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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	duke_n	earl_n	lord_n	7,136	5	5.1513	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06814	Than is there an other yle ye men call Dodye; Itinerarium. English	Mandeville, John, Sir.; Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-ca. 1399, attributed name.	1503 (1503)	STC 17249; ESTC S104361	29,815	62

to the e●the so y t whan the sonne gooth downe it is no thynge seen so doth it euery daye And there is in y t wyldernesse many wylde men w t hornes on theyr heedes ryght hydeous and they speke not but grunt as swyne And in that coūtree are many popyniayes that they calle in theyr langage pystak they speke thrugh theyr● owne kynde as apertly as a man those that speke well haue longe tonges large on euery foot fyue toos ▪ there are some that haue but thre toos and tho same speke nought or very lyteli ¶ How the Emperour preester Iohan whan he gooth to batayll hath thre crosses borne before hym of fyne golde ca. lxxxviij THis Emperour preester Iohan whan he gooth to batayll he hath no baner borne bef●re hym but he hath born before hȳ thre crosses of fyne golde those are grete and large and well dyght w t precyous stones for to kepe eche crosse is ordeyned a thousande men of armes mo than an hondred thousande on foot in maner as men keye a standarde in batayll in other places he hath men without nombre whan he goth to ony batayll ayenst ony other lorde And whan he hath no batayll but rydeth with preuy company than dooth he bere before hym but a crosse of tree not paynted without golde precyous stones all playne in token y ● our lorde Ihu cryste suffeed deth on a crosse of tree And also he hath born before hym a plate of golde full of erthe in token that his lordshyp ●●●●ey shall torne to nought his flesshe shall torne to erthe And also he hath borne before hym an other vessell full of Iewelles golde and precyous stones in token of his nobley his myght ¶ Of the moost dwellynge place of prester Iohan in a cyte called Suse ca. lxxxix ANd he dwelleth comonly at the cyte of Suse there is his pryncypall palays that is so ryche that meruayle is to tell aboue the pryncypall toure of the palays are two pomels of golde all roūde eche one of those hath two carbuncles grete large y t shyne ryght clere on the nyght And the pryncypall gates of this palays are of precyous stones that men calle Sardyn the borders of the barres are of yuory the wyndowes of the hal●e chambres are of crystall And tables that they ete of some are of Emeraudes some are of mastyk some of golde precyous stones and the ●ylers that bere the tables are of suche stones also the greces on whiche the Emperour gooth to his see where he sytteth at mete one is of mastyk an other of crystall an other of Iaphy grene an other of dyasper an other of sardyn an other of cormlyn a nother of sempton and that he setteth his foot vp on is of crysolytes all thyse greces are bordured with fyne golde and well dyght with grete perles other precyous stones and the sydes of his sege are Emeraudes bordured with golde with precyous stones the pylers in his chambre are of fyne golde with many carbuncles other suche stones that gyue grete lyght on the nyght and all yf the carbuncles gyue grete lyght neuertheles there brenneth eche nyght .xij. grete vessels of crystall full of bame to gyue good smell and to dryue awaye wycked ayre The forme of his bedde is all of saphyre well boūde with golde to make hym to slepe well for to destroye lechery for he wyll not lye by his wyues but thryes in the yere after the sesons and all only for getynge of childern And he hath also a fayre palays at the cyte of Nyse where he dwelleth whan he wyll but the ayer there is not soo well tempred as it is at the cyte of Suse And he hath euery daye in his courte more that .xxx. th●usande men without comers goers but .xxx. thousande there in the coūtree of the grete Chane spende not so moche as .xij. thousande in our countree he hath euermore .vij. kynges in his court to serue hym echone of theym serueth a moneth and with thyse kynges serue alwaye .lxxij. dukes CCC Erles and euery daye ete in his courte .xij. archebysshops and .xx. bysshops The patrya●ke of saynt Thomas is as he were a pope arc●ebysshops bysshops abbottes all are kynges in y t countree some of the lordes is mayster of y ● halle some of y ● chambre some stuarde some marshall some other offycers therfore he is full rychely serued his londe lasteth in brede foure monethes Iourney and it is of length without mesure ¶ Of a ryche man in prester Iohns londe named Catolonabes of his gardeyne ca. lxxxx IN an yle of prester Iohans londe that men calle Myscorach therin is grete plente of goodes moche ryches and many precyous stones In that londe was a ryche man not longe agone that men called there Catolonabes he was full ryche he had a fayre castell on an hylle stronge and he hadde made a walle all about the hylle ryght stronge fayre within that he had a fayre gardeyne wherin were many trees berynge all mane● of fruytes y ● he myght fynde he dyde plante therin all maner of herbes of good smell that bare floures there was many fayre welles and by theym was made many fayre halles chambres well dyght with golde asure and he had made there dyuerse storyes beestes and byrdes y ● songe torned by engyne and orbage as they had be all quycke he had in his gardayne that he myght fynde to make a man solace comfort and he had also there in that gardeyne maydens within the age of .xv. yere the fayrest that he myght fynde men childern of the same age they were cladde with clothes of golde he sayd that the same were angels he had do make thre hylles fayre and good all enclosed aboute with precyous stones of Iaspye and crystall well boūde with golde and perles other maner of stones and he had made a conduyte vnder the erthe so y t whan he wolde the walles ranne somtyme with mylke somtyme with wyne somtyme with hony this place is called Paradyse And whan ony yonge bachelere of that countree knyght or squyer cometh to hym for solace dysporte he ledeth hym in to his Paradyse sheweth vnto hym all thyse dyuerse thynges dyuerse songes of byrdes and also of his damoysels and his welles and he dyde stryke dyuerse Instrumentes of musyke in an hyghe toure that myght be seen sayd those were aungels of god and that plac● was Paradyse that god hath graūted to those that byleued whan he sayd Dabo vobis terrā fluentē lac et mel That is to saye I shall gyue you londe flowynge mylke hony And than this ryche man dyde thyse men drynke a maner of drynke