Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	woman_n	worse_a	young_a	18	3	4.9776	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02138	The myrrour of modestie wherein appeareth as in a perfect glasse howe the Lorde deliuereth the innocent from all imminent perils, and plagueth the bloudthirstie hypocrites with deserued punishments. Shewing that the graie heades of dooting adulterers shall not go with peace into the graue, neither shall the righteous be forsaken in the daie of trouble. By R.G. Maister of Artes.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1584 (1584)	STC 12278; ESTC S105813	16,444	48

Susanna quoth he Helias counsell did litle preuaile to perswade Ahab from eni●…ieng the vineyarde of Naboth but that he both obtained his desire and rewarded such an obstinate subiect with cruell death Barsabe coulde not withholde Dauid both from sacking hir honor and honestie and also from murdering cruelly hir louing husbande Vrias neither sh●…ll these painted speeches preuaile against our pretended purpose for he is a cowarde that yeeldeth at the ●…rst shotte and he not woorthie to weare the budde of beautie that is daunted with the first deniall we haue the tree in our hande and meane to enioie the fruite we haue veaten the bushe and will n●…t nowe let the birdes escape and seing we haue you here alone your stea●…ne 〈◊〉 shall stande for no sterling b●…t if y●… consent be assnred of two trustie fren●… if not hope for no other hap 〈◊〉 de●…h for your deniall Tis a saieng n●… so common as true that a womans 〈◊〉 treasure is hir good name and that the which hath crackt hir credite is halfe hanged for death cutteth off all miseseries but infamie is the beginning of all sorrowes Sith then loathsome ●…iscredit is woorse then losse of life assur●… thy selfe if thou denie vs we will beate th●… with the rodde for wee both will witnesse against thee that we tooke thee committing adulterie with a yoong man and that the more couertlie to cloake thy whoredome thou didst secretlie sende awaie thy maides that so thou mightest enioy thy pleasure and they not espie thy practise Our office and authoritie our age and honor shall suffice to witnes our wordes to be true so that thou shalt purchase to thy freends and thy fame perpetuall discredite and to thy bodie without pardon a most pinching and shamefull death séeing therefore by consent thou shalt still keepe the report of thy chastitie and by discredite thou shalt reape death and discredite shewe thy selfe a wise woman and of two euils chose the best Susanna hearing the mischeuous pretence of these subtill serpentes and seeing that they had so laide the traine that she coulde no waie escape the trappes but either she must incur the ●…aunger of the bodie or the destruction of the soule was perplexed with such doubtfull passions and cumbred with such carefull thoughts th●… shee 〈◊〉 foorth into trickling teares sorrowfull sighes and wofull wailings which poore soule shée blubbred foorth in this wise Alas quoth she most vilde and vniust wretches is the feare of God so far from your minds as you séeke not only to sack mine honor but to suck my blud is it not iniurie inough in that you couet to spoile mine honestie but that you long to spill my life hath this swéete loue you pretend such bitter taste is this the fruite of your fained fansie no doubt the cause must be pernicious when the effect is so pestilent flatter not your selues in this your folly nor sooth not your selues in your sinnes for there is a God that séeth and will reuenge and hath promised that who so bindech two sinnes togither shall not bée vnpunished in the one But alas what auaileth it to talke of wisdome to the foole or of the wrath of God to a wilfull reprobate The charmer charme he neuer so wiselie charmes in vaine if the Adder bée deafe and the wise casteth stones against the winde that seeketh to draw the wicked from his follie Let me therfore poore soule more narrowly consider mine own case I am alas perplexed with diuers doubtfull passions and gréeuous troubles assaileth me on euerie side if I commit this crime though neuer so secretlie yet the eies of the Lorde séeth the verie inwarde thoughts and mine owne conscience shall continuallie be a witnesse against me of this wickednes the reward of sinne is death then what other hap can I hope for but perpetual damnation if I doe this wicked déede sith the Lorde himselfe hath promised to be a swift witnesse against all wilfull adulterers And if I consent not vnto these vnrighteous Iudges I am like to be vniustlie accused of the like crime so that both I shall suffer death without cause yet which is most gréefe not die without shame By this meanes what dishonour shal I bring to my parents what discredite to my husbande and what infamie to my selfe and my séelie children The hoarie haires of my father Helchias shall be brought with sorrowe vnto the graue Icachim shall be ashamed to shewe his face in the stréetes of the cittie and my poore babes shall be counted as the seede of an harlot and yet alas I my selfe altogither sacklesse why my secret offence shall preuent all this open shame the Lorde is slow to wrath and his mercie eccéedeth all his works he wisheth not the death of a sinner and hartie repentance pacifieth his displeasure But O vile wretch that I am why do I thus blaspheme against the Lord his law why do I breath out these hellish spéeches can I say I wil repent at my pleasure or shall I therefore sin in hope bicause the Lord is merciful No no it is better for me to fall into your hands and not commit the offence then to sin in the sight of the Lord shal I not rather feare God than man drea●… him more that killeth both bodie soule than him y ● hath power but to kil the bodie only yet his scare shalbe my defence And with that she cried with a loud voice and the two Elders cried out against hir and the one of them ran and opened the gate y ● more to verifie their vild intent Now when the seruants hard the cry in the garden they hastily rushed in at the backe doore to sée what violence was offered to their mistres But when y ● Elders had declared the matter vnto them y ● seruants were gretly ashamed for such an infamous report had neuer bin bruted of Susanna the fame of this heinous fact being spred throughout all Babilo●… euery man began diuersly to coniecture as fansie led them hir frends sorrowing suspected y ● cancred minds of y ● cruel iudges hir foes laughing said y ● dissembled holines was dooble sin that the holiest countenance hath not alwais y ● honest est conscience both frend foe notwithstanding wondring at the strange chaunce Well as y ● nature of man is desirous of noueltie so on the morow after y ● people flocked to Ioachims house to heare this case throghly canuased thither came the two Elders also hauing their mindes fraught with furie and their harts full of hate mischiuou●…ie imagining against Susanna to put hir to deth They therfore commanded presently before al the people to sende for Susanna the daughter of Helchias Ioachims wife immediatly they sent for hir who came accompanied with hir father and mother hir children and all hir kinred The Iudges séeing Susanna to be come and that she had hir face couered with a vale commaunded presentlie to vncouer hir