Selected quad for the lemma: land_n
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A07507
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The phoenix as it hath beene sundry times acted by the Children of Paules, and presented before his Maiestie.
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Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627.
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1607
(1607)
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STC 17892; ESTC S112593
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phoe._n at_o his_o first_o rise_n let_v his_o fall_n be_v base_a prod._n that_o must_v be_v alter_v now_o phoe._n which_o his_o rise_n or_o his_o fall_n rod._n be_v thou_o dull_a now_o thou_o hear_v the_o prince_n be_v come_v duke_n what_o be_v here_o my_o lord_n prod._n my_o lord_n duke_n i_o have_v get_v such_o a_o large_a portion_n of_o knowledge_n most_o worthy_a father_n by_o the_o benefit_n of_o my_o travail_n prod._n and_o so_o he_o have_v no_o doubt_n my_o lord_n duke_n that_o i_o be_o bold_a now_o to_o warn_v you_o of_o lord_n proditor_n insolent_a treason_n who_o have_v irreligious_o seduce_v a_o fellow_n and_o close_o convey_v he_o even_o in_o the_o presence-chair_n to_o murder_v you_o phoen._n oh_o guilty_a guilty_a duke_n what_o be_v that_o fall_v what_o be_v he_o phoen._n i_o be_o the_o man_n prod._n o_o slave_n phoe._n i_o have_v no_o power_n to_o strike_v prod._n i_o be_o go_v i_o be_o go_v duke_n let_v i_o admire_v heaven_n wisdom_n in_o my_o son_n phoe._n i_o confess_v it_o he_o hire_v i_o prod._n this_o be_v slave_n it_o be_v forge_v against_o my_o honour_n and_o my_o life_n for_o in_o what_o part_n of_o reason_n can_v it_o appear_v the_o prince_n be_v travail_v shall_v know_v treason_n here_o plain_a counterfeit_n duke_n do_v thou_o make_v false_a our_o son_n prod._n i_o know_v the_o prince_n will_v not_o affirm_v it_o fid._n he_o can_v and_o will_v my_o lord_n phoe._n most_o just_a he_o may_v duke_n a_o guard_n luss._n we_o can_v but_o in_o loyal_a zeal_n ourselves_o lay_v hand_n on_o such_o a_o villain_n duke_n stay_v you_o i_o find_v you_o here_o too_o lus._n we_o my_o lord_n duke_n against_o lussurioso_n and_o infesto_n who_o not_o only_o most_o riotous_o consume_v their_o house_n in_o vicious_a game_n mortgage_v their_o live_n to_o the_o merchant_n whereby_o he_o with_o his_o heir_n enter_v upon_o their_o land_n from_o whence_o this_o abuse_n come_v that_o in_o short_a time_n the_o son_n of_o the_o merchant_n have_v more_o lordship_n 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this_o be_v one_o of_o they_o justice_n my_o lord_n i_o know_v he_o by_o his_o face_n this_o be_v the_o thief_n prod._n your_o grace_n may_v now_o in_o mild_a sense_n perceive_v the_o wrong_n do_v to_o we_o by_o this_o impudent_a wretch_n who_o have_v his_o hand_n fix_v at_o the_o throat_n of_o law_n and_o therefore_o dare_v be_v desperate_a of_o his_o life_n duk._n peace_n you_o be_v too_o foul_a your_o crime_n be_v in_o excess_n one_o spot_n of_o he_o make_v not_o your_o ulcer_n less_o prod._n oh_a duke_n do_v your_o violence_n force_n away_o his_o niece_n phoe._n no_o my_o good_a lord_n i_o will_v still_o confess_v what_o be_v truth_n i_o do_v remove_v she_o from_o her_o many_o wrong_n which_o she_o be_v please_v to_o leave_v they_o be_v so_o vild_a duke_n what_o be_v you_o name_v fals._n falso_n my_o lord_n justice_n falso_n i_o be_o know_v by_o that_o name_n du._n falso_n you_o come_v fit_o you_o be_v the_o very_o next_o that_o follow_v here_o fals._n i_o hope_v so_o my_o lord_n 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prod._n slave_n phoen._n behold_v the_o prince_n to_o approve_v it_o prod._n oh_o where_o phoe._n your_o eye_n keep_v with_o your_o action_n both_o look_n wrong_v prod._n a_o infernal_a to_o my_o spirit_n all_o my_o lord_n the_o prince_n prod._n tread_n i_o to_o dust_n thou_o in_o who_o wonder_n keep_v behold_v the_o serpent_n on_o his_o belly_n creep_v phoen._n rankle_v not_o my_o foot_n away_o treason_n we_o laugh_v at_o thy_o vain-labouring_a string_n above_o the_o foot_n thou_o have_v no_o power_n over_o king_n duke_n i_o can_v with_o sufficient_a joy_n receive_v thou_o and_o yet_o my_o joy_n be_v too_o much_o phoen._n my_o royal_a father_n to_o who_o unnatural_a murder_n i_o be_v hire_v i_o think_v it_o a_o more_o natural_a course_n of_o travail_n and_o answer_v future_a expectation_n to_o leave_v far_o country_n and_o inquire_v my_o own_o duk._n to_o thou_o let_v reverence_n all_o her_o power_n engage_v that_o be_v in_o youth_n a_o miracle_n to_o age_n state_n be_v but_o 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from_o we_o and_o thy_o abhor_a self_n neither_o to_o threaten_v wrack_n of_o state_n or_o credit_n a_o everlasting_a banishment_n cease_v on_o thou_o prod._n oh_o fiend_n phoen._n thy_o life_n be_v such_o it_o be_v too_o bad_a to_o end_v prod._n may_v thy_o rule_n life_n and_o all_o that_o be_v in_o thou_o glad_a have_v as_o short_a time_n as_o thy_o beget_v have_v exit_fw-la phoen._n away_o thy_o curse_n be_v idle_a the_o rest_n be_v under_o reformation_n and_o therefore_o under_o pardon_n all_o our_o duty_n shall_v turn_v edge_n upon_o our_o crime_n fals._n 'slid_o i_o be_v afraid_a of_o nothing_o but_o that_o for_o my_o thievery_n and_o bawdry_n i_o shall_v have_v be_v turn_v