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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00034	Susanna: or, the arraignment of the two vniust elders	Aylett, Robert, 1583-1655?	1622 (1622)	STC 1003; ESTC S100330	23,050	50

to me this office gaue I know I did so well my selfe behaue As guiltlesse now I need not be afraid To begge vnto mine innocence your aid That you from me my dignity haue rent And brought me to the Barre I am content My shoulde●s of a burthen is well lighted For neuer I in Soueraignty delighted That which mine heart with griefe doth now aff●ct Is that you me of Falsity suspect That you should thinke I durst sweare to a Lye And not expect ●read lightning suddainely Young man God send thee honour in thy place Thy greatnesse build not yet on our disgrace What vs befalls may come to thee as soone We iudged in the morning thou at noone Therefore beware oh man thou iudgest right Thou knowst not who may iudge thy selfe ere ●igh● What profit is 't to me in this to lye And to condemne my true friends wife to dye Good Ioachims who were she chaste as faire They were a holy noble pearelesse paire But that whereof we now accuse this Dame I sweare is true who dares deny the same Then Daniel said Oh thou of Canaans seede And not of Iudas Beauty hath indeede Deceiued thee and lust doth eu'n thy heart And all the powers of thy soule peruert Thus you with Israels daughters dealt before And they for feare haue plaid with you the whore But Iudas daughter Ioachims chaste b●ide Could neuer such foule wickednesse abide But they that will haue one condemn'd to dye Ought of the time and place to testifie Then tell me truely vnderneath what tree Them companing together thou didst see Vnder a Pomegranate he then reply's Behold now all how this vile villaine lyes Saith then the Iudge the Angell with a sword Shall thee diuide of God and man abhord Had she in orchyard to your lust consented This crime against her had not beene inuented Well knew I this before by reuelation But would make 't plaine by their examination Before vnto iudgement did proceede Wherefore ● In Gods name this sentence reade I Daniel a iudge by your commission Hauing with diligence made inquisition In cause pretended of Adultery Betweene this Dame and these two Elders by And witnesses in diffrent tales so found That thereby one the other doth confound First doe absolue from guilt this chastest Dame Restoring her to her good name and fame Next I pronounce that who so vp shall rise And gainst his brother falsely testifi's Ought iustly to receiue that punishment Which wickedly he to his brother ment Do to him as he would haue done I say So ill from Israel is done away And so shall other heare of it and feare And henceforth no false testimony beare Let not your eyes of them take least compassion Respect not greatnesse person age or nation A hand for hand for tooth tooth eye for eye A foote for foote for murther let them dye Neuer did any people say Amen More gladly to the preachers prayer when He for the safety of our King doth pray And their confusion that would him betray Than all the multitude their shoutings raise To blisse his iustice and their maker praise God that from fraud deliuereth the iust And from the wicked all that in him trust And as when Faux that arcenall full fraught With treason mischiefe and rebellious thought Plotting the death and vtter desolation Of King Priests Nobles and of all our nation Because like Susan here we did deny To leaue our Lord and to accompany With Iezabel in foule abhomination With whom earths Princes commit fornication Condemned was by Iudges iustest dome Lo all the people doe together come With ioyfull hearts vnto his execution Where he receiueth iustest retribution Eu'n so when Daniel for false-witnesse-bearing The Elders had convict in peoples hearing Vpon them the whole multitude doth run And did to them eu'n as they would haue done To chastest Dame so sinne was done away And her blood innocent was sau'd that day My history is done but not my song For they that all this while haue held their tongue Vp now their voices vnto heauen raise And for this Dames deliuerance sing praise First old Helchias spirit doth ●euiue As Iacobs hearing Ioseph was aliu● And like to vpright godly Simeon old When he his Sauiour in his armes doth hold Sings nunc Dimittis Oh now let me dye In Susan s found not least dishonesty And next his wife like Miriam doth sing The noble praises of her heauenly King When as she saw her enemies confounded And all th' Egyptians in the red sea drowned Oh Ioachim who can the ioy descry That thou conceiud'st for her deliuery He onely that hath skill to touch the st●ing Of Dauids Harpe and Psalmes like his to sing Can here describe the heauenly melody Was made on earth by this whole company Father and mother for their daughter sung The children which about their mother hung Like f●ir●st clusters of the f●uitfull vine S●ng all with angelique sweete voice divine ●oe all her kindred and her seruants sing And eu'n Dame Eccho seem'd from heauen to ring But t' was not Eccho but sweete Angels voice That for this Dames deliu'rance did reioyce And now my Muse the Reader onely stayes To sing one ditty of this stories praise Ha●●e all chaste Ladies all iust Iudges heare Both old and young vnto