Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	woman_n	young_a	youth_n	59	3	8.3542	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43906	The history of Prince Erastus, son to the Emperour Dioclesian and these famous philosophers called the seven wife masters of Rome being a full account of all that was ever written of that antient, famous, pleasant, and excellent history / written originally in Italian, then translated into French, and now rendred English by F.K.; Seven sages of Rome. English.	Kirkman, Francis, 1632-ca. 1680.	1674 (1674)	Wing H2136; ESTC R20131	193,262	356

Children he was ●●ll ●●r ken in years before he thought of marriage I● so ●●ll out one day that having good merry Company in his house after the table was uncovered from one discourse to another as it is usual for Gentlemen to talk after dinner they happened to fall upon this proposition of the natural affection that men have to have Children wher●by man ●enew● his blood and in a manner lives after his dea●h in his po●terity upon this discourse some of this Gentlemans friends p●rswaded him to marry wh●r●by he might have Children to inherit so many fair Ca●●le● and other riches which he was possessed of This Gentleman did not much regard it but seeing himself importuned sometimes by one and then again by others after he had sustained many assaults of his friends he in conclusion resolved to please them as he had always done His friends knowing his mind took much pains to find him out a wife fit for his quality and by whom he might have Children and they used such dilligence that in short time they betroathed him to a very fair young Damsell who was daughter to one of the greatest Lords of all Tuskany The wedding was solemnized as you may suppose suitable to the quality of their estates and al hough there was great difference in the ages of this Knight and his young Bride yet however he was so Gallant that his gallantry was enough to content a Damsell better than one that was younger so that for a while he and his wife lived very contentedly But after some time this Damsell having understood from other good wives how their husbands treated them in the night she began to wish for a young husband without regarding the gallantry of her own rather wishing for a good strong back than a gallant●y accompanied with a feeble breath and seeing that she could not have her desires and that notwithstanding all her endeavours her husband as he grew more in ●e●rs so he was less able to please her After she had fasted one year and knew that there was nothing in the house to satisfie her appetite she resolved to purchase her victuals in an other place but understanding that she was to make use of a third hand and that in an affair of so great importance there might be danger to discover it to a third person she propsed to make use of her own mother whom she thought had most reason to love her best therfore she went to her where being arrived after many other discourses she fell to the matter in hand that which most a●gred her letting her know as well as she could the necessity wherein she was and the purpose she had taken to provide otherwise for her self that she might not dye in that necessity praying and conjuring her for the natural love which she had always born to her that having pitty and compassion on her she would make provision against that evil which would be her death if she had no remedy and also to her honour governing her self after such manner in this aff●ir that she might find her self re-restored and so as no person should know any thing The Poor mother thinking of what her daughter had said to her for a long time was amazed not bring able to beli●ve her own ears much less to believe what she had heard but in conclusion seeing by her daughters obstinacy how the matter was and that what she had said was true she first of all tried to direct her from her wicked purpose shewing her what offence she would commit puting her honor before her eyes alledging to her many other examples to this purpose but all was to no purpose for as to the offence the young woman answered that the Law could not give her a greater punishment then death and that continuing in the condition she was then in she knew her death was sudden As for the shame and infamy of the world said she I come to take your advice in that particular that my honour being saved you may provide me with what you know may be necessary upon this account and for examples she had enough that served for her purpose so that all that her mother cou●● say to change her mind from this wicked purpose was but to beat the aire whereupon the mother was so troubled that she thought she should be distracted The young woman seeing this began to colt's and flatter her saying Dear Mother have compassion of my youth You have been young and therefore know well enough what are the desires of the flesh which as I have always heard say and now I know by experience are greater and more vehement in women than in men and although the fire is not so great in men as in women yet however as often as they have a mind and they know where they give themselves the satisfaction they desire But if we miserable women are sruprized but once besides the shame we indure they make no matter of killing us So that for this cause we other women ought to put the change upon them to revenge our selves of the shame that men upon this account do to us To this the Mother made several replyes but all was in vain for so much the more that the Mother endeavoured to turn her from her purpose so much the more ardent and passionate she appeared to be Let what would happen to extingu●sh the fire which consumed her she did cleerly con●●s● that it would be more for her honour to contain than to abandon her self but she could not imagin how she could live long so and that therefore the fault should not be imputed to her but ●o nature who did so constrain her further entreating her Mother to consider of some way to give her content and to save her honour protesting unto her that if she did refuse to assist her she would hazard her life and honour praying her once for all to put all other oppinions out of 〈◊〉 mind The poor Mother seeing her daughters obstinacy knew not what to say further seeing on the one side her daughter blinded with love and so resolved in her purpose that it was not p●ssible to alter her mind and on the other side she well knew the great wrong she should doe to her honour in satisfying the appetite of her daughter And although she well knew ●hat she lost time however she thus made further trial of her daughter saying Ah! how stronge a thing is it that I see you purpose to violate the bounds of marriage and count so great ill to your husband who as you know loves you as well or better then any man can love a woman and therefore I would not have you give such way to your appetite which I confess is great but not so but that you may overcome it if you will I have been young and as fair as you and have experienced love affairs and his fires but however I have resisted all with a constancy and firm