Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	homage_n	king_n	scot_n	8,703	5	11.3292	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02726	An exhortacion to the Scottes to conforme them selfes to the honorable, expedie[n]t, and godly vnion, betwene the twoo realmes of Englande and Scotlande.	Harrison, James, fl. 1547.	1547 (1547)	STC 12857; ESTC S103818	29,237	128

neither_o come_v in_o by_o conquest_n ne_o reign_v over_o any_o people_n but_o occupy_v a_o waste_a part_n of_o the_o land_n not_o be_v inhabit_v as_o in_o the_o third_o chapter_n of_o his_o chronicle_n appear_v but_o how_o stand_v that_o with_o reason_n that_o britain_n be_v inhabit_v by_o the_o space_n of_o vi_o c._n year_n afore_o their_o come_n such_o a_o country_n shall_v lie_v desert_n and_o especial_o upon_o the_o sea_n cost_v which_o li_v open_a to_o other_o land_n and_o soon_o see_v by_o they_o that_o sail_n must_v of_o likelihood_n have_v inhabiter_n before_o the_o inner_a part_n of_o the_o country_n i_o say_v no_o more_o but_z mendacem_fw-la oportet_fw-la esse_fw-la memorem_fw-la he_o that_o shall_v tell_v a_o lie_n have_v need_n to_o have_v good_a memory_n lest_o his_o matter_n appear_v like_o a_o mermaid_n begin_v with_o a_o woman_n and_o end_v with_o a_o fish_n as_o when_o the_o end_n of_o the_o tale_n be_v repugnaunt_a to_o the_o beginning_n and_o the_o mid_n agreeable_a to_o neither_o of_o both_o and_o doubteles_o it_o be_v no_o small_a mastery_n to_o hide_v a_o lie_n for_o apparel_n he_o never_o so_o fair_a his_o rag_n will_v appear_v pack_v he_o never_o so_o close_o the_o bundle_n will_v break_v write_v he_o or_o speak_v he_o and_o his_o author_n be_v bewray_v as_o a_o rat_n be_v by_o squeak_v and_o though_o he_o be_v allow_v for_o a_o ceason_n yet_o at_o the_o end_n time_n will_v try_v he_o whereof_o ensue_v great_a prejudice_n to_o the_o author_n for_o though_o he_o sa●e_v afterwards_o true_a none_o will_v believe_v he_o if_o i_o shall_v hear_v entre_fw-fr into_o declaration_n of_o the_o right_a &_o title_n whereby_o the_o king_n of_o england_n claim_v to_o be_v superior_a lord_n of_o scotland_n i_o shall_v of_o some_o be_v note_v rather_o a_o confounder_n of_o our_o liberty_n and_o fredome_n than_o a_o conseruator_fw-la which_o name_n i_o have_v late_o but_o for_o somuche_o as_o the_o same_o be_v so_o exactelie_o set_v forth_o in_o a_o english_a book_n put_v in_o print_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n .1542_o at_o the_o begin_v of_o these_o war_n call_v a_o declaration_n contain_v the_o just_a cause_n and_o consideration_n of_o this_o present_a war_n with_o the_o scot_n wherein_o alsoo_o appear_v the_o true_a and_o right_a title_n that_o the_o king_n most_o royal_a majesty_n have_v to_o the_o soverayntie_n of_o scotlande_n as_o nothing_o can_v be_v say_v more_o in_o so_o few_o word_n i_o will_v refer_v all_o indifferent_a reader_n to_o the_o same_o book_n thinkinge_v it_o nedelesse_a to_o spend_v any_o more_o time_n in_o a_o matter_n so_o well_o prove_v nevertheless_o i_o will_v somewhat_o touch_v a_o point_n or_o two_o to_o geve_v occasion_n to_o all_o such_o my_o contreyman_n as_o mind_v the_o honour_n and_o quiet_a of_o scotlande_n to_o confer_v my_o saying_n with_o our_o history_n and_o to_o judge_v the_o matter_n without_o affection_n whereof_o set_v a_o part_n the_o order_n devise_v by_o brutus_n at_o the_o first_o concern_v the_o division_n of_o brytayne_n between_o his_o son_n with_o the_o superiority_n suppose_v in_o the_o elder_n and_o subjection_n of_o the_o other_o two_o pretermit_v also_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o whoole_n island_n by_o roman_n and_o