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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	good_a	reason_n	1,534	5	4.5930	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07395	Nature A goodly interlude of nature co[m]pylyd by mayster Henry Medwall chapleyn to the ryght reuerent father in god Iohan Morton somtyme cardynall and archebyshop of Canterbury.	Medwall, Henry, fl. 1486.	1534 (1534)	STC 17779; ESTC S122113	41,339	70

dyscerne and fynde Suffysant dyfference bytwyxt good and bad Whyche ys to be left and whyche ys to be had ¶ Lo thys ys yt that doth hym dygnyfye and causeth hym to be reputed so excessent and of all thys the chyef doar am I whyche from heuen in to erth by god am sent Only for that cause and fynall intent That I shuld thys hys creature demean and guyd● For the season that he doth in thys world abyde ¶ Now compare thy vertues and myne togeder and say whyche ys the wurthyar of theym to sensua ¶ Whyche ys the worthyar forsoth I trow neyther we be good felowys ¶ Re. Nay my frend not so Thou ought to obey me where so euer I go sensua ¶ Nay that shall I neuer do for to dye I shal be thy felow be loke thou neuer so hye ¶ And therfore hardely be somwhat selo wlyke Leue thyn hawt conceytys and take a metely way For shame of the world man let vs not styk at a mater of tyght noght and trauers here all day Haue me in few wordys man and hark what I say Medyll thou in no poynt that belongeth to me and I shall promyse the neu er to medyll wyth the ¶ And standyng the nonage of thys gentylman On my parell take no care therfore I shall demean yt as well as I can tyll he be passyd xl yerys and more and reason then yf ye wyll vndershore Hys croked old age when lusty youth ys spent Than take vppon you I hold me content ¶ For trust ye me the very trouth ys thys thys man ys put in hys owne lybertye And certaynly the fre choyce ys hys Wheder he wyll be gouerned by the or by me Let vs therfore put yt to hys owne ieopardye and therin stande to hys arbytrement To whyche of vs twayne he had seuer assent Rea. ¶ Nar syrnot so I know hys fraylte the body ys dysposed for to fall Rather to the worse than the better parte Butrt be holpen by power supernall sensua ¶ yet Reason whan thou hast sayd all yf thou se hym not take hys owne way Call me cut when thou metest me another day Rea. ¶ For cartayne yet accordyng to myne offyce I must aduertyse and counsell hym at the lest to hawnt vertue and schew all vyce And therin assyst hym to the vttermest and yf he wyll algatys be a best And take none hede to my lore and doctryne The parell and hurt shal be hys and not myne Inno. ¶ Syrs I shall answere for thys man as yet That he ys mayden for all suche foly as shold dystayne nature or dyshonour yt Brought vp wyth me full well and tenderly wherfore I dare the surelyar testyfye for innocencye that he ys yet vyrgyn Both for dede and eke consent of syn ¶ And lengar wyll not I be of hys acquayntaunce Than he ys vertuouse and of good lyuyng for fleshly lust and worldly plesaunce ys wyth innocencye nothyng accordyng But yf hys behauyour and dayly demeanyng Be of suche draught as reason wyll alow I shall hym fauour and loue as I do now sensua ¶ Well spoken and wysely now haue ye all done Or haue ye ought ellys to thys man to say Rea. ¶ O syr ye ¶ Sensualy pece no more of thys dysputacyd Here be many fantasyes to dryue forth the day That one chatreth lyke apye that other lyke aiay And yet whan they both haue done what they can Māgry theym teeth I shall rule the man ¶ Man ¶ O blessyd lord what maner stryf ys thys At wyxt my reason and sensualyte That one meneth well and that all other amysse In one ys sekernes and in tother great fraylte And both they be so annexed to me That nedest I must wyth one of theym abyde Lorde as thou thynkyst best for me do prouyde ¶ For I am wonderously entryked in thys case and almost brought into perplexyte Not wythstandyng thanked be thy grace as I dyd neuer assent ne aggre To thynge that sholde be contraryouse vnto the Of synfull ded and thought all innocent Subduyd to reason as hys obedyent Rea. ¶ Cryst graunt you therin good contynuaunce to be euer of the same mynde and intent But now wyll ye call to your remembraunce For what cause ye be hyder sent I hold yt