Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T50: sea, honour, general, soldiers, men, ship, fight, soldier, king, vittori.
I assemble the life of mortal creature To the allyege again a s●…rong town or castle In which there is much best endenure much warly policy with busy travail On every side which par●…e shall pray ayll By sleight of ingyns or by strong power that other to subdue and bring into danger In such case and manner of condition Is wretched man here in this life earthly While he abideth within the garrison Of the frayll carcase and carynouse body Whom to impugn laboureth incessantly the world/ the flesh/ the enemy/ these three Him to subdue and bring into captivity And for to show you what wise they us ipugn first doth the world give us an allectyfe to covetryches and worldly renown With other vanyteys that be used in this life Next that our flesh which ever is in stryse again our spirit/ doth provoke and excite Is to accomplish our sensual appetite The last of all is our great enemy Which ever hath us in continual haterede Of old enkankred malice and envy that he oweth to us and all the kindred Of all the ancestors of whom we do succeed Nor yetcesseth his malice unto this day Is to endanger in all that he can or may And certes these our said enemies Be of their nature so mighty and so strong That hard it will be for us in any wise Again them war or battle to underfong also our garrisons and fortress to maintain long Again their ingens without spiritual grace We can not perform in no manner case Wherefore it is to us right behovable busily to pray to god that is immortal Beseeching him as he is merciable To have compassion and pity on us all And not to suffer us any wise to fall Into such folly and utter mischance Is 〈◊〉 them grieve and do 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Also it behoveth on our part To flee all such manner of occasion as may be put in fere and jeopardy Of their displeasure in any con●●●cyon New fangl●…s and c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nice 〈◊〉 we must forsake in all manner wise And acquaint us with their contrar●se Quia contraria contrariis curantur. etc. I tell this tale sir to you Trusting that it be not done in waste ye remember as I suppose well I now Now it is not fully. in. days past Sith ye me promised and bound it fast From that day forth to be obedient unto my counsel and advisement ye sir so I did in very deed And yet it is my mind and intent To follow the same have ye no dread if ye do not yourself shall repent Now far ye well for I must be absent As for a season/ and for your comfort when so ever ye call me I shall to you resort
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¶ I assemble the lyfe of mortall creature To the allyege agayn a srong town or castell In whyche there ys myche bst endenure myche warly polycy wyth bysy trauayll On euery syde whyche pare shall prey ayll By sleyght of ingyns or by strong power that other to subdue and bryng into daunger ¶ In suche case and maner of condycyon Is wreched man here in thys lyfe erthly Whyle he abydeth wythin the garyson Of the frayll carcas and carynouse body Whom to impugn laboreth incessantly the world / the fleshe / the enemy / these thre Hym to subdue and bryng into captyuyte ¶ And for to shew you what wyse they vs ipugn Fyrst doth the world geue vs an allectyfe to couetryches and worldly renown Wyth other vanyteys that be vsed in thys lyfe Next that our fleshe whyche euer ys in stryse agayn our spyryte / doth prouoke and excyte Ys to accomplyshe our sensuall appetyte ¶ The last of all ys our great enemy Whyche euer hath vs in contynuall haterede Of old enkankred malyce and enuy that he oweth to vs and all the kynrede Of all the aunceters of whom we do succede Nor yetcesseth hys malyce vnto thys day Ys to endaunger in all that he can or may ¶ And certes these our sayd enemyes Be of theyre nature so myghty and so strong That hard yt wyll be for vs in any wyse Agayn them warre or batayll to vnderfong also our garisons and fortresse to mayntayn long Agayn theyre ingens wythout spyrytuall grace We can not performe in no maner case ¶ Wherfore yt ys to vs ryght behouable Besyly to pray to god that ys immortall Besechyng hym as he ys mercyable To haue compassyon and pytye on vs all And not to suffer vs any wyse to fall Into suche foly and vtter myschaunce Is theym greue and do ¶ Also yt behoueth on our parte To fle all suche maner of occasyon as may be put in fere and Ieoparde Of theyre dyspleasure in any concyon New fangls and cnyce we must forsake in all maner wyse And acquaynt vs wyth theyre contrarse Quia contraria contrariis curantur. &c. I tell thys tale syr to you Trustyng that yt be not done in wast ye remember as I suppose well I now Now yt ys not fully. in. dayes past Syth ye me promysed and bound yt fast From that day forth to be obedyent unto my counsell and aduysement ¶ ye syr so I dyd in very ded And yet yt ys my mynde and intent To folow the same haue ye no drede ¶ yf ye do nat your selfe shall repent Now fare ye well for I must be absent As for a season / and for your confort whan so euer ye call me I shall to you resort