Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bad_a	effect_n	good_a	3,760	5	4.8923	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93033	The rape of Lucrece, committed by Tarquin the sixt; and the remarkable judgments that befel him for it. / By the incomparable master of our English poetry, Will: Shakespeare gent. Whereunto is annexed, The banishment of Tarquin: or, the reward of lust. By J. Quarles.	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Quarles, John, 1624-1665. Tarquin banished: or, The reward of lust.	1655 (1655)	Wing S2943; Thomason E1672_3; Thomason E1672_4; ESTC R13087	4,906	16

tarquin_n banish_v or_o the_o reward_n of_o lust_n write_v by_o j._n q._n quicquid_fw-la boni_fw-la cum_fw-la discretione_fw-la feceris_fw-la virtus_fw-la est_fw-la quicquid_fw-la sine_fw-la discretione_fw-la gesseris_fw-la vitium_fw-la est_fw-la virtus_fw-la enim_fw-la indiscreta_fw-la pro_fw-la vitio_fw-la deputatur_fw-la london_n print_a by_o j._n g._n for_o john_n stafford_n at_o fleet-bridge_n and_o will_v gilbertson_n in_o giltspur-street_n 1655._o to_o the_o reader_n kind_a reader_n i_o be_o confident_a when_o thou_o do_v serious_o consider_v the_o unworthiness_n of_o the_o action_n thou_o will_v not_o approve_v of_o the_o actor_n for_o after_o he_o have_v receive_v those_o many_o civility_n which_o the_o house_n of_o chaste_a lucretia_n can_v afford_v he_o with_o a_o unheard-of_a violence_n requite_v she_o with_o a_o most_o barbarous_a rape_n which_o cause_v not_o only_o his_o banishment_n but_o likewise_o cost_v the_o life_n of_o many_o of_o the_o nobility_n nay_o and_o the_o king_n himself_o in_o defence_n of_o his_o son_n the_o ravisher_n lose_v his_o life_n and_o that_o which_o wa●_n more_o than_o all_o be_v the_o loss_n of_o lucretia_n life_n for_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o fact_n make_v she_o stab_v herself_o so_o die_v poor_a lucretia_n unblamable_a in_o nothing_o but_o that_o she_o be_v the_o author_n of_o her_o own_o death_n so_o reader_n as_o thou_o have_v before_o read_v tarqiun●s_a ●s_z offence_n thou_o may_v now_o read_v his_o punishment_n and_o so_o farewell_n tarquin_n banish_v or_o the_o reward_n of_o lust_n it_o be_v seldom_o know_v that_o good_a effect_n attend_v upon_o bad_a cause_n tarquin_n to_o befriend_v his_o own_o desire_n contaminate_v his_o will_n and_o blast_v that_o virtue_n which_o before_o do_v fill_v the_o ear_n of_o rome_n and_o make_v it_o to_o proclaim_v the_o future_a hope_n of_o his_o increase_a name_n may_v we_o not_o judge_v he_o wise_a that_o love_v to_o spend_v ere_o he_o begin_v some_o thought_n upon_o the_o end_n of_o his_o design_n have_v pha'ton_n do_v the_o same_o he_o have_v not_o turn_v the_o world_n into_o a_o flame_n the_o act_n of_o catiline_n be_v noble_a deed_n compare_v to_o this_o this_o horrid_a act_n exceed_v horror_n itself_o oh_o what_o obdurate_a breast_n can_v read_v this_o story_n and_o not_o be_v oppress_v if_o ever_o mischief_n practise_v to_o excel_v it_o be_v in_o this_o this_o masterpiece_n of_o hell_n have_v chaste_a lucretia_n follow_v the_o advice_n of_o lustful_a tarquin_n