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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	bear_v	love_v	see_v	4,195	5	3.3866	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04206	A nevve mery and vvittie comedie or enterlude, newely imprinted, treating vpon the historie of Iacob and Esau taken out of the xxvij. chap. of the first booke of Moses entituled Genesis. The partes and names of the players who are to be consydered to be Hebrews and so should be apparailed with attire. 1 The Prologe, a poete. 2 Isaac, an olde man, father to Iacob [and] Esau ... 11 Abra, a little wench, serua[n]t to Rebecca.; Jacob and Esau.		1568 (1568)	STC 14327; ESTC S109093	36,245	58

woulde if I were sure in your heart to fynde grace Else syr I woulde be lothe Isaac To speake do not refraine And if it be reasonable ye shall obtaine Otherwise ye must pardon me gentle swéete wife Rebecca Sir ye knowe your sonne Esau and sée his life Howe looce it is and howe stiffe he is and stubborne Howe retchelesly he doth him selfe misgouerne He geueth himselfe to hunting out of reason And serueth the Lorde and vs at no time or season These conditions can not be acceptable In the syght of God nor to men allowable Nowe his brother Iacob your yonger sonne and mine Dothe more applie his heart to séeke the wayes diuine He liueth here quietly at home in the Tent There is no man nor childe but is with him content Isaac Oh wife I perceiue ye speake of affection To Iacob ye beare loue and to his brother none Rebecca I déede syr I can not loue Esau so well As I doe Iacob the plaine truth to you to tell For I haue no comforte of Esau God wot I scarse know where I haue a sonne of hym or not He goeth abroade so early before day light And returneth home againe so late in the night And vneth I sette eye on hym in the whole weeke No sometime not in twaine though I doe for hym séeke And all the neighbours sée him as seldome as I But when they would take rest they heare hym blow cry Some sée him so seldome they aske if he be sicke Somtimes some demaunde whether he be dead or quicke But to make short tale such his conditions be That I wishe of God he had nere bene borne of me Isaac Well wyfe I loue Esau and must for causes twaine Rebecca Surely your loue is bestowed on him in vayne Isaac Fyrst actiue he is as any yong man can be And many a good morsell he bringeth home to me Then he is myne eldest and first begotten sonne Rebecca If God were so pleased I woulde that were fordonne Isaac And the eldest sonne is called the fathers might Rebecca If yours rest in Esau God giue vs good night Isaac A prerogatiue he hath in euery thing Rebecca More pitie he shoulde haue it without deseruing Isaac Of all the goodes his porcion is greater Rebecca That the worthy should haue it I thinke much better Isaac Emong his bretherne he hath the preeminence Rebecca Where Esau is chiefe there is a gay presence Isaac Ouer his bretherne he is soueraigne and lorde Rebecca Such dignitie in Esau doth yll accorde Isaac He is the head of the fathers succession Rebecca I woulde Esau had loste that possession Isaac And he hath the chiefe title of inheritaunce Rebecca Wisedome woulde in Esau chaunge that ordinaunce Isaac To the eldest sonne is due the fathers blessing Rebecca That should be Iacobs if I might haue my wishing Isaac And the chiefe endowement of the fathers substance Rebecca Which will thriue well in Esau his gouernance Isaac By title of Eldership he hath his birthright Rebecca And that would I remoue to Iacob if I might Isaac He must haue double porcion to an other Rebecca That were more fitte for Iacob hys yonger brother Isaac In all maner of things diuided by a rate Rebecca Well gyuen goodes to him that the Lorde doth hate Isaac Why say ye so of Esau mine eldest sonne Rebecca I say true if he procéede as he hath begonne Isaac Is he not your sonne too as well as he is myne Wherfore do ye then against him thus sore repine Rebecca Bicause that in my spirite verily I know God will set vp Iacob and Esau downe throwe I haue shewed you many a tyme ere this day What the Lorde of them beyng in my wombe dyd say I vse not for to lye And I beleue certaine That the Lorde spake not these wordes to me in vaine And Iacob it is I know in whome the Lorde will His promises to you made and to your seede fulfyll Isaac I doubt not his promise made to me and my seede Leauing to his conueyaunce howe it shall