Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	light_n	see_v	spirit_n	4,161	5	5.1950	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09641	The vision of pierce Plowman nowe the second time imprinted by Roberte Crowlye dwellynge in Elye rentes in Holburne whereunto are added certayne notes and cotations in the mergyne, geuyng light to the reader. And in the begynning is set a brefe summe of all the principal matters spoken of in the boke. And as the boke is deuided into twenty partes called Passus: so is the summary diuided, for euery parte hys summarie, rehearsynge the matters spoken of in euery parte. euen in suche order as they stande there.; Piers the Plowman	Langland, William, 1330?-1400?	1550 (1550)	STC 19907; ESTC S104327	153,375	262

a_o bold_a man_n of_o speech_n by_o god_n body_n quoth_v this_o book_n i_o will_v bear_v witness_n that_o though_o this_o barn_n be_v bear_v there_o blaze_v a_o star_n that_o all_o the_o wiseman_n of_o this_o world_n in_o one_o wit_n accorden_n that_o such_o a_o barn_n be_v bear_v in_o bethlems_n city_n that_o man_n soul_n shall_v save_v and_o sin_n destroy_v and_o all_o the_o element_n say_v the_o book_n hereof_o ber_v witness_n that_o he_o be_v god_n the_o all_o wrought_v the_o welkin_n first_o show_v though_o that_o be_v in_o heaven_n tooken_v stella_fw-la cometa_fw-la and_o tind_a den_n she_o as_o a_o torch_n to_o reverence_v his_o birth_n the_o light_n follow_v the_o lord_n into_o the_o low_a earth_n the_o water_n witness_v he_o be_v god_n for_o that_o he_o go_v on_o it_o peter_n the_o apostle_n perceive_v his_o gate_n and_o as_o he_o go_v on_o the_o water_n well_o he_o know_v and_o say_v xiiii_o mat._n xiiii_o jube_fw-la me_fw-it venire_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la super_fw-la aquas_fw-la and_o lo_o how_o the_o sun_n begin_v lack_v her_o light_n in_o herself_o when_o she_o see_v he_o suffer_v that_o sun_n and_o sea_n make_v the_o earth_n for_o heevine_v that_o he_o will_v suffer_v quake_v as_o quick_o thing_n and_o all_o to_o quass_v the_o roch_fw-fr lo_o hell_n may_v not_o hold_v but_o open_v though_o god_n thole_v and_o let_v out_o simons_n son_n to_o see_v he_o hang_v on_o road_n and_o now_o shall_v lucifer_n leave_v it_o though_o he_o loath_a think_v for_o gygas_n the_o giant_n with_o a_o give_n engine_v to_o brake_n and_o to_o beat_v down_o that_o be_v again_o jesus_n and_o i_o book_n wolbe_n brente_n but_o jesus_n rise_v to_o live_v in_o all_o might_n of_o man_n and_o his_o mother_n glad_a and_o conforten_v all_o his_o kin_n &_o out_o of_o care_n bring_v and_o all_o the_o jew_n joy_n unjoine_v and_o unloken_n and_o but_o if_o they_o reverence_v his_o road_n and_o his_o resurrection_n and_o bileve_v on_o a_o new_a law_n be_v lose_v life_n and_o soul_n 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quentise_n and_o where_o he_o will_v be_v his_o wai_fw-mi &_o warn_v he_o of_o the_o perel_n if_o he_o reve_v i_o of_o my_o right_a he_o rob_v i_o by_o mastrye_n for_o by_o right_n and_o by_o reason_n the_o reuke_n that_o be_v here_o body_n and_o soul_n be_v i_o both_o good_a and_o evil_a for_o himself_o say_v mate●●_n lucifer_n reasone●●_n the_o mate●●_n that_o sire_n be_v of_o heaven_n if_o adam_n eat_v the_o appel_n all_o shall_v dye_v and_o dwell_v with_o we_o devil_n this_o threatening_n he_o make_v and_o he_o that_o sothnes_n be_v say_v these_o word_n and_o sithen_a he_o seize_v seven_o hundred_o winter_n i_o leave_v that_o law_n will_z not_o leave_v he_o the_o least_o that_o be_v sothe_o quod_fw-la satan_n