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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	common_a	law_n	realm_n	3,126	5	8.8443	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16126	A svvoord agaynst swearyng conteyning these principall poyntes. 1 That there is a lawful vse of an oth, contrary to the assertion of the Manichees & Anabaptistes. 2 Howe great a sinne it is to swear falsly, vaynely, rashly, or customably. 3 That common or vsual swearing leadeth vnto periurie. 4 Examples of Gods iuste and visible punishment vpon blasphemers, periurers, and suche as haue procured Gods wrath by cursing and bannyng, which we cal execration.	Bicknoll, Edmond.	1579 (1579)	STC 3048; ESTC S108117	37,885	96

kingdomes by Gods merciful ordinance and sufferaunce to this ende that aboue all thynges they shoulde promote the glory of his name Howe are they lulled a sleepe in the cradle of securitie in the drowstnesse of theyr owne transitorie glory yf they forget that which most specially concerneth Gods glory Me thinketh al Princes shoulde reckon all them that vnreuerently vse Gods name neuer lyke to afforde theyr persons any reuerence or true obedience They that feare not God wyl they care for man No truely who so keepeth of God neyther feare nor loue wyl easily breake his fayth to any Prince A woorthy obseruaunce it is that good Kinges here in Englande haue made right good and holsome lawes to Gods glory agaynst common swearing We haue good cause to hope that as GOD hath geuen vs a moste gracious Queene aunsweryng in any good Title to any other kyng that hath been in this Realme So in this case also it wyll please hym to woorke by her Grace and her Graces most honourable Counsell that they shall most specially excell exceede and goe beyonde al others in studious care and prouision for the reuerence and honour due vnto Gods most glorious name In this number of good kynges in this respect are to be remembred 1 Kyng Iue 2 Kyng Alfride 3 Kyng Edwarde 4 Kyng Edmonde whose lawe was that whosoeuer was once proued periured shoulde for euer be separated from Gods congregation And of ●awes made in his tyme for this and other matters looke the collections of M. William Lambert whiche were imprinted by Iohn Day Anno. 1568. 5 Kyng Henry the first for example to the whole Realme beginning at his owne house first ordeyned that within his owne Pallace yf any dyd sweare he shoulde forfayte to the vse of the poore for euery othe If he were A Duke xl s. A Lorde xx s. A Knight Squire or Gentleman .x. s. A Yoman .iii. s .iiii. d. A Page o Lackie to be scourged There be lawes for meaner matters more duely obserued GOD graunt that his honour may be most specially regarded Amen In Fraunce Kynges that holde theyr Crowne in Homage to the kynges of England haue made these lawes to this purpose Fyrst Ludouic Kyng of Fraunce ordeyned that al periurers and common swearers shoulde haue theyr lyppes seared with an hot burnyng iron and this punyshment he caused to be put in execution openly at Paris vpon a Citizen there Philip an other of the kynges of Fraunce constituted this general lawe that who so euer were he Gentle or simple yea though he were for byrth ryght noble in what place so euer it were though it were in a common Tauerne where many wyse men forget themselues if he blasphemed Gods name he should strayght way be drowned Maximilian the Emperour made this Law that whosoeuer was iustly reprehended as a vayne swearer shoulde leese and pay xiii s. iiii d. but if after his reprehension he woulde not both be sorowful for his sinne and willingly pay the sayde money he shoulde lose his head Philip an Earle of Flaunders for the precinct of his dominion decreed that who so euer forsware hym selfe shoulde loose both his goodes and his lyfe Iosephus counsayleth that the blasphemer shoulde be stoned and then hanged vp one whole day afterwarde beyng taken downe that he should be throwen into a holl or pyt without any solemnitie of buryal Iustinian the good Emperour vnto his Citizens of Constantinople counsayleth and commaundeth thus Whereas many in woordes and othes execrably abuse the most reuerend name of God whereby Gods heauie wrath is procured we exhort you that you abstayne from cursing and bannyng and from swearyng eyther by your head or by your heare or by any other othes For if iniuries done vnto man be not vnreuenged much more he that dishalloweth Gods name is woorthy of great punishment for such faultes truely both hunger and earthquakes and the plague of Pestilence falleth vppon vs We therefore gently exhort you that you abstayne from suche greeuous crimes If any wyl not be warned by this our Counsayle fyrst as he shal procure Gods displeasure so shal he be sure not to escape vnpunished for we haue geuen vnto our most worthy gouernour of this our royal Citie this earnest commaundement that he shal apprehend the offenders herein cause them to die the death least God hym selfe should punishe both this Citie and the whole Realme for leauyng so great faultes vnpunyshed The lawe of the Egiptians was that no swearyng shoulde be vsed but in lawfull causes If any were prooued periured he lost his head The Sithians had a Lawe lykewyse that whosoeuer was prooued periured should lose his head and he that made proofe thereof shoulde haue his goodes The Romans had a Lawe that who so euer was prooued periured he should be throwen downe from the high Rocke Tarpeius and therefore when they dyd sweare they helde a Stone in their hand and protested If I lye or sweare ought but trueth cast me downe the Hyll violently as I flyng this stone from me But to goe beyonde men The Lorde hymselfe hath made a Lawe He that blasphemeth the name of the Lorde shall dye for it al the multitude shal stone hym to death whether he be Citizen or Stranger yf he blaspheme the name of the Lord let him dye the death And this law God commaunded to be put in execution vpon the sonne of Salomith whiche was the daughter of Dibri where no doubt the Mothers name is remembred and the Grandmothers for their offence of yll education Lykewyse Iosue the Israelites made a faythful oth with the Gibeonites In the dayes of Saul that oth was broken which breache of fayth the Lorde punished with three yeeres continuall famine whiche famine was not taken away vntyl seuen of the sonnes or next of the kinred of Saul were hanged vp vnto the Lorde Lykewyse Mathathias whom the kyng of Babilon named Sedechias he contrary to his oth rebelled against the king of Babilon whiche periurie the Lorde thus punished Nabuchodonosor tooke Sedechias prisoner fyrst he flue his sonne in his owne sight after that he plucked out both his eyes he bounde him with Chaynes of Iron and caryed hym prisoner to Babilon where he kept hym in perpetual miserie What neede I remember that Troy and diuers other Cities were destroyed for periurie Eusebius telleth of three wicked disposed persōs that of mischiefe pretended agaynst Narcissus the good Bishop of Hierusalem layde vnto his charge an heauie haynous crime to make their false accusation the more probable they sware greeuously and desired GOD to shewe vengaunce vppon them on this wyse The fyrst wyshed to be destroyed with fyre yf it were not true The seconde wyshed to be consumed with a most greeuous sickenesse The thyrde to loose both his eyes Narcissus perceyuing their desperate intence vnto mischiefe and his weakenesse not able to resist three suche