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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	good_a	read_v	see_v	2,579	5	3.2518	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10869	Eustathia, or the constancie of Susanna containing the preservation of the godly, subversion of the wicked, precepts for the aged, instructions for youth, pleasure with profitte. Penned by R.R.G.	Roche, Robert, 1575 or 6-1629.	1599 (1599)	STC 21137; ESTC S112042	52,757	126

booke had rest and needle leaue to play Doth entertaine her thoughtes with some discourse From Adams age vntill that present day And oft recountes Ierusalems decay Whilst eke by cunning art chorographie He doth present the citie to her eie These lines saith he describe it triplewald Aleph the plot where stoode the temple great Beth Sion castle Davids citie cald Guemell the Senate house and iudgement seate Daleth the market place He Mathkad streate And so by letters of her Alphabet He pointeth out where every place was set And streete by streete recounteth till he came To say heere stoode my there he speechlesse then Could not pronounce my house teares stopt the same Whilst from his hand he flings he pointing pen And falling from his matter vnto men He curseth both the auctors and the sin The breeders of the bondage he is in For while sweete Suse saith he we feard the Lord And did his lawes and sacred hestes obey So long he was our shield our speare our sword Our castle fort and bulwarke day by day Philistin Ammon Aegypt beare no sway Not Assur nor fell Syrian with his bandes Or sun-burnt Aethiop could subdue our landes But vvhen our rulers all vvere out of rule VVhen prince and priestes and people everychone VVere irreligious like the lust-led Mule Pleased in sin and vile pollution Then kindled vvrath then vvas our vvoe begon Then did he giue vs over for a pray In Chaldean noates to sol fa weale avvay Yet though he hath vs bruz'd vve are not broken Or left as out-castes in the eies of men Sith by his spirit-taught prophets he hath spoken That at the end of threescore yeares and ten Our seed shall sit in Sion gates age'n Thy selfe but young maist liue to see the day Our stooping age hath hopelesse natures nay Meane time liue mindefull of thy latter end Thou maist die young once old canst not liue long Content thy selfe in state that God doth send In svveetest ioies expect some sovver among The vvorldes svveete smiles are as the Syrens song And humaine pomp is as a vvhirling blast Soone gone and saunce recall vvhen once tis past Yea man himselfe is as a raine bred bubble VVhose shape though it be like t' Hem●spheer sky Yet if a vvindy blast the vvater troble It doth revert to vvater by and by And leaues alone the vaine-beholding e●e Such is Susanna deere thy present state A shade a dreame a vvriting vvanting date Learne then svveete soule to loath things pleasing vaine Learne then to loue thy soules long lasting health Learne then to knovv thy God and him to gaine VVhich vvell thou maist if first thou knovv thy selfe VVhich is indeede more peere-lesse far then pelfe Seeme lesse to none then to thine ovvne conceipt Selfe-loue a servile foe on fooles doth vvaite Embrace Gods promises hold fast thy hope Measure thy life by line of sacred law Containe thine actions all vvithin this scope Be not secure but standing stand in avve Least thine affections thy zeale vvith-dravv And still svveete loving lamb in age and youth VVith stedfast constancie professe the truth Yeeld vs thy parentes ay a lovvly heart In guerdon of the loue vve beare to thee Offend not friendes let betters haue their part Be carefull of thy name as of thine eie Let loue of fame prevent all infamie Ill company avoide as from the divell If thou vvilt free thy life and actes from evill Remember vvench thou readest in thy booke Tvvo thinges the ornamentes of may den head To haue a shamefast eie and sober looke And other tvvo if that thou hap to vved Good name and chastitie to bring to bed Assure thy selfe the owner of these fower Is godly faire and hath a vvorthy dovver Delight not childe in braue and rich aray To prune thy selfe as if thou were imprented Be s●emely not a slut be graue not gay With cleanly comelinesse be still contented Be not fond sicke with fashions new invented For tis but superfluitie of pride To haue a fashon-coyner for thy guide Excessiue neatnesse is a badge of evill An antsigne of a light vnstable head An angling hooke and engine for the divell To catch such fooles as are by fancie lead A moath that fretteth till thy wealth be dead VVhile backe doth make the belly to be sterved VVhich matrons eie should see to be preserved Then is shee cald