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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	lie_v	soul_n	4,309	5	5.1460	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06484	The second part and knitting vp of the boke entituled Too good to be true Wherin is continued the discourse of the wonderfull lawes, commendable customes, [and] strange manners of the people of Mauqsun. Newely penned and published by Thomas Lupton.; Too good to be true. Part 2	Lupton, Thomas.	1581 (1581)	STC 16954; ESTC S109660	170,117	212

meete Parsō they knew him not for they neuer saw him yet he had bin their Parson 20. yeres at the least Omen Such are pope-like parsōs for they féed their flock neither bodily nor ghostly bicause they wil be sure they wil not fulfil the meaning of Christ in feding his shéepe therfore they doe not loue Christ but at the last terrible daye of iudgemēt if Christ shal hate reiect thē bicause they loued him not then sēd thē into hel fire to burn in torments for euer thē they wil find that these are déere benefires that it had bin better to haue fedde their flocke than to haue famished their flock wil wish then rather to haue preached to their parishioners without profits than to haue profits of them without preaching but thē it wil be too late to wil or wish Siuqila Many of our parsons féed their flock a little better for perhaps they wil lie at their benefices 2. or 3. moneths and at an other as long and thus they will be sure to féede them all Omen Yea but not all at once Siuqila I do not say so Omen But who shall preache to the rest of his flocke in his absence Siuqila He fed them so wel before that they may farrye a while he will féede them when hée commeth to them againe whiche perhappes wil be within halfe a yere or a tweluemoneth Omen The Parson will féede his owne bellie oftener I warrant him for he wil be sure to eate once or twice euery day at the leaste for he knoweth ful well that if his bodie should be without food but two or thrée daies it would be in daunger of famishing Then can the Parson thinke that the soules of his flocke can be halfe a yeare or a twelumoneth without foode and not in danger of perishing If the body be sicke neuer so little the Phisition muste be stil with it to giue it suche medicines as is requisite for the health thereof And may the soule then whiche is alwaies sicke for euery sinne that is committed is a sore and sicknesse to the soule be without hir Phisition halfe a yeare or a tweluemoneth the preacher of Gods worde whiche is the onely medicine that healeth the sickenesse of the soule The soule hathe as muche néede of hir dayly foode for feare of perishing as the body hathe néede of meate and drinke for feare of famishing Nay the soule hathe a greate deale more néede to be fed for feare of Spirituall death than the body hathe for feare of worldly death for if the bodye dye for want of foode it shall rise againe yea and liue for euer if it die in Christe but if the soule dye for want of foode it shall die eternally and lie in hel which is called the second death Therefore these Parsons are maruellous carelesse that féede their bodies so diligently which must néedes die at length for all their féeding and suffer their soules and the soules of their flocke for want of féeding to dye euerlastingly which should liue for euer if they would féed them But if such péeuish Parsons should be constrained to féed their own bellies no after with meate and drink Marke this than they féed their flock with Spiritual food then many of your Parsons woulde haue fewer Benefi●es than they haue and preach a great deale ofter to their flocke than they do Siuqila You may bée sure of that if that shoulde bée so they would be afrayd to haue one Benefice least they should be constrained to faste when they would faynest féede O madde men more brutish than Beasts and more senslesse than Swine that the loue of their bellies can make them do more for their flock than the loue of Christ can do which hath shed his hearte bloud for them to saue them from Hel and to bring them to Heauen These greate beneficed Parsons doe knowe very wel that one flock of Shéep is ynough and ynough for one Shepherd to loke too and kéepe safely then foure or fiue flocks are too many For if the Shepherd be not daily with his flocke and looke very diligently to them they will quickly go astray and be in danger to be deuoured Nay will not some of them myscarrie be in danger though the Shepherd be still with them yes be sure Then if the Shepherd haue thrée or foure flockes of Shéepe in sundry places he can not be stil with euery flock for though he be continually with one flock yet two or thrée of his flocks must néedes be without a Shepherde which shepherdlesse flockes must néedes goe as●ray and many of them in danger to perish For some of those Shéepe perish that haue their Shepherd stil with them then many of them are like to perishe that haue at all no Shepherd with them Thus if one Shepherd be scant sufficient for the kéeping safe of one flocke of Shéepe then one Spirituall Shepherd can be but sufficiēt to kéep one flock of people which is Chrystes Shéepe And if it be requisite that euery flocke of Shéep haue a Shepherd continually to loke to them for feare of the Wolfe then it is much more requisite that euery flocke of Chrystes Shéepe should haue a Spiritual Shepherd or Pastor alwayes with them for feare of the Diuell Very true but howe can that Parson be continually with his flock that hath moe Benefices then one as before is sufficiently proued Omen Surely Siuqila you haue spoken both wisely truly I perceiue if you were of that function as I think you are not you would not burthen your selfe with many benefices Siuqila If I shoulde addict my selfe that way as aduisedly circumspectly as many runnes into it both boldly and rashlye I would rather desire muche learning to féede my flocke than great liuing to pamper my selfe but many now a dayes had rather haue a liuing to loyter thā knowlege to preach Wel now let vs leaue our gréedie Parsōs that haue neuer ynough of spirituall liuings and talke of your Gentlemen that are contente with their owne temporal liuings I praye you sir doe they enhaunce their Rents with you Omen Surelie the Tenantes with vs know not what enhaun●ing of Rentes doth meane neither the Landlordes haue anie suche thing in their minde the Lands with vs are no hier rented than they were foure or fiue thousand yeares since Siuqila I much muse therof the Rēts are maruellously enhaunced with vs. Omen Why shoulde you so it is not to be mused at neuer a whit if your Gentlemen and Landlords were content with a competent liuing temperate féeding and moderate going as ours are then they would enhaunce their Rentes no more thā they do but I perceiue that manie of your Gentlemen Landlords haue such ambitious mindes so desirous of honor are so prodigal in spending so excessiue in féeding and so Princely in going that it is no maruel though their auntient rich Farmers and good housekéeping Tenants be

