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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	france_n	king_n	scot_n	6,682	5	9.6489	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68481	An exhortation to styrre all Englyshe men to the defence of theyr countreye. made by Richard Morysine	Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.	1539 (1539)	STC 18110.5; ESTC S104287	21,862	62

battayle of Alroye in Britayne maye not be forgotten our countreye wanne there no small honour For albeit the frenche men Britons ordered them selfe in theyr aray wonderful prudently in theyr fight verye manfully yet were they all slayne or dyscomfyted We haue also sometyme soughte honour in Spayne and founde it very fortunatly Dyd not noble prynce Edwarde discomfet kynge Henriche vsurper of the crowne of Spayne vanquyshe there bothe the frenche men and Spaniardes and settle kynge Peter in his right and roume ageine Where dyd the hardye hartes and manly couragies of the Englyshe men better appere than in the battayle on the see before Sluse in Flaunders the fight was fierce and terrible and our men sore matched for there were .iiii. of them to one englysshe man and they very experte men of warre vppon the see There was no place to flee none to recule to without losse of all Here the noble Englyshemen bare them selfe so valyantly that they got the vyctorie vtterly discomfetynge and sleinge all the frenche men and Normans We may forget the battayle of Agingcourt but they woll remember and are lyke neuer to forget with howe small an army that most prudent and victorious kynge Henry the fyfte vanquysshed that huge host of french men How moche to al our comfortes may we reioyse in the memory of the battayle whiche most noble and vyctorious kynge Henry the eyghte called the fielde Des esprons that is the fielde of spurres bycause both the french men as that daye lefte all theyr defence and vsed nothynge but their spurres fleinge one in an others necke and we also compelled to vse nothynge soo moche as our spurres in pursuing them that so swiftly fledde in folowynge them that in no case wolde abyde in rydynge after them that so fast ran away His hyghnes was than almost with al the nobilitie of Englande yea with al the flowre and force of our nation in Fraunce and yet the kyng of Scottes founde ynough at home to defende lytel Englande He came whan our strength was oute of the realme he came vnloked for with great prouisyon with a puisant army His chance might teache other pryncis rather to gouerne well that they haue thanne to seke that they can not come by We that haue thus ben vsed to victories ofte beaten our ennemies of what nation soo euer they be can we now loke for lesse than great and hygh honour at theyr handes haue not they as good cause to be afrayde of vs of whome they haue receyued soo manye damages as we to go with all courage ayenst them whom we haue so oft put to flyght so ofte shamed so ofte put to the worse had we then stomackes shal we lacke now had we than cause to do valiantly and fynde we none now was there euer prince that dyd or coulde better rewarde the seruyce of his subiectes than our moste bountifull soueraygne haue not all we that be Sotherne men good cause to shewe our selfe harty courragious valyaunte seinge that we knowe the Northen men woll do what they can to make a large mendes for theyr laate faute I doubt not but they haue moche desyred some suche occasyon to testyfye their hartes and fydelytie to the kynges hyghnes They haue sene howe mercyfully his grace gaue theym theyr lyues whiche the lawes chalenged as forfayte and loste We may all truste they wolle well declare to his hyghnesse that he rather lente them lyues than gaue them any And that they haue them in store redy to render theym whan so euer his honoure his cause his commandemente shall require theym They beinge thus set can we Sothern men come any fote behynde them Shall they be gladder to wype away suche blemyshe as tell vpon them by the crafty seducemente of suche as are nowe worthyly deade than we desyrefull to encrease his gracis beneuolence towarde vs I trust as we be one realme so our enemies shall fynde vs of one harte one fydelitie one allegiance As god helpe me euen in the tyme of the insurrection I halfe wyshed that some our enemies had set vpon vs. I dyd not alone lament that whan bothe parties were so furnyshed to battayle there was so vnmete a matche for men to shew thē selfe hardy I had red and ofte remembred the wyse answere of Scorio to his souldiours His hoste harde that the Romains were at dissention and wolde nedes haue hadde hym to set vpon theym whyle they were soo at variance Naye not so sayth Scorio this were euen the nexte waye to make theym agreed And whan his souldiors wolde make no ende of desyrynge him to go towardes Rome he caused a couple of mastiues to be sette to gether by the eares and euen whanne they were hardest at it he in the syght of all his hoste shewed vnto the dogges a wolfe whiche as soone as the dogges sawe they straight way were at one and both folowed the wolfe Men ofte tymes fayle of theyr purpose and turne thinges quyte contrarye to that they intended There was a good wyfe for soo we call them that be maryed whiche beinge very wery of her husband thoughte to dispatche hym by poyson This woman a frayde leste one poyson wolde not serue her torne toke two thynkynge she therby shoulde quyckelye and spedelye haue wroughte her feate She was deceyued for where th one poyson alone had slayne hym the stryfe of the one with the other saued hym alyue If her cruelty had ben lesse she had surely broughte her purpose to effecte Poyson hath put me in minde here to tell a story done in our tyme not longe sythens by a noble man of Rome I shall lyttell digresse from my purpose for ye maye also lerne by this storye that men ofte tymes haue great hurte where they loke for great pleasure There is in Italye a ientil man whome for his vertue and noble qualities the holy college of Cardinals by intretie of Paule theyr bysshoppe haue made capyteyne of the churche his name is Petrus Aloisius a braunche commen of a good stocke as ye shal wel perceiue by his fruites This great capitayne by chaunce had to passe by the byshoppe of Phanes house The byshoppe hearynge of this and glad he had occasion gyuen hym to offer kyndenes vnto suche an estate mette signior Petro Aloisio and offerid him his house The capytayne of the Romyshe churche was lyghtly persuaded to lodge with the byshop the bysshop interteyned hym as hyghely as he coulde deuyse sparynge neyther labour in prouydynge all suche deynties as myghte make his chere the better ne cost in dressyng of them Whan supper and bankets were done the time of reste well paste forthe the bysshoppe brought his guest to his chambre where he desyred hym of pardon that his chere was noo better trustynge thoughe there were nothynge mete for suche a personages interteynment that yet he wolde accepte his good harte and wylle whiche fayne wold his fare had ben higher and is moche sory