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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	friend_n	great_a	love_v	6,235	5	6.3276	4	true

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A04136	A perfite looking glasse for all estates most excellently and eloquently set forth by the famous and learned oratour Isocrates, as contained in three orations of morall instructions, written by the authour himselfe at the first in the Greeke tongue, of late yeeres translated into Lataine by that learned clearke Hieronimus Wolfius. And nowe Englished to the behalfe of the reader, with sundrie examples and pithy sentences both of princes and philosophers gathered and collected out of diuers writers, coted in the margent approbating the authors intent, no lesse delectable then profitable.; To Demonicus. English	Isocrates.; Isocrates. To Nicocles. English. aut; Isocrates. Nicocles. English. aut	1580 (1580)	STC 14275; ESTC S107436	124,103	118

those frindes as most sure and trustie vnto thee which are not onely sorie for thy misfortunes and miseries willing to be partakers and sustainers of the same to the intent that the burthen may seeme the more tollerable vnto thee but also such as will not pyne or be greeued at thy prosperitie as those which are lothe to see any other to fare better then themselues for there are many men which as they are sorie for thy mishappes so will they commonly enuie at thy felicitie Nowe therefore as thou must be circumspect in chosing and trusting thy friend so must thou be carefull in the ordering and keeping of so great a treasure once gotten This loue therfore as is before sayd taking her beginning from vertue through the agreeablenesse of conuersations natures by increasing the same by dayly societie and mutuall amitie profered and vsed one towardes the other thou must remember not to demaunde or request any thing of this thy friend that is vnlawfull or vnhonest thou must not looke to be intreated or state vntill thou be requested to doe this or that in his behalfe but as one hauing as great a care of him as of thy selfe thou must voluntarily of thy owne accord onely of good will seeke to further and pleasure him as muche as in thee lyeth reioysing when occasion shal be giuen thee wherein thou maiste profite him Also thou must thinke it as great infamie to be excelled and surpassed of thy friend in boūtifulnesse and liberalitie as it would be a griefe vnto thee to bee foyled by thy enimie Thou must alwayes haue that credite Licurgus was wont to say that we should eate no more meate then to satisfie our hunger neither vse more garments then were requisite to withstand the colde and to couet our bodies Claudia a gentlewoman of Rome accounted as vnhonest because of her curiositye in Apparrell Scipio Aemilius contented himselfe only with such things as were necessary for his affairs nothing respecting eyther the aboundaunce of wealth or pri●●●ly porte but desyring rather that occasion mighte be giuen to the people to speake of his valyaunt acts then of his great treasures The worthy Ladye Cornelia after she had shewed all the commodities of her house vnto a stranger of Campania that lodged with her as a ge●te added last of all as the chiefest furniture of her house her two sonnes who for their learning and wisdome were then as ●●nowned through out all Rome in thy friend as thou hast in thy selfe neuer suspecting or misdoubting any thing or geuing care to any false report wherby dissention might arise but louingly reuerencing one another you must take in good parte eche others doinges and sayinges content sometimes to be rebuked or reprooued as occasion serueth whether it be either sharpely or kindly moreouer thou must neuer be vnmindfull or forgetfull of thy friend but euen then when he is farthest off or longest absent he must continue as still in presence and as one alwayes before thy sight Let thy Apparell be comly and decent voyde of all vayne superfluity and fond brauery for as a seming garment doth set out the body in comly sorte contayning in it a token of great grauitie and wisedome so doth the other shew forth a light minde and a proude hart Desire not the aboundaunce of wealth neither seeke for excesse gain but so deale that thy goods may be both necessary and profitable vnto thee accounting that onlye as necessary which serueth to a good vse that also as profitable whiche is well bestowed As for those men whiche take great care and paines to increase their substaunce and then when it is gotten are ignoraunt howe to vse it refraine them as those which are subiect to their owne follie being most like vnto that man whiche bestowing greate charges to buy a goodlye and statelye Courser and when he hath gotten him neither dareth to come on his backe neither knoweth howe to order him but onely