34Q The Hiflory of s· AMPS 0 lVo Adv.is'd their better hopes, not to negletf: So fair advantage, which may bring t' et{e8: Their beft defires, and right their wafted land Of all her wrongs, by a fecurer hand : With that Come few of the l'biliftian Lords Repair to Delila• . with baited words . They tempt the frailty of tbe firnple Maid, ~ And having f\vornher to th<t.ir Counfel,faid: 'FairDelila , thou canfi: not choofe but know 'The miferies ofour land : whofe ruines!how · 'Thedanger, whercinronot we; but all , . 'lfthou ·deny thy he1pfulhand, mufi: fall: 'Thofe fruitful fields, that offerd, but ofla\e, . 'Their plenteous favol\rs to our profperous State; 'See ho~ they lie a ruinous heap, and void 'Of all their plenty, wafted, and defiroy'd: . 'Our comm~m foe hath fported with our live_s 'Hath {lain OU{ children,and deflroid ourwiv~s: , 'Alas,our pooil;difirefkd land dothgroan . . 'Under that mifchiefthat his hands have done; 'Widow;es implore thee, a11d poor Orphans. tongues '6aH.to fair Dcliltt to right their wrorgs 'It lies in thee to help ; thy helpfullia~d 'May have the glory to revenge rhy land; 'For tvhieh our rhankfnl Nation f11all allow 'Not only·ho.nour, bur reward; and thou, · 'From every haqd that,s prefent here, fi1alt gain 'Above a thoufand Sickles for thy pain. To whom fair Delila, vvhom reward had ty'd Tofatisfie hermvndd1res,repli' d; . , [MyLords ; 'My humb!e fervice l acknowledge due, 'Firfl to my native Countrey, next to you: 'Ifhea\·en andfortune have inrid)t my hand 'With fo much power to relieve'ouri:md, '\Vhen ere your Honours1)Ieafe to eaU me to it, 'Believe it, Delil.t fhall dve, or do it: . . 'Say .•.
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