Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	accuse_v	bear_v	excuse_v	1,559	5	8.3294	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84893	Light vanquishing darknesse. Or a vindication of some truths formerly declared, from those aspersions which have been (by reason of some misapprehensions) cast upon them; now published for the satisfaction and benefit of others. With a preambular epistle to all sorts of men. As also a parcell of good counsell, if you can take it. / By Captain Francis Freeman, a late member of the army.	Freeman, Francis.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1650 (1650)	Wing F2129; Thomason E615_7; ESTC R206543	58,771	68

any amongst you that my Colonel hath wrought upon by his aspersing of me that have any hard thoughts against me I desire that you would speak that I may give you satis faction in all things and for the future I shall desire that you would continue your obedience to my command as formerly but if so be my carriage hath bin such towards you as that you desire to have another Captain in my place I shall rest my self contented and march no farther Whereupon they cried unanimously with one consent no other Captain no other Captain we have alwaies found you faithful to us and therefore we desire no other Captain we will be obedient to your commands in all things we will do whatsoever you will have as to do and as we have petitioned the General in your behalfe so we shall still own the petition For which I gave them many thanks and so marcht towards our quarters but upon our march one of my souldiers came up to me as he said to tell me a pretty story and used this very expression that it was a true story What 's that said I then he began to tell me that be had a young Cookow at his quarters and a little hedge-sparrow fed him but fed him so long till the Cookow eat off her head Captain said he you may pick out the English of this With that all the Troop that heard it burst out in a laughter importing thus much that I had hatcht up a Cockatrice in my own bosome and that my Cornet was the Cookow and I the sparrow having rail'd him up from a poondragoon at eighteen pence per diem being my fellow Towns-man formerly to be my Cornea at five shillings per diem yet such was his requital with ingratitude that he was the only man that first began this broil between my Colonel and I and since he hath bin Cornet he hath let fall these or the like expressions among my Souldiers that he should rise no higher in preferment unlesse he could leap over my Leiut head But what he gap'd after I shall leave it for you to judge and so proceed to the next The next Randesvouz we had was at Whaly-bridge where my Col. gave me another fierce charge at the head of his Regiment He told me that I was a base scandalous fellow and I had sung baudy songs upon my march which was a griefe to all godly Christians that heard me and he named one of the songs which was this I met with Joane of Kent c. I shall therefore give you a true and perfect relation both of the manner and also the occasion of my finging that you may the better see upon what slight occasions he would take advantage against me I had a Souldier in my Troop whose name is Reger Daniel who was formerly a Leiut in the States service a man whom I loved very well insomuch as I called him my Bucking ham my favcurit c. Who came to my quarters one morning whilest I quartered at Morley near Darby and told me that he had excellent musick at his quarters and invited me to come that night to hear it I asked him what musick it was he told me it was gallant musick but did not tell me what inslruments they were neither did I at present take any more notice of what he had said nor never thought of his invitation till after supper but then it coming into my mind I being musical my selfe and it s well known can sing my part I went up to his quarters where I found them at supper the people of the house bid me welcome and as soon as they had supt my Buckingham as I call'd him rose from the Table and went to a presse-cubboard where he took out a fife-recorder and a Citern and delivered the recorder to the old man and the Citern to the young man his Son and they played half a douzen lessons verywell in consort insomuch that I thought they could sing prick-song therefore I desired to know of them whether they could or not they answered no but they had some delight to play upon those foolish instruments as they call'd them and so played three or four lessons more and lay'd them aside Now it came to passe as I sate by them in a chair taking a pipe of Tobacco one Ralph Dennis another Souldier of mine that quartered there having a very good voice sung a tune as he walked in the room Ralph said I thou hast a very good voice and so hath Graves which is an other of my Souldiers I care not if I have you two to quarter near me that I may teach you to sing your song Capt. said my Bucking-ham will you not teach me why thou hast no good voice said I yea but I have a good voice and I do not think but I shall learn to sing my part as soon as either of them Dost thou think thou canst said I that shall be tryed and so began to sing this old song New oystors c. And after I had sung it once or twice over I set them in their parts and shewed them their time and strook time for them with my hand and found them very tractable for after twice or thrice singing over they sung their parts and kept their time every well insomuch as I conceived the two men of the house who played on the musick before were much taken with it and liked our musick very well Then I sung six or seven songs and catches by my self whereof one of them was this that my Col. hath laid to my charge I met with Joan of Kent c. And this was another There dwels a pretty Maid hername is Sis c. And these are the two songs that goe under the notion of baudy songs which I shall appeal to all those that know what they are and what the Musick is And truly for my part I sung but meanly for the musick sake not thinking any hurt at all Neither had I indeed any evil thoughts in my heart in singing any of those songs which my conscience can beare me witnesse and it is that which must either accuse me or excuse me But now I shall shew you how it came to passe that my Colonel-should have notice given him of my singing these old songe Now the woman of the house where we had the musick after I was gone she told my Buckingham that I was a merry man yea said he and I think he hath as much cause as any man I know and withall spake something concerning my enjoyments but she said but little more to him but about fourteen dayes after she went to Darby-market and having a brother that was a shop-keeper there she spake something to him concerning my mirth and that I had sung a great many merry songs at her house Now you shall see how her brother wrought notably upon this newes having heard before how my Colonel had painted me forth to Colonel