Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	love_n	3,006	5	5.2017	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14250	The translation of a letter written by a Frenche gentilwoman to an other gentilwoman straunger, her frind, vpon the death of the most excellent and vertous ladye, Elenor of Roye, Princes of Conde, contaynyng her last wyll and testament. Doone by Henry Myddelmore gentylman at the request of the Ladye Anne Throkmorton	I. D. V., fl. 1564.; Myddelmore, Henry.	1564 (1564)	STC 24565; ESTC S105901	21,518	65

â§ THE TRANSlation of a letter written by a Frenche Gentilwoman to an other Gentilwoman straunger her frind vpon the death of the most excellent and vertuous Ladye Elenor of Roye Princes of Conde contaynyng her last wyll and Testament Doone by Henry Myddelmore Gentylman at the request of the Ladye Anne Throkmorton Â¶ Imprinted at London by Iohn Daye for Humfrye Toye dwellyng in Paules Churchyarde Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis 1564. â§ The last wyl and Testament of the Princes of Conde SO soone as reason and gods worde mighte commaund mine eies and that this paper watered ouer with my teares mighte drye it selfe I dyd take my penne in hande to answere the request that so instantlye you made vnto me to wrytte you a brief discourse of the maner course of my Ladye the Princes of Condes sicknes For the greate desier you haue as you saye that the shadowe of hyr death maye serue you for a lighte to lighten your doings against the thicknes of the darknes of oure lyfe in this perillous pilgrimage But I pray you yf I do not satisfice your expectation accordynge to the sufficiencye of the subiect accuse the basenes of my wytte rather then the good wyl I haue to content you and to gyue by this priuate letter since better I cannot do it a faythfull testimonye of hyr vertue which wel deserueth a publike setting forth The prophane auncientes were wont to saye when they dyd lose suche patternes and examples of vertue that God beinge angrye wyth men dyd beareft them of so great a good before the tyme. And you shall gyue me leaue to say to you that in very conscience I beleue he iudged vs vnworthye of a thinge of so great valure And nowe leauynge to speake of the reste of hyr lyfe of the first and furthest causes of hyr euell that is to saye the extreame sorowes whiche she was dryuen to deuoure in that firste peryllous tyme of the imprisonment of my Lorde the Prince hyr husbande and lykewyse of Madame de Roye hyr mother the same being a right worthie argument of a great historye whereby might be eternised and made perpetuall the singular graces which God had endued this noble Princes wyth and the vnspeakable force and constancye of hyr mynde in all hyr aduersities I wyll begynne with the most euidentes and freshest I doubt not but you haue harde how that after she had letfe my Lord hyr husbande at Meaux at the same tyme that he resolued to goo to OrleaÌ„s as she was traualynge towardes hyr house called Muret and passynge by a vyllage named Vanderay nere vnto Lizy vpon the ryuer of Ours a companye of paisants whiche then were goinge in procession dyd set vpon hyr and the Marquis of Conty hyr eldest sonne wyth staues stones crosses and banners and that without any occasion geuen but that there was a malicious naughty priest emongest them who for the hatred that he bare to the religion incited set on the sayd troupe of paisants so to outrage hyr and hyr companye at this very tyme the fyer of the troubles for religion did begynne to kyndle and in the moste partes of all Fraunce the sparkelles thereof dyd alreadye appeare Thys furor and populous rage dyd so moue and vnquiet this good Lady that hauynge gonne to the ende of cyghte monethes she was the same daye by feare and before hyr tyme delyuered of two boyes at a village called Gandalu before she could recouer any of hyr owne houses And within fewe dayes after as she was naturallye of greate courage and harte she toke hyr waye towardes Orleans to mete wyth my Lord hyr husbande Whether she came in the ende by longe and dangerous iourneis For you must imagine that all the wayes and passages were alreadye taken and kepte And that therfore she was dryuen to vse great circumspection and to expose hyr person to verye great daunger to make that hasardous voiage Note you that of this same inconueniencye Of the second tyme of the imprisonment of my Lord hyr husbaÌ„d after the cruell conflict of a battail Of the besiegyng of the towne of Orleans and so of the paynes and continuall trauailes which she dyd suffer abyde duryng the whole tyme of the troubles besyde