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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	know_v	see_v	soul_n	6,285	5	4.9453	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51508	Vienna, noe art can cure this hart where in is storied, ye valorous atchievements, famous triumphs, constant love, great miseries, & finall happines, of the well-deserving, truly noble and most valiant kt., Sr. Paris of Vienna, and ye most admired amiable Princess, the faire Vienna.	M. M. (Matthew Mainwaring), 1561-1652.; Minshull, Richard.	1650 (1650)	Wing M295C; ESTC R19255	130,674	194

any such adventure Poltron seeing it would not otherwise bee yeelded though unwilling thereunto and like Sinnes Sollicitour moved that Izabella would play the Pedlar and he would become a Tinker with his Budget on his back a leathern couloured Apron before him a Hammer under his Girdle and a Brazen ladle in one of his hands And thus with his face besmeared would he go a pretty way before them as none of their company and yet guide them in the way So gallant a Bonelace-seller so proud a Pedlet and so stout a Tinker all France will not pattern But thus it must be if you Madam will have your desire Nor may you scorn that means that promiseth assurance of Liberty and hope of better hap The Gods to have their wils disdained not the shape of beasts and we must with the cunning Fowler cloath our selves in Feathers if we will deceive wily birds It is a Soare no sinne to betray Tyranny but a shift no shame to get Liberty These guilefull enticing words of his and the betraying instructions of the deepe deceitefull Dolphinis were without any semblance of other reach so smoothly and passionately delivered by this damnable and perfideous Villain that all his wily words were held as Oracles and the further he seemed to be from her the neerer still he touched her to the quick In so much that Vienna being blindly led in her over-affectionate desire beyond the limit of all due consideration yeelded to referre her self to his trust and to fashion themselves according to his direction Alasse Vienna where disloyall Treason threatens thy shipwrack and where remorcelesse murder is thy plot there assured danger must be thy Harbour and reproachfull destruction thy host Implacable malice pursues thee invisible fraud bettayes thee and too late repentance will I fear learn thee that they are most miserable that make themselves wretched examples to others But how should Love the child of Folly looke into a plot of pollicy when unseduced wit cannot see it nor untainted wisedome find it The appearance of Truth and the shew of Pitty and simplicity hath in all deceitfull Practises subverted Cities deposed Kings defrauded Subjects of their rights and taken away the guiltlesse lives of Innocents How then poor Princess couldst thou a voyd thy running upon the Sands though armies of objections did rise against thy doubtfull hazard yet cannot thy good though free intention make thee faulty though thy over-credulity in entertaining of conjectures made thee erre Thy chast thoughts shine still I see in thy vertue and thy vertue by divine providence must shield thee both from abusive shame and from unexpected slaughter But now Poltron had provided at Vienxa's cost all materiala and the Ladies disrobeing themselves hid their attyres and to cast a mist before the eyes of ignorance they clothed them to the purpose and at supper time the night being dark upon Poltrons watch-word who then stood centinell they came forth pulling the door after them For lock it Vienna would not because it should appear which way they came forth least upon further rearch they might find out La-nova's private way and so bring him into trouble who at the time was in Flanders enquiring after his lost friend The next morning their escape was discovered the City was searched Poltron mist and every way was full of inquisitors But that nights travell and their unsuspected disguise being the usuall habit of such wandring professours brought them safe unto a great wood that stood at the foot of a high hill in Langnedoc where he perswaded them the Hermit had his Cell At the entrance whereof Vienna stumbled the dull earth forbidding thereby her further passage and Izabella's eyes were suddenly for the time strucken blind as though the feet of the one were unwilling to bring their Mislris into perill and the eyes of the other were ashamed to see such intended villany But no presage can forestall desire love looks altogether after their own fancies consters all things acccording to her affections This helhound the Divels Agent seeing Vienna ready to fall stept to her and taking her by the arm in shew to support her led her into the thickest of the wood where suddenly as one transformed this seeming dove shewed himself a villture and like cruelty her self with imbossed mouth and staring eyes he drew his short sword that hung by his lustfull side and gashly swore that if either of them made any noise he would forthwith kill them both whereat the weak and wearied Ladies were so amazed that all their sences were sencelesse their tongues were bound to the peace by iustice fear they could not speak nor durst not cry Now Lust the execrable parent of murther seeing her abashed beauty shine like the sun through a Cloud had so fiered his fancy that where before it was but kindled by her looks now having her within his power it did violently burn by the touch Death must now forbear