~ '!6 The Hiflory of S AMPS 0 N. " Of loyalty is part : If they bid, Do, ~Wemuft; or lo[e our lands and our lives too: ~ Werebut our lives in hazard, or if none ' Should feel rhe fmart of death, but we a:lone, 'Wee'd turn thyMartyrs, r.a~her than obey'm, · §: TWee'ddi ewith Sam.p.[on, fooner than betraim; 'Bnt we have Wives .and Children, that mufi be · 'The fubjeas of their r<l.ge, as well as we : ' ' Wherefore fubmit thy perfon, and fulfill '\Vhat we defire fo much againfi our will: ~ Alas, our g!iefs in equal poifure lie; , ~ Yee!d, and thou diefi; yeeld not, and we tJ1Uft die~ Whereto fad Samp[on, whofe fair thoughts Did guide His lips to faire r language, thus reply'd ~ , . · 'Ye Men ofJudah, what difirufifttl thought 'Offingle SttmpfonJ violence 'hath brought 'So great a fi rength, as ifyou meant t' or'thr$>w 'Some mighty Monarch, br furpriie a Foe! ~ Your eafie errand might <JS well been done f By two or three, or by ~h€ lips of one ; 'The meanefl: child ofholy Ifraels feed ~Might conquer'd Sampfon with a bruifed reed: ' Alas ! the boldnefs of your welcome words .. ?~eed nn proteCtion of thefe fl:aves and fwords : ·'Brethren, the intent ion ofmy coming.hither 'was not'to wropg yov, <:~r deprwe yau, either 'Of lives or goods, or o£-J'our poorefl: due; '- 'My-felfis cheaper to my felf, tha!l you; _,My. comi ng is on amore fair def1g.n, 'r corne to crufh your tyrannous foes, and mine, 'Icome to fr~e your co:.n;~rey, and recall • Your fe rvi ie flioulders from the fl avifh thrall _ ' 'Of the p!"oud-.Philifi ines; and with this hand· 'Tomake y 'Ju fretemen in your promis'd Land; 'But you are come to bind me, and betray , · . _, . ~Your faithful Champion to thqfe ftands.,that lay · · · · ' · ·· 'Per..
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