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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	world_n	3,255	5	4.3685	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20969	[The flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy]	Dunbar, William, 1460?-1520?; Henryson, Robert, 1430?-1506?, attributed name.; Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400, attributed name.	1508 (1508)	STC 7348; ESTC S114711	5,115	14

thy tayle Beschate the stere the compas et the glas The skippar bad ger land the at the bas Thou spewit and kest out mony a lathly lomp Fastar than all the marynaris coud pomp And now thy wame is wers than ewir it was Had thai bene prouuait sa of schote of gvne By men of were but perile they had past As thou was louse and redy of thy bune Thay my t haue tane the collum at the last For thou wald cuk a cartfull at a cast Thare is na schip that wil the now ressaue Thou fylde faster than fyftenesum my t lawe And myrit thaym wyth thy mak to the myd mast Throu ingland thef and tak the to thy fute And boun̄ with the to haue a fa●se botwand A horse marschall thou call the at the mute And with that craft convoy the throu the land Be na thing argh tak ferily on hand Happyn thou to be hangit in northumbir Than all thy kyn ar wele quyte of thy cumbir And that mon be thy dome I vndir stand Hye souuerane lorde lat newir this synfull sot Do schame fra hame vnto your nacion That newir nane sik ane be callit a scot A rottyn crok louse of the dok thare donn̄ Fra honest folk deuoide this lathly lown̄ In sum desert quhare thare is na repaire For fylyng and infecking of the aire Cary this cankerit corrupt carioū Thou was consauit in the grete eclips A monstir maid be god mercurius Na hald agayn na hoo is at thy hips Infortunate false et furius Evill schryvin wan thryvin not clene na curius A myten full of flyt●ng flyrdom like A crabbit scabbit euill facit messan tyke A schit but wit schir et iniurius Greit in the glaykꝭ gude maister gilliā gukkꝭ Our imꝑfyte in poetry or in prose All clocis vndir cloud of ny t thou cukkis Rymis thou of me of rethory the rose Lunatike lymare luschbald louse thy hose That I may touch thy tone wy t tribulation In recompensing of thy conspiration Or turse the out of scotland tak thy chose Ane benefice quha wa●d gyue sic ane beste Bot gif it war to gyngill iudas bellis Tak the a fidill or a floyte et geste Wndought thou art ordanyt to not ellis Thy cloutit cloke thy skyrp thy clamschellis Cleke on thy cors and fare on in to france And cum thou newir agayn but a mischanche The fend fare wyth the forthward our the fellis Cankrit Caym tryit trowane tutiuillus Marmaidyn mym̄ken monstir of all men I sall ger bake the to the lard of hill house To suelly the in stede of a pullit hen Fowm̄t fasert fostirit in filth and fen Foule fond flend fule apon thy phisnom fy Thy dok of dirt drepis will newir dry To tune thy tone it has tyrit carlingis ten Conspiratour cursit cocatrice hell caa Turk trumpour traitour tyran intemperate Thou irefull attircop pilate apostata Iudas iow iuglour lollard laureate Sarazene symonyte provit pagane pronūciate Machomete manesuorme bugrist abhominabile Deuill dampnit dog sodomyte insatiable With gog and magog grete glorificate Nero thy nevow golyas thy grantsire Pharao thy fad fader Egipya thy dame Deulbere thir ar the causis that i conspire Termygantis tempise the et waspasius thine em̄ Belzebub thy full brothir will clame To be thyne air and Cayphas thy sectour Pluto thy hede of kyn and protectour To hell to lede the. on ly t day and leme Herode thyne othir Eme and grete Egeas Marciane machomete and maxencius Thy trew kynnismē Antenor et Eneas Throp thy nere nece and austern̄ Olibr●●● Puttidew baal and Eyobulus Thir fendis ar the flour of thy four branchis Sterand the potis of hell et newir stanchis Dout not deulbere tu es dyabolus Deulbere thy spere of were but feir thou yelde Hangit mangit edstangit ederstangit strynd stultorum To me maist hie kenydie et flee the felde Pirckit wickit conwickit lanip lollardorū Defamyt blamyt schamyt primas paganorum Out out I schout apon that snowt that snevillis Tale tellare rebellare induellar wyth the deuillis Spynk sink wyth stynk ad tertera termagorum Wythin a garth vnd vnder a rede rosere Ane ald man and decrepit herd I syng Gay was the note suete was the voce et clere It was grete ioy to here of sik a thing And to my dome he said in his dytyng For to be yong I wald not for my wis Off all this warld to mak me lord et king The more of age the nerar hevynnis blis False is this warld and full of variance Besoucht with syn and othir sytis mo Treuth is all tynt gyle has the gouuernance Wrechitnes has wroht all welthis we le to wo Fredom̄ is tynt and flemyt the lordis fro And couatise is all the cause of this I am content that youthede is ago The more of age the nerar hevynnis blisse The state of youth I repute for na gude For in that state sik perilis now I see Bot full smal grace the regeing of his blud Can non̄ gaynstand quhill y t he agit be Syne of the thing y t tofore ioyit he Nothing remayins for to be callit his For quhy it were bot veray vanitee The more of age the nerar hevynnis blisse Suld no mā traist this wrechit warld for quhy Of erdly ioy ay sorow is the end The state of it can no mā certify This day a king to morn̄ na gude to spend Quhat haue we here bot grace vs to defend The quhilk god grant vs for to mend oure mys That to his glore he may oure saulis send The more of age the nerar hevynnis blisse DEvise prowes and else humilitee That maidenis haue in eūich wyse Transmovit is in serpentis crueltee Fra thay in warld be weddit wyth thir wyis No mānis wit to wond may suffice Quhare ar be cūmyn thir maidenis myld of mude Off all thir wyfis y t noū ar found gude O maidynhede of vertu nobilest Flurisching in ioy and perfyt lawlynes O wyfhede wariit of wyfs wickitest Moder of vice and hertis hye distresse The cause causing of ruyne as i gesse That all this warld has broght to confusion Begonnyn was throu thy persuasion Ensample his how thyne iniquitee Our cūmyn has wysedom̄ strenth of hand Be salomon the first may provit be Wisest but were in warld y t was lyfand His grete wisedome my t not agayn the stand Thou gert hym err in to his latt latter elde Declyne his god and to the mawmentis yeld Sampson the forse strongest y t ewir was borne Off manly forse throu the destroit was Both his eyne blyndit and eke forlorn̄ Dauid that slew the gyant golyas And mony mo the quhilk I haue na space For to reherse for lak of tyme and wit And for grete labour thar fore I mon our sett Thou devillis member thou cursit homycide Thou tigir tene fulfild of birnyng fyre Thou schryne secrete of stynkand voke pride Thou cocatras that with the sicht of thy ire Affrayit has full mony a gudely syre That eftward efterward in warld had newir plesance Grete god I pray to tak on the vengeance In maidynhede sen was oure first remede And fra the hevyn oure haly fader sent The secund persone his sone in a god hede To tak mā kynde apon the maidyn gent Clene of hir corse and clenar of entent That bure the barne quhilk coūit vs fra care Scho being virgyn clenar than scho was are Grete was the lust that thou had for to fang The frute vetit throu thy false counsailing Thou gert mankynde consent to do that wrang Declyne his god and brek his hye bidding As haly write beris suthfast witnessing Thar for thou fro the ioy at paradise And thyne ofspring was banyst for thy vice Explicit Androv myllar