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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	body_n	faith_n	good_a	4,892	5	3.8591	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73775	[The dyenge creature]; Here begynneth a lytell treatyse of the dyenge creature.		1507 (1507)	STC 6034; ESTC S124062	16,795	42

grete cause for to haue brought my Ioly soule in to grete bondage and in suche aduersyte withoute remedy that it passeth my power to ease hym or helpe hym nor the grete specyall truste that I haue in that moost blyssed good lady and in you holy Fayth Hope and Charyte ¶ How the sorowfull soule complayneth hym to the dyenge creature saynge thus HOw nyghe haste thou done with thy mayster the worlde / how nyghe be ye twayne departed vnderstandest thou not how vnsure he is / and at thy moost nede wyll fayle the / haste thou not syth afore this tyme in the tymes of thy grete aduersytees and troubles / what hath he eased or profyted the. Certayne but lytell or nought / for and he haue flatered or dyssymuled with the one daye or one houre he hathe lowred and grutched with the more than an hole yere therfore Haste thou not vnderstande hym afore in all this tyme / but hanged vpon hym alwayes as longe as thou myght est / and yet more lenger woldest thou yf that thou myghtest / but now the season and tyme is come that he wyll departe and go frome the / and what dystresse that euer thou arte in lytell wyl he fauour socour or helpe the / suche as thou thynkest be thy frendes wyll shewe the a fayned fououre tyll they knowe the certayne of thy ryches / and yf thou haue good they wyll cherysshe and fauour the for the season / and complayne and wayle thy deth And yet they wolde full fayne thou were ago be ryght gladde with thy deth and whan tyme thyne eyen be closed / thy herynge ago thy speche withdrawen may not speke / than shalte thou se what thy mayster the worlde wyll doo for the / seke thy cofers he wyll euery corner by the waye of lykelyhode that ony good is in / and lytell wyl they departe with to the than / lytell compassyon wyll they haue vpon thy poore soule / and they fynde lytell or nought in thy cofers what wyll they saye / thou thou than they wyll saye thou were a fole a waster thou cou dest not kepe / thou spendest more than than haddest thus wyll they saye by the / though they fynde moche thou shalte haue but lytell therof fare but lytell the better / and yf they fynde but lytell they wyll grudge with the saye the neuer a good worde / thynke theron by tymes be thyne owne frende / for thou can not loue thy selfe who wyll loue the / canst thou loue ony creature better than thy selfe / yf thou do soo in fayth thou arte not wyse / remembre what I saye now / for thou shalte fynde this true euery worde / and thoughe I speke thus greuously straytly vnto the meruayll not for it I am that shall abyde suffre and endure the paynes for thy defences Alas that euer I was cowpled with the / so haue I cause to saye / for I shall be punysshed without fauour for thy dedes / how hastely how sone I can not saye ¶ How vnauysedly and how vnredyly thou purueyest for me I wote neuer how sholde ony other creature haue compassyon vpon me whan thou haste not that syght that thou were fyrste fourmed a creature I haue alwayes be with the and neuer frome the and in the aege of thyne Innocencye was kepte full vertuously to my grete comforte And in thy myddle age was kepte full vycyously and synfully to my grete sorowe / and in thyne olde age lytell or noughte remembred thy wretched lyuynge Alas Alas Alas that euer thou I were coupled togyder for the season hasteth faste that I must goo to paynes for thy mysrewle and endure payne whether it be eternall or for a longe season I wore not what remedy thy worldely frendes wyll fynde to ease me I am in grete drede I trowe they wyll haue but lytell compassyon on me that am thy poore soule / but gyue theyr attendaunce for to bery the rychely and worshypfully and make thy houses clenly and to make thy purse emptye and lytel compassyon or remembraunce wyl they haue vpon the and me certaynly but lette me brenne eternally but yf the mercyes of hym that is almyghty by the meanes of his moost holy mother that pure chast mayden that helpeth euery synner that calleth after grace whan there is none other remedy Now farwell body thou shalte to erth and ly