what_o a_o lavish_a price_n have_v she_o lay_v out_o for_o sin_n and_o yet_o the_o shame_n have_v be_v far_o great_a and_o her_o death_n the_o same_o if_o not_o much_o worse_o for_o have_v she_o not_o reveal_v it_o it_o have_v prove_v her_o death_n to_o think_v she_o have_v conceal_v it_o ah_o poor_a lucretia_n what_o a_o fatal_a guest_n do_v thou_o receive_v how_o be_v thy_o roof_n unblessed_a and_o thou_o mistake_v how_o sad_o do_v it_o prove_v thy_o table_n feed_v a_o serpent_n not_o a_o dove_n it_o be_v thy_o face_n lucretia_n that_o be_v spread_v with_o lavish_a beauty_n and_o there_o tarquin_n feed_v it_o be_v not_o to_o take_v repose_n he_o make_v such_o speed_n nor_o be_v it_o the_o arrant_a of_o his_o mind_n to_o feed_v upon_o such_o cate_n his_o eye_n have_v choose_v a_o dish_n which_o please_v he_o and_o awhile_o he_o feed_v by_o wish_n and_o then_o by_o force_n lucretia_n thou_o do_v find_v the_o rage_a stomach_n of_o his_o lustful_a mind_n but_o ah_o the_o sad_a effect_n record_v the_o crime_n unparallel_v in_o any_o age_n or_o time_n for_o weep_v lucrece_n have_v no_o other_o shield_n than_o virtue_n which_o deny_v her_o heart_n to_o yield_v and_o this_o all_o can_v be_v deduce_v from_o hence_o that_o virtue_n be_v oppress_v by_o violence_n but_o at_o the_o last_o when_o violence_n have_v gain_v the_o upperhand_n vile_a tarquin_n be_v constrain_v to_o fly_v and_o leave_v lucretia_n to_o lament_v though_o not_o conceal_v her_o woeful_a banishment_n judge_v lady_n her_o distress_n poor_a heart_n her_o grief_n incline_v she_o more_o to_o death_n than_o to_o relief_n she_o wish_v to_o see_v her_o lord_n yet_o know_v not_o how_o to_o look_v upon_o he_o with_o a_o steadfast_a brow_n but_o when_o she_o think_v on_o his_o abuse_a bed_n ah_o then_o ah_o then_o she_o much_o deject_a head_n out_o stream_v a_o fountain_n nothing_o can_v prevent_v the_o nimble_a current_n of_o her_o discontent_n at_o last_o he_o come_v and_o with_o a_o fearful_a haste_n in_o he_o expatiate_v arm_n embrace_v his_o lucrece_n who_o be_v tutor_v by_o here_o fear_n ●ke_v all_o in_o sigh_n and_o answer_v he_o in_o tear_n whilst_o gaze_v collatine_n with_o rage_a speed_n stamp_v out_o these_o word_n i_o will_v revenge_v the_o deed_n so_o out_o he_o run_v but_o hark_v a_o groan_n recall_v his_o hasty_a foot_n for_o his_o lucretia_n fall_n wound_v by_o she_o own_o hand_n whilst_o he_o in_o vain_a lift_v up_o her_o corpse_n and_o lay_v it_o down_o again_o at_o last_o poor_a soul_n she_o move_v her_o die_a head_n and_o cry_v revenge_n for_o thy_o lucretia_n dead_a ah_o who_o can_v grieve_v with_o collatine_n who_o grief_n admit_v no_o equal_a but_o transcend_v belief_n he_o now_o be_v flee_v and_o ransack_v all_o about_o contrive_v and_o plot_n to_o find_v young_a tarquin_n out_o at_o last_o arrive_v where_o the_o army_n stay_v the_o colour_n of_o his_o grief_n he_o thus_o display_v dear_a friend_n the_o liberality_n of_o my_o speech_n be_v humble_o free_a and_o fluent_a to_o beseech_v your_o joint_a assistance_n to_o revenge_v a_o wrong_n who_o intricacy_n neither_o pen_n nor_o tongue_n be_v able_a to_o express_v