a huswife comely dame Whilst cleanly fine is voide of curious partes Then which in time was not a better name VVhen golden world did want prides painting artes VVhen plaine content possest the country heartes VVhen hospitalitie did feele no lacke And was not climbde from table to the backe If that thy neighbours doe possesse good name Doe thou not envie at their worldly blisse Nor be thou light to credite every fame Reportes doe often hit and often misse Of all thinges iudge the best for best it is VVith sober looke be courteous vnto all VVith few familiar be or none at all Hide not a wanton heart with modest eie Say not thy Psalter in the divelles booke Take heede beware of such hypocrisie He is no saint that saintishnesse forsooke Be more severe in life then in thy looke And when thine eares haue heard what other say Allow thy tongue abridle and a stay Learne good things with good vvill instruct the weake Comfort the comfortlesse in their distresse Stop not thine eare when pining-poore doth speake Hate with thine heart sin-breeding idlenesse Let thrifty minde be free from all excesse Craue not too much if riches once arise Obserue a meane and let inough suffice And if thou covet honest exercise Then read good bookes such as our Rabbies pen Or vse such d●mes as well can matronise With honest mirth amongst the godly men With due regard of seemely where and when And to conclude where so thou hap to dwell Loue thou thine house as snaile doth loue the shell Thus did Helchia painefull father teach His Susan deere sweete obiect of his eie Her mother daily ceased not to preach The like preceptes of grace and modestie And oft would heere how well shee would replie What time her heart reioiced for to see So witty answeres with like guise agree VVhile shape did hold Symmetricall estate Her manners mated vvith a gallant grace Her beauty feature fine did emulate VVith speech composed and vvith sober pase And this decorum sitting in her face The whole and partes resembled and were like To perfect numbers in Arithmetike And shee thus trained from her tender yeares Became in time to reape her iust renowne In all respectes so far surpast her peeres Of equall age and vvealth within the towne That every vvay her praises put them downe Whilst wantons bent to play and idle pleasure Shee train'd her thoughtes to seeke eternall treasure Whereby it came to passe that envie fell Pursuing vertue with great eagernesse When they could not come neere began to swell And with fine tauntes to make her praises lesse Some

stoppe Hight Remora much like the seelie snaile Can stay the ship of loftie tallest toppe Gainst force of oares and furious winded saile So some whose fame high fortune could not faile Amidst their happiest course are forst to staie By lust-fed loue or else as weake delay So sovereignes oft come subiectes to their sin Whilst those that should not soonst are slaues to lust Men what they must not most are prone to win Which makes trimme vertue dragled in the dust When rulers are as yron worne vvith rust Consum'd with loue then countries fall to sinne As heere you see these iudges doe beginne VVho oft were bent by reasons Ecstasis VVith club-fist violence and clownish force To breake into that princelie Pyramis And batter downe her wel-built walles perforce If milde entreatie might not moue remorse Or bold perswasions blinde the eies of reason Or subtile feates surprise the fort by treason Thus oft they ment to make a rash assault More oft they seeke vile opportunitie And most doe muse how they maie cloake the fault If mad desire accomplished might be Their withered hoping hearts thinke long to see The fruit of their vntimelie sprowting lust Th' event whereof they held in deepe distrust Each daie these graybeardes kisse the garden dore To see at least the shadow of their Saint And through the slender crannies prie and pore To feede the humor that doth make them faint So doth her peerelesse hue their eies attaint That aie to gaze on her they doe require As on sweete speckled Panthers beastes desire Each daie for fervent loue of this faire goddesse They gad on pilgrimage to her sweete shrine Each daie fowle lust did feede in fainting bodies On fresh recording of her beauties shine Each day they be repleate and yet doe pine While outward obiect nursing inward anguish Abates the looke and makes the life to languish Thus doth delay not lessen but increase The furious fittes of their rebellions soare And though they would a parlee for their peace Yet want they meanes her favour to implore VVhich makes them wish to be within the dore VVith her alone that they might worke their vvill To pray or force her to that