Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n
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B07168
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Kynge Appolyn of Thyre.; Apollonius. English
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Steinhöwel, Heinrich, 1412-1482?; Copland, Robert, fl. 1508-1547.
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STC 708.5; ESTC S125866
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answer_v /_o you_o be_v well_o find_v noble_a king_n of_o there_o tell_v i_o now_o by_o thy_o faith_n how_o thou_o be_v come_fw-mi in_o to_o these_o regyon_n /_o for_o i_o thynk_v that_o thou_o be_v trouble_v in_o thy_o courage_n true_o say_v king_n appolyn_n i_o shall_v tell_v it_o the._n know_v thou_o that_o i_o have_v pay_v and_o assoil_v a_o question_n unto_o the_o king_n of_o anthyoche_n and_o demand_v his_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n the_o which_o he_o entreteyn_v for_o his_o paramour_n and_o therefore_o he_o make_v i_o to_o be_v pursue_v for_o to_o make_v medye_n wherefore_o if_o thou_o may_v do_v so_o moche_v that_o i_o may_v abide_v here_o a_o certain_a space_n of_o time_n thou_o shall_v do_v i_o a_o great_a pleasure_n sir_n say_v tranquyle_v this_o cyte_n be_v so_o lytell_a and_o thy_o puyssaunce_n be_v so_o great_a that_o thou_o may_v not_o be_v lodge_v in_o it_o and_o a_o other_o cause_n be_v also_o /_o for_o the_o famine_n and_o hunger_n be_v so_o great_a that_o none_o may_v exteme_v the_o vehement_fw-fr pain_n that_o we_o endure_v &_o sustain_v /_o for_z we_o have_v none_o esperaunce_n nor_o no_o good_a trust_n for_o to_o have_v any_o adiutory_a and_o conforte_v /_o but_o only_o in_o the_o course_n and_o tear_v of_o fortune_n than_o appolyn_n answer_v and_o say_v tranquyle_v my_o dear_a friend_n rendre_fw-fr grace_n and_o thanks_n unto_o our_o lord_n of_o the_o good_a fortune_n that_o have_v make_v i_o for_o to_o aryve_n here_o at_o the_o port_n of_o this_o cyte_n /_o for_z i_o shall_v gyve_v unto_o this_o cyte_n an_o hondr_v thousand_o charge_n of_o wheet_n &_o corn_n /_o upon_o the_o condycyon_n that_o you_o hold_v i_o secret_o within_o your_o cyte_n and_o when_o tranquyle_n hear_v he_o say_v so_o he_o fall_v down_o prostrate_a at_o his_o foot_n and_o say_v lord_n if_o thou_o gyve_v unto_o the_o poor_a cyte_n famyssh_v for_o hunger_n socour_v we_o not_o only_o shall_v hold_v the_o secret_o within_o the_o enclose_v of_o our_o say_a cyte_n but_o we_o shall_v be_v all_o well_o content_a for_o to_o live_v and_o dye_n with_o the._n when_o the_o noble_a king_n appolyn_n see_v his_o friend_n tranquyle_v so_o lie_v grovel_v on_o the_o ground_n petyous_o weep_a for_o the_o persecucyon_n of_o the_o cyte_n he_o like_o a_o curteys_n king_n and_o humble_a prince_n take_v he_o up_o from_o the_o ground_n and_o set_v he_o on_o his_o foot_n comfort_v he_o sa_v ha_o tranquyle_n my_o old_a good_a friend_n be_v of_o good_a conforte_n and_o make_v glad_a cheer_n for_o i_o shall_v not_o fail_v you_o as_o long_o as_o i_o may_v live_v than_o tranquyle_n thank_v he_o hygh_o and_o anon_o go_v and_o tell_v unto_o the_o governoures_n of_o the_o cyte_n how_o king_n appolyn_n of_o there_o be_v aryve_v at_o the_o haven_n and_o what_o he_o have_v say_v &_o promise_v ¶_o how_o king_n appolyn_n delyver_v the_o cyte_n of_o tharcye_n fro_o great_a famine_n and_o hunger_n ca._n viij_o when_o the_o lord_n and_o chief_a of_o the_o cyte_n hear_v this_o they_o be_v surpryse_v with_o great_a joy_n &_o anon_o they_o assemble_v togyder_n in_o counceyle_n for_o to_o wit_v what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v /_o and_o than_o they_o conclude_v for_o to_o go_v in_o goodly_a ordinance_n to_o mete_v the_o king_n /_o and_o when_o they_o come_v to_o his_o presence_n they_o fall_v too_o the_o ground_n gracyous_o beseeching_n his_o highness_n for_o to_o help_v they_o &_o delyver_v their_o cyte_n from_o the_o mortal_a plague_n of_o hunger_n /_o and_z he_o take_v they_o up_o promyse_v help_n so_o that_o they_o will_v keep_v high_a in_o their_o cyte_n secret_o /_o which_o they_o promise_v to_o do_v than_o they_o bring_v high_a in_o to_o the_o cyte_n with_o great_a honour_n &_o reverence_n appolyn_n than_o in_o the_o mydde_v of_o the_o cyte_n in_o a_o place_n before_o all_o the_o people_n mount_v upon_o a_o scaffolde_n and_o say_v unto_o the_o cytezyn_v of_o tharcye_n which_o sustain_v and_o suffer_v great_a famine_n of_o hunger_n i_o appolyn_n king_n dystytute_n of_o 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they_o their_o money_n to_o the_o end_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v say_v that_o he_o be_v a_o merchant_n and_o no_o king_n and_o when_o he_o have_v give_v all_o this_o fraunchyse_n and_o bounte_n to_o they_o they_o in_o remembrance_n of_o he_o and_o for_o a_o extreme_a colaudacyon_n make_v a_o image_n or_o statue_n of_o clean_a gold_n unto_o his_o semylytude_n and_o semblance_n and_o situate_v it_o in_o the_o mydde_v of_o the_o cyte_n upon_o a_o high_a colomne_a or_o pyle_a /_o the_o which_o image_n or_o statue_n hold_v in_o his_o right_a hand_n a_o shefe_n of_o wheat_n /_o &_o with_o his_o lift_v foot_n he_o put_v corn_n in_o to_o the_o measure_n and_o at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o say_a image_n upon_o the_o pillar_n be_v write_v in_o letter_n of_o gold_n a_o clause_n vercyfyenge_a in_o this_o wise_n tharcye_n cyte_n by_o appolyn_n king_n of_o there_o be_v furnysh_v /_o &_o by_o his_o fraunchyse_n it_o be_v releve_v /_o with_o wheet_n and_o corn_n he_o have_v it_o foster_v /_o and_z from_o the_o sword_n of_o hunger_n he_o have_v it_o delyver_v /_o and_z from_o the_o stroke_n of_o dethe_v he_o have_v it_o preserve_v ¶_o how_o king_n appolyn_n of_o there_o sail_v toward_o the_o cyte_n of_o term_n where_o as_o his_o shyppe_n perysh_v nigh_o unto_o the_o port_n /_o and_o all_o his_o man_n drown_v and_o he_o only_o preserve_v by_o a_o fyssher_n ca._n ix_o than_o when_o appolyn_n king_n of_o there_o have_v so_o journ_v long_o time_n in_o the_o cyte_n of_o tharcye_n it_o fortune_v on_o a_o day_n that_o he_o be_v in_o company_n with_o the_o ancient_a man_n tranquylle_n and_o his_o wife_n name_v dyonyse_v the_o which_o say_v unto_o king_n appolyn_n that_o it_o be_v thing_n utyle_n &_o expedyent_n he_o for_o to_o withdraw_v he_o and_o retray_v in_o to_o some_o other_o country_n /_o for_o long_o time_n it_o be_v since_o he_o come_v thyde_a /_o for_o long_o contynuaunce_n in_o a_o place_n make_v revelacyon_n and_o knowledge_n to_o the_o person_n adjacent_a and_o 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both_o mast_n /_o sail_v /_o and_o steer_v /_o &_o drown_v all_o within_o they_o both_o man_n and_o good_n without_o remyssyon_n saufe_fw-fr all_o only_a appolyn_n that_o save_v himself_o upon_o a_o poost_n and_o all_o naked_a come_v to_o the_o see_v side_n and_o when_o he_o be_v out_o of_o the_o peryll_n of_o the_o see_v he_o torn_v he_o toward_o the_o place_n be_v as_o his_o shyppe_n &_o man_n be_v drown_v and_o with_o lachrymate_n cheek_n tender_o he_o say_v o_o fortune_n ingenyous_a of_o man_n /_o fall_v /_o fekyll_n /_o and_z unsteadfast_a ever_o torning_a and_o varyenge_a as_o a_o feather_n in_o the_o wound_n without_o