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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	believe_v	faith_n	jesus_n	9,847	5	6.2568	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15310	Here begynnethe the glorious lyfe and passion of seint Albon prothomartyr of Englande, and also the lyfe and passion of saint Amphabel whicheconuerted saint Albon to the fayth of Christe.; Life of Saint Alban and Saint Amphibal	Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?	1534 (1534)	STC 256; ESTC S108894	67,790	178

Ben sothfastly lyke as ye shall here Truste me ryght well on god in trinite Ioyned in one by perfyte vnite Beleue this iustly and your wyttes dresse For lyfe or deth this article to confesse This is my fayth and I beleue thus Quod blessed Albon with all humylyte There is no god but my lorde Iesus whiche that come downe from his fathers see Mekely to take our humanyte For our helth and our saluation Lyst of his mercy to suffre passyon He with the father the holy goste these thre Amphibalus rehersyng vnto Albon They be all one god by ꝑfyte vnite And other god in all the worlde is none And this belefe loke ye not forgone This worde ofte rehersed in sentence Albon fell downe with deuoute reuerence Toforne the crosse and with great repentance And sayde O lorde Iesu on my mysdede O Iesu mercy receyue my penaunce whiche on the crosse lyst for my sake to blede And on his knees fast he gan hym spede with contryte herte great to god a lofte with wepyng teares the crosse he kyssed ofte with all his membres hath hym applyed As on the crosse Christ had be present And he with hym whan he was crucyfyed So of hole herte Albon was dilygent His face his eien with teares all be sprent This penitent his langour for to lysse was euer busye Christis fote to kysse His bytter teares from his eyen tweyne Lyke a christall well encreasyng at a floode Albon ay busy to make the water reyne To myngle his wepyng with Christis owne blode I mene the wounde grauen in the roode Vpon the crosse that was to hym shewed Of drery sobbyng the carectes all be dewed By grace enspired this Albon gan hym drawe To take the order of religion Of Christis fayth and bynde hym to that lawe with wyll and herte and hole affection And secretely made his professyon To Christe Iesu tyme and houre deuysed By Amphibalus whan he was baptysed with humble herte this was the langage Of holy Albon quod he I here forsake The pompe of Sathan and all his baronage And all the power of the vggely fendes blake My soule and body to Iesus I betake whiche for mankynde dyed it is no nay Thus I beleue and rose the thyrde day Quod Amphibalus with a glad visage Be stronge of fayth our lorde is holde with the He wyll not fayle to confyrme your corage By tokens shewed of his beningnyte In especiall reporteth this of me To other aforne you as I reherse can That they were taught they lerned it of man But your langage excellyng in vertue Experience hath yeue you knowlegyng By reuelation of our lorde Iesu whiche to you hath declared euery thyng His byrth his passyon his vprysyng Of all this thyng lyke as ye had in syght To call you to hym to be his chosen knyght whiche me semeth ought ynough suffice with the surplus of your auision To you expouned the maner and the gyse Of Christis fayth with full instruction Mekely of herte with supportation At my request your highnes not ye greue For to departe goodly to yeue me leue I am meued of veray conscience Other contrees to preache Christis lawe I hope to you it shall do none offence For a season though I me withdrawe It is a by worde and a full olde sawe whiche hath be sayd fyth gone many a yere Frendes alway may not ben in fere Frendes quod Albon neuer depart asonder Ioyned in vertue and knyt by grace Though one be here and a nother yonder Theyr hertes ben one euery houre and space In god combined ther parteth them no place Of one wyllaye in that they haue to done Of whiche I praye departeth not so sone To abyde a weke ye may do me great ease By your doctryne to haue instruction My lorde Iesu howe shall I hym please with ryght hole herte and true affection To serue hym duely lyke my profession And in his fayth wherin I moste delyte with your teachyng that I may be perfyte Amphibalus knowyng his entent Lyst in no wyse denye his askyng The longe nyght they to gether spent Only in prayer and deuoute praysyng For out of syght they chose theyr abydyng From noyse of folke they gan them selfe withdraw And all that whyle they spake of Christis law Of Christis fayth and of his religion was theyr fayth and theyr