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Aelohim-triune

displayed by his workes Physicall and Meta-physicall, in a Poeme of diuerse forme. Adapted to the Hebrue text, the frame of Diuinitie, and Catholike exposition. Togither, With necessarie marginall notes for relieuing of the young student. The First Part. By Henoch Clapham

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11. Section.

Adam awake, all Adams kinde awake:
Diuels are cast downe into our earthen lot.
Bui'd sure and fast, they purpose all to shake:
Those hellish hags lye coucht in euery brake:
And humaine ruines (nothing else) complot.
Each breaths his lust, and none but breatheth bad:
Poyson and worse, for making mankinde mad.
One hisseth Pride, and Iezabel layes hould:
Confected Stibium dawbes all her face.
Medusæs twirled snakes her haire doth folde:
Decked with toades and frogs of silke and gold:
Herodes swels as of no terrene