Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 16 (nat, ningle, chould, numps, terry, dery…). Matches are highlighted.
In Paris we have, the mantel of Saint lews, Which women seek Much, for help of their bore ̄ nes. For be it ones laid, upon a woma ̄ nys belly, She go them with child, the miracles are seane there Saily. And besides all this, you would marvel in continued ̄ fessyon. What our father's do, to assoil them of transgressyon Johan
for lyons, there is the length of our lord, In a great pyller. She that will with a coorde, Be fast bound to it, and take soch chance as fallen, Shall sure have child, for within it is hollow all. Tush, I could tell you, of Much more wonder than ̄ this, In course to hear them, I think you would bliss. Saint From ̄ ces habit,
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By the Mess at both, for I am a great penytensar, And fit at the pardon ̄ , Tush, I am y e popes own vicar If thu lackest a piece, I know where thu mayest be sped. With coyse of a score, & brought even to thy bed. No, for it is soch gere, as the holiest of us will have, Pope, Cardinal, bishop, more ̄ ke, canon pressed & fryre, Not one of you all, but a woman will desire. No, but you fatche them in, by and other carriage. You do even as we do, we both are of one rate. Ego distinguo, whither you will have lyons or Paris. In Paris we have, the mantel of Saint lews, Which women seek Much, for help of their bore ̄ nes. For be it ones laid, upon a woma ̄ nys belly, She go them with child, the miracles are seane there Saily. And besides all this, you would marvel in continued ̄ fessyon. What our father's do, to assoil them of transgressyon Johan Thessecclius, assoiled a young woman ones. Behind the high alter, till she cried out of hes bones. And as for lyons, there is the length of our lord, In a great pyller. She that will with a coorde, Be fast bound to it, and take soch chance as fallen, Shall sure have child, for within it is hollow all. Tush, I could tell you, of Much more wonder than ̄ this, In course to hear them, I think you would bliss. Saint From ̄ ces habit, with the holy girdle & whode, Non can go to hell, that therein die by the road, In case Saint Frances, be sure upon their side, Else may they fortune, to be of their purpose wide. For I read of one, that should have gone to the devil But the spretes of hell, could do to him non evil. Till Saint Frances came, & took from ̄ him his cowl, Then went he to hell, the fryres dead hear him howl. I will therefore serve, S. Frances with heart & mind With daily memories, that he may be my Friend. And than I care not, for all the devils in hell, That I have told you, is more true than the Gospel. Either thu dost mock, or else thu art sure mad. Why, where is he now, I besych the heartily tell, Here is one continued ̄ ming, inquire what he intend. Gods blessing on your good heart, it is spoken even Like a man. You know this day sir, we have a full holy feast, And must go processyo ̄ , with the blessed road of rest. We have long mattens, long laudes, long hours long pyyme. Mass, eve ̄ song, continued ̄ plyne, & all must be done I ̄ time. Sensing of the altars, & casting of holy water. Holy bread making, with other necessary matter. Sir he does me wroge for this day it is my acyon. To preach my brotherhede, & gather my lymytacyon Then give me a belle, for I will be and other. We must so order him, that he go no more at large. And I will raise up, in the vnyuersytees, The seven sleepers there, to aduau ̄ ce the popes decrees As Dorbel & Duns, Durand & Thomas of Aquyne The mastre of sentens with Bachon the great divine He ̄ ricus de Gam ̄ dauo. And these shall read and clerum ̄ , Aristotle and Albert, de secretis mulicrum, With the continued ̄ mentaryes, of Avicenna and Aueroyes. And a Phebo Phoebe, which is very good for boys. Why suffer you him, to prattle here so long? This horrible heretic, now shall we well recompens In our religion, was and holy popish patryarke, Which of all bawdry, might be the great monarch. The no ̄ nes to confess, he went from place to place, And two ho ̄ dreaded of them, he broached in that space. Many spices he eat, his currage to pruuoke. Soch a fellawe was he, as of that gere had the stroke. What, brother snyp snap, how go the word with the? Marry nothing but well, for I cry now aduau ̄ tage Nay, tarry brother mine, for away shalt thu not slide
Plot summary
Plot — The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists
God gives mankind three laws to guide him one by one through the three stages of his history. The Law of Nature has an altercation with Infidelity, who then raises Sodomy and Idolatry to confound the law and pervert mankind’s body and soul. He equips them with the paraphernalia of the Catholic church, and through their work the Law of Nature is afflicted with leprosy. Infidelity next engages Covetousness and Ambition to defeat the Law of Moses: they will exhaust the clergy with long services, and have devotions in Latin to inhibit understanding by the laity; laymen will also be deceived with false interpretations of the Bible, and strict laws against heresy will be enforced. The Law of Moses becomes a blind, lame cripple. Next Infidelity summons Hypocrisy and False Doctrine, who provide religious schism and popish relics. They raise up the clergy, the universities, and local government in opposition to the Law of Christ, who comes to preach. Infidelity competes with a sale of indulgences, and the Law of Christ is arrested, stripped, and taken to be burnt for heresy. Infidelity’s triumph is cut short by the arrival of a vengeful God, who ignores his claim that he is not responsible for the corruption of the laws, and smites him with water, the sword, and fire. God banishes the vices, curing the three Laws, and assigns them to teach Christian Faith, who then goes out to see those laws obeyed in all nations and the Catholic church extirpated.