The Historie of Ivdith in Forme of a Poeme Penned in French, by the Noble Poet, G. Salust. Lord of Bartas. Englished by Tho. Hudson |
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I sing the vertues of a valiant Dame,
Who in defence of Iacob ouercame:
Th' Assyrian Prince, and slew that Pagan stout,
Who had beset Bethulia walles about.
Who in defence of Iacob ouercame:
Th' Assyrian Prince, and slew that Pagan stout,
Who had beset Bethulia walles about.
O thou, who kept thine Izak from the thrall
Of Infideles, and stelde the courage small,
Of feeble Iudith, with a manly strength:
VVith sacred furie fill my hart at length.
And with thy Holy sprite, my sprite enspire,
For matter so deuine, Lord I require
No humaine stile, but that the Reader may,
Great profit reape, I ioye, thou praise alway.
Of Infideles, and stelde the courage small,
Of feeble Iudith, with a manly strength:
VVith sacred furie fill my hart at length.
And with thy Holy sprite, my sprite enspire,
For matter so deuine, Lord I require
No humaine stile, but that the Reader may,
Great profit reape, I ioye, thou praise alway.
And since in vulgar verse I prease to sing,
This godly Poœme to a Christian King,
To him who God in goodnesse hath erect
For princely Piller, to his owne elect:
For lawfull Lord, to raigne with trueth and right:
For loue some Laurer, to the verteous wight:
Him (I beseech) this trauel to defend,
That to his pleasure I the same may end.
This godly Poœme to a Christian King,
To him who God in goodnesse hath erect
For princely Piller, to his owne elect:
For lawfull Lord, to raigne with trueth and right:
For loue some Laurer, to the verteous wight:
Him (I beseech) this trauel to defend,
That to his pleasure I the same may end.
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