cursed ill They wondred greatly at each others griefe Yet want the skil the secret cause to know Though friendly hand be prest to yeeld reliefe Yet singred pulse cannot bewray their woe And shame doth blush such shamefull partes to shew While neither knowes that either is entangled With that sharpe hooke wherewith himselfe is angled Til time that pend the prologue in this play And did pretend some pleasing comedy By stately rufling actors did bewray Shee ment to staine the stage and standers by VVith tragique bloud in fel Catastrophie And sending opportunitie with speede To fit occasion bids them both proceede For on a day vvhen Cynthius lampe of light Had with his golden beames embost the skie And climbing from the circle-bounding sight Neere to the noone-steed line vvas mounted hie VVhen Nature did on customes lore relie To vnder-propt her weakenesse with repast That now grew faint and feeble with long fast Then at kind Ioachims gates these seniors part V●trustie traitours to so true a friend And to their several houses doe revert But leaue in pawne vnbodied hearts behinde Not where it liues but loues remaines the minde They doe repose their friend-shippe on their foe They leaue sweete life in gage yet home they goe VVhere lazie rest did ransacke all their vaines Choice of delightes doe breed no choice of ease The wayward worme vvithin their adled braines Was nibling still nothing but one could please The feathered seate doth seeme a nest of fleas The princely banquets held a homely diet The Doricke musicke makes the minde vnquiet The cookes controld the meate not seasoned well The courtly waitor seemes a cartly clowne The fragrant odors yeeld a loathsome smell Who looketh sad he thinkes on him doth frowne Who laughes out-right doth envie his renowne Who wispreth in the ●are doth him reproue Who praiseth beauty robbes him of his loue His loue not shee graue ladie first his loue Whose breasts did breed youthes sweet contētments wel His eies as blinde in choice he doth reproue For Ioachims choice all choices doth excell His neighbours sheepe not his must beare the bell Sweete Susan none but shee is worthy honor His Debora not worthy to waite on her Fond testy wayward waspish out of tune His giddy head doth tosse his trencher round His hastie heart is fierce doth fret and fume His knife doth ●eele his passions to abound His restlesse foote doth gra●e the harmelesse ground Each punct of time doth seeme a lingring morrow The meale is short when as the sawce is sorrow Therefore to seeke more ease in pleasing place They post alone vnto the garden dore VVhere one of them not staide a breathing space But that his corryvall is come to shore VVhere never boath till then did meete before And then to soone for false occasion then Did plot the fall of these vnfaithfull men For train'd by time each one acquaintes the other H●w beauties blaze in Susans modest eie Had set drie lust on fire vvhich did not smother VVithin their withered breastes but burning flie Like fierie dragon in the flaming skie Which forst them to forget their God their king And binde best hope vnto a hopelesse thing They pause a space what best to doe resolving Like two fi●rce Beares of greedie appetite Devising meanes and in their mindes revolving If that shee will not wrong her Ioachims right They would enforce her then by force and might Yet heere a guiltie conscience laies a barre To stop this course and their devises marre Saith one of them shall we commit this evill Shall freemen borne be bond-slaues vnto sinne Shall we embrace the flesh to kisse the Divell Shall we controlling vice to vice beginne Shall we so famous thus defame our kinne My Lord we must suppresse these prowd assaults Else shall we great ones make the greater faultes The rule by vvhich all other rules are tried Must beare a true proportion every way And vvant the smallest faultes that maie be spied So kings and seniors that doe beare the sway Must liue to rule and yet the lawes obey Else how should they blacke sin rebuke and blame VVhen they themselues are guilty in the same A mole is speed'lie spied in the face VVhen in the bodie blaines are vnperceaved One seely mis●e will yeeld vs more disgrace Then though the vnder●ing and poore aggrieved VVere of al roiall vertues quite bereaved For rulers are the looking-glasse the booke In which all subiects eies doe reade and looke O let vs then remember theres a God A God whose searching eie hath deepest seeing A God whose providence doth never plod A God in whom we moue and haue our being A God to whom each sinne is disagreeing A God that will not winke at this misdeede A God that will inflict revendge vvith speede