Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	church_n	minister_n	zealous_a	51	3	8.9894	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09809	The liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus: collected out of good authors. Also the liues of nine excellent chieftaines of warre, taken out of Latine from Emylius Probus, by S.G. S. By whom also are added the liues of Plutarch and of Seneca: gathered together, disposed, and enriched as the others. And now translated into English by Sir Thomas North Knight	Nepos, Cornelius. Vitae excellentium imperatorum. English. Selections.; Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.; North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?	1602 (1602)	STC 20071; ESTC S111836	1,193,680	142

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chrysost._n hom._n 12._o in_o colos._n according_o multitude_n no_o argument_n of_o goodness_n pag._n 787.788_o 442._o mummery_n and_o mummer_n condemn_v p._n 493.494_o fol._n 51●_n 891_o to_o 904._o murder_v occasion_v oft_o by_o play_n fol._n 516._o to_o 520._o music_n lawful_a useful_a p._n 274._o lascivious_a effeminate_a music_n unlawful_a p._n 273._o to_o 290.394.395_o see_v vincentij_fw-la speculun_n hist._n lib._n 29._o cap._n 144._o m._n northbrooke_n his_o treatise_n against_o vain_a play_n etc._n etc._n fol._n 39.40_o 41._o agrippa_z de_fw-fr v●nitate_fw-la scient_a cap._n 64._o m._n stub_n his_o anatomy_n of_o abuses_n p._n 128.129_o 130_o etc._n etc._n church-musicke_n ought_v to_o be_v grave_n serious_a pious_a not_o quaint_a delicate_a or_o lascivious_a which_o abuse_v of_o it_o be_v censure_v p._n 276_o to_o 288._o &_o reformatio_fw-la legu●●_fw-la ecclesiast_n ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la regis_fw-la hen._n ●_o &_o edw._n 6._o lo●di●i_fw-la 1571._o tit._n de_n divine_v offi●●●_n c._n 5._o ●_o 43._o ground_v on_o and_o authorize_v by_o the_o statute_n of_o 25._o h●●ry_n 8._o c._n 19.27_o h●●●y_a s._n c._n 15._o &_o 3._o &_o 4._o edward_n 6._o c._n 11._o which_o proscribos_n this_o rule_n in_o 〈…〉_z in_o divinis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d recitandis_fw-la &_o psalmis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ministri_fw-la &_o clerici_fw-la diligent●r_fw-la do_v c●gitare_fw-la ●ebent_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la ●se_fw-la doum_n la●dari_fw-la oportere_fw-la sed_fw-la alios_fw-la etiam_fw-la hortatu_fw-la &_o exemplo_fw-la &_o observatione_fw-la illorum_fw-la ad_fw-la cundem_fw-la cultu●_fw-la adducendos_fw-la esse_fw-la qua_fw-la propter_fw-la partite_fw-la voces_fw-la &_o distincte_n pronuncient_a &_o cantus_fw-la sit_fw-la illorum_fw-la clarus_fw-la &_o aptus_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la auditorum_fw-la omnis_fw-la fensum_fw-la &_o intelligentiam_fw-la perveniant_fw-la itaque_fw-la vibratam_fw-la i●am_fw-la &_o operosam_fw-la musicani_fw-la quae_fw-la figurata_fw-la dicitur_fw-la auferri_fw-la placet_fw-la quae_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o multitudinis_fw-la auribus_fw-la tumultuatur_fw-la ut_fw-la saepe_fw-la linguam_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la ipsam_fw-la loquent●m_fw-la intelligere_fw-la see_v q._n eliz._n injunction_n injunct_a 49_o according_o which_o kind_n of_o quaint_a and_o delicate_a church-musicke_n be_v large_o censure_v by_o hugo_n parisiensis_fw-la lib._n 2._o de_fw-la claustro_fw-la animae_fw-la by_o vincentius_n beluacensis_n speculum_fw-la histor._n lib._n 27_o c._n 45._o by_o john_n bale_n his_o image_n of_o both_o church_n on_o rev._n c._n 18_o sect_n 10.11_o by_o william_n wraghton_n his_o hunt_n and_o rescuer_v of_o the_o romish_a fox_n fol._n 12.59_o 125_o 126._o by_o gualtherus_n haddon_n contr._n osorium_n lib._n 3._o fol._n 263.264_o &_o m._n northbrooke_n against_o diceplay_a fol._n 40.41_o music_n when_o why_o and_o by_o who_o bring_v into_o the_o church_n p._n 277._o to_o 288._o n_o name_n of_o god_n not_o to_o be_v use_v in_o play_n in_o which_o it_o be_v oft_o profane_v pag._n 108._o to_o 112._o name_n of_o idol_n not_o to_o be_v name_v invocate_v etc._n etc._n by_o christian_n p._n 32.33_o 36_o 77_o 78._o to_o 88.584_o 891_o 926._o naked_a harlot_n not_o to_o be_v look_v on_o pag._n 406._o dance_v naked_a censure_v p._n 246._o 251._o see_v lampridij_fw-la commodus_n p._n 90._o nero_n censure_v and_o his_o death_n conspire_v for_o his_o sing_n act_v dance_a and_o mask_v on_o the_o stage_n p●_n 451.465_o fol._n 517.555_o pag._n 707.736_o 737_o 843_o 849._o to_o 853._o suppress_v play_n and_o player_n p._n 460.516.517_o 714._o nerva_n prohibit_v sword-playes_a pag._n 75._o 468._o newyear_n gift_n and_o the_o observation_n of_o newyear_n day_n condemn_v as_o a_o pagan_a custom_n by_o counsel_n father_n and_o other_o pag._n 20._o 36_o 197_o 198_o 429_o 430_o 580_o 581_o 583_o 755_o 756_o 757_o 781._o spend_v in_o stageplay_n mummery_n and_o dance_n by_o pagan_n ibidem_fw-la a_o public_a fast_o enjoin_v on_o it_o to_o bewail_v the_o abomination_n thereon_o commit_v by_o pagan_n ibidem_fw-la night_n not_o to_o be_v spend_v in_o play_n in_o dance_v masque_n and_o such_o disorder_n but_o in_o sleep_n in_o prayer_n in_o devotion_n night_n disorder_v censure_v p._n 255.360_o 645_o 646_o 746_o 747_o 754_o 755_o 848_o 849_o 946_o 429._o nilus_n his_o censure_n of_o play_n pag._n 349.385_o 682._o nonresidency_a censure_v by_o 55._o several_a counsel_n p_o 623.624_o by_o sundry_a canonical_a decree_n and_o canonist_n ibid._n see_v the_o canonist_n in_o their_o ●itles_n de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la nonresidentibus_fw-la &_o my_o anti-arminianisine_a tit._n bishops'_o in_o the_o table_n together_o with_o m._n whetenhall_n his_o discourse_n of_o the_o abuse_n now_o in_o question_n in_o the_o church_n of_o christ._n p._n 170_o 182.192_o 202_o 203_o 206_o 208._o d._n tailor_n his_o commentary_n upon_o titus_n c._n 3._o vers_fw-la 12._o p._n 726●_n to_o 730._o doctor_n wille●_n on_o the_o 1_o sam_n cap._n 14_o 28._o master_n robert_n bolton_n of_o true_a happiness_n pag._n 111._o master_n william_n attersoll_n on_o philemon_n master_n jeremy_n dike_n his_o caveat_n to_o archîppus_fw-la on_o col._n 4.17_o london_n 1619._o of_o late_a bishop_n hooper_n on_o