Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	angel_n	earth_n	great_a	8,291	5	3.1263	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06880	The booke of marchauntes very profitable to all folkes to knowe of what wares they ought to be ware of, for the begilyng of them. Newly perused and augmented by the first authoure well practised in suche doynges. Reade and profite.; Livre des marchans. English	Marcourt, Antoine de, d. ca. 1560.; Farel, Guillaume, 1489-1565, attributed name.	1547 (1547)	STC 17313.7; ESTC S117723	19,535	96

the syght therof Scantly any It alian or Lomberd cā do it but these can do it welmough Euery man seeth that it is so but euery man doeth not perceyue it they haue so s●ombred blinded abeasted the poore worlde Amonge good and true marchāts it hath not ben seen that euer they sold the onely sight of their wares For thei say cominly the sight shal cost you nothynge but all these iackes lyke i●gelers momers or tomblers haue well lerned to play theyr pageants for wyth out cease they can sell and resele derely y ● onely sight of theyr baggadge This y ● I saye is beste knowen in good townes For if any be called of god by death sodainly these marchants do enquire of the frendes or executers if they wyl haue the beste cloth the next or y e least y ● best crost or the next for to bringe y ● corps to the church and therto accordynge for to paye wher in the pore people be sore abused for all wel consydered it uayleth asmoche to the dead persone as to the byer and all a lyke Of the corps it is certain couer it neuer so wel yet wyl it not sweate nor saugh nor stier at the beautie of the cloth nor at the riches of the crosse As to the folysh byer it is wel sene that he may pay wel for he hath nothyng but the sight ther of And on the morow it shalbe solde lykwise to another Thus can these maisters pollers uymbly vnfold and showe theyr wares and properly fold it and bere away theyr tooles Moreouer is it not an actyuite to sel wares more dere after the rate of the gramēts wher wyth the marchante is arayed yea though the ware be neuer the better Suche thynges were neuer sene in other marchants but these yet with out cease they do it yet no body doeth perceyus it nor thynke theron I would wytte of you if y ● masse as they do saye of a Chanon be not dearer thā of a vicar of an abbot than of a monke of a byshop than of a dean and so of the other And yet they saye them selfe that the masse of a naughty priest is as much worth as another which we beleue wel mough Wherfore I woulde wite of them wher of cometh such diuersyte of price of one maner of marchandyse as for answer they haue none but by the diuersite of y ● vestiments wher in they be lyke to a harlo● that seketh her fylthynes more or lesse after the sorte of her rayments In this passage these great harlo● 〈…〉 gers wyll loue me better and be more pleased to compare them onely but to an harlot and that in this I woulde not compare them to the traitour Iudas as one of their bokes doeth named Stella clericorum where the faire boke saieth thus Qui missā celebrat pro pecunia videtur mihi dicere cum proditore Iuda Quid vul●is mihi dare et ego e● vobis tradā That is to saye Whoso celebrateth masse for money he sayeth with iudas the traitor What wyll ye gyue me and I shall delyuer hym to you Here be terrybel marchants that this do sel their God They sell God and deuil nothyng scapeth them They conger they charme the wether the hayle y ● tempest They make salte watres and vintage To be brief thei playe wunders in al thynges and ar a great dele more fyue than musterd Is it not a great sleyght to sel one piece of ware al hole to mani folkes at once in one selfe houre and instant with out knowledg ether of other and of eche of them to take and receiue the hole payment and money They name them selfe angeles bycause of theyr offices but angeles make not the people blinde for all their brightnes as these darke angels do If they were but angels only thē were this great meruel but by their own sainge ▪ thei be gods half gods great gods and litel gods doinge all at theyr wille in heauen in erth and in hel And therfore they may as it is sayde as it pleaseth them sell theyr wares easyly al at one chop to sondri people but the wilyste is oftimes taken That it is so the practyse shewth as it is opēli sen whā there is great prease as whā the kynges court is nygh to them or any other great assemblyng of noble men The mother is the better the practise is handled and namely whan the Marchante is estemed and that he can stoupe and nod or hange hys head ●n y ● one syde and make a sad countenaunce The case may be thus Some greate Lorde cometh to a conuente of fryres bee they greay or blake the one is as good as the other sayeng to one of them shal we haue a masse yea mi lorde another cometh to the same fryre and asketh for a masse also yeshal haue my Lorde Yet an other cometh for asmoche yee my Lorde and so come as many as will he refusteth none Than cometh the goodly Domine dispatcheth them all at ones and the gentylm● go their waie wel pleased the marchante is payed and paied agayne both go theyr way laughynge aswell the byer as the seller Is not thys a great habilite is it not wel wrought Of suche wares their store houses are ful and these be called store hous masses or salted masses That god of hys gracious goodnes ryght soone vnsalte and water it Truly they be so apte and prōpte that fewe or none can do their beanes Amōge other thynges they be almoste all marchants of war but in all the worlde is no appoticary nor chāldeler that can worke in theyr maner Some poore foole cometh to the tempel deuoutly as they say stycketh vp a candell vpon a pyller and oure marchaunt anone snatcheth and puffeth it out and for y ● pryce sellethe it to an othere that setteth it vp in the same plase And oure marchāt that watcheth for it is styll redye to snatche to blowe and sell it to an other that anone wyl sette it vp agayne so that by snatchyng and by pouffeyng oure marchantes ceas not to gatherin al day wherby they are ryche anone for as ye se al retorneth to them both ware and money A lytel war doeth thē great case be the marchants great or litel for comenly they vse it all The lytell ones sell it wrought in candells and the greate marchauntes selle by lumpes tacked vpon paper or at the tayle of parchement This that I say is well knowen at the least way to offycyals scribes notaries secretaries of abbayes proctours chancelers of Byshops archbyshops cardinalles c. The great Gargantua I say the hygh prouost of these marchants that is the moste feared and dred the wylest of thē al kepeth his bank vnder exchang to all people conuertynge leade into golde In thys worlde was there neuer seen suche an alcumyste that vnder lead by hym and hys could fynde suche a vayne of golde