Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	good_a	great_a	life_n	6,057	5	4.3029	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32750	Canterbury tales composed for the entertainment of all ingenious young men at their merry meetings upon Christmas, Easter, Whitsontide, or any other time, especially in long winter evenings to keep good wits imply'd : intermixt with pleasant stories, witty jests and delightful songs very proper for either city, town, or country with an epistle dedicated to the bakers, smiths and millers by Chaucer junior.	Chaucer, Junior.	1687 (1687)	Wing C3737; ESTC R29212	11,083	25

the night beset her House when behold Providence had allotted a far better success to this Vertuous and Religious Gentlewoman for the same Evening a Gentleman be-lated on the Road implores h●r favour for a nights Lodging which she granted him in consideration it was some distance from Canterbury and no Village nearer and the night proving very dark and rai●ny and he a stranger All being a bed this wicked Guardian with his damn'd Accomplices of●fers to break into the House which the young Lady hearing runs to this strange Gentleman● Chamber begging her life of him thinking he belonged to those without but he protested by all that is Sacred he knew nothing of them but would spend the last drop of blood he had● in her Defence In order to which he descended the stairs into the yard where those Villains were breaking in and discharged his Pistol● which happily shot one in the head who falling so discouraged the rest that they betook them selves to flight leaving the dead Body in the place who in the morning was found to be the Ladies Uncle and Guardian Which Villany being thus discovered caused the Lady to respect the Gentleman who was a younger Brother of a good Family and of a small Estate but for his Generous vent●ing his Life in her defence so valiantly She in a short time made him her Husband and Master of a plentiful Estate living together in great Love and prosperity enjoying that which was so wickedly aimed at by that Monster of a Man her cursed Uncle 10. Some Company being at a Tavern in Canter●●●y a drinking one requested another to pledge 〈◊〉 but he refused saying he resolved to leave ● drinking because it made him have a short ●emory which occasioned the other to l●ugh ●●d reply that he would drink on still for it made ●●m have a long Memory for since said he I ●●ve us'd to drink hard I am a twelve month 〈◊〉 remembring that I could a called to mind in a ●oment before so I think I have a long Memory 11. A Beautiful young Gentlewoman of Canterbury ●eing wedded to an old Man in respect of his ●iches he being as full of Ice as she of Fire ●●d a mind to try the difference between young ●nd old Flesh shewed some Kindness more than ●rdinary to her Serving-man which he perceiving ●ays hold of all Opportunities to address himself ●o her by way of Love but she would not yield ●o his Desire unless he would contrive some way to cornute her Husband in his presence and he not to believe it this caused the Serving-man to stretch his Invention upon the Rack who at last acquainted his Mistress that he had found an Experiment to do it provided she would wh●n her Husband and she was a walking in the Garden pretend to Long for some Fruit on some of he highest Trees and to leave to him the management of the rest which accordingly she did The old Man calling his Man to ascend the Tree to gather the Fruit which as soon as h● had got up cryed out with a loud Voice Master Master leave off for shame I never in all m● life see so unseemly a● Action for shame dise●●gage your self from my Mistress or else some of the Neighbours will see you the old Man amazed at this Language asked if the Fellow was mad and what he meant O Sir said the Man the Tree is either bewitched or else I can●not believe mine own Eyes for I fancy I see you upon my Mistress Come down come down and let me get up the Tree to know if it seems so to me the Fellow comes down and the old Man gets up in the Interim the young Fellow fell to work with his Mistress the old Man looks down and sees it cries out in good Faith says he it seems to me just as it did to you for methinks I see you upon your Mistress as perfectly as if it was really so the old Man gets down and thinks the Tree bewitched● orders presently to be cut down for fear it should infect the rest Thus was the old Man made a ●uckold to his own Face and would not believe it 12 A Tinker going through Canterbury sounds briskly on his Kettle crying have you any worl● for a Tinker upon which a certain Shop-keeper living over-against the Pillory standing at his Door was minded to put a Je●t upon the Tinker bid him stop those two holes pointing to ●he Pillory to whom the Tinker said Sir i●●ou please to lend me your Head and Ears ● will find a Hammer and Nails and give you ●y Labour into the Bargain 13 A young Man of Canterbury by his Extrava●ancy had spent all his Estate and keeping ill Company accustomed himself to get Mony by ●nlawful ways one Morning going to the Ca●hedral to Prayers more to see if he could meet ●ith a Booty than any Intention of Goodness 〈◊〉 happens to meet with a Country Farmer who ●ad a heavy purse of Mony in his Pocket which ●e perceived watched an Opportunity soon ●ade it his own and marching off with it met ●t the Cathedral door two or three of his boon Companions whom he made acquainted of his ●eing fuller of Mony than ordinary and invited ●hem to a Tavern not far off promising to treat ●hem Prayers ending and and the Mony miss'd caused the Looser to make inquiry after it which one hearing remembred the Passages of our Sparks at the door and acquainted him of it advising him to take an Officer and search them at the Tavern and he need not question finding his Mony which Advice he took when coming where the Company were and charging them stoutly with it Our Sharper inquired the Marks of the Purse and what Sum was in it pretending he found it to which the Farmer answered just 5● l. at which he said it was so but he had spent 5 s. and the rest he was willing to r●●turn but the Looser would have his whole Sum or else he would have him before a Magistrate● which our youngster perceiving and the Mon● lay upon the Table he whips it into his Pocke● again so makes his Escape being followed by the Officer he had not run far but an Ass stood in his way our Offender taking hold of his Ta●● pulled it off when running on he hap'ned to run over a woman big with Child upon which miscarried still running on he run against a Ladder that a Plaisterer was at work on and flung the Plaisterer on the Officer who had his Arm broke● seeing these Mischiefs hap'ning and fearing to commit more he suffer'd himself to be taken and carri'd before a Justice The Farmer made a Complaint for the loss of his 5. l. the Man forthe loss of his Asses Tail the womans Husband for the loss of his Child and the Officer for his broken Arm all which Complaints deliver'd against the Delinquent and seriously weighed by the Magistrate he consider'd the Retaliation was the best method