the_o title_n derive_v from_o the_o great_a constantine_n let_v pass_n also_o the_o sundry_a homage_v and_o recognition_n of_o subjection_n make_v to_o arthur_n and_o other_o king_n of_o the_o britayne_n and_o after_o he_o to_o osbright_n and_o the_o saxon_a king_n successive_o which_o be_v at_o large_a express_v in_o the_o english_a and_o briton_n history_n and_o affirm_v also_o by_o marianus_n our_o countryman_n who_o aurthoritie_n be_v not_o light_n if_o all_o these_o be_v of_o no_o credit_n as_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v of_o great_a how_o soever_o we_o esteem_v they_o yet_o in_o my_o judgement_n our_o own_fw-mi writer_n wherein_o they_o labour_v most_o to_o impugn_v the_o cause_n of_o england_n do_v most_o advance_v it_o and_o therefore_o in_o this_o part_n i_o will_v ground_n i_o upon_o they_o they_o agree_v all_o upon_o xviii_o homage_v &_o knowledge_n of_o subjection_n and_o allegiaunce_n make_v by_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n successive_o unto_o the_o king_n of_o england_n and_o many_o of_o they_o within_o late_a memory_n which_o homage_v though_o some_o of_o they_o either_o follow_v their_o phantaseis_fw-la or_o fear_v to_o offend_v our_o king_n allege_v to_o have_v be_v do_v somewhile_o for_o cumberland_n &_o somewhile_o for_o the_o erledome_n of_o huntingdon_n yet_o the_o time_n consider_v they_o declare_v that_o such_o act_n be_v do_v by_o our_o king_n afore_o any_o of_o the_o say_a erledome_n be_v in_o their_o possession_n whereby_o they_o must_v be_v understande_v absolute_o do_v for_o the_o realm_n of_o scotlande_n and_o in_o that_o point_n i_o refer_v you_o unto_o the_o read_n of_o marianus_n and_o of_o latter_a day_n since_o that_o those_o erledome_n be_v take_v from_o we_o by_o englishmen_n among_o other_o king_n james_n the_o first_o do_v homage_n to_o king_n henry_n the_o fourthe_n of_o england_n the_o word_n and_o form_n of_o who_o homage_n who_o so_o list_v to_o peruse_v shall_v well_o perceive_v the_o same_o to_o have_v be_v make_v neither_o for_o any_o of_o those_o erledome_n neither_o yet_o for_o any_o other_o hold_v but_o mere_o for_o the_o crown_n of_o scotlande_n which_o aswell_o he_o as_o other_o knowledge_v to_o hold_v of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n as_o superior_a lord_n the_o record_n remain_v the_o seal_n &_o subscription_n be_v so_o many_o so_o ancient_a and_o so_o fair_a as_o can_v lightelie_o be_v counterfaicte_n but_o some_o peradventure_o will_v say_v that_o many_o of_o those_o homage_v be_v do_v by_o force_n and_o compulsion_n i_o answer_v though_o it_o may_v be_v that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v so_o do_v yet_o all_o can_v not_o be_v for_o our_o chronicle_n specify_v that_o those_o xviii_o king_n be_v in_o england_n which_o no_o man_n can_v judge_v to_o have_v come_v all_o thither_o by_o force_n and_o all_o those_o do_v homage_n there_o and_o those_o homage_v well_o never_o all_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v make_v for_o the_o crown_n of_o scotlande_n if_o we_o believe_v the_o record_n of_o england_n and_o if_o any_o say_v that_o they_o be_v counterfeit_v i_o think_v it_o soon_o say_v then_o prove_v and_o touch_v the_o compulsion_n and_o force_n i_o say_v though_o some_o of_o our_o king_n may_v be_v con_v pell_v by_o fear_n yet_o how_o can_v all_o be_v or_o can_v a_o whole_a parliament_n be_v compel_v be_v it_o not_o manifest_a that_o when_o question_n arise_v upon_o the_o title_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o scotlande_n between_o balliol_n brus_n and_o hastynge_n be_v it_o not_o decide_v by_o edward_n the_o