that she dyd not diligentlye inough loke to hyr selfe when she had the last yere the smale pokes at GalleoÌ„ hath growen and proceaded by course of tyme all hyr sicknes and indisposition But chyefly an Issue of bloud caused by a Carcinome or eatyng canker in the Matrice whiche hyr shamefastnes and chastitie woulde neuer suffer to be dressed as it was requisite and necessarye This fluxe of bloud which was faier redde and of good substaunce beganne the .xxvj. daye of April last past but toke hyr more aboundauntlye the thursdaye and Sonday nexte followynge and so continued and lefte of at certain times vntyll the .xxiij. daye of this present moneth of Iuly At what tyme hyr forces were so abated and weakened that she lost vtterly the power retentiue so as the same then runnyng oute vnto the droppe of that lyttell that remayned of the former great voydynges she yelded happelye vp hyr sprite to God throughe lacke of natural heate at Conde about xj of the cloke in the mornynge This euacuation was very muche hastened by a dyet whiche a lyttell before she had taken in hande and would nedes continue the same after hyr retourne from Troye where settinge asyde all other thynges she had bene in great hast to see my Lord her husband then newly fallen into a sicknes which dyet was cleane contrarye to hyr the drinke that she toke dyd greatly heate chafe hyr bloud whiche of it selfe was ouer subtil Herein I canne assure you that after the Phisitions and Chirurgiens were on s made acquainted with all they dyd omite nothynge of that that order and knowledge might commaunde And it had bene very easye at the beginnynge to haue remedyed and healed it if the matter had been so soone declared as it was requisite In the tyme of this sicknes manye accidents happened as the laske the feuer Hetique whiche was with some accesse payne of the raynes with great vnquietnes faintinges and soundings throughe the venimous vapours caried from the diseased part to the stomacke to the lyuer to the harte and to the braine You muste thynke that I caÌ„ne hardlye expresse vnto you all her griefs for they were by the iudgement of them that be most expert in that arte so dyuerse and violent that they had bene vndurable to any other Wherin I pray you marke wel how greatlye God dyd assist and strengthen her for she neuer opened her mouthe to murmur nor made any shewe or countenaunce of impacience I did alwayes see her in her greatest paines with drye eyes without cryinge without teares and without complaintes whiche be ordinary to all sicke folckes yea to the most strongest and constants And because I knowe it wylbe great pleasure vnto

other canne make or moue any thinge and yet neuerthelesse he can not be sayd nor ought to be sayd the procurer to euyll or the cause or author of synne whiche doth proceade of the corruption malice that man hath purchassed to hym selfe After this she protested that she dyd not thynke that ther was any other meane or waye by the whiche men might haue remissioÌ„ of their synnes health and euerlastynge life but by Iesus Christ only and that there is no other name geuen to man for his saluation but that only and that as he is very God he is also only sauiour and redemer mediatour aduocat of man towardes God and sole sacrificatour sacrifice who hath ones for all satisfysed appaised the wrathe and strayte iudgement of God the father by his death for vs hath fully iustified vs in his resurrection Wherfore I take him sayd she for my only and notwithstaÌ„dyng sufficient ransom for my peace for my wisdome for my iustice for my santcfication assuryng my selfe that he dyd prepare a place for me in heauen when he ascended thyther that he doth there tarye me with his father mine by hym with the holy Ghost the Aungels and the saints where I desyre to be with all my harte and whether I am sure I shal go or it be longe Thyrdly she gaue to vnderstaÌ„d that we ought not to serue God otherwyse or in other sorte then as he hath appointed vs by hys worde And therfore that she did acknowledge two partes in the true seruice of God Wherof the first and principall is to trust and beleue stedfastly in him to obey his holy commandements to cal vpon him in all our necessities to giue thankes to him onlye as the only author of all goodnes Thother is to exercyse in the churche those thinges whiche he hath established as the ministery of his worde and of his Sacramentes the ecclesiasticall Discipline in her purenes followynge his order therin withoute mynglynge eyther of the witte or inuention of man and therfore addressynge her speache a newe to God she sayd further on this sort