Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	law_n	time_n	write_v	3,058	5	5.6338	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14027	The order of the greate Turckes courte, of hys menne of warre, and of all hys conquestes, with the summe of Mahumetes doctryne. Translated out of Frenche. 1524 [sic].; Estat de la courte du grant Turc. English	Geuffroy, Antoine.	1542 (1542)	STC 24334; ESTC S104956	50,701	162

be wel and rytchelye apparelyd and among other thynges to haue theyr sweordes and weapons garnished with golde and syluer They are of nature heauy grosse slouggish recheles and vyle people and commenly glottons For they wyll syt three dayes more at the table w tout rysynge excepte it be to make water And yf slepe come vpon theÌ„ they couch theÌ„ selues in y t same places Howebeit they make no very good chere except they haue wyne though it be forbyddeÌ„ theÌ„ wherof they haue ynough For the Iewes and the chrystyans sell it theÌ„ As much as I haue seen and knowen they be lyke the Almaynes in bewty of personage pronouncynge of theyr language and for y e pryde that they haue in theyr warres sauinge y t they haue no lernynge ne bookes but onely of theyre lawe Neuertheles the greate Turcke hath some bookes of Arystotles phylosophye translated into the Aribique tongue whych he redeth some tymes and so dyd hys predecessours They beare in warre greate roules of paper written and in the wrytynge there are figuers of sweordes holbards bowes arrowes daggers and they haue a phansye that those thinges shall kepe them frome beinge wounded All maner of ryotte is permytted vnto theym where vnto they are greatelye inclyned And they goo not to warre but by force and beatynges chyeflye yf they perceaue daunger to be in it And they are the most coueteouse men of all other nacyons Theyr houses are smal lowe wel triÌ„med with housholde stuffe hauinge the floreths couered wyth carpettes as I haue sayd before Wherefore they goe not in wyth theyr shoes but leaue theym at the dores for they are easye to put of on lyke as our slippers are they cal theÌ„ Pasmach but those shoes y t they go in wheÌ„ they iourneye are lyke vnto ours and theym they call Papouch They lye vpon greate quyltes made of fyne woll couered wyth veluet other cloth of sylke accordyng to theyr habilite for they vse no fethers Theyr sheetes are of course lynnen clothe wroughte ouer wyth sylcke of nedle worcke so y t ye caÌ„not se the lynnen Which is a goodly thynge to looke vpon for they are all of crymosyne coulour at the least I haue seen none other And there were many fouÌ„de in the cytye Modon whan our gallyes tooke it They eate in vessels of tinned copper large and depe They haue no greate regarde of buyldynge or purchasynge landes specyally they that are in seruyce wyth the greate Turcke because whaÌ„ they dye the sayd great Turcke taketh the thyrde parte of all theyr goodes and often tymes altogether as wheÌ„ they are made greate officers namelye Baches or Beglerbees and to theyr chyldren he geueth wages of the pencyon Tymar The Turckes haue other customes and maners of lyuynge whych nowe shall not be nedefull to reherse for as muche as daylye ye shal here more wherefore after that I haue spoken a fewe wordes of the sayde greate Turcke I wyl make an ende of my lettre THE greate Turcke whyche nowe raygneth is called Sultam Soleyman that is tooe saye kynge Soleiman For Sultam or Soldan in Moresque sygnyfyethe a Kynge or Prynce So the Turkes call him whan they speake of hym famyly arly but when they speake of him reuerentlye they cal him Vnghyar whyche is to saye the kynges maiestye Some tyme they call hym Sultam Soleyman Cham whyche they pronounce Tchaam whyche sygnyfyeth Lorde But it is the Tartarysche laÌ„guage and not the Turckysche I haue hearde hym named amonge the Turckes Badicaa The sayde kyng Soliman at thys presente is aboute the age of .l. yeares and he hath along body litle bones he is leane and euel proporcioned his vysage is browne and wrythen hys heade is shauen sauynge a tufte in the toppe as all the Turckes haue y t their TolopaÌ„ may syt the better that is an ornament of lynnen whyche they were on theyr heades he hath an hygh forhed and a large great yies and blacke he is hauke nosed he hath a long neck smal and stoopynge hys bearde is clypped and not shauen he is dumpyshe and speakethe and laugheth seldome but he is verye cholerycke and is an euel fauored man and euel proporcyoned and taketh no pleasure in any exercyse Further he is reputed amonge theim verteous and a good keper of his lawe moderate louinge peace reste