Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	city_n	country_n	dainty_n	123	4	16.3414	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37911	The fellow-traveller through city and countrey	Edmundson, Henry, 1607?-1659.	1658 (1658)	Wing E181; ESTC R38856	87,865	322

and in Germany they say when they speak of a stour man that he is as bold as a Millers shirt that every morning takes a theef by the neck One of these going a begging and desiring a gathering for him He that commended his case said Neighbours I pray you consider this poor man Whom I verily beleeve to be an honest man because he begs for otherwise he might have lived well by cheating and taking toll as other Millers do Some may think this Story made by some Scholar in answer to the former but Democritus assures him he hath it upon record and that he is of that good opinion not only of Millers but most Tradesmen that they may be honest when they go a begging XXXV Those that cheat others by fair words would think it somewhat severe to be served as Alex. Severus the Emperout punished a man that by fair promises had abused his Name to the people he made him be tyed to a stake and choaked with smoak with these words He sold smoak and he is punished with smoak this your fair-tongued Cheaters would think severe and harsh and yet it is no more then they deserve but in conscience they cannot say but Gallienus the Emperors punishment was reasonable who condemned a Fellow to the Sands for selling glasse instead of jewels and when in the Theatre all the people stood looking for some Lion or wilde Beast to come forth to devour him there was at last sent out a dunghill-Cock and a Cryer with these words He cheated others and himself is cheated XXXVI Your Fellow-Traveller findes fault both in City and Countrey and wisheth they may finde the least faults in him but that both by doing better may make them passages to a better place In the mean time he is demurring in which he should settle upon such considerations as these The City for Wealth The Countrey for Health The City for Plenty the Countrey for Content The City to gain much the countrey to spend to advantage The City for Furniture the Countrey for the use of it The City for Dainties the Countrey for Necessaries The City for Houses the Countrey for Lands The City for Works of Art the Countrey for works of Nature The City for Conversation the Countrey for contemplation The City for Strangers the Countrey for Friends The City for Courtesie the Countrey for good turns The City for Wit and manners the countrey for Love and Plain-dealing The City for New Fashions the countrey for old customes The City for Cares the countrey for Pains The City for Winter the countrey for Summer The City to Praise the countrey to enjoy XXXVII Cardinall Hippolitus Nephew to Pope Clement the seventh although of great Revenues kept a bountiful house and had a great many Followers which the Pope being a niggardly man had often in vain reprehended in him at last coming once to his house when the Cardinall was rid abroad He called the Steward and bid him bring him a Rowl of all his Attendants with their Offices and being amazed at the great number he takes a Pen and dashes out as many as he thought uselesse and unnecessary and giving back the Roll bids the Steward tell his Nephew that it was his will that he should dismisse all those whom he had crossed out he might very well spare Hippolitus coming home at night the Steward delivers him the Roll with the Popes pleasure unto which the Cardinall presently answers It is true what my Lord saith that I have no need of those many servants whom he hath cancel'd but since they have need of me I charge you as yru respect my favour not to put away any one of them XXXVIII Aristippus the luxurious Philosopher being taxed by one for giving six Crowns for a small Fish Why saith he what would you have given Some twelve-pence said the other Well said Aristippus And six Crowns are no more with me XXXIX Plato once chiding his Aristippus for buying so many Fishes Aristippus told him that he had them all for an half penny It is true said Plato and I could have bought them for so much Why then said Aristippus You see Plato that I do not love Victuals any more then you love your Money One Polyenus a Sophister coming to the same Aristippus his house and seeing a great Feast providing began to reprehend the excesse Aristippus took no notice of it at present but a while after sends to invite him who comes and feeds Now saith Aristippus why dost thou blame the Feast thou art willing to partake of I see thou dost not distike dainty fare but the charges XL. There was a Lady in our Western parts who gave great entertainment to the Gentry thereabouts She being a good Huswife was up betimes and call'd to one of her maids out of her window Is the Piggy serv'd which a Gentleman whose lodging was near over-heard And when the Lady came down in great State into the Great Chamber full of Company that Gentleman begins and Madam saith he Is the Piggy serv'd the Lady presently makes answer You know best whether you have had your break-fast XLI One us'd to say to his guests whom he invited If you be temperate and reasonable guests here is enough for you if not here is too much This would do well for him to think of but it would do better for another to speak it XLII And it may be this was but borrowed from what was said of Socrates to whom one finding fault with the flender provision he had for his guests Socrates made answer If they be good guests they will take it well but if they be bad it is no matter how they take it XLIII Cyrus being asked by his Grandfather Astyages Why he would drink no wine answered for fear lest they give me poyson for quoth he I noted yesterday in the Feast of your Birth-day that some body had poysoned all the wine they drank because at the taking away of the Cloth not one of all those that were present at the Feast arose in his right minde XLIV Crates the Theban finding fault with the cost and waste at great Feasts others defended it saying this expence was made by such as had plenty Yea but saith Crates you do not excuse a Cook if he put too much salt or pepper in your meats and say he hath plenty XLV Diogenes passing by the house of a riotous person on which he see a note of sale said I knew this that sometime or other thou wouldest spue out thy master XLVI An Italian Gentleman having sold four Fields of ground to buy him an handsome Turkish Race-horse and riding him out one day a Gentleman seeing him gallop saith to his companion O what a large stroak hath that Horse yes said the other You would say so if you knew all for he hath leapt over four fields at one stride XLVII Another Italian Gallant coming into company all sweaty in a rich Damask Sute Fie upon it