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
A06473	London and the countrey carbonadoed and quartred into seuerall characters. By D. Lupton	Lupton, Donald, d. 1676.	1632 (1632)	STC 16944; ESTC S108946	28,518	158

trice high and low he will not be a Martyre for he will turne but neuer burne Resolution is absolutely his Guide and Counsellour for he will run his course hee cannot be sayd to be a Wel or Spring without Water for he is puteus in exhaustus Merchandize hee likes and loues and therefore sends forth Ships of Trafficke to most parts of the Earth his Subiects and I●habitants line by oppresion like hard Land-lords at Land the greater rule many times deuoure the lesse the City is wondrousl● beholden to it for shee is furnished with almost all necess●ries by it He is wondrously crost hee is the maintainer of a great company of Water-men he is a great 〈◊〉 for he works as much in the night as the day Hee is led by an vnconstant Guide the Moone he is cleane contrary to Smithfield because that is all for Flesh but this for Fish his inhabitants are different from those vpon Land for they are most without legges Fisher-men seeme to off●r him much wrong for th●y rob him of many of his Subiects he is seldome without company but in the night o●●ough weather H● meets the Sun but followes the Moone ●e seemes to complaine a● the Bridge because it hath intruded into his bowels and that makes him Roare at that place to speake truth of him he is the priuiledg'd place for Fish and Shippes the glory and wealth of the City the high way to the Sea the br●nger in of wealth and Strangers and his busines is all for water yet hee deales much with the Land too he is a little Sea and a great Riuer 6. Exchanges Old and Neu● THe one of these came from Antwerpe the other from a Stable the one was Dutch yet made Denison the other was not lo at the beginning but did Exchange his name and nature The Merchants are men generally of good habite their words are vsually better then their Consciences their Discourse ordinarily begins in Water but ends in Wine the frequenting of the Walkes twice a day and a careles laughter argues that they are sound if they visit not once a day t is suspected they are cracking or broken their Countenance is ordinarily shap'd by their successe at Sea eyther merry sad or desperat they are like ships at sea top and top gallant this day to morrow sincking the ●ea is a Tennis-court their State● are Bals the Winde is the Racket and doth strike many for lost vnder Line and many in the hazard They may seeme to bee acquainted with Athens for they all desire Newes Some of them do keepe two brittle Vessels their Shippes and their Wiues the latter is lesse ballast and that makes them so light the Merchants Respect the former most for if that sinke or be ouer-throwne they fal but the fall of the latter is oftentimes the aduancing of their heads Conscience is sold here for nought because it is as old Sermons a dead Commodity they wil dissemble with and cozen one another though all the Kings that euer were ●nce the Conquest ouerlooked them Here are vsually more Coaches attendant then at Church-doores The Merchants should keepe their Wiues from visiting the vpper Roomes too often least they tire their purses by attyring themselues Rough Seas Rockes and Pyrats treacherous Factors and leaking ships affright them they are strange polititians for they bring Turkey and Spaine into London carry London thither Ladies surely loue them for they haue that which is good for them Farre fe●cht dear● bought they may proou● stable men but they must first leaue the Exchange It is a great House full of goods though it be almost in the middle of the Citty yet it Stands by the Sea There 's many Gentle-women come hither that to helpe their faces and Complexions breakes their husbands backs who play foule in the Countrey with their Land to be faire and play false in the City the place to conclude is thought to bee a great Formal●st and an hazardable Temporizer and is like a beautifull Woman absolutely good if not too common 7. Cheapeside T Is thought the Way through this streete is not good because so broad and so many go in it yet though it be broad it 's very streight because without any turnings it is suspected here are not many sufficient able men because they would sell all and but little honesty for they show all and some think more some time then their owne they are very affable for they 'le speak to most that passe by they care not how few be● in the streets so their shop● bee full they that bring them money seeme to bvsed worst for they are sure to pay soundly their Bookes of accounts are not like to their estates for the latter are best without but the other with long crosses there are a great company of honest men in this place if all bee gold that glisters their parcell-gilt plate is thought to Resemble them selu●s most of them haue better faces then hearts their monies and coines are vsed as prisoners at Sea kept vnder hatches One would thinke them to bee good men for they deale with the purest and best mettals euery one striues to work best and stout too for they get much by knocking especially by leaning on their Elbowes Puritans doe hold it for a fine streete but something addicted to Popery for adorning the Crosse too much The inhabitants seeme not ●o affect the Standard the Kings and Queenes would bee offended with and punish them knew they how these batter their faces on their coynes Some of their Wiues would bee ill priso●ers for they cannot in●re to be shut vp and as bad Nunnes the life is so solitary there are many vertuous and honest Women some truly so others are so for want of opportunity they hold that a harsh place of Scripture That women must be no goers or gadders abroad in going to a lecture many vse to visite a Tauern the young attendant must want his eyes and change his tongue according as hi● mistresse shal direct though many times they do mistake the place yet they will remember the time an houre and halfe to auoyd suspition Some of the men are cunning Landerers of plat● and get much by washing that plate they handle and it hath come from some of them like a man from the Brokers that hath casheer'd his cloake a great deale the lighter Well if all the men be Rich and true and the women all faire and honest then Cheapeside shall stand by Charing-Crosse for a wonder and I wil make no more Characters But I proceede 8. Innes of Court and Chancery THese were builded for Profit Grace Pleasure Iustice the buildings grace City the Men grace the Buildings Iustice Learning grace the Men These places furnish our Land with Law Here Nobility Learning Law Gentrey haue their Residence here are Students and Professors here are Students that will not be Professors here are Professors Students here are Professors