first_o king_n of_o england_n as_o competent_a judge_n in_o that_o case_n but_o here_o it_o be_v say_v again_o that_o he_o be_v judge_v in_o that_o case_n not_o of_o right_a but_o by_o consent_n of_o the_o party_n then_o look_v well_o to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o compromisse_fw-la which_o name_v he_o superior_a lord_n of_o scotland_n and_o this_o be_v do_v in_o parliament_n by_o consent_n of_o the_o three_o estate_n which_o of_o likelihood_n can_v not_o be_v all_o compel_v in_o which_o cause_n i_o be_o partly_o ashamed_a of_o the_o impudent_a vanity_n of_o our_o writer_n which_o rail_v without_o reason_n against_o the_o judgement_n of_o edward_n in_o that_o plea_n as_o corrupt_v &_o false_a this_o i_o say_v that_o if_o the_o judgement_n be_v to_o be_v give_v again_o neither_o minos_n lycurgus_n nor_o salo_n mon_fw-fr who_o judgement_n in_o history_n be_v so_o celebrate_v do_v ever_o geve_v a_o more_o true_a a_o more_o perfect_a or_o a_o more_o rightful_a sentence_n either_o by_o the_o civil_a law_n or_o by_o the_o practice_n and_o custom_n of_o scotlande_n or_o any_o other_o reasonable_a law_n and_o take_v the_o case_n even_o as_o they_o propone_v it_o but_o then_o we_o have_v a_o other_o evasion_n which_o be_v to_o allege_v prescription_n because_o those_o homage_v have_v not_o be_v do_v within_o memory_n to_o that_o i_o answer_v that_o though_o prescription_n serve_v in_o that_o case_n as_o it_o do_v not_o yet_o the_o war_n make_v from_o time_n to_o time_n countervail_v a_o possession_n thereof_o in_o which_o point_n let_v we_o be_v well_o advise_v what_o we_o say_v jest_n by_o fle_v the_o smoke_n we_o fall_v into_o the_o fire_n for_o once_o admittinge_n he_o superior_a king_n no_o prescription_n will_v serve_v against_o he_o the_o text_n be_v common_a and_o no_o more_o common_a then_o allow_v almost_o in_o all_o law_n nullum_fw-la tempus_fw-la occurrit_fw-la regi_fw-la time_n can_v prejudice_n a_o king_n moreover_o i_o note_v this_o that_o the_o king_n of_o england_n will_v never_o make_v

his_o syngule_a grace_n and_o benefit_n so_o free_o offer_v what_o then_o may_v be_v think_v in_o we_o ought_v not_o then_o all_o good_a man_n think_v as_o they_o do_v in_o deed_n that_o all_o the_o mischief_n effusion_n of_o blood_n hunger_n and_o other_o misery_n ensue_v of_o war_n fall_v upon_o we_o morthe_o and_o by_o desert_n yes_o very_o and_o sure_o in_o this_o part_n i_o must_v desire_v you_o my_o countryman_n both_o of_o pardon_n and_o pactence_n when_o i_o shall_v disclose_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o mischief_n and_o the_o long_a continuance_n thereof_o to_o come_v rather_o of_o we_o they_o of_o the_o contrary_a part_n which_o judgement_n god_n be_v my_o witness_n procee_v neither_o of_o adulation_n to_o english_a man_n nor_o of_o malice_n to_o any_o estate_n but_o as_o my_o conscience_n move_v i_o and_o as_o the_o truth_n to_o all_o wiseman_n may_v appear_v but_o afore_o i_o will_v stir_v that_o unsavery_a sink_n of_o treason_n and_o treachery_n as_o one_o that_o intend_v to_o make_v a_o great_a lepe_o i_o must_v be_v force_v to_o run_v back_o to_o fetch_v my_o course_n wherefore_o omit_v the_o mattier_n of_o the_o time_n present_a i_o must_v repete_fw-la the_o estate_n of_o this_o island_n from_o the_o beginning_n and_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o division_n at_o the_o first_o and_o by_o what_o way_n it_o have_v continue_v from_o time_n to_o time_n and_o how_o it_o be_v yet_o nourish_v to_o the_o end_n that_o upon_o the_o cause_n open_v and_o the_o person_n detect_v that_o be_v worker_n thereof_o the_o remedy_n may_v be_v the_o