Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	evil_a	good_a	know_v	2,974	5	4.2147	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02726	An exhortacion to the Scottes to conforme them selfes to the honorable, expedie[n]t, and godly vnion, betwene the twoo realmes of Englande and Scotlande.	Harrison, James, fl. 1547.	1547 (1547)	STC 12857; ESTC S103818	29,237	128

preceptes Godly examples and sincere educacion as he shall proue a Kyng equal with those whom old histories do moste commend Wherein your graces laude cannot wante beyng so worthie a gouernor of so noble a kyng and muche more if by your pollicie diligeÌ„ce and circumspeccion he shal at his perfect yeres bee restaured to the whole isle of Britayn wherunto as he is iustely entitled So God the protector of al iust causes shal bryng your atteÌ„ptes therin to good successe For the furtheraunce whereof I haue declared myne opinion in writyng whiche with humble harte I offre and dedicate vnto your good grace not as a gyfte worthie so greate an estate but yet not vnmete for my purpose ne for the tyme occasion present wherin though I neither perswade my cause so pithihely ne open it so liuely as to so weightie a matter is requisite Yet it maie serue either for a testimonye of myne honest meanyng or minister occasion to better learned men to dilate this argument more largely whereby all warre and hostilitie maie cease and peace and concord take place GOD the verie aucthor of peace euer preserue your grace to the increase of the same and furtheranÌ„ce of all Godlinesse and graunte to the Kynges Maiestie of England his righteous possession of the whole monarchie of Britayn to thaduauncemeÌ„t of Gods glory coÌ„fort to his lieges and confusion of his enemies DIEV ET MON DROVT AN EXHORTACION The cause wher of I treate beeyng so weightie the discourse so large my witte and cunnyng so small to set it furthe I might well be discoraged to entre so greate a ground but that loue to my countrey on the one side and desire of concorde and quietnes on the other side moue me to speake hopyng that the honesty of the matter shall supplie the rude handelyng and the plain veritie to stand in stede of eloqueÌ„ce and cunnyng For like as in an euill cause muche arte and conueyaunce must be vsed afore it can appere good euen so in a cause true honest and righteous there needeth no subtile perswasions or finesse of woordes but how muche the plainer so muche the better and how muche the more eloquent somuch the more suspicious For truthe is sufficient of her selfe and needeth no colours no more then natural beawty nedeth of paintyng Taking this for my foundacion I maie the more boldely procede without feare of offence seeyng my cause is suche as all good men will further all wise men fauor and all Godly men defende as that whiche beeyng enbraced shall doo good to many and hurt to none and beyng neglected shall hurte a multitude and auayle no man tendyng no lesse to the commoditie of the aduersaries then of the fauorers Thus the ground beyng so true the occasion so honest and the querell so righteous there wanteth nothyng but one that could set the same furth accordyngly And seeyng suche as canne best liste not and that ought moste will not and that wold faynest dare not take this vniuersall cause in hande I beyng simple vnlearned and most barayn of all orators arte and perswasioÌ„ yet armed with truth moued with honestie and prouoked by loue towardes God and my countrey as Dauid against Golias entre the felde against the mightie Giauntes enemies of concorde and vnitie desiryng all my countreymen of Scottande whose cause I now specially entreat to geue me pacient hearyng whilest I suade theim to that whiche shal be acceptable to God commendable to the world ioyfull to their freÌ„des hatefull to their enemies profitable to all parties and to none so muche as to themselfes TO grouÌ„d my cause vpoÌ„ truth as I promised I will sette my foundacion vpon the infallible truthe of Gods woorde takyng this texte for my purpose Omne regnuÌ„ in se diuisum desolabitur that is to saie euery kyngdoÌ„ diuided in it self shal be brought to desolacion If this sentence bee well marked and the persone of the speaker considered I shall not nede to bee long in perswadyng you to beleue it The wordes be true for he that spake them cannot lye whiche is Christ himself the aucthor of al truth and veritie But though Christ had not spokeÌ„ them let vs se whether comon reason dooth not affirme theim and the experience of all realmes and countreis in al tymes and ages hath not approued theim And to fet our examples not out of straunge countreys loke well vpon the Chronicles of this island of Britain and consider the