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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	king_n	people_n	tyranny_n	2,786	5	9.5807	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00391	Here folowith a scorneful image or monstrus shape of a maruelous stra[n]ge fygure called, Sileni alcibiadis presentyng ye state [and] condicio[n] of this present world, [and] inespeciall of the spiritualite how farre they be from ye perfite trade and lyfe of Criste, wryte[n] in the laten tonge, by that famous clarke Erasmus, [and] lately translated in to Englyshe.; Adagia. Chil. III Cent. III. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.	1543 (1543)	STC 10507; ESTC S120657	18,269	72

The dysceptfull then the true The variable then y e stedfast The waueryng then the eternal More ouer of these frowarde Iugementes aryseth the paruerse nameyng of thynges callynge that ys hye lowe that is bytter swete That is preciouse vyle that ys lyfe dethe To speake of suche thynges by name They are called louers which eyther be ouer moche fauoure corrupte or laye in wayte to depreue y e woman frome her chastyte good fame whan nothynge can be more lyke an enuy they called yt Iustice whan one yll is acquitted wyth another when one offence is recōpensed w t an other when one worde ys wyth double damage payed home agayne This fasshon in matrymony is nowe alowed best that defoyleth cōsanguynite as nere to virgynite They call hym a traytoure and an enemy to the prynce whiche wolde that he shulde do no thynge aboue hys lawes or besydes ryghte whyche wolde that he shulde vse hymselfe as a very prince And as farre as myghte be to dyffer from a Tyrante Than whiche ys no booste is moste horrible or fearefull Of the other parte he ys called a wyse coūseloure A frende and a faythfulle lege man whyche corruptith the princes maners wyth worse counsell whiche infeatyth the myndes wyth folysshe oppinions whiche contynually flateryth dalyeth with them whiche that yf counselours draweth them in to the hate of theyr comunaltye whyche entyce them to warre and other folysshe busynes They saye that the kynges maiestye hyenes is gretly incresyd when any thyng is won by tyrany by greate porcion of excedyng mysthief He is called a robber of the kynges money whiche spekyth one worde agayne any demandid tribute But now seynge that a prynce hathe thre chefe thynges by whiche he representith god whiche is the only very kynge Goodnes wysdom and power semeth he a frende to the kynge whiche wolde beryue hym of two the pryncipall thynges goodnes and wysdom and onely leue them pouer which is not onely false but yet also not of hymselfe for as moche as the onely power of a prynce lyttel auayleth withoute his comons ayde For veryly power oneles yt be cōioyned with wysdom goodnes is Tirany and no power whyche also the peoples consent maye euen as they gaue yt so take yt awaye agayne when yet goodnes wysdom shal abyde with the kyng banysshed out of his realme It is treason to vse the kinges badge otherwyse then besemeth And are they rewarded that violat his minde causeynge hym to be for a good man a cruel man For a wyse man a subtyl and for a man of power a Tyrant One dethe is to lyttell for hym that enterpryseth to put poyson in the Kynges cuppe And receiueth he a rewarde that with moste pestylent oppinions corruptyth and poysonyth hys mynde and infectyth as yt were the welthe of the comon welthe to y e grete myschefe of all y e realme He is callyd a kyng which hath in his possessyon great dominions and ryches whan vndoutely to playe the very kynge is ys none other thynge but iustly to mynyster the cōmon welthe The affynites betwene prynces than the renoūsyd consyderacyons are called the ioynyng together of the thrysten pease whā yet we se whā these welles sprynge all ouer All stryfe all debate yea and all myschefe of the cōmon welthe they call it a iuste warre whan the prynces for collusyon to polle and oppresse there cōmeth welthe They call it pease whā that ended they conspyted togethers They cōmyt the realme greatly increasyd whan any towne or citye which the prynce by what tyme soeuer it be claymeth his wonne or rather bought with so great pyllage or accyons of the cytezens with so great inorther by whiche are made ouer many wydowes fatherles childerne After lyke tacyon they call the churche preestes bysshopes popes whā verely they are no other thyng but euen the mynysters of the churche For the church is the chrysten people whome Christ hym selfe calleth greatter than the bysshoppes can mynyster vnder beynge vnable in seruyce but otherwayes greatter yf they as well by folowynge the maners and lyuynge as by successyon of dygnyte representeth whiche yet whan he was in al thynges lorde and ruler of al men vse them selfe as a seruaunte and not as a lorde The greattest excōmunycatyon shall be publysshed agayne them as enemyes to the churche yea and are counted almoste heretykes that taketh any money out of a preestes purse I speke not to bolde any man in suche doynge I wolde no man shulde take my sayenge so But yf a enemye of the churche ought to be hated tell on whether there can be any enemye more hurteful or more dedely than an vngodly prelate If any of the spirytuall landes or annuyties be dymynysshed they crye with one voyce the churches ryghte is oppressed But whan the worlde is styred to warre whan through the the opon yll lyfe of preestes many thousande sortes are broughte to dystruccyon No man bewayleth y e churches chaunce whā yet nowe is the churche verely a meruaylous fayre churche not whan the people refuse charytie or loue towarde god whan vyces decrese whan goodnes increaseth or whā the holy doctryne is in strengthe But whan the alters shyne with golde precyous stones yea whā that not regarded The preestes in landes housholde voluptuosytle moyles horses in sūptuous buyldynge of houses or rather places other such lyke thynges may teche or rather excell tyrantes we dare not speke one worde of thē whiche spende or rather bestowe as they call it the churches rentes in yll peruers vses to the great hurte occasyon of yll insamples gyuyng of y e rude multytude If any thyng be gyuen to them we reioyse and gyue great thankes for it sayenge that Chrystes church is inryched whā vndoutly the trewe hyghest gaynes of the churche is the profetynge of the chrysten lyfe they call it blasphemye if a man speke with lytell reuerence of Chrystofer or George and wyll not take euery story of them or such other euen for y e gospell But Paule calleth that blasphemy as oftē as throughout the occasyon of y e Chrystyans maners it happeth y t the name of god is blasphemed for what shal y e enemyes of y e chrystyan relygyon say whā they se in y e Euāgelike letters that Chryst holely exorteth to contempne ryches to exyle voluptuosyte to dyspyse all honoure And of y e other parte whā they se y e heades chefe rulers of y t chrysten professyon lyue after such a fassyon that in laborynge to gather ryches in loue of voluptuosyte in gorgeous apparell exquisyte deintye farre in cruell deuysyng settyng forth of warre almost in all other myschefes Math. yea also excell the very hethens The wyse reder perceyueth wel what I perceyue here on spoken for honour of y e christen name wherfore I serche to myschefe howe seyth scornefully howe mockyngly Trowest thou to ieste on vs whā these in

worlde to pocesse that that in olde tyme the reulers of Rome vaynely went about to win to passe christ in nūbre of his garde that euer was to excelle Cresus in riches ye and stoppe the wysest philosophers mouth that euer was yet thys kynde of shape and ymage pleasyd him best whome he wold that hys disciples and frendes that is to saye christians shuld alway haue before ther face this phylosophy did he chufe chyefly for that on euery syde varyeth from the phylosophers decrees and worldely wysdom whyche alonly geuyth vs that thynge that they by sondry wayes goo aboute to get that is felicite Such Images were the prophetes whiche lyued as outelawes wanderynge in wyldernes whose meate where vyle herbes and rootes their drynke water ther clothing shhepes felles and gotes skynnes but he that loked in the inner partes of the Images sayde that the worlde was not worthy to haue them Suche an ymage was Iohn̄ the Baptyst whiche couerid with a Camels skynne and gyrde wyth and heryn gyrdell passed all the riche appereyl of kynges and eatyng hony focles excelled all the deyntye fare of prynces for veryly he knew what treasure was hyd vnder that rude and vyle garment whiche with his incōperable prayse sayd amonge the chyldren of wome there hathe not rysen one greter then Iohn̄ the Baptyst suche Images were the apostels poure yl shapen vnlerned of lowe byrthe weake nothyng setby To be shorte scorned and hated al most of al the worlde but open the se Images beholde the iner parte and what kyng or tyrant maye in mighte or power be cōparyd to thē whiche with a worde ouer mayster dyuels the cruell tempestes of the rageyng see and call the dede to lyfe agayn what Cresus semyth not poure in cōparison of them which euen with the shado brynge helthe to the sycke whyche also wyth the only touche of theyre handes gyue the holy gooste what Aristotle ys not coūted a foole vnlerned and a tryfeler in respecte of them whiche haue drawen the heuenly wysdom gyuen from the very fountayne to the regarde of whiche all