keepeth him to suffice his eye for the satis●●ing of his fancie As the chiefest furniture and bewty of thy house doth consist in the purchasing of good will and credite by thy well doinges whereby perpetuall renowne is gotten to thee and to thy posterity and as it is thy duety to see thy children and family well instructed and trained vp in the Scoole of Vertue So likewise it shall be requisite and necessary for thee especially for two causes to doe thy Such is the mutabillity of Fortune that someti●●●he ●●al●●● 〈…〉 at ●ea● 〈…〉 the ●●●ne of 〈◊〉 po●t●● to be king of Sicili● Telephan●e of a cart 〈◊〉 so bee King of Lidia and Iustinus of a s●●●heard to be an Emperour of Rome with Darius of Persea Ptolomeus of Egypt and Basilius of Macedon and diuers others somtimes also shee bringeth the mightiest to gretest pouertie as Dionisius King of Sicilia to kepe a Schoole Pazaites King of Turkie to eate the crummes vnder Tamber●●ans Table Bellisarius after many victories to begge and rich Crassus to come to extreme penury As proued Marcus Tullius being slaine of Pompilius whome before he had saued from the Gallowes the lyke also did Publius Se●●lius to ●ucius Cesar his dearest friend indeuour to augment and increase thy worldly wealth First to be the better able to abide and sustaine the bitternesse of aduersitie if it shall chaunce to happen Secondly that thou maist helpe thy friend in his necessitie prouide for thy children and haue a competent sufficiencie for time to come so that in the getting of these things there bee no greedye desire in thee nor oughte vniust or wrong dealing towards any holding thy selfe content with that thou haste and yet as one seeking by all honest meanes to better thy estate Seeme not to deride or to haue in scorne the miserable estate of any man neither doe thou hitte any thing opprobriously in his teeth for though thou seest this thy present state yet knowest thou not what will happen vnto thee hereafter seeing thou hast no more assurance of fortune then he had Forget not also to doe good vnto good men and as much as in thee lyeth bee readie to profite and to pleasure them for the benefites bestowed on such are as a most precious treasure with which thou being throughly stored and inriched maist account thy selfe to liue in greater saftie then he that possesseth a kingdome abounding in greatest wealth as for the wicked haue no acquaintaunce with them for by deseruing well at their handes thou shalte gaine no more then they doe which giue bread to another mans dogge for as the dogge doth commonly barke as well at those that feede them as at others so is it the vse of euill disposed persons as well to seeke to displeasure them of whom they haue receaued greatest courtesie as them of whom they haue sustained greatest iniurie so that to be conuersant with lewde and wicked companie is as it were to treade bare footed among thornes or as

thee as thou wouldst be cōtent to be dealt withall by them which should be too mightie too strong for thee Neither goe thou to warre for euery trifle but only for that the victorie whereof being gotten shal be sufficient to satisfie thy charges as also to recompence thy paynes not blaming them which are vanquished to their owne commoditie but rather accounting them as fooles which doe vanquish others to their owne detriment shewing thy selfe also mercifull vnto all those which humbly shall yeelde themselues to thy mercy and dealing with extremitie with those which desperately shal be bent to abyde the vttermost blowe Account not magnanimitie or valiauntnesse of minde to be in them which wilfully and rashely doe vndertake greater thinges than they are able to bring to passe but rather adiudge it in them which enterprising that onely which is within their reache doe speedilye bring their purposed intentes to good effect Be thou not too too earnest a follower of those men whose delight is onely to get authoritie and to inlarge the boundes of their kingdomes nothing waying or regarding howe or after what sort they obtaine it so that their greedie desire bee satisfied but doe thou rather imitate them which seeke well and quietly to preserue and keepe Philip of Macedon falling by chaunce flat vpon the grounde and rising againe beholding the length of his body in the dust saide how strange a thing is it to see that nature hath alotted so smal a peece of ground vnto euery one yet the whole world will not suffice many I maruell saith Antisthenes that men are so circumspect in the bining of any worldly things and yet are so carelesse in the chusing of a faithful friend Pisistratus a tyraunt of Athens did finde the faythfulnes of friends to be such a stay to a kingdome that when he was forsaken by his friendes they flying for feare of him and he had vnderstoode where they did remayne he tooke vp a