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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	know_v	5,049	5	3.5427	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04792	Here begynneth a shorte treatyse of contemplacyon taught by our lorde Jhesu cryste, or taken out of the boke of Margerie kempe of lyn[n].	Kempe, Margery, b. ca. 1373.	1501 (1501)	STC 14924; ESTC S104749	3,792	7

¶ Here begynneth a shorte treatyse of contemplacyon taught by our lorde Jhesu cryste or taken out of the boke of Margerie kempe of lyn̄ She desyred many tymes that her hede myght be smyten of with an axe vpon a blocke for the loue of our lorde Ihesu Thenne sayd oure lorde Ihesu in her mynde I thanke the doughter that thou woldest dye for my loue for as often as thou thȳkest so thou shalt staue the same mede in heuen as yf thou suffredest the same dethe yet there shall no man slee the. ¶ I assure y e in thy mynde yf it were possyble me to suffre payne ageyne as I haue done afore me were leuer to suffre as moche payne as euer I dyde for thy soule alone rather than thou sholdest departe fro me euerlastynge ¶ Doughter thou mayst no better please god than to thȳke contynually in his loue Than she asked our lorde Ihesu cryste how she sholde best loue him ¶ And our lorde sayd haue mynde of thy wyckednes and thynke on my goodnes ¶ Doughter yf thou were the haberyon or y e here fastynge brede water yf y u saydeste euery day a thousande pater nr̄ thou sholde not please me so well as thou dost whan y u art in scylence suffrest me to speke in thy soule ¶ Doughter for to byd many bedes it is good to them that cannot better do yet it is not profyte But it is a good way towarde perfeccyon For I tell the doughter they that be grete fasters grete doers of penaūce they wolde that it shold be holde the beste lyf And they that gyue them to many deuocyons they wolde haue that y e best lyfe And tho that gyuen moche almesse they wolde that it were holden the best lyfe And I haue often tolde y e doughter that thynkȳge wepynge hye cōtemplacyon is y e best lyf in erthe thou shalt haue more meryte in heuen for one yere thynkynge in thy mynde than for an hondred yere of prayeng w t thy mouth yet thou wylte not beleue me for thou wylte byd many bedes ¶ Doughter yf thou knewe how swete thy loue is to me y u woldest neuer do other thȳge but loue me with all thy herte ¶ Dought yf thou wylt be hye w t me in heuen kepe me alway in thy mynde as moche as y u mayst forgete not me at thy mete but thynke alway y t I fyt in thy herte knowe euery thought y t is therin both good and badde ¶ Doughter I haue suffred many paynes for thy loue therfore y u hast gret cause to loue me ryght wel for I haue bought thy loue full dere ¶ Dere lorde I praye the late me neuer haue other Ioye in erth but mournynge wepynge for thy loue for me thynketh lorde though I were in hel yf I myght wepe there mourne for thy loue as I do here hell sholde not noye me but it sholde be a maner heuen for thy loue putteth away al maner of drede of our gostly enemye for I had leuer be there as longe as y u woldest please the than to be in this worlde dysplease the therfore good lorde as thou wylte so mote it be ¶ She had grete wonder that our lorde wolde become man suffre so greuous paynes for her y t was so vnkynde a creature to hym And than w t grete wepȳge she asked our lorde Ihū how she myghte beste please hȳ he answered to her soule saynge doughter haue mynde of thy wyckednes thynke on my goodnes than she prayed many tymes often these wordes Lorde for thy goodnes haue merci on my grete wyckednes as certeynly as I was neuer so wycked as y u arte good ne neuer may be thoughe I wolde for y u arte so good y t y u mayst no better be therfore it is gret wonder y t euer ony man sholde be departed fro the without ende ¶ Whan she sawe the crucyfyxe or yf she sawe a man had a woūde or a best Or yf a man bete a childe afore her or smote an hors or an other beste w t a whype yf she myght se it or here it she thought she sawe our lorde beten or woūded lyke as she sawe in the man or in the beste ¶ The more she encreased in loue in deuocyon the more she encreased in sorowe contrycyon in lownesse mekenesse in holy drede of our lorde Ihesu in knowlege of her owne freylte So that yf she sawe ony creature be punysshed or sharpely chastysed she wolde thynke that she had ben more worthy to be chastysed than y t creature was for her vnkyndnes ayenst god Than wolde she wepe for her owne synne for compassyon of that creature ¶ In noo thynge that y u doost or sayest doughter y u mayst noo better please god than beleue that he loueth the. For yf it were possyble y t I myght wepe w t the. I wolde wepe with the for the compassyon y t I haue of the. ¶ Our mercyfull lorde Ihesu cryste drewe this creture vnto his loue to the mynde of his passyon that myght not endure to beholde a lepre or an other seke man specyally yf he had ony woūdes apperynge on hym Soo she wepte as yf she had seen our lorde Ihesu with his woundes bledȳge so she dyde in the syght of the soule for thrugh the beholdynge of the seke man her mynde was all rauysshed in to our lorde Ihesu that she had grete mournynge and sorowȳge y t she myght not kysse y e lepre whan she met them in the way for the loue of our lorde whiche was all contrarye to her desposycyon in the yeres of her youthe prosperyte for than she abhorred them moost ¶ Doughter y u haste desyred in thy mynde to haue many preestes in the towne of lyn̄ that myght sȳge rede nyght and day for to serue me worshyp me prayse me and thanke me for the goodnes y t I have do to the in erth therfore doughter I promyse the thou shalt haue mede rewarde in heuen for the good wylles good desyres as yf thou haddest done them in dede ¶ Doughter y u shalte haue as grete mede as grete rewarde with me in heuen for thy good seruyce thy good dedes that thou haste do in thy mynde as yf thou haddest do y e same with thy bodely wyttes without forth ¶ And doughter I thanke the for the charyte that thou haste to all lecherous men wȳmen for thou prayest for them wepest for them many atere desyrynge y t it sholde delyuer them out of synne be as gracyous to them as I was to Mary maudeleyne y t they myght haue as moche grace to loue me as Mary maudeleyne had with this condycōn y u woldest y t eueryche of them sholde haue .xx. li. a yere to loue prayse me