Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	father_n	son_n	tenant_n	1,509	5	10.0474	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93897	The good vvomens cryes against the excise of all their commodities. Shewing, as the businesse now stands, they are in no case able to bear such heavy pressures, and insupportable burthens, occasioned by the iuncto's new impost on their wares, whereby they are like to fall into great want of trading, and putting off their commodities at the prizes formerly, to the utter undoing of their deare husbands and families for ever. Therefore having a fellow-feeling of one anothers lamentable and languishing cases, (notwithstanding any act to the contrary) have put forwards themselves to seeke redresse of their aggrievances, and inabilities of their over-burthened husbands insufficiencies, and unsatisfying performances in their severall occupations; have convened together in a feminine convention in Doe-little-lane, and tendred their aggrievances and complaints to the consideration of the Common-wealth; desiring speedy redresse therein. / Written by Mary Stiff, Chair-woman, in vineger verse.	Stiff, Mary.	1650 (1650)	Wing S5551; Thomason E589_1; ESTC R203595	5,362	8

Queens Child-bed linnen as if the Brat to Charles were Kin ber Bastard That great Lollpoop's no sooner up but has his Caudle in the Kings Cup and like his blood doth swallow 't up base dastard Then doth he unto White-hall hie with brace of Pages hanging by to invent more tyranny and treason but if good women you 'l be rul'd wee 'l be by him no longer fool'd and that his courage should be cool'd is reason Ione Barnet then upright did stand and silence with her voice command would take the businesse in ●and to pox him to Westminster straight she hies under the Cloister where he lies and all her cunning there she tries to crosse him pretending great busines she had of which he said he should be glad but in the end it proved so to Bradshaw into a roome he tooke her then and soone commanded out his men and stoutly they fell to it then without Law Ione Burne● then came back a pace when Iack had quibl'd her Law-Case shriv'd Ione like a-Babe of Grace and after to the Committee Ione back did come and told them the great worke was done they gave her thanks and home she run in laughter The Women then did chuse a Cryer and so adjourn'd unto the fire and did Iones witty trick admire with wonder this was the businesse of that day they all adjourn'd and went their way and met again the next Thursday like thunder The first thing that they took in hand was the abuses of the Land and how in baste they might disband the Army Then up stood Dell and Sis and Sue and said that Women the Lurdanes slew that rob'd good people of their due and harm yee Quoth Iudeth then one of my name kill'd H●l●fernes of great fame and Iael did doe the same to Sisera did not Ester the Iews preserve when Haman did from Justice swerve more lies upon us when we starve O Merdecay Hang Haman up agen I cry that hath sentenc'd us Iews to dye revenge is fit for tyranny a Gallowes Iack Bradshaw shall the same fate feele and so shall Cooke Wild Iermin Steele all drunk into perdition reele what follows I dare not them with Hell affright the Worm of Conscience so doth bite they cannot rest by day nor night in quiet and when that they doe goe to eat they still feare poyson in their meat their jealousie is wonderous great in diet When they doe think to rest in bed some bloody vision frights their head of righteous Charles they murthered at White-hall but if we doe not end the strife which must be with their cursed life of Children Father Sonne and Wife be hang'd all The Independent race we know hold Tenents rending to our woe and Englands fatall overthrow do study but if we cannot understand how they have late o recome the Land and now have all at their command w' are muddy No Law but th' Sword they will rule by their boundlesse wills tyranny good women all their Acts defie and curse them their Father Lucifer and Pride with Cromwell that damn'd Regicide and the Citie hath them supply'd and nurst them The Common Cuckolds of Guild-hall with Atkins sob Tychburn and all that Canaans Grapes hath turn'd to Gall and VVorm wood Caryl Carter Gouge and Nye that can sweare forsweare fawn and lye to every wind their sayles they 'l try were nere good Then in come Meg and loyall Doll and bid a pox of God take Noll and all the Rebells in VVhite-hall confounded quoth Meg the Devill take them all quoth Doll I hope to see them fall or else be hang'd before VVhite-hall each Roundhead Quoth Sis a plague take Bradshaw Iack quoth Sue the devill take the pack Heaven grant they ne're may hanging lack nor curses and when they 'r at the point to die Heaven nor Physitian hear their cry all Ministers comfort them deny and Nurses Quoth Moll some plague give them their hire that they may dye like Pym their Squire like Dortslaw or like Macquire be hanged quoth Besse a while I de have them stay till Destruction makes them way and when the King shall win the day be banged Quoth Kate my wishes they shall have each perjured Rebell Foole and Knave may hang in Chaines and want a grave to bury quoth Ruth professe I doe not think but that the Knaves begin to stink being even now at Destructions brink to ferry Quoth Prue Charon will surely take then in and Furyes whip them for their sin not sparing VVeaver not Evelyn nor Grimston quoth Deb may Fairfax Pride and Rich Hewson and Ioyce that lowsie stitch have fire and scorpions at at their breech and Brimston quoth Peg good Sisters I could curse but 't will but make them worse and worse like Foxes they thrive better thus in Treason give them but Rope they 'l hang themselves and wrack their hopes on Rocks and Shelves and that 's the end of all such Elves in Reason Le ts all set forward's and redresse our grievances quoth Madge and Besse and snatch these Sonnes of Wickednesse in sunder content quoth Meg my Distaffe shall upon their pates so heavy fall that I le goe neere to beat them all with wonder Le ts chuse a Generall quoth Kate and we their Pride will soone abate it is not done with talke and prate but action they then proceeded to a Choice and every Woman had her Voice and so they chose them lusty Joyce call'd Blackston A Virago strong and stout that had bin try'd full many a bout and ne're would turne tayle nor give out but forward shee 'd made an Asse of many a man that none before her long could stan when she but drew away they ran a full yard They all agreed to raise new force Side-saddles Pistols women Horse with Spits and Fire-forks to take course with the Army This news came quickly to VVhite-hall and did so fright the Rebells all that they to Counsell straight did fall to harme ye one said 't was fit that women should take the Engagement if they would or else they should by them be fool'd and floured Their Members too that were but weake would be disabled to speake and then their Trade must surely breake when ●●ted Let Bradshaw be made High-Constable and Denby President of State-Table and then come women we are able to stand too 't quoth Denby I accept the place ' cause the black patches in my face will make the women run apace and ne're doo 't Quoth Harry Meldmay it is fit that straight we doe new forces get one beat me in the Gravill-pit and craz'd me quoth Martin I will never turn although they did my weapon burne and once in fight my heart did earne they maz'd me But let them come I le fight againe and so I hope will Harry Veine it is not fit such queans should reigne and vapour and though my Body be not sound I still have force to keep my ground with half weapon can them wound then caper Quoth Weaver pray be not dismayd I fear we are all on 's betrayd the plot 's discovered by my Maids great belly Alack quoth Bradshaw as you are men le ts make an Act to banish them ten miles from London surely then I le tell ye we may sit still by free consent gather Excise and Assessment and all live Kings by Praliament ev'rlasting Pray here me though quoth Baron Wild Mr. Weavers Maid that seems with Child I search'd her and my shirt defoyl'd 't was fasting I sent her then to Justice Lowder lest in her breech shee carried powder and hee got her a place to shroud her till layed But if you take it for a plot referre her case to Mr. Scot least the House and Tower should God-wot betrayed A generall feare surpriz'd them all they doe like Babels builders call who sayes that Pride won't have a fall deceive us now they have rob'd us of our Gold murther'd our King and his Goods sold they will 'tis thought run from their Hold and leave us Pray stop them not give them free way to goo The longer they stay here the more 's our woe Mary Stiff Cler. to the House FINIS