Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	time_n	write_v	year_n	7,404	5	4.7660	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68419	Siuqila too good, to be true : omen : though so at a vewe yet all I tolde you is true, I vpholde you, now cease to aske why? for I can not lye : herein is shewed by way of dialogue, the wonderful maners of the people of Mauqsun, with other talke not friuolous.	Lupton, Thomas.	1580 (1580)	STC 16951.5; ESTC S1352	138,381	186

sealed writing shall bée then of as greate force as the writing was that was loste burned defaced conueyed or stolne And there the Recorder doth keep a true and briefe note in a Booke appointed for euery suche déede writing coppy holde or lease whereby any may perfectlye learne whether anye landes tenementes houses or anye other thing is solde giuen let by coppy or leased and by whome and to whome and at what time which if he perceyue to stand frée then he may buy it or take it by copy or lease if not then he may refuse the same SIVQILA But what if the parties do not or will not register the same OMEN Then euery such déede of gifte writing coppye lease and the thing teherein solde giuen occupied leased or otherwise conueyed is vtterly voyd and of none effecte in the lawe vntill the same bée perfectly examined and registred or recorded in the place therefore appoynted SIVQILQ. Yet the coosiner may deceyue the true meaning man héerein for if the Register be of a corrupt conscience and take a bribe of the coosiner he may lye to the party that commeth to enquire or search and say there is no such things sold giuē or otherwise conueyed by any such party as the enquirer did moue OMEN Yea but we haue a salue wil heale that sore for the Register then presently muste deliuer to him that commeth to enquire a briefe note written in Parchemente of the thing searched for the name of the thing where yt lyeth the name of hym or hyr that the enquirer desireth to knowe whether hée or shée hathe solde gyuen or otherwayes conueyed the same thing searched for the name of the enquirer and the name of hym or hyr for whome it is searched and besides this the examiner shall write vnder all the same that no such thing searched for is registred of that tyme in his booke with the yeare moneth and daye of the same searche and further shall subscribe hys owne name wyth his owne hande whiche writing shall after witnesse againste the examiner if néede be if anye suche thing searched for shoulde after befounde to bée registred SIVQILA This is such a hedge that a Théese cannot well leape ouer Truely this generall registring or recording of writings is both a common commoditie to youre Countrey and a greate ouerthrowe of a number of mischiefes it cleane cutteth of deceyuers or coosiners from selling or letting their landes twice muche lesse thrice It fullye as it were with one stroke suppresseth all forgerye of euidences and writing For who wyil forge anye wrytings vnlesse they maye sucke some gaine thereby what doe wrytings preuayle if they be not lawefull they maye counterfayte them if they liste but they cannot confirme them if they woulde For no writings as I perceyue can be registred or recorded with you vnlesse the seller and the buyer the giuer and he to whome the thing is gyuen and the letter of the lease and the taker of the lease do bothe consente before the Register or Recorder and seale the wrytings as theyr déedes and no writings are of anye force vntill they be perfectly examined and registred And you maye be sure that no rounterfaite or forged wryting wyll be perfectlye examined and registred though the deceyuer and coosiner coulde be contente therewith vnlesse the partie that shoulde be deceyued and coosined doe graunt vnto the same before the Register why●he I thinke ne●ther the coosiner will goe aboute to procure nor hée that is to be deceyued wyll affyrme or allow And thoughe manye Babes haue bene beguyled Wydowes wronged fatherlesse defrauded the poore preuented the guiltlesse beguilded and the simple deceiued right ouerthrowen and Trueth trode vnder foote by filching purloyning stealing burning spoyling tearing and other craftie conuaying of writings to theyr vtter vndooyng to the displeasing of God to the maintenance of mischief Now all this your worthy ordering of registring of Writings hath pluckt vp by the rootes For if your people were as wicked as they are godly yet which of them would goe about to filtch purloyne burne spoyle or conuey any writing from any body if it woulde do them no good and the other no harme or if they were sure that the party frō whom they tooke it should haue the same again Who would steale a horse from any if he wist he should haue no good of him or if he knew certainly that the owner of the horse should haue his horse againe whether he would or not OMEN None I thinke Wel what with the godly disposition of your people and what with this good order of registring of writings there is not one in all our Countrey that doth take away filche spoyle or conuey anye writing from anye neyther doeth forge or counterfayte anye déede or writing SIVQILA No more there woulde or coulde be with vs as wicked as they be if we had your order and so executed for the registring of writings as you haue We haue lawes for the punishing of suche offendors but howe many fewer there are therby I know not But how many I wold there were I know OMEN Whether were it better if it were possible to haue your goods safe from stealing or to haue them stolne and to haue the théeues hanged for the same SIVQILA In my conceite it were much better that no goodes shoulde be stolne nor no théeues to be hanged therefore whiche is a double commoditie but in the other men loose their goodes and théeues loose their liues whiche is a double mischiefe OMEN You haue sayde very truly SIVQILA Euen so it were a great deale better to haue neuer a cōueyer purloyner spoyler nor forger of wrytings as you haue and neuer one therefore to be punished than to haue writings stolne spoyled defaced and forged to the hurte of many and to haue the offend●● a punissjed ther ●●●●● which so●e being thought vncurable your souer aigne falue in registring would quickly heale OMEN I haue tolde you what it hath done with vs. SIVQILA Yea and I woulde it mighte do so with vs. Surely thoughe we haue mercifull Magistrates godlye Gouernours sage Superiours politique Ru●ev● and wyttie Counsailours yet we haue a great sort that are so guée●y of gaine as madde of money and so mindfull of mischief that they are so much ashamed to committe these offences as a horsse is loath to eate his meat when be commeth newly from labour OMEN Then I date boldelye saye a little small sinne will not make them to shrinke This one thing doeth make me muse we that are more godlye and charitable haue more straighter and seuere lawes than you and you that are more wicked and enuious haue more milder laws than wée SIVQILA It is so but I coulde be content that it were not so Sir I beléeue you haue neuer an Usurer in all your Countrey OMEN The name is so strange vnto me that I know not what you meane thereby SIVQILA You are the more happy that