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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	call_v	great_a	time_n	9,883	5	3.3059	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00391	Here folowith a scorneful image or monstrus shape of a maruelous stra[n]ge fygure called, Sileni alcibiadis presentyng ye state [and] condicio[n] of this present world, [and] inespeciall of the spiritualite how farre they be from ye perfite trade and lyfe of Criste, wryte[n] in the laten tonge, by that famous clarke Erasmus, [and] lately translated in to Englyshe.; Adagia. Chil. III Cent. III. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.	1543 (1543)	STC 10507; ESTC S120657	18,269	72

The dysceptfull then the true The variable then y e stedfast The waueryng then the eternal More ouer of these frowarde Iugementes aryseth the paruerse nameyng of thynges callynge that ys hye lowe that is bytter swete That is preciouse vyle that ys lyfe dethe To speake of suche thynges by name They are called louers which eyther be ouer moche fauoure corrupte or laye in wayte to depreue y e woman frome her chastyte good fame whan nothynge can be more lyke an enuy they called yt Iustice whan one yll is acquitted wyth another when one offence is recōpensed w t an other when one worde ys wyth double damage payed home agayne This fasshon in matrymony is nowe alowed best that defoyleth cōsanguynite as nere to virgynite They call hym a traytoure and an enemy to the prynce whiche wolde that he shulde do no thynge aboue hys lawes or besydes ryghte whyche wolde that he shulde vse hymselfe as a very prince And as farre as myghte be to dyffer from a Tyrante Than whiche ys no booste is moste horrible or fearefull Of the other parte he ys called a wyse coūseloure A frende and a faythfulle lege man whyche corruptith the princes maners wyth worse counsell whiche infeatyth the myndes wyth folysshe oppinions whiche contynually flateryth dalyeth with them whiche that yf counselours draweth them in to the hate of theyr comunaltye whyche entyce them to warre and other folysshe busynes They saye that the kynges maiestye hyenes is gretly incresyd when any thyng is won by tyrany by greate porcion of excedyng mysthief He is called a robber of the kynges money whiche spekyth one worde agayne any demandid tribute But now seynge that a prynce hathe thre chefe thynges by whiche he representith god whiche is the only very kynge Goodnes wysdom and power semeth he a frende to the kynge whiche wolde beryue hym of two the pryncipall thynges goodnes and wysdom and onely leue them pouer which is not onely false but yet also not of hymselfe for as moche as the onely power of a prynce lyttel auayleth withoute his comons ayde For veryly power oneles yt be cōioyned with wysdom goodnes is Tirany and no power whyche also the peoples consent maye euen as they gaue yt so take yt awaye agayne when yet goodnes wysdom shal abyde with the kyng banysshed out of his realme It is treason to vse the kinges badge otherwyse then besemeth And are they rewarded that violat his minde causeynge hym to be for a good man a cruel man For a wyse man a subtyl and for a man of power a Tyrant One dethe is to lyttell for hym that enterpryseth to put poyson in the Kynges cuppe And receiueth he a rewarde that with moste pestylent oppinions corruptyth and poysonyth hys mynde and infectyth as yt were the welthe of the comon welthe to y e grete myschefe of all y e realme He is callyd a kyng which hath in his possessyon great dominions and ryches whan vndoutely to playe the very kynge is ys none other thynge but iustly to mynyster the cōmon welthe The affynites betwene prynces than the renoūsyd consyderacyons are called the ioynyng together of the thrysten pease whā yet we se whā these welles sprynge all ouer All stryfe all debate yea and all myschefe of the cōmon welthe they call it a iuste warre whan the prynces for collusyon to polle and oppresse there cōmeth welthe They call it pease whā that ended they conspyted togethers They cōmyt the realme greatly increasyd whan any towne or citye which the prynce by what tyme soeuer it be claymeth his wonne or rather bought with so great pyllage or accyons of the cytezens with so great inorther by whiche are made ouer many wydowes fatherles childerne After lyke tacyon they call the churche preestes bysshopes popes whā verely they are no other thyng but euen the mynysters of the churche For the church is the chrysten people whome Christ hym selfe calleth greatter than the bysshoppes can mynyster vnder beynge vnable in seruyce but otherwayes greatter yf they as well by folowynge the maners and lyuynge as by successyon of dygnyte representeth whiche yet whan he was in al thynges lorde and ruler of al men vse them selfe as a seruaunte and not as a lorde The greattest excōmunycatyon shall be publysshed agayne them as enemyes to the churche yea and are counted almoste heretykes that taketh any money out of a preestes purse I speke not to bolde any man in suche doynge I wolde no man shulde take my sayenge so But yf a enemye of the churche ought to be hated tell on whether there can be any enemye more hurteful or more dedely than an vngodly prelate If any of the spirytuall landes or annuyties be dymynysshed they crye with one voyce the churches ryghte is oppressed But whan the worlde is styred to warre whan through the the opon yll lyfe of preestes many thousande sortes are broughte to dystruccyon No man bewayleth y e churches chaunce whā yet nowe is the churche verely a meruaylous fayre churche not whan the people refuse charytie or loue towarde god whan vyces decrese whan goodnes increaseth or whā the holy doctryne is in strengthe But whan the alters shyne with golde precyous stones yea whā that not regarded The preestes in landes housholde voluptuosytle moyles horses in sūptuous buyldynge of houses or rather places other such lyke thynges may teche or rather excell tyrantes we dare not speke one worde of thē whiche spende or rather bestowe as they call it the churches rentes in yll peruers vses to the great hurte occasyon of yll insamples gyuyng of y e rude multytude If any thyng be gyuen to them we reioyse and gyue great thankes for it sayenge that Chrystes church is inryched whā vndoutly the trewe hyghest gaynes of the churche is the profetynge of the chrysten lyfe they call it blasphemye if a man speke with lytell reuerence of Chrystofer or George and wyll not take euery story of them or such other euen for y e gospell But Paule calleth that blasphemy as oftē as throughout the occasyon of y e Chrystyans maners it happeth y t the name of god is blasphemed for what shal y e enemyes of y e chrystyan relygyon say whā they se in y e Euāgelike letters that Chryst holely exorteth to contempne ryches to exyle voluptuosyte to dyspyse all honoure And of y e other parte whā they se y e heades chefe rulers of y t chrysten professyon lyue after such a fassyon that in laborynge to gather ryches in loue of voluptuosyte in gorgeous apparell exquisyte deintye farre in cruell deuysyng settyng forth of warre almost in all other myschefes Math. yea also excell the very hethens The wyse reder perceyueth wel what I perceyue here on spoken for honour of y e christen name wherfore I serche to myschefe howe seyth scornefully howe mockyngly Trowest thou to ieste on vs whā these in