estate thereof from the beginnyng and compare theim with the histories of other nacions and you shal not lightly heare or read of any one countrey sithe the worldes creacion more inuaded wasted and destroyed then this I stande ne of people more often ne more curelly spoyled exiled or afflicted then the inhabiters thereof and all by diuision and discord the sedes wherof beyng laied in by the deuil as pouder vnder a walle after it once toke fire did so terribly shake the fouÌ„dacioÌ„s of their common weale that it riued a sunder their Kyngdome and monarchie and diuidyng it into partes broughte the whole at last to ruyne and desolacion which hath not been fully recouered to this daie nor in my iud gement like to be so long as the islande is diuided into two partes and knowen by two names that is to saie England Scotlande and vnder twoo seuerall gouernours The cause whereof though it maie chiefly bee ascribed to the iuste vengeaunce of God prouoked with the synnes of the people as Gildas witnesseth yet is it clere that the onely meane thereof was discord and diuision emong the Insulanes wherby it came to passe whylest euery one striued all were ouer comen and made an easy prey to strauÌ„ge nacions For althoughe outward enemies vpon tiranny and conquest as the Romayns or els expulsed from their countreys and driuen to seke newe dwellynges as the Pictes or allured with the fertilitie of the soyle as the Scottes inhabityng the north partes of Irelande inuaded this islande Yet could those people neuer haue kepte quiete possession ne reigne so long as thei did but through diuision and discord emong the Britaynes whiche beeyng stiffe necked against God and ingrate eche to other as the said aucthor writeth by their demerites wer not onely ouercome with outwarde inuasions but finally lost their name and Empire whereby the inhabitauntes beyng mixt with straungers haue euer sithe been vexed with intestine warres and ciuill discorde to the irremediable ruine and desolacion therof vntil it shal please Gods goodnesse to haue mercie on the people and to reduce the islande to the firste estate to one Monarchy vnder one kyng and gouernor as it was in the Britons tyme. But if God of his goodnesse without our desertes hath in these latter daies prouided that blessed meane and remedy for the glorie of his name and for our wealth and commoditie and wee for our parte either of stubburnesse will not or of wilfulnesse liste not thankefully to receiue

ingratitude hitherto doth to her vtter moste streÌ„gth power seke with al possible gentlenes to recoÌ„cile vs with all her endeuoure continuallye laboureth to make vs partakers of her concorde and vnitie her traÌ„quilite quiet her wealth luckey fortune her coÌ„questes triuÌ„phes finallie of all her incoÌ„parable ioyes felicities I shal lastely beseche and exthorte and as farre as the mothers aucthoritie ouer the chyloreÌ„ may adiure you by God the very aucthor of all peace Loue Charitie coÌ„corde to returne into the right waie out of the whiche ye haue so long gone a straigh RemeÌ„ber I besech you o most dere couÌ„tremeÌ„ how that by this calling of vs into this vnitie proceding plainly froÌ„ god him selfe he woulde also vnite ioyne vs in one religioÌ„ For howe godly were it that as these two Realmes should grow into one so should thei also agre in the concorde vnite of one religioÌ„ the same the pure syncere incorrupt religion of Christ setting a part all fonde supersticions sophisticacions other thousandes of deuilries brought in by the bishop of Rome his creatures wherby to geue glosse to their thiÌ„ges darknes to Gods true worde for the onely purpose to aduauÌ„ce their glory treade Gods word vnder fote to vtter their fylthye merchauÌ„dise to sclaÌ„der the precious ware Iewels of the scripture emoÌ„ges the rest to destroye Gods peace ringe their awne alarmes against his moste glorious victory on the Crosse throu-out the worlde And I wote not whether firme coÌ„corde be otherwise more sureli mortized in meÌ„s hartes then wheÌ„ it procedeth of the true knowlege of Gods word which doth in so many passages repete vnto vs peace peace loue loue charitie charitie reproueth warre hatred discord seedes doubtelesse scatered by the deuil through those monsters of men that professe preposterous religion to stirre aswell all others as also most specially you my couÌ„trymeÌ„ most of all to this diuisioÌ„ roare wherin thei fearinge the worthy fall wherwith God threateneth theÌ„ which they now perceiue by others exaÌ„ples to haÌ„g ouer their heades deuise by hooke by croke to kepe you stil occupied in mistrust of your best frendes casting before your eyes mystes shadowes colors suche as Iuglers vse to doo to th ende lest if you should once se the clearnes of Gods worde you should then encline to that of your selfes and most easly wherunto I do now with so much a do exhorte you I perceyue that the loue to my country and nacion hath made me vnawares to haue wandred furder then at the first I purposed wherfore I wil make an ende if fyrst I shall repete that I haue already proued vnto you that these twoo Realmes were first a Monarchie vnder Brutus and soo lefte by hys order to his sonnes by the superioritie geueÌ„ to the eldest which forme of gouernaunce was also vnder ConstaÌ„tyne I haue alsoo proued that these two realmes ought to come vnder that fourme the kinges Maiestie that now is to be Monarch of the same aswel for the superiorite which was in his auÌ„cestors proued by the homages other thinges afore alleged the claim wherof did yet neuer cease as also specially by force of your awn late act of parliameÌ„t wherby he ought of right to mary our PriÌ„cesse thiÌ„heritrice of the crown of ScotlaÌ„de by occasioÌ„ wherof we shal be receiued not into seruitude but iÌ„to the same felowship w e EnglishmeÌ„ the names of both subiectes realmes ceassing to be chaÌ„ged into the name of BritaiÌ„ Britons as it was first yet stil ought to be And how necessary that same fourme of the gouernauÌ„ce of one Monarche or kinge is you se to be more clere then the sonne the same to be a ready easy meane how both tappease al discord which otherwise wil neuer stint also testablish vs in euerlasting peace quiete traÌ„quillite vnto whiche effectes there is verely none other meane And the thing selfe though I should holde my peace doth sufficieÌ„tly speake avouche the same to be awaye vnto both Realmes most honorable because not only the Empire shal by the occasion be the more large stroÌ„g in it self the King the more puissant famous profitable for that discorde shal ceasse coÌ„cord come in place thereby the people coÌ„mon weale florish prospere godly for the we shal agre all in one the same the true christen religioÌ„ IT remaineth now to say vnto you that the right high mightie and excelleÌ„t prince Edward duke of Somerset erle of Hertforde Viscount BeauchaÌ„p lord Seymour gouernor of the persone of the Kynges Maiestie of Englande protector of all his realmes dominions subiectes his lieuetenasit general of al his armies bothe by lande and by sea Treasorer Erle Marshal of England gouernor of the isles of Gernsey and Iersey knight of the moste noble ordre of the garter A man for his actes and worthinesse well knowen to the world you of whom you haue had late experience to your pernes his dolour for that as the louyng mother in beafyng her childe weepeth so in punishyng you he did it lothely and to his grief because he pitied your case The said lord protector is commyng towardes you with a puissauÌ„t inuincible army hauing on his side God the iust cause and an inteÌ„t to receiue to mercy grace fauor so many of you as for that furthering of this mariage his other Godly purposes wil come in to him And coÌ„trarily to punish correct the rest that shal remain in their stubburn wilful disobedieÌ„ce Wherfor o couÌ„trymen coÌ„sidering the on oure part we haue nothing but the wroÌ„g iniust cause violacioÌ„ of our promises othes geueÌ„ to England with coÌ„ceiued words after mature iuste deliberacioÌ„ callyng God his angels vnto witnes therof who knoweth our infidelitie will not leaue the iniury doen to hym them vnreuenged For the regard of God for your awn sakes for the tendre respecte of our couÌ„trey cast wisely doune that armour weapoÌ„s that you haue so fondely put on takeÌ„ in hand submit your selfes huÌ„bly to the mercy clemencie of so noble benigne a Prince who is rather come thither louiÌ„gly toembrace receiue you yea as your protector to defeÌ„d assist you then to punish you according to your desertes But if you shal despice my couÌ„sail abuse his humanitie good offers how geÌ„tle clement soeuer he be of his awn nature thinke you for sure that God who wil not suffre infidelite tescape loÌ„g iÌ„chastised wil stirre vp his corage to do vengeaÌ„ce vpoÌ„ you for your insoleÌ„cie and faith brokeÌ„ the which I writ not without sorow teares PraiiÌ„g God for his pitie goodnesse to geue you his grace better mynde so as you may forsake the errors the now lead you hedlong and maie folow these good holsome couÌ„sailes of your most natural and most tendre louyng countreimaÌ„ wherby you maie accord as by your promises and dueties ye ought to do to so godly so honorable and so profitable condicioÌ„s as are now geÌ„telly offered you Excussum Londini in aedibus Richardi Graftoni typis Impressoris Anno salutis nostrae 1547.

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