The Colonies of Bartas VVith the Commentarie of S. G. S. in diuerse places corrected and enlarged by the Translatour [i.e. William Lisle] |
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[Cham Lord was of the land that Scuthward is bese]
Cham Lord was of the land that Scuthward is bese:With scorch'd Guineas waues, and those of Guagames,
Of Benin, Cefala, Botongas, Concritan
That fruitfull is of droogs to poison beast or man.
Northward it fronts the sea from Abile, pent betweene
The barren Affricke shoare and Europe fruitfull-greene:
And on the Westerne coast, where Phœbus drownes his light,
Thrusts out the Cape of Fesse, the greene Cape and the white:
And hath on th'other side whence comes the sunne from sleepe
Th'Arabike seas, and all the blood-resembling Deepe.
Nay all the land betwixt the Liban mountaine spred
And Aden waues, betwixt the Persicke and the Red,
This mighty Southerne Prince commanding far and nide
Vnto the regiment and scept'r of Affricke tide.
Cananone of his sonnes began to build and dwell
By Iordans gentle streame, whereas great Israell
Was after to be plac'd. Phut peopled Lybia,
Mizraijen Egypt had, Chus Æthiopia.
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