well done and ryght expedyent that ye were brough vnto the worldys presence Man ¶ Be yt so in goddys name I pray you go we hens Rea. ¶ And wyll ye that I shall for you declare Vnto the world the cause of your comyng What ys your intent and what parson ye are Man ¶ ye I wold be glad that euery thyng Be done euen after your deuysyng sensua ¶ Shall I than stand as I were tong tyde ¶ Man ¶ ye hardely tyll reason haue sayd Rea. ¶ Syr world yt ys the mynde and also pleasure Of lady nature as she bad vs to you tell that ye accept and receyue thys her creature Wyth you for a season here to dwell Despryng you hartely to entreat hym well wyth all the fauour that ye can deuyse Wherin ye shall do her great pleasure and seruyce ¶ The worlde ¶ Syrs ye be welcome to vs hartely your messagye ys to vs ryght acceptable Be ye assured there ys nothyng erthly to vs so ioyfull ne yet so delectable As to be acquaynted wyth parsons honorable Namely souch as ye seme to be Men of hygh honour and of great dygnyte ¶ And as touchyng the message that ye haue brought Haue therof the full mynde and intent Assuryng you that our bysy thought Shal be to do dame naturys commaundement and thereunto we wyll be dylygent To do her pleasurys in that we may And so we wold ye shold to her say ¶ And were ye shew vnto me that thys man Is ordeyned to reygne here in thys empry I assent well for or nature began To shape the world the thought fynally to ordeyne man therin to occupy He to take vppon hym as myghty gouerner Hauyng all thyng subdued to hys power ¶ Wherfore I receyue gretly hys comyng Mankynde syr hartely welcom ye be ye are the parsone wythout faynyng that I haue euermore desyred to se Come let me kys you O benedycyte ye be all naked alas man why thus I make you sure yt ys ryght perylous ¶ Man ¶ I thanke you but I nede none other vesture Nature hath clothed me as yet suffysantly Gyltles of syn and as a mayden pure I were on me the garment of innocencye Inno. ¶ ye hardely were that garment contynually It shall thy body suffysantly sauegard From stormy weder my lyfe to ieopard ¶ The worlde ¶ Be pece fayre woman ye ar not very wyse Care ye not yf thys body take cold ye must consyder thys ys not paradyse Ne yet so temporate by a thowsand fold Whose so lyueth here be he yong or old He must suffer both feruent cold and hete And be out of temperaunce oft tyme in hys dyet ¶ Also he must nedys do

the rood It ys not he woldyst thou make me wood Man ¶ yes I am the same gloto ¶ I cry you mercy I se yt well now Byfore I knew you not I make god auow In ernest nor in game Man ¶ Why. Bycause I haue chaunged myne aray gloto ¶ For that cause trow ye nay nay That ys not the thyng That can dysceyue me be ye sure but I pray you who hath had you in cure Syth my last departyng Man ¶ By my fayth a lytell season I folowed the counsell and dyet of reason gloto ¶ There went the hare away Hys dyet ꝙ a yt may be veryly For ye be haltred maruelously Altred I wold say alas the whyle had ye no mete As long as ye were vnder hys dyet Man ¶ Mete yes I had som wythout yt were on fastyng dayes Than he wythdrew my supper alwayes and gaue me neuer a crom gloto ¶ No force hardely why wold ye than fauor hym as ye dyd lyke a madman ye loke now as yt were a gost Had ye dwelt wyth hym tyll thys day ye had bene pyned euen away as ye be now almost your fleshe ys gon euery dell A vengeaunce on the morsell That ys left theron bodyly ¶ Now talk of the remedy gsoto ¶ 〈◊〉 now 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 safe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ye there none bodyly ¶ ye bu●… where ye the m●…te now 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 gsoto ¶ ye are ●…yng hasty be ne d●… frist must ye go where as prouer spon therof ye made Let ve go thyder and re shal be had Man ¶ But what to the marsiers of the in A weddyd woman or a vyrgyn gloto ¶ Nerther of both I ioys bodyly 〈◊〉 No but for a mayden she goth gloto ¶ ye forgod that she doth But yet she ye none by Iye bodyly ¶ No no what than gloto ¶ I wye I not but as men clater They say she ye innupta mater Hardely an holy woman Man ¶ Well thyder we wyll go we hens bodyly ¶ Syr ye wyll gyue me lycence To sport me for a season Man ¶ yes for a whyle ye well I now but go not