Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	advantage_n	army_n	place_n	1,086	5	4.0319	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02120	Greenes Orpharion VVherin is discouered a musicall concorde of pleasant histories, many sweet moodes graced vvith such harmonius discords, as agreeing in a delightfull closse, they sound both pleasure and profit to the eare. Heerein also as in a diateheron, the branches of vertue, ascending and descending by degrees: are covnited in the glorious praise of women-kind. VVith diuers tragicall and comicall histories presented by Orpheus and Arion, beeing as full of profit as of pleasure. Robertus Greene, in Artibus Magister.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1599 (1599)	STC 12260; ESTC S103410	40,070	64

away and the King with the two Kings and the Lords passed in to dinner No sooner was Acestes alone but the ingratitude of the King the disdaine of his Daughter the disgrace offered by both so pierst him to the hart that as such as drink of Lethe become obliuious so he forgetting the beauty of Lidia fell to such déepe thoughts of hate and reuenge that he enioyned himselfe for a great space to be solitary that Nemesis and he might consult together how to bring both the Father and the Daughter to confusion at last hee resolued to goe to Armenia to Sertorius there great Potentate of that Country whom hée knew to be mortall enemie to the King of Lidia and in this resolution hée tooke his iourney No sooner was hee arriued in the Armenian Court but worde was brought to Sertorius that Acestes the martiall Thracian that conquered Pamphilia Ca●ia and Cylicia was come disguised and as a stranger into his Court the King hearing this tooke one or two of hys chéefe Lords and went to salute Acestes and to giue him honourable entertainement such as belonged to so mightie a Cōquerer Acestes perceiuing himselfe to be known after due reuerence doone to the King began at large to discourse to him what seruice he had doone to the King of Lidia and how hee was rewarded crauing succour and supply of his Maiestie that hee might reuenge with hys Sworde The King amazed at such monstrous ingratitude wondring how such base resolutions coulde harbour in the hart of Prince he promised Acestes not onely to ayde him with an army of approoued Souldiers but in person to hazard him selfe both to requite olde iniuries and to reprooue in iustice such an abuse offred without desert This answer of Sertorius so contented Acestes that after great thanks hee rested in the Court passing frolicke til the forces were furnishing which no sooner were ready but without delay Sertorius and Acestes marched merrily forwarde towardes the confines of Lidia as soone as Acestes had sette his foote within the ground of the ingratefull King drawing his Sword hee swore not to sheathe it till hee had made it drunke with the blood of Lidians commaunding his Souldiers for Sertorius had giuen him the ordring of the battailes that they should vse all extremeties of martiall burne sack spoile Citties Townes and Castles to cast all to the ground to take none Captiues of whatsoeuer degrée or sex but to put all to the Sword men as they were subiects in Lidia Women as the wormes that he most hated Children as the issue of them both the pillage of all should be theirs only the King of Armenia should haue the Kingdome and he would content him selfe with reuenge this Oration ended he furiously marched forward and where hee came left the Countrey desolate The King of Lidia hearing this was driuen into a great agony but dissembling his gréefe for feare of discouraging his Souldiers he leuied a mighty army and hasted forward to buckle with Acestes whom he met halfe at aduantage as hauing most of his men at pillage whereupon the Lidians taking oportunity set vpon the Armenians but Acestes so rangde those that he had in such warlike sort that he not only aboade the braue of his enemy but entred his battaile disordered his ranckes and put them to the flight many were slaine in that present place such as escapt and fled were met by the Pillages and haruiers of the Armenians and all put to the sword so that of forty thousand Lidians there scarse remained thirty with the King who passing vp into the Country insconst him-selfe within a strong Castel with his Daughter Lidia a few faint harted Souldiers and all the treasure hee could get Acestes followed his Fortunes and leauing Sertorius behind with the mayne battaile tooke with him ten thousand Horse and sixe thousand foote and made after the King of Lidia as fast as his men were able to march comming at last to the Castell weere he was insconst first he intrencht a siege round about and legard it on euery side then he damd vp all such springs wels and Conduits as serued the Castell with fresh water this done hee resolued not to loose a man at the assault but to make them yeeld by famine The Princesse Lidia looking ouer the walls séeing how her mortall enemy had girt the Castell with Souldiers Armenians men there thirsted after blood and hated both her and her Father she fell from thoughts to passions from passions to teares insomuch that she sat her downe and wept bitterly her Father comming vp the batilments séeing his daughter in such perplexed estate finding want of victuals and that of force he must be famished gréefe stopping his spéech he sat him downe and bare her company in her passions and after consulted how to preuent ensuing misery many coniectures cast at last they resolued to submit themselues to his mercy whereupon Lidia decking her selfe in most gorgious attire accompanied onely with two of her Ladies passed out of the Castell gate went toward the Legar the Sentonell no sooner had them in hold but they were honourably conueyed to the Pauilion of Acestes who being certified that the Princesse Lidia was attended to speake with him leapt from his seate and went to entertaine her Lidia no sooner saw him but she fell downe at his feete Acestes curteeusly tooke her vp and setting her in his seate demaunded her what shēcraued Lidia all blubbered with teares falling downe on her knées began thus Mighty Acestes if repentance were any satisfaction for offences or sorrowe any salue to couer ingratitude if teares might wipe away disdaine if a Uirgines blood would pay raunsome for them which haue done amisse I would present all these to pacifie the fury of thy conquering Sword but I know such déepe hate of my Fathers ingratitude such desire to reuenge my rechlesse disdaine and the disgrace proffered by both hath set a fire the hart of Acestes as nothing may serue to quench such an ouer heated flame Oh yet might I finde so much fauour that my death might redéeme the old man my Father if not for the losse of Kingdome yet of life and from falling into the handes of his ancient enemy Sertorius I should account Acestes as mercifull as he is valiant if my treaties may not preuaile as it little behooueth Acestes any way to fauour Lidia yet graunt me this that I may dye vpon thine owne Sworde that my blood vanishing on thy blade thou mayst be satisfied and I slaughtred by the hand of Acestes so braue a Souldier might dye contented No sooner had shee vttered these words but shee poured foorth such streames of teares as made the Armenians to take pitty of the distressed Princesse Acestes taking her vp againe called for his Sworde and vnsheathing falling downe at her feete began thus to make reply Such déepe impression of gréefe swéete Goddesse hath pierced the heart of Acestes in that hee hath lifted