Howe aboundauntly oh Lord hast thou vouchsaft to shewe thy mercies vpon me that by thy holy sprite hast made me vnderstaÌ„d and see that thy holy worde the holy Baptisme the holy Supper whiche be the two Sacramentes that thy Sonne Iesus Christe hath lefte to thy churche his spouse body the discipline and correctioÌ„ of sinners ordeined by hym in his Gospel be purelye and sincerely administred in the reformed churches of Fraunce also that in the same churches the true doctrine of obedience of repentaunce of faythe and iustification by the same through the merite of Iesus Christ wythoute that there may be anye thynge at all allowed of ours for payment is there preached and constantlie declared that Gods name is truly called vpon there that is to saye in the onlye name of Iesus Christ and that to hym alone begyuen al thankes for al his goodnes receyued For these causes I say Oh my Lord delyuerer I do acknowledge that these reformed churches with all other lyke vnto theÌ„ wher soeuer they be do make togethers the spouse and the body of thy SoÌ„ne Iesus Christ thy chosen vyne thy flocke thy holy Ierusalem and thy lawfull assemblye thankynge thee wyth al my hart that thou haste called me to this moste happye knowledge yea and I thaÌ„ke thee more that thou haste made me one of the stones of this thy buyldynge humble Citie one of the shepe of this thy flocke one of the brauÌ„ches of this thy vyne and one of the members of this body and of this spouse of thy Sonne Iesus Christ Make me so to perseuere oh dyuine goodnes and continue in me these graces euen vnto the last sighe of my lyfe to the ende that accordynge to thy promesse I may be receaued of the into the kyngdome and heritage of thy most happy chyldren The ende of the wyll Wythin an houre after she sent for and caused to come into her chamber the Minister de l' Espine of whome I haue already spoken to you and continuynge in one maner of feruencye affection the talke which before she had entamed she began to recite the fauours whiche God had shewed her hauynge as vnto the worlde made her greatly honorable and imparted largely inoughe vnto her of the goods of the same assisted her in all her affaires defended and susteyned my Lord her husbande my Lady her mother her selfe her children her kynsfolks and frindes against all the enterprises and conspiracies of their ennemyes and yet that al these his graces dyd seame lyttel vnto her in respect of the knowledge which he had geuen her of hym of his Sone by his holy worde for in that only coÌ„sisted al her felicitie it was the certaine and true foundation of all her hope And being by all these reasons infinitly bounde to serue God that notwithstandyng she had not done her dutye to acknowledge and confesse the author froÌ„ whome so many and sondrye blessyngs came vnto her to giue vnto him for theÌ„ all thankes praises and glorye Neuerthelesse for all these greate ingratitudes which she had vsed towards God she dyd verely hope that by hys mercy and the merite of his Sonne the same and all other his fautes shulde be entyerely pardoned assurynge her selfe to be in the nomber of his shepe by the grace she had receyued to heare the voice of her sheppeard pastour and that by his callynge of her she was assured of her Iustice and glorie For these causes she sayd she desired nothing more earnestly theÌ„ to be quicklye out of this worlde that she might go into the armes of her Sauiour that notwithstanding she dyd leaue behynd her my Lord the Prince her husbande my Ladye her mother my Lords her children whiche she dyd loue as muche and as well as nature and dutye might beare yet she preferred God to all them And that there was nothing so deare vnto her as to followe redilye and chearefullye his good wyll and pleasure The Dyuel she said dyd set before her eyes many sondry imaginations touching the kyngdome of heauen went about to persuade her that it was not the same that she toke it to be that by that meanes he might brynge her to be lothe to leaue the vaine pleasures delightes of this worlde But for al that she dyd remayne ancred in that faith that eye neuer sawe care neuer harde nor harte of maÌ„ could euer conceaue which god hath prepared for his elect As she had thus made an ende came into the chamber my Lorde the Prince as he was very diligent in visitinge of her and after that he had spent a fewe wordes in the coumfortyng of her she sayd vnto him there were fowre things which dyd greatly satisfice and content her The firste was the assuraunce she had of her saluatioÌ„ for by the hope and hande

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