Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	flesh_n	spirit_n	word_n	5,313	4	4.6210	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75124	A New almanack, or prognostication, for the year of Christ 1671. Being the third after bissextile, or leap year. Wherein are contained the moveable feasts, the eclipses, a description of the four quarters of the year, the changes of the moon, her full and quarters, with the dayly disposition of the weather. : Together with notes of husbandry & gardening, and physical observations: the dismal dayes, with the whole fairs of Scotland. : Calculated for the meridian of the honorable city of Glasgow, where the pole is elevated 55 deg. 55 min. / Set forth in Aberdene by M.D.L. professor of mathematicks.	M. D. L.	1671 (1671)	Wing A1857bA; ESTC R172455	10,981	16

is to say the first the 2. the 4.5.10.15.17 and 19. In February three days the 8.10 and 17. In March are three days the 15.16 and 21. In April are two dayes the 15. and 21. In May are three days the 7.15 and 20. In Iune are two days the 4. and 7. In Iuly are two days the 15. and 20. In August are two dayes the 19. and 20. In September are two days the 6. and 7. In Octover is one the 6. In November are two the 5. and 19. In December are three the 6.7 and 11. and others say the 15. and 16. And whoso will learn the Canicular or Dog days which are days of great danger and peril may know they begin the 19. day of Iuly and continue to the 28. day of August which season is very perillous to take sickness and it is also perillous to take drinks and medicines or to let blood But if it be great need then it must be before the midst of the day Hark yet a few words and sing if you please ONe came to wooe a Wench that was precise And by the spirit did the flesh despise Moving a secret march between them two But she in sooth and sadness would not do He did teply so sweet a fair as she Made of such stuff as all fair women be Ought by the Law of Nature to be kind And thow her self to bear a womans mind Well Sir quoth she you men do much prevail With cunning speeches and a pleasant tale 'T is but a folly to be over nice You shal but twenty shillings is my price A brace of Angels if you will bestow Come such a time and I am for you so Well he took leave and with her hus band mes Told him by bond be was to pay a debt Intreating him to do so good a deed As lend him twenty shillings at his need Which very kind he present did extend And th' other willing on his wife did spend So taking leave of her he goes his wayes Meeting his Creditor within few dayes And told him Sir I was at home to pay The twenty shillings which you lent last day And with your wife because you were not there I left it pray with my boldness bear 'T is well quoth he I 'm glad I did you pleasure So coming home questions his wife at leasure I pray sweet heart was such a man with thee And did he leave twenty shillings for me She blusht and said He hath been here indeed But you do ill to lend Husband take heed The falshood of the world you do not spy It is not good to trust before you try Pray lend no more for it may breed much strife To have such knaves come home to pay your wife Of courtesie you must and shal read this A Shepherd that a careful eye did keep Vnto the safety of his grazing sheep Perceiv'd a Wolf thorow the hedge did pry Sirrah quoth he pray what make you so nigh Why saith the Wolf thou seest I do no ill Thy flock is far enough upon the hill What Iustice now-a-days these people lacks The Crows ride boldly on the cattels backs And not a word thou sayst to them at all Yet but for looking on with me dost brawl The Proverb 's true for now I sind it well Which once I heard an ancient old Wolf tell He that upon a bad ill name doth light Is even half hang'd as good be hang'd out-right And I my self by proof can now alledge Some better steal then some look o're the hedge Pray stay a little and read before you go A Crew of Foxes were on thieving set Together at a Countrey hen-roost met Where the poor Poultry went to grievous wrack For there they feasted till their guts did crack Having well supp'd ready to go away Without demanding what they had to pay Sayes one unto the rest Friends hark to me Let 's point where our next meeting place shal be With a good will saith one above the rest At such a Farmers house his Lambs be best Nay quoth another I do know a Clown Hath even the fattest Geese in all the Town Well Masters said a grave and ancient Fox Had been the death of many Hens and Cocks The surest place to meet that I can tell Will be the Skinners shop and so farewell