Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	apostle_n	believe_v	tradition_n	2,485	5	9.1706	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04807	A ballet declaringe the fal of the whore of babylone intytuled Tye thy mare tom boye w[ith] other and there vnto anexid a prologe to the reders	Kethe, William, d. 1608?	1548 (1548)	STC 14942; ESTC S107428	7,804	33

not to cal thē scribes pharysis ypocrites paīted sepulkres aders a generaciō of vepers blind guds w t locked vp the kingdom of heuē before mē but nowe to my pourpose considering the wrong īterpretacions y e this wicked vngodlye papistes do gather as wel of y e moste godly statuts lawes set forth by y e kinges magesty as of other bokes balates songes I take ocaciō gētel reder acordīg vnto this smal talent which I haue reseued of the lord to set forth this sīpel preface ī y e defēce of this rude raged time folowīg w tal other y t ar cōsonant agreīg to the scriptures to put my weke brethern y t ar not as yet dom to y t knoleg of y e truth ī remēbrāce y t we do not therī cōdēne anye godly lawe but wold gladly wishe y e y t were extoled mangnyfyed as to haue y e souper of y e lord y t worthye memori of his deth passion ofte and reuerently vsed baptym to be ordered as y e apostels dyd leue yt marieng to be had acordīg to paules consel ī honor among al mē that the Gospel maye be sinseerly taght preched for y t was the commaudement which christ gaue vnto his Apostles before he assended vnto his father sayēg al powre is now geuen me in heuen ī erth go therfore saith he into al partes of the worlde and preache the gospel and as many as do beleue and are babtysed shal be saued but we fynde not in all the whole Scryptures but we fynde not in all the whole scripturs that euer he commanded any of thē to say masse or to set vp stockes stones to make the peple beleue in the fylthy tradicions of mēs inuenciōs as water salt bedes bowes belles with such other bagag and therfore ought all true Christē men without ceasing to praye vnto the lorde that he wold vouchsafe of his greate mercy to helpe and strenghten our noble kynge with all his godly counselers in takinge away of all suche popisshe constitucions which hath bene the destruction of many soules and to the great hinderaunce of his most blessed word for the encrease nowe wherof let vs all with one mynde praye vnto god y e father of our lord Iesus christ whose pease I hartely wysh vnto al thē y t vnfaynedly loue his testimonies Amen Finis The ballet of ty the mare tom boy TY the mare tom boy Ty the mare tom Lesse she straye from the awaye Ty the mare tom Now good tom bestirre the This mare loke thou wake her And do nothing fere the But boldely go take her For some wil outwere the Do not now forsake her A rope for her beare the That comme thou mayst take her And ty her good tom boy Thou must therfore fetche her That she maye prouyde her Some els where to mache her Perchaunce she wyll hyde her But se thou well watche her We can not abyde her a haulter vpstratche her Therfore ty her tom boye This tom boy to name hym I will nowe proclayme hym Although some disdayne hym And also disfame hym But what though they blame hym and seke for to payne hym Tom troth must we frame him a fole some men fayne hym ty the mare tomboye This mare now open I must nedes declare her Her name to vnloken To set her and stare her She doth sure betoken a whore now beware her for Iohan hath this spoken Which doth nothyng spare her Therfore ty her tom boy In his reuelacions ther maye all men spye her that haue speculacions and lyste for to trye her Her yll frequentacions wyll make men defye her for with exclamacions Iohn doth so discrye her Therfor ty her good tom boy Full sore dothe he treate her Let she now defende her Or els somwher get her That she may amende her For we wyll so frette her she shall all to rende her To harken now let her And to vs attende her Ty the mare tom boy O vnshamfaste harlot so proudly arayed In purple and scarlet thou art now dismayed Of euery varlot thou madeste vs afrayde Gods worde our true marlot Hath the nowe bewrayed Ty the mare tom boy In castels and towers thou were euer walled great kinges to thy wors thou hast euer called thy feldes w t theyr flours And parkes that were paled With all thy strong dowers From the are nowe fauled ty the mare tomboy Thy cofers were fylled With riches and treasure thy chambers were delled With sylkes of great valyor thy red dere were kylled and slayne out of measure thus poore men were pylled to mainteyne thy pleasure ty the mare tom boy The fall of the market Thy marchauntes bewayleth Their wares no man lacke it Theyr fyne flower fayleth In sackes maye they seke it From ingland it sayleth Here longer to darke yt Yt no thing a vialeth Ty the mare tom boye The shippe men that spied the shall of the cytie A farr of they cried Lamentynge with pitye And saye now ys fyred grett babyll so fittye alas then the cryed consumed now ys she Ty the mare tom boy When preist es saw the crased Ther crownes then they skratched And were so adased their sete downe they dashed And as thei stil gased for fere ther tethe gnashed the lorde is no we raysed that hath them thus lashed ty the mare tom boy for he sent them preachers and they were disdayneh to dethe the true techers Were alwaye constrained and this lyke horsse lechērs the lorde was blasphemed but marke now ye mechers how well ye haue gayned ty the mare tom boy His laws when he sent you Bothe Ioyes Ioly Lyke mad men ye rent you Blasphemynge his body ye shulde now repent you And therfore be sory neds must ye content you Yt ys but a folye Ty the mare tom boy Bothe pistells and gospells ye alway obskured to mayntayne fatt mossels ye haue vs alured as satons apostels this ar we assured your meulls trymd with tossels ▪ May not now be vsed Ty the mare tom boye Lyke humayne vyces ye were styll grene dowers of popyshe pastymes ye were great alowers for your deuylyshe crymes ye muste be now plowers or in these rymes with ores to be rouers ty the mare tom boy ye haue vs detected With your false commycyon So subtell infected were ye wythe ambycyon As men not elected In chrystes tuycyon But Iustlye regected As sons of perdycyon ty the mare tom boy ye serued with knyues At other mens tables and had by theyr vices yonge chylderen in credels your great sinfull lyues For all your fyne sables I feare with rych diues In hell be your stables ty thy mare tom boy With dysshes full denty So costly ye fared the pottes went so plentye No hote wynes ye spared tyll go could ye scanty your eyes so then stared yet poore men full empty to speke not ones dared Ty the mare