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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10869	Eustathia, or the constancie of Susanna containing the preservation of the godly, subversion of the wicked, precepts for the aged, instructions for youth, pleasure with profitte. Penned by R.R.G.	Roche, Robert, 1575 or 6-1629.	1599 (1599)	STC 21137; ESTC S112042	52,757	126

Heere now and helpe thy handmaide helpe For helpe of man doth faile Doe not expose me for their pray Because they doe not right But hunt in heart to bring about That's hatefull in thy sight And of a meere malicious minde False witnesse heere haue brought And causlesse laid vnto my chardge The things I never thought Thou seest my God vvhat they haue done Thou seest their envious heart Thou knowst they sought to lawlesse lust Thine hand-maide to convert Thou knowst I dread not d●ring death No force his might a pin No no I doe desire to die A better life to win I tender not faire beauties trash I tender my good name Least leesing life I be by death Entombed in defame For this cause rise O Lord make hast Repell my soules despight And shew the nations farre and neere How much thou tendrest right I know my sinnes are passing great VVhich acted are each hower Yet let my teeres thy mercy treate And shield me with thy power If no defamed wretch I die For keeping of thy law And causlesse thou shalt seeme my God Thy comfort to withdraw Hast then O Lord make hast I say Least guiltlesse blood be spilt Yet not my will be done in this But be it as thou vvilt VVhen shee her godly oraysons had ended And that no meanes was left to make delay The fawning officers in court attended VVith prophane handes to hale her thence away And though shee were as readie to obey Yet still this soare doth smart in guiltlesse minde That shee should leaue an ill report behinde VVhen once the streetes did act this tragaedie Vaultes and resounding Ecchoes from the stones Reporte the mothers teeres her childrens crie Her parentes plaintes her husbandes hideous moanes Her kinfolkes sighes her friendes heart-breaking grones The peoples pleading tongues to God to free her VVhile thicke tumultuous troopes doe run to see her VVho passing foorth with passing seemely port Her looke abated with her languishment Shee doth the gazing lookers on exhort Good people pray for me poore innocent Thats gultlesse faultlesse free from al intent Of this misdeede for which weake wretch I die VVhome still with deepest hate I did defie VVhile thus with plaintes they doe Gods aide implore The Lord did heere and helpe her wofull case For as when tyrant Pharaoh scepter bore A Pharaoh fierce that knew not Ios●phes face And did the Israelites oppresse long space They being tyred with his tirannie In deepest griefe vnto Gods favor flie VVho when their moanes did mount vnto his sight D●d single foorth their speedy preservation From Pharaos traine a courtly trained wight Moses an Hebrew borne by education His daughters sonne which bred his estimation So now God seeing Susans great distresse Ev'n in the nicke did speede her due redresse For in the Chaldean court did then attend A noble Iew a youngling for his yeares The monarches mynion and his chiefest friend One of his sage and sharpest ●ighted Seeres In which high feate he past his graue compeeres While Isrels God did reare his fortunes hie To beare a stroake in Asias maiestie He Daniel cleaped by his natiue name The Chaldees cald him noble Balthazar VVhom neither courtly glee nor phrase of fame Could in faire Sions zeale ought make or marre But would to keepe the captiue Iewes from iar In private sort at times repaire and prie Into his brethernes state with wakefull eie And standing now in this tumultuous thronge Hee saw blinde zeale imployd in good pretence VVhat time Gods truth enform'd him of the wrong And raisd his sp'rite to speake in her defence Bad him be bold to plead her innocence Step foorth in place doe not thy thoughtes conceale Cry out amaine from divellish doome appeale Then Daniell as the Lord commaunded him Cride in the streetes I from this blood am cleane VVhile gazing heerers looked sowre and grim To muse what these vnlook'd for wordes should meane Fowle toades s●ith he infect the christall streame Because you would the streame farre purer finde You kill the fish but leaue the toades behinde Are you such sots O seede of Israell Are you so blind you see not what you do Are you so deafe you heare not what they tel Know you not right and what bee longes thearto Survey you not your steppes before you goe Whie haue yov heere condemnd this dame to dies And would not heere her iust appeale and crie O turne with speed turne to the iudgment seate And then behould what God will thear relate Your seviors sinnes haue growne exceeding ●greate Repelled lust ingendring with foule hate In them the bastard periurie begate Bold periurie did breed false witnesse bearing False witnesse wrested iudgmente by for-swearing At which his wordes the people yonge and olde Do make a stand and backwardes thence retire Whear daunting sins the seniours heartes make cold While daunger woundes the depth of their desire Yet past shams bowndes their shamlesse thoughts aspire And