. ·The Hiftory of Q_ueen E-STER. ' To make the Channel~ Sow·with Rebels blood, ' And from the earth to root the J cwilh brood : c And let the fofmefs-of no partial heart, IU ' Through melti~g pity, lote.or falfc deferr, · ' Spare cirher young, or old, o~ man, or wotnan, 'But like their faults, fo lcr their plagues be commmon.' ., Decreed, and ftgned by our J?'rincely Grace, · · . . 'And 'given (~t· Stijha~ fro_m our R_op.l Place. _· So Haman All dwtth Joy, ( h1s fortunes bleit · With fair fuccef~ ofhis fo foul requcft) . Laid care afitfe ro fleep? apd with the King .. .; .. · . Confum'd the t_itne in Jolly banquett!ng : · : · . Mean while the J ~ws, ( the pQot;e.ffiid:cd Jews, · Perplext and ftartled with the new-bred news) Withdrooping heads and felf embracing arms, Wept f~~th d1e Dirge of their enfu ing harms·. , . . . ·cSdeditat. 8. .. . ' ' OF all Difeafes .in a. Publick weal, ·· .. No one more dangerous, and hard to I1~al, . (Except: a.Tyran l(ing) than when great mi·ght Is trufted .to .th~ hands, that (ake delight . To bathe and paddle in the blood of thpfe . Whom jealoufies, andnot juft ca~fe oppofe~ For when as haughty power is con}oyn'd · 1 ;. ~ Unto tl~e will of a diftemper'd mind, .._, \Vhat e'r it can, it will, and what it will, · It in it fclf,hath power to ft:Jltil : . . · What mifchicf then ·can linger, una~rempted? . · •· . What bJfc atrernpts can happen unprevented·? <– Statute~ muft _break, good.Laws R.aufi g0 to wrack, And ( l1ke a Bow that's overbent) n1Ufl: cra'k: Jufticc ( the life of Law ) becomes fo furious, ,That ( ovc'r,.doing right) it proves injurious ; . \ . . ~ ' ~ .... . Mercy \ ,
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