my words giue eare Let them like dew vpon your hearts distill And siluer drops which heau'ns on meadowes spill Ioachim Susan Hel●hi with me sing The glorious bounty of the righteous king And babes who scarce haue learnd to tune your voice Yea sucklings in his noble strength reioyce He to whom earst you lifted vp your eyes Now heares your groanes and listens to your cryes And you deliuers from Beares cruell pawes The Lyons throate and Crocodiles foule iawes He in all ages past hath sau'd the iust And those that put in him their hope and trust But neuer plainer haue we heard or read Than here his prouidence discouered Susanna chaste to iustice I compare The Elders two corrupted Iudges are Who seeke for pleasure fauour gaine ambition Her to corrupt but to their owne perdition Iudges corrupt when you this story heare At Gods iust vengeance tremble quake and feare And iudging others for the like offence Condemne your owne soule guilty conscience And thinke not when you finde your selues vniust Such punishment is onely due for lust Who for ambition fauour feare or gaine Doe iudge vniustly merit equall paine You that proiect to prooue by witnesses Things false for gaine or for malciousnesse Lo here your Fate in this example see Your testimonies neuer shall agree Old letchers that in beastly lust delight See here your deeds of darknesse brought to light Who doth from heauen your secret sins behold Will one day to your shame them all vnfold Iudges and people diligently try The truth before you one condemne to dye For some for malice some will sweare for gaine Of enuy and ambition some will straine When as you see th'accusers violent And offer oath to prooue their owne intent Though it may seeme them little to concerne Yet wa●ily before you iudge discerne Chaste Dames who rather had endure the shame Th●n pr●u●●y your consciences to blame Waite on the Lord and in his lawes delight So he will bring all wickednesse to light Whilst Susan-like your innocence shall shine And be commended to succeeding time Henceforth let all the Ladies that liue chast Be with the title of Susannas grac't So far as Isaacks seede the Scepter swayes And Phoebus doth divide the nights from dayes So far shall honourd be chaste Susans name And all chaste Dames shall glory in the same And when as witnesses doe disagree Iudges shall praise her honourd chastity And Daniels prudent diligence admire And by this patterne out the truth enquire In this she suffers like that holy One Who though he neuer ill had thought or done Yet was accusd for cursed Blaspheme But neuer could the witnesses agree Lo wicked Pilate like these Elders stands Was●ing before iust iudge his guilty hands Yet nothing but hells lake shall wash from thence That guiltlesse blood the blood of innocence In thee two wicked Iudges I doe see The diuell and the world accusing me Whose malice surely had me ouercome Had not the Prophet to my rescue come I see in Daniel sitting on the throne A true resemblance of that holy One Who though he all things past as present knows By Spirit which the truth to Daniel shows Yet by discussing will make all things cleare That men and Angels which his Dome do heare May second it with finall approbation The Iusts reward the wickeds condemnation Go on braue Daniel in doing right And thou shalt fauour find in Princes sight Cyrus succeedes in Persian Monarchy Who thee shall raise to high Authority And like wise Ioseph place thee next his throne He Egypt thou shalt Persia rule alone IN all thy Poems thou dost wondrous well But thy Susanna doth them all excell R. C. FINIS Iustice. 2 Chr. 36.21 Exo. 18.21 A good wife described Prou. 31.10.11 c. 2. Sam. 13.11 Gen. ●● ● Kin. 25.57 1. King 21 8. Deut. 22.22 〈◊〉 19. ●● 〈◊〉 41.38 1. Sa● 12.3 1. King 2. ●3 1. Kin 2 4● Simile The sentence Deu. 19.16 Gun-powder treason Reu. Mark 14.58 59. Gen. 41.40

his throne on Iustice will erect Mens causes no● their persons must respect If Elders now accusers will become They must before the Priests and Iudges come And if they faile to prooue their accusation They must be subiect to like condemnation Returne returne make better inquisition Pu● the accusers both out of Commission Ap●o●nt new Iudges who with diligence May tr●e the witnesses and her defence Returne returne in Iudgement sit againe For they against he● falsely doe complaine As when lost Sonne of Iacob did vnfold The meaning of the Dreame which Pharaoh told And 〈◊〉 that he should Officers command To store vp ●oode ●o 〈◊〉 aliue his land None then in Pharoe● and his seruants eyes Appe●red then this Hebrew childe more wise For by his gracious words they plaine descry 〈…〉 in him most abund●ntly And therefore next vnto the King must stand And 〈◊〉 by his word all Egypt land So when this youth doth his great Prudence show 〈…〉 like dew of Heau'n which from him flow 〈◊〉 one minde conclude for certainetie 〈◊〉 the Spirit rests of the most High And therefore as approouing of Gods choise 〈◊〉 all elect him Elder with one voice 〈◊〉 other from their offices suspend 〈…〉 their cause shall haue a finall end The end of the third Booke THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF SVSANNA The fickle state of seeming men of might Their peace of conscience that iudge vpright The people plaine the Elders malice see In that their