Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	black_a	house_n	knight_n	379,272	5	13.4395	5	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19566	A confutatio[n] of vnwritte[n] verities both bi the holye scriptures and moste auncient autors, and also probable arguments, and pithy reasons, with plaine aunswers to al (or at the least) to the moste part and strongest argumentes, which the aduersaries of gods truth, either haue, or can bryng forth for the profe and defence of the same vnwritten vanities, verities as they would haue them called: made up by Thomas Cranmer ... translated and set forth, by E.P. The contentes whereof, thou shalte find in the next side folowinge.	Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556.; E. P., fl. 1556.	1556 (1556)	STC 5996; ESTC S109030	77,248	224

birth declarynge both her â—inred and place where she was borne Vpon whiche confession she was coÌ„mitted to a noÌ„nery called Sopwel there to taâ—y vntil messengers which they streight way sente furth myght returne and testifie the trueth And so she dayly and holyly visited saynct Albans shrine But the night before the returne of the messengers she was conueyed awaye and neuer hearde of nor seen after And the messengers declared to be lies al that euer she had said for there was neuer none borne lame nor of her name where she sayed she was borne A straunge thinge it is to heare of the wonderful traunces visions of mistres Aâ—ne WeÌ„tworth of Suffolk whiche tolde many men the secretes of their hertes which they thoughte no man could haue tolde but god only she cut stomagers in peces made them whole againe caused diuerse men that spake agaynst her delusioÌ„s to goe starâ—e mad Al which thynges were proued and openly by her confessed to be done by necromancy the desceit of the deuill But yet Elizabeth Barton telled the holy mayde of Couâ—top streat in keÌ„t passed al other in deuelish deuises For she could when she life faine her selfe to be in atraunce disfigure her face draw her mouth awrye toward the one eare faynynge that she was thus tormented of Sathan for the synnes of the people deliuered from his power by our blessed lady of Courtop streat and by her led into heauen hell and purgatory and there saw all the ioyes and paynes of those places and toke vpoÌ„ her to prophesy of thiÌ„gs to come and of the kyngs death This instrumente of the deuill drewe into her confederacie both of heresy and treason holy monkes of the Charter house obstinate they woulde be called obseruaunt Friers of Grenwich nice NoÌ„nes of Sion blacke monkes bothe of coules and condicions of Christes churche and sainct Austyns of Canterbury Knightes Squiers learned men Priestes and many other of which sort whether they wer bliÌ„ded by her or els of their own mere malice and ypocrisie dissembled the matter some by dâ—e profe made against them were iustlye condemned both of heresy and treason and suffered wyth the saict Elizabeth BartoÌ„ accordyng to their demerites some acknowledginge their own offence wer delyuered by the kynges pardon This wicked woman caused a letter to be made by a monke of Sainct Austins of Canterbury in golden letters feining the same to be deliuered to her by an Angel froÌ„ heauen This moÌ„ster was conuented both beefore William WarhaÌ„ Archebishop of CaÌ„terbury and Thomas Wolsey Cardinall and Archebishop of Yorke Who eyther because that generacion of the cleargy hath alway defended idolatrye and supersticion or beecause she knewe to much of their incontinency and other wickednes of liuing for she threatned them with eternall daÌ„nacyon except thei repented and ameÌ„ded their liues they clearly discharged her wythout finding of any fault in her at al. But when the matter came to be examined by Thomas Craumer Archebishop of Canterbury and Thomas Cromwel then master of the rolles they so handeled the matter that they fouÌ„de out the whole nest of that conspiracy wherin was disclosed the whole nomber of those confederates their bokes of heresye and treason the authors wryters of the same and of the letter feyned to be sent froÌ„ heaueÌ„ Al whose detestable factes as well of idolatry heresy and also of treason wer so wittely and learnedly by Goddes worde conuinced at canterburye by Doctor Hethe now chaunceler of Englande she being present and openly confessing the same and also by another lerned maÌ„ at Pauls crosse that the most part of them whiche were beefore by her seduced did then vtterlye abhorre her shameles and abominable factes what a crafty poynt of legerdemaine was plaid about the beginning of king Edwardes reigne by a Pryest which being at masse pricked his own finger and caused it to drop vpon the ost perswading the people that the oste bled of it selfe by the