.. The Hi'ftary of Q_lieen E ~ T E R. . ~05 ."And quie~ fatit>fatti"n h:Kfaffign1d . Delightful Julips to his. tr_oubled mind', He call'd his old rem~mbrance to acc9unt: OfVa(hti, and her crimes th~t did amount , To eh~ ful}l of her divor~ement ; In his thouglu J-Ie yveigh'd the cenfure of hc:r heedlefs fault : . His fawning fervants willinJ; to prevent him, _ ·. Left too much thought .fh6uld-make his love repent him~ Said thus : ' (If it ih~ld pleafe. our grac~ous Lord 10 To crown witl) audi~n~:e-his-fervant_s word ) · ' Let h:ritl: inquefr, and qreful in_qu~~~io~. tIn all the Realn1 .be made, and quick provifion ,c Throughout th$: Medes and Pcr!ians all along ' For coi)1ely Virgins, beautiful and young,_ ' ~ Which curi~ufly [eleCted., let them bring., · r, ~Into the 1'\oyal .Palace of t~le King : , _, ... cAnd let the,EU.nuc}u .oLthe King take care ' For l?rincelyRobes;, at;Jd Vefiure , ~nd prepare · ~Sweet Odou.rs, ~hoice .Perft.ilnes, •nq an thi.ngs m~cr; 'To add ·a greater fweemefs to their fweet: ~ And-fhe, whofe perfect beams fl1all beft delighr, 'AHd fecp.i moft graeious in his Princely figh~; ~; .To her be·given the conquefi of her face., . _~AD~ bt: entluon'd il'lf,ornful Vajhties ~'lace•. The _11rojett pleas-?d the King, who firaight rc.qttires That fl:riL't performance fecond their defires. '. . ~·w.irhin the 'falls of Sufa dwelt there one, l3y breeding, d.nd by birth a Jew, and knQwn 1,3y th' name c,f Mordecai, of mighty kin, P efcended _from the Tribe of BerJtaVJirt: . ( Whofe neck was ftl bjeB: to .the flavif11 yoke, \ Vh,en Jcel~oni ab ~as furpriz~d at1d rook, , f1nd carried captive into pabe.Ls Land, 'With frrengrh of mighty Neb7 thRdnezzars hand) Vi.ithin his ~Pt& abbde a Virgin bright, .)'Vhofe name was Efter, or Hadafla t1ighr 2 ' \ J I \ ' .
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