The lntroti~tch~n., All ric1t1n rhofe things which to fiar~ belong; for beauty bravP, and for munitionJtrong : pnly, and daily rh[s great Wor~ was tended Witl1 ten tf.Jeu(cllld Wo; ~mm; begun and ended. In cie:ht J?ilYS .f]l.tce: How qeautifdl! how fait · 1'hy..Buildings! An~ how fo'NI thy Vices are ! '1 houLand cf 4ffm·, doubfe then_ thy pride, And let rhv vVdls of]oybe never dri'd, Thouhalla Patau, rhar\ renown ,d fo mud1~· The lil\e wa:s never, is, nor will be fuch. Thou Land of A(sur, treble then rhy•woe, And lee thy Teaxs ( do as thy Cups o'rflow; For this thy Pala~e of[o great renown, Shall be ddl:ioy~d, and fackr, and battcr'd down. But chear up, 'l{iniveh, thine; inbred might Hath means enough to quell thy Fo-man1 fpire: Thy Bulwarks are like Mountains, and thy 'Vall Difdains to ftaop t0 thundring01dnance call: Thy watchful Towers mounted round about) Keep thee in fafery, and thy Fo.,.men out: 1, bm thy Bulwar~r aid cannot withftand The direful ftroke of the Atmightie's hand_; Thy wafer-walls ar dread jehovah's blaft · Shall quake, and quiver, and 1l1all down h>e ca.!l : Thy watchful Towers i11all aflcep be found, And nod lheir drowfie heads down.to the ground : Thy Bul-varks are noc VengeanceJproof; thy V..Tall WhenJt,ftice brandi!heth her Sword, muft fall: Thy lofty Tgwers !hall be dumb and yeeld To high ~venge ; 'l(J7)enge muft win the field : Vengi'ance cries loud from heaven, i11e cannot fray ~er Fury, but ( impatient ofdelay ) / ) ' I • Harh brimm'dherVials full of deadly Bane : "thy Palaa f11all be burJOJ.t, thy People flain; Thy Hea;-t is hard as Flint, and fwoln with priclc, Thy rnurth~rou i Hanibs withguiltlefsblotd are dy' di . · Thy. /
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