Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	witch_n	witchcraft_n	witness_n	24	3	7.0844	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12001	The tragedy of King Richard the third Containing, his treacherous plots against his brother Clarence: the pittiefull murther of his iunocent [sic] nephewes: his tyrannicall vsurpation: with the whole course of his detested life, and most deserued death. As it hath beene lately acted by the Right honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants.; King Richard III	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.	1597 (1597)	STC 22314; ESTC S111093	57,501	95

vpon your kew my Lo William L Hastings had now pronounst your parts I meane your voice for crowning of the King Glo. Than my Lo Hastings no man might be bolder His Lordship knowes me well and loues me well Hast. I thanke your Grace Glo. My Lo of Elie Bish. My Lo Glo. When I was last in Holborne I saw good strawberries in your garden there I doe beseech you send for some of them Bish. I go my Lord. Glo. Cosen Buckingham a word with you Catesby hath sounded Hastings in our busines And findes the testy Gentleman so hoat As he will loose his head eare giue consent His Masters sonne as worshipful he termes it Shal loose the roialty of Englands throane Buc. Withdraw you hence my Lo I le follow you Ex Gl. Dar. We haue not yet set downe this day of triumph To morrow in mine opinion is too sodaine For I my selfe am not so well prouided Enter B. of Ely As els I would be were the day prolonged By. Where is my L. protector I haue sent for these strawberies Ha. His Grace lookes chee●fully and smooth to day There 's some conceit or other likes him well When he doth bid good morrow with such a spirit I thinke there is neuer a man in christendome That can lesser hide his loue or hate then he For by his face straight shall you know his heart Dar. What of his heart perceiue you in his face By any likelihood he shewed to day Hast. Mary that with no man here he is offended For if he were he would haue shewen it in his lookes Dar. I pray God he be not I say Enter Glocester Glo. I pray you all what doe they deserue That doe conspire my death with diuelish plots Of damned witchcraft and that haue preuaild Vpon my body with their hellish charimes Hast. The tender loue I beare your grace my Lord Makes me most forward in this noble presence To doome the offenders whatsoeuer they be I say my Lo they haue deserued death Glo. Th●● be your eies the witnesse of this ill See how I am bewitcht behold mine arme Is like a blasted sapling withered vp This is that Edwards wife that monstrous witch Consorted with that harlot strumpet Shore That by their witchcraft thus haue marked me Hast. If they haue done this thing my gratious Lo Glo. If thou protector of this damned strumpet Telst thou me of iffes thou art a traitor Off with his head Now by Saint Paule I will not diue to day I sweare Vntill I see the same some see it done The rest that loue me come and follow me Exeunt manet Cat. with Ha. Ha. Wo wo for England not a whit for me For I too fond might haue preuented this Stanley did dreame the boate did race his helme But I disdaind it and did scorne to flie Three times to day my footecloth horse did stumble And startled when he lookt vpon the tower As loath to beare me to the slaughterhouse Oh now I want the Priest that spake to me I now repent I tolde the Pursusant As t were triumphing at mine enemies How they at Pomfret bloudily were butcherd And I my selfe secure in grace and fauour Oh Margaret Margaret now thy heauy curse Is lighted on poore Hastings wretched head Cat. Dispatch my Lo the Duke would be at dinner Make a short shrift he longs to see your head Hast. O momentary state of worldly men Which we more hunt for then the grace of heauen Who buildes his hopes in aire of your faire lookes Liues like a drunken sayler on a mast Ready with euery nod to tumble downe Into the fatall bowels of the deepe Come leade me to the blocke beare him my head They smile at me that shortly shal be dead Exeunt Enter Duke of Glocester and Buckingham in armour Glo. Come Cosen canst thou quake and change thy colour Murther thy breath in middle of a word And then beginne againe and stop againe As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror Buc. Tut feare not me I can counterfait the deepe Tragedian Speake and looke backe and prie on euery side Intending deepe suspition gastly lookes Are at my seruice like inforced smiles And both are ready in their offices To grace my stratagems Enter Maior Glo. Here comes the Maior Buc. Let me alone to entertaine him Lo Maior Glo. Looke to the drawbridge there Buc. The reason we haue sent for you Glo. Catesby ouerlooke the wals Buck Harke I heare a drumme Glo. Looke backe defend thee here are enemies Buc. God and our innocence defend vs. Enter Catesby with Hast. head Glo. O O be quiet it is Catesby Cat. Here is the head of that ignoble traitor The daungerous and vnsuspected Hastings Glo. So deare I lou'd the man that I must weepe I tooke him for the plainest harmelesse man That breathed vpon this earth a christian Looke ye my Lo Maior Made him my booke wherein my soule recorded The history of all her secret thoughts So smoothe he daubd his vice with shew of vertue That his apparant open guilt omitted I meane his conuersation with Shores wife He laid from all attainder of suspect Buck. Well well he was the couertst sheltred traitor That euer liu'd would you haue imagined Or almost beleeue wert not by great preseruation We liue to tell it you The subtile traitor Had this day plotted in the councell house To murder me and my good Lord of Glocester Mator What had he so Glo. What thinke you we are Turkes or Infidels Or that we would against the forme of lawe Proceede thus rashly to the villaines death But that the extreame perill of the case The peace of England and our persons safety Inforst vs to this execution Ma. Now faire befall you he deserued his death And you my good Lords both haue well proceeded To warne false traitours from the like attempts I neuer lookt for better at his hands After he once fell in with Mistresse Shore Dut. Yet had not we determined he should die Vntill your Lordship came to see his death Which now the longing haste of these our friends Some what against our meaning haue preuented Because my Lord we would haue had you heard The traitor speake and timerously confesse The maner and the purpose of his treason That you might well haue signified the same Vnto the Citizens who happily may Misconster vs in him and wayle his death Ma. But my good Lord your graces word shall serue As well as I had seene or heard him speake And doubt you not right noble Princes both But I le acquaint your dutious citizens With all your iust proceedings in this cause Glo. And to that end we 〈◊〉 your Lordship here To auoyde the carping censures of the world Buc. But since you come too late of our intents Yet witnesse what we did intend and so my Lord adue Glo. After after coosin Buckingham Exit Maior The Maior towards Guildhall hies him in all post There at your