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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	archbishop_n	bishop_n	king_n	1,876	5	3.7874	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94724	Tom Nash his ghost. To the three scurvy fellowes of the upstart family of the snufflers, rufflers and shufflers; the thrice treble-troublesome scufflers in the church and state, the onely lay ecclesi-ass, I call generallissimo's. Being like Jobs 3. comforters, or the churches 3. anti-disciples, the clergies 3. persecuters, the states 3. hors-leeches, the divels 3. chaplaines; namely, the Anabaptist, the Libertine, and the Brownist. Written by Thomas Nash his ghost, with pap with a hatchet, a little revived since the 30. yeare of the late Qu. Elizabeths reigne when Martin Mar-Prelate was as mad as any of his tub-men are now.	Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601, attributed name.; Taylor, John, 1580-1653, attributed name.	1642 (1642)	Wing T1784; Thomason E110_5; ESTC R7602	3,851	8

mounted in their Thrones a Popish Priest can hardly out-doe him in strange postures as in lifting up the purenesse of the whitest whitenesse of his eyes then marke how hee displayes his armes as if he were swimming also the terrible assault and battery that the poore cushion endures the haukings hemmings hummings coughings spittings with other Parenthesis while there is more matter a pumping besides the terble thundring voyce against our Church-Lyturgie although they doe know that they lye and that that Booke was approved of by the learned Calvin and all the reverend Fathers of the blessed Reformation in King Edwards Reigne That five martyr'd Bishops namely Arch-bishop Cranmer Bishop Ridley Bishop Latimer Bishop Hooper Bishop Farrar with many more godly men and glorious Martyrs whom the Papists most cruelly burnt and persecuted yet they all at their very deaths did acknowledge our Church-Liturgie or Common-prayer Booke and sealed their faiths with their bloods by the Papist Tyranny and is it possible that any should be so shamelesse as to say that Booke is Popish now The said Booke was supprest in Q. Maries Reigne because it was not Popish The said Booke was not Popish in all the happy Reigne of Q. Elizabeth nor was it esteemed either Popish or Romish in all the Reigne of King Iames in both the times of these three mighty Princes of ever-blessed memory and till within these three or foure yeares there hath scarce●y beene heard of any learned or Religious minded Protestant that did ever hold that Booke to be stuft with Romish Raggs of Popery although some things in it may be amended and somethings quite omitted But you have such nice stomacks that nothing will downe with you except it be sawc'd with disobedience and contention you being such odd fellowes whom Learning Witt sence or Reason can by no meanes satisfie Whips are for slaves and not swords and it is fit that such as wisedome cannot satisfie should have their mouths bung'd up with ieeres will nothing agree with your appetites or relish well in your pallates but the bald-rib of a Bishop or the iole of a Iudge truely I hold it better that some of you were taken away with Gregories Voyder the Reason is there are Caps with foure corners and those you distast there are creatures to bee met in one corner hold there and there is a Tree neere Paddington with three corners but no more of that I pray though it is necessary that some of you should escape no worse I am so cleare-sighted that I can see through the very veines and sinnewes of your Consciences for your Religions you may many of you cast Crosse and Pile and for your iust dealing you may play at my Sow ha's Pigg'd Therefore it is wholsome for the times that such Cocks as you should be let blood in the Combe It is a marvell that most of your perverse Sects have not wry mouthes for very few of you do speak right at any time but out of the concupiscence of your Consciences and the Learning you are indued withall in Crooked-Lane Lattin hath got you with child with Rebellion and being with child you long to swallow Churches and devoure Authority but you will be told one time or other that there is some odds betwixt Learning and Libelling I know some that will doe their ill-good will to outlaw my Soule for writing this and they wil serve an execution of damnation upon me but if I be aware of their comming I will meete them with such a powder that shall make their bones to rattle in their Skins like 3. blew beanes in a blew bladder rattle bladder rattle And for a conclusion It is as lawfull for honnest men by either speaking or writing to make the malicious Facts and Acts of Knaves knowne as it is for Knaves to slaunder and abuse honest men and most certaine it is that the Leaders of these Factions doe know they are out of the way and would be glad to returne againe were it not for some worldly respect for which causes they must impudently goe on according to the old Proverb over-shooes over Bootes FINIS