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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	eternal_a	life_n	live_v	11,443	5	5.9428	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12675	A lamentable complaynte of Baptista Ma[n]tuanus, an Italysh poete wherin he famylyarly co[m]moneth wyth hys owne mynde, that deathe is not to be feared. Paraphrastically translated into oure vulgar Englishe tounge by Iohan Bale.; De morte contemnenda. English	Baptista, Mantuanus, 1448-1516.; Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1551 (1551)	STC 22992; ESTC S106003	10,756	41

it that created all thynges in .vi. dayes Alone amonge all other haue thys minde rested euer sēce Thys worthy mynde vseth all other myndes as hys mynysters tempereth by them hys vnyuersall worke at hys heauenly pleasure To the lowar planetes thys mynde or power adioined the inferyour mindes and taught them the true offyces of their admynystracyons These starres sayth he shall engender the cloudes these shall prouoke the wyndes This admixture shal bring forth increase this wil minister famine That planete shal moue battail that planete shall cal vpō peace That starre engēdereth a scarsenesse that starre wyll brynge habundaunce Some causeth men to take thought some moueth thē again to reioice Some bringeth men a loste some agayne throwe them vnder foote Of some of these bodyes take vertues theyr orygynall of other taketh rote such inordinate loue as bringeth forth all fylthy lyuynge One starre anoyeth an other prospeareth in kyngdomes beynge at variaūce One wyll take awaye lyfe an other wyll geue it All starres whiche commenlye alter or chaunge the corruptyble world from tyme to tyme God hath made knowen to the ethereall spretes So hathe his eternal good minde towardes man geuē rules and arte to moue that wayghtye worke of hys and by those iust lawes the starres do gouerne the world The mynde sent into this corruptible bodi entereth as doth a maier into a citie that body as a lyttle pryson becommeth a subiecte to the sowle As a place of exyle to the lyuely spretes hath god appointed that myserable bodye that they maye therin brydle all worldly affeccions by offyces of iustyce and godly workes of faythe Thys lyfe is lyke an horse waye and as it wer a great Theatre or place where people do assemble to behold sōdry feates where euery man receiueth prayse or autoritie accordynge to hys fyne doynges Eche manne laboureth for hys parte Some there are whych seketh to get heauen some ronne headlynges to the deuyll and axe all their fryndes no leaue Lyke as the superyour spretes haue a superyour sprete whych ruleth thē so hath the inferyour mynde a gouernaunce ouer the inferiour mēbers In his power is it to represse all yre to asswage both glottenouse and lecherouse affectes also to subdue all fylthy couenaūts To that intent o my mynde hath God made the maister ouer all these members that thu shuldest with all spede subdue faythfully that hys lawes hath forbydden the. Hyde not the powers whych he hath lyberally gyuen the neyther yet withhold them from due exercyse cōsyderynge the charge is left to thy arbytryment As the eternall God the great mighty heauen with the elementes is called the greatter worlde so are we here named the lesser worlde Yea we I say agayn for in dede we are many thynges whō a serten copulacyon maketh one and that is called the lesser worlde Al that we se done in the greatter worlde we maye in lyke manner beholde nowe in our selues The hart the lyuer and the heade are in vs as the heauens the senses are as the starres the mynde ioyned wyth reason and vnderstandynge is in vs as God All other thynges if we dylygently search wyll seme within manys body to do theyr diuerse offices The four humours are vnto the as the .iiii. elementes and that commeth of them thou shalte iustlye call the myxt or componed bodyes Into dyuerse kyndes generall maye these be dyuyded and into specyall matters also Many of them wanteth life yet is there in vs all kind of liuelines The heares ar in maner as a wode or forest the vncomly partes may be cōpared to beastes vnreasonable The fleume or reume which issueth frō the ouermost partes of the head maye wele be taken for the rayne showres droppyng out of y e skye As a ragynge floude shall that moyst humour be whych cōmeth fourth of the nosethrylles The wynde of the stomacke the pauch and bellye euermore retayneth And as the angels do mynyster vnto God in great nomber in the higher world so hast thu alwaies here bineth moch copy of spretes assistēt euer vnto the. Some ther be whych are engendered of the liuer some are created of the hart some fatche their oryginal frō the ouermour fortresse of the heade These be the instrumentes of thy bodely powers swiftly thei rōne y e way which thu appointest them Thu therfor art the god y u art the first power of this thy world by y t meanes haste y u the rule of thys lesser world Be therfore watching take vpō the that autorite lawes whych are gyuen the. Loke vp towards heauen se how the starres holde their course without breache of order O vndyscrete mynde why sorowest thu yea why so fearest death as one of thy self forgetfull Thu ydyote fole why delightest y u so moche in that wretched body Call thy wyttes to the as yet dispersed or dyuersly affected to thinges whiche are corruptyble And fall not from God for thynges so deceytfull and vayne Conuert the vnto thynges whych are essencyally good and shall neuer perysh whych are celestyall causes and lete no paines that are to be takē for gods honour terrify y e. A battayie must be no questyon no tryumph is obtained without fight neyther yet any garlande geuen but to hym that manfully stādeth God is the rewarde of thys conflyct so is heauen the eternall stipend Lete these gyftes prouoke y e to esteme thys battayle so much the lyghter For cherefully shalt y u passe after deathe into the plesaunt campes of heauen Conuenyent is that place to them which hath mynded eternall thynges The spretes of heauē will receiue the as a fryndely companyon of theirs into the portalles of clerenesse where as thu shalt fynde very commodyouse dwellynges Thus shalt thu at y e latter come from greuouse cares and frō lōg contynued troubles into a peaceable rest and mansyon of quyetnesse In the paradyse aboue or like place of pleasure among the departed saints shalbe thy cotynuaunce hauynge euermore all the heauens at thy pleasure Amonge other habundaunte feastes plenteouse bankettes thu shalte taste of immortall waters and delycates vuspeakeable A celestyall songe wyll be vttered at those recreacions and so sweete melodyes as are able to moue y e starres With the saintes departed hēce shalt thu liue and with them shalt thu reigne in heauen so much glory herafter shalt thu haue so much heauenly honour In that place is eternal quiet in that place is eternal plesure a life replenished with felicityt perpetuall O folysh mynde why waylest thu why hast thou such a feare to death and art become as a parsone all wytlesse Thu insipient sot why dost thu so moch regard that carrayn carkeys Thu fearest the departure of thy body that latter conflicte troubleth thy weakenes excedinge doubt hast thu of the tyckle name of deathe Uery certain is it that the mortal body shal return to earth yet wil not that