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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	beauty_n	eye_n	love_n	4,210	5	5.2173	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64777	Agiatis, Queen of Sparta, or, The civil wars of the Lacedemonians in the reigns of the Kings Agis and Leonidas : in two parts / translated out of the French.	Vaumorière, M. de (Pierre Ortigue), 1610-1693.	1686 (1686)	Wing V161; ESTC R35227	102,597	238

handsome young Man and had already acquired some Reputation in the War He was surpriz'd with the good Meen of Themistides and testified to him that he would be very glad to be his Guide to shew him the Rarities and to introduce him into the best Societies of the City I would in the first place intreat you answered Themistides after he made all the Compliments to which Philistion could pretend to tell me whether Aratus does not come sometimes to Corinth He comes hither as often as he can replied Philistion But at present we judge that it is not always to confer with our Magistrates it is rather to visit a young Lady named Cylesira who is the most Charming and the most accomplisht Beauty of Greece Is it possible interrupted Cleomenes that a Man of that Age and of that Merit can be capable of such a weakness Many Men have been surprised at it as you have been replied Philistion but their wonder ceased as soon as they have seen Cylesira and yours also shall cease to morrow morning if you please to go to the Temple of Neptune at the hour I shall call upon you What! I go so far as your Isthmus in search of a Temple to see Cylesira replied Cleomenes smiling I assure you I shall not do it I had rather a great deal keep my wonder You will be happy replied Philistion if you always preserve that indifference it cannot be said that you resemble a Nephew of Aratus's named Teleander who is in Love wherever he finds amiable Persons He is lately come to Corinth where Cylesira who Charmed him presently hath made him forget a young Athenian Lady whom he would fain have Married I do not understand said Themistides how a Man can proceed so soon from one Engagement to another Several Men replied Philistion do less understand how it can be possible to be always constant to the same Person but instead of disputing on the difference of Humours I will tell you that Feasts and Divertisements are the only Discourse of this Town ever since the Arrival of Teleander and his Sister Ariamite in it I know replied Xenares that Teleander is the Son of Onecrysa the Sister of Aratus and Widdow of the Prince of Erymanthus but I confess I never heard of that Cylesira whose Beauty you so much applaud I know her little better than you replied Philistion She has not been long at Corinth whither Leriana her Mother hath brought her to a Brother's House which she hath called Leosthenes This Conversation ended Philistion carried Xenares and Themistides to see several Works in that Corinthian Brass which was so much esteemed by the Ancients and on the morrow he being informed that Aratu● was newly arrived he failed not to give Themistides notice of it Without doubt you know pursued he that we are very suddenly to celebrate our Istmique Games and since they are usually frequented by an infinite number of Strangers it is thought expedient to send away some Troops which we have about the City in order to free the high ways Aratus is now with our Magistrates considering into what Quarters to dispose of them and I am told he will come afterwards to take the Air in a Garden which our famous Timoleon caused to be beautified for the Divertisement of the People Were it only in consideration of that Great Captain whom you named answered Cleomenes we will go as soon as you please into a place of which he was pleased to take care Philistion led him thither and shewing him an Alley on the left hand There said he Aratus usually walks The Multitude you see is come hither upon the same design as you are But when we shall have seen the General of the Achaians we will go and view the Water-works the Grotto's and Statues With all my Heart replied Themistides those are the Ornaments that please me best in a Garden He had hardly ended these words when he saw several People mend their pace and over-heard them whisper among themselves that Aratus was stopt in the Street with Cylesira and Leriana How said Themistides that Cylesira whom you esteem so Charming will not she come to take the Air I do not believe replied Philistion that she will come and shew her self in these walks she avoids occasions of shewing her self as carefully as other fair Ladies are earnest in seeking them But added he advancing towards the Gate you had better come and see her than I speak of her Cleomenes followed him out and had no sooner cast his Eyes upon Cylesira but he was as it were dazled with her Complexion But if the luster of that admirable Person did at first surprize him the Beauty of her Stature the flame of her Eyes the regularity of her Features and a certain agreeableness which Youth spreads over the Face did in a few moments after produce a much more powerful effect Cleomenes felt the secret Charm and it was the first time that his Heart was moved by an unruly Joy with which he was not then acquainted He was tyed as it were with a Chain to Cylesira and followed with his Eyes that fair Creature as far as it was possible for him when she went away with Aratus and Leriana Philistion who did not observe his attention proposed to him to go and see the Water-works and Statues We shall see them when we please replied Themistides They stand still Aratus goes away and possibly I shall never see him more in my Life After these words he cast his Eyes speedily upon Cylesira and beheld her with extream application As soon as he had lost sight of her he fell into a fit of Musing and returned home without speaking one word This silence continued so long after his return that Xenares taking notice of it said I cannot think that you come from seeing Aratus since you tell me nothing of him Have you experienced this day what I have a thousand times observed That the Reputation of a great Man is not always supported by a good presence I do not wonder replied Cleomenes at what you have so frequently observed Those who describe unto us some extraordinary Persons take delight in amplifications on purpose to attract our Admiration and on our side the Imagination carries us yet farther than the Recital which we hear Young as I am I my self have observed that the greater part of those things which Fame has made me desirous of seeing have afterwards appeared not so fair as they were represented to me whether they were Houses Statues or Pictures You will not fail in a little time to cite the Women also replied Xenares smiling and I am persuaded you will not esteem those over Charming who pass in the World for accomplisht Beauties I should be apt enough to believe the contrary of the Women replied Cleomenes blushing for methinks their presence can create an emotion of the Heart which the bare relation of their Beauties cannot make a Man feel Ah Themistides

