The Hiflory of f2....~tet1 E S TE R:. , I 27 'GC? H4ta&}1, tdl my wretchedkinfJJian thus, · ' T~e c·ar~ con,erns not you al9n~, but us: ' We are the fubjea ofprou.d l:lamJti'ls hare; 'As well as you ; our life is poimeti ar, ' As well as yopr&, or as the meaneft Jew, ' Nor can I help my (elf, nor them,' nor you : ' You kn0w the cuftom. Qf the J?~dian ~tat~, 'No King l'l!ay brc;ak, no Sub}~ct vjo)~tc. ' How may IJhen pr,sumc eo make accefs 'Before rh' oflended King? or rudely prcfs ' ( Uncall'd ) intohis prde.nce ? How can I 'ExpeCt my {!tir, and have deferv'J ro die? 'May mydefires hopt: t9 fil!~d f~o~ccefs, 'Whet:~ ro cff~a rhem, .l rheLaw tranfgrcf,? ,.'[hefe thirty dan uneall'd for have I been ' llnto my Lord, how 4are I npw go in ? ' Go, Hatach, and;eturn this heavv news, ' And fi1ew the truth of ri1y enf0rc 1 dcxcuf~. Whew~fwhen c7;1ord.f~ai ,was fulJ po!fefi, His troubled foul he boldly thus exprdl : 'Go, tel} the fearful Q.vecn, too great's her fear, ,.. ' Too fmall her zeal ; het life the rates too dear : 'How poor's rh' adventufe, to cn~age thy blood, ' To fave thy peoples l!fe, and Chur<;hes good ? · c To what advantage can!t tho~ more expofc 'Thy life than this? Th';dl bur a life to lof~: ' Think not thy Grearnef£ cancxcufc our deat11, 'Or fave (hy life, thy life is but abreath 'As well as ours, (Great Queen) thot.i hop'ft in yain, 'In faving of alife, a life t0 gain: '• .. ' Who knows ifGod on pur~ofe t:Ud intend 'Thy high pref~tmcm for this happy end ? ' If at this nec~ful time thou fpare eo fpeak, 'Our fpeedy heip fhall ( l:ike rhe morning) brelk 'From heaven, together with thy woes .; and he ( T1.llt ru,C'Ol.lfS us) fhall k~~p hls plagt~e$ on thee. \-Vh;ch I I
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