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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	hope_n	young_a	youth_n	20	3	7.5437	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38576	Erastus, or, The Roman prince being a more full acount of that famous history of the seven wise masters : with many pleasant additions of excellent, and divertive discourses, and songs, not unsuitable to the design of the story.		1684 (1684)	Wing E3219; ESTC R31439	59,877	160

and silent Reverence at which the Emperor being in great heaviness feared lest his too much Study might have deprived him of his Reason or that in a too strict pursuit of Philosophy he had lost his Morrals this opinion was much hightened when the young Prince being conducted into the Chamber of Presence and sate on a Throne by his Father could by no arguments be prevailed with to unlock the Cabinet of his Coral-Lips but had there Immured the most Learned of Tongues to a rigorous Silence So that calling for the Philosophers the inraged Emperor with great transport and vehemence told them That if they did not again restore his Son to his Speech both they and their sottish Pupil should speedily expect to be condemned to the House o● Silence and have the Organs of their Voices stopped by Ax of Iustice But they with the greatest Submissions that could he endeavoured to allay the mighty Tempes● of the Kings wrath assuring His Majesty That this wonderful silence of his Son a● it did proceed from some secret cause to them unknown so they doubted not bu● time would manifest that it was by some divine power or command at least tha● the wisest of Princes had imposed this silence on himself For that the Lord tha● had brought the Emperors Message bu● the day before was witness with what excellent demonstration of Reason and Learning he had discoursed in his presence bu● the day before But the Queen who sitting under 〈◊〉 Cloath of State in the same Room ha● been all this while devouring with her Eyes the dear Object of her highest desires an● finding that flame which report had kindled was now so much heightened by the presence of the most attractive and desirabl● person in the World that without it were a little allayed by a speedy fruition it would certainly reduce her to be the most miserable of Women took this occasion to acquaint the indulgent Emperor that she had in her Closet a Secret recommended by a Physitian of great note that would in short time recover the speech of such as were dumb Therefore if His Majesty would so order it that the Prince might retire with her to her Apartment she doubted not but in some short time if she had him alone with her both to discover and cure the cause of his Distemper The good Emperor not suspecting this Serpentine cunning of a fair Woman gave command That Erastus should attend upon the Queen in her Closet where this worst of Women put in practice the devillish design you will hear of in the next Chapter CHAP. VII THe Lustful Aphrodisia having by this occasion as she thought taken sure hold of her Prey the doors being shut she with most amorous words and gestures began to explain the meaning of her former Letters and presents recounting the violence of her passion in the most inticeing manner that a wicked and depraved Woman can devise And is my Beauty said she and my Youth that is here prostrate to your pleasure become an object of scorn and contempt Am I the occasion of this stupid silence of yours speak my dearest Erastus and e're it be too late revive the languishing Spirits of her that cannot live without she enjoyes you Then with a storm of lacivious Kisses she attempted a battery on the impregnable Fort of his Chastity exposing her most enticeing beauties with the greatest alurement and hightening the demonstrations of her passion by words expressing the most arden● and sincere Affection What said she my Erastus must then my royal Favour and all conquering Beauty be the contempt of your pretended stupidity and icy silence or can you think though you abuse thes● Tears the showers of my Love that you shall be able to avoid the tempest of my just Anger No no Erastus think no● thy dull Morallity shall balk my expectations of their desired end but that tho● mayst see how far the mallice of a disappointed Woman can reach be assured I will make so effectual an example of Female rage as shall astonish the Generations to come when they shall here thereof Then trying whither force might not prevail upon him she endeavoured to constrain him to her Couch which the poor transported Prince perceiving with great nimbleness seized the door left the infectious Room but was soon pursued through the Gallery by the enraged Empress whose Lust being now turned to hellish and barbarous Revenge she was heard over the Court with most feigned and Crocadile Lamentations to exclaim stop stop the young Traitor to his Fathers honour the Viola●or of my Chasticy with many ●ther Blasphemies as her devilish and exquisite Malice could invent still tearing her Hair rendring her Face and Breasts and shattering her neglected Iewels and regal Robes that should have been the modest covering of her Honour So that meeting the King in this posture who had by this time detained the innocent Prince whom he met flying the beastial Rage of this Fury casting her self at his Royal Feet she with great artifice so acted the Hypocrite that the Emperor was gull'd into a belief of that shameless Fact which this most Savage of her Sex had alleadged with feigned tears and bitter execrations So that taking the Princes silence which the Stars had joyned him for a contempt of his Authority and an infallible argument of Guilt he ordered the Guards to to take this model of abused Innocence into close Custody until it should be determined what Sentence was the just reward of so foul a Crime Which was soon resolved on for the Council being presently called and having only heard the Plaintif who now undoubtedly concluded she had a plenary revenge on the Contemner of her brutal desires they Sentenced him to be draw'd hanged and guarter'd and that within the space of three hours But all were astonished that beheld his unmoved Constancy under this most unjust proceedure and greatly Lamented that a young Prince of such growing hopes should be thus cut off in the bud and morning of his Princely youth So that nothing but dismal Lamentations were to be heard and sable Consternation appeared to cover the Face of the whole City This gave so great an Alaram to the Seven Philosophers who had engaged to be his Advocates for the seven dayes until the Malignity of his Stars were expired that they hardly knew what to determine because of the shortness of the time But withal considering if they moved not in this instant the Fortune of the Empire would be lost and Posterity deprived of the happiness of so excellent a Governour The Lot for the first day fell on Euprosigorus who accordingly addressed himself to oppose the Torrent of the imperial Rage in executing that direful Sentence on the best of Princes Erastus CHAP. VIII NO sooner had Euprosigorus entered the presence of Dioclesian but it may well be imagined what a storm of fury fell on him for his presumption in that he impudently had intruded himself upon the