Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	prove_v	young_a	youth_n	37	3	7.5874	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43142	The canting academy, or, The devils cabinet opened wherein is shewn the mysterious and villanous practices of that wicked crew, commonly known by the names of hectors, trapanners, gilts, &c. : to which is added a compleat canting-dictionary, both of old words, and such as are now most in use : with several new catches and songs, compos'd by the choisest wits of the age ...	Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?	1673 (1673)	Wing H1243; ESTC R9723	96,642	212

hopeless desire My deaths-wound you gave me though far off I were My fall from your sight not to cast you a Tear But if a kind Flood or a Wave should convey And under your Window my body would lay The Wound on my Breast when you happen to see You will say with a figh 't was given by me A Lover dying with delight WHilst Alexis lay prest in her arms he lov'd best With his hands round her neck and his head on her breast He found the first pleasures too stay And his Soul in the Tempest was flying away When Celia saw this with a sigh and a kiss She cri'd Oh my Dear am I rob'd of my bliss 'T was unkind to your love and unfaithfully done To leave me behind you and die all alone The Youth though in hast and breathing his last In pity di'd slowly whil'st she di'd more fast Till at length she cri'd now my Love now let us go Now die my Alexis and I will die too Thus intranc'd they did lie till Alexis did try To recover more breath that again he might die Thus often they di'd oh the more they did so The Nymph di'd more quick and the Shepheard more ●low The Lover in a Quandary ALl day do I sit inventing While I live so single alone Which way to wed to my contenting And yet can resolve upon none There 's a Wench whose Wealth would inrich me But she not delights me There 's a Wench whose wealth doth inrich me There 's anothers Eyes do bewitch me But her fashion frights me He that herein Ha's a Traveller been And at length in his longing sped What shall I do Tell me whom I shall wooe For I long to be lustily Wed. Shall I with a Widow marry No no she such watch will bear To spy how my self I do carry I shall always live in fear Shall I to a Maid be a Wooer Maydens are lov'd of many Knowing not whom to be sure Are very unsure to any Marry to Youth There is love without Truth For the Young cannot long be just And Age if I prove There 's Truth without Love For the Old are too cold to lust An Item for Marriage TO Friend and to Foe And to all that I know That to Marriage estate do prepare Remember your days In several ways Are troubled with sorrow and care For he that doth look In the marri'd mans Book And read but his Items all over Shall find them to come At length to a Sum Shall empty Purse Pocket and Coffer In pastimes of Love When their labours do prove And the fruit beginneth to kick For this and for that And I know not for what The Woman must have or be sick There 's Item set down For a loose bodi'd Gown In her longing you must not deceive her For a Bodkin a Ring Or the other fine things For a Whisk a Scarf or a Beaver Deliver'd and well Who is 't cannot tell Thus whil'st the Child lies at the Nipple There 's Item for Wine ' Mongst Gossips so fine And Sugar to sweeten their Tipple There 's Item I hope For Water and Soap There 's Item for Fire and Candle For better and worse There 's Item for Nurse The Babe to dress and to dandle When swaddled in lap There 's Item for Pap And Item for Pot Pan and Ladle A Corral with Bells Which custome compels And Item ten Groats for a Cradle With twenty odd Knacks Which the little One lacks And thus doth t●y pleasure bewray thee But this is the sport In Country and Court Then let not these Pastimes betray thee A Sigh for She knows not what TO little or no purpose I spent many days In ranging the Park the Exchange and the Plays Yet ne'r in my rambles till now did I prove So lucky to meet with the man I could love Now oh how I 'm pleas'd to think of the man That I find I must love let me do what I can How long I shall love him I can no more tell Than had I a Feaver when I should be well My passion shall kill me before I will shew it And yet I would give all the World he did know it Then oh how I sigh when I think he should wooe me I cannot deny what I know would undo me The pleasant Dream LAst night