and rotte and wormes shall ete the and I shall to paynes longe or elles eternally mercy blessed lady that bare cryste Ihesu our redemptour for in none other helpe I assure me ¶ The lamentable lamentacyon of the dyenge body to the soule ALas sely soule the tourmentes and the paynes of myne offences shall ye suffre I am soo sory there can no tunge tell the sorowe that I endure that haue brought you in suche bondage peryll daunger aduersyte without remedy nor the hyghe and myghty mercyes of almyghty god whose mercyes can not be had but by the meanes of his blessed holy mother and yf she that is soo chaste so pure and soo holy wolde abhomyn the abhomynacyon of our synnes what shal I do I haue desyred fayth hope charyte to be my aduocates to her that bare oure lorde Ihesu cryste And whan I am answered agayne suche answere as I haue I shall lette you wete ¶ How the dyenge creature complayned hym to fayth hope and charyte saynge thus OYe holy fayth hope charyte where haue ye ben so longe I haue lyued in grete drede how haue ye spedde haue ye ben with the quene of heuen lady of the worlde and empresse of hell that moost gloryous pure and chaste vyrgyn that bare the sone of god that sholde redeme all mankynde / how wyll her chastyte her pure vyrgynyte receyue me that am a synner and suffre me to come to her presence and putte a supplycacyon to her moost gloryous hygh and excellent prynce that I haue so greuously offended her blessyd sone and her / wyll she not abhorre ne dysdayne to looke on me that am of all synners the moost horyble and abhomynable / and haue soo done that I can not without her moost haboundaunt grace fynde a meane how to make a syght / but I haue herde saye of olde antyquyte that she is soo mercyable and so gracyous to synners whan they call after grace and haue holpen soo many synners that of ryght must haue perysshed neher grace had be But what comforte ye haue of her moost haboundaunt grace I praye you lette me wete / for certaynly I lyue in grete dyspayre / for here hath be with me sythen that ye wente my soule complayned that he muste perysshe eternally in my defaute and cryeth and wayleth the tyme that euer he was coupled with suche an vngracyous body that soo hath rewled hym / I can not gyue hym no comforte whithout you thre ¶ The answere of fayth hope and charyte to the

dyenge creature MEsemeth fayth hope charyte haue done your message and fynde that prynces full gracyously dysposed and fayth that she remembreth well how the gloryous trynyte chose of one assente to be medyatryx and meane bytwene god and man and that her grete worshyppe Ioye was caused for oure redempcyon whiche she can not putte in oblyuyon / ano also the grete sorowes not one but many that she had atte her sones passyon and sawe her blessed and beste beloued chylde dye soo tourmentously for the redempcyon of synners and he gylteles hym selfe in euery thynge but of his grete and moost ample grace mercy and charyte that he shewed vnto all synners and soo precyous so gloryous and soo tender was neuer man as he was for he was the veray pure / and godhede medled with her pure chaste vyrgynyte and maydenhode and in her precyous body made his holy habytacyon nyne mone thes and in her soule eternally And whan she vnderstode the prophecy of her grete mekenes desyred that she myghte be one of those and symplest seruaunt to her that sholde bere the sone of god hym that sholde redeme all mankynde and her grete mekenes thought her selfe not worthy to that moost holy occupacyon And therfore be of good chere for we fayth hope and charyte wyll brynge you there and not leue you tyll ye be answered and syth ye haue put your specyal trust in vs to be your aduocates and layde aperte all temporal and wordely truste we thre wyll not fayle you / therfore putte your soule in comforte / and arme you with the armure of a sure and a hole confessyon with a sorowfull contrycyon purposynge to doo very satysfaccyon and out of doubte / we hope ye shall spede ryght well yf it be in your herte as ye speke with your mouth and elles trust not to our frendshyp in no wyse but go and labour your supplycacyon as effectually as ye can deu yse and be out of all dyspayre for we fayth hope charyte wyll not leue you for the truste that ye haue alwayes had in vs. ¶ How the dyenge creature calleth after the soule agayne WHere be ye dere