and attend his pleasure for his pleasure and nothing could satisfie this covetuous Fox but after the stealing of the grapes he meant to forrage the vine To effect which he turned Isabella's face to a tree and bound her arms round about the same and notwithstanding flatteringly promised them both their lives if Vienna would but consent to his wanton wil If not he then prodigally swore that in dispight of all he would gather the fruit now it was ripe and after leave their slain bodyes a prey unto the beasts of the field Vienna having recovered some spirit and seeing the present danger with elevated eys erected hands and bowed knees she besought him not to sport in her misery nor to spot his soul with the repenting pleasure of uncleannes Remember sayd she that I am a Princesse save but my honour as thou art my mothers son and I will freely forgive thee my death as I am my fathers daughter I seek not life but the honour of my life for my long liv'd grief makes me hate life and despise death but in the losse of my chiefest cherished care my curses shall poyson thy salvation and the wildfire of thy lust shall burn up all thy worldly welfare and make thee a speedy prey to speedy destruction O let then my Chast teares quench the flame of thy sinfull Concupiscence biast not the beauty of the Lilly in the bud deprive not the Rose of the fairness of the bloom nor brand not thy self with the cursed name of a hatefull villain The fiercest Lyon hath no cruelty to hurt a Royall Virgine Man was made to help not to hurt a silly maid and the Lord of Hosts hath countlesse Plagues to punish such ofenders Thy carnall regard is but momentary but thy shamse will be everlasting and thy punishment eternall For repentance follows fruition and the reward of sin is death Thus did she pray plead and entreat and thus would she have disswaded him from doing evill that never yet knew good but his unruly passion

affinity All my right is yours your demand my consent and my consent a full fathers grant Sirap acknowledging this his so great bounty gave him more thankes then if he had presently intituled and invested him in the Principallity of Viennois Yet said he it seems not over-strange to me nor should it be so offensive to your Highnesse that one so enriched by Nature so admired for vertue and so endowed by fortune should herein against all nature so resist the law of nature since fancy is altogether guided by Destiny and Love is neither subject to duty nor reason Then seeing that love yeeldeth neither reason of choise nor change I wil leave to reason further of it and adventure once to carry up a dish to Venus table that never yet served in her Court The Dolphin glad that his demand was of no greater consequence secretly smiled at his simplicity that neglecting honours highest advancements onely contented himself with the naked hope of impossible savors But Sir Sirap being more assured then the Dolphin did assure himself rested thankfully contented with the same And the next morning in the pride of his secret joy he went unto the Castle where having the Dolphin's signet for his warrant he called for Vienna who fearing some sudden stratagem for all her hope of welfare was dead fearefully came to the door to know the end of her punishment But when Sirap saw the alteration that vertuous constancy had wrougnt in her imprisonment grief so attach'd him that he was more mottified at the sight then he was Moorefied in sight yet after some secret digested sighes he cheared up his ingrieved spirit with the joy he had to see her and thus by his interpreter he saluted her Our Gods of all happiness make fair Vienna happy in her desires and more fortunate in her life The same Vi●nna Vienua sayd yeelds you hearty thanks and prayes that the like content may countervail your well wishing Then shall said he my love be made immortal in your liberty and your liberty be purchased by my love Vienna abash'd at his reyly replied 〈◊〉 that grief had no harbor for love nor love any acq●●●tance with distressed Vienna Anoble cause said Sirap may yet help to heale a grievous case Then leave these forlorn walls and let not your will make you a prisoner that may live in my love a Princesse For know Madam that your Father being a prisoner in Babylon and allotted there to a most base and cruell death I though by kind an unpassionate Moor yet much more then any Moor pittying the miseryes of others had such compassion on your Fathers distresse that growing carelesse of my estate being there then entertained with greatest state I adventured with great adventure to acquit him of shamefull bondage and more cruell death Conditionally that upon my arrivall with him in this Country hee should grant me without all exception one gift that then I should require which he then ratified by oath in sight of his God and now hath confirmed it by will in the presehce of his people Now Madam hearing the well worthy renowne of your renowned beauty though being by Nature fierce yet subject to affection I could not but in that frailty yeeld to human condition And therefore prizing my content before a Crown I required your Ladyship for my Wife which your Father by an Oath hath granted which you in duty should yeeld unto and which I in love if love can merit such happinesse do deserve and yet most humbly do request Vienna thus moved removed thus his flattering and aspiring hope If said she my Father enjoy a second life by your conditionall adventure you may