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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	duke_n	earl_n	great_a	18,627	5	4.5123	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16041	[Spousage of a virgin to Christ]	Alcock, John, 1430-1500.	1497 (1497)	STC 287; ESTC S117774	7,137	17

¶ An exhortacyon made to Relygyous systers in the tyme of theyr consecracyon by the Reuerende fader in god Iohan Alcok bysshop of Ely ¶ I aske the banes betwix the hyghe and moost myghty prynce kyng of all kynges sone of almyghty god and the virgyn Mary in humanyte Cryste Iesu of Nazareth of the one partye And A.B. of the thother partye that yf ony man or woman can shewe ony lawfull Impedyment other by ony precontracte made or corrupcyon of body or soule of the sayd A.B. that she ought not to be maryed this daye vnto the sayd myghty prynce Iesu that they wolde accordynge vnto the lawe shewe it GOod syster we are here gadred before almyghty god and all his sayntes in heuen in his chirche here mylytaūt to solempne this noble spousage bytwene the sayd sone of almyghty god and you whiche spousage must be of your partye desyred with all your hole herte and free wyll not compelled by none of your frendes nor for cause of worldly worshyp nor ease of your body but oonly for the loue seruyce ye owe to the sayd myghty prynce to serue hym obeye hym kepe his cōmaūdementes and all other men worldly worshyp renounce and forsake and hym to loue aboue all thynge his preceptes to performe and all other thynge to do that perteyneth to a good wyf How moche be ye boūde vnto hym that wyll consent that ye be maryed vnto hȳ so grete a prynce almyghty ye a wretche his creature of a poore lynage For the cōmon vsage is kynges to mary togyder Dukes and Erles togyder and poore people togyder and seldome seen the ryche and the poore mary togyder and yet this moost myghty prynce lorde of heuen of erthe for the loue he hereth vnto you to make you his quene his faer of heuen to be your fader his moder to be yours so by this maryage all your kynred shall be of cosynage by affynyte to the fader of heuen our lady all the angels with all the hole Genelogy of Cryst to whiche honour and excellence no carnall spousage coude exalte you Therfore yf ye contynue his faythfull true spouse cōmyttynge your mynde your wyll all your werkes to obserue his cōmaūdementes your rewarde shall be as in your Ioynter dowery excede all rewardes that can be thought and may be gyuen vnto man FYrst syster yf ye wyll be spoused to this noble prynce so be determyned in your mynde I saye thyse wordes to you of the holy ghoost Audi filia et vide inclina aurem tuā et obliuiscere populum tuū et domū patris tui That is to saye doughter here see and gyue humble attendaūce yf ye wyll be spoused to this myghty prynce ye must forgete and relynquysshe Ioye and felycyte of this worlde and the house of all your generacyon your fader and moder and all your carnall frendes and ye muste folowe hym in condycyons and leue your olde name and condycyons and to be called after his name his name is Iesus Nazarenus And soo ye muste be called Nazarena It is wryten Nazarei candidores niue interpretantur virgulti vel floridi siue custodientes aut separati a mundo vel vncti siue sancti aut consecrati That is to saye Ye muste be as a yonge grene braunche and as a floure and as a keper of the tresour of your husbonde and seuered from the worlde as anoynted holy and consecrate quene for thyse propertees amonge other hath your spouse Fyrste ye muste be as a yonge grene braunche the whiche loseth his fayre beaute whan he is seuered from the rote The rote of all Relygyon is Iesu of Nazareth that is charyte Quia deus caritas est And who so euer is not in charyte he departeth hymselfe from almyghty god Soo ye muste loue your spouse Iesu aboue all thynge he muste be in your mynde in your soule in your herte and in all your werkes And of hym specyally ye muste speke for yf ye haue ony pleasure for to speke of ony other thynges of the worlde or of ony other man than wyll he be wrothe For as Saynt Gregory sayth Prouidendū ergo nobis est quia intueri non debet quod nō licet concupisci Et iohannes Cryste sayth Qui stndet eligantes faci es inspicere ipse fornacem passionis accendit For he wyll that ye kepe oonly and entyerly vnto hym your fyue wyttes to haue noo pleasure for to loke vpon man or woman nor to here of noo worldely thynges nor speke of noo concupyscence nor handell noo contagyous thynges but oonly that shall be to his pleasure and seruyce For as saynt Ierom sayth There was neuer man soo Ielous of his wyf and taketh hede of his werkes and dedes as our lorde your spouse wyll take hede of you For ye can thynke no thought but he knoweth it nor speke no worde but he hereth it nor be in noo place but he is there presente nor noo thynge can dysceyue hym therfore ye muste loue hym aboue all thynge and be in parfyte charyte with all your systers and his people and seruauntes Also Cryst Iesu is called Flos campi The floure of Nazareth the beaute of this excedeth all other vertues it is soo noble a tresour that it can not be praysed and therfore virgynyte is honoured in almyghty god And Cryste the heed and the leder therof and the fyrste thynge that he dyde in erthe whan he became man he sette vp his husholde of virgyns men of chastyte for to serue hym and his chirche here in erthe as he was by virgyns the angels serued in heuen his moder was and is perpetuall virgyne Iohan Euangelyste his secretary a virgyne Iohan the Baptyst a virgyne Ieremy the prophete a virgyne and angelles in heuen virgyns Innumerable there syngynge and folowynge the lombe of god the seconde persone and neuer newe songes of Ioye and glorye The angels of heuen honoureth virgyns as theyr brethern systern And as it is wryten Apocal .xix. The angell of god wolde not suffre saynt Iohan Euangelyste to worshyppe hym for loue he was a virgyne as he was and angell man of the erthe And therfore Saynt Bernarde sayth What is more full of beaute than is chastyte Quid castitate decorius Que mundum de immundo conceptum semine de hoste domesticū de homine angelum facit The angels worshypped saynt Agnes and cladde her in a garment of chastyte crowned saynt Cecylye saynt Agas shewed her holynesse saynt Katheryne buryed delyuered from deth Susanne And as it is wryten Numery .xxxi. Omnes feminas virgines reseruare alias ōnes iubentur interfici That is to saye That where all the people sholde be destroyed and slayne for synne yet god almyghty commaunded to spare virgyns And therfor sayth saynt Ancelme Non est salus nisi quē tu virgo peperisti Saynt Margarete hadde the deuyll vnder her