I dreamed of my Love When sleep did overtake her It was a ptetty drowsie Rogue She slept I durst not wake her Her Lips were like to Corral red A thousand times I kist'em And a thousand mere I might have stoll'n She never could have mist 'em Her crisped Locks like threds of Gold Hung dangling or'r the Pillow Great pity was that one fair Should ever wear th'Green-willow I folded down the Holland-sheet A little below her Belly But what I did you ne'r shall know Nor is it meet to tell yee Her Belly 's like to yonder Hill Some call it Mount of Pleasure And underneath there springs a Well Which no mans depth can measure Not a Word of the Pudding Y' Are undone ye Women in Town If with speed you prevent not your ruine The pride of your Flesh must come down Here are Plots and severe ones a brewing Whil'st like Cats you play with your Tails To be thought to care little for ours Youmind not how drinking prevails And much lessens the value of yours Inflam'd with our Wine we disdain To remember the Chains we have worn And till you dou do prize them again Your repentance shall equal your scorn You may think Dear Hearts what you please We 're resolv'd to dispute your Commands Until we bring on her Knees Not a shall be kind though it stands The Womens Answer Y' Are deceiv'd in your Plots and your Tricks To think to rob us of our pleasure Since we rais'd up the pride of your Upon Hector and Huff without measure You Pimps you can sooner be damn'd Than to live a whole Lent upon Fish Drink on Bully-Fops and be drunk Be mad and profuse of your Coin That leads you the way to your Punk 'T is the only effects of good Wine But then if your spirits should move You 'd be glad to make us amends And rather than lose what you love You 'd be glad to kiss and be friends A Catch THe Pot and the Pipe the cup and the Can Have quite undone quite undone many a man The Hawk the Hound the Dice the Whore Have quite undone quite undone as many more The flames of Desire DO not ask me charming Phillis Why I lead you here alone By this bank of Pinks and Lillies And of Roses newly blown 'T is not to behold the beauty Of those Flowers which crown the Spring 'T is to but I know my duty And dare never name the thing 'T is at worst but her denying Why should I thus fearful be Every minute gently flying Smiles and says make use of me What the Sun do's to those Roses Whilst the Beams play sweetly

opportunity by the fore-head top the hairy part Prosperity which we enjoy when she pleases She is pictured blind because many times she bestows her favours upon unworthy persons and for that she blindeth her pursuers Q. Why do Foot-boys for the most part wear linnen stockings A. Because they are troubled with running Legs Q. What do several sorts of Colours signifie A. White signifieth Truth or Innocencie it resembleth the Light Green Hope or Youth Yellow Gladness or Jealousie Straw Colour Plenty Orange Cuckold or Covenant-Colour signifies diminution of Honour or Spiteful Blew the Scotch-bonnet-Colour Treachery Carnation Sorrow Violet Inconstancie the Azure is most pleasant to the eyes of any colour because Nature in the Azure seemed as if she had meant all the rest Red betokeneth the nobleness of Courage Purpure or Purple was a Colour in Ancient times only worn by Kings and Princes Tawny is a Colour of Worship most commonly born amongst the French-Gentry Murrey in Blazon-Sanguine is a Colour in ancient times appertaining to the Prince of Wales All mixt or midling Colours are reckoned more Noble or Ignoble by participation either of the Nobility of White which is Light or of black which is a deprivation of Light Q. Why is a Cholerick man said to be no wiser than an Horse A. Because he cannot bridle his Passion Q. Why is a Miller said to be the fittest Husband for a Scold A. Because when the Mill goes though her tongue be never so loud it cannot be heard Q. Why are Scriveners said to be hard-hearted Fellows A. Because they never rejoyce so much as when they put others into Bonds Q. Why is it better to fall into the Claws of Crows and Ravens than of Flatterers A. Because Crows and Ravens do but eat us when we are dead but flatterers devour us alive Q. Why had a Barber more reason to be honest and trusty than another Trade A. Because whosoever employs him though but for a Hairs matter puts his life into his hands Q. Why is a Barber said to be such an active man A. Because if once he take