dalyance Amonge to god they mayde theyr orison Them to detende from fendes accombrance In this whyle god yafe them sory chaunce A cursed paynym of malyce and enuie where they met the place he dyd espie To auoyde them of comforte and refuge This paynym aforsayd of malyce lyst not spate For to accuse them bothe vnto the iudge Of theyr metyng the maner to declare And moreouer yuell mote he fare Of malycyous frowarde cursednes The iuge he set a fyre with wodenes with enuious sturdy violence Through the citie they serched were sought And cōmaunded to appere in the presence Toforne the iuge both two to be brought The towne serched but they founde them nought Blessed Albon meued of corage To kepe his maister saue hym from damage Vpon a nyght before the dawnyng This blessed Albon his maister gan conueye with heuy chere most pituously wepyng Out of the citie brought hym on the waye At the departyng fared as they wolde dye So were theyr hertes ioyned in one cheyne Not lyke to twynne tyl deth deꝑte them in twayne O faythfull loue standyng in suche a state By resemblaunce in comparyson As whylome dyd Dauyd and Ionathas Maugre kyng Saules persecution Faynyng was none nor dissimulation Lyke to endure playnly to termyne Tyll Antropos theyr lyues tryed atwyne Theyr loue more sad stable and vertous In comparyson than the poetes made Of Pyrothe or of Thedeus Of Norestes outher of Pylade Fresshe for a season that wolde sone fade As whylome dyd the loue of Achylles And Patroclus slayne amyd the prees whan that Ector the Troyan champyon Slowe Patroclus for his frowardnes Maugre Achylles for all his high renown To exemplifie there is no stablenes In worldly loue but chaunge and doublenes Be it of blode kynne or alye without vertue all standeth in ieoperdye Of these tweyne the loue was a nother By enterchaungyng betwene them set a lawe Albon to abyde and to dye for his brother Amphibalus his presens to withdrawe In theyr hertes the feruence dyd adawe Of perfyte loue to endure longe As Salamon writeth that loue as deth is stronge In all suche case the loue maketh hertes bolde And by ensample that loue auoydeth drede Albon for loue toke his cloth of golde And lyke a prince lyst to chaunge his wede Of entier herte he gan it for to sprede Ouer the shulders of Amphibali anone The houre whan they atwynne shulde gone From all his fone he iustly was assured who that euer had on this clothe of golde Tyll he the place fully haue recured To stande atlarge aforne as I haue tolde

falsely forge and lye Stopped his eares from all flaterye To foren quarelles lyst yeue no credence Tyll the partie come vnto audience Enuious sclaunder be punyswed rygorously Cōpassed of malyce hatred and di●●ame To double tonges euer he was enmye whiche to say yuell of custome haue no shame And backbyters that haue theyr lyppes lame To say well this prince yonge and olde Voyded all suche out of his householde By discreeion he coulde punysshe and spare His harte ay voyde of all duplicite Large of custome to naked folke and bare His gate ay open for hospitalite That if his vertues shulde rekened be Here in this boke tolde from yonge age I haue therto no connyng nor langage Oot withstandyng as I haue behyght I wyll procede and not excuse me To declare howe god sawe to his knyght The tyme rehersed the date also parde whan Amphibalus entred the citie Of Verolamy tolde eke the occasion Howe he and Albon met in the town Amphibalus entred the citie Of auenture to seke herburgage By the stretes vp and downe wente he Lyke a pylgryme of chere and visage Tyll it fell so he met in passage The noble prince playnely to conclude Blessed Albon with a great multytude This myghty prince by great fortune After custome vsed that tyme of olde Amyd the citie walked in his estate In a garment frenged all with golde Amphibalus vertuously made bolde with humble chere and meke visage Besought hym lowly to graunt hym herbergage For whan that he on Albon cast his loke And hym behelde with euery circumstance By longe auyse of hym good hede he toke It fell anone into his remembrance Full yore agone of his acqueyntance Howe they in one of fortune dyd assent Out of Brytayn and vnto Rome went For gods sake this Amphibalus Of herborgage can lowly hym require To be receyued and take in to his hous Albon anone as the story doth vs lere was in suche case straunge in no manere Hauyng a custome to hye and lowe degree Frely to graunt hospitalite In to his house hym goodly hath receyued This symple clerke lyst no lenger tary His porte his there benyngly receyued Mynystred to hym all that was