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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	flesh_n	spirit_n	5,367	5	5.2461	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08332	The description of Swedland, Gotland, and Finland the auncient estate of theyr kynges, the moste horrible and incredible tiranny of the second Christiern, kyng of Denmarke, agaynst the Swecians, the poleticke attaynyng to the crowne of Gostaue, wyth hys prudent prouidyng for the same. Collected and gathered out of sundry laten aucthors, but chieflye out of Sebastian Mounster. By George North. Set forth accordyng to the order in the Quenes Maiesties iniunction.; Cosmographia. English. Selections	Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552.; North, George, gentleman.	1581 (1581)	STC 18662; ESTC S113287	33,016	56

humaine he spoyled hym of hys apparel and in contempt naked nailed him on a crosse Who long hangyng there in great payne penurye dyd commit the reuenge of his innocencie to God with lamentable teares be wayled the miserable estate of the City The Wane 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 The Dane ouercommed with furious wrath and wrapped in odible mischiefe dyd cause the natural secret members of the deade to be cut of cast at the face of him that was on the crosse Afterwarde they stroke him through the syde 〈◊〉 ●●●th his 〈◊〉 where they tooke out his hart slonge it in hys face So great so large and so immoderate was his irefull mynde that he doubled hys tyrannye wyth violent force The family of Ribigu● cruelly persecuted They chiefely persecuted the whole house and family of Ribingus towardes whom they vsed such so much cruelty that when there was no more lefte of sufficient age for slaughter they tooke the yonge children A pityfull murder of Chyldren tying their tender heare in knots hanged them on cages Commaunding his flagitious Tormentours to cut of theyr heades and let the deade carkases to fall on the fylthye ground This done be willed that al their bodies wyth the rest of those that wer murthered should be brought into the Market place where on with gasing gapyng like a fury of hel he fed his wrathful eyes satisfied hys monstrous lust A most hortyble syght to loke vy●̄ fulfylled the desyre of his most horrible mynde with this his outtagious fierce mischiefe Three dayes dyd their dead bodies lye there in moste loth some wise wrapped defiled all ouer in their owne clottred and congeled bloud Three daies dyd theyr dead bodies lie in the mas ket place Those that yet plunged in the panges of painful death aspiring with panting and feable breath to their fatal end did with trembling flesh neither quicke nor dead dequeth their wofull spirites to God What eye so merciles could stay from teares to behold such torne bodies dismembred of their lymmes and to see such pale wan visages as dead carkases do represent whose innocent ghosts no doubt the hoauens possest No hart but Christierns woulde haue executed such dete●table tirannies Chri●●●●● hatte wa● s●ony● No men but Monsters could haue bene apt instrumentes for such a murther As he was such was his seruauntes For what he commaunded that they fulfylled in most extreme wyse After al this Christiern not yet fully satisfied nor perfectly glutted in these facinorous factes gaue strayght commaundement that their carkases should be cast into stincking sinckes ●●●●k beab 〈◊〉 are ●●●yed in ●●yules filthy pits priuies without the City He drew the bodye of Steno out of his sepulture so much did the rage of tiranny gouerne him Stebi is ●●●●en out of his graue that his desire of deuouring was like a gredy Hound Who coulde be safe from his fury or how was it possible for anye to be free from his malicious dedes when as the close and secret graues could not hide nor kepe their dead frō him When he had on this maner depopulated and wasted the City of men leauing not one that the biting edge of weapon myght harme nor sparing of any that the twyned cord might strangle he turned all to rapine theft The cruel countenāce of homici●●●● The Wiues were spoyled of their Husbandes the Infantes tender Sucklinges of their Parentes the Widowes of those thinges they best loued namelye theyr Children their Friendes their Kinred and of all their goodes Virgins were destoured Maydens were rauished their auncient Monuments wer rased their Temples ruined no prophane nor sacred thyng was spared Whylest the Tiraunt was executing of these detestable mischiefes with in he kept fast the gates of the Citye least the horrible fame cruel cry of their euyls shoulde haue fled into the eares of the Countrye whereby iust warres myght partly haue reuenged theyr moste abhominable doinges What studdes of teares shewrd down from euery mans eyes The lamen Racid of the Country with dolerous sobs What plunging sighes boiled out of euery mans brest with mased myndes What thundring noyse roared foorth of euerye mans hart What desperat musis what terror wyth what inward feare euery one was laden clogged with al through the whole Country when the horror of thys incredible newes was perfectlye reported vnto them there is none but may iudge Some Fathers lamented the losse of their Sonnes Some Childrē bewayled the cruel end of their Fathers Some Myues playned the woful death of their Husbandes some friendes sorowed for the terrible tormentes of their Familiars but generallye euerye one pitied the miserable slaughter of their country men and with great despight enuyed the hellysh doynges of the Danes Christiern departeth from Stock holme When Christiern had thus finished the end of all hys murdrish factes he departed the City and in his iorney went to an Abbey called the New valley Where of the Abbot and Monkes he was honorably receiued friendly entertained and gently vsed hauing al thinges ministred to him his at their desire Christiern commeth to an Abbey called the New valley where he executeth a crucl tirany The Tiraunt did faine a great loue towardes them taking verye thankfullye their diligent curtesy And beyng there on Candelmas day he went to their Church and heard seruice neuer offering nor shewyng anye signe of mischiefe tyll suche time as their ceremonies wer done The vnquenchable flaine of his ripe euyls pestilent doinges woulde not be by any meanes repressed nor extincted Tirani wa● rooted in 〈◊〉 hart of Christiern for the bloudy seede of murther was so rooted in his tyranous harte that the hurle winde of mischief renting breath of vices had ship wrackt in hym al princely vertues For after he had receiued such honorable chere wyth an adiniracion of the Abbots prouision A cruell account Immediately when theyr sacred seruice was ended he belched out his poysoned nature callyng the Monkes to account for his good entertainment rewarded them wyth bynding beatyng and drowning The Abbot by fortune escaped their handes and prouyng to saue his lyse by swymmyng the cruell and most parnicious companye of the Saylers dyd so wounde hym that loosyng hys strengthe he was lykewyse drowned Thus thys Christiern full gorged wyth the bloude of the Swecians 〈…〉 wyth ●●●dy sp●ll ●●●urns in●● Dēark and laden wyth rytches slaughter and spoyle leauing a garyson of Danes in the Castel of Stockholme saylde wyth his horrible praye into Denmarke He scourged Swecia with the plages of battell theft murder al other kinde of mischeuous euyls The diuelysh sury of ●ostaue the ●ounterfayt Byshop Gostaue the false and counterfaite Bishop desyryng contrary to his sacred profession to excel in the bloudy fury of a soldiour and delyghtynge in the daungerous broyles of battel dyd thrust out irradical and