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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	affection_n	love_n	soul_n	780	5	4.7839	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00271	The copy of a letter lately vvritten by a Spanishe gentleman, to his freind in England in refutation of sundry calumnies, there falsly bruited, and spred emonge the people. The originall vvhereof vvas vvritten in Spanish, since the authors being in England, vvho by reason of a ship of those that miscaried of the late Armado, vvas taken, and there detained prisoner, vntill his deliuery by ransome. Now newly translated into Englishe, for the benefite of those (of that nation) that vnderstand not the Spanishe tounge.	Verstegan, Richard, ca. 1550-1640.	1589 (1589)	STC 1038; ESTC S116630	20,141	40

Spaine as thoughe it were possible that so great impiety could remaine amonge so many so vertuous so wise so learned so honorable and so vnited in consanguinitie throughoute the whole countrie that your Cardinall as I am well enformed is of kin and alyance almost vnto all the Gentlemen of the countie of Lancaster And the other Gentlemen lincked in lyke sorte welnighe vnto all the honorable and woorshipfull families in euery other prouince being bounde by the very lawes of nature to the loue of their country and kindred yf no cause of religion or reason els did moue them And as tho●ghe your superiours owne notorious vniuste actions did not more vehemently vrge reuenge or hasten reformation then any persuation els that possibly mighte be made Those of your nation that now liue in exile retayning the true loue and affection that Christians oughte to cary to their country preferring the soule before the body do first desire the conuersion of there dere countrymen kindred freinds from a confused chaos of heresies to the one only Catholique Apostolique faith Nexte the auncient tranquilitie and quyet accorde thereof with other Christian countries And to manifest this their true and sincere affection they are moste redy and willing to aduenture the losse of there owne liues Whereas those that vniustly accuse them could be content so that their present aucthoritie mighte continewe to suffer your soules in all abhominable heresies to come to vtter damnation and to leaue you in conclusion to cut the one the others throte and so to lye open to the rapyne and spoile of so-many as by their meanes you haue offēded These of all others be the the greatest enemyes to your comon wealth odious to God and man and traitours not only to one prince and country but to Christ and all Christendome and haue cause to consider this sentence of the sacred scripture Regnum a gente in gentem transfertur propter iniustitias iniurias contumelias diuersos dolos that is A Kyngdome is transferred from one people to another because of iniustice of iniuries and contumelies and diuers deceyts These now fynding no further refuge or assured succour of Turck traytor heretyke or Barbarian do labour to put you in all feare of extreme daunger and detryment intended against you meaning yf the woorst fall to make your bodies the Bulwarckes wherewith themselues wilbe defended so that you should feele the smarte howsoeuer they shifte with the shame Which harme in dede may happen to the more wilfull vnaduised whereas those that be of better consideration may fynde the meane of there owne safty and assurance to rest in themselues by embracinge those remedies that it shall please God of his great goodnesse in such cases to prouyde Vnto whose deuyne wisdome determynation all must euer be referred and vnto whose holy protection I comend your self Wishing vnto all your countrymen the due consideration of their case and the best auoydance of their calamytie from Calis this of Maye 1589. Your vnfained freind vvhose harte and hand shall neuer cease to do you seruice I. B. AFTER that I had finished this my letter vnderstanding that throughe defaulte of wynde together with some difficulty that the messenger put about his more safe and speedy passage he was not lyke to departe so soone as himself had promised and I expected I therefore detained this letter some dayes in my handes vnsealed attending suche oportunitie as mighte neerest concurr to our desires In the meane season I vnderstood by letters from Roan that the great and extraordinary englishe fleete furnished at the charges of so many who either of force or fauour had streyned themselues to serue they knew not well whome where nor when yet now after long delay great counsell and correspondence of freinds they were departed from the west parte of England aboute the first of May stilo nouo vnder the conduct by sea of the glorious famous man Sir Frauncis Drake who a litle before had promised the Queene his mistres to bring the Kynge of Spaine to very great pouerty and misery And the charge of seruice by land was committed to Sir Iohn Noris whose experience the englishe were woont greatly to magnify The rest of their Captaines and soldiers were the best that they had hauing retyred the principall of those from those partes of the low countries which they presently possesse Very shortly after I vnderstood by other letters from the afore said place and the same party That the English were arryued not very farr from S t. Iames in Galitia Perhaps with some intention in their way to haue visited that place of especiall deuotion to the riches and ornaments there Where albeit that very many strangers from all partes of Europe according to an old custome of christians do continually come on pilgrimage And that vnto such the inhabitants thereaboutes do freely giue leaue and relief Yet they now seeing the English to approche in a manner muche different from other pilgrimes haue accordingly giuen them a farr other kynde of entertaiment insomuch that as my freind writeth those that lately so arrogantly boasted of some detrimēt of ours which all rhe world knoweth came not throughe englishe power or puisance but by the very wyndes and seas which it pleased God to permitt to our punishment Haue now receyued such a check for that insolencie that they may see our selues are made the instruments by our owne armes to chastice them Touching the manner and particularities I cannot at this present fully certify you Those your self may there better vnderstand yf you haue any secrett freind in courte otherwise you shall hardly come by the certainty for I feare it wilbe made treason to talke thereof among the comon sorte of men Yf you can come by the names of those men of marke number of soldiers shipps and artillery that you haue lost I pray you vse some meanes to send them ouer because I wold gladly see how our aduises shall differ The author of the late pamphlet printed at London in English frenche and entituled The copie of a letter sent from England to don Bernardine de Mendoza Ambassador in Fraunce for the Kyng of Spaine no doubte yf he will take the paines can very well pen it to the print because I knowe he will cary a great care aboute the putting downe of euery particuler And wheras in the beginning of that letter the author seemeth to be very sad and sorowfull after so late and long expected comforte to haue an occasion to signify the lamentable losse and vtter dissolution of all hope Now I can assure him he may make a peece of amends in sending ouer at this tyme such good newes as can somwhat counteruaile the former ill And yf it shall please him to make an estimate of the one the others losses to see who hathe sustayned the greater he must also sett downe some reasons to shewe which of bothe is best able to beare it the moste lyke soonest to recouer it for by thease considerations a man shall surest come to the certainety Thus good Sir vnderstanding of this bearers present occasion to departe who now attendeth the closing vp of my letter I am enforced heere to conclude Once more committing you to God wishing you most hartely well to fare Iune 1589. Iudic. cap. 20. Polid. Virgil Gene. cap. 〈…〉 〈…〉 The like vvas since b●●ched by M. stafford but t● vvoold not take Such deuis●● haue se●ued to exting●●●he the Auncient nobil●● At Bergues 〈…〉 There cheifest cause of rebellion vvas for heresy vvhich no ●ne of their preuileges alovved As those of S. Ger●●●enbreg c. First vvith 〈◊〉 After vvith others as the letters found 〈◊〉 her testified Protections are the best revvards that they are to expect The ordinary prices of sermons The rebelles 〈…〉 Flaunders The Englishe pract●● 〈◊〉 Tur●kes other infid●●s aga●●st Christendome They made fiers and feasts for ioy vpon the murther of the Queene of Scotland As Ham●● Levvis Cole Kett c. Extreme violating of Iustice D. Iulio c. Those that had indebted themselues by his seruice of Holand he revvarded aftervvard vvith protections The iudge can tell the ●ury vvhether the Queene vvill haue the accused found guilty or not The greater parte of the nations maritines in all Europe haue 〈◊〉 ●obbed by the English As Sir Frauncis Drake c. S●p 6. His excelent●e alias Le●●●er Phil. de Co●●es Eccles 10. 〈…〉 A counterfait Catholique