Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T36: hell, earth, gods, death, ghosts, blood, bloody, heaven, night, ghost.
Manifest proof (Menander) doth detect His viperous-reproachful perfidy, Composed of pregnant infidelity: To mischief his endeavour's daily bent, I ever thought he was malevolent: Of crimes detected (blame us if thou wilt) Despairing apprehensions, argue guilt: He did alike despair: which proceeds From the confusion of abortive deeds: I do enforce, that Cinthia hath done well, She gives good warning to prevent a hell: These weaker medicines do but search the wound, lest rotten members perish; to confound An ulcerous limb, is worse than scarify; But rather than lose all: what remedy? To Cinthia's, revenge o this apply: Touching her name I'll prove a renegade, My sudden scourge what soul can tolerate? Error of man which overtops the sky, And with quick waftage doth for vengeance fly; calls down God's judgement (mischief to amend) Nay, often doth enforce the Gods descend: Horror, more ugly than the jaws of hell, Horror, that apprehension doth excel, Startles my Godhead to imagine how I further may avenge the Spartans vow: Shall we (great empress of Imperious night, heaven's wonder, and wide Corinth's blessed Saint) Thus be, o thus compelled, presumptuous King, To spit our unappeased flames in thy face? O the sharp edge of bitter blasphemy! How deep incision doth attend on it? Flesh cannot brook one trivial abuse, And shall the Gods (being injured) take truce? No; I'll inflict a terror to offence, And will (without compassion) scourge thy sense: For like some snowball tossed upon hot coals, Thy wit shall vanish, and thy sense consume: A madness must ensue, but mad alike, Never was any; those that see shall shake And tremble at our vengeance; but because Thy unadvised rashness rails upon Our monthly change, upbraid holiness, With a false friend's miscarriage, I'll impose A change unparalleled, which ne'er shall cease, Till thy distracted body sleep in peace: The most magnificent may learn of thee, Kings from a dreadful vengeance are not free: Kings may like petty-gods, insult below, But of a dear-deep reckoning they must know: Fame, freedom, fates, and all that may conspire To make man happy, shall not make thee man: For Fates do rescue neither life nor fame, If God's high justice do enthrall the same: Nor may the strict evasion of mishap, Hurt who secured lie in virtues lap. But if destruction be above decreed, Means stop in justice, sew by means are freed. Fall then the horror of blaspheming fears, Not wiped away with penitential tears; Till by his death my vengeance be appeased, And wrathful famine absolutely pleased. What you already with good cause condemn, I must (though need not) urge thee to contemn With all extremity of noble hate, Vice which emboldens man to be ingrate. To prove unthankful if occasion speaks, The joyful head of freeborn bounty breaks:
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Manifest proofe (Menander) doth detect His viperous-reproachfull perfidy, Compos'd of pregnant infidelity: To mischiefe his endeauour's daily bent, I ever thought hee was male-volent: Of crimes detected (blame vs if thou wilt) Despairing apprehensions, argue guilt: Hee did alike despaire: which proceeds From the confusion of abortiue deeds: I do enforce, that Cinthia hath done well, Shee giues good warning to prevent a hell: These weaker med'cines do but search the wound, Least rotten members perish; to confound An vlcerous limbe, is worse then scarifie; But rather then loose all: what remedy? To Cinthia's, revenge ó this apply: Touching her name Il'e proue a renegate, My sudden scourge what soule can tollerate? Error of man which over-tops the sky, And with quicke wastage doth for vengeance fly; Cal's downe Gods iudgement (mischiefe to amend) Nay, often doth enforce the Gods descend: Horror, more vgly then the iawes of hell, Horror, that apprehension doth excell, Startles my God-head to imagine how I further may avenge the Spartans vow: Shall wee (great empresse of Imperious night, Heavens wonder, and wide Corinths blessed Saint) Thus be, thus compel'd, presumptuous King, To spit our vn-appeas'd flames in thy face? O the sharpe edge of bitter blasphemy! How deepe incision doth attend on it? Flesh cannot brooke one triviall abus, And shall the Gods (being iniured) take truce? No; Il'e inflict a terror to offence, And will (without compassion) scourge thy sence: For like some snow-ball toss'd vpon hot coles, Thy wit shall vanish, and thy sece consume: A madnesse must ensue, but mad alike, Neuer was any; those that see shall shake And tremble at our vengeance; but because Thy vn-aduised rashnesse railes vpon Our monthly change, vp-braiding holinesse, With a false friends mis-carriage, Il'e impose A change vn-parralel'd, which ner'e shall cease, Till thy distracted body sleepe in peace: The most magnificent may learne of thee, Kings from a dreadfull vengeance are not free: Kings may like petty-gods, insult below, But of a deere-deepe reckoning they must know: Fame, freedome, fates, and all that may conspire To make man happy, shall not make thee man: For Fates doe rescue neither life nor fame, If Gods high iustice do inthrall the same: Nor may the strict evasion of mis-hap, Hurt who secured lye in Vertues lap. But if destruction be aboue decreed, Meanes stop in iustice, sew by meanes are freed. Fall then the horror of blaspheaming feares, Not wip'd away with poenitentiall teares; Till by his death my vengeance be appeas'd, And wrathfull famine absolutely pleas'd. What you already with good cause condemne, I must (though need not) vrge thee to contemne With all extremity of noble hate, Vice which emboldens man to be ingrate. To proue vnthankfull if occasion speakes, The ioyfull head of free-borne bounty breakes: