_o if_o thou_o think_v not_o that_o he_o will_v take_v it_o well_o what_o have_v be_v tell_v thou_o in_o secret_a relate_v it_o not_o to_o another_o 22_o be_v not_o tedious_a in_o thy_o speech_n read_v discourse_n principal_o 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that_o thou_o care_v not_o for_o they_o although_o other_o do_v move_v thou_o to_o defend_v thyself_o for_o as_o the_o proverb_n say_v each_o question_n do_v not_o deserve_v a_o answer_n 32._o contradict_v not_o at_o every_o hand-while_n that_o which_o other_o say_v contend_v and_o say_v it_o be_v not_o so_o it_o be_v as_o i_o say_v but_o apply_v thyself_o therein_o to_o the_o opinion_n of_o other_o principal_o when_o the_o thing_n be_v of_o small_a consequence_n 33._o be_v in_o company_n also_o even_o with_o they_o of_o thy_o condition_n play_v not_o the_o mountebank_n and_o prattler_n but_o speak_v with_o measure_n and_o in_o due_a time_n have_v wherewithal_o to_o talk_v to_o the_o purpose_n of_o that_o which_o be_v handle_v and_o with_o certainty_n of_o truth_n for_o to_o speak_v or_o rehearse_v a_o thing_n not_o know_v it_o and_o afterward_o to_o excuse_v ones-self_n in_o say_v i_o do_v not_o remember_v it_o well_o i_o know_v well_o that_o i_o have_v read_v it_o that_o become_v 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