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death_n	great_a	king_n	put_v	7,804	5	5.0519	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18272	The pleasant history of Cawwood the rooke. Or, The assembly of birds with the severall speeches which the birds made to the eagle, in hope to have the government in his absence: and lastly, how the rooke was banished; with the reason why crafty fellowes are called rookes. As also fit morralls and expositions added to every chapter.		1640 (1640)	STC 4889; ESTC S117294	14,459	26

Carkasse of many a small bird as Larkes and Sparrowes and sometimes upon Doves Partridges Quailes the like yet now your subiects shall finde me full of mercy for indéede I was then enforced to be cruell by necessity At these words the Eagle tooke wing so taking some few birds of note with him he flew away and when these birds had accompanied him some part of the way he sent them backe againe charging them to be carefull to obey the Hawke in all things And so flew on to the Desart of Arabia The Morrall THe nature of man is given to seeke honour which hee thinkes to be a sufficient reward for all his sufferings as may appeare by the Hawke who could endure to plucke off his owne Talents in hope to be made King CHAP. VI How the Hawke behaved himselfe after the departure of the Eagle and how he requited Cawwood the Rooke for teaching him to make away the Buzzard as is shewed in the first Chapter THe Eagle being gone the Hawke behaved himselfe very lovingly for the first wéeke as Nero the first five yeares of his raigne was counted the best of Kings but afterward he proved the worst of Tyrants so the Hawke dissembled his nature for a wéeke or fortnight but afterward he had a great desire to shed blood and therefore he began to thinke how he might put Cawwood the Rooke to death and requite him for his former kindnesse in betraying the Buzzard and making him stand blinde folded with a clout about his head till one came by and shot him with a birding-péece Now to bring this to passe he called many of the little birds together and told them that what cruelty he had formerly committed was by the encouragement of the Rooke who made him beléeve that seing nature had allotted him no other foode it was lawfull for him to prey upon all sorts of birds and that now he was afraid least he should put into his mind the same bloody principles againe and therefore to avoid suspition My loving Subiects saith he if any of you can accuse him of any hainous crime as I know he is guilty of many I will grant you a day of hearing against him that so if he cannot cleere himselfe he may suffer the punishment of death which is due unto his desarts no soner had the Hawke spoken these words but presently they told his Maiestie that they had every one cause to complaine against him and therefore if he were once summoned to the Court they would be all ready to accuse him The Morrall THey who employ others in wickednesse never love them any longer untill their owne purpose is effected as may appeare by the Hawke who sought the life of the Rooke after he had us'd his invention to make away the Buzzard So that he which furthers a mans vice is belov'd while it is doing but is hated when t is done CHAP. VII How Cawwood the Rooke was called to the Court to answer for himselfe and how all the small birds brought in their accusations against him THe Hawke began now to make knowne his blooddy nature and therefore sent Corvino the Crow to summon the Rooke to appeare at the Court of Sylvia who accordingly came at the day appointed not doubting to receive any iniury from the Hawke being alwayes his friend and therefore not fearing that now being made King he would use his power to his destruction but it proved far otherwise for no sooner was Cawwood come unto the Hawkes presence but the Hawke commanded him to stand forth and answer to such matters as should be laid against him for saies he friend Rooke there are many complaints made against you and I must doe iustice as I promised the Eagle at his departure When the Rooke heard this he began to change colour and his feathers began to stand up on end what thought he shall I be betrayd by a Traytor yet at last séeing no remedy he was faine to stand to it while the Birds gathered round about him béeing all ready to complaine against him and first Rubert the Robert began his enditement The Morrall TYrants doe alwayes pretend an outward shew of justice as may be seene by the Havvkes speech to Cawvvood the Rooke who being affraid thereof does shew that a guiltie conscience is a thousand witnesses CHAP. VIII How Rubert the Robin complayned against Cawwood the Rooke I Am glad that we small Birds have now frée liberty to shew our wrongs and gréevances which we have received from Cawwood the Rooke who upon a time brought me in danger of my life for one day as he and I were walking in a field by a hedge side we chanced to come where there was a turfe set up with two stickes and a little hole digged underneath it I began to aske him what it was O sayes hée doe you not know what this is then you have lost many a faire worme for it is never without one or two and therefore saies he if you hop into the bottome of it you shall finde my words true but quoth I is there no danger in it O no sayes he I le warrant you for danger whereupon I beléeving him leapt upon the forked sticke and no sooner was I lighted thereon but presently the turfe fell upon my head so that I was made close prisoner in the Pitfall and there I continued till at last a waggish boy who had made the Pitfall came and tooke me out and with great ioy carried me to his mother but she telling him that it was ill lucke to hurt a Robin at last the boy was content onely to cut of my tayle and let me flye whereby I escaped the danger that the Rooke had brought me into and therefore I desire that we may have iustice on him The Sparrowes complaint WIth the same malitious minde though not in the same manner Cawwood the Rooke brought me in danger and perill of my life For one frosty morning there being a great many Limestrawes set on a dunghill Cawwood the Rooke went amongst them and spying mee upon the top of a Barne called me downe unto him and hid me come to him for there were a great many Wheate eares scattered on the ground whereupon I being somewhat hungry by reason of the could frosty weather came flying to him and no sooner had I begun to pecke on one of the eares but straight the end of one of the limed strawes caught me by the backe and another under the wing so that I had much a doe to get from thence for when he that watcht the strawes saw me limed and taken he came running out to catch me but then with all the strength I had I made towards a hedge and having gotten into the bottome thereof escaped the fowlers hands Thus I was betrayd by Cawwood the Rooke and I thinke there is no Bird but hath some accusation against him The Complaint of the Woodcocke MAy it please you I was once comming