yet not Students here bee some that are neyther Students nor Professors Many hold that for an excellent Custome in the Temple immunity from danger of Serieants or such like proling Vermine Some liue here for profite others for Grace some for pleasure some for all yet most for profite and pleasure They that meane to liue by Law desire not so much the Theory as the Practicke part though many here follows the Law yet all keep it not but some transgresse They are the Seminaries of Iudge ment and Iustice hee that is most expert in the Law is the most fitting for publicke imployment and the Magistracy these cause Caesar to haue his due and giue the Subiect his Right that Land is likely to flourish where Religion and Iustice are honour'd and practis'd take away Iustice and Religion wil halt remooue Religion and Iustice will degenerate into tyranny let Moses and Aaron Rule and our Israel will prosper these places Moralize Ciuilize the younger aduance the Learned their Founders intended the stablishing of Peace and confirming of Religion many things that begin with blows would end in blood are by these Professors mediated and Christian agreement made their number Vnity great imployment makes the● admired to conclude the● are Rich Megazines for Law store-houses for policy Bulwarkes of Equity let them euer flourish as long as they are Deo Regi Patria for God their King and Country 9. Smithfield YOu may haue a faire prospect of this square Fellow as you passe from the streights of Pie Corner this place is wel stored with good harbours for Passengers to put into for flesh drinke and fish it is admirable but fish harbour appeares now but two dayes in seauen aboue water here thrice in a week one may see more beasts then men Butchers that haue money make this their Hauen or Rendeuouz Men that are downe-fled and better fed then taught may see many like themselues boght here for the slaughter Butchers surely cannot indure Cuckolds because they kill so many horn'd beasts Some I suppose may bee sayd to buy themselues such as trafficke for Calues though the place besquare yet here is much cheating in it here Land-pirates vse to sel that which is none of their own heere comes many Horses like Frenchmen rotten in the ioynts which by tricks are made to leape though they can scarse go he that lights vpon a Horse in this place from an olde Horse-courser sound both in wind and limbe may light of an honest Wife in the Stews here 's many an olde Ia●e that trots hard for 't that vses his legs sore against his will for he had rather haue a Stable then a Market or a Race I am perswaded that this place was paued without the consent of the Horse-courses company this place affords those leather blacke-coates which run so fast vppon Wheeles they shake many a young Heire out of his stocke and meanes the men that liue here may be said to be wel fed for here 's meat enough this place 〈◊〉 what Rich Countrey England is and how well it breedes Beasts a man that considers their number and greatnes and how soone Consumed may thinke there are a World of mouthes or else that Englishmen are great eaters Well I will speake this of Smithfield it is the greatest fairest richest squarest market place of this great City or Kingdome 10. Bridewell HEre comes many that haue beene at many a Dance but neuer affected the Bride-Well heere 's a Pallace strangly Metamorphosed into a prison in the outward Court were Carts not for the Husband-man but for those that haue vsed the vnlawfull game of Venery it seemes to be contrary to nature to make those draw which were made to beare a strange inuention to haue such a new punishment for such an old sinne Me thinkes the house complaines Oh quam a dispari Domino It may be sayd of it that it hath beene Eminent Great and Maiesticall so much may bee sayde of it yet that the Court is where it was It should maintaine Vertue for it punishes vice they are seuere Gouernors for they are most vpon correction when men haue here done their work they are sure of their wages a whip they are temperate here for they eate not ouer much for their drinke if all were to follow their course it would make Male cheape for it's water It may be sayd of this as of the Palatinate would it was restor'd In statu qu● prius some say there are many idle persons in it strange yet work so hard It ' is thought there 's scarse a true fellow in it for they all lye hard there 's none can say hee workes for nothing for they are all s●e of payment It 's the only Remembrancer of Aegypts slauery they haue task●maisters to holde them to their worke their whippemaister is like a Countrey Pedagouge they many times whippe better then himselfe and both take a pride in their office they inflict that vppon others which they deserue themselues they that come out of it neede not feare Purgatory for it's thought to be a place of more ease This is a two fold comfort vnto them that they may once come out and then they can scarce light of an harder maister or a worse seruice they may be Papists for they fast often haue their bodies afflicted are shut vp from the World seeme wondrous penitent onely they pray not so often I leaue the place wishing they may come out amend and neuer more come into it 11. Ludgate and Counters I Le ioyne all these together because their natures are not much diferent some of the Officers make the places worse then they would be if a man cannot by monies or good security pay his debts yet hee may l●e for them here the Prisoners are like Apprentices desire hartily to bee Freemen Certainly they haue beene men of great credite for they haue beene much trusted they hate three persons an extream Creditor a cunning Lawyer and a biting Serieant these three are all fishers of men the Creditor ownes the Net the Lawyer places and spreads it the Serieant ●als and drawes it to a purse the Serieant seemes to bee most of trust for hee hath the Whole businesse put into his hands and if he can concludes it the Lawyer next to him for hee is trusted with the Bonds the Creditor himselfe is of least note for he will not be seene in his owne busines yet the Creditor is Lord of the Game the Lawyer is his Hunsman the Serieant his blood Hound the Yeoman his Beagle and the Debtor is the wild Hare if hee be taken most commonly hee is tamed in one of these M●ses a Serieant is worst when most imploied a Lawyer when most trusted the Cre ditor when without pitty and the Debtor when prodigality and ill courses haue procured this Cage The Attourney and Serieant may be termed Hang-men they procure and serue so many Executions These places are