out his wooden Comb he will so box a man about his Ears yet he shall take no exceptions for he shall scarce feel it Q. Why do many hold that there is a World in the Moon A. Because they are Lunaticks Q. How may a man use Tobacco that it may do him good A. He must keep a Tobacco-shop and sell it Q. Why may Tobacco shops be said for to be such dangerous places for to come into A. Because there 's no man that ever frequented them but that he smoakt for it Q. Why is a Hypocrite said to be odious to God to man and to the Devil A. God hates him because he is not what he seems Man hates him because he seems what he is not and the Devil hates him because he seems not what he is a very Raskal Q. Why are Smiths of all other Trades said to be the most irregular and wicked A. For that they never think themselves better employ'd than when they addict themselves to their Vices according to the old Verse I heard that Smug the Smith for Ale and Spice Sold all his Tools and yet he kept his Vice Q. What 's the first Commodity a young Shop-keeper puts off A. His Honesty Q. Why do Souldiers love Beef so well A. Because 't is powder'd Q. Why are Musquetiers of all other Souldiers said to be the most lazy A. Because they are always at their Rest Q. Why do Lawyers-Clerks write such wide Lines A. 'T is done to keep the Peace for if the Plaintiff and the Defendant should be in the next the lines being too close they might perhaps fall together by the Ears Lay John there lay Lilburn there about For if they both should meet they would fall out Q. What may a good Client be compared to A. A study Gown that fits in the cold himself to keep his Lawyers warm Q. Why did Nature allow of Mercury A. To make Alchymists Fools and covetous men poorer Q. Why do we usually say that the Philosophers-stone and need to turn all Metals into Gold A. Because the study of it turns all a mans Gold into Metal Q. What is a Prodigal like A. A Brush which spends it self to make others go handsome Q. Why is a Hangman said to be one of a contemplative life A. Because he never goes to work but he is put in mind of his own end Q. Which of the two is more sufferable a Tyrant or a Hangman A. You might as well have said Oliver or Dun I shall give it clearly for Dun the Hangman he executed those that were condemned by Law but Oliver that High Court of Justice-Devil caused them to be put to death that were innocent without any Law Q. How are Painters call'd cunning Fellows A. Because they have a Colour for whatsoever they do Q. How are Trumpeters said to be subject to sickly Distempers A. Because commonly when they are most in health they will fall a sounding Q. Of all things that you know which do you esteem most precious A. As for the word precious I look upon it as an Epithite belonging to Stones I confess I love a Diamond a Ruby an Emerald c. But above all precious stones there are none like those which make a perfect man and a Maid a Mother Q. Why do fat men love their ease so much A. Because the Soul in a fat body lies soft and is therefore loath to rise Q. Why have many men no Beards A. Because they have their pores so great that the Nutriment wherewith their Hair should be nourished and entertained is consumed of adust and burnt vapours To the Tune of Let Simons Beard alone Let Simons Beard alone For 't is no disgrace To spit in his face For Beard he never had one Q. Wherefore is it that we are for the most part ill conceited of them that have their Hair of one colour and their Beard of another A. Martial shall answer for me in his Epigram against Zoilus Englished thus Zoilus red headed and black bearded too What squint-eyed and stump-footed in thy shooe Thus mark'd thou art a Knave or else there 's none Thou art not good ten thousand 't is to one Q. Why are Citizens Wives so affected with Hats A. Because they love to be covered Q. What is the Diet so much esteemed of by Citizens wives A. Though they love flesh better than fish yet for their better varieties they so diet themselves that at Noon they feed upon Carps at Night upon Cods-head and when they go abroad they are very well pleased with Place Q. Why have Hosts usually such red Noses A. They are given them by Nature to shew to the world an experiment of the virtue of what they sell Q. Why is a Tooth-drawers said to be an unconscionable Trade A. Because he takes away those things whereby every man is said to get his living Q. Why