miraculoê° workyng of god for to make the worlde beleue the body of Chryst to be as really and naturally in the sacrameÌ„t as he was born of the virgin Mari his mother For the which heinâ—us fact proued against him and also by him confessed he did open penauÌ„ce at Pauls crosse I wyll rehearce one sermon made in Quene Maryes beginning by a momysh MoÌ„ke so leaue of their vayn wicked lyes A new vpstert precher being soÌ„e time a moÌ„ke of Chrysts church in CaÌ„torbury stept into the pulpit in saynct Paules church saying that the very body of christ is realli naturally in the sacramente of the aulter yea by gods body is it quoth he because that nether oth nor periury can proue a good argumeÌ„t he proued the same by three notable miracles The first of an horse refusing to eat wafers so loÌ„g as their cakye god was amoÌ„g theÌ„ the. 2. by the deuil speaking in the likenes of an horse being coÌ„iured of a Prieste by gods body to tel what he was and the 3. a maide of Northgate parish in CaÌ„terburi who he said in preteÌ„ce to wipe her mouth kept the ost in her haÌ„dkercher And wheÌ„ she caÌ„e hoÌ„e she put the saÌ„e iÌ„to a pot close couerd spitted iÌ„ an other pot and after a few dayes she loking in the one pot founde a lytle young prety babe about a shaftmond long and the other potte was full of gored bloud Here is goodly pulpit matters to proue new articles of our fayth For if the Priestes that tolde the stories of the 2. horses or the maid that sayd that the bread was turned into a litle childe or the monke that preached these shameful blasphemys or the deuill himselfe who is father of lies could lye speakyng in the horse or in any of them then doe all these foresaid miracles proue nothinge his purpose But O mercyfull God in what a miserable state were we thine afflicted meÌ„bers if it wer true which they say being both enemyes to thee and to vs also for thy truethes sake For we shold not onli suffer extreme miseries as losse of our goods good names the coÌ„pany of our dere freÌ„ds in our natiue country but also burne as heretikes in this world if we came in their cruell handlyng also burne eternally in the vnquencheable fire of hell if their cruell curses myght take effect Wherefore we yelde thee most harty thaÌ„kes O father of al mercies and to thy sonne Iesus Chryst our sauiour whiche haste promysed for hys sake and in his name thy kyngdome of heauen to al them which suffer persecucion for thy righteousnesse sake How shal we then knowe true visioÌ„s of Angels from false true apparitioÌ„s and miracles from counterfayte but by the scripture of god which is the rule and true measure where wyth we must try all thynges as S. Iohn sayeth beeleue not euerye spirite but proue them whether they be of God For manye false

makers of the first boke of religion set forth by opeÌ„ parliameÌ„t coÌ„uocacion the .vi. articles â–ª as well agreinge with the former parlyamentâ— and the worde of god as blacke wyth white light with darkenes Chryste wyth Belial or with Antichrist But after when he was pacified wyth these foresayd Byshoppes coÌ„sydering that they spake agaynste the kynges profit not of malice but of good conscience and zeale to gods glory and the common welth he mitigated the .vi. articles and from that tyme foorth more and more restored true religion and I doubt not but if he had liued he would haue brought all thinges to a better state then he lefte it But Edwarde the â—irte his sonne succedynge in his saâ—d fathers place by the aduice of his vncle the duke of Somersette the lordes of his counsell Byshoppes and the Cleargy â—et furth such a boke of religion as withoute boast or dysprayse of other be it spokeÌ„ was neuer a better sette forth since the Apostles tyme. Now after that god had plaged this realme wyth the most greuous plage that euer came to it in takyng awaye from it so godly a king as he was yea such an one as hath not beeÌ„ read of of his age in any realme both for witte learning sobernes and godlynesse in his steade he hath set vp Quene Marye who in worte tyme hath pulled down that was not builded in manye yeares and brought in the bishoppe of Rome before iustly and by law of parliament abolyshed with opeÌ„ periurie of so many as gaue their voyces and consent to the same For they had all made a solemne oth beefore neuer to receaue his vniust vsurped power into the realme agayne Hath he not beyng seduced by the periured prelates reuoked and made of none effecte so many godly lawes enacted by parlyament that is by the consent of the lordes both spirituall temporal the Cleargy and common house yea and by them that wer the thefe of king Henry her fathers priuye counsel and setters one of him in the abolishing of the Bishoppe of Rome â—uen opâ—n preachers and wryters