Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	father_n	lord_n	sin_n	14,626	5	4.9775	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02767	The downfall of William Grismond: or, A lamentable murder by him committed at Lainterdine in the county of Hereford, the 22 of March, 1650, with his woful [sic] lamentation. The tune is, Where is my love.		1658-1664? (1664)	Wing D2094A; ESTC R175976	1,664	1

The Downfall of William Grismond Or A Lamentable Murder by him committed at Lainterdine in the County of Hereford the 22 of March 1650. with his wofull Lamentation The tune is VVhere is my Love O Come you wilfull youngmen and hear what I shall tell My name is William Grismond at Lainterdine did dwell O there I did a murder as it is ●non full well And fo● mine offence I must dye There was a Neighbours daughter that l●ved there hard by Whom I had promis'd Marriage and with her I did ly I did dissemble with her my lust to satisfie And for c. I had my pleasure with her I had my lewd desire The using of her body was that I did require I was ore come and snared by him that is a Lyar And for c. She claimed of me Marriage and said she was with child Saying marry me swéet William now you have me defil'd ' If you do now forsake me O utterly I 'm spoyl'd And for c. When she had us'd these spéeches my anger did arise And then to work her overthrow I quickly did devise What though her words was honest yet I did them despise And for c. O mark how it did happen this huswife being poor And I who was my Fathers heir her words did urg me sore For I could have another with gold and silver store And for c. My Father and my mother I knew would not consent If I had marryed with her I knew I should be shent Then unto wicked murder my heart was fully bent And for c. In flattering sort I brought her into a field of broom And when we both together into the field was come I had my pleasure with her and then I was her doom And for c. Then in the broom I kil'd her with my accursed knife There hatefully I kil'd her who lov'd me as her life I cut her throt I kil'd her who should have béen my wife And for c. Thrée dayes she lay there murdred before that she was found But when the neighbours serching within that broomy ground Did find her there uncovered and with a bloody wound And for mine offence I must dye THe Neighbours having found her where I did doe this déed There in the broom they found her where I her blood did shed But when I did perceive that I ran away with spéed And for mine offence I must dye No sooner had they found her but I away did goe I thought to go to Ireland the very truth is so But God he would not suffer me to run my Country throw And for c. Yet I was got on Ship-board as you may understand But when the ship was troubled I must go back to Land I could not passe away so with guilty heart and hand And for c. There is some wicked person the ship-men then did say Within this ship wée know it that cannot passe away Wée must return to land her and make no more delay And for c. Then néer unto Westchester I taken was at last And then in Chester Prison I suddenly was cast From thence brought unto Hereford to answer what was past And for c. But when my loving Father his Gold he did not spare To save me from the Gallows he had of me great care But it wodld not be granted the Gallows was my share And for c. My fault it was so hainous it would not granted be I must for an example hang on the Gallow trée God grant that I a warning to all young-men may be And for c. O my dear loving Father he was to me most kind He brought me up most costly so was his tender mind But I indeed to lewdnesse was too too much inclin'd And for c. He brought me up in Learning his love to me was still He thought it all too little he did bestow on VVill But when he lookt for comfort his heart I then did kill And for c. I might have had a marriage my Father to content And that my loving Mother would give her hearts consent But I had took such courses doth make us all repent And for c. Now young-men take warning you see my fall is great O call to God for mercy Gods grace doe you intreat I might have lived bravely and had a gallant seat And for c. O Lord I now crave pardon with a relenting heart I know my sins are hainous I 'm very sorry for 't Alas I have deserved a very hard report And for mine offence I must dye Printed for E. Coles T. Vere and W Gilbertson