but_o i_o i_o sore_o dread_v for_o thou_o gate_n they_o with_o guile_n and_o his_o garden_n break_v and_o in_o semblance_n of_o a_o serpent_n sit_v apon_n the_o apple_n three_fw-mi and_o eggede_a hem_n to_o eat_v eve_n by_o her_o name_n and_o tell_v she_o a_o tale_n of_o treason_n be_v thy_o word_n and_o so_o thou_o have_v they_o out_o and_o hider_n at_o the_o last_o it_o be_v not_o graithlye_a gayten_v there_o gyle_v be_v the_o rote_n for_o god_n will_v not_o be_v beguile_v ꝙ_n gobelyn_n ne_o iap_v we_o have_v no_o true_a title_n to_o hen_n for_o by_o treason_n be_v they_o damn_v certes_o i_o dread_v ꝙ_n this_o devil_n lest_o truth_n will_v hen_n fetch_v out_o of_o our_o postye_n and_o leaden_a hem_n hence_o these_o xxx_o winter_n as_o i_o ween_v he_o have_v go_v &_o preched_a i_o have_v assail_v he_o with_o sin_n and_o sometime_o ask_v where_o he_o be_v god_n or_o god_n son_n he_o give_v i_o short_a answer_n and_o thus_o he_o have_v trolid_a forth_o this_o xxxii_o witer_n and_o when_o i_o see_v it_o be_v so_o sleap_a i_o go_v to_o warn_v pilatus_n wife_n what_o do_v man_n be_v jesus_n for_o jew_n hate_v he_o and_o have_v do_v he_o to_o death_n wife_n pilate_n wife_n i_o will_v have_v lengthen_a his_o life_n for_o i_o leve_v if_o he_o die_v that_o his_o soul_n shall_v suffer_v no_o sin_n in_o his_o sight_n for_o the_o body_n while_o it_o on_o bone_n go_v about_o be_v ever_o to_o save_v man_n from_o sin_n if_o himself_o will_v the_o now_o i_o see_v where_o a_o soul_n come_v hitherward_o sailig_a with_o glory_n and_o with_o great_a light_n god_n it_o be_v i_o wot_v well_o i_o red_a we_o flee_v quoth_v he_o fast_a all_o hence_o for_o we_o be_v better_a not_o be_v than_o abide_v his_o sight_n for_o thy_o leasynge_n lucifer_n lose_v be_v all_o our_o prey_n first_o through_o the_o we_o fall_v from_o heaven_n so_o high_a for_o we_o beleve_v on_o thy_o lesing_n ilorne_a we_o have_v adam_n and_o all_o our_o lordship_n i_o leave_v on_o land_n and_o on_o water_n twelve_o luke_n twelve_o nunc_fw-la princeps_fw-la huius_fw-la mundi_fw-la eiicietur_fw-la foras_fw-la eft_o the_o light_n bid_v unlock_v and_o lucifer_n answer_v what_o lord_n be_v thou_o quoth_v lucifer_n quis_fw-la est_fw-la iste_fw-la ker_n glory_n the_o light_n soon_o say_v and_o lord_n of_o might_n and_o of_o main_n &_o all_o manner_n virtue_n dominus_fw-la virtutum_fw-la duke_n of_o this_o dim_a place_n anon_o undo_v these_o gate_n that_o christ_n may_v come_v in_o the_o king_n son_n of_o heaven_n and_o with_o that_o breath_n hell_n break_v with_o belials_n bar_n for_o any_o weigh_v or_o ward_v wide_o open_v the_o gate_n patriarch_n and_o prophet_n populus_fw-la in_o tenebris_fw-la songen_fw-mi saint_n johns_n song_n ecce_fw-la agnus_fw-la dei_fw-la lucifer_n look_n ne_o might_n so_o light_v he_o ablent_a and_o though_o that_o our_o lord_n love_v into_o his_o light_n he_o laugh_v and_o say_v to_o satan_n lo_o here_o my_o soul_n to_o amends_n for_o all_o sinful_a soul_n to_o save_v though_o that_o ben_fw-mi worthy_a mine_n they_o be_v and_o of_o i_o i_o mai_fw-gr the_o better_a hem_n claim_v although_o reason_n record_n and_o may_v of_o myself_o that_o if_o they_o eat_v the_o apple_n all_o shall_v dye_v i_o behyght_n they_o not_o here_o hell_n for_o ever_o for_o the_o deed_n that_o they_o do_v thy_o disceyte_n it_o make_v with_o gyle_v thou_o hem_v gote_v against_o all_o reason_n for_o in_o my_o palace_n paradise_n in_o parson_n of_o a_o addre_n false_o thou_o fette_v there_o thing_n that_o i_o love_v thus_o like_o a_o lysard_n with_o a_o lady_n