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S123060 15 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Spanish Pavan, The UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN the Spanish Pauin Spanish Pavan, The The Spanish Pavan THere dwelt a man in Babylon, / of reputation great by fame: Lady, Lady, [line 6 of each stanza with variation, not stanza 18]; of this lady [line 8 of each stanza with variations, not stanzas 1, 5, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17] The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 33 The Ballad of constant Susanna. The Ballad of constant Susanna. The Ballad of constant Susanna. ?-? H. Gosson

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THere dwelt a man in Babylon, of reputation great by fame: He tooke to wife a faire woman, Susanna she was calld by name: A woman faire and vertuous, Lady, Lady, Why should we not of her learne thus to live godly? Vertuously her life she led, she feared God, she stood in awe, As in the story we have read, was well brought up in Moses Law, Her Parents they were godly folke, Lady, Lady, Why should we not then sing & talke, of this Lady. That yeere two Judges there was made, which were the Elders of Babylon, To Joachims house was al their trade who was Susannas husband then, Joachim was a great rich man, Lady, Lady, These Elders oft to his house came, for this Lady: Joachim had an Orchard by, fast joyning to his house or place, Whereas Susanna commonly, her selfe did daily there solace, And that these Elders soone had spide, Lady, Lady, And privily themselves did hide, for that Lady, Her chaste and constant life was tride by these two Elders of Babylon, A time convenient they espide, to have this Lady all alone:
In this Orchard it came to passe, Lady, Lady, Where she alone her selfe did wash, her faire body, These Elders came to her anon, and thus they said, Faire dame, God speed Thy dores are fast, thy maids are gon, consent to us and doe this deed, For we are men of no mistrust, Lady, Lady, And yet to thee we have a lust, O faire Lady, If that to us thou dost say nay, a testimoniall we will bring, We will say that one with thee lay, how canst thou then avoid this thing Therefore consent to us and turne, Lady, Lady, For we to thee in lust doe burne, O faire Lady. Then did she sigh, and said, alas, now woe is me on every side, Was ever wretch in such a case, shall I consent and do this deed? Whether I doe or doe it not, Lady, Lady, It is my death, right well I wot, O true Lady, Better it were for me to fall, into your hands this day guiltlesse, Then that I should consent at all to this your shamefull wickednesse, And even with that (wheras she stood) Lady, Lady, Unto the Lord she cryed aloud, pittifully. These Elders both likewise againe, against Susanna aloud they cryde, Their filthy lust could not obtaine, their wickednes they sought to hide Unto her friends they then her brought Lady, Lady, And with all speed the life they sought of that Lady, On the morrow she was brought forth before the people there to stand, That they might hear & know the truth how these two Elders Susanna found These Elders swore and thus did say Lady, Lady, How that they saw a young man lay with that Lady: Judgement there was for no offence, Susanna then causelesse must die: These Elders bore such evidence, against her they did verifie, Who were beleeved then indeed, Lady, Lady, Against Susanna to proceed, that she should die.
Susannas friends that stood her by, they did lament and were full woe, When as they saw no remedy, but that to death she then must goe: Susanna then both true and just, Lady, Lady, In God was all her hope and trust, to him did cry. The Lord her voyce heard and beheld, the Daughters cry of Israel: His Spirit he raised in a child, whose name was cal[]d young Daniel Who cryed aloud whereas he stood, Lady, Lady, I am cleare of the guiltlesse blood of this Lady, Are you such fooles, quoth Daniel then, in judgment you have not done wel, Nor yet the right way you have gone, to judge a Daughter of Israel, By this witnesse of false disdaine, Lady, Lady, Wherefore to judgement turne againe for that Lady: And when to judgment they were set, he called for those wicked men, And soone he did them separate, putting the one from the other then, He asked the one where he did see that faire Lady. He said under a Mulberry-tree: who lyed falsly. Thou lyest said Danie[l], on thy head thy sentence is before the Lord: He bad that forth he might be led, and bring the other that bore record To see how they two did agree for this Lady: He said under a Pomegranate tree, Who lyed falsly. Said Daniel as he did before, behold the Messenger of the Lord Stands wayting for you at the doore, even for to cut thee with a sword. And even with that the multitude aloud did cry, Give thanks to God: so to conclude, for this Lady; They dealt like with these wicked men according as the Scripture saith, They dealt as with their neighbor then by Moses Law were put to death, The Innocent preserved was, Lady, Lady, As God by Daniel brought to passe, for this Lady.
FINIS. Printed at London for H. Gosson.