foorth they passe into the sessions hall And hide in crabbed brow their conscience gaule The elders of this circumsized race Which with repriued pris'nour turne a ge'n When ev'rie one had ta'ne his vsuall place They say vnto this stately stripling then Vse thou the roome of these malitious men Declare to vs Gods iudgmente and decree Sith God hath giv'n an elders spirite to thee Then Daniell tooke the powerfull place of life And thear to intimate God will to all Where are quoth he the wrongers of this wife Put them a parte out of each others call And bring forth one by one in to the hall So you shall see their tray trouse tonges reveale What wicked heartes do cover and conceale The formall officers performe his mind And brought forth one to be examined Who lookd like murthrous marked Cain vnkind When brothers blood he guiltlessely had shed His colour shew'd what harbord in his head His ioyntes as if vnioynted were at iarre False iudge now pris'ner pleading at the barre And standing thus before the balefull bench The beardlesse iudge to checke him vncontrold That conscience as a cooling carde-might quench The heate of his bravado overbold Saith thou sin seasned wretch that waxest olde In sin thy wicked life is come to light Whose falshood harmed manie a harmlesse wight Thou hast abus'd thy life God lent to thee To mend thy life and passed sins repent For nothing but oppressions he could see Therefore he will thie glorie from thee rent Which hast condemn'd to death an innocent And let the guiltie goe for giftes a way VVhile lust and bribes did blind thee day by day Sith sworne thou hast eie witnesse thou didst see This comely dame with her companion sin Report the trurh and name to vs the tree That hid the fact you did surprise them in Pause not but speake if wordes shall creadit win Be briefe let not oblivion beare the blot Things done so late are not so soone forgot Then pawsing twixt despaire and tyred hope As one that had

Vriahs wife no sure the childe did die That thus was gotten in adultery Yea God did sweare the like disgrace and sword Should light on his for leaving of his word VVhat did prowd Paris gaine to gad to Greece To fet that mynion Menelaus vvife Fames Phoenix beauties saint a peerelesse peece Shee cost a kingdome large and many a life Sardanapalus living voide of strife Became lustes wanton wallowed in her pleasure VVhich life did leese his empire life and treasure And well for if the Lord in wedlocks cause Plague common-weales and play the vanquisher When one fowle fornicator breakes his lawes What shall be done to that adulterer 〈◊〉 st●●kler of this strife and bloody stirre Were he not worthy breeder of this brawle 〈◊〉 end esse death to pine and die for all Your selues of late in practise of the law 〈◊〉 doome of stoning death for like offence 〈◊〉 can desire your heartes from right withdraw That lawlesse now you can with laws dispence What brainsicke humor doth your braines incence To deeme that fact death worthy in an other Which you your selues do foster feed and cover If speeches d●● but breath and labour leese If former 〈◊〉 cannot forwarne your eares Then yet behold I offer on my knees A 〈◊〉 of sig●es and stormie teares P●t●y the paine that in my looke appeares Let these my wringed hands awake remorse Vse favour good my Lords abuse not force Consider what you are not base borne slaves Bu● chiefe conductors of Gods chosen sheepe Then as a cr●zed ship that's tost with waues Doth let the waters at the chinckes in creepe And drown'th her selfe withall in whelming deepe So you the ship wherein your subiectes saile Your subiectes sinke when you beginne to faile Therfore I coniure you by greate Iehove For countries cause for subiectes happinesse Eor your deere soules estate no further moue Mee poore afflicted soule heere succorlesse O do not seeke to drowne me in distresse Least now you see old Sodom flaines descendinge Suppresse your suite serve God who waits amending But what avayles to sownd to beastes retreyt Or quench the blaz● that burneth in the straw Though Croco diles do weepe they meane deceit Though Lyons cowch they hide a hurtful paw So though these Lordes be moane the te●res they saw Commende her zeale extoll her good entent Yet still vntamed lust growes insolent The softest drops do peirce the hardest stoanes Through gentle wordes vngentle heartes will yeeld The tenderest zutho softneth toughest boanes Milde musick can mad beastes allure and weild Then are your stubborne heades so strongly s●eeld Or are your heartes so heard so rough so fe●rce That nought can enter soften season peirce Behold the melting teeres this ladie sheds Behold what greef lies harbord in her heart Behold what modestie her over-spreds Behold how soare the wound vnmade doth smart Behold her soule repining at this parte Behold hart-renting sobbes assault your eies Behold vp heaved handes for mercie cryes But as the wilfull Aspis stoppes her eare VVhen charmers chaunting wordes like baites entise So these enchaunted adders will not heere The wordes of health or wisedomes sound advise So bendded will is bent to winne the price That neither may this ladies plaint or moane Make pitty pierce their heartes more hard then stone