Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	ancient_a	see_v	time_n	3,368	5	3.1320	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07400	Certaine briefe, and speciall instructions for gentlemen, merchants, students, souldiers, marriners, &c. employed in seruices abrode, or anie way occasioned to conuerse in the kingdomes, and gouernementes of forren princes; Methodus describendi regiones, urbes, et arces. English	Meyer, Albrecht, 1528-1603.; Jones, Philip, fl. 1589.; Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.	1589 (1589)	STC 17784; ESTC S112501	13,361	32

and conceits of the people whether quicke and sharpe or blunt and heauie 11 The industrie studies manners honestie humanitie hospitalitie loue and other morall vertues of the Inhabitantes and wherein they chiefely exce●● 12 The speciall manuarie artificers and handicraftes of the place of greatest perfection 13 The annuall fayres and markets where they are kept and howe often and what commodities do there principally abound with the prises of each good commoditie 14 The money and coyne with the value bignes stampe and mettall eyther gold siluer or copper 15 The waightes and measures both in drie wares and liquid matters with their names whether yardes el●es quartes gallons bushels quarters hundreds c. and whether they be lesse or greater than ours or of the same quantitie 16 What offences are there most common and most punished or tolerated 17 The kindes and varieties of punishmentes for malefactors 18 The prerogatiues and priuileges of speciall cities townes portes and hauens 19 The subsidies toules impostes customes due and payd to the prince 20 The disposition and spirit of the people whether war-like and valiant or faint hearted and effeminate their store or want of militarie furniture and prouisions whether they or their Ancestors haue beene famous for victories or infamous for cowardlinesse and ouerthrowes yea or no. 21 How the king or prince is allyed with his neighbour Princes and who are his confederates and who not 22 The manners rites and ceremonies of Espowsals marriages feastes and bankets 23 The varietie and manner of their exercises for pastime and recreation 24 The rites solemnities and pompes of common and noble funerals and burials The ninth Section The state Ecclesiasticall wherein is to be respected 1 THe religion whether true and reformed or the Romish and superstitious 2 The preaching prayers and other holy exercises in what language how often and with what deuotion they be vsed 3 The discipline and church gouernment whether good reasonable or corrupt 4 The superstitions and poperies in what sort and degree whether it be mayne Idolatrie and abhominable yea or no. 5 The holy dayes and festiuall times there obserued 6 The Ceremonies vsed or left in the ministerie and Sacraments 7 The doctrine articles opinions held and taught agreeable or contrarie to other Churches 8 The greatnesse or smalnesse of auditories assemblies and concurse to sermons 9 The Ministers Diuines Preachers and Clergie men of greatest paines account learning iudgement languages tongues and vertuous liues with their names degrees charges offices and dwelling places 10 The times of publike fasting almes giuing of going on pilgrimage if the place be superstitious 11 The Archbishops and Bishoppes with their sees and Churches and Diocesses Deanes Abbats Priors Moonkes Priestes and other orders with their names stipends offices reuenues hospitalities 12 The Heretikes if any spring vp with their names and errors absurdities false opinions and punishmēts for the same 13 The stipendes of Preachers Pastors Ministers howe large how small and how collected in tythes or otherwise 14 The number of Churches and congregations in euerie citie and towne whereby the populousnes may be knowen 15 The speciall benefactors to the ministerie with their liberalities gifts pencions exhibitions and other Christian workes the fruits of faith 16 The greatest famous and most ordinarie preaching places 17 The number of godly preachers and ministers in the greatest cities The tenth Section Literature wherein is to be noted 1 THe Charecters and letters of the Alphabet in that place both printed and written whether different or not from the forme and fashion of letters vsed among other nations 2 The facultie of imprinting of what estimation of what exactnes and perfection the number of Printers and Stationers the names of the men of greatest learning and diligence in that qualitie 3 The common or priuate libraries of any account with the most auncient and rare bookes there preserued 4 The monumentes and antiquities of famous and learned men 5 The names places and times of birth education and death of such men as haue beene most renowmed for vertue knowledge learning and iudgement of that nation 6 Ancient Epitaphs and inscriptions cut grauen carued or painted vpon tombes pil●ers gates Churches and other buildings 7 Ancient coynes as those of the Romanes or others with their stampe signe posies and sentences 8 Ancient or late monuments churches tombs pictures pillers and dyals of rare and exquisite workmanship with the workemen and authors at whose charge they were erected 9 Ingenious epigrams sonets epitaphs orations poems speeches verses adages prouerbs and other scholasticall and learned exercises the fruits of good wits 10 Musicall instrumentes publike and priuate with their inuentions varieties names sweetenesse of harmonie and first authors 11 Instruments of speciall art and vse in Geometrie Astronomie the Mathematikes and handicraftes 12 Excellent and rare artificers in artes and faculties as ingrauers painters builders lapidaries guilders c. 13 Vniuersities with their manner of gouernment number of Colleges multitude of studentes commodities situation antiquitie and priuileges 14 The manner and kindes of studies in the liberall artes 15 Their publike and priuate lectures discipline wits degrees rewardes and preferments 16 Publike schooles schoolemasters teachers readers lecturers professors gouernors of Colleges with their names stipends diligence in gouernement and othe● good partes 17 Men of speciall learning at this time in Diuinitie Philosophie Arithmetike Geometrie Astronomie Astrologie Musicke Poetrie Grammer Hebrew Greeke Rhethorike lawe phisicke and histories 18 Antiquaries that is men excellently seene in antiquities and ancient monuments both of the Church and kingdome The eleuenth Section Histories wherein is to be searched 1 THe Antiquitie and originall of the cittie towne and kingdome when it was first erected first built with the parts portions and chiefest places thereof 2 The conuersion of the nation to christianitie when how and by whom 3 The first builders and founders of citties townes churches palaces and other publike and notable edifices 4 The ancient names appellations of the kingdome cittie people c. with the etimologie reason and cause of such names 5 The armes of the kingdome prince noble men and chiefe citties with the signification thereof 6 The first inhabitants of the Region wherehence they came when and by what meanes 7 The most ancient families and houses of noble men and Gentlemen 8 The fortitude magnanimitie behauiour discipline disposition welth and fame of the ancient nobilitie 9 The affinities old and late alliances and intermariages of honorable personages families at home or abrode 10 The wars of their ancesters and what acts and exploits worthie of honor and remembrance haue beene done by them 11 The Prince now liuing his counsell what they are how many how descended their personages education experience wisedome liberalitie and other honorable vertues 12 The royall line of the Prince his progenitors grandfather father their vertues his correspondence and princely partes in all respectes 13 The chiefest men of pollicie and good