Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	fish_n	great_a	sea_n	3,519	5	6.8793	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02817	The historie of graunde Amoure and la bell Pucel, called the Pastime of plesure co[n]teining the knowledge of the seue[n] sciences, [and] the course of mans life in this worlde. Iuuented [sic] by Stephen Hawes, grome of kyng Henry the seuenth his chamber.; Pastime of pleasure	Hawes, Stephen, d. 1523?	1554 (1554)	STC 12950; ESTC S106025	88,700	218

day he set in workyng The bodies aboue to haue their mouyng In the. xii signes them selues to domifye Some rethrogarde and some directly The fift daye he did fishes make In the sea the great stormy flowde To and fro their courses for to take And in the water for to haue their fode Like to the same colde alway their bloude The sirt daye beastes with fowles sensatiue And man also with soule intellectyue The seuenth day he rested of his worke Nothing constrayned as of werines As writeth many a right famous clarke But that he had accomplished doubtles His purposed purpose by infinite prowes As to vs dothe most plainely discure The perfect grounde of holy scripture Thus God him selfe is chefe astronomer That made all thing accordyng to his will The sunne the mone and euery little starre To a good entent and for no maner of yll Withouten vayne he did all thing fulfyll As astronomy dothe make apparaunce By reason he weyed all thinges in balaunce Capitulo xxiii ANd for as muche that he made nature First of all to haue domination The power of her I shall anone discure Howe that she taketh her operation And where vpon is her foundation I simple and rude opprest with negligence Shall discriue the might of her preeminence For thoughe that aungell be inuincible In palpable and also celestiall Without substaunce as incencible Yet haue they nature whiche is angelicall For nature naturyng naturate made all Heauen and earth and the bodies aboue By course of nature for to worke and moue On man or beast without any misse She worketh directly after the aspect Of the matter be it more or lesse I wisse And dothe therof the whole forme direct After the qualitie it dothe take effect If there be more then may one suffise A by member she will then more deuise As that in vre ye may it dayly se Upon one hande some hath thombes twayne And other also sometime armes thre The superstuitie is cause therof certayne Whiche that dame nature dothe constrayne So for to do for she leseth nought Of the matter but hath it wholy wrought And in likewise where is not sufficient Of the matter for the whole formation There lacketh a member by great impediment So that there can be no perfite fashion As may be iudged by perfite reason After the qualitie of the matter lackyng So lacketh they of natures formyng Some lacketh a legge some an arme also Some a finger and some more or lesse All these causes with many other mo Nature worketh so directly doubtles Upon the matter as I do expresse After the qualitie in many a sundry wise The kinde of her we ought nothing despise Some be fayre and replete with grace Some be fayre and yet right vnhappy Some be foule and can sone purchase Landes and possessions to them shortly Some be fooles and some be right wittye Wherupon I shal shewe a difference Of the. v. wittes by good experience Capit. xxiiii THe eyen the eares and also the nose The mouth hands inward wits are none But outward offices as ye may suppose To the inward wittes whiche do iudge alone For vnto them all thinges haue gone By these outward gates to haue the knowleging By the inwarde wittes to haue decernyng These are the fiue wittes remouyng inwardly First commen witte and then ymagination Fantasy and estimation truely And memory as I make narration Eche upon other hath occupation First the commen witte vnto the front applied Dothe thinke decerne it may not be denied Of the eyen the office onely is the syght To se the fayre the lowe or altitude The white or blacke the heauy or the light The litle or great the weake or fortitude The vgly fauoure or yet the pulcritude This is the vse of the eyen enteare To se all thinges whiche may well appeare But of them selues they can decerne nothing One from an other but the commen witte Decerneth coloures by spirituall cunning To the fiue inwarde wittes it is so well knitte Nothing is sene but it dothe iudge it It dothe decerne the good from badnes The hye the lowe the foule the fairenes The nose also euery ayre dothe smell But yet it hath nothing aucthoritie If it be swete for to iudge and tell But the commen witte dothe it in certainetie Decernyng sauours in euery degre Knowyng the swete ayre from the stinkyng When that the nose therof hath smellyng The eares also ryght well geue audience Unto a tale hearyng it right perfectly But they can not discerne the sentence To knowe wherupon it dothe so ratifie Upon great wisdome or els vpon foly Thus whether the tale be ryght good or badde By the commen witte the knowledge is had Foly hath eares as well as Sapience But he can not determine by his hearyng What tale it is for lacke of intelligence For the commen witte is all vnderstandyng And that he lacketh to geue him knowyng Wherfore the eares are but an intresse To the cōmen witte that sheweth the perfectnes The mouthe tasteth bothe swete and bitternes But the commen witte decerneth properly If it be soure or replete with swetenes Nor yet the handes fele nothing certainely But the commen witte decerneth subtilly Whether it be harde moist or of drynes Hote heauy soft or yet colde doubtles Thus commen witte worketh wondersly Wpon the. v. gates whiche are receptatyue Of euery thing for to take inwardely By the commen witte to be affirmatyue Or by decernyng to be negatiue The commen witte the first of wittes all Is to decerne all thinges in generall And then secondly ymagination When the commen witte hath the thing elect It worketh by all due inclinacion For to bryng the matter to the whole affect And fantasy then hath the whole aspect The ymagined matter to bring to finishment With good desire and inwarde iudgement And estimacion dothe well comprehende The space the place and all the purueyaunce At what tyme the power myght entende To bryng the cause vnto perfect vtteraunce Often it weygheth the cause in balaunce By estimation any thing is numbred By lengthe or shortnes howe it is accombred Fiftely the mynde when the fourth haue wrought Retayned all tyll the mynde haue made An outwarde knowledge to the matter thought Because nothing shall decline and fade It kepeth the matter nothinge rethrogarde But dyrectly till the minde haue proued All suche matters whiche the. iiii haue moued Plato the cunnyng and famous clarke That well experte was in Philosophy Dothe ryght rehearse vpon natures warke Howe that she worketh vpon al wondersly Bothe for to minishe and to multiplye In sundry wise by great direction After the matter with all the whole affection In my natiue language I will not expresse More of her worke for it is obscure Who will therof knowe all the perfectnes In philosophy he shall finde it ryght sure Whiche all the trouth can to him discure No man can attayne perfect runnyng But by long study and diligent learnyng Capit. xxv THe