Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bear_v	great_a	king_n	1,542	5	3.5361	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04397	The dystruccyon of Iherusalem by Vaspazian and Tytus		1510 (1510)	STC 14518; ESTC S120418	33,458	80

of the Emperour / the crye was moche grete seynge that it was no daye but that there deyed in the cyte .iiij. C. persones of the grete famyne that there was THen Pylate said that that whiche he had sayd he wolde perfourme And sayd vnto the kynge Archylaus that he sholde arme hym with .v. M. knyghtes And whan they were armed they wente to the dytche there as the Emperour was To the which they maunded that they wolde speke with hym in sauete And incontynent the Emperour / tytus his sone Iafet and Iacob and .xx. M. knyghtes well armed came where Pylate the kynge Archylaus abode them And whan the Emperour was come Pylate beganne to speke to the Emperour and sayd Syr Emperoure haue pyte on me and on all this people yf it please you and take the cyte and the treasoure and all that there is / and let vs goo in to straunge landes exyled by the worlde ¶ How the Emperour spake vnto Pylate the kyng Archylaus and what answere they had Pylate Archylaus Vaspasyan THen the Emperoure answered to Pylate and sayd Yf thou wylte yelde me the cyte / thyselfe and all them that are within for to do my pleasure I shall do it gladly / and otherwyse not / and I promyse the that I shall haue no mercy on none within the cyte no more than thou had on Ihesu cryste ANd then the kynge Archylaus sayd vnto the Emperour Syr I am sone of kynge Herode your grete frende that was kynge of Galylee And after his dethe I succeded the realme / Wherfore I beseche you that it wyll please you for to take me to mercy For my fader nor I dide neuer nothynge agaynst you nor agaynst your fader / also we dyde neuer consente to the dethe of Ihesu cryste And ryght dere lorde my fader was ryght preuy of the courte of your fader THen sayd the Emperoure to the kynge Archylaus / arte thou than the sone of Herode that made the persecucyon of the lytel chyldren / and wolde haue slayne Ihesu cryst in his enfance The man that hath no pyte nor mercy ought not to fynde no pyte nor mercy Thy fader wolde haue slayne Ihesu cryst the prophete whan he was borne / and made to sle all the chyldren that he myght fynde vnder the aege of two yere / had mercy on none And made sle in nombre C. xliiij M. And for this cause I shall neuer haue mercy on the and thou shall repare the iniquytees of thy fader ANd whan the kinge Archylaus herde that he dyscended all in a rage / vnarmed hym And after drewe out his swerde / sayd vnto the Emperoure Neuer please it the greate god that you or man paynym vaunt hym of my dethe And then he put the poynt of his swerde agaynst his brest thurste hymselfe a fote thorowe the body / so fell downe deed in to the pytte Whan Pylate his men sawe the kynge Archylaus so deed / they were ryght sorowfull retourned in to the cyte / and recounted to the people all the dede of kynge Archylaus / and the answer of the Emperoure Then the men of the sayd kynge all the other people made grete sorowe / and rente theyr gownes / pulled theyr heere / and made so grete sorowe that there was neuer none sene so grete in the cyte of Iherusalem nor in no ne other place ON the morowe Pylate made to come Ioseph of Armathye before hym Barrabam his Seneshal all the other people demaunded them coūsayll And also sayd to them Lordes you se wel that we can holde no lenger agaynst this Emperour / and that god hath forgoten them For neuer no cite was in so grete trybulacyon as this cyte is / for we haue no vytaylles but shall deye all for hongre / counsayll what we shall do nowe THen Ioseph of Armathye sayd Syr we cannot gyue you no good counsayl syth that the Emperour wyll not take you to mercy Euyll were ye coūsaylled to be enemye with the Emperour / for ye maye well wete that we maye not resyste agaynste hym nor holde agaynst his pussaunce longe PYlate sayd I knowe well what we shal do In this cyte is moche greate rychesse of golde and siluer and of precyous stones / and the Emperour and his men weneth well to haue it / I knowe well howe they shall haue nothynge / and it shall be our profyte / We shall make to grynde the precyous stones the other treasour stampe in morters of brasse / in suche maner that they may be eten / thus we shall passe our lyfe And whan the Emperour and his men shall take the cyte they shall not fynde the treasoure For also grete thanke shall we haue withoute treasoure as with the treasoure ¶ How Pylate made his complaynt to the barons of Iherusalem / and how he yelded vp the cyte vnto the Emperour / whiche made Tytus entre in with .xx. M. knyghtes ANd whan Pylate hadde gyuen and sayd this good counsayll / they sayd al that it was well spoken And euery body wente vnto theyr houses / and they that had golde syluer or precyous stones they dyde so as he had sayd And they that had to moche they gaue vnto them the whiche had none And of that same treasour they lyued well .xxi. dayes THen whan the treasour was all eten / all the people came before Pylate sayd vnto hym Syr Pylate we haue done that the whiche ye haue counsaylled vs of the treasoure / but it is all spylte and consumed / what shall we do from hens forthe And then Pylate was moche pensyfe and sorowfull / and began for to wepe before them all and sayd Lordes you haue made me your mayster / lorde / and gouernoure of you all in this cyte / but from hens forth I can not gouerne you So I praye you requyre for god pardon that and euer I dyde you ony hurte that you wyl pardon it me ANd whan all the Iewes sawe that Pylate dyscomforted him so / they began for to wepe / for they thought well that they sholde be all dystroyed / there was none but that they wepte / and had so grete sorowe that they myghte not answere neuer a worde vnto hym / but lamented moche strongly ANd then Pilate said lordes haue we good hertes and put we vs vnto the wyll of the greate god and go we yelde vs to the Emperour to doo with vs his good wyll For it is better that we go vnto him than we sholde let vs deye for hongre / for there is not one day with another but that there deyeth in this cyte threhondred persones And parauenture it shal come in his mynde to take vs to mercye / or the moost gretest partye SOne after this Pylate yssued out of the cyte of Iherusalem with all the people / and went vnto the pyttes that the Emperour had made to make