procéede The Lorde after his way chaunge th inheritance But I may not wetingly breake our ordinance Rebecca Nowe woulde God I coulde persuade my lorde Isaac Iacob to preferre and Esau to put backe Isaac I may not do it wife I pray you be content The title of birthright that commeth by descent Or the place of eldershyp comming by due course I may not chaunge nor shift for better nor for wourse Natures lawe it is the eldest sonne to knowlage And in no wise to barre hym of his heritage And ye shall of Esau one day haue comforte Rebecca Set a good long day then or else we shal come short Isaac I warrant you he will doe well inough at length Rebecca You must nedes cōmend him being your might strēgth Isaac Well nowe go we hence little Mido where art thou Mido. I haue stoode here all thys while listning howe you And my Dame Rebecca haue bene laying the lawe But she hath as quicke answeres as euer I sawe Ye coulde not speake any thing vnto hir so thicke But she had hir answere as ready and as quicke Isaac Yea womens answeres are but fewe times to séeke Mido. But I did not sée Esau neither all this same wéeke Nor I do loue your sonne Esau so well As I do loue your sonne Iacob by a great deale Isaac No doest thou Mido and tell me the cause why Mido. Why for I doe not And none other cause knowe I But euery body as well one as other Doe wish that Iacob had bene the elder brother Isaac Well come on let vs goe Mido. And who shall leade you I Rebecca No it is my office as long as I am by And I woulde all wiues as the worlde this day is Woulde vnto their husbandes likewise do their office Mido. Why dame Rebecca then al wedded men shold be blind Rebecca What thou foolish ladde no such thing was in my minde Actus secundi scaena prima Ragau the Seruant of Esau Ragau. I Haue hearde it ofte but nowe I féele a wonder In what grieuous paine they die that die for hunger Oh my gréedie stomacke howe it doth bite and gnawe If I were at a racke I could eate hey or strawe Mine emptie gutts doe frette my mawe doth euen teare Woulde God I had a piece of some horsebread here Yet is maister Esau in worse case than I If he haue not some meate the sooner he will die He hath sonke for faintnesse twice or thrice by the way And not one siely bitte we got since yesterday All that euer he hath he woulde haue giuen to day To haue had but thrée morsels his hunger to allay Or in the fielde to haue mette with some hoggs I coulde scarsely kepe him from eating of these doggs He hath sent me afore some meate for to prouide And commeth créeping after scarse able to stride But if I knowe where to get of any man For to ease

seede to geue God praising Rebecca Yea the very same Mido. Then must we all knele downe thus And Abra our maide here muste also sing with vs Knele downe Abra what I say will ye not knele downe Knele when I bid you the slackest wench in this towne Here they knele doune to sing all foure sauing that Abra is slackest and Mido is quickest The firste song BLessed be thou O the God of Abraham For thou art the Lord our God and none but thou What thou workest to the glory of thy name Passeth mannes reason to searche what way or how Thy promise it was Abraham should haue seede More than the starres of the skie to be tolde He beleued and had Isaac in deede When both he and Sara seemed very olde Isaac many yeres longed for a sonne Rebecca thy handmaid long time was barraine By prayer in thy sight such fauour he wonne That at one birth she brought him forth sons twaine Wherfore O Lorde we do confesse and beleue That both thou canst and wilt thy promise fulfill But how it shall come we can no reason geue Saue all to be wrought according to thy will Blessed be thou O God of Abraham c. Rebecca Now dout not Iacob but God hath appointed thée As the eldest sonne vnto Isaac to bée And now haue no dout but thou art sure elected And that vnthrift Esau of God reiected And to sell thée his birthright since he was so madde I warrant thee the blessing that he should haue had Iacob Yea how may that be wrought Rebecca Yes yes let me alone Ones good olde Isaac is blinde and can not sée So that by policie he maye beguiled bée I shall deuise howe for no yll intent ne thought But to bring to passe that I know god wil haue wrought And I charge you twaine Abra and litle Mido Mido. Nay ye should haue set Mido before Abra trow For I am a man toward and so is not she Abra. No but yet I am more