Th! Hijion of Qgun ESTER. ·Another bans the night l1is fons were born, That he mPft d.ic,. and they mufi: live forlorn; Here (all befmear'd in bloodcongeal'd) their lies A throng of carcafies, whofe livelefs eyes Are clos'dwith oufr, and death : there, 'lies the Sire Wiaofe death the greedy heir did lOng defire ; ·,: " And here the fan, whofe hope~ were all the pleafure His aged father had, and his lifes treafure: ' ' Thus fell their foes, feme dying, ana fame dead, And only they that fcap'd the flaughrer, fled ; But witl~ fuch ftrange amazement were affri~hted, (As if rhemfelves in their own deaths delighted) That eac.h his force againfr his friend addref1:, And fheach'd his fword within his neighbours brefi; For all the Rulers ( being fore afraid Of MotdochetU name ) with frrength and aid Suppli'd theJews ; For Mtndochetu name Grew gre!t with honour, and his honour'd fame Wa·s blaz'd through everyProvince of the Lrind, And fp.read as far, as did the Kings Command : Jn favour he increaft ; and ev'ryhour Did acid agreater grearnef~ to his pow'r : Thusdid the ]ews triumph in viCtory, And on that dav themfelves were doom'd ro die," J /They flew rh' aippoimed actors of their death, f\nd on their headsthey wore that noble wreath, That crowns aViCtor with aViCtors prize ; · So fled their foe's, fo di'd their enemies: And on ct1at day at Sufan. were iml>ru'd In blood, five hundreg men whom they fubdu•d ; The curfed fruit of the accurfed tree, That impious Decad, Haman's progeny, Upon that fatal day, they overthrew, R1c took no fpoH_, nor fub~ari~e, "Yhere they flew. L+ I ' I /,
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