Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	incline_v	keep_v	lord_n	17,617	5	7.8463	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14846	An enterlude called lusty Iuuentus Lyuely describing the frailtie of youth: of natur, prone to vyce: by grace and good counsayll, traynable to vertue. The parsonages that speake. Messenger. Lusty Iuuentus. Good counsaill. Knowledge. Sathan the deuyll. Hypocrisie. Felowship. Abhominable lyuing. Gods mercifull promises. Foure maye playe it easely, takyng such partes as they thinke best: so that any one take of those partes that be not in place at once.; Lusty Juventus	Wever, R.	1565 (1565)	STC 25149.5; ESTC S111631	19,442	39

by the masse I perceyue that she is a gallaunde What wyl she take paynes to come for vs hether Hipocrysye yea I waraūt you therfore you must be familier w t her When she commeth in place you must her embrace Somwhat hamsomlie Leste she thynketh danger Be cause you are a stranger To come in your companye yea by Gods foot that I wyll be busye And I may saye to you I can play the knaue secretly abhominable liuyng Hem com a way quickly The back dore is opned I dare not tarry Come felowship come on a waye Hipocrycye What vnknowne honestye a worde you shall not go yet by God I sweare Here is none but your frendes you nede not to fraye Although thys strange yong gentel man be here Iuuentus I trust in me she wyll thynke no daunger For I loue well the company of fayre women abhominable liuyng Who you nay ye are suche a holy man That to tuche one ye dare not be bolde I thyng you woulde not kysse a yong woman yf owne would geue you .xx. pound in goulde Iuuentus yes by the masse that I woulde I could fynde in my hart to kysse you in your smocke abhominable lyuing My backe is brode inough to bare a waye that mocke as myne For one hath tolde me many a tyme That you haue said iou would vse no such vātēs cōpani Iuuentus By dogs precyous woundes y t was som horson vyllain I will neuer eate meate that shall dome good Tell I haue cut hys fleshe by gods precious blude Tell me I pray you who it was And I wyl tryme the knaue by the blessed masse Hipocrysye Tush as for that do not you passe That which I tolde you was but for loue abhomynable She dyd nothyng els but proue Whether a litle thynge woulde you moue To be angry and frette What and if one had sayde so Let such tryflyng matters go And be good to mens flesh for all that iuuētus Kisseth abho lyuynge To kysse her since she cam I had cleane forgot you are welcome to my company Syr I thanke you most hartely By your kyndes it doth a pere Hipocri ▪ What a hurly burly is here Smicke smacke and all thys gere you well to tycke take I fere yf thou had tyme Well wanton well I wysse I can tell That suche smocke smell wyl set your nose out of tune abbominable lyuing what man you nede not to fume Seinge he is come in to my company now He is as wel welcom as the best of you And if it lye in me to do hym pleasur He shall haue it you may be sure Felowship Thē old acquayntaūce is cleāe out of fauour Lo frendshyp this geargoth with aflleight He hath dreuen vs twayne out of conceyte Hipocrisye Out of conceyte quod ha no no I dare welsay that she thynketh not so How say you vnknowne honestie abbominable liuing Do not you loue felowshyp and me ▪ ye by the masse I loue you all thre But yet in dede yf I shoulde saye the trouth Amongest all other welcom mayster youth iuuētus Ful greatly I do delyght to kysse your pleasaūt mouth he kysseth abhominabl liuīg I am not able your kyndes to recompence I long to talke w t you secretly therfore let vs go hence I agre to that for I would not for .xx. pence That it were knowen where I haue bene Hipocrysye what and it were knowne it where no daly synne As for my parte I do not greatly care So that they fynd not your proper butteckes bare Now much fie vpon you how badi you are abbominable liuing I wosse frendship it mouth haue bē spoken at twise what thīke you for your saing y e people wyll surmise Iuuentuss Who dare be so boulde vs to despise And if I may heare a knaue speake one worde I wyll runne thorow his chekes with my sword ▪ Felowshyp This is an ernest felow of gods word Se I pray you how he is disposed to fight Iuuentus Why should I not and if my cause be ryght What and if a knaue do me begyle Sall I stand crouching like an owle No no then you myght count me a very cowe I know what belongeth to gods law as well as you ▪ abhominable lyuing your wit therin greatly I do alowe For and yf I were a man as you are I would not sticke to geue a blowe To teache other knaues to beware I beshrew you twyse and yf you do spare But lay lode on the flesshe whatsoeuer befal you haue strength ynough to do it with all Felowship Let vs depart and if that we shal Come on maisters we twaine wil go before iuuētus Nay nay my frende stoppe there yt is not you that shall haue her awaye She Sall go with me and yf she go to daye Hipocrisye She shall go with none of you I dare welsaye She wyll go with me before you both abhomynable To forsake any of your company I wolde be very loth Therfore I will folow you all thre Hipocrysye Now I beshrew his herte that to that wyll not agree But yet because the tyme shall not seme very longe Or eate we departe let vs haue a mery songe The sing as foloweth Why should not youth fulfyl hys owne mynde As the course of nature doth hym bynde Is not euery thyng ordayned to do hys kynd Report me to you report me to you Do not the floures spring fresh and gaye Pleasaunt and swete in the month Maye And when theyr tyme commeth they fayd awaye ▪ Report me to you report me to you Be not the trees in wyntter bare Lyke vnto theyr kynde such they are And when they spring theyr frutes declare Report me to you report me to you What should youth do wyth the frutes of age But liue in pleasure in thys passage For when age commeth hes lustes wyll swage Report me to you report me to you Why shoulde not youth fulfyll hys owne mynde They go fourth Here entreth god counsell ▪ As the course of nature doth hym bynde c. O mercyfull Lord who can seace to lament Or kepe hys hart from continual mournyng To se how youth is fallen from thy worde And wholy enclyned to abhominable lyuyng He lyueth nothyng accordyng to his profession But alas hys lyfe is to thy worde abusion Except thy grat mercy to hys vtter confusyon O where is the godly conuersacyon Which shoulde be among the professour of thy worde O where may a man finde now one faythfull That is not enfected with dissencyon or descorde Or amongest whome are all vices abhord vtterly O where is the brotherly loue betwene man man we may lament the tyme our vice be gan O where is the peace mekenes longe suffring temperaunce wich are the frutes of Gods holy spirit with whome is the flesh brought vnder obedience Or who readeth the scripture to the intent to folow it who vseth not now couetousnes and disceite Who geueth vnto the poore that whych is dewe I