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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	heir_n	king_n	scotland_n	3,361	5	8.7196	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35917	A Dialogue betwixt Sam. the ferriman of Dochet, Will. a waterman of London, and Tom. a bargeman of Oxford upon the Kings calling a parliament to meet at Oxford.		1681 (1681)	Wing D1353; ESTC R29722	21,830	32

such brave things if they sate at Oxford Tom. I must confess I was mistaken as my Father was before me For he took once a London Boy to be his Prentice and tho' he knew him to be a little light-finger'd and given to Lying and Swearing yet he hoped if he could get him to Oxford he could cure him and took infinite Care and Pains about him and daily told him what would be the end of him if he would not lay aside his London Tricks and become a down-right honest Oxford Bargeman but all in vain what was bred in the Bone would never out of the Flesh He fell by little and little to down-right Thieving and Hang'd he was in the End and as my Father afterwards learned the Rogue 's Father and Grand-father and many of his Kindred had been Thieves before him Will. What 's all this to the Purpose what have either we or the Parliament to do with thy Father or his Thievish Prentice He was not the first Bargeman by a hundred that have been Hang'd Sam. Well said Will. here 's a precious Story indeed and nothing to the Purpose Tom. You don't know the meaning I perceive of a Parable or an Aesop's Fable when ye have taught these Shavers at London with your Rehearsals and at Westminster with their Votes Resolves and Stories to nose their Master and abuse their Fellows then you send 'em down to Oxford to be cured of the R When 't is too late they are no more be reclaimed than a Sheep-Worrier nor will any thing cure them but that which cured my Father's Prentice Now there 's the precious Story you talked of so much And yet for all this you cannot dash us in the Teeth with any Oxford Acts of Parliament Had their Noses been kept to the Grindle-stone as close at Westminster as it was at Oxford they would not have been so high in the In step I was sure if they sate at Oxford they must either make good Acts or none at all Sam. A will have it one way or other these Oxford Rogues learn to wrangle of the Boys and will never yield Right or Wrong Will. Well but for all his Bragging there was that done at this Parliament at Oxford was never done at Westminster Tom. Pray thee what was that VVill. There was as near a Lye not to be the down-right Lye given to the King as Heart could think Sam. How so man VVill. I 'll tell thee for Example sake If I should say it is an unwarrantable thing for any man to pull down Windsor great Park Pail and ride through to Bagshot Market if thou sayest this is a warrantable Trick tho' all the World knew the contrary do'st not thee come very near to give me the Lye what thinkest thou by this Sam. Surely he that did this had his Breeding at Billingsgate or at Hog Norton Tom. But if he had a foul Tongue he had a good pair of Heels for he gave Ground a Hundred miles in a very few Hours Will. That was but to be out of the way while the thing was hot it will quickly be forgot I 'll warrant thee once in a short time I shall see this very man come in his Coach to Westminster Hall with a Quoif on if not a Red Gown Such mannerly Behavior as this has been an only way to Preferment Tom. But I think he better deserves to go up Holborn in a Wooden Chariot and have a Horse Night-Cap put on at the farther end Will. These kind of People do no more matter what they say than a Dog does that has stolen a joint of meat from the Cook they only run away for a while and when they think all 's quiet and forgotten then they come again with as much Confidence as if they had never done no mischief at all Sam. The reason of this is because they never light of the Whip for their Roguery and so scaping Scot-free makes them so bold Will. Ay Ay let a man suffer a Prentice to prate and talk and the next he gives you two words for one and then if you offer to correct him have at your Ears Black Tom. of Lambath that was an honest good Fellow as ever took an Oar by the end suffered his Prentice so long that when he would have corrected him it was too late and being a lusty young Rogue he threw him o're Board into the Thames and had not I come by by chance he had been drown'd Tom. Nay nothing madded me so much as that the House of Commons praised this Fellow and order'd him Thanks for his Complement he made Will. O brave Oxford still for at Westminster they always used to have so much good manners as to give his Majesty Thanks for his Speech whether it pleased them or not and now they thank a man that gives him the Lye Sam. But pray my Masters what did they do that little time they sate or at least-wise what would they have done Tom. I 'll tell thee thou sayest the Parson told thee of a Parliament once at Oxford was called the Mad Parliament I think this may be called the Foolish and K vish Parliament They were in hand to make such a King of the Duke if he should have Survived his Brother as thou never heard'st of in thy life Will. A King why the Portingals King that they keep a Close Prisoner in an Old Castle at the Rock of Lisbon is an Emperor in Comparison of that they would have made him A must have had the Name of a King but none of the Power nor have lived in any of his Dominions or within 500 Miles Would not this have been a brave King Sam. Pray thee tell me what have they to do with Scotland Tom. With Scotland O they make a good Title to Scotland For Oliver Conquer'd it for the Rump and these being the Rump's Heirs they think Scotland belongs to them as well as England For as sure as thou stands there they keep the Commonwealth's Title a Foot in their minds though they dare not publickly own it Sam. How should that be Tom. I 'll tell thee if I have a Crown in my Pocket and thou hast a mind to have it from me there is but three ways to get it either by Slight of Hand to pick it from me or by words to persuade me out of it or take it from me by Strong Hand Now the first and last not being so convenient nor easy if thou canst use Words to make me give it thee is not that the best way Will. No doubt of it Tom. then Words have prevailed a great way and will possibly be attempted farther but if those will not do thou knowst what follows next Besides it is apparent they aimed now to make a Push for a Commonwealth For they affronted the King in the first place as I have told you then in the next place they Voted the Lords Denial to Try Fitz-Harris was a Denial of Justice and