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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	call_v	king_n	lord_n	8,089	5	3.7284	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23573	Certayne causes gathered together wherin is shewed the decaye of Engla[n]d, only by the great multitude of shepe, to the vtter decay of houshold keping, mayntenau[n]ce of men, dearth of corne, and other notable dyscommodityes approued by syxe olde prouerbes.		1552 (1552)	STC 9980.5; ESTC S844	4,590	24

the Kings maiesties Realme of Englande what shall the twelf two hundreth quarters of corne do in Oxforth shyre we do thynke it wyll mainteyne the Kynges markettes and sustayne the Kynges subiectes and lykewyse in Buckyngham shyre also in Northampton shyre and so from shyre to shyre in certayne shyres wythin the Kynges magesties Realme Furthermore it is to be consydered what thys twelf hundreth quarters of corne is able to do within Oxford shyre it is able to certifye suffyce xv score people by the yeare breade and drynke allowe to euery person .ij. quarters of weate and two quarters of malt by the yere where as in the fyrst the hole lyuing of twelf score persons meate drynke and rayment vprysyng downe lying payinge skot and lot to our God and to our Kyng And the second losse bread and drynke for xv score persons by the yeare whiche the hole nombre draweth to .v. hundreth and .xl. persons in Oxforth shyre so in Buckyngham shyre so lykewyse in Northampton shyre and so forth from shyre to shyre wythin the Kynges maiestyes Realme And yf it be as we do thīke that there be .iiij. score plowes in euery one of these shyres les thē there was then is there the lyuyng lost of a thousand iiij score persons in euerye one of these foresayde shyres Thys is the seconde losse as we do thynke and call for remedy for it The thyrde losse as we do thynke we do lose in the sayd thre shyres kepynge of houshold and hospitalitye maintayning of tyllage and houshold kepyng we do lacke corne and also lese our cattell for where any housholde is kept there is kept kyne and calues and of our kine there commeth mylke butter and chease and all this doeth sustayne the Kynges Mayesties subiectes and for thys we haue nothyng but shepe And furthermore where housholdes be kept there is hogges pygges and bakon capons hēnes duckes Egges frute and many other cōmodityes that is necessary nedefull to be had for the maintenaunce and lyuinge of the Kynges maiesties poore subiectes to lyue by and for that we haue nothyng but shepe This is the thyrd losse The .x. is whiche we do cal for remedy and we desyre of God and the Kynges maiestye yf it shal please his highnes to be so good gracyous vnto his poore subiectes that there might be in euery shyre hundred as many plowes vsed occupyed and maynteyned as many housholds kept as was by king Henry the seuenth tyme fyrst commynge and then vnfayned as we do thynke we sholde haue corne ynough cattell ynough and shepe ynough then wil shepe and woll be in more mens hādes we shall haue also white meate ynough and all thynges necessary And thus Iesu preserue our dreade soueraingne Lorde and Kynge As we do thynke we haue two losses more that we haue not spoken The firste losse is for lacke of houshold kepyng mayntenaunce of tyllage it is great decay to artyllary for that do we reken that shepeherdes be but yll artchers And as we do further thīke it leseth the kings maiesty in prouisiō for his noble housholdes that is to saye in wheat malt beues mottons veles hay and otes and pultry all maner suche prouisions that belongeth to hys maiestyes housholde as we do thynke v. thousande markes by the yeare with the lest In a trial as we do thynke yf it shuld please the Kynges maiesties offycers to call in hys graces purue yers examyne them where they haue had within their tyme for his graces prouisiōs of his warres for his maiestyes housholde where as there is nowe nothyng to be gotten for they that kepe the sayde lādes hath put the fore sayde landes to pastures themself byeth all maner of grayne corne to kepe theyr houshold with all Furthermore yf it shall please the Kynges highnes and hys noble counsell for to haue a further tryall of thys matter and to assure it to be true take al craftes mē dwelling in cyties townes day laborers that laboreth by water or by lande corrygers other housholders refusyng none but only them that hath al this aboundaunce that is to saye shepe or woll masters and inclosers the lamentacions of the Kinges maiestyes subiectes will make any true herted body to seke call for remedy whiche we beseche the Lorde to amende Amen Furthermore as we do thinke this Realme doeth decaye by thys meanes it is to vnderstande and knowen that there is in England townes and villages to the nomber of fifty thousand vpward for euery towne and vyllage take them one with an other throughout all there is one plowe decayed sens the fyrste yeare of the raigne of kynge Henry the seuenth And in som townes and vyllages all the hole towne decayed sens that time and yf there be for euery towne and village one plough decayed sens the first yeare of the raygne of kyng Henry the seuenth Then is there decayed .l. thousande plowes and vpwarde The whiche .l. thousande plowes euerye ploughe were able to mainteine .vi. persons That is to saye the man the wyfe and fower other in his house lesse and more .l. thousande plowes syx persons to euery plough draweth to the nomber of thre hundred thousand persons were wont to haue meate drynke and rayment vprysing and downe lyinge paying skot and lot to God to the Kyng And now they haue nothynge but goeth about in England from dore to dore and axe theyr almose for Goddes sake And because they will not begge some of them doeth steale and then they be hāged and thus the Realme doeth decay and by none other wayes els as we do thynke besechynge your hyghnes of your moste noble grace and honourable Lordshyppes the premisses tenderly considered before you in examinacion vpon the premisses th●● we may haue a remedy in this behalf And we shall dayely praye for the cōseruacion of your highnes and for your ful noble lordshyppes Finis ¶ Imprinted at London in Pouls churche yearde at the sygne of Saynct Austen by Heugh Syngelton