necessary From Christis lawe though Albon dyd vary Lyke a prince benyng and vertuous Receyued hym full goodly into his hous Not after longe onely by goddes grace Of knyghtly fauour sought oportunyte To get a tyme a leysour and a space To auoyde from hym his people and his mayne with this pylgryme alone for to be And secretely whan they were met in fere To hym he sayde anone as ye shall here By many signes and tokens that I can Dyuers daungers straunge to recure In soth that ye be a christen man And of hardynes durst your selfe assure To put your body and lyfe in auenture Amonge paynyms your persone to ieoparte without dethe howe myght ye departe Quod Amphibalus Christe Iesus of his grace Of his mercy be it that I haue deserued From all daunger and euery peryllous place Christe goddes sonne my body hath preserued Ben my gyde and my lyfe conserued To this citie brought me safe to preache His glorious lawe and his faythe to teache Quod Albon than howe may this trewe what that he is I wolde fayne lere The sonne of god a straunge thynge and a newe Had god a sonne declare this mattiere Quod Amphiball so ye lyst to here Paciently for nothyng wyll I spare Curiously the trouthe to declare Amphibalus is entreated by reason On the gospell to grounde his processe And to confirme his disputation Of holy writte he toke iustly wytnesse Howe our beleue recordeth in sothnesse Of god the father and god the sonne also This is our belefe take good hede therto The sonne moste perfyte moste good For mans helthe and saluation was incarnate and toke flesshe and blode And semblably for shorte conclusyon Of his moste benigne consolation Ryght so as he firste made man in dede So come he downe to take our manhede And as hym lyste of grace and of mercy By his power whiche that is deuine Ordayned maydens to lyue here parfytly So he agayn warde playnly to determyne Toke flesshe and bloude of a pure virgine The tyme come there was none obstacle But that he wroughte his maruaylous myracle The tyme approched of grace and gladnes Towarde sommer whan the lustye quene Called Flora with motleis of swetenes Clothed the soyle all in newe grene And amerous Veer agayne the son shyne By the cherysshynge of Apryll with his shores Bryngeth kalendes of May of his flowres So in the season heuenly and deuine Of wynter stormes was passed all outrage And in the rayne Phebus gan to shyne The same tyme to our great auauntage Downe from heuen was sent a message whiche concluded for our felicite A braunche shulde sprynge out of iesse This newe tydynge to Nasereth was sent And Gabrell come on his message The trynyte hole beinge in one assent For to accomplysshe this gratious viage The holy goste holdynge his passage Downe descendyng ryght as any lyne In to the breste of a pure virgyne Lyke as Luke in his gospell sayth As is remembred in the same place whan Gabryell lowly gan abrayde Mekely sayde Hayle Mary full of grace Thou chosen of god euery houre and space The tabernable of the trinyte Amonge all women blessed mote thou be whan she had herde the angell thus expresse Troubled in his wordes of femynyte Thought in her selfe of very chast clennesse This chosen myrrour of humylyte This salutation what it myght be The angell seinge her aferde of womanhede Sayd O Mary haue herof no drede Afore god thou hast founden grace Thou shalt conceyue a chylde in all clennesse Of whose byrthe Bedleme shall be the place As the gospelll can bere herof wytnesse And his name playnly to expresse Thou shalt hym name of moste vertue whan he is borne and call hym Iesu Howe may this be sayde this glorious mayde That knowe no man in wyll dede nor thought Thangell than vnto Mary sayde As I toforne haue the tydynges brought By the holy goste this myracle shalbe wrought The vertue also of hym that syt highest Shall ouershadowe and lyght into thy brest For that lorde that shall of the be borne As thynge moste holy men shall hym call The son of god as prophetes wrote beforne Suche heuenly grace is vpon the fall By a prerogatyue aboue women all with lyght surmountyng aboue the sterres seuen This message I haue brought the from heuen Quod Mary fulfylled be the wyll After the worde which thou hast brought vnto me Beholde this handmayde this humble ancille This was her answere with all humylyte Thoo god was pleased with her virginite yet was that lorde doctours beare wytnesse Pleased more with her deuoute mekenes Thus hath a mayde through her perfytnes To beare her lorde graciously deserued A chosen doughter by her pure clennes To beare her father her chastite concerued By her merytes