out of the way I charge you for hyder wyll come anone All my cumpany as I suppose Kepe theym together for I purpose to come agayn anone and shew theym my mynde what I wyll do ¶ Then he goeth out bodyly ¶ Mary I shall do what I can thereto and yet yt ye hard for me to kepe theym together any whyle But I shall tell you what I had seuer kepe as many flese Or wyld hares in an opyn lese as vndertake that ¶ Wrath. ¶ Wherebe these knaues that make thys aray bodyly ¶ Mary they be gon that other way tell me whome ye meane wrath ¶ I trow thou scornyst bodyly ¶ Nay certaynly How so be yt yf I shuld not ly at the fyrst blushe I ensure you faythfully I f●…nd forgot you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ye be thus defensybly arayd 〈◊〉 at that are ye affrayd who fiath you greued wrath ¶ Nay I fere no man that bereth an hee 〈◊〉 I seuer that I were dede than that shuld be preued bodyly ¶ By my fayth ye are wont to be as bold as yt were a lyon of cottyswold but now to my questyon what meaneth all thys defensyble aray wrath ¶ Mary slouth warned vs two thys same day Euen syth yt was none that our moyster and Reason shuld make a stay and therfore he had vs wythout delay to awayt on our capytayn bodyly ¶ A now I know the mater ryght well But what shall com therof I can not tell It passeth my brayn Our mayster wylled that we twayn Shuld tary here tyll he com agayn enuy ¶ What wylt thou do than bodyly ¶ Who I Ienay care not for me I wyll not com where strokys be I am not so mad a man And I wys yt ys not for any fere But yt ys a thyng that I can well forbere And wyll as long as I can Of lust and pleasure ys all my mynde It longeth to me of properte and kynde And yf I shuld to the warre And ly in myne harnes as other men do ●…yth hunger and thurst a day or two It shuld me vtterly marre enuy ¶ It were a great losse yf thou were mard Now fy on the stath horson coward By cokkys preciouse blode It were no syn to sle suche a knaue Host not thou wagys as other men haue And few of vs so good yet wylt thou fayll vs at thys nede Now who so euer shall quyte my mede 〈◊〉 wyll no further go 〈◊〉 I haue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 myne own hand 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I sh●…d 〈◊〉 were the land Euen when I haue do ¶ When ●…orth out bodyly lust 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I you re quy●…e 〈◊〉 as wo●… ye not at my desyre Do so my●…e for me I 〈◊〉 wold haue done me more good to haue s●…ne the knaues hart blode than xx shrll●… ngys of fee Man ¶ What how syrs what meaneth thys gere wyll ye sle eche other here No more of thys worke enuy ¶ By the hart of god and he had abyden A lytell whyle he shuld neuer haue spoken wyth preste nor wyth clarke Man ¶ Who was that enuy ¶ your own mynyon Bodyly lust Man ¶ Why what hath he done enuy ¶ Euen like a lurden He sayth that ye haue gyuen hym lycence to abyde at home and kepe resydence whyle we bere the burden And serue you now at your nede Man ¶ He prayde me so in very dede wythin these ii dayes He sayd he wold serue me wyth a good wyll But of the warrys he could no skyll Nor knew therof the wayes How be yt I gaue hym therof none answere enuy ¶ No but I am sure he wyll not com there And now ma●… ye se That no man ys so myche to blame As your selfe Man ¶ I enuy ¶ ye by saynt I ame No man but euen ye for I am well a Jured of one thyng ye gaue hym better clothyng Than ye dyd me And better wagys and fees also And though I sayd but lytell thereto But suffered euer more yet I by ●…aynd yt euer in my mynde And though that ye were to me vnkynde To set so 〈◊〉 at store By suche a knaue as he was I wold I had hym here by the masse And no man but we twayn Man ¶ By my trouth thys ys euer thy guyse Ioke by whom I set any pryse Hym thou wylt most dysoayn wrath ¶ By cryst he can do none other wyse but now syr ys there any seruyce That ye wyll commaunde me Man ¶ ye mary ys there but my cumpany Dresseth theym forward passyng slowly I trow yt wyll not be Manhode thou art good I now for one wrath ¶ ye by cryst and they cam euery chone I wyll not gretly fere enuy ¶ By my trouth bycause he sayth so I shall tell you what I saw hym do I was present there Syr yt happyned in westmynster hall Euen byfore the Iuges all Hys