fardell of suche thinges as were needfull for him and carrying it on his back came vnto them and proffered rather to die with them than to raigne as a King they being gone Marius Maximus supposed it better for a common weale to haue an euill Prince with good councelloures about him than to haue a good King with euill counsellours for as it is easye and lykely that many good may make one bad good also like vnto themselues than for a good man to continue in his goodnesse keeping the company of euill men When as Orontes had more sharpely reproued Demaratus the King than did well become him in so much that Demaratus seruauntes standing by and misliking the same seemed to moue the king ●●t asking him whether he would take in so good part Orontes speeches the king answered that he had more cause to thank Orontes than to reproue him for they rather sayde hee doe vs hurt which flatteringly speake to curry fauor with vs that are Princes thā they which friendly seeme to rebuke vs. Telecrus brother complayning vnto him that he had not the good wil of the Citizens as much as he had it is sayd he because thou doest not vse thy selfe curteously towards them therfore Phillip aboue all thinges willed his sonne Alexander to vse himselfe lowly and friendly towardes his people but yet so that there be alwayes a regard had that a mediocrities be obserued in euery thing Traian being reprooued for his humilitie and lowlinesse vsed toward his subiectes aunswered it becommeth me so to vse my selfe towards them as I being in their case would looke to be delt withal Antisthenes opinion was that it were better to be in companie with Crowes then with Flatterers for Crowes will but deuour the body when it is dead but the other will eate vp a man aliue We must sayd Diogenes not only giue our handes infriendly wise to our friendes but also we must remember to haue oure fingers closed and clinched that is not onely to giue them fayre words but also to deale friendly and liberally by them Thearidas being a whetting his sworde with a whetstone was asked by one that passed by whether it were sharp wherto he made answere that it was as sharpe as a slaunder or false accusation for as witnesseth Cleantes there is nothing more hurtfull If saith Solon false accusers should scape vnpunished then would the state of the common weale be soone subuerted Alphonsus king of Aragō would say that there was nothing so vnseeming than for him to rule others whiche is subiect to his owne affections A gesilaus reioyced most in that ruling others he also remayned a King ouer himselfe Herevpon Tullie willeth that when youth are permitted to take their recreation the graue and elder sort shoulde bee present The auncient Romanes knowing that Vertue was the only meanes to attaine to true honour as also to signifie the same to the worlde by an expresse testimonie they builded the Temples of Vertue and Honour adioyned the one to the other and that in such sort that you could not enter into the Tēple of Honour except you first came through the Temple of Vertue As wee doe not sayth Socrates iudge the Corne to be good because it did grow vpon a fruitefull ground so neyther are we to suppose them as worthy of honour whiche were borre of honourable Parentes because both the Corne growing on the good ground may proue euil the child also that issueth frō an honest father may proue wicked and dissolute and therefore they are only worthy of honour whose Vertues are such that they deserue the same It is a wise mans part saith Munatius so to behaue himselfe that though he offende his fault may not appeare to euerye one also vnderstanding his error presently to amend it and to learne to be wiser afterward When as acertaine man had sayde to king Antigonus that all thinges were lawfull for Princes it is so sayth he to those that are of a barbarous nation but vnto vs onlye thinges honest are lawfull As in a hearde of beastes if the for moste stand still or if he run forward the rest will do the like so saith Plutarche it goeth with the people who in euery thing conforme themselues to the manners of their gouernours The Effenians a certayne people inhabiting in India doe gouerne their countrey by these three rules with a feruent loue towardes God in hauing an earnest desyre to liue vertuously and in bearing a charitable affection and loue one towards another Textor Antigonus King of Macedon being perswaded by his friendes strongly to fortifye the Citie of Athens if he did meane to keepe it least it should reuolt away from him againe aunswered that he was alwayes of this opinyon that there was no such sure defence for the preseruation of his kingdom than was the good will of his subiectes When Demetrius Phalerius vnderstood that the Athenians had plucked downe the pictures which they had set vp in remembraunce of his