soule that was with me but late complaynynge that ye muste to payne for a longe whyle or elles teternally and in my defaute and withoute remedy I haue ben in suche drede sorowe fere for you that no thynge coude cōforte me tyll Fayth and Hope came to me and asked me yf that I were not acqueynted with Charyte And I haue an swered them semely that I was neuer acqueynted ne conuersaunt with hym that me repenteth sore / now Fayth hope haue brought me with hym and I haue humbly and lowly submytted me to hym and lowly cryed hym mercy of my presumpcyous foly promysynge that I wyll neuer effende hym more denyenge all suche as be his enemyes and as he loueth not vengeaunce / hatered / and cruelte and promysed hym faythfully that I wyll neuer dele with them more I hope he hath pardoned me / and hath be in the company of Fayth Hope to the moder of mercy for me brought me a ryght gracyous answere agayne That she can not put in oblyuyon the grete Ioye worshyp and comforte that she had of the sone of god for the redempcyon of vs synners / nor the maydenly moderly compassyons that she suffred for hym in the tymes of his moost precyous paynefull and bytter passyon that I shall haue herdynes to come to the presence of that moost royall and emperyall prynces put a supplycacyon to her / and therfore be of good chere and suffre your paynes pacyently for thoughe it be longe I hope it shall not be eternally and good dere soule whyle ye and I be togyder or that we departe puruey in youre wysdome some remedy what can be do to your ease I wyll be ryghte agreable therto / for whan we twayne ones be deuyded and departed fewe or none wolde haue compassyon on your payne Se ye not how the worlde lowreth vpon vs now euery daye and is redy to departe frome vs euery daye for lytel thynge or nought lesse wolde they doo for vs and we twayne were departed Therfore dere soule the remedyes that may be founde thorughe your wysdome I praye you fynde them and I shall be ryght fayne to execute theym / for I am at this houre as sory as is possyble ony wretche to be that I haue brought you in the peryll of daunger that ye be in as fayne wolde be to doo that sholde ease you gladder than euer I was to do ony thynge that hath hurte you ¶ How the dyenge creature putteth his supplycacyon to the moder of mercy Mary replete with grace prynces of reuth / mercy pyte to whome all synners resorteth whan they be socourles MEkely besecheth and sorowfully complayneth your dredfull supplyaunt than al my longe lyf vnto my eldest age haue lyued and not obeyed the commaundementes of almyghty god in noo thynge but mysused my lyfe in all the seuen deedly synnes / and synfully and symply haue occupyed my fyue wyttes and sette asyde all vertues and vsed and occupyed all vyces and sexued the deuyll the worlde and the flesshe hauynge very knowlege bothe of good and euyll and knewe well that that pleased theym despysed dyspleased almyghty god I spared not to dysplease god but I drede to dysplease theym and now hath a sergeaunt of armes be with me and layde vpon me the mace of his offyce cruelly hath cōmaunded me to make me redy euery houre for I shal not wete whan I shal be called to my Iugement the certaynte of deth he hath brought me in to the greuous infyrmyte that none erthly medycyne can cure me myn enemyes be so grete in multytude haue ouercome me all my defautes brought with them / and I wote well they wyll accuse me my worldly frendes hath for sake me I haue cryed called after them to answere for me and they haue answered me ryght straytly vnfrendly that they neyther dare ne can ne wyll not answere for me nor excuse me And shortly they be departed away from my good aūgell fyrste reason drede and conscyence and my fyue wyttes hasteth them faste from me warde and leueth me destytute and all one / and where to haue socourne helpe I wote not but as it fortuneth me in good tyme may I saye I mette me with Fayth Hope Charyte and they haue promysed me that they wyll speke to your moost excellent benygne grace and mercy for me and so I truste they haue for certayne of your moost pure chaste vyrgynyte vnwemmed maydenhode I was neuer in thought And I haue hoped trusted to your mercyes alwaye I haue herde saye that ye be mother of orphans and I wys I am a very orphan fatherles and motherles / ye be dyssolat comforte and socour to all tho that be destytute