may do you some vnlooked for pleasure And the Kings Espiall went on his iorny she●to hir spinning Siuqila She little knew good womā that he she so curteouslie vsed and to whome shée tolde hir troublesome tale was the Kings appointed Spiall for the learning searching and trying of suche kinde of matters and that God woulde prepare a remedie for hir so soone as he did It was onelie the Lordes working that putte it into his hearte to aske hir the way and that putte it into hir minde to offer him drink God workes al things by maruellous meanes if we would consider it for the helping of the innocent and godly Nowe tell on your tale I pray you Omen This man to whom this pore Lady declared the cause of this hir pouertie made his iorny through that coūtrie where she told that hir wicked son in law did dwel And when he came nigh to that place he did not onlie vnderstand learn of diuers perfectly that the same Gentleman was then liuing inhabiting there but also that such a womā was his fathers wife married hir being his maid at his wiues earnest desire on hir death bed and al things besides as she had before tolde but whether she went or what became of hir after the Knight hir husbāds death they knewe not thinking verily that 〈◊〉 was dead for saide they if she were aliue eyther she woulde haue come or sente ere this for a greate liuing shoulde belong to hir if she were aliue Which being bolted out by them a far off without any suspition he made hast to the Court being very glad that he had such a matter wherof to certifie the King And as soone as he came to the Court watching his time when he might most conueniently talke with the King he went vnto him as he and the rest of his fellows might do most boldely and then with diuers enormities and wicked practises he reuealed the whole storie howe this pore Lady was missused by hir wicked son in lawe and to what pouerty hée brought hir And then presently the kyng sent for this poore Lady whō the King vsed curteously after she had tolde him al hir matter and appointed hir to be kepte secretly in the court and gaue hir meate drinke and lodging and bade hir in anye wise that she shoulde tell no bodye wherefore she was there nor declare hir case to any nor yet to vtter what she was And also the King sent for that said Gentlemā by a Purseuant and for al the Iustices of Peace that dwelled neare him and also for the Iudge that was appointed for that soile Siuqila I am sure the saide Gentleman did not maruell a little what should be the cause that the King did so hastily send for him and also the Iustices of Peace and the Iudge coulde not tel the cause why the King sent for them Omen No they knewe no more thereof than the newe borne babe doth know of his mothers labour When euery one of these were come to the court when the king was certified therof he sent not for thē all at once but for one of thē after an other And first the King sent for the said Gentlemā that had so vsed his mother in law to come before him whō the king asked what was his name what was the place where he dwelled Thē he told both his name also where he dwelled And thē the king asked him whether his father died before his mother or not he told the king that his mother died before his father did your father marry again said the king after the death of your mother Yea if it like your Grace said he What mind of woman was she said the king a maide or a widowe a Gentlewoman or a base borne forsooth saide the Gentleman she was as I iudge of no highe degrée for she was but my fathers seruaunt and as for hir kinred wée knewe not it séemed by hir attyre at hir firste comming that hir parents were but pore Howe chaunced it that youre father said the King being a Knight and a man of so greate a liuing and good worship would marry his seruant or one of so base a calling Truely saide the Gentleman my mother on hir death bed for the great loue affectiō she bare to hir desired my father to grant hirone request before she died who thinking she woulde desire no such thing graunted hir that he woulde do whatsoeuer she desired if it lay in his power to performe and then when he had graunted hir she required him to marry hir maide after hir death and so he did performe the promise he made to my mother Then saide the King your father was very good to hir for in one houre he made hir of a pore seruāt a worshipfull Lady and of a pore maide a rich Mistresse He did so saide the Gentleman Then saide the King Is she dead or aliue I thinke she be dead saide the Gentleman Doe you not knowe perfectly saide the King no I knowe not perfectly but that I surmize for if shée were aliue she woulde come or sende to receiue hir Rentes for hir liuing shoulde be great if she were aliue for my father loued hir so wel that he made hir a Ioynter of more than halfe his liuing besides that he left hir worth in goodes aboue two or thrée thousande pounds but she neuer had nor enioyde any of it for soone after my fathers death she went away but howe I knowe not and I neuer hearde of hir since I like you well saide the King that you tell me the truth it séemeth that she had better lucke during your fathers life than she had after his death How long was she married to your father saide the King forsooth saide hée aboue twentie yeares Did your mother leaue anye moe children than you yea saide he she lefte two that were but yong And was she a good mother to you said the King and vsed you and them well Yea very well said he our own mother coulde not haue loued nor vsed vs better It is very strange saide the King that no body could tel neither of hir death nor yet howe she shoulde be conueyed awaye truely saide the Gentlemanne I made as greate search and enquirie for hir as I coulde possibly but I coulde neuer learne what became of hir The most wisest men haue surmised that some did by some wile steale and conuey hir away against hir wil for hir great wealth and liuing and for that she woulde not consent haue killed hir fearing leaste she shoulde bewraye them if they shoulde haue let hir go away from them It may be so saide the King it is verye likely Wel saide the King this is the cause I haue sent for you by my Purseuaunt The King speaketh politikly it was credibly told belike by some that beare you no good will and perhappes doe it rather of malice than of anye good