Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	holy_a	son_n	trinity_n	4,094	5	10.4029	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39792	The history of Russia, or, The government of the Emperour of Muscovia with the manners & fashions of the people of that countrey / by G. Fletcher, sometime fellow of Kings Colledge in Cambridge and employed in the embassie thither.	Fletcher, Giles, 1549?-1611.	1643 (1643)	Wing F1330; ESTC R28633	98,943	288

Friers and Nunnes it needs not to those that know the hypocrisie uncleannesse of that Cloyster-brood The Russe himself though otherwise addicted to all superstition speaketh so fouly of it that it must needs gain silence of any modest man Besides these they have certain Eremites whom they call Holy men that are like to those Gymnosop●ists for their life and behaviour though farre unlike for their knowledge and learning They use to go stark naked save a ●lout about their middle with their hair hanging long and wildly about their shoulders and many of them with an iron coller or chain about their necks or mids even in the very extremitie of winter These they ●●ke as Prophets and men of great holinesse giving them a libertie to speak what they l●●t without any controlement though it be of the very highest himself So that if he reprove any openly in what sort soever they answer nothing but that it is P●…um that is for their ●…es And if any of them take some piece of sale wa●● from any 〈◊〉 shop as he passeth by to give where he list he thinketh himself much beloved of God and much beholding to the holy man for taking it in that sort Of this kind there are not many because it is a very hard and cold profession to go naked in Russia specially in Winter Among other at this time they have one at Mosko that walketh naked about the streets and inveigheth commonly against the state and government especially against the Godonoes that are thought at this time to be great oppressours of that Common-wealth Another there was that died not many years ago whom they called Basileo that would take upon him to reprove the old Emperour for all his crueltie oppressions done towards his people His bodie they have translated of late into a sumptuous Church near the Emperours house in Mosko and have canonized him for a Saint Many miracles he doth there for so the Friers make the people to believe and many offerings are made unto him not onely by the people but by the chief Nobilitie and the Emperour and Empresse themselves which visit that Church with great devotion But this last year at my being at Mosko this Saint had ill luck in working his miracles For a lame man that had his limbs restored as it was pretended by him was charged by a woman that was familiar with him being then fallen out that he halted but in the day time and could leap merrily when he came home at night And that he had intended this matter six years before Now he is put into a Monasterie and there raileth upon the Friers that hired him to have this counterfeit miracle practised upon him Besides this disgrace a little before my coming from thence there were eight slain within his Church by fire in a thunder Which caused his bels that were tingling before all day and night long as in triumph of the miracles wrought by Basileo their Saint to ring somewhat softlier and hath wrought no little discredit to this miracle-worker There was another of great account at Plesko called Nicola of Plesko that did much good when this Emperours father came to sack the town upon suspicion of their revolting and rebellion against him The Emperour after he had saluted the Eremite at his lodging sent him a reward And the Holy man to requite the Emperour sent him a piece of raw flesh being then their Lent time Which the Emperour seeing bid one to tell him that he marvelled that the Holy man would offer him flesh to eat in the Lent when it was forbidden by order of holy Church And doth Evasko which is as much to say as Jack think quoth Nicola that it is unlawfull to eat a piece of beasts flesh in Lent and not to eat up so much mans flesh as he hath done already So threatning the Emperour with a prophesie of some hard adventure to come upon him except he left murdering of his people and departed the town he saved a great many mens lives at that time This maketh the people to like very well of them because they are as Pasquils to note their great mens faults that no man else dare speak of Yet it falleth out sometime that for this rude libertie which they take upon them after a counterfeit manner by imitation of Prophets they are made away in secret as was one or two of them in the last Emperours time for being overbold in speaking against his government CHAP. XXII Of their Liturgie or form of Church-service and their manner of administring the Sacraments THeir morning service they call Zautrana that is ma●●ins It is done in this order The Priest entereth into the Church with his Deacon following him And when he is come to the middle of the Church he beginneth to say with a loud voice Blasslavey Uladika that is Blesse us heavenly Pastour meaning of Christ. Then he addeth In the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost one very God in Trinitie and Aspody Pomeluy or Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us repeated three times This done he marcheth on towards the Chancel or Sanctum Sanctorum as they use to call it and so entreth into the Scharsuey Dwere or the heavenly doore which no man may enter into but the Priest onely Where standing at the altar or table set near to the upper wall of the chancell he saith the Lords prayer and then again Aspody Pomeluy or Lord have mercie upon us Lord have mercie upon us c. pronounced twelve times Then Praised be the Trinitie the Father Sonne and holy Ghost for ever and ever Whereto the Deacons and people say Amen Next after the Priest addeth the Psalmes for that day and beginneth with O come let us worship and fall down before the Lord c. and therewithall himself with the Deacons and people all turn themselves towards their Idols or Images that hang on the wall and crossing themselves bow down three times knocking their heads to the very ground After this he readeth the ten commandments and Athanasius Creed out of the Service book This being done the Deacon that standeth without the heavenly doore or chancell readeth a piece of a Legend out of a written book for they have it not in print of some Saints life miracles c. This is divided into many parts for every day in the year and is read by them with a plain singing note not unlike to the Popish tune when they sung their Gospels After all this which reacheth to an houre and an half or two houres of length he addeth certain set Collects or prayers upon that which he hath read out of the Legend before and so endeth his Service All this while stand burning before their Idols a great many of wax candles whereof some are of the bignesse of a mans wast vowed or enjoyned by penance upon the people of the parish