The Htflory of S A MP S · 'Perpetual burthens on, wRich daily vex- ' , Your galled fhoulders, and your ferviJe necks : 'The wrongs thefe cur(ed P.h}lifiines have done 'My fimple innocence; have quite out-r1m ' My eafie patience : ifmy ctrrn may right _ ., 'My to9 much injl\r,d fuf;fer.ance, and requ,i~~ \' 'What the.y have rtone tome, it would ap·peaft;,· ' My r~gjr~Jg tl~o~gh£s, and give my tortures eaff! ; . ' 'But ye are cQme t.o bindme; I fubmit ; . ; I yeeld; and ifmybon_dage will acquit . ·. · : : ~ . Your new-·horn fe.ars., 'tis well : But they ,tha~~ ' Attempt to rl;linerme, .wi.II ranfak you: · ·:_.::·:' r ' : Firfi:, you {\la11 .fipply~~ngage "our_plighted·. troth, By the ;Icceptance of a (acred oath, · · . : That when I fhall be pris"ner to your Bzm<\s, . I may nQt fuffer v!olehce by your hl\nds. ~ . . ,. y With that, ~hey dr~wi.ng n~~rer to him, laif} '" . Their ha.nds benearh his br~wny thigh, ang.f~i(l; 'Then let the God of Jacob ceafe to blefs.' ' The Tribe ofJuda.h with a fair fuccefs, 'In ought theyput their curfed hand unto, · · · } 'And raze their feed, if we attempt to ~o ·' Bouna &fon violence:· And if this curfe .. ~ Be nor'fuf1icic;:nt, Heaven contrive aworfe.. ' ' With that rhe wil'ling pris,ner joyn'd his hand~; To hefuhjected_:ro their ftronger Bands: ~ Wlth tre'ble-twified cords, that.never trieq T?e twitch oftlrength, thdr bufie fingers ti,ed , ... ~. H1s finewy wrifis whichbeingoften wound , · About his beating p-ulfe, they brought hi.m qound. To the forefront of rhe-Philiftian Band; · ·· .Aqd left hirncaptive in their curfedhand. r ;._J i- . . ~ Meditar.. ..
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