Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	hold_v	lord_n	rent_n	2,560	5	9.6389	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19666	The opening of the wo[r]des of the prophet Ioell, in his second and third chapters rehersed by Christ in Mathewe .xxiiii. Marke .xiii. Luke .xxi. and by Peter Actes .ii. concerning the signes of the last day. Compiled by Robert Crowley in the yeare of our Lord. M. D.XLVI. And perused againe by the same. Anno 1566.	Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1569 (1569)	STC 6089; ESTC S118224	23,281	120

babes he sheweth Princes Prelates All magistrates Could not destroy the pride Of Rome till that Poore men sparde not To speake till some were fride But at the last It was downe cast Within this realme ye know Both farre and nere And Abbayes were Supprest and brought ful low Bicause therin Was such foule sinne Vsed and such popery That some men thought The ground could not Sustaine their buggery Well when this was Thus come to passe Men praised God in our king Which by prudence And diligence Had brought to passe this thing They looked for To haue no more Poperie maintainde here Bicause within This realme was séene No Monke Chanon nor Frier But apes will be You may trust me Apes still though their clothing Were purple fine Nought can incline Them to leaue their mowing These pied goates Chaunged their coates Yet are their mindes the same That they were once Though for the nonce They do such popery blame Some weare miters And some gray furres And some haue cure of soules But their liuing Differeth nothing From thē that dranke in boules In Colledges You cannot misse To sée of them great store Where they apply Their buggery Euen as they did before Wherfore all ye That learned be And may do ought therin Do what ye may Both night and day To plucke vp this fowle sinne Else doubt ye not But the Lord that Burned the fiue cities And hath cast downe In field and towne The great and huge abbaies For that foule sinne Will soone beginne To make your place defart No fresh singing Nor gaye piping Shal make ought for your part Such as cannot Refraine from that Ought for to marry wiues No vowe can binde Such as can finde No meane to mende their liues In eche degrée Matrimonie And the bedde vndefiled Are holy thinges Though the shauelings Count maried men defiled God graunt we may Once sée the day Wherin we may be frée To leade our liues With honest wiues And preach Gods veritie For now he that Conteyneth not And hath the gift to preache Must either hide That gifte or bide Still burning like a wretche So that no man Vnlesse he can Obtayne of God the gifte Of chastitie May looke to bée A preacher by this drifte And doubtles this Were not amis If God would not require Increase of that Which man hath at His hande receiued here But sith God will Punishe them still That doth not occupie Their talentes than No Iustice can Deny them libertie Let no popery Therfore deny Christes membres to profet Eche other still After Gods will With such giftes as they get Let all men bée At libertie To preach if that they can An honest wife Hurteth not the life Of any godly man Most noble king Helpe in this thing And giue them libertie To preach that can Though a woman Do helpe their chastitie Then shall you sée The veritie Of gods word taught ful plainly By them that will Defend no ill To haue liuing therby But some will say That by this way Great schisme shall arise For the cleargie And the laitie Will preach two contraries Graunt that they do Yet of them two One shall not misse to speake The truth alway Where now men say To lye priestes do not reake Then should we bée In worsse degrée Say they than we be now For no man could Tell which he should Of these two sortes follow Yes yes be bolde It were soone tolde Which of them preacheth true For true preachers Are obseruers Of Gods cōmaundement new A newe precept For to be kept Saith Christ I giue you now That eche brother Loue an other Euen as I haue loued you For by that signe Such as are mine Shall be knowen to all men Faith cannot bée Where charitie Is not the graunde capteine That sorte that loue As is aboue Eche other faithfully And will betake Them to the stake Ere they wil ought deny Of that they preach That sorte doth teach The truth you may be sure These will not say Both yea and nay For any mans pleasure Yet once againe Such as disdaine That maried mē should preach Will say that then All maried men Will count eche priest a wretch What forceth that If priestes be not Of Christ but of Satan We may ordaine Mo priestes againe After the inwarde man None should regard Such as outwarde Signes do make priests onely But them whose life Is without strife And their doctrine godly Vnfainedly Such are worthy To haue double honour For that they are So full of care To helpe their christen brother Such men looke not For the crowne that Shall be taken them fro But to encrese Godly riches Is all thing that they do But now alas In how hard case Standeth this world this day When all Rulers And all Preachers Forsake this godly way Who would not bée Of high degrée This day what Prince or King Desireth not More rule than that Was his fathers leauing Their onely care Is for to fare Delicately eche day And to maintaine This they are faine To get all that they may Might is their law Wherby they draw All goodes into their handes And he that will Say they do ill Shal loose both goodes landes They thinke not that They were made at The first them to defend That haue no might To kéepe their right Nor their wrongs to amend For that intent Sufficient Landes was giuen to eche one Bicause he should Do what he could To saue the weale commone But now they be The more pitie So fonde of vaine honour That on the ground Scarce can be found Inough for their owne store Both more and lesse Study to passe Their forefathers degrée Thinking it shame To beare the name Of fruitfull pouertie Lordes must inclose Pastures medowes To holde in their owne handes And that the rent May kepe his stent They must improue their lands The merchant man Doth what he can To be Lord ouer townes Eche king is bent With full intent To subdue many crownes Alas the while They do begile Themselues now euery one Thinking that they Shall raigne alway Vpon the ground alone The day shall come When their kingdome Shall not be worth a straw Nor they themselfe With all their pelfe The value of an haw Their golde and all To duste will fall This is to manifest And they also Must after go Perchance when they thinke lest What folly then Is in these men To leaue Gods veritie And to apply So busily This worldly vanitie But I you pray Harke what I say And giue me eare a while I shall you shew At wordes few What doth these men begile They thinke God will Compte nothing ill That mans law iustifieth And that by might To claime their right With Gods worde agréeth To make the best Of most and lest Is lawfull for eche man They say and to Be bound to do For no man though they can To gather pelfe Eche for himselfe So they do no man wrong Is not