soon_o find_v and_o simple_a people_n beware_v of_o those_o that_o with_o feign_a fable_n and_o lie_v have_v lead_v they_o long_o blindfold_a &_o so_o will_v keep_v they_o to_o the_o perdition_n both_o of_o their_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o then_o shall_v we_o see_v whether_o this_o sai_n of_o christ_n afore_o recite_v may_v not_o be_v well_o verify_v in_o we_o of_o britain_n in_o the_o discourse_n whereof_o because_o the_o right_n &_o title_n whereby_o the_o king_n of_o england_n claim_v to_o be_v superior_a lord_n of_o scotland_n be_v incident_o touch_v i_o will_v use_v for_o the_o more_o part_n the_o testimony_n either_o of_o scottish_a chronicle_n or_o foreign_a writer_n and_o little_a of_o the_o english_a onlesse_a where_o both_o scottish_a and_o english_a do_v agree_v or_o where_o by_o apparent_a reason_n the_o truth_n stand_v more_o on_o the_o one_o side_n then_o on_o the_o other_o and_o all_o to_o advoyde_v the_o common_a cavillation_n of_o such_o as_o say_v how_o the_o king_n of_o england_n prove_v their_o title_n to_o scotlande_n only_o by_o english_a author_n the_o opinion_n of_o most_o writer_n and_o special_o of_o latin_n at_o who_o aswell_o for_o ancienty_n as_o indifferency_n i_o take_v my_o ground_n be_v that_o this_o island_n of_o britayn_n which_o contain_v both_o realm_n of_o england_n and_o scotland_n as_o i_o say_v afore_o be_v at_o the_o first_o call_v albion_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o white_a land_n have_v that_o name_n ab_fw-la albis_fw-la rupibus_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o the_o white_a rock_n and_o cleves_n which_o appear_v upon_o the_o sea_n cost_v of_o thesay_v island_n even_o as_o we_o at_o this_o day_n call_v the_o country_n from_o whence_o the_o brasill_n wood_n come_v brasilia_n which_o opinion_n be_v more_o probable_a than_o the_o devise_n of_o a_o late_a welsh_a poet_n ymagine_v how_o it_o be_v call_v albion_n of_o one_o albina_n elder_a of_o the_o fifty_o daughter_n of_o one_o dioclesian_n king_n of_o syria_n which_o have_v kill_v fifty_o king_n be_v their_o husband_n be_v for_o the_o same_o exile_v and_o after_o long_o wander_v in_o the_o sea_n arrive_v at_o last_o in_o this_o island_n where_o they_o engender_v with_o spirit_n &_o bring_v forth_o l_o giant_n which_o be_v gog_n magog_n and_o his_o fellow_n with_o such_o poetical_a fable_n not_o only_o without_o good_a foundation_n but_o also_o mere_a contrary_n to_o all_o ancient_a story_n and_o welnere_fw-la against_o all_o possibility_n of_o nature_n but_o as_o the_o be_v gin_v of_o all_o nation_n for_o the_o more_o part_n be_v fabulous_a and_o uncertain_a some_o fetching_n their_o pedegre_n from_o the_o god_n and_o some_o from_o the_o devil_n as_o the_o greek_n from_o jupiter_n the_o old_a gaul_n from_o pluto_n god_n of_o hell_n so_o the_o better_a opinion_n aswell_o of_o the_o latre_n writer_n as_o also_o of_o gildas_n a_o britayn_n be_v that_o this_o island_n be_v inhabit_v from_o the_o beginning_n by_o those_o that_o be_v bear_v in_o thesame_n &_o afterward_o as_o the_o world_n multiply_v grow_v unto_o a_o great_a people_n and_o from_o a_o people_n unto_o a_o kingdom_n and_o govern_v by_o king_n as_o by_o story_n be_v to_o be_v seen_v of_o who_o the_o first_o that_o we_o find_v be_v one_o brutus_n which_o whether_o he_o come_v out_o of_o italy_n or_o not_o be_v not_o much_o material_a but_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o such_o a_o one_o reign_v and_o be_v first_o king_n of_o the_o whole_a island_n which_o begin_v of_o the_o people_n do_v make_v much_o more_o with_o the_o honour_n and_o glory_n of_o this_o