For when her hearts deepe oracles were ended And that they saw such resolution in her VVhile chastest faire faire chastitie defended Gainst those who sought with fawning wordes to win her As farre from hope as though they had not seene her Perswaded now faint means would marre their matter Her with strong hands weak fort they seeke to batter For savage Satyre-like they vvould vncover VVhat bashfull nature biddeth secreat hide And close as hungrie Ravens they doe hover To doe that great disgrace shee may not bide But when shee saw foule lust was at full tide And that her lingring girles did stay so long Shee cride amaine before shee felt the wrong Helpe helpe shee saith helpe helpe I am vndone O helpe a wofull wretch in wretched case At which her crie the iunior iudge doth ronne And open settes the garden dore apase As if some fellon fled out of the place And shee for helpe doth not so often crie But they as fast stop keepe the thiefe doth flie The servantes netled with this suddaine noyes Of help help help stop keepe the theif doth flie Ronne to the posterne gate maydes men and boyes To find the author of this mutinie The cursed cause of that lamenting crye VVho staring gazing gaping ronne aboute Like men amazde to find their mistresse out At length they do desire their ladie faire Her beautie blemished with blubbring teeres As Phebe mantled with the mystie a●re VVith watrish beames vnto the sight appeeres Officious dutie bids her bannish feares Relate her hap and let her heart be stronge VVhere hands and hearts are vowd to right her wrong But shee good ladie that did deeme her groomes Vnequall vmpires of her high disgrace Leaves her bad hap vnto the● better doomes And by her selfe aloane with-drawes the place And beares her greif imprented in her face That loachims eie might see and seeing rew Her wronged faith in her deformed hewe VVho when he saw his love and his lives breath To quake in ev'ry parte as palsie shaken And cheeke and lip to looke as pale as death VVhome fresh life feeding humour had forsaken Himselfe by fainting feare is overtaken But when he sees her sinkinge to the ground With girdling armes he doth embrace her rovnd And sobbing wordes through his tongue stopping teeres He saith O sweete sweete heart vnfolde thy griefe O speake my loue and bannish bashfull feeres Heere is a hand shall yeeld thee lardge reliefe VVhose hearts true tenure holdes of thee in chiefe If all the world should vowt ' ware wrong'd by thee Yet should it not appeare a wrong to me At vvhich his quickning wordes as Phoebus shine With powerfull beames and heat vegetatiue Vnshrowdes the earth from her congealed shrine And makes the wythering shrubbe and grasse reviue So shee begins to spring and seeme aliue And vvith her faltring tongue yet all a mort Of traitrous men doth render true report And as we blame misfortunes in their bringers Shee blames her maides as fawtors of her wrong Shee feeles impatient fittes and they her fingers That durst neglect their due returne so long Whose sad excuse permixt with teares amonge To seeke the thinges her selfe had laide amisse Return'd her selfe the blame that wrong'd her blisse Meane time the vnresolved servaunts feare it VVhat spitefull ill their lady did surprize And though their itching eares did long to heare it Yet a king heartes did rather sympathize Then know from whence their passions did arise At length with bashfull boldnesse and good grace They aske the seniors of their mistrisle case VVhose irefull eies when first they did behold This giddie rowt to presse with speed in place Did first condemne their deede as overbold VVhile fainting

but sickely mends Contract thy tale doe not at large debate For know delaies are dangerous to thy state Shee drown'd in gulfe of griefe to heare him charme Like Hobbies pray lies quivering in their handes And panting so as if shee felt the harme That would ensue if shee their will vvithstandes For well sheeseess their shippe stickes fast in sandes They care not how they beare their wind-blown sailes And lesse shee knowes what counsaile best availes If that shee yeeld shee is betraide to shame If no shee leaues her friends her ioies her life VVhich of these two deserues the greater blame To die with shame or l●ue a wicked wife Shee schooles her wavering thoughtes about this strife Shall Susan doe what most shee doth detest Shall Cuckowes hatch their birdes in Ioachims nest Nay rather Susan die an innocent And render vp a pure life-breathing spirit Then make thy quiet conscience male-content And purchase death and hell for thy demerite For harlots shall no heavenly seates inherite And sure I am if guiltlesse heere I die My Habels blud for vengance hence will crie VVhy then I will resigne fond lust to these And fall into the handes of God my king Sith far tis better God then man to please For if I yeeld vnto this cursed thing My conscience hath a penetrable sting VVhich will torment my soule far worse then hell That I shall bide more paines then tongue can tell The fact would aie be written in my brow The blushing humor would bewray my case If I should heere one say Adultresse thou The reddes would rise and muster in my face As if the wordes were ment to my