Presse him to the performance so farre as it is in his power to accomplish more you cannot ask lesse hee will not perform But know Sir Knight that love knowes no such paternall law that never yet was subject to any law The Father hath but a consent not the choise in the daughters affections his free thoughts have no feeling of her conceit and his mettle mind and corrupted humors are oft unpleasing to his childs fancy Neither stands it with any reason that he cannot govern his own passions should command othere affections Then must you of necessity excuse his impossibility and admit onely of his willingnesse that can give nought but consent for his larges Yet Madam by your favour said Sirap stands the daughter bound for her Fathers good and the guerdon is but ungratefull that is required in contempt True said Vienna but every good must not be rewarded with the best lest the best want fit requitall for due desert Let it then suffice that with thanks I acknowledge your great good and in any other things will be ready to pleasure you Only in this pardon me my Lord for in loves infirmities I have no affinity A troubled soul onely in tears her comfort seeks It is a heavy comfort said Sirap that in mourning stands yet said she doth the custome of sorrow lessen the grief and it is some comfort to be void of all comfort Dispair said Sirap is mother to death and death not fit companion for beauty My beauty said she poor as it is hath already bin my bane and made me most unfortunate in my most fortunatenesse Why Madam quoth he hath your Grace bin deceived So said she say they that told me so But truth he replyed stands not on the tongues of men True she said and that is the cause why we are deceived by men you mistake me much said Sirap Nay said she not mistaken but overtaken you in the truth and so she bad him farewell leaving him tormented in mind in that he gest by her last words that some one to advantage himself or in malice to him had wronged him in words yet could he not but smile to think how his conceit was her deceit But leaving her whom he meant not so to leave but to re-assay her again he returned to the Dolphin and told him of his haplesse successe Who smothering his inward joy made such shew of discontentment that the angry Oceanswel'd not as he seem'd to storm But Sirap neither waying his anger nor her answer all smiling said that once more he would with Ixion assay to embrace Juno and see whether in shuffling again of the Cards ' Fortune would deal him a better game For he would owe her himself and try whether in his own language he could wean and win her to his will which moved great laughter and ministred further occasion of pleasant talk Thus they passed for the rest of the day untill Supper which ended Sirap giving them the good night went to his Chamber where calling to mind Vienna's words which in his suppose argued to report of his disloyalty which grieved him much that her grief would be redoubled by his never intended falsity and that he should bee so wronged by unwronged and unknowne men But after he had a little fed his

being then most ready when shee was most unready both to assay and allay that troublesome spirit Mal-Fiance having thus secured their stirring by deluding their hearing went boldly to the daughters bed the wished port where he desired to arrive where finding no opposition she stil deeming him to be Haunce he cast anchor that his barque might ride at full Sea At which time Mars and Venus being in conjunction produced such strange effects that the bed wherein they lay did both shake and rock which her mother-in-law hearing began to be half afraid having heard nothing before yet out of wonted holdness which was great in bodily adventures she called to her daughter and asked her how she did I do q●she well and as well as any woman can do It is the better for you replyed the mother but do you not heare nor feel any thing I hear nothing said she that is ill and most assured I am I feel no hurt Well daughter said the Mother blesse you and crosse you from all evill spirits Nay mother quoth she my faith herein hath ever been so great and so good that I neither fear the Devill nor think any man is present that endangers me All this while the poor Burgamaster lay over the head in the sweat of his false fear which and so tyrantize over his weaknesse that he durstily no longer but hastily calling up his man he had him light a candle for he would rise and go fetch his ghostly Father Fryer Br●●erick to come to blesse his Chamber and sprinkle it all over with holy water His wife could not divert him from it and his daughter and her unknown Paramour were ready to betray themselves with laughter yet was Mal Fiance glad to hide himself in the bed whilst to prevent suspition the daughter rose and took upon her to unlock the unlocked doors by which time the man came with a light and getting his Master up hee holpe to array him and after went with a Lanthorne with him to seeke the Fryer No sooner were they gone but in comes lascivious Haunce in the heat of his desire like the Prince of darknesse cloathed in a Bulls-hide with the horns on his head for it much behooved him to have borns that must leave horns behind him who finding the doors open made no stay till he came to the daughters bed where hearing two breath he softly shrunk back supposing it was the Fathers bed and stumbling after by hap on the other bed where the wife lay all alone he holding down his head