Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	death_n	life_n	12,344	5	4.4509	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13144	An excellent ballad intituled, the constancy of Susanna To an excellent new tune.; Ballad of constant Susanna.		1640 (1640)	STC 23436; ESTC S101736	1,715	2

An excellent Ballad Intituled The Constancy of Susanna To an excellent new tune THere dwelt a man in Babylon of reputation great by fame He tooke to wife a faire woman Susanna she was call'd by name A woman faire and vertuous Lady Lady Why should wée not of her learne thus to liue godly Uertuously her life she led she feared God she stood in awe As in the storie we haue read was well brought up in Moses Law Her parents they were godly folke Lady Lady Why should we not then sing and talke of this Lady That yeare two Indges there was made which were the Elders of Babylon To Ioachims house was all their trade who was Susannaes husband then Ioachim was a g●eat rich man Lady Lady These Elders oft to his house cam● for this Lady Ioachim had an Orchard by fast ioyning to his house or place Whereas Susanna commonly her selfe did daily there solace And that these Elders soone espy'd Lady Lady And priuily themselues did hide for that Lady Her chaste and constant life was tride by these two Elders of Babylon A time conuenient they espide to haue this Lady all alone In his O●chard it came to passe Lady Lady Where she alone her selfe did wash her faire body These Elders came to her anon thus they said faire dame God spéed Thy doors are fast thy Maids are gone consent to vs and doe this déed For we are men of no mistrust Lady Lady And yet to thée we haue a lust O faire Lady If that to us thou dost say nay a testimoniall we will bring Wée will say that one with thée lay how canst thou then auoid the thing Therefore consent and to us turne Lady Lady For we to thée in lust doe burne O faire Lady Then did she sigh and said alas now woe is me on euery ●●de Was euer wretch in such a case shall I consent and doe this déed Whether I doe or doe it not Lady Lady It is my death right well I wot O true Lady Better if were for me to fall into your hands this day guiltlesse Then that I should consent at all to this your shamefull wickednesse And euen with that whereas she stood Lady Lady Unto the Lord she cryed aloud pitifully These Elders both likewise againe against Susanna aloud they cry'd Their filthy lust could not obtaine their wickednesse they sought to hide Unto her friends they then her brought Lady Lady And with all spéed the life they sought of that Lady The second part To the same tune ON the morrow she was brought forth before the people there to stand That they might heare know the truth how these two Elders Susanna found The Elders swore and thus did say Lady Lady How that they saw a young man lay with that Lady Iudgement there was for no offence Susanna causelesse then must dye These Elders bore such euidence against her they did verifie Who were belieu'd then indeed Lady Lady Against Susanna to proceed that she should dye Susannaes friends that stood her by they did lament and were full woe When as they saw no remedy but that to death she then must goe Lady Lady In God was all her hope and trust to him did cry The Lord her voice heard and beheld the Daughters cry of Israel His spirit he raised in a child whose name was call'd young Daniel Who cryed aloud whereas he stood Lady Lady I am cleare of the guiltlesse blood of this Lady Are you such fooles quoth Daniel then in iudgement you haue not done well Nor yet the right way haue you gone to iudge a daughter of Israel By this witnesse of false disdaine Lady Lady Wherefore to iudgement turne again● for that Lady And when to iudgement they were set he called for those wicked men And soone he did them s●parate butting the one from the other then He asked the first where he did see that faire Lady He said under a Mulberry tree who lyed falsely Thou lyest said Daniel on thy head thy sentence is before the Lord He had that forth he might be led and bring the other that bore record To see how they two did agree for this Lady He said under a Pomgrannat tree who lyed falsely Said Daniel as he did before behold the messenger of the Lord Stande waiting for you at the doore euen to cut thee with a sword And euen with that the multitude aloud did cry Giue thankes to God so to conclude for this Lady They dealt like with these wicked men according as the Scripture saith They did as with their neighbour then by Moses law were put to death Tha innocent preserued was Lady Lady As God by Daniel brought to passe for this Lady FINIS Printed at London for Iohn Wright neere Pye-corner