Quarles - PR3652 D58 1669

The,!ntroduftion; Thy fi11y Babes da {l:arve f'or want Gf Food: . r Whofe render :Mothe;·s thou haft drcncht i~ Blood : women with Child, lie in the ftreets about, Whof~ ~'lajnJ thy favage hands have dafl·~d otft i> Difi:rdfed Widows w~ep, (but weep in vain) · For thctir ~ear Hrtsbands, whom thy hands h(!.ve fhiq. By on-e. ftl~n~ Force, another man's &evo4r~d, ' · · Thy Wives ~re ravitht, and thy .7vtaids .ddlour'd; . WhereJufltce !hoLtld, there Tort and Bi'lbe sare pla~~t Thy Altars defiled andholy thingr defac,i: : Thy Lips have tafl:ed,of proud Babels Cup, What tho~ 'haft lefr, thy Ch ildren have dn:nk up, Thy bloody (tns; thine Abcls guilrlcfs blood, Crib up to heaven for vengeance, cric~ aloud ; . Thy fins are (eir, and ready for the fire, · ,tJer~ rouze, ( .my M.ufe ;·. ~nd for a f¥ace, refpire. . . ,I To ~~~--~----------------~-~, ---------

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