In these verses you see how one crueltie surmounts another by degrees till it come to very slaughter and beyond, for it is thought a despite done to a dead carkas to be an euidence of greater crueltie then to haue killed him.
And as we lamented the crueltie of an inexorable and unfaithfull mistresse.
In this figure of the Crosse-couple we wrate for a forlorne louer complaining of his mistresse crueltie these verses among other.
Mahomet one of the Turkish Emperours, executeth curssed crueltie vpon a Greeke maiden, whome hee tooke prisoner, at the wynning of Constantinople.
Can not thy crueltie in nothing be diminished seing me dismembred with the terrour of a thousand furious martirdomes?
Exercise thy crueltie behinde our backes, and vppon our lives if thou liste, so that thou doe not contaminate and defile the vertue of chastitie.
And Violenta by the common opinion of the Judges was condempned to be beheaded: not only for that she had presumed to punishe the knightes tromperie and offence, but for her excessiue crueltie doen vpon the dead body.
Mahomet one of the Turkishe Emperours, executeth curssedcrueltie vpon a Greeke maiden, whome hee tooke prisoner, at the wynning of Constantinople.
Wherefore departing from her, and not willing to vse any maner of crueltie towards her, hee thoughte by the destruction and slaughter of Guiscardo, to coole her burning loue.
The day appointed to thare crueltie approched, the two poore sanctis of God war presented befoir those bloody bowcheouris: grevouse war the crymes that war layed to thare charge.
After the death of this blissed martyre of God, begane the people, in plaine speaking, to dampne and detest the crueltiethat was used.
In the meantyme many godly men, beholding the wodness and great crueltie of the Bischoppis, and the invincible patience of the said Maister George, did greatlie mourne and lament.
Queene Voadicia marcheth against the Romans, to whom she giueth a shamefull and bloudie ouerthrow without anie motion of mercie, dredfull examples of the Britains crueltie indifferentlie executed without exception of age or sex.
If they should giue battell, it was to be doubted least through treason among themselues, the armie should be betraied into the enimies hands, the which would not faile to execute all kind of crueltie in the slaughter of the whole nation.
So that Penda being a worshipper of false gods with his people of Mercia, and Cadwallo hauing no respect to the Christian religion [Sidenote: The crueltie of Penda and Cadwallo.
King Egelred aduertised thereof, sped him thither with a mightie host, and with great crueltie burned vp the countrie, and slue the more part of the [Sidenote: Canute driven to forsake the land.
And besides all this crueltie and vituperie, they sende theyr officers and Serieantes to execute the premisses, who without eyther pittie or mercie many tymes suffereth them to sterue with hunger.
This is nothing strang, seeing that they are brought up, and suck the crueltie from their mother's brest.
Others had brands, rods of thorne, and all suchlike that the Crueltie could invent to putt their Prisoners to greater torments.
It grieved all the companie His crueltie to see, For neither friend nor foe could helpe But he must spoyled bee.
Neither must you (beleue, I humblie praie) Your victorie with crueltie defile.
Some doo returne with an euill will, for that they had rather die at once, then for to suffer the straightnes and crueltieof the prison.
The first bishop of this Ile was called Wimundus or Raymundus, and surnamed Monachus Sauinensis, who by reason of his extreame and tyrannicall crueltietoward the Ilanders, had first his sight taken from him, & then was sent into exile.
But king John was so far from giuing care to the popes admonitions, that he with more crueltie handled all such, not onelie of the spiritualtie, but also of the temporaltie, which by any manner means had aided the forenamed Stephan.
What vnnaturalnesse, or rather what tigerlike crueltie was this, not to be content with his principalitie?
O Scotish crueltieand more than barbarous bloodthirstinesse.
With the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the sayd Merchant, in cutting a iust pound of his flesh: and the obtayning of Portia by the choyse of three chests.
With the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the said Merchant, in cutting a just pound of his flesh: and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three Chests.
Now therefore when they came into the west parts of the land, they wasted the countrie, burnt villages, and absteined from no maner of crueltie that might be shewed.
And thus he said: Ze ask me quhat I mene be the crueltie contenit in my letter?
So please you, for I neuer heard it yet: Yet heard too much of Phebes crueltie Ros.
Thy Crueltie in execution Vpon Offendors, hath exceeded Law, And left thee to the mercy of the Law Queene.
If any person slayeth an other suddainely, in his anger or Crueltie of passion, he shall be put to death.
No man shall exercise any Tirranny or Crueltie towards any bruite Creature which are usuallie kept for mans use.
But let their crueltie never exceed the measure of my charitie.
Queene Voadicia marcheth against the Romans, to whom she giueth a shamefull and bloudie ouerthrow without anie motion of mercie, dredfull examples of the Britains crueltie indifferentlie executed without exception of age or sex.
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