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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	certain_a	convenient_a	good_a	30	3	2.0641	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19847	The faythfull and true storye of the destruction of Troye, compyled by Dares Phrigius, which was a souldier while the siege lasted, translated into Englyshe by Thomas Paynell; De excidio Troiae historia. English	Dares, Phrygius.; Paynell, Thomas.; Heret, Mathurin, 1518-1585.	1553 (1553)	STC 6274.5; ESTC S110715	35,249	153

to stan de with good reason Be ye wel assured I pray you that for one vniust cause I woulde not once open my mouth to speake and for a good and iuste cause I esteme that with fewe wordes I maye greatlye satisfie and content you Therfore I thoughte in thys case althoughe I haue bene customed to vse a certayne prolixite to be verye mete and conuenient to speake succinctlye and brefelye This thynge in verye trueth is suche that it requireth no laborius nor no difficulte meanes considerynge that there resteth nothynge but with one simple and easy oration to ouercume his aduersarye Now Paris tell me by the greate God Iupiter hast thou not rauished the thing y t was none of thine Make restitution then Haste thou not taken it without any right and by violence Then thou oughtest to be punished Thou must knowe of two thinges one other that thou shew that thou hast taken nothyng or yf thou confesse it that a● the le●t thou do cesse in wyl vniustly to defend it I thinke thou dost not votsafe to denye that thou hast spoyled me of my goodes to me most derest and most precious for I know that thou dost desier to be praysed of thy euel dede And therfore it wer more than reason y t thou shouldest beare thy selfe of such an enterprise vpon vs. And although that we haue receyued thee vnto vs as a straunger yet thou hast recompensyd vs more cruellye then an enemye Esteme it not at all that he by an honest and an open interprise might doe vs so great an iniurie nor repute him not so braue a manne and vs so weake to suffer suche iniurie yf he had geuen vs knowledge of that that he enterprised But I praye you to here how the thyng was done Paris as it is to be presumed ha●h recited the facte vnto you not as it is but all to his owne aduantage wyl lynge with his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to couer a leasynge Of al men the which offende there is scarcelye one that wil know and confesse his faulte but with all their power goe aboute to disguyse the trueth to this ende that partly they maye receyue great emolument and profite and partlye be taken for men of honestye The thing purposely entēded was thus done Paris on a certayne daye aswell accompanied with manye as rychely appoynted came into Laconia to make muster of hys owne persō after y t he had ben in Sparta amōg al other thiges he vsed vnto euery mā fayning a certen goodnes modeste great humanite and swetenes that because he desired to obtain som noble honest loges When I preceiued y t I estemed nothing more honorable worthy of nobilite thē to minister vnto him y e thing y t was necessary for a strāger therefore I opened my gate vnto him volūtariously comunicated al y t I had estemed most dere pr●ciꝰ sauīge my wife my doughter not thinking any thing O ye people of Troye of al this y t chaunsed afterwards I thought verely that Iupiter was ī a maner y e chife prīcipal cōductor of this his cōminge also I was persuaded y t he was as egal in like cōdition w t the gods y t receiueth another mā as he which is so humainly gentlye receiued but this man to be much more boūden in asmuch as he hathe receiued more goodnes profite then he of whō he receiued it w t what greate good wil thinke ye shall we nowe honor obserue y e noble excellent mā Antenor we wish him al goodnes honour more more desire nothing lesse thē y t any such misfortune shuld come or chaūce vnto his familie And of my part I vsed towards my gest all swetnes benignite Let Paris come now into the pliane say if any necessary thīg required was denied him Or yf he know y t we haue endured his long tariynge wyth anye heuynesse or tediousnes Hath he not cotinually receyued were it muche or lyttle the thynge that pleased hym Hath he by any meanes soner knowen then reprehended our auarice and mecanicall scarcenes Hathe he perceyued that anye man hathe done hym wronge If he accuse vs of anye of these foresayde thynges let him shewe it and I shall frelye confesse that he receyued not the thousande part of that that he hath deserued But for asmuche as in thys matter he can say nothyng so lyke wyse it behoueth no man to speake of it But so it is that the faythful opinion which we conceiued of hym was the cause that we suffered hym to dwell amonge vs with great assuraunce and liberty and without any suspicion no more then of a familier frende the which thynge maye accustomably chaunce to all men and al those thynges the which be ryght and reason oughte to be holye and inuio●able O ye people of Troye He ha●h intierly turned vp syde dow̄ne Furthermore euell for good maleuolence for hospitalite rapine for lodgyng iniurye for honour for good say the he hath rememberd al crueltie He had no feare of the goddes nor no reuerence to his benefactors nor to you much lesse to his father Priamus the which we learned to be a great obseruer of the gods and of religion and very careful that his son shoulde not commit anye suche acte or misdede But Paris nothing regarding all these thinges hath rauished my wife and stolen my treasure ryches besides that he hath taken away my seruantes and dyuers other thynges But what nede is it of so longe a tale principally vnto those to whō the thinge is notorius The thinges which he hath brought hither doe sufficiently shewe howe greatly he hath spoyled me Certes he is now riche to my greate losse and hinderaunce And to know more largely the vnworthynes of the fact it nedeth not to send any man but to go into Paris house and to question with him vnder this maner How is this woman thine whiche thou possessist Kepest thou Helen in thy house spoused by the righte of mariage as Priamus holdeth thy mother Then other as shamfast of the cace he shall falselye denie it or els yf he wil tell the trueth he shall openly confesse his euel dede Nor none of you in y e meane space ought to thinke me importune if I in my oration do speake frely for at y e first we can not obtayne the thyng that is ours And of your selues ye can not cōprehend the veri●e of y e dede yf it were not largely declared vnto you By this meanes it shall be easie to iudge what an vnworthye and how vnfortunate this dede is And if one mā do recite openly the thyng wherwith he was offended he is greuous vnto those that haue committed or done suche like thinges how is it reasonable that they shoulde scandalise and shame themselues which are wounded hurt with the selfe same dede Furthermoore it is not possible to make a mans quarel apeare