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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	honour_n	king_n	lord_n	2,198	5	3.4827	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01786	A knowledge for kings, and a warning for subiects conteyning the moste excellent and worthy history of the Raellyans peruerted state, and gouernment of their common wealth: no lesse rare, then strange ... First written in Latine, by Iames Glaucus a Germaine: and now translated into enlgish by VVilliam Cleuer scholemaster. By speciall recorde, this monument was two thousande yeares of antiquity: and so dusked and forworne with age, that being in a plaine writte[n] letter, could scarce be read ... I with my painefull indeuour haue now renewed it into fresh memorye.	Glaucus, James.; Clever, William, schoolmaster.	1576 (1576)	STC 11920; ESTC S105734	46,323	138

heate of veration was kyndled in his harte that inwardlie he chafed at the Prophet and at the last brake forth in these wordes Thou hast the name of a Prophete such a bolde talker as thou art with busying thy selfe in such thinges as doo not belong vnto thée maye worke thy owne wee thou thinkest to wynne credite and get honour in this countrey among the Raellyans thou art deceaued in thy owne thought but take héede lest thou wyn the displeasure wrath of a king and so death vnto that wretched writhen carcase of thine For although thou cāst boldly pratle vnto mée yet I doo not beléeue thy doctrine nor relygion so neyther wyll I condempne it before the Ascalon of the holy Alsephon disputeth with thée who is better seene in such matters then my selfe Forthwith the king commaunded the Prophet to be brought into the Alsephon where the Ascalon and the Prophete in the presence of the king and the people talked together ¶ The Ascalon spake vnto the Prophete after this sort PErceyuing the great sedition that is sowen in this Realme by a false Prophete the sectes scysmes increased that not only it behoueth our soueraigne Lord the King to looke vnto him selfe but it standeth vpon my office and duety to confute such falsities and opinions in the honour and glory of this holy Image which our fathers brought from the land of Scithia and hath preserued our countrey and people with the fruitefull increase of all plenteousnesse this is necessarye to the people to be spoken to take héede of such lying fellowes which vndercreepe our gouernance for whosoeuer speaketh against this holye Image speaketh against the king himselfe and whosoeuer toucheth the soueraygnty of the king is a traitour and worthy to dye A●ter many of these thundring wordes of 〈…〉 e Ascalon the Prophet beganne to speake the king commaunded to stop his mouth and the more the king cryed stop stop stop so the Prophet cryed the more O wrathfull vengeaunce that wyll shortly be due vnto the Raellyans and with mighty force the Prophete ran vnto the Image the Asse and forceable vpon a soddaine brake it to many péeces The king foaming roaring crying hold him hold him commaunded the Prophete to be tyed and bound for that as he sayde he was some mad fellow out of his wyts But the people in the lyke maner were at such contention that one was ready to kyll another some belde vpon the relygion of the Image some helde vppon the doctrine of the Prophete none of them all loued the king except the Ascalon whose commodytie consisted vppon the sacrifice of the Alsephon The king and his garyson without further iudgement dyd cutte the innocent Prophete to a thousand peeces and such was the wickednesse of this tyrannous murther that he which might haue a hacke at the innocent fleshe of this holy Prophete thought he dyd good seruyce to that idolatrous Image and theyr tyrānous king Euen presently vpon the death of the Prophete there arose lyghtnings tempestes the fruites of the earth were burnt with wylde fyre A great famine did arise thorow out the land many people thorow the scarcesity thereof myserably without compassion dyed Shortlye after these verations and troubles as the Prophetes death not being forgotten so many continued stedfast and beleeued on his doctrine for which doctrine the king vsed great persecutiō thorowout the whole Lande The death of the Martyrs were in this maner theyr skynnes were flaine from theyr fleshe they most quietly patiently forsaking this lyfe After the ende of this cruell tyrannous persecution he thynking his Lande quite purged ryd from the blemishes of the Prophetes doctrine for that some of them were subdued by death some by banishment and some by conuersion so thinking his kingdome to be established more surer then euer it was before grew to his old security wickednesse of life deuowred in tyrāny and drouned in idolatry for that be peeced the broken idolatrous Asse again to worship thorow which idolatry he was poysoned in the filthy stinch of al horrible vices and corruption that in steede of innocency cruell tyrannye and all oppression were planted in his ha●te Here is shewed how the King fell in loue with one Sebona a harlotte married her and was turned to an Asse and how the Assirians did repossed the Land of the Raellians by conquest AFter the King wasin his olde custom of idolatry all other corruptions the lande pacified and prefixed in the wicked obedience of that peeced God the broken Asse the King also in doting in loue was led with variable affections led with the nordinate lust of bewty hunting in the wicked concupiscence of diuerse women was rauished with the special delectation of one woman wheras the fine amorous Ladies of the Raellyans perceauing the Kings lasciuious inclinatiō deuised with them selues howe they might best set out themselues in sale before the King Some with gallant imbrothered garments and the costly silke of the Hircans woulde shew them selues with the flying wantō countenances of Louers to catche snare the King with their abhominable delites some with daunsing some with singing pleasant Ditties So that sundry women had sundry delytes one contrary to another whose sundry contraryeties ouercasted the king with contrary impolutions Sebona a bewtifull dame the comlyest creature that euer lyued eyther among the Hircans eyther among the Trebonyans or Raellyans the acceptablest of all Notwithstanding she had bene the most whore shamelesse harlot that euer raigned this Sebona for bewty gorgeous apparell sweete smelles singing daunsing with al the deuises of a louer most delited the kinges fantasie This Sebona in respect of all other women was a bright burning starre in the dark clowdes of Cupids thūdring tempests the king neyther respecting honesty vertue or immaculate virginity which are the bandes and knots of true mariage would in al haste chose this filthy whore Sebona to be his wife wheras shee thorow the counsel of some certain of her friends was perswaded to present her selfe very lytle in the kings presence Her bewty would appeare the brighter the kinges loue the whotter and their purposes brought to passe the sooner The King languishing in the heauy agonies of loue wrote vnto Sebon a after this manner The Kinges letters to Sebona O Sebona the worthy Louer of the Raellyans which with the arrowe of thy beutie hast shotte and woūded my desire that al comforts eyther of my kingdome cōmon vvelth riches possessions renown soueraigntie do not so much pleasure or comfort mee as thy beutie I that did conquer am now conquered my selfe I that did worship an holy Image do now vvorship beutiful Sebona I that did rule a kingdome am now ruled by a vvoman I that did subiect my people and Land am now brought in subiection my selfe O pitifull Sebona the Phisition of my diseases the comfort of all my troubles the ease of all my griefes vnderstand my sorrowes