visage_n thefe_o thou_o i_o robbeste_fw-fr the_o old_a law_n grant_v that_o giler_n be_v beguile_v and_o that_o be_v good_a reason_n dentem_fw-la pro_fw-la dente_fw-la et_fw-la oculum_fw-la pro_fw-la oculo_fw-la ▪_o deut._n ●_o soul_n for_o soul_n ▪_o ergo_fw-la soul_n shall_v soul_n quite_o and_o sin_n to_o sin_n wend_v and_o all_o that_o man_n have_v misdo_v i_o may_v well_o amend_v member_n for_o member_n in_o the_o old_a law_n be_v amends_n and_o life_n for_o life_n also_o and_o by_o that_o law_n i_o claim_v it_o adam_n and_o all_o his_o issue_n at_o my_o will_n hereafter_o and_o that_o death_n in_o hem_n fordo_v my_o death_n shall_v releve_n and_o both_o quicken_v &_o quite_o that_o quaint_a be_v through_o sin_n and_o that_o grace_n guile_n destroy_v good_a faith_n it_o ask_v so_o leave_v i_o not_o lucifer_n again_o the_o law_n i_o fetch_v they_o but_o by_o right_a and_o by_o reason_n ransom_n here_o my_o liges_fw-la non_fw-la beni_fw-la soluere_fw-la legem_fw-la sed_fw-la adimplere_fw-la ●●_o mat._n ●●_o thou_o fettedste_v i_o in_o my_o place_n against_o all_o reason_n false_o and_o felonly_a good_a faith_n i_o it_o teach_v to_o recover_v they_o by_o ransom_n and_o by_o no_o reason_n else_o so_o that_o through_o guile_n thou_o gate_n through_o grace_n it_o be_v win_v thou_o lucifer_n in_o likeness_n of_o a_o luther_n edder_n gatiste_n by_o gyle_v though_o that_o god_n

mastery_n and_o your_o franche_n that_o fire_n be_v fall_v be_v in_o thraldom_n and_o you_o cherles_a &_o your_o child_n chve_v shall_v you_o never_o ne_n have_v lordeshyppe_n in_o land_n ne_o no_o land_n till_o usurer_n the_o lord_n accurse_v usurer_n but_o all_o bareyne_n be_v and_o usurye_n usen_v which_o be_v life_n that_o our_o lord_n in_o all_o law_n accurse_v now_o your_o good_a day_n be_v do_v as_o dani._n prophesy_v when_o christ_n come_v her_o kingdom_n &_o crown_n shall_v cease_v ix_o dani._n ix_o cum_fw-la venerit_fw-la sanctus_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la tunc_fw-la cessabit_fw-la unctio_fw-la vestra_fw-la what_o for_o fear_n of_o the_o farlye_o and_o of_o the_o false_a jew_n i_o drowe_v i_o in_o that_o darkness_n to_o descendit_fw-la ad_fw-la inferna_fw-la and_o there_o i_o see_v sothlye_a secundum_fw-la scripturas_fw-la out_o of_o the_o west_n cost_n a_o wench_n as_o i_o thought_n come_v walk_v in_o the_o way_n to_o helward_o she_o look_v mercy_n hyght_n that_o maid_n a_o 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my_o will_n be_v to_o wend_v ꝙ_n she_o and_o to_o welcome_v they_o all_o that_o many_o a_o day_n may_v not_o see_v for_o merknes_n of_o sin_n adam_n and_o eve_n and_o other_o more_o in_o hell_n moses_n and_o many_o more_o mercy_n shall_v have_v and_o i_o shall_v dance_v the_o reto_o do_v thou_o so_o sister_n for_o jesus_n iu_v well_o joy_n begyn_v to_o daw_n thirty_o psal_n thirty_o ad_fw-la vesperum_fw-la demorabitur_fw-la fletus_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la matutinum_fw-la leticia_fw-la love_n that_o be_v my_o leman_n such_o letter_n i_o send_v that_o mercy_n my_o sister_n and_o i_o mankind_n shall_v save_v and_o that_o god_n have_v forgeven_a &_o grant_v i_o peace_n &_o mercy_n to_o be_v man_n meinpernour_n for_o evermore_o after_o lo_n here_o the_o patent_n quoth_v peace_n in_o pace_n in_o idipsum_fw-la and_o that_o this_o deed_n shall_v dure_v dormiam_fw-la et_fw-la requiescam_fw-la what_o rave_v thou_o ꝙ_n rightwisenes_n or_o the_o art_n right_n drink_v leve_v thou_o that_o yond_o 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