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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	father_n	good_a	2,753	5	4.1032	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07911	Zelauto. The fountaine of fame Erected in an orcharde of amorous aduentures. Containing a delicate disputation, gallantly discoursed betweene to noble gentlemen of Italye. Giuen for a freendly entertainment to Euphues, at his late ariuall into England. By A.M. seruaunt to the Right Honourable the Earle of Oxenford. Honos alit artes.	Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1580 (1580)	STC 18283; ESTC S120745	97,466	166

that will maintayne you in your brauerie with the best and you shall lacke nothing but lyue a Ladyes lyfe now make aunswere as you shall thinke best Cornelia somewhat mooued at this made matter and nothing contented with her Fathers choyse all her senses distracted with this sodayne motion yet tooke corrage to aunswere the matter in this sort Déere Father it is the duty of the Chylde to be obedient to her Parentes preceptes and it is the Fathers fame to haue his Chylde vertuously nurtured I confesse it is my part to obay your graue aduise and it ought to be your care to sée me méetely matched If then your care be no better bestowed my dutie must be as much neglected though your will be to sée me carelesly cast away if it lye in me I am to preuent it bothe for the credit of your woorthy estate and also for the good name of my simple selfe Wyll you for money marrie me to a myser Wyll you for wealth wedde me to a Wyttoll And wyll you for rytches so lyttle regard me Shall I for a lyttle vaine glorie forsake vertue Shall I for paltrie pride run headlong to hell Shall I for mortall muck forsake immortality No Father had he wytte to his wealth he would be more wise had he reason to his rytches he would be of more regard and had he manhood to his money he would be ashamed of his extorting vsury For what is wealth without wisdome Ritches without reason and money disorderly gouerned Euen lyke the shadowe of a man portraited in a picture that hath all the lyneaments in good order belonging to a man yet wants the man him selfe for as the Image lacketh lyfe to his proper proportion so this man wants that which should most of all adorne him Rather had I you should haue chosen a countrey Clowne that getteth his lyuing lawfully lyueth by trueth and honesty then such a one as is not acquainted with any vertuous behauiour I must confesse he is wise enough to make much of his money and carefull beside how to cull in his coyne but he that will run to the diuell for a lyttle drosse and pinche the poore to the perdition of his owne soule shall neuer be looued of me whyle I liue much lesse intende I to haue him to my Husband When Truculento heard Cornelias pinching reply and how she disdayned such a loathsome lyuer he would with all his heart haue had his Cup againe on condition he would neuer come more a wooing Yet set he a good face on the matter because he would not be misdoubted and fayne he would haue spoken but his heart was so bigge he could not the which her Father séeing sayd Come Syr we will goe walke about the Cittie a whyle and neuer dismay your selfe at the woordes of my Daughter for will she nill she I will haue her followe my minde in this matter Away went olde Truculento with a heauy heart yet the Gentlemans woordes procured him to be of better chéere They were no sooner out of the doore but in came Rodolfo and Strabino bothe together and Strabino in walking had bewrayed to his fréend the sum of his secretes whereto he gayned so much his good will that he promised he would further it as much as he might When they came into the Garden there they found Cornelia very sad and sorowfull Why Syster quoth Rodolfo how happens it that you séeme so sad Why doo you cumber your minde with carefulnesse your head with heauinesse and all your parts with such pensiuenesse When I went foorth in the morning you were merrie and are you now chaunged into such melancholi● O Brother quoth she after myrth commeth mones after ioy gréefe and after pleasure paine that comes in an howre that happens not in seuen yéere Euen so since your departure hath chaunced such chaunge that all my fréends will lament to heare of my fathers folly Hath my father quoth Rodolfo framed things cōtrary to your fancie And dooth his dealings hinder your delight I pray you vnfolde this sodayn alteration if I may be so bolde to craue such courtesie You are to cōmaund me in greater affayres then this quoth she wherfore attend I wyll tell you all Not fully yet two howres agoe there came to my father such a comely Camellion that could chaūge himselfe into all hues sauing honesty all quallities in him sauing those that are comly as expert in humanity as he that neuer knew what it meant Besides but that I am not to reprehend age for that it is honorable nor to cōdemne his yéeres for that he hath liued a tranquile tyme he is as doting a dissard as any in Verona as couetous a Carle as lyueth at this day But if wealth may make a mā wise he will brag with the best or his extortion make him estéemed he wyll be nothing behinde hand But if vertue should vaunt clayme for her fee this comely Squyre were sunk in the wetting all his credite crackt before it were gotten But to come to the effect of the matter to let passe his properties without they were prayse woorthy and to shew the cause of his comming and his sute to my Father It is so that this money myser is become a lusty loouer and bringing a gorgious gift to gratify my Father the Amorous whorson would haue me to his wife Now my father as you know hath a good minde to money lookes that the olde suter will soone turne vp his héeles so then shall I haue more money then modest manners and greater store of substaunce then wisedome to rule it he would néedes make him promise that he should wedde me to his Wife But I gaue him such a cooling ●arde such a pinching replye that my Father is fayne to goe and perswade him saying at his departure that he shall haue me whether I wyll or no● But sure ere I giue my consent to fulfill his fancie and match my selfe with such a Midas my Father shall first cause me leaue my lyfe which wyll be a greater reward then to lyue with reproche Now surely Syster quoth Rodolfo I must commend your constancie and allow the care of your credit before such a doting drudge should spoyle your gallant youth my selfe would tell my Father an other tale With that Strabino tooke out his Letter and courteously kissing it gaue it to his swéete Saint and in the meane whyle she was in reading it they walked about the Garden together and hauing read it came vnto him saying Syr Strabino your honest intent I can not dislyke nor your well meaning minde can I reprooue but wishe I were woorthy so séemely a suter of abyllitie to gratifie your excéeding courtesie I confesse your iustnesse condempneth me of vngentlenesse your constancie reprooueth my great discourtesie in that at your last departure I dyd misuse my selfe with such blunt behauiour but as the Sunne should not set on an anger conceyued