replied Xenares with Vexation I plainly perceive that you have much more to say of Cylesira than of Aratus and I am no longer ignorant of what Gods inexorable to your Prayers as long as you are so to Teleander ' s. She answered him with a firm voice Sir I know not what design hath brought you into this Temple but for my own part I am come only to Pray unto that God who is here adored and you will pleasure me not to interrupt me Teleander durst make no reply the Victims were brought and the Sacrifice was made When Leriana and Cylesira departed Teleander led them to their Chariot and Cleomenes followed them with his Eyes as far as he could He having observed Cylesira with attention when she spoke to Teleander said to Philistion Either I am deceived or Cylesira is very disdainful She is possibly much more so than you imagine answered he and you may guess by the way wherewith you have seen her treat Teleander whether she would be more favourable to Lovers of a lower form I have already told you replied Cleomenes that I have not the same Pretensions as the Prince Erymanthus and that I do not desire to subject Cylesira's liberty But may not that fair Creature and Themistides have a Complaisance and Friendship for each other Considering how you two are made replied Philistion I confess it would be no difficult task for you to love each other but I question whether it would be easie for you to content your self with that tenderness without desiring to be united and it is for such an Vnion that you would find the greatest Obstacles For your part you are too young to be Master of your own will and you seem to be born of Parents who would not be over-well pleased with you if you should make such an Alliance On the other side Cylesira whose Heart is above her Condition would not possibly be very forward to give you her consent and perhaps she would answer you after a manner not to be expected from Leriana 's Daughter Cleomenes mused for some moments he could not forbear sighing and afterwards renewing the Discourse he said I plainly perceive there is but too much truth in what you say of Cylesira and that I had better not affect a Person of her humour I can also assure you that I will never yield my self without resistance and that I will do my utmost endeavours to defend my Heart against a passion that would fain be so much Mistress of it Instead of continuing this Conversation he went to walk all alone and after changing an hundred times his Resolution he still repeated to himself that he should be the happiest Man of the World if he could win the Love of Cylesira He believed that Philistion could serve him profitably and he thought there was no better way to gain that young Corinthian than to discover to him that he was the Son of Leonidas He went immediately to find him out and looking on him with an Air which made him expect something extraordinary he said to him I must intrust you with an important secret and you must promise me your assistance Then he declared unto him what was his Birth and confest that he felt a most violent Passion for Cylesira Sir replied Philistion I am not surprised to understand that you are a King's Son A certain Character of Greatness which I observed in your countenance and behaviour has always persuaded me that your Birth must of necessity have been Illustrious But Sir will the Prince Cleomenes pardon me the Faults which my ignorance hath made me commit against Themistides You have been far from committing any replied Cleomenes I intreat you to observe the same Conduct lest you should raise in others a suspicion of the truth I now tell you But above all things my Dear Philistion you must obtain for me an absolute permission to go sometimes to Leosthenes 's House Ah Sir replied Philistion give me leave to render my self more worthy of the Confidence you have been pleased to place in me and let me not endeavour to unite the Son of Leonidas to Leriana 's Daughter Let us not talk of that Vnion replied Cleomenes I never think of it without a mortal vexation I am sure she would make my Life happy but when I consider wherein and upon whom I do depend I know neither what I would nor what I could do nor what I ought to do How Sir replied Philistion is it difficult for a Prince who one day must raign over the Lacedemonians and whose Family wants a powerful Alliance No Reflexions I intreat you interrupted Cleomenes Young as I am I can make them my self and look upon things as they are But I shall only tell you that the Counsel you are about to give me is not so necessary as the assistance I demand of you Grant it me unless you would have me be the most unfortunate of Men and do not amuse your self to combat a Passion which neither you nor I can overcome He continued to urge him still with so much earnestness that at length he obtained what he desired and Philistion did not depart from him without resolving to seek out some means of satisfying him He at first perceived very great difficulties Leriana and Cylesira did not care to make new Acquaintances and it was not very probable that in a time wherein they refused the visits of some of Leosthenes's Friends they would receive any from a Stranger Philistion took another course he was of opinion that it was best to present Cleomenes to the General of the Achaians as a young Cavalier who had an Ambition to serve under him He judged it would not be difficult to introduce him afterwards into Onecrysa's Family and he could not miss there of opportunities to see Cylesira This way of bringing Cleomenes acquainted seemed to him very natural and not at all likely to create any suspicions in Leriana He had not throughly resolved upon this when Chance offered him another expedient which he made choice of without delay One of his Friends came and proposed to him to make one at a Feast which Teleander would give Cylesira He told him that the fair Lady was to depart from Cor●nth before the beginning of the Istmique Games and that the Prince of Erymanthus was desirous to shew her as it were in little what there was most beautiful to be beheld in those Games He also acquainted him that Onecrysa would give a prize for the Courses and that afterwards there would be a Ball at her House Consider then added the Corinthian whether you will make one or no. I engage at least replied Philistion to give my place to a Man that will supply it better than my self and I am mistaken if the World will will not be of my Opinion It was Themistides he meant to whom he had hardly told the news but the Prince was at first troubled with the thought of Leriana's departure