mennes wysoom is more folysshenes Suche an Image was the buss hoppe Marten coūtyd scorned Suche pmages were the olde byss hoppes hye in mekenes ryche in pouertye and Gloriouse in disposyd glory There are also now a dayes suche Images but O Lorde god ouer few for the most parte of men sheweth this Image out of hys nature If a man wolde throwly beholde the iner strength nature of thing es he shal fynde none farther from the very wysdom then those which with magnified tytles furred hoddes shynyng gyrdels and rynges set full of precious stones processe absolute wysdom In somoch that a man shall ꝑceyue more very treu wysdom in one named of the comō people A wretche an ydiot or halfe a foole whose mynde hathe ben instructed not with the argumentes of the subtyll Doctor as thy calle hym Scotus But with the heuenly spririt of christe then in many of our hye doctours of diuinite and greate wyse masters whose belyes swellyth with the Aristole and are full of the rafle of the magistral definicions conclusions preposicions A man shal also fynde now here lesse true noblenes then in those Thrasoes whiche far the olde Auncestres for the golden chaines and for theyr glorious names boste not a lytel of theyr hye noblenes And that none are farther frome trew strengthe then they for ther folyshe hardynes and prowde ferce lokes are estemed of the people most myghty not vanquysshable None more abiecte nor bonde saruantes then they whiche reken them selfe goddes and lordes of al other men None so wrechedful then they that seme moste welthyest None more beggarly begars whome the com munaltye reuerence as ryche men None more vnlyke to bysshoppes then they whiche amonge bysshoppes couet to holde y e chyefe rowme And that none ar more oftentimes farther from trew relygion which thynge I wolde were vntrue then they whiche in name apparral and ceremonyes professe absolute and parfyt relygion So now what noblenes excellentnes goodnes so euer be in any thinge that is alway leste in syghte and sylden myste apperyth outewardely In trees the flowres and leuys shew fayre outwardly to the sighte The stocke or stemme apperyth very greate and large but the shade in whome ys the strēgthe of all how lyttel thing is yt how preuely hyd how lyttell cōfortyth se we how lyttell bostyth yt or shewyth yt his bare Nature handes hid golde preciouse stones in depe vaynes of the erthe Amōg es the elementes as they call them whiche so euer ys moste noble and of moste valew that ys farthest set from our feleyng parceuerance as the ayre and the fyre amongest bestes what so euer beaste and moste effectuell that ys hyd in the inner ꝑtes in a man what is most goodli and immortall that onely can we not see In euery kynde of thynges the vylest parte moste apperith to the sentence And that that is moste chyefe is farthest from the sētence Nowe may we also fynde many suche Images in the sacramentes of the churche Thou seest the water thow seest the oyle salte thou herest the wordes that ys but the outwarde partie of the Image for yf thou nether here nor see the heuē ly strengthe and vertue sente from aboue in to the īner partes of these ymages all the resydue or no other thynges be but very tryfles and of no value The holy scripture hathe also suche ymages yf thou staye in in the vtter parte the matter is often vyle and scorneful but yf thou serche the inner parte thow shalte wonder and reuerence the goodly wysdom For veryly to speake of the olde testament yf thou marke nothynge but the hystory And herist Adam formed of claye Eue preuely taken oute of the sleapeynge manes syde the serpent entysynge the woman to eate the apple god passyng by the ayre The tow egyd swerde hangynge before the dore leaste the banisshed shulde entre in agayne woldest thow not thynke that yt were one of Homers fables If thou red the Incest of Loth the adultry of Dauyd The woman lyyng on the breste of the colde olde man Osees mariage to an harlot wolde not they that lytell force the hereynge of suche shamefull matters not retorne them awaye dysdaynyng to here so bawdy a tale But vnder this shamefull foly O Immortall god how excellent and florysshed wysdom is hyd If thou regarde but the vtter parte of the Euangelyke parables who wolde not reken them to be som foles sayynge But yf thow breke the nutte vndoutydly thou shalte fynde the preuy and very wisdom And to be shorte the more excellent any natural or mystical thyng is the farther hyd is sett in the inner parte farther from the outwarde syghte lykewise in knowlege of thinges the kyndely truthe alway lyeth preuy in depthe whiche nother lyghtely nor of many is foūde out The grose multytude bycause yt hathe a ꝑuerse iugement estemyng al