softly said Fear not my Love it is I and so dismantling himself laid him down by her who conceiting that it was Mal Fiance that had taken the benefit of her husbands going forth resisted not but entertained him with all the full favours that wanton love could afford Thus doe Womens light thoughts many times make their husbands to have heavie heads But in this amorous combat the very bed proclaimed their forceable encounters and the fall of bedstaves well witnessed their fresh assaults which the daughter hearing deemed that her restlesse mother was tormented with some terrour of fear and therefore calling to her she wished her to have a good litart and not to yeeld to idle conceits which but troubled the mind with deceiving imaginations The mother perceiving that something was perceived and that they were heard took upon her to be affrighted and said Alas daughter something I know hath been upon me and if spirits have any substances it is surely one Cover your self well said the daughter By this enterchange of chatte Haunce knew that he had travailed in a by-path which so distasted him that his teeth gnashed together for anger and Mal Fiance lay loughing at the knowledge thereof who remembring now that Haunce would come in some fearfull shape to make way for his pleasure he thought to work further on him and to beat him with his own weapon And to give life to his device he stole up and creeping along the beds side wherein euchaffed Haunce did●ly he sought by feeling and by feeling sound the hairy hide which by handling thereof he knew well was a garment of his Fathers and as he threw it over him with intent to frighten Haunce he heard his Host and the Frier coming into the house who came sooner then they were expected Then he was forc'd to run behind the door thinking by his hell-like habite to terrifie them all and so got unknown to his Chamber Now Haunce perceiving light through the door for as yet the Fryer durst not come in till he had said divers Pater nosters and besprinkled the door with his holy water sprinkle leap'd hastily out of his disliked bed and failing to find his devills coat he pul'd the higher sheet out of the bed and shrowding himself therein went like a ghost to the other side of the dore thinking likewise so suddenly to fright them that undiscovered he might escape But the tardy-taken-women that now were more afraid of shame then they were before of sin were driven to such an exigent that they knew not how to avoid neither rebuke not reproach their scarlet blushes accused them and the holy Church was at the dore ready to condemn them In this hell they lay fearing to bee seene untill the light which most they feared freed them from those they most feared For the new transformed Devill and the late metamorphosed ghost suddainly seeing each other by the light of the Candle upon the opening of the dore were so agast at the fearefull sight of either others terrifying and unknowne shapes that they verily thought that the Devill or some other ill spirit were purposely come from hell to carry them away for their sinfull assuming their damned formes to such wicked and forbidden ends In this fear and fearful thought they made such hast to run away the one from the other that they both rusht at once so forceably through the door that they bear the old Burgamaster down and turned the poor Fryer over and over in which fall he pittifully brake his face on the housecill and half drowned the Burgamaster with the Holy-water that he brought and shed upon him The carefull women though they were thus cleared of disgrace yet were they so danted at the sight of these incarnall devills that they wofully cryed and shrieked out the servant with the Lanthorn as one distract run out of doors Mal Fiance as fearfully fled to his chamber and heartless Haunce most amazedly run into the street after the servant who looking for fear behind him saw this spirit P. running as he thought after him which made him cry out help help a spirit a ghost a ghost a spirit The Watchmen comming and hearing him thought the man was stark mad but looking about they saw this affrighted frightning ghost comming towards them which put them all into such amazed fear that they threw down their weapons and run away The coast being thus cleared

as most neerest did concern him wherein he took double delight in not onely gaining knowledge of the assumace of Viennois life and love but in deceiving the Dolphin that the Dolphin might thereby be the more deceived In this clouded communication we will leave them a while to see what befell Mal Fiance whom we left detained in the Tavern ignorant of his Lords surprise though not innocent of the cause Ten dayes did the Vintner keep him close still expecting that either the Marchant should return or that the Sanzake should send for his restrained guest But when he could neither hear of the one nor the other he began to grow jealous of the matter and premeditating thereon at last fastned on this belief That the Marchant like a subtile Mercurian had cheated the Stranger and after left him not onely to pay for the wine but also made him a stale to convey himself away under the face of honesty For otherwise he thought that if there had been cause of taxation complaint or examination there would no doubt have been hasty inquisition made after him In this perswasion he set Mal Fiance at liberty who now found his repenting errour in the losse of his Lord Shame rebuk't his tongue