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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	woman_n	world_n	worthy_a	35	3	6.1210	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06560	This boke is compyled by Dan Iohn Lydgate monke of Burye, at the excitacion [and] styrynge of the noble and victorious prynce, Kynge Henry the fyfthe, i[n] the honoure glorie [and] reuerence of the byrthe of our moste blessed Lady, mayde, wyfe, [and] mother of our lorde Iesu Christe, chapitred as foloweth by this table; Lyf of our lady	Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?	1531 (1531)	STC 17025; ESTC S109664	89,192	232

in erthe and also rightwisnes ¶ And Sophone bad abyde a whyle Upon this day with deuocion For he shall gader oute of euery yle Of eche kyngdom and euery region His people in one of hygh affeccion And also there as he maketh mynde From the flodes of Ethiope and ●●de ¶ They shal to hym deuoutely offerynge brynge And do to hym dewe sacrefyse And false goddes eke through his worchynge With royall might he shall also despise And from her sees make hem to arise And fro the bandes of her dwellynge place Of very force dryue hem and enchace ¶ And of his byrthe longe or that it fell In a vision wonderfull of sight Spake the prophete called Daniell And sayde hym thought he sawe vpon a night Lyke to beholde as he demed right A sone of man comynge with a skye To whome power honoure and regally ¶ There gyuen was perpetuelly to abyde And his kyngdome by eternite Shall stande hole and nat deuyde Whiche shall nat passe neyther corrupte be Whose comynge eke whan he dyd se The holy prophete olde Ezechiel Saythe thus the Bibell can you tell ¶ I shall ordeyne prudently prouyde An herdeman my slepe to kepe sure To wake the flockes euery tyde To kepe hem wysely into her pasture And forthermore he dothe vs eke assure The holy prophete forthe in his writtynge Sothely affermynge that there shall be a kynge ¶ Of all folkes whose empyre shall be one And no senger deuided into twayne Whiche in Idoles made of stocke and ston● Ne shall nomore be pollute to ordeyne False offerynges to god that they seyne And the prophecie that called is Adge Full openly who so liste to se ¶ Wryteth of his byrthe in a litell stounde Euen lyke as he was enspired That he shall meue heuen see and grounde And he that is of all moste desyred Shall come in haste lyke a kynge a tyred For ioye of the whiche holy Zacharie To Christes spouse this doth specefye ¶ Be glad and light thou doughter of Syon And singe thou doughter of Iherusalem Beholde thy kynge shall come right anone That shall be borne sothely in Bethleem And his power shall fro royalme to royalme The bondes stratche of his royalte As ferre in south as any flode or any see ¶ Holden her course as they with waues wynde Out of her mother the greate Occian Of whose comynge Malachie maketh mynde Within his boke the Bible tell can Howe the name of hym bothe god and man Shall strotche his streames withouten wene Fro thylke place where the Sonne shen● ¶ Reyseth his light whan it begynneth dawe At the vpriste in the mornynge Unto the weste where he goeth vnder wawe Till efte agayne his chariete he brynge In to the easte that dothe the larke synge For ioye onely that his beames ryse And of his cōmynge dothe eke Amos deuyse ¶ And sayth he shall newely by miracle Restore agayne and eke reedefye Upon that day the mighty tabernacle Of kynge Dauid with all the regallye And of this chylde wryteth also I saye Whan he is borne that in his presence Kynges for drede shullen kepe scilence ¶ A question assoyled whiche is worthy est of kynge Wyne or womā Capitulo lvii ANd as in erthe is made a question Of thynges thre whiche was worthiest Kynge wyne or woman in comparison Eche I praysed and holden as for best And all this stryfe and as Darius gan leste Zorobabell withouten any slouthe Aboue echone had preferred trouthe ¶ And whyle they were atrauerse of these thre Eueriche holdynge his opynyon Zorobabell of right and equyte To woman gaue his commendacion Makynge forthwith of trouthe mencion Onely in signe as he can deuyse Fro woman fyrste trouthe muste aryse ¶ Whiche is the bande knotte pryncipall Of all vertue it may nat be denyed And therwithall so excellent royall With god hymselfe that is next alyed And for it is so moche magnefyed Thorowe the worlde of pryce and worthy fame God chese hymselfe of that to bere the name ¶ And with his mouthe hymself so liste hym call As the Gospell maketh mencion And by recorde of prophetes all God descendynge to one conclusion This daye in erthe for our saluacion Of a woman in maydenhede flourynge To mankynde trouthe dyd sprynge ¶ And fro heuen rightwisnes behelde Howe trouthe mercy in a mayde mette And thus is trouthe spronge out of a felde Where the holy ghoste the rayne of grace sett● To make the graffe that he fro Iuda sette To fructefie and a pure virgine That shall be tytle of the same lyne ¶ The crowne of Iuda to accepte anone And vnderfonge it as a champyon Whiche was byrafte so many a day a gone From Sedechie awaye in Babilon Whan that was made a transmigracion By the tyraunt Nabugodonosor Whose cruelte laste shall nomore ¶ Howe our Lady ought worthely to be recommēded worshipped for the byrthe of Christe Capitulo lviii NOwe he is borne that is rightfull heyre That shall make beter than Neomie His people of Iuda for to haue repeyre Ierusalem agayne to reedefye Though Herode that falsely dothe occupye As a foreyn through his cruell might By tyrannye and no tytle of right ¶ Of whome the kyngdom shall nat lōge endu●● The reygne vsurpynge by extorcion For the lorde of euery creature This day hath take his iuste possession In Bethleem within a smale dongeon He his mother as who sayth but all on● To wayte on hym other fewe or none ¶ A lady myne howe god hath made the ryche Thy selfe alone all richesse to possede For in this worlde none is the lyche Of plente royall fro the lande of mede Where the hylles of golde ben as I rede May no treasoure in his menes reyse Agayne thy treasure for to conterpeyse ¶ For certes lady thou alone haste all That within heuen Angels desyre The Iewell eyche the treasoure celestiall Of heuen kynge of erthe lorde and syre And hym that hath all the hole empyre Of lande see and the Monarchye Thou haste hooly lady myne to gye ¶ And as Augustine the holy doctour wryteth In a sermon of the natiuite We may to the saye right as he biddeth With deuoute her●e knelynge on our kne O blessed lady floure of virginite We prayen echone o welle of our welfare Lyke a mother nat thy mylke to spare ¶ Gyue hym plente that is so plenteous Of fulsomnesse Angels to fede And gyue hym souke the pyment gracious Of thy pappes let thy condyte shede The swete mylke all aboute in brede Motherly it makynge to auale On his fayre tender lymmes smale ¶ Glad maiste thou be that saue liste to vouce With his softe rounde lippes lyte To haue pleasaūce thy brestes for to touche Onely to souke thy blessed pappes whyte And that hym liste so godely to dely●● For his playe to haue so moche ●●●ss● Euer amonge thy holy mouthe to kisse ¶ And sodeynly with childely chere Iocounde Than anone thy whyte necke to enbrace With his softe tender