woman toward than ye Rebecca I charge you both that what euer hath bene spoken Ye do not to any liuing body open Abra. For my parte it shall to no body vttered be Mido. And slit my tongue if euer it come out for me But if any tell Abra here will be pratling For they say women will euer be clattering Abra. There is none here that pratleth so much as you Rebecca No mo words but hence we altogether now excāt omnes Actus tertij scaena prima Esau Isaac Mido. Esau NOw since I last saw mine olde father Isaac Both I do thinke it long and he will iudge me slack But he commeth forth I will here listen and sée Whether he shall chaunce to speake any worde of me Isaac On leade me forth Mido to the benche on this hand That I may sitte me downe for I can not long stand Mido. Here syr this same way and ye be at the benche now Where ye may sit doune in gods name if please you Isaac I maruel where Esau my sonne doth become That he doth now of daies visite me so seldome But it is oft sene whome fathers do best fauour Of them they haue lest loue againe for their labour I thinke since I saw him it is a whole wéeke In faith litle Mido I would thou wouldest him séeke Mido. Forsoth maister Isaac and I knew it where It should not be very long ere I would be there But shall I at aduenture go séeke where he is Esau Séeke no farther Mido already here he is Isaac Me thinketh I haue Esau his voice perceiued Esau Ye gesse truly father ye are not deceiued Mido. Here he is come now inuisible by my soule For I saw him not till he spake harde at my poule Isaac Now go thou in Mido let vs twoo here alone Mido. Sir if ye commaund me full quickely I am gone Isaac Yet and if I call thée sée thou be not slacke Mido I come at the first call good maister Isaac Isaac Sonne Esau Esau Here father Isaac Is none here but we Esau None to herken our talke father that I doo sée Isaac Sonne Esau why hast thou bene from me so long Esau I cry you mercy father if I haue done wrong But I am loth to trouble you hauing nothing To present you withall nor veneson to bring Isaac Sonne Esau thou knowest that I do thée loue Esau I thancke you for it father as doth me behoue Isaac And now thou séest my dayes draw towardes an ende Esau That is to me great ruth if I coulde it amende Isaac I must go the way of all mortall fleshe Therfore while my memory and witte is yet freshe I woulde thée endow mine heritage to succéede And blisse thée as I ought to multiply my séede The God of my father Abraham and of me Hath promised that our séede as the sande shal be He is a God of truth and in his wordes iust Therfore in my workyng shall be no faute I trust Now therfore sonne Esau get thée forth to hunte With thy bowe and quiuer as erst thou hast bene wont Bring me of thy venison that is good Esau Ye shall haue of the best that runneth in the wood Isaac When thou commest home to dresse it it shall behoue And to make for mine owne tooth such meate as I loue Thus doo mine owne dere sonne and then I shal thée kisse With the koosse of peace and thée for euer blisse Esau Your will t' accomplishe moste dere father Isaac Wits all good hast and spede I shall not be found slack Isaac Then helpe lead me home in my tente that I were set And then go when thou wilt Esau I shall withouten lette Actus tertij scaena secunda Rebecca Rebecca THis talke of Isaac in secrete haue I heard And what end it should come to my hert is afeard Nere had I so muche ado to forbeare to speake But the Lorde I trust will Isaacs purpose breake Here she kneleth doune and prayeth O God of Abraham make it of none effecte Let Iacob haue the blessing whom thou hast elect I for my parte shall worke what may be wrought That it may to Iacob from Esau be brought And in will I go to sée what I can deuise That Isaacs intent may fayle in any wise Actus tertij Scaena tertia Ragau Esau Ragau. NAy we must on hunting go yet once more again Here he commeth forth with his hunting staffe and other things and a bag of vitailes And neuer com home now except we spede certain But I trowe for hunger I haue prouided here That what euer befall I Ragau shall haue chere I haue no time to tell what delicates here be But thinke this to be true for better men than me And what shall Esau hereof haue any parte Nay I trust to conueigh it by such prety arte That till the bag be clere he shal it neuer sée I shall and if he faint feede him as he fedde me I shall requite his shutting me