Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T25: feare, kings, power, princes, lawes, loue, state, downe, honor, men.
The one to principality shall surmise That the commons hearts do arise Against him, when that he doth ask In time of need, our money for task, His heart to move with such unkindness. Then the same spy shall use like doubleness And go to the commons and to them tell That Principality with equtie doth rebel More to his lucre in every deal applying his affection then to the comen weal And how that he of negligence Doth not apply for their defence, Neither by Sea nor by land Neither by high ways, neither by strand But thieves and raveners and murders eke Daily true men they pursue and seek And that his laws indifferently Be not used, but maintenance and brybary Is suffered alone without reformation That the poor commons is in altercation Of this matter and wot not what to say Bringing them in opinion that they ought not to pay To pryncypalytie their duty of very desert Except like duty be ministered on his part. I make god a vow this is a sovereign bait To bring our purpose to a narrow straight But what shall the other spy then do A fellowship tell me that also. Marry he shall inform the lords temporal That the spiritual men would rule all And say it were shame to them by the rood That been descended from the noble blood To suffer any other of such power to be To have the governance about principality sithen they inheritors are borne to be Of the high counsel by blood and dignity Which medicine I trow will not lyghlie start Till it hath tickled them all by the heart Then shall the same spy taste the other part And turn to them the wrong side of the cart And say that god of his high great grace To them hath given good fortune and space By learning sadness and gravity And for their due reward in honour to be And bear to them boldly in hand That they ought by reason to rule this land Because the power of temporalty Hath no knowledge in cunning perdie Neither in youth will labour the passage Of pain for virtue to rule in age So that if they rulers would be They know not how, for in suffycientie Thus will I divide by this proper train That peace amongst them shall not rain. Marry this is a cast of a new horse comb To rub any on the navel that hath a tickle womb This gear will work after my fantasy To make of an old grudge a new frenzy And this openeth the gate even for me That both the one and the other degree Shall wrestle with themself in such afflictions That every one shall disdain at other jurisdictions What wilt thou do them let me here thy cast This gentle seed will I sow at the last When Peace by thee is in perplexity And wore not in what part quiet to be Then justice must ever be in doubt Which part at need shall bear him out So that for my part he shall stand still While I run at large and have all my will.
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T6 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
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¶The one to principalytie shall surmyse That the comons hartes do aryse Against him, when that he doth aske In tyme of neede, our money for taske, His harte to mooue with such vnkyndnes. Then the same spye shall vse lyke doublenes And go to the comons and to them tell That Principalytie with equtie doth rebell More to hys lucre in euerie deale Applyeng his affection then to the comen weale And how that he of neglygence Doth not apply for theyr defence, Neither by Sea nor by londe Neither by hye wayes, neither by stronde But theues and raueners and murders eke Dayly true men they pursue and seke And that his lawes indifferently Be not vsed, but maintenaunce and brybary Is suffred alone without reformacion That the poore comons is in altercation Of this matter and wote not what to say Bringing them in opinion yt they ought not to pay To pryncypalytie theyr duety of very desarte Except lyke duetie be mynistred on hys parte. ¶I make god a vowe this is a souerayne bayte To brynge our purpose to a narow strayte But what shall the other spye then do A felowshyp tell me that also. ¶Mary he shall enfourme the lordes temporall That the spyrytuall men wolde rule all And saye it were shame to them by the rood That ben dyscended from the noble blood To suffre any other of such powre to bee To haue the gouernaunce about principalytie Sythen they inheritoures are borne to bee Of the hye counsell by blood and dygnytie Which medycyne I trow wyll not lyghlie starte Till it hath tyckled them all by the harte Then shall the same spye tast the other parte And turne to them the wronge side of the carte And say that god of his hye great grace To them hath geuen good fortune and space By lerning sadnes and grauitie And for theyr due reward in honour to bee And bere to them boldly in hand That they ought by reason to rule thys land Because the powre of temporaltie Hath no knowledge in conning perdie Neyther in youth will labour the passage Of paine for vertue to rule in age So that if they rulers wold bee They know not how, for in suffycientie Thus will I deuide by thys proper trayne That peace amongst them shall not rayne. ¶Mary thys is a cast of a new horse combe To rub any on the nauyll that hath a tickle wōbe This gere will worke after my fantasye To make of an olde grudge a new frenesie And this openeth the gate euen for mee That both the one and the other degree Shall wrastle with them selfe in such afflictions That euerychone shal disdaine at other iurisdictions ¶What wilt thou do thē let me here thy cast ¶This gentle sede will I sowe at the last When Peace by thee is in perplexitie And wore not in what parte quyete to bee Then Iustice must euer be in doubt Which parte at nede shall bere hym out So that for my part he shall stand styll Whyle I ronne at large and haue all my wyll.