A bloody deed, and desperately dispatcht: How faine (like Pilate) would I wash my hands Of this most greeuous murther.
O he hath kept an euill Diet long, And ouer-much consum'd his Royall Person: 'Tis very greeuous to be thought vpon.
The secret Mischeefes that I set abroach, I lay vnto thegreeuous charge of others.
A greeuous burthen was thy Birth to me, Tetchy and wayward was thy Infancie.
Therefore take with thee my most greeuous Curse, Which in the day of Battell tyre thee more Then all the compleat Armour that thou wear'st.
Henrie Braie escheator, and the iudges ouer the Iewes, were reported to haue committed manie greeuous offenses, but for monie they bought their peace.
This was thought to be so sore a proclamation, as that a more greeuous had not lightlie been heard of.
In this yeare the king was vexed with a greeuous sicknesse: and the Irishmen in rebellion slue a great sort of Englishmen, as well magistrats as others in that countrie.
The Iewes sore impouerished with greeuous and often paiments excused themselues by the popes vsurers, and reprooued plainelie the kings excessiue taking of monie, as well of his christian subiects as of them.
Wherevpon, when he came to the pope, he made a greeuous complaint, both against the king and others.
The king aduertised hereof by thegreeuous complaints of his subiects, was as then at Northampton (where he had assembled his parlement) and thervpon hauing gathered speedilie a power, with all expedition he hasted towards Bedford.
About the beginning of March, in this eight and thirtith yeare, the forenamed French king fell into a greeuous sickenesse, of the which he died the eight day of Aprill following.
As first, the capteine of the towne, named the bastard of Vaureu, the which had doone manie greeuous oppressions to the people of the countrie thereabouts, in spoiling them of their goods and ransoming them at his pleasure.
That deuyded Ere it was descided Which most pure, Began the greeuous war 40 Of York and Lancaster, That did many yeeres indure.
Moreouer, there rose among the residue great murmuring: so as they seemed verie like to grow to a greeuous mutinie.
The king assembled togither a great councell at Westminster to heare the accusations of the two dukes, the one obiecting to the other manie heinous and greeuous crimes.
For had not king Edward, surnamed the saint, in his time, after greeuous wars made vpon them 1063.
In the beginning of his reigne he was wrapped in manie great troubles and miseries, speciallie by the persecution of the Danes, which made sore and greeuous wars in sundrie parts of this land, destroieng the same in most cruell wise.
For wheras we that dwell on this side of the Twed, may safelie boast of our securitie in this behalfe: yet cannot the Scots doo the like in euerie point within their kingdome, sith they haue greeuous [Sidenote: Woolfes.
The king crediting the earle, was higlie offended against the citizens, and with all speed sending for earle Goodwine, declared vnto him in greeuous wise, the rebellious act of them of Canturburie, which were vnder his iurisdiction.
The fourth day of this parlement, by the kings permission manie greeuous complaints were exhibited against the archbishop of Yorke, [Sidenote: The archbishop of Yorke accused.
But bicause that seemed an ouer greeuous burthen vnto them, they fined with him, as after shall appeare.
In like sort in the word fellonie are manie greeuous crimes conteined, as breach of prison An.
For of other punishments vsed in other countries we haue no knowledge or vse, and yet so few greeuous crimes committed with vs as else where in the world.
Not one of them also that remained aliue, escaped from the battell without some deadlie or veriegreeuous wound.
Wherefore for this and other matters laid to their charges, he did put them to greeuous fines.
All which were constreined to paie such a greeuous tax, that the whole amounted to the summe of an hundred thousand pounds.
In the summer of this yeare, a greeuous mortalitie afflicted the north parts of this land, so that the countrie became almost desolate.
Wherewith the king and queene were sore troubled and began to conceiue a greeuous grudge against this duke, and could not be in quiet till they had brought him to his end.
A Noble ship of Venice, Hath seene a greeuous wracke and sufferance On most part of their Fleet Mon.
The Noble Brutus, Hath told you Caesar was Ambitious: If it were so, it was a greeuous Fault, And greeuously hath Caesar answer'd it.
He cannot come, my Lord, He is greeuous sicke Hot.
The Commons hath he pil'd withgreeuous taxes And quite lost their hearts: the Nobles hath he finde For ancient quarrels, and quite lost their hearts Wil.
Most worthy gentleman, I and my friend Haue by your wisedome beene this day acquitted Of greeuous penalties, in lieu whereof, Three thousand Ducats due vnto the Iew We freely cope your curteous paines withall An.
Anselme repairing to Rome, made vnto pope Urban a greeuousinformation against the king, declaring into what miserable state he had brought the Realme, and that for want of assistance in his suffragans it laie not in him to reforme the matter.
Ah wo is me, that loue should be more greeuous vnto me then the weight of Iuarime to Typhon.
Death for loue is laudable, and therefore my greeuous and malignant fortune, my sorrowful accident and hard hap in the loue of so beautifuil a Nymph, will be writ and reported when I shall lie interred.
Why not my Lord, since nature teacheth art, To sencelesse beastes to cure their greeuous smart.
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