and apparell So God helping me I haue hardly got hether with my life Thus haue you knowen some part of my mishaps nowe consider thereof by your good construction Sir quoth shée your hap hath béen hard and little doo your Parentes knowe of this your suddaine aduersitie Be not discouraged therfore héere shall you abide vntill such time as your woundes are healed and that you haue perfectly recouered your health and beside what money you want you shal be well prouided therof Therefore let not this mishap dismay you a fréend in necessitie is better then a hundred in prosperitie But are you not acquainted with any here in Naples Yes quoth I I haue letters to Signor Giouanni Martino frō my Father for the recouerie of money as now I stand in néed thereof Well Sir quoth she pardon my boldnes I pray you first trie your fréend if he faile you know where to spéede of mony of a greater matter if néede require In the meane time I will sée how néere your supper is ready wil come againe and beare you company How like you now Sir of the fréendly entertainment that I obtayned at this Gentlewomans hand and also of her proffered courtesie Astraepho Certainly Zelauto you are much bound vnto that Gentlewoman for in my opinion you might haue gone to twentie Osteriaes in Naples and not haue founde the like fréendship But procéede I pray you how sped you with your fréend for your money and how did your hostes deale with you Zelauto You shall heare Sir After she was departed out of the Chamber there came vp two modest Damsels and they couered the table At last came she vp againe Sir quoth she doo you not thinke it long before you goe to supper No quoth I in good time yet you neede not make such hast Well Sir quoth she anon héere will a Surgion come who shall dresse your woundes and looke vnto you till you be perfectly healed Then was our Supper brought vp very orderly and she brought me water to washe my handes And after I had washed I sat downe she also but concerning what good chéere we had I néede not make report For all thinges was in as good order and aswell to my contentation as euer it was in my Fathers Court. After Supper quoth she Sir but that you are so ouercharged with trauell and faynt with your woundes I would play a game or two with you at the P●imero But we will referre that till to morrowe at night Then came in the Chirurgion and he dressed my woundes and water was brought to wash my féete my Bed was warmed and so I went and layde me downe to take my rest ¶ In the morning Zelauto sendeth for Signor Giouani Martino of whom he should receiue money and how he sped and of his farder freendship that he had with Madonna Vrsula NOwe when I had well and sufficiently reposed my selfe all night and in the morning finding my selfe more strong and forceable then before I was I thought to haue risen But vp came Misteris Vrsula agayne and comming to my Bed side she sayd Gentleman haue you taken quiet rest this night or no Yes surely Misteris quoth I I neuer slept so soundly in all my life before and credit me I finde my selfe very well amended Wherefore now I will rise No not yet Sir quoth she you shall first make your Collation in bed with such things as I haue ordayned and haue your wounds dressed agayne and then shall you rise I thanke you good Misteris Vrsula quoth I and surely it seemeth very straunge vnto me that on a straunger you should bestowe such courtesie Sir quoth she on the vertuous and well disposed no one can bestowe courtesie sufficient As for my part to such Gentlemen as vpon some occasion are fallen into want necessitie I thinke it a great poynt of humanitie to bestowe on them fréendly hospitalitie And therefore I followe the minde of Lactantius who sayth there is a kinde of hospitalitie which is vsed for a priuate gayne and secret commoditie and for no loue fauour nor freendship at all Of which sort I am none I referre that to common Inholders and those tipling Tauerners Let them entertayne for their commoditie and I for courtesie I remember how Caesar dooth cōmend in his Commentaries the great fauour fréendship that the Germaines shewed to straungers For not only would they defend them from their enemies but also entertaine them with meate drinke clothing lodging The Scripture also maketh mention how Abraham receiued into his house as he thought men but he receiued God himselfe Lot also receiued Angels in the shape of men into his house Wherefore for his hospitalitie Lot escaped the fire of Sodom Gomorra Rahab for the same likewise with all hers was preserued from the terror of death And what saith Saint Ambrose Who can tell if we welcome Christe or no when we giue fréendly entertainment to straungers Therfore sir séeme not to be offended I pray you though I preach on this fashion for both loue dutie faith and charity dooth bind me to welcome you hether curteously Alas good Misteris quoth I I sée well your great curtesie but I knowe not how to requite the same Sir quoth she what you are not able to doo God will doo for you and it is sufficient for me to receiue thankes at your handes for greater is my reward in heauen And with that she departed to fetch me my breakefast Now syr tell me I pray you if the memory of this rare and vertuous woman is not woorthy to be rehearsed Astraepho Now credit me Zelauto she surpasseth all that euer I heard of both for promptnes of wit vertue of the minde and excellencie in qualities But I pray you could she repeat these Authors whereof you haue showen so readily Zelauto Yea Sir and a great many more which I am not able to rehearse For surely the rare excellencie that I did beholde in her made me so amazed that I coulde not attend all her discourses Astraepho Now for Gods sake procéede and let me heare more of this for surely shée is woorthy of eternall remembraunce in my iudgement Then came vp two Damsels the one brought a pretie litle table couered and set it on the Beds side and the other brought such necessaries as did belong to that we wēt about Then came she her selfe and brought me such meate as I neuer did eate the like before and what other chéere was there I referre that to your iudgement But then quoth she to one of her Damsels Goe and fetch me my Lute and I will recreat this Gentleman with a pleasant song the copie whereof she gaue me and for a néede I could rehearse it Astraepho Nowe good Zelauto let me heare it for I am sure it is woorthy the rehearsall Zelauto Since you are so