island_n then_o to_o beduce_v a_o pedigree_n either_o from_o a_o outlaw_n of_o italy_n or_o a_o tirauntes_n sister_n out_o of_o egypt_n as_o welsh_a &_o scottish_a poete_n have_v fantastical_o feign_v for_o if_o we_o account_v nobility_n by_o ancienty_n of_o year_n &_o length_n of_o time_n as_o some_o use_n now_o a_o day_n what_o can_v be_v more_o ancient_a more_o noble_a more_o high_a or_o honourable_a then_o to_o have_v a_o beginning_n beyond_o all_o memory_n and_o in_o process_n of_o year_n from_o small_a family_n to_o grow_v into_o a_o great_a monarchy_n &_o kyngdom_n in_o which_o point_n the_o old_a latin_n of_o who_o the_o roman_n descend_v set_v a_o great_a part_n of_o their_o glory_n call_v themselves_o aborigines_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o people_n from_o the_o beginning_n brutus_n the_o first_o king_n of_o this_o whole_a island_n by_o who_o it_o be_v call_v britain_n &_o the_o people_n thereof_o britayne_n reign_v the_o year_n after_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n four_o thousand_o c_o c._n and_o xlii_o and_o as_o writer_n affirm_v have_v three_o son_n locrine_n albanactus_n and_o camber_n among_o who_o he_o divide_v the_o whole_a island_n assign_v the_o supreme_a empire_n with_o the_o great_a and_o most_o fruitful_a part_n towards_o the_o southe_n unto_o locrine_n his_o elder_a son_n of_o who_o it_o be_v call_v logres_n and_o now_o england_n to_o the_o second_o son_n name_v albanactus_n he_o assign_v another_o part_n towards_o the_o northe_a which_o at_o this_o day_n the_o scot_n possess_v by_o which_o albanactus_n the_o country_n be_v call_v albania_n and_o the_o people_n albanactes_n as_o shall_v be_v show_v hereafter_o the_o iii_o part_n li_v west_n &_o towards_o the_o sea_n of_o gaul_n which_o now_o be_v call_v wale_n he_o give_v to_o camber_n his_o young_a son_n by_o who_o it_o be_v call_v cambria_n &_o the_o people_n cambrians_n as_o they_o call_v themselves_o to_o this_o day_n and_o though_o the_o island_n be_v thus_o part_v between_o the_o three_o brethren_n yet_o the_o supreme_a power_n and_o kingdom_n remain_v always_o in_o the_o elder_a to_o who_o the_o other_o two_o be_v obedient_a as_o to_o a_o superior_a king_n the_o prose_n whereof_o if_o any_o be_v so_o curious_a to_o require_v i_o answer_v that_o the_o same_o history_n which_o speak_v of_o this_o partition_n declare_v in_o likewise_o of_o the_o subjection_n so_o that_o admit_v they_o in_o the_o one_o they_o must_v likewise_o be_v admit_v in_o the_o other_z for_o the_o more_o corroboration_n whereof_o the_o history_n both_o of_o briton_n and_o roman_n agree_v that_o the_o island_n be_v under_o king_n at_o the_o beginning_n which_o as_o they_o be_v call_v king_n of_o britain_n so_o be_v the_o general_a name_n of_o the_o people_n bryton_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o other_o state_n or_o kingdom_n in_o the_o island_n at_o those_o day_n but_o only_o of_o briton_n in_o so_o much_o that_o the_o roman_n be_v most_o diligent_a reporter_n of_o the_o name_n of_o prince_n by_o they_o subdue_v and_o country_n conquer_v whereas_o they_o make_v particular_a mention_n of_o diverse_a king_n of_o the_o britain_n and_o of_o sundery_a city_n in_o britain_n yet_o do_v they_o never_o name_v any_o people_n call_v scot_n ne_o make_v mention_n of_o any_o such_o prince_n as_o be_v pretend_v to_o have_v rule_v over_o they_o which_o if_o they_o have_v be_v so_o glorious_a both_o in_o war_n and_o peace_n as_o they_o be_v set_v forth_o how_o shall_v their_o act_n have_v be_v hide_v to_o the_o roman_n which_o contend_v with_o all_o man_n for_o glory_n for_o thirst_v whereof_o they_o