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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	good_a	lord_n	see_v	6,623	5	3.5167	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03126	Here begynneth a lytell cronycle translated [and] imprinted at the cost [and] charges of Rycharde Pynson. by the co[m]maundement of the ryght high and mighty prince, Edwarde duke of Buckingham, yerle of Gloucestre, Staffarde, and of Northamton.; La fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient. English.	Hayton, Frère, ca. 1235-ca. 1314.	1520 (1520)	STC 13256; ESTC S109747	76,736	96

Albaga Can the barownes came togyder and ordayned one of Albaga Cās brothers that was called Tangader this Tangader was greter than any of the other brethern Whan he was a chylde his name was Nychole but after that he was made lorde he toke the sarasyns company and dyde call hym selfe Mahomet Can. He putte all his wyt to cōuert the tartas to the false lawe of Mahomet Whan many of the tartas wer conuerted to the sarasyns lawe This Mahomet that was the deuyls sonne dyde breke downe all the christenmens churches and cōmaunded that they shulde nat worshippe the lawe of Chryst nor the name of Chryst put away all the christēmen prestes and relygiousmen and dyd prech Mahometes lawe through all his landꝭ And he send his messangers to the sowdan of Egypt and made promyse of peace and loue and promysed to the sowdā that he shulde cause all the christēmen that were in his lande to torn̄ and to be sarasyns or els he shuld put them all to dethe Of this the sarasyns were all gladde and the christēmen were sory and of great disconfort In so moche that they wyst nat what they shulde do but put theym selfe into the mercy of oure lorde god For they se come vpon theym great persecucions The sayd Mahomet sende to the kynge of Armeny to the kynge of Georgy and to the other christen men of the Orient that they shuld come to hym The good christenmen were in great thought and great fete All the whyle that the christēmen werein so moche trybulation vnder the lordshippe of this euyll Mahomet but god that is with thē that belyue in hym sende to the christēmen a great confort For a brother of the sayd Mahomet and one of his neuewes that was called Morgō rose agaynst hym for his euyll warkes gaue knowlege to themperour Cobyla Can how he distroyed and preched to the tartas that they sholde torne to the sarasyns lawe Whan Cobyla Can vnderstode that he sende a commaundement to Mahomet that he shold leue his euyl warkes or els he shulde ryse agaynst hym Of this mater Mahomet was sore dyspleased and dyd so moche that he toke his brother and kylde hym And than after he went for to take Argon but Argō putte hym in a strong castell that was in a mountayne Mahomet dyde lay sege to the sayd castell at the ende Argon yelde hym selfe sauynge his owne lyfe and his seruauntes ¶ How the false Mahomet was slayne by his neniew Argon WHan Mahomet had his neuiewe vnder his power he delyuerd hym to one of his constables for to kepe And after ordained that his men shulde come softly after hym and he hȳ selfe wolde go towarde Thoris there as he had lefte his wyfe And commaūded to the cōstable that he shulde secretly kyll his neuiewe Argon and that he shulde bryng hȳ his heed to Thoris A great myghty man founde hym that which Argons father had norysshed and done moche good to hym This sayd man had gret py●e vpon Argon and than vpon a nyght came and slewe the constable and all them that were of his company And delyuerd Argon from dethe and out of pryson and made Argon lord ouer them all and to hym they were obeyd●ent and redy to do hym seruyce Whan this was done Argō rydde hastely and dyde so moche that he ouertoke Mahomet Can or that he came to Thoris and incontynently he cutte hym all in peces And after this maner the cursed dogge Mahomet fynisshed his lyfe the seconde yere of his reygne ¶ In the yere of our lorde god a thowsande two honderde .lxxxv. After that Mahomet was deed Argon was made lorde of the Tartas and the great emperour confermed hym in his lordship and wolde that he shulde be called Argon Can. And bycause of that Argon was moch more worshipped than any of his aūcytours This Argon was fayre and plesaunt of visage and a storng man of body and kept his lordshyppe wysely He gouerned well his lordshippe and he loued well and honoured moch the christēmen And the churches of the christēmen that Mahomet brake downe Argon caused thē to be newe made agayn And than came to hym the kyng of Armeny the kyng of Georgy and the other christēmen of the Orient prayed Argon that he wolde take payne to delyuer the holy lande Wherupon Argon toke aduysmēt entendyng to make peace fyrst with his neyghbours to thyntent that he myght go the more surer agaynst the sowdans power And as it happened that Argon was in that good purpose In the fourth yere of his raygne as it pleased god he dyed And one of his brethern that was called Kalgato was made lorde after hym This sayd Kalgato was the vnprofitablyst lord that euer reygned in that coūtrey sith Cāgius Can was made lord as it shal be rehersed here after ¶ How Kalgato was drowned by his owne people IN the yere of our lorde god M.CC.lxxxix After the deth of Argon Can his brother Kalga to helde the lordship This sayde Kalgaro beleued nat well nor he was nothyng worth ī armes but demeaned hym selfe lyke a foule beest in etyng of denteth meres drinkynge of swete wynes to fyll his belly Non other thȳg dyd he in .vi. yerꝭ whyle he kept his lordshippe For the great peuisshnesse that was in hym his owne people began to hate hym to disprayse hym and so at the ende his owne peple drowned hym After the deth of this Kalgato one of his cosyns was mad lord which was called Baydo This sayd Baido was a gode christēmā dyd moch good to the christēmen but he lyued nat longe in this worlde ¶ After the deth of Kalgato Baydo had the lordship of his brother This man as a good christēman caused the churches of the christēmen to be buylded vp agayn and cōmaūded that none shulde prech the lawe of Mahomet in his lāde Of that the sarasyns that were multyplied were sore greued and thā the sarasyns the tartas send pryuely to Consan messāges which was Argons sonne promysed hym that they wold make hym lord that they shulde gyue hym Baydos lordship if he wolde forsake the christen fayth Casan that set nat moche by the fayth of Christ was lightly torned for he was moche couytus to haue the lordship and was content to do after theyr desyre Wherupon Cōsan rose than Baydo gathered his hoost cam agaynst Consan and knewe nat the treason of his people ¶ How Casan was deceyued by the traytour Chapchap WHan Baydo thought to come agaynst Cōsan all they that kept Mahometz law deꝑted wēt towarde Casan Whan Baydose that his men had betrayed hym he torned backe agayn but Casan send after and toke him so as Baydo fledde away he was kylde than Casan toke the lordshippe ¶ After Baydos deth Casā kept the lordship he shewed hym selfe moch proude to the christēmen that dyde he for the