Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	see_v	word_n	write_v	4,744	5	5.2335	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01945	The gospelles of dystaues; Evangiles des quenouilles. English.	Watson, Henry, fl. 1500-1518.; Fouquart, de Cambray, maistre, attributed name.; Duval, Antoine, attributed name.; Jean, d'Arras, 14th cent, attributed name.	1510 (1510)	STC 12091; ESTC S105756	33,007	63

wolde vndertake to put in scrypture a lytel volume y t for the name of it sholde be called y e gospelles of dystaues in memory mynde of them perpetually and the vpholdynge of all them to come I somwhat ashamed of the praysynge that they gaue me wende for to haue excused me but anone I was caducke and so oppressed with theyr wordes and reasons that all confused I was cōstrayned to vndertake the charge In the whiche yf there be ony faute or euyll endytynge I supply you for to pardon me repute the sayd faute to them that by so grete haste declared it to me that I had no leyser nor space somtyme for to vnderstande them well nor my hande that was by aege made heuy nor myne eyen that were obscure myght not comprehende it soo fast as they had well wolde This charge than by me vndertaken the ladyes thanked me gretely set daye amongest them and houre for to retourne vpon the morowe after souper And charged me that I sholde brynge paper and ynke ynough with me and also pennes for they wolde determyne hyghe and notable thynges ¶ The ordynaunce of this boke put in termes by dame Isengryne ON the morowe at the houre assygned I furnysshed of ynke paper pennes retourned to y e place assigned in the whiche was assembled all redy the syxe ladyes y t after me dyde abyde And they of my comynge were ryght Ioyous as it semed by theyr semblauntes After that they had prepayred for me my place there I as myght here them best one of them the moost aūcient named dame ysengryn of glay began for to speke after that scylence was mad of her felowes the wordes that enseweth My ryght der neyghbours in this vagacion ye se in lykewyse know clerely how the men of this present tyme ceaseth not for to wryte make balades dyffamous and bokes contagyous in dispraysynge the honour of our sexe And seynge y t they we were made of one werkeman descendynge the one from the other And yet syth that I must nedes say it we ben descended of a more hygh noble place than they be and made of a mater more purer and clener than they be It is myn aduyse vnder the correccyon of you all that it sholde be good with y e helpe of this our secretary frende that we made a lytell treatyse of chapytres y t we wyll kepe put by ordre The whiche of longe tyme hath ben founde by our auncyent moders to the ende that they be not put in forgetynge and that it may come in to the handes of them y t bē yet to come The whiche chapytres shall conteyne the gospelles of dystaues with the gloses y t some wyse and dyscrete matrones haue added and yet shal in multeplyenge y e texte And for to entre in to the mater and put ordre in our begȳnynge ye knowe that there ben syxe werke dayes in the weke we be syxe that haue vndertaken this werke and that haue sene and herde recorded by our predecessours dyuers thinges of the olde testament the newe other thynges true of good auctoryte Wherfore it is myn aduyse in cōclusyon that it sholde be good that on mondaye nexte we assemble vs in the hous of Maroye ployarde where as we haue ben accustomed to holde our dysporte at .vii. of the clocke at nyght And there yf ye wyll one of vs shall begyn her lecture and shall recyte her chapytres in y e presence of all them y t shall come theder for to kepe and put them in perpetuall memorye The assistentes anone and without ony other delyberacyon sayd that dame Isengryne had well spoken And in cōclusyon they prayed her that she wolde take vpon her to rede the fyrst monday where as was assigned sayd that withouten faute they wolde be there prayed some of theyr neyghbours as well yonge as olde y t they wolde be there to auctoryse better theyr chapytres This charge toke ryght gladly dame Isengryne sayd that she wold do her best in saynge this she torned her towarde me and requyred me right louyngly that I wolde be her secretary in lyke wyse dyde all the other that they wolde make me be rewarded by some of them the whiche were the yongest at my chesynge for the whiche rewarde I thanked them and helde me for content ¶ The ordynaunce of the fyrst daye of the descrypcyon of dame Isengryne of Glaye what she was Isengryne dame Abūde Gamberde THe mondaye at night bytwene seuen eyght of the clocke after souper assembled y e forsayd syxe ladyes togyder and all the neyghbours that were accustomed to come theder dyuers other that were somoned theder for to here the mystery that sholde be done there Dame Isengryne of glay came theder accompanyed with dyuers of her knowlege the whiche brought with them theyr dystaues and standardes with theyr spyndels and wherles all that apperteyned to theyr arte And to make it shorte it semed a ryght market where as is but solde wordes reasons and dyuers purposes of small effecte and lytell valour The syege of dame Isengryne was prepared at one syde a lytell hyer than the other and myn was euen besyde her and afore me was a lampe full of oyle for to caste lyght vpon my werke and all the assystentes had tourned theyr vysages towarde dame Isengryne the whiche after scylence obteyned spake in this maner But or that I begynne for to wryte her chapytres I wyll reherse to you the estate genealogye of her Dame Isengryne was of the aege of .lxv. yere or there aboute she had ben a fayre wyfe in her tyme but she was becomen gretely wydred her eyen were holowe her eye lyddes somwhat reuersed reed alwaye watrynge she had had fyue husbandes besyde her acquayntaunce aparte She medled in her olde aege to receyue yonge chyldren but in her yonge aege she receyued grete chyldren she was moche experte in dyues artes Her husbande was yonge of whome she was ryght Ialous and made many complayntes of hym to her neyghbours neuerthelesse scylence obteyned she began her gospell and toke her substaunce of her husbande and sayd ¶ Here begynneth the fyrst chapytre of the gospell of dame Isengryne of Glay for the mondaye MI good neyghbours there is none of you but ye knowe that I toke my husbande Iosselyn more for his beaute than for his rychesse for a poore felowe he was loo I sawe hym not to daye nor yesterdaye wherfore I haue grete sorowe at my herte And certaynly he hath grete chepe of the goodes that my husbande 's his predecessours had assembled togyder with grete labour payne wherfore I thynke it wyll be my deth Now to this purpose and for the fyrst chapytre I tell you for as true as the gospell that the man that spendeth the goodes vnduely that cometh to hym by his wyfe