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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	day_n	great_a	king_n	3,238	5	3.5290	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00118	Articles to be enquired of, in the Kynges Maiesties visitacion.	Church of England.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1509-1547 : Henry VIII).	1547 (1547)	STC 10116.5; ESTC S112543	4,821	14

Images whiche is onely to put theim in remembraunce of the Godly and vertoous lifes of them that thei do represent and haue taught that if thesayed people vse the Images for any other purpose thei committe Idolatrie to the greate daunger of their soules Whether they haue declared and to theyr wittes and power haue perswaded the people that the maner and kynde of fastynge in Lent other dayes in the yere is but a meere posytyue lawe and that therfore all persons hauing iusie cause of sickenes or necessitie or beyng licenced by the kynges Maiestie maye temperately eate all kyndes of meate without grudge or scruple of conscience Whether your Parsonnes Vicars and Curates haue shewed and declared vnto you thee true vse of ceremonies that is to say That they be no workers nor woorkes of saluacyon but onely outwarde signes and tookens to put vs in remembraunce of thynges of higher perfection Whether thei haue admitted any mā to preache in their cures not beynge lawfully licenced thereunto or haue refused or repelled suche too preache as haue bene so licenced Whether they which haue spoken and declared any thyng for the settingfurth of pilgrimages fayned reliques images or any such supersticion haue not openly recanted thesame Whether they haue one boke or registre sauefely kept wherin they write the daye of euery weddynge christeninge and buriynge Whether the kinges Iniunccions wer quarterly red or not Whether they haue declared to theyr paryshyoners that sayncte Markes daye and the euens of the abrogated holy dayes should not be fasted Whether the knollynge at the Aues bee vsed Whether they haue the procession boke in Englishe in their processions vse none other Letany but that whiche is setfurthe in thesame boke And whether thei omitte thesame English Letany at any tyme in their processions whether they haue had thesame Letanye as ofte as they were commaunded Whether they haue put out of their churche bokes this woorde Papa and the name and seruice of Thomas Becket and prayers hauynge rubricies conteyning Pardons or indulgences and all other supersticious legendes prayers Whether they bid the beades accordynge to the ordre prescribed by our late souereigne lord kyng Henry the .viij. Whether they or any of them haue been admitted to their benefices by Simony or by any other vnlaufull meanes Whether in theyr masses they vse not the collectes made for the Kyng and make not speciall mencyon of hys Maiesties name in thesame Whether they or any of theim doo kepe mo benefices and other Ecclesiasticall promocions then they ought to doo not hauynge sufficient licences and dispensaciōs therunto and howe many they kepe and theyr names ❧ ◆ ' ◆ ❧ WHether you knowe anye person that is a letter of the worde of God to be redde in English So that it bee mekely humbly reuerently done without disturbaunce of the people and by them that haue authoritie thereto Whether you knowe any person spirituall or temporall which doeth let the woorde of God to be preached or that the Kinges Iniunctions should not be duely executed Whether any persone hath obstinately and maliciously without a iuste reasonable cause broken the laudable ceremonies of the Church commaunded to be obserued or supersticiously abused thesame as in castynge of holy Water vpon theyr beddes and other places and bearyng about them holy breade or makyng crosses of woodde vpon Palme Sundaye or blessyng with the holy Candell thinkyng therby to put awaye synnes dryue awaye deuilles dreames and phantasies or puttynge truste or confidence of saluaciō in thesame ceremonies whereas they be ordeined only to put vs in remembraunce of the benefites whiche we haue receyued by Christe Whether any person spirituall or temporall kepe the Church holy daye and the dedication day at any other tyme then is appointed by the ordinaunce made in that behalfe by the Kinges Maiestie Whether Matens Masse and Euensong be kept at due houres in the Churche Whether any bee braulers slaunderers chiders scolders and sowers of discorde betwene one persone and another Whether any bee common swearars or blasphemers of the name of God Whether any vse lewde vnchast vnhonest filthy communicacion songes or ballettes Whether any doo vse to common Iangle or talke in the Churche at the tyme of the diuine seruice Preachyng Readyng or declaryng the worde of God Whether any do obstinatly kepe and defend any erronious opinion contrary to the worde of God and faith of Christ Whether any commit adultery fornicacion or incest or bee common baudes and receiuors of suche naughtie persones Whether you knowe any that vse Charmes Sorcery Enchauntmentes Witchecraft sothe saiyng or any other like crafte inuented by the deuill Whether you knowe any to be maried within the degrees prohibited by the lawe of God or that bee separated and diuorced without a iuste cause approued by the law of God and whether any suche haue maried again Whether the Churche Pulpit and other necessary thinges apperteinyng to thesame be sufficiently repaired Whether you know any to haue made priuie contractes of Matrimony not callyng twoo or moo thereunto Whether any haue maried solempnely without bannes askyng Whether you knowe any that haue taken vpon theim the execution of any mannes testament or be admitted to the administraciō of the goodes of the dedde whiche do not duely distribute thesame goodes accordyng to the trust cōmitted vnto theim and specially suche goodes as wer geuen and bequethed or appointed to be distributed emong the poore people repairyng of high waies finding of poore scholars or mariage of poore maides To what vses and intentes all suche gyftes and bequestes of cattail money and other thynges as in tymes past wer made for the findyng of tapers candelles or lampes in the Churche be now employed and whether thei be embecilled and withholden and by whom Whether there bee any persones commonly enfamed of adultrie fornicacion common swearyng blasphemyng the name of God dronckennesse Simony or other notorious crime whom the bishop Archedeacon or other his ordinary for fauor or feare haue not corrected accordyngly although thei haue been sundery tymes presented and detected in visitacion or otherwyse lawfully accused Whether there be any other primars vsed by them that doo not vnderstande Latyn then the Englysh Prymar sethfurth by the kynges Maiestie And whither they that vnderstand Latin do vse any other then the latin primar settfurth by lyke aucthoritie Whether there be any other Grāmer taught in any schole within the realme then that which is setfurth by the kynges Maiestie Whether they knowe any alienacion of landes tenementes iewelles or goodes perteyning to the Churche For chauntry Priestes WHether they be residente on their Chauntries Whether they be aydinge and assistynge the persone or Vicar of the Churche that they be of in the ministracion of the Sacramentes and diuine seruice accordingly Whether they kepe and perfourme all suche dooles and distribucions to the pore and other dedes of Charitie as they are bounde by theyr foundacions to do Whether thei be of euil name fame or vnhonest conuersacion fighters swearars dronckardes or incontinent lyuers Item what benefices and how many they haue besides their Chauntryes and by what title they do kepe thesame ¶ Richardus Grafton Regius Impressor excudebat Cum Priuilegio ad imprimendum solum