testimonies disagree Susan 's absolu'd and they condemn'd to die Of Men and Angels heau'nly melody YOu Iudges that on earth Gods people wield As husbands trees and bushes in a field Crop which you list and which you list let grow And are as Gods Vicegerents here below Loe heere an embleme of your fickle fate And vaine inconstancy of humane sta●e Who but this morning ruld both fa●re and neere Ere noone as prisoners at the Barre appeare And who eu'n now were Iudges ouer all Must by their Subiects iudgement stand or fall Ambition base light puffe of worthlesse Pride How dost thou heere vaine mortals thoughts deride Them throwing like hand-bals against the ground That they againe the higher may rebound And when as thou hast finished thy Sport Them leau'st all in the Dust in equall sort Oh happy Elders could your conscience Now pleade with Samuels a iust defence That willing doth before King Saul appeare And people all himselfe of fraud to cleare Whole Oxe whose Asse haue I vniustly tane Whom haue I wrong'd saith he in Goods or Name Of whose hands haue I taken lesse or more To blind mine eyes and I will all restore Before God and 's Annointed say they wee Acknowledge thee from all corruption free Thus all acquitted vpright Samuel Who many yeeres had iudg'd all Israel But these two Elders had not rul'd one yeare Ere they are both brought forth themselues to cleare Before the Iudge and there to testifie Against themselues their owne iniquitie Oh peerelesse pearle of good sound conscience When we are call'd to plead our owne defence Especially before the Lord of might Before whom all our deeds must come to light When Angels shall aloud their trumpets blow And mortals all at once in flesh shall show For to receiue their iust and finall Dome When all in person must to Iudgement come How cheerefull shall good Consciences abide Whilst wicked wish the rockes may fall and hide Them from the vengeance of that iustest one Who retributes to all as they haue done As wisest Salomon when he could finde No certaine witnesse to resolue his minde When as two women did before him striue VVhose was the dead and whose the childe aliue VVell knowing one of them the truth did know Deuis'd how by themselues it plaine to show So this yong Iudge in heau'nly wisedome wise Doth with the Lords and people thus aduise Brethren Lo heere a question betwixt two VVhich none on earth but they doe truly know The Dame deny's what these accusers sweare Shee 's one they two but both one party are And witnesses therefore in lawes conception They both are lyable to iust exception Wherefore I will that one be put aside Whilst th' other is examined and tride God that from heau'n the truth of all doth see Will neuer let false witnesses agree When they are parted first to Barre they call The elder Iudge there to be seene of all Who as base Shemei of the cursing kind After he was by Solomon confind For passing 's bounds then brought before the King His guilty conscience 'gainst him witnessing The wickednesse he to King Dauid did When from his gracelesse Absolon he fled Stood mute amaz'd before the iudgement seate And out of hope no pardon doth intreate So stood the Carle amazed shaking mute Expecting God should vengeance retribute Yet being old and full of subtilty Doth thus his owne proceedings iustify My heart is confident and bold within Since all I did was but to punish sinne If in some circumstances faile I shall To be accuser witnesse Iudge and all My witnesse-bearing thus I iustify There was no more but we could testify And better we to bring this accusation Than leaue vnpunisht such abhomination As for condemning let the people say Who were the onely Iudges here to day We neuer vrg'd the rigour of the law We onely testifide what we both saw Let not her teares or beauty thee so blind As she a patrone for her sinne may find Besides the proofe which we by oaths haue showne T is plaine we found her naked all alone Alone 〈◊〉 Daniel ●●nc●ed ●a●e that hast Liu'd wi●kedly so long and ●o vnchast Th' ungracious deedes thou actedst in Gods sight Shall here before vs all be brought to light False iu●gements thou hast giu'n and sore opprest The innocent the guilty hast releast Yet 〈◊〉 the Lord The innocent and righteous 〈…〉 nor iustify th'unrighteous We haue well mark'd the wicked accusation Thou bringst against this daughter of our nation If as thou swear'st thou saw'st th' adultery Tell now vnder what tree they then did lye A Mulbery tree the Elder then replyde Well then said Daniel now thou hast lyde Against thy selfe the Angell of the Lord Stands ready to divide thee with a sword Against thine owne life thou hast testifide Bring forth the other put this wretch aside As thee●e which feares besides his guilty breast That 's fellow hath before the theft confest Trembles and quakes at his examination And seekes to scape by nice equivocation At last resoluing still to hold his tale Do●h vtter words that tend to 's finall bale Eu'n so this second feares his will not hold Agreement with the tale his fellow told Or that his brother might the truth confesse In hope of pardon for his wickednesse But in the end t is his determination No whit to alter his first accusation And therefore with a feigned innocence He boldly speakes thus in his owne defence Brethren since you