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death_n	life_n	live_v	world_n	13,510	5	4.9137	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16268	The boke of demaundes of the scyence of phylosophye, and astronomye, betwene kynge Boctus, and the phylosopher Sydracke.	Boccus, King.; Sidrac, 13th cent.	1550 (1550)	STC 3188A; ESTC S104604	8,790	38

and guyde hym thy ther For this Paradyse sythen that Adam was east and dryuen out therof by an Aungell anone forthwith it was enuironed al aboute with great fyre that dureth frō the erth vnto the skie aboue that no mā may enter nor come therto And also there is all aboute Paradyse great wyldernesses where there is great multytude of many dyuers and peryllous beastes ¶ The kynge asked in what place is hell Sydracke Answereth HEll is in the myddes of Auffryke vnder the erth and is set in the myddes of earth as a karnell of an apple is in the myddes of the apple for as moche erth is there aboue as beneth And there be the soules that be dampned in great payne and turment without ende ¶ The kynge asked may there come any tokens or Sygnes that a man may se boldely out of heauen or hell Sydracke Answereth A Man may se opēly the waters that commeth from Paradyse Terrestre for there is a well sprynge of the which .iij. Ryuers cōmeth out of it And one of those .iij. Ryuers goeth by the parties of myddy toward Orient and falleth into the see of Occydent and that aryseth oute of hell agayne that is in the parties of Ynde And the other two Ryuers aryseth agayne in Ewrope of an hyll there there passe by many coūtres tyll they mete and then they fall into the see as nature requyreth And also a mā may se in Auffryke openly .ij. hylles that be soupyrall of hell they cease not nether day nor night and be euer brennynge with fyerse fyre ¶ The Kynge asked what is the can se that the blode of a man the braynes the mary and the waters groweth and waxeth lesse and more Sydracke Answereth WHan God made the fyrmament the .vij. Planettes and the .xij. Sygnes and stablyshed and ordayned them for to lyght the world thā he stablysshed ordayned as a lorde that the blode and the braynes and the mary of mankynde and the waters also shuld waxe and wane as the Moone doth that is more nere the erth then any of the other planettes And also she groweth and waneth in heauen but to vs here on erth it semeth appereth to vs that she groweth waneth here And all this is by cause of the mouement of the fyrmamēt for the turne that she maketh for she goeth all aboute the worlde ¶ The kynge asked is any man the worse yf he be pore or sonne to a pore man or bonde to another or not so well fauoured as another Sydracke Answereth AS spiritually and against god a man is neuer the better nor neuer the worse for his riches nor for his pouerte nor for his euyll fauour but for his workes and dedes if thou be ryche and puyssaunt and I poore yet with all my pouerte God hathe gyuen me forme of man as he hath done to the for as well am I borne of a woman and gotten of a man as thou arte And also I haue a spryte as thou haste And I haue also my poore body all hole and complet and my argumentes as thou hast in thy ryche body And when thou shalte departe go to another worlde thou sh●lt go as poorely as I. And for thy ryches nothynge may not be the better but onely by thy good dedes and workes And thoughe I be bonde or son̄e to a bonde man I am neuer the worse so that I lyue Godly and truly and clenly after the cours and nature of man Such is the world for some be riche and some be poore and some be fayre and some fowle And at theyr ende they be all one of byrthe of lyfe and of death and of all other thyngꝭ of the body And not one better than another to God warde but onely by theyr good workes and dedes And he that beleueth otherwyse beleueth folyouslye ¶ The kynge asked whiche is the moste delectable place in the worlde Sydracke Answereth THe moste delectable place in the worlde is there as the herte of man loueth and hath wyll to be for and a man were in the fayrest place of the worlde and had all that euer myghte be necessarye and nedefull to hym and he loued another place better that fayre place shulde lyke hym nought agaynst the loue that he had into another place howe be it that it were ryght fowle And yf a mā were in the most vylest fowlest place that is and he loued well that place yet he wold thynke that it were the most d●lectable place in the worlde bycause that he loued it and therfore we may say that the most delectable place it the world is there as the hert loueth and desyreth be it fayre or fowle ¶ The kyng asked whē all this worde was all water was their in the water any fysshe Sydracke Answereth NAy forsoth for when God mad other creatures he made all fyshes for in the water there was no creature mouable nor other creatures nor none other thinges but great Tenebres and derkenes