more then anye of hys predecessoures haue done whyche the Turckes impute to hym for cowardnesse faute of courage He is estemed of theim gentle and courteouse neuerthelesse he pardoneth not offenders lightely His pastime is to reade bookes of philosophye and of his owne law In whiche he is so instructed that his Moftie or byshoppe canne teach hym nothyng at all He is not couÌ„ted verye lyberal but rather more sparynge then his predecessours He suffereth hym selfe to be ruled of them whome he loueth and in whome he trusteth thoughe he be somtymes obstinate and opinatyue thryse a weke he hath redde before him the historyes of his predecessours In which he suffereth no lye to be wryten nor flateries but only the bare actes And he is satisfyed wyth no treatyses or enterpryses but wyth those whyche were done amonge theyre neyghboures and other nacions aboute them faythfully and truely declared concernynge the conduycte of theyr affayres he hath a sonne called Mustapha about .xxviii. or .xxx. yeres olde and he is gouerner of Iconie and of all the sea costes of Magnesia ouer agaynste y t Isles of Chio and Methelin towardes the Rhodes where he kepeth his contynuall resydence To coÌ„clude bicause many haue meruayle that the greate Turcke wynneth dayly leseth nothynge I wyll shewe you what order he setteth in the countrees whiche he conquerethe and in what state he leaueth theym The order of the countreys WHen y e great Turcke hath wonne a countree fyrste he beateth downe all y e fortresses whiche seme not vnto him of importaunce and profyte and the walles of all the townes there about And yf there ben anie ryche or stronge houses in the sayde countrees the inhabytauntes whereof haue allyaunce wyth some greate lordes beynge straungiers he taketh those men awaie and sendeth them to dwell in some other place of his other countrees beynge already stablished in obedience But he suffereth euerie man to lyue accordyng to his owne lawe belefe constrayning no man to denie his faythe whiche thynge he doeth bycause he wyll not destroye theym nether brynge them to desperacyon besydes y t by theyr lawe suche constrayntes ben defended After this he sendeth his Sangiacs and Spachis and chargeth the people with so greate taxes and imposycions that it is impossyble for theym at anye tyme to rebell Also he leaueth theim no harnesse nor weapons of warre nor suffereth theim to gooe oute of the countree nether to serue anye but him selfe yee he constreineth them to abyde in their houses that they maye be euer founde

this gouernauÌ„ce parte of the great Armenye is comprehended For the reste is possessed of the Sophie and by y e Cordins and Beduins whiche are warrelyke people dwellynge in mountaynes called Tarquinians and in olde tyme Medes ioyninge vpon Bandras a towne of Assiria which some suppose to be Babilon and other Niniue the heade cytie of Assiria Thys Beglerbey hathe as the fame is .xxx. thousande ducates of the pensyon Timar twelue Sangiacs and .xxv. thousande Spachis whiche haue more wages and prouisyon then the other bicause they lie vpon the costes and borders of the sayde Sophie The .vi. is the Beglerbey of Damasco Syria and Iurye whiche hathe .xxiiii. thousande ducates a yere out of the pensyon Timar xii Sangiacs and twentye thousande Spachis payde as the forenamed The Beglerbey of Carie or of Aegypte hathe thyrtye thousande ducates of the pensyon Tymar syxetene Sangiacz and twenty thousand Spachis the sayde Sangiacz haue euerye one eyghte thousande ducates a yere and the Spachis two hundred This gouernaunce extendeth vnto the redde sea and vnto Mecha where Mahumettes bodye lyeth It conteyneth parte of Arabie the deserte and parte of Arabye the ryche Howebeit they are not holye subiected to the Turcke For there are manie lordes of whiche some take parte wyth the Sophy and some with y e Turcke and there are some againe whiche acknowledge neyther of theym bothe The other syde ioyning to the countree of Assiria called nowe Azemye is vnder the Sophy and is extended a longe by Mesopotamia vnto Liuerous some tyme called Hileri The seconde strengthe of the greate Turcke is founded in these Spachis whiche force shoulde be greate yf y e sayde Spachis were all good And as touchynge footemen besyde the Iannissaires the Turcke hath none anye thyng worthe For they knowe not howe to kepe anye order and it is agaynste their nature to learne Nowe there resteth to speake of the nature of the Turckes in general of theyr maners and condicyone of theyr beliefe and liuynge Whyche thynge I wyll dooe as briefely as I canne and after I wyll