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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	brother_n	young_a	youth_n	26	3	7.8138	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04548	A true relation of Go[ds] vvonderfull mercies in preseruing one aliue, which hanged fiue dayes, who was falsely accused.		1605 (1605)	STC 14668; ESTC S106553	5,082	14

A True relation of Go●● vvonderfull mercies in preseruing one aliue which hanged fiue dayes who was falsely accused LONDON Printed by Edw Allde dwelling on Lambard-hill 〈…〉 A True Relation of a most wonderfull and strange accident which hapned on a young man borne at Dort a towne in Holland who trauailing betweene Franckfort and Antwerp was falsely accused for a robbery and executed for the same at a Towne called Bon where he hanged fiue dayes was by God mightily preserued to the great astonishment of all the beholders YN the towne of Dort vpon the long reede Banke neere the signe of the three Pidgions there dwelled a man whose name was Iohn Peterson borne in the Citie of Antwerp who maried with a young woman borne at Dort aforesaid This Iohn Peterson with his wife liued many yeares together he being a waterman who vsed to ferry passengers from Dort to Rotterdam and his wife vsed the trade of dressing of Flax these two hauing had diuers children it pleased God that all dyed sauing two Sonnes whose names were the one Nicholas Iohnson who now dwelleth at the Brill the other Iohn Iohnson for often they take their surnames of their Fathers Christen name of which Iohn Iohnson we are heereafter to intreat whose Parents dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1600. being very poore This Iohn Peterson being deceased hauing a brother yet dwelling in the Citie of Antwerp who vnderstanding of the death of his brother sent to Dort for Iohn Iohnson the youngest son of his brother deceased being a pretty youth who thought it fitter to keepe one of his owne kinsmen then the sonne of any stranger When this youth came to Antwerp his Vncle gaue him very kinde welcome being ioyfull to see him for he had neuer seene him before that time Now it pleased his Vncle to imploy this Iohn Iohnson about his affaires who vsed such diligence in all things he went about that he procured such loue of his Vncle as if he had bene his deare childe he could neuer haue respected him with more regard and the rather for that he gaue his minde to all vertuous godly exercises Insomuch that whatsoeuer the young man did it was most pleasing to his Vncle as also to most who knew him He was many times assailed by Iesuits and others of that religion to conuert him from the true religion which he then professed but he continuing constant by no meanes would yeild vnto them which being bruited in the Citie he was of all the godly generally well respected To come to the matter his Vncle being a man of great trading in marchandize had occasion with diuers other marchants to trauaile to Francfort Mart for he vsed much to go thither and thought it fit to take his kinsman Iohn Iohnson along with him to acquaint him in those partes that he might the better afterwards haue knowledge in his busines his Vncle delighted greatly in his company by reason he was giuen to much honest mirth for which all that knew him did exceedingly affect him and called him the Hollander demaunding often of him if all Hollanders were so pleasant as himselfe was passing on the way After their long iourney they came to Francfort euery man taking his leaue of other intending to goe about their affaires And after some few daies of their continuance in Francfort there came a Letter to this Iohn Iohnsons Vncle from Antwerp to certifye him of busines of great import which was speedily to be disspatched at home whervpon his Vncle hauing as yet effected little busines did thinke it most conuenient to send the said Iohn Iohnson to Antwerp knowing his sufficient care in any of his imployments whilst he himselfe stayed till the end of the Mart. Now hauing commaundement of his Vncle to depart for Antwerp hee tooke his leaue and set forward on his iourney without any feare for he had little to loose and taking his iourneys to the same Townes and Innes where before he with his Vncle other Marchants had lyen At length he came to Bon to the same Inne where he before had lodged which was neere the market-place at the signe of the Swan without suspect of any danger where also lodged diuers Marchants with whome this Iohn Iohnson that night supped hauing had very good fare and passing the time away with pleasant discoursings vntill it grew towards bed-time and being shewed their chambers the young-man desired the Host that he would call him vp very early who promising so to doe departed This Host hauing espied one of the other Marchants to haue a Budget wherein was good store of money who lodged in the same Chamber where the young man lodged thought with himselfe how he might get this Budget and to liue vnsuspected at last he deuised with himselfe that hauing the mony he would work so cūningly that none should be suspected but the young man The Host in the night came stealing into their chamber there taking away the Marchants Budget with money and the young mans Wallet wherein was some foule linnen and shooes and such like When this Host had opened the Marchants Budget and taken out the mony he found also in the same a Seale Ring an Obligation which Obligation and Seale-ring the Host tooke out and with a siluer Tonne of his owne whereon the Hosts marke was grauen and which his guests did drinke in the night before at Supper hee put these three in the young mans wallet and tyed it vp as it was afore and entring the Chamber againe laid the wallet in the place from whence he tooke it In the morning the Host according to his promise calles vp the young man who presently rising made him ready paid his reckoning tooke his leaue and went his way on his iourney hauing the Marchants King and Obligation with the Hosts siluer Tonne tyed vp in his wallet vnknowne vnto him so trauayling on without any mistrust it fortuned that the Marchant arysing and missing his Budget with his money presently called out saying he was robd and being exceedingly perplexed and in a great fury the Host as if hee had not knowne any thing come speedily vnto him demaunding the occasion of his outrage To whome hee replyed that his Budget with his money was stolne away from him The Host answering that if hee had loft any thing there was none could haue it but the youth who lodged that night in the Chamber and was so sodainely gone away in the morning Therefore let vs with all speede take horse we shall surely ouertake him Wherevpon with all haste that might be the Marchant with the treacherous hoast tooke their Horses and in very short time they ouertooke this Iohn Iohnson The Hoast speaking very furiously vnto him charged him of Fellony saying thou hast robbed this Marchant who lay this night in the same Chamber where thy selfe didst lodge of all his money The modest young man at the first being greatly affrighted stood amazed