against the Popes tiranny with so pithy reasons and strong argumentes as neither they themselues nor any other after them shall bee able at any tyme rightly to assoyle and answere Yet these men were chefe of counsell and procurers of the Quene and first workers in the parliamente to aluer the lordes and commons to receaue the Bishoppe of Rome againe for the supreme head of thys realme contrari to Goddes lawe the lawes of thys realme and their own solemne othes And not only thys but they haue taken away the acts of mortmaine and premunire and diuerse other statutes that did bridle the vnsatiable coueteousnes and licencious libertye of the Popishe Priestes and restored the Alle ex officio Which thing if it shold long coÌ„tinew in this state that it is in the great tresure of this realme shold come into the Cleargies hands and a great part therof should fly to Rome for Bishopeâ—ickes Benefites Appellacyons pardons dispensacions and such other baggage But say the Papystes when scriptures be harde and doutful and seme to be contrarye one to another by mistaking and wroÌ„g vnderstanding wherof diuerse heresies doe arise how shal a man knowe the trueth in such diuersitie of opinions both partyes grounding theÌ„selues vpon the scriptures but onelye by the churche which as they saye cannot erâ—e Sainct Augustine shal make answere herein for me sayinge on thys wise darke places are to be expounded by more playne places for that is the surest way of declaring the scriptures to expound one scripture by another And agayne he sayth that in things openly contained in the scriptures are founde all thinges that concerne faith good stuing charite And if any thig cannot be tried by the certaine cieÌ„care places of the Scriptures let maÌ„s presuÌ„ptioÌ„ saith he stay it self not leaning to either part for this I am suere of that if it were requisite to be knowen vpon paine of damnacion their shold not lacke most playne and cleare aucthorites of the same in the scriptures But in seking of the scriptures let vs seke no farther then is left in writiÌ„g by god our sauiour lest in desyerynge to much we â—ese al. Sainct ChrisostoÌ„e also sayeth it is not possible that he which with earnest studye and ferueÌ„t desier applyeth him to the scriptures of god shold euer be neglected of god but althoughe we lacke a master to teache vs yet the Lorde hymselfe enteryng oure hartes from aboue shall geue lyght into our minds and poure his bright beames into our reasoÌ„ and vnderstandyng and open the thynges that be hidde and teache vs those thinges wherof we be ignoraunt Therefore sayth the same Chrysostome if thou wilt enter into the trueth of the scriptures now aske by prayers now knocke by good workes and searche the olde auncient wryters and aske diuerse priestes to knowe whiche bee the true keye kepers and whiche are the false For al thinges sayeth he are plaine and manifeste in the diuyne scriptures what soeuer thynges are nedeful therto be opened But if these aucthors will not satisfye them then let them vse sainct Iames couÌ„sell saying he that lacketh wysedome let him aske it of god which geueth to al men indifferentlye and casteth no man in the teth and it shalbe geuen hym For God is not parciall nor regardeth anye more a Pope then a Potter a Cardinal then a Carter a Byshoppe theÌ„ a Boucher a Priest then a Pedler except his faith and life be agreable to gods wil. Whether shoulde a man desieryng to know the trueth and righte vnder standing and worshippinge of God haue resorted in Elias his tyme wheÌ„ there was no more of the true outewarde churche but he alone To whoÌ„ should a man haue resorted for counsel of the trueth in the tyme of Ieremy Of whom shoulde a man haue learned the trueth in Christes tyme wheÌ„ there was no ordinarye succession of Bishoppes in the trueth Shoulde they haue learned thinke you the trueth of God of the head Pryestes Scribes and Pharisees Then you knowe what a learning they shoulde haue had and howe muche Chryste should haue profyted theÌ„ How should a man haue been satisfied of his saluacion at Annas Cayphas and the test of the Pharises handes Euen so no doute would they haue taught and enstructed him that if he had beleued folowed their sayinges Christ and he shoulde neuer haue mette And yet those men bare the Image and name of the knowen churche at that time yea and the same men condemned him of whom our fayth and saluacyon depeÌ„deth as a sedicious felow as a traitor to Cesar as an heretike and a blasphemer of god Christ therfore to teache vs what we should doe in matters pertaining to his glory and oure own commodite sendeth his hearers to the scriptures not to the church he saiÌ„edal so to the Saduces ye erre

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