alas_o and_o i_o can_v only_o shadow_v forth_o my_o misery_n my_o dear_a lucretia_n in_o who_o breast_n do_v lie_v my_o life_n be_v flee_v unto_o eternity_n she_o be_v dead_a my_o lord_n and_z ah_o if_o that_o be_v all_o in_o time_n i_o may_v endeavour_v to_o recall_v my_o grief_n she_o be_v my_o lord_n i_o speak_v what_o be_v true_a ravish_v by_o death_n nay_o and_o by_o tarquin_n too_o and_o if_o a_o worse_a fate_n than_o this_o can_v be_v i_o will_v swear_v there_o be_v no_o grief_n no_o misery_n but_o to_o be_v short_a dear_a friend_n i_o can_v now_o dispose_v of_o so_o much_o time_n as_o to_o utter_v how_o but_o the_o last_o sound_n of_o my_o lucretia_n breath_n be_v this_o revenge_v my_o rape_n condole_v my_o death_n the_o frighten_v air_n have_v hardly_o cool_v his_o word_n before_o the_o noble_n with_o their_o soon-drawn_a sword_n vow_v a_o complete_a revenge_n and_o to_o effect_v their_o vow_a design_n they_o suffer_v no_o neglect_n to_o harbour_v in_o their_o breast_n but_o with_o a_o speed_n wing_v with_o affection_n they_o perform_v the_o deed_n if_o i_o shall_v lavish_a time_n and_o here_o relate_v their_o several_a battle_n and_o their_o several_a fate_n i_o may_v perplex_v my_o reader_n with_o a_o story_n of_o this_o man_n ruin_n and_o of_o that_o man_n glory_n but_o at_o my_o period_n i_o shall_v only_o say_v tarquin_n bad_a cause_n not_o valour_n lose_v the_o day_n but_o let_v i_o say_v that_o in_o this_o fatal_a cloud_n of_o ruin_n tarquin_n father_n that_o do_v crowd_n into_o the_o arm_n of_o danger_n to_o maintain_v his_o son_n vile_a cause_n deserve_o be_v slay_v and_o when_o young_a tarquin_n hear_v his_o father_n fall_n he_o grow_v more_o desperate_a lose_v himself_o and_o all_o thus_o captive_a to_o his_o foe_n his_o sullen_a breast_n swell_v more_o with_o malice_n than_o it_o seem_v oppress_v for_o like_o a_o base_a usurper_n have_v thrust_v himself_o in_o power_n his_o action_n must_v be_v just_a nay_o though_o the_o sword_n decline_v he_o yet_o will_v he_o make_v all_o authentic_a by_o obduracy_n a_o brazen_a conscience_n find_v a_o brazen_a face_n tarquin_n because_o he_o know_v his_o foul_a disgrace_n can_v not_o receive_v addition_n grow_v so_o bold_a so_o peremptory_a that_o what_o other_o tell_v to_o he_o in_o grief_n he_o in_o disdain_n reply_v lucretia_n rape_n be_v tarquin_n only_a pride_n since_o she_o be_v dead_a the_o thing_n that_o grieve_v i_o most_o be_v this_o to_o think_v my_o spirit_n can_v boast_v of_o more_o enjoyment_n but_o i_o will_v cease_v to_o crave_v for_o i_o be_o well_o content_a with_o what_o i_o have_v and_o if_o i_o die_v i_o charge_v thou_o grief_n forbear_v i_o be_o a_o roman_n and_o i_o scorn_v to_o fear_v oh_o how_o i_o will_v vex_v my_o foe_n for_o when_o as_o i_o be_o bring_v to_o death_n they_o shall_v not_o know_v i_o die_v he_o steal_v into_o a_o slumber_n none_o shall_v say_v they_o see_v i_o die_v although_o perhaps_o they_o may_v report_v they_o see_v i_o dead_a and_o rome_n shall_v cry_v tarquin_n have_v teach_v we_o how_o to_o scorn_v and_o die_v well_o then_o where_o be_v their_o revenge_n for_o i_o be_o sure_a a_o