Grief attach'd his heart and Fear afflicted all his thoughts at this deer rate he purchas'd wit which taught him to labour more advisedly in the fearfull search of the Dolphin His enquiring eyes did still pry into every corner of all his carefull and wandring wayes and in all assemblies he sought whom he could not find But when neither weary time nor wary search could give him any knowledge of him Then happily meeting with a Flemming that was ready bound for Zeland he went a Shipboard with him hoping that either he should find his Lord returned to Viennois or give them cause to follow him in better quest After many days sayling they happily arrived at Middleburgh where in an old decayed Burgamasters house they lodged Mal Fiance who finding the a ged jealousie of his aged Host cunningly carryed himself in a strict shew of purity that under that deceit he might the better deceive This suspitious Syre having not onely a beautifull daughter but a young fair wife whom he lately espoused was so fearfully jealous of them both that he confined them within the limit of his house and if either of them were but out of his sight he straight supposed she was in action A service which none can digest that may not themselves perform But to take away all means that did help not heal his misdeems he caused his daughter to lye in a low bed within his Chamber and made the door to be lockt each night Now it fell out that there was a great and secret love betwixt his Daughter and one Haunce the sonne of a rich Tanner that dwelt not farre from him who by appointment came presently after supper time to her Chamber window that lookt into the Garden where he so passionately pleaded for the Harvest of his amorous desires that she being made of flesh not flint granted that he should reap the full fruition of his love if he would but adventure the venture of it For so said she it is that over and besides my fathers watchfull fear and ever waking jealousie I do lye neer unto him within his chamber where though I may easily give you entrance yet to entertain you without his perceivance stands not with my belief That matters not said Haunce I will not leave the venture for any adventure leave the managing thereof to me who will for thy sake attempt the height of the hazard Love fears no danger and pleasure without shew of perill looseth the vigour of her sweetnesse I will with fear so deceive his fear Onely be not thou afraid at any thing that thou shalt hear or see and so farewel and expect my comming All this wanton discourse did Mal-Fiance listning heare as by chance he leaned in his Chamber window which was but the breadth of a post from her window who like a true Venerian knowing their carnall conclusion resolved to take the benefit of the match though she were more then his match and to put into the Mediterrancan Sea when the wind should serve in that pleasant pinnace wherein enhaunced Haunte hoped solely to sayl with joy through the Magellan straights To affect which he sate in counsell with all his thoughts how he might best deceive not only hopefull Haunce but also her jealous Father and overamorous mother who being sick of old ages tedious and overlong induring debilityes had many times by her alluring eyes stoln glances and other enticing dem cancurs lookt for Physick at his hands At last device advised him that there was no way to bind jealousie to the peace and to keep himself from interruption but onely by horrour of fear to make him loose himself and sencelesse of all other fear In proof whereof that night at the dead hour of heavy and leaden sleep he took one of his bed-sheets and tying a knot on the top threw it over him and like a troubled ghost with doubtfull paces went into the Burgamasters Chamber who being kept waking by his decrepit griefs heard the fall of his steps and being so dark that he could not see he gastly askt who was there None but I said his watching sensuall daughter supposing it had been Haunce Is the door lockt said he yes quoth she you heard me lock it your self and so she did but without the staple Mal-Fiance being thus Plannet-strucken curst old Saturn for being now so opposite to Venus and in his pawse of doubtfull stay he light on this subtile shift presently he crept stealingly under his bed where finding a pair of bellowes that ●●●lesly had been thrown and left there hee took them up and softly rising by the beds head he blew many sudden and short blasts upon him and then falling down again he set his back to the middle of the bed-cords where with all his force he lifted the bed up as high as he could and then would let it softly fall and then raising it up again would after let it fall suddenly and then would he blast with the bellowes againe which so amazed and frighted the poore Burg●master that he could not speak but fearfully crept over the head into the bed and layd such fast though sho●king hands on his wife that he awaked her who being held over-hard demanded what so appaled him who answered in a low voyce that there was some tormenting spirit in the Chamber Alas sweet sayd she thinking it to be but the disease of his jealousie you do but dream there is no such thing give me leave to sleep since you cannot keep me wa● king The Daughter whose lustfull attendance waked after venercall copulation hearing this and knowing the fallacy could not but laugh at her fathers deceiving and betraying fear and in the pride of her naked strength she prepared her selfe