The shamefull villanie vsed by the Welshwomen towards the dead carcasses, was such, as honest eares would be ashamed to heare, and continent toongs to speake thereof.
Sidenote: Forren princes not without cause abhorre to heare of the shamefull murther of king Richard.
Then for my lewd and wanton life, That made a strumpet of a wife, I penance did in Lombard-street, In shamefull manner in a sheet.
I then was punisht for my sin, That I so long had lived in; Yea, every one that was his friend, This tyrant brought to shamefull end.
I cannot tell, Alexander, whether the report be more shamefull to be heard or the cause sorrowful to be beleeved?
By the Masse, here is a gasshe, a shamefullhole in deade!
By the masse, thou hast a shamefull losse, and it wer but for thy breches.
If it may be called a departure, and not a running away, or shamefull retire.
Which is not onely reduced to the mercy of a most dolorous prison, and resteth in the power of a bloudie and mercilesse tyrant: but (which is worse) in the continuall hazarde of a shamefull death.
What shall we saye of them whyche beside their beatinges, do thẽ shamefull despite also?
This beyng a foule thynge in meane citizens, how much more shamefull is it in great menne?
Strange crosse in nature, purest virgine shame Lies in the bloud as lust lyes; and together Many times mixe too; and in none more shamefull 35 Then in the shamefac't.
Therefore sirs, now sith it will none otherwise be, but that we shall vtterlie die; better it is for vs to die in the field, than cowardlie to be put to an vtter rebuke and shamefull death, for the right of England standeth in vs.
Therefore belike hee had well done his message, and had brought good tidings to the damnable and shamefull mind of the sayd traitor de Merall.
And as this shamefull matter wanted grace, So doubtfully she thus doth plead her case.
Let Rome herselfe be bane vnto herselfe, And shee whom mightie kingdomes cursie too, Like a forlorne and desperate castaway, Doe shamefullexecution on her selfe.
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.
The woman hearing tell that her husbandes carcasse should be hanged vp in the market-place, saide diuerse times to her sonne, that it was a very great shame for him to suffer his father's body in that shamefull sort to be vsed.
In memory of which shamefull and vnnatural fact, long tyme after ther contynued a Monument: for the same strete was called Vicus Sceleratus.
The shamefull ende of sundry his consorts, deseruedly punished for their amisse, wrought no compunction in his heart: of which one, brother to a Brothell he kept, was trust vnder a tree as round as a Ball.
As regards Maxwell, it is not difficult to account for the prominence given to him, nor for the "unconstant fayth and shamefull ways" with which he is reproached.
Now saint George to borow, let vs set forward, and remember well, that I am he which shall with high aduancements reward and preferre the valiant and hardie champions, and punish and torment the shamefull cowards, and dreadfull dastards.
Beside these persons, diuerse of his houshold seruants, whome either he suspected or doubted, were by great crueltie put to shamefull death.
For they, how euer shamefull and vnkind, Yet did possesse their horrible intent: 8 Short end of sorrowes they thereby did find; So was their fortune good, though wicked were their mind.
The Iudge that taketh bribes or giftes, is forthwith put out of his office, whiche was accounted a most vyle and shamefull reproch.
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.
For, Vices be things so foule and filthie: that honest and modest mindes, will greeve to see theirshamefull effects.
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