There is a hint of the intrigues of the false Roman church and the treacherous Spanish king, Philip II, to undermine the religious and political freedom of the English people.
Good cause he had to hasten thence away; For on a day his wary Dwarfe had spide Where in a dongeon deepe huge numbers lay Of caytive wretched thrals, that wayled night and day.
Then up he tooke the slombred sencelesse corse, And ere he could out of his swowne awake, Him to his castle brought with hastie forse, And in a Dongeon deepe him threw without remorse.
Ne let that wicked woman scape away; For she it is, that did my Lord bethrall, My dearest Lord, and deepe in dongeon lay, 250 Where he his better dayes hath wasted all.
Lord Dacre wrote to Wolsey in 1519 concerning Wark that "the dongeon is clerely finished," and mentions that all the storeys but one were vaulted with stone.
Leland says of Wark, "the dongeon is made of foure howses hight," but probably he included the basement.
But when with feare, nor fauour, nor with all He else could doe, he saw himselfe esteemd, 8 Downe in a Dongeon deepe he let her fall, And threatned there to make her his eternall thrall.
Then vp he tooke the slombred sencelesse corse, And ere he could out of his swowne awake, 8 Him to his castle brought with hastie forse, And in a Dongeon deepe him threw without remorse.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dongeon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