disgrace My husbandes loving eie in blotted booke VVould read my fault imprinted in my looke In sleepe condemning dreames would haunt my head And shamefast thoughtes record my shamelesse follie The coverings would crie out of Ioachims bed And say faire hypocrite thou art vnholie Pull downe thy plumes and never more be iollie My smiling babies would bewray their mother And yeeld their fires resemblance to some other Accusing conscience ioinde with sad remorse VVould whip me with remembrance of mine act My guiltie minde suspition would enforce To thinke each whispring tongue did tell my fact And smiling lookes deride my creadit cract And that each nibled lippe did lend a mocke And glauncing eie behold a gazing stocke Thus did shee in her secret thoughtes debate VVhat best to doe before sh'would answere make Meane time they long her to contaminate Yet wondred at her lookes before shee spake VVhich Angel-like might moue them to forsake Their lewd intent if ever milde remorse Or tender mercie might their hard heartes force With hands displaid shee lookes vnto the skies And downe from thence vpon th'aggrieved ground Which might moue stones to teares if they had eies Her to behold which did vvith griefe abound Whose heart lodg'd cares while tongue these words doth sound And eies gush teares true tokens of deepe sorrow Thus hearts from eies fell obiectes passions borrow O you quoth shee that sway Gods Israell Repell prowd Sathan vvho doth seeke your soule Flie flie for this my heart doth hate as hell O flie with speede least God your sinnes controule Rest thus resolv'd you never gaine this goale For never shalt be said there lies that wife Which left her God to liue a brothels life Some birdes and brutish beastes by natures lore Doe flie this fact as most abhominable Then are you worse then they vvho should haue store Of reason and in iudgement be most stable What doe you thinke Gods booke is but a bable O be not beastes though you be made of clay But haue regard vnto your soules decay What if I wicked should your willes content What gaine you if you gaine your whole request VVhy nothing worth a straw a rush a bent A small thing got will gaine your great vnrust For once obtainde youle vvish to be releast Yea loath the deede your selues and me perhappes Therefore my Lordes be rul'd flie afterclappes One droppe of poyson put into the cupp Infectes the whole and makes it venemous So one bad thought in heart once harbord vp Doth cause the body to be vitious Then flie such thoughts as are so poysenous And let not nature haue the vpper hand But seeke by grace her ticementes to withstand 1st not fowle shame for him to misse the but Which shutes with levied aime to hit the pricke Then tis more shame when states in practise put To winne renowne and yet like slaues doe sticke At honestie O doe but note this tricke First know your selues then what you vndertake So you like conquerours shall such sinnes forsake Do not debase your blood by base designe Your place should foster● worthies free from blame What though your branch hath roote in Iuda line You should depend vpon deserved fame And not leaue all to noblenesse of name For nature proues a tainture in the blood Where life laments that nature is not good Phie Phie graue Rabbies grow to be so rash To royst like ruffians and exceede in sin Shall seasning salt become vnsav'ry trash VVhat leese your selues that others seeke to win Shall faire without be cloake to cloake to fowle within No no sith great ones are example givers Seeme not to be but be indeede good ●ivers Let vertue be the ground worke of your greatnesse Set God your guide in conscience bower of brasse For glories fort not founded is in neatenesse A coursers name doth naught beseeme an asse Tis folly phrensie furie out alasse To stand a tiptoe on the title point If life be loose and vertue out of ioint You aske if I haue conned histories Then know I haue both humaine and divine Wherein I finde the lasting infami●s Of such as shrowded vnder sinnes blacke shrine And how these glorious men like starres doe shine In glories spheere which haue such faultes forsaken And vnto vertues guide themselues betaken VVhat was the cause of raging cataclysme That did with gastly waues the sinfull smallow But beastly life and brutish barbarisme VVhile Sodome did chast natures hestes vnhallow Who wantons nice in lustes delight did wallow God purdged the polluted place with fire Made rebell lust a subiect of his ire VVhen Sichem Hevite did perforce deflower Faire Diana Iacobs dearling and delight Did not sin-hating heaven at it lowre And raise revendge for this abhord despight Yes twas the cause that Iacobs sonnes did fight Gainst Hemors sonnes his subiectes and his towne All which by them hand-smooth were beaten downe What bloody warre fierce wrath and raging spoile Fell on the fatall tribe of Beniamine VVhat time the men of Gibea did defile By beastlie rape the Levites concubine VVhich made their bretherne tribes so sore repine That of the Beniamites there lost their liues Fiue times fiue thousand men be●ides their wiues VVith Sittim plague fell thowsandes twentie fower Because they gaue their liues to luxurie Did David scape for that he did deflower