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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	argument_n	church_n	zion_n	16	3	9.0134	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49883	The world surveyed, or The famous voyages & travailes of Vincent le Blanc, or White, of Marseilles ... containing a more exact description of several parts of the world, then hath hitherto been done by any other authour : the whole work enriched with many authentick histories / originally written in French ; and faithfully rendred into English by F.B., Gent.; Voyages fameux. English	Leblanc, Vincent, 1554-ca. 1640.; Brooke, Francis.	1660 (1660)	Wing L801; ESTC R5816	408,459	466

for there they make no sort of coin one of which Joel gave to his brother together with the burthen Likewise the Empress when Ozania or Eugenia came to receive her dismission presented her a chain of fair pearls of an exceeding size and a pair of ear-pendants of rubies which to the eye were two coals of fire Having parted with the Court they sent all their baggage by land to return the same way they came and went themselves to Vangot and thence upon Zambre cut their voyage shorter by the half At their arrivall Joel was welcomed with the joy and acclamations of all the Countrey and Aman surrendred into his hands all that he possessed of his till that time and retired to those Seniories that were allotted him And Joel had by Ozania two sons Gabriel and Aman who succeeded after his death Here ye have the Tragie-Comedie I mean the deplorable and afterwards happie adventures of Prince Joel who during his Apes life suffered all sorts of miseries seeking his Victuals with a thousand hazards and troubles often brought to events the last with hunger thirst cold and heat wandring through forrests and deserts often exposed to the malice of weather but more to the malice of men who proclaim a most mortall war against these creatures for spoyling gardens pillaging their trees before the fruit be ripe and committing many outrages on their poultry connies and domestick fowl for which cause they pursue them with stones bows and guns So as he was forced to use his best providence and dexterity to evade these inconveniences and told his Mother-in-law Isania he was often constrained to live on rats moles mice snakes worms and other vermine to prevent dying for hunger Isania enjoying now a perfect tranquillity took great delight to hear the particulars of the afflicted life her Son led during his transformation and captivity This life being properly a most cruell slavery when Magicians shall have power to transform a humane body contrary to his consent and will And indeed he affirmed it often brought him into strange despairs even to cast himself from some precipice So as one day being in this furious resolution another huge black Ape came to him and leading him to a dark deep well perswaded him to leap into it but terrified with the vacuity and darknesse he retired then a pure white bird came to him who freed him from this temptation and led him to a place where he found a pocket full of bread to satisfie his hunger Again he related how following on a time a beast he saw at some distance it brought him at length to an assembly of people of all sexes and ages dancing to musick with their faces outwards amongst the rest he saw a nurse of his who bestowed a garment on him for then he conceived he was returned to his pristine shape of man That in the midst of all this he saw a Beare to whom all these people made adoration and that the nurse perswaded him to do the like assuring him this Lord was infinitely powerfull and could restore him to his estate and dominions and give him all sorts of content and pleasure upon condition he would do him homage as others did But as a Christian he had a horrour of it In apprehension he saw Tables brought in and covered with all sorts of dainties whereof they all eat and he amongst the rest but thought the meat very ill dressed and of an unsavoury taste In the end all vanished and he staid behind like an Ape as before and in a vast solitude whence he had much difficulty to get forth Telling this story dame Isania much admired to hear that Joels nurse who was her kinswoman should frequent Magicians Sabbaths and resolved to search the truth Whereupon they went to visit her for she lived not farre off and found 't was truth as the poor wretch confessed her selfe and Joel was of such abilities that by argument and eloquence he reduced her to the right way leaving that life of abomination and went to S. Mary of Sion one of the most celebrated Churches of Ethiopia the chief residence of their Abuma or Patriarch of whom with penance and contrition she received absolution and was exorcised together with a son of hers whom she had seduced to this accursed sodality Her neighbours adde that there were about her certain marks where her flesh was insensible of pinching or piercing as we report of our witches here which shews the devil is every where the same In summe their memorials in particular relate this story of Joel for a truth which I had also by relation from the people 'T is no small difficulty how these transformations can be made by the work of the devil for though sacred history mention the like of the Babylonian Emperour that was done by the plenipotentiary power of the Almighty and if the devil do the like 't is but by meer illusion or by applying Actives to Passives and this no further then he hath permission from his soveraign Master who executes his just and secret judgements how and when he pleases We have plenty of examples both ancient and modern of Anthropolychi or men turned to Wolves whether really or in apparance only by distracted fancies which doubtlesse is the ordinary way Magicians transform themselves into several sorts of beasts and these Anthropolychi have been known to come into Villages and divers women and children have been murthered by them and that their teeth were short like a mans I my selfe was present when my associate Cassis apprehended himself transformed to an horse at Transiana In reference to what I have said I remember at the great Caire I saw a Jugler or Magician rather by name Harafit who had an Asse would do strange and supernatural feats and many opinion'd 't was a young man so chang'd to get money which they call Carabit and the beast understood both the word and the matter very well For my part I thought him to be some reasonable creature or at least some beast possessed and agitated by a Demon for amongst other things he had judgement to distinguish the fairest woman in the company though they go all as 't were masked and covered with an Huke that hides their face and a thousand other tricks far beyond what I saw of the famous horse Morace at Paris long agoe Some would go further and have it to be the Magicians own proper son so as the Clark of our ship another and my self out of curiosity would needs go see this Mountebank at his station at Brillac on the other side Nile where having wound him up with good chear and given him a handsome piece of money to unlock his secret the Clark told him if he would transform a young Grecian they had redeemed out of slavery they would give him an hundred Sequins for they had a design to make a benefit by selling him to the King of France whereto he consented and promised