Francis Quarles: Hosanna or divine poems on the passion of Christ and Threnodes Edited by John Horden |
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They gave him Vineger and Gall, Mat. 27. And Wine mingled with Mvrrh, Mark 15. |
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They gave him Vineger and Gall, Mat. 27. And Wine mingled with Mvrrh, Mark 15.
When one was on the cursed tree to die,They gave Narcotick drinke to stupifie
And dull the motion of the active sense
So to allay the racking violence
Of his sharpe tortures, and the Rabbins say
That these compounded potions were they
Give Wine to men ready to quit their breath,
Vineger is his preparative to Death;
Hee must have nought but Vineger who hath
Trod in the Wine-presse of his Fathers wrath.
Those lips that once like honey combs distill'd
Are now with gall in stead of honey fill'd.
And he's presented with a draught of gall,
Whose innocence before had none at all.
One of the Wise-men that to Bethlem went
To doe him homage, did him Myrh present.
So they did here, but in a different case
'Twas there in honour, here in his disgrace.
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