and in that water was the holy ghost as a great lyght And wyt yewel without doute that no Aungel nor Archaungell nor no creatur that euer was nor is nor shal be coulde not frō that tyme forwarde knowe all the puyssaunce and the myght of God our creatoure ¶ The kynge asked whether is more the grauel of the erth or the droppes of water of the see Sydracke An. THe Grauell of the erth is moch more thā be the droppes of the water of the see For one handefull of Grauell mounteth a great quantyte of droppes of water For the verye small Sande and Grauell is moche smaller then the droppes of water And the water may not be in no parte but she be vpon the erth and vpon the Grauell and the Grauell sustayneth the water and bereth it And in many places in the world Grauell is ryght great and ryght harde in many partes of the worlde that a man shall fynde no drop of water and in the depest of the see it can not be so depe but that there is Grauel erth vnder the moste depest And therfore there is for one drop of water a C. of Grauell For all the water in the world resteth vpon erth and vpon Grauell and often tymes when a man taketh away the erth he fyndeth water the hard Rocke and that Rocke standeth vpon Grauell And for this reason for the smalnes of the Grauell and for the most parte where there is moche Grauell there is no drop of water Therfore the Grauell is moche more thē the droppes of water in the see But ye shall vnderstande that we speke not of the water that sustayneth and bereth all the erth in the worlde ¶ The kyng asked myght a man nōbre the droppes of the water of the see or the Grauell of the earth Sydracke Answereth AND the worlde were greater thē it is a M. tymes and a M and were all ferme erth and that it dured a M. tymes a M. yere goyng and were all enhabyted with folkes the day and the nyght he .xxiiij. houres and euerye houre is a M. lxxx poynctes and in euery poyncte were borne a M. M. tymes men as many women and they were all full of heer and for euery heer shulde haue a M. M. tymes droppes of water of the see Yet the droppes of the see water And yet the myserycorde and the mercye of God is more then the one and the other or all other thynges that be in that world or were or shal be vnto them that seke to haue it deserue it ¶ The kyng asked whiche of the .vij. planettes gouerned the world before the tyme of Noes flodde Sydracke Answereth BEfore the tyme of Noes flodde there were .ij. Planettes that gouerned the world And tho were Saturnus Iupiter and Mars began to gouerne that world before that flod CC. xliiij yere for fro the begynnyng of Adam to the tyme of Noe it was ij M. cc. xliiij yere And the .ij. M. yere gouerned Saturus and Iupiter eueryche of them a M. yere And Mars began to gouerne the worlde before the flod of Noe CC. xliiij yere And after Noes flod Mars gouerned ty● his M. yere were ended that is to wyt he gouerned after the fled .vii. C. lvi yere And nowe in out tyme Soll gouerneth the world thus shall ende all the other Planettes for eueryche of thē shall gouerne the world a M. yere by the wyll and cōmaundement of God And when these .vij. M. yere be passed and and gone from thense forth the world shall dure at the wyl pleasure cōmaūdement of almyghty God for ferther I cannot say ¶ The kyng asked of the goodnes harme that cōmeth of wyne Sydracke Answereth NOble Kynge Alexandre forget not to take tarte syropes in the mornyng fastynge whan flumatyke humours abounde to moch For it is profytable and wasteth them moche also I meruayle that any man may dye or be sycke that eateth brede of clene and good wheete holsome and good flesshe and drynke good wyne of grapes temperatly And yf he kepe hym fro to moch drynkyng eatyng trauayle Yf syckenes ouercome suche a man he must be healed as a dronken man That is to wit he must be wasshed with warme water and than set ouer a rennyng water betwne .ij. grene wylowes and his stomacke anoynted with an oyntment of sandres or sādalles haue a fumygacion of frankensence and other swete spices and it wyll do him moch good and if any man wyll forsake holy the drynkyng of wyne ought not to leue in sodeynly at ones but lytell ly●●● and to mengle it euery day with water more more tyll at last there de nothing but clere water so he may kepe his helth and good cōplection Th●●● gouerne thy body yf thou wylt lyue longe and kepe my doctrynes consydre these thynges folowyng wherin nature cōforteth greatly That is to wyt goodly pastymes syght of great richesses great reuerence victory ouer enemyes fedynge on good meates noyse of mynstralsy syght of precious garmētes often herynge of good tydynges speche of wyse men to enquere of thinges past and to come and cōmunycacion with fayre gentylwomen ¶ FINIS ¶ ¶ Imprinted by me Robert Wyer dwellynge in the Duke of Suffolkes Rentes besyde chatynge Crosse ¶ Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum