Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	king_n	5,512	5	3.6764	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06813	of delyces where a man shall fynde all maner of fruytes in all tymes . . .; Itinerarium. English	Mandeville, John, Sir.; Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-ca. 1399, attributed name.	1510 (1510)	STC 17249.5; ESTC S104359	30,584	65

in my coūtree are trees that bere fruyte that become byrdes fleynge they are good to ete / that that falleth in water lyued / tthat that falleth on the erthe deyed they had grete meruayle of this In this londe mani other about there are trees that bere clowes and nutmygges canell and many other spyces And there are vynes that bere so grete grapes that a stronge man shall haue ynoughe to do to bere a cluster of the grapes In that same londe are the hylles of Caspye that men call Vber / and amonge those hylles are the Iewes of the .x. kyndes enclosed within that men calle Gog and Magog and they may not come out on no syde There was enclosed .xxij. kyngꝭ with theyr folke that dwelled bytwene the hylles of Sych● and kynge Alexander chased theym thyder amonge those hylles / for he trusted for to haue enclosed theym there thorugh werkynge of m●n but he myght not / whan he sawe that he myght not he prayed to god that he wolde fulfyll that he had begonne / god herde his prayer enclosed the hylles togyder so that the Iewes dwell there as they wete locked in / there is hylles all about them but at the one syde / there is the see of Caspye And some men myght aske / there is a see on one syde why go they not out there / for there to answere I that all yf it be called a see it is noo se / but a stange stondynge amonge hylles / and it is the gretest stange of all the worlde / and yf they wente ouer the see they wote not where for too aryue / for they can noo speche but theyr owne And ye shall vnderstande that the Iewes haue no lawe of theyr owne lawe in all the worlde / but they that dwelle in those hylles / and yet they paye trybute for theyr londe to the quene of Armony And somtyme it is so that some of the Iewes goo ouer the hylles / but many men may not passe there too gyder for the hylles are so grete hyghe Neuerthelesse men saye in that countree there by that in the tyme of Antecryst they shall doo moche harme to crysten men therfore all the Iewes that dwelle in dyuerse partyes of the worlde lerne for too speke Ebrewe / for they hope that the Iewes that dwelle amonge the hylles aforesayd shal come out of the hylles they speke all Ebrewe not ell●… / and than shall thyse Iewes speke Ebrewe to theym leede theym in to crystendome for to destroye crysten men For thyse Iewes saye they wote by theyr prophecyes that those Iewes that are amōge those hylles of Caspy shall come out crysten men shall be in theyr subgeccōn as they be vnder crysten men And yf ye wyll wete how they shall fynde the passage out as I haue vnderstande I shall telle you In tyme of Antecryste a foxe shall make his denne in the same place where kynge Alexander dyde make the gates he shall dygge in the erthe so longe tyll he perce it thorugh vnto that he come amonge the Iewes And whan they se this foxe they shall haue grete meruayle of hym / for they sawe neuer suche beest / for other beestes haue they amonge theym many / and they shall chase this foxe pursue hym vnto that he be fledde agayne in to his hole that he came fro And than shall they dygge after as he wente vnto they come to the gates that Alexander dyde make of grete stones well dyght with syment / they shall breke thyse gates so shall they fynde the yssue ¶ Of the londe of Bactry and of many gryffons and other beestes ca. lxxxv FRom this londe men shall go vnto the londe of Bactry where are many wycked men and fell In that londe are trees that bere wolle as it were shepe of whiche they make cloth In this londe are many Ypotaynes that dwelle somtyme on londe / somtyme on water are halfe man and halfe hors / they ete not but men whan they may gete theym In this londe are many gryffons more than in other places / some saye they haue the body before as an agle behynde as a lyon / and they saye soth for they are made so / but the gryffon hath a body gretter than .viij. lyons and gretter stal worthyer than an hondred egles For certaynly he wyll bere to his nest fleynge an hors and a man vpon his backe or two oxen yocked samen as they go at plough / for he hath longe nayles on his feet and grete as it were hornes of oxen / and of those they make cuppes there to drynke of / and of his rybbes they make bowes to shote ¶ Of the waye for to go to prester Iohans londe whiche is Emperour of Ynde ca. lxxxvi FRo this londe of Bactry men goo many a dayes Iourney to the londe of prester Iohn that is a grete Emperour of Ynde / and men calle his londe the yle of Pantoxore This Emperour prester Iohan holdeth grete londe many good cytees good townes in his kyngdom / many grete yles large For this londe of Ynde is all departed in yles by cause of grete flodes that come out of Paradyse / also in the see are many grete yles The best cyte that is in the yle of Pantoxore is called Nyse / for that is a noble cyte and ryche Prester Iohan hath vnder hym many kynges many dyuerse people / and his londe is good and ryche but not so ryche as the londe of the grete Chane / for marchauntes come not so moche thyder as they do in to the londe of the grete Chane for it is to longe a waye And also they fynde in the yle of Cathay all that they haue nede of / as spycery clothes of golde and other rychesse And all yf they myght haue better chepe in the londe of preester Iohan than in the londe of Cathay and more fyner / neuertheles they wolde lette it for the longe waye grete pevyls in the see / for there are many places in the see where are grete Roches of a stone that is called adamande / the whiche of his owne kynde draweth to hym yron / and for as moche that there sholde passe no shyp that had nayles of yron for it sholde drawe it to hym / therfore they dare not wende in to that countree with shyppes for drede of adamandes I wente ones in that see and sawe as longe as it had ben a grete yle of trees and stockes and braunches growynge / and the shypman sayd to me that those was of grete shyppes that were dwellynge there thorugh the vertue of the adamandes and of thynges that were in the shyppes were those trees sprongen and waxen / and suche Roches are there many in dyuerse places of that see and therfore dare no shypman passe that waye And an other also that they drede