speake som what of the compleccyon of theyre Kynge whiche nowe reygneth THe Turckes worshyp one onely god whych made heuen and erth and sente theim theyr lawe by the Prophete Mahumet wrytten in a booke called Alcoram that is to saye the true lawe The sayde Mahumet was in the yere of our lorde syxe hundred and. xx in the tyme of Heraclius the Emperour which succeded Phocas Daugobert reygninge in Fraunce the Lomberdes in Italye And as we are called Christyanes so they ben called Musulmans that is to saye saued And they cal vs in their langage Caours specyally y e Grecians whiche they regarde not because they were so easely subdued fayntly defendynge them selues by reason of theyr secrete hatreddes diuisyons and discordes But they haue the Italyans in good estimacyon count them valyaunt men of warre calling them french men For a greate tyme they knewe no dyfference of those nacyons and tonges The foundacyon of their lawe standeth vpon these wordes Lahila ha Hilaalla Mahumet Resulalla Tangri Bir Beremberac that is to saye God is God was and shalbe God and Mahumet is y e messenger or counseller of God there is one God onely and one true prophete Whyche woordes yf a christyane pronouÌ„ce vnawares or otherwyse in theyre countre yf it be hearde he shall be constrayned to receaue theyr lawe or to die without fayle In y t stead of Baptisme they ben circumcised as the Iewes are howebeit they passe not greatly of it For theyre chyldren are often syxe or seuen yeres of age or more before they bene circumcysed and manie dye without circumcisyon at the whyche they make a greate feaste and an assemble Theyr prestes ben called Mesen theyr churches Meschet in to the whyche they neuer entre onles it be to praie vnto God and to make theyr inclinacyons or bouinges whiche thyng they do fyue tymes a daye The fyrste in the mornyng y e se conde at none the thyrde aboute thre of the clocke the fourth about syxe the fyfte when they gooe to bedde And they are not bounde to gooe to churche to make theyr inclinacyons but if them lyst Only they spred vpon y e grounde where they are an haÌ„dkercher or a white lynen cloth and bowe them selues fyue tymes theyr faces vpwarde hauinge theyr handes vpon theyr brestes The sayde houres ben shewed to theÌ„ by theyr Talismans which gooe vp vpon the toures of theyr churches and crye out a loude the wordes before written stoppynge theyr eares with theyr fyngers The women gooe not in to the churches wyth the menne bicause they ben not circumcised Wherfore they ben counted vncleane For whyche cause they saye also that they shall not entre into Paradyse but shall tarye at the gate with the Christyanes which haue well kepte theyr lawe It is a great despyte amonge them when they call one Sunet â–ª that is vncircumcised They haue our lorde Iesus chryste in great reuerence and they holde that he was borne of the virgyn Mary whom they call Murgen Ana Mary the mother and Iesus chryste yesse Berember that is Iesus the prophete conceyued by the spiryte breathing of God If any man hath blasphemed Christ be he Turcke Iew or Christyane he shalbe punished in lyke maner as yf he had blasphemed Mahumat The punyshement is fortye strypes with a staffe and a mercement of money They beleue not that he dyed thorough the handes of y e Iewes but y t it was another whyche they tooke in his steade For they saye y t he was to good a man to greate a prophete to suffer suche outrage of the myscheueous Iewes which they count to be y e vylest nacion of the world They so despise them hate them y t in no case they wil not eate in their coÌ„pany nether mary a Iewesse howbeit they mary often tymes chrystien womeÌ„ which they suffer to lyue accordynge to theyr owne law and they haue pleasure to eate wyth the chrystyans And moreouer if a Iewe wyll deny his lawe become a Turcke he shall neuer be receaued oneles that he were fyrste baptysed and made a chrystyaÌ„ Among theyr scryptures they haue oure Gospelles whyche they call Ingel but they take away the passyon sayinge that the Iewes added it to mocke the chrystyans They haue neyther pyctures ymages nor anye carued or grauen thynge whyche they defende out of the lawe of Moses And they saye the Pater noster as we translated into the Arabique tongue almoost worde for worde They call the deuell Seythan and drede and abhorre him as we doe Before theyr prayers and inclinacyons they washe theyr fete handes and faces and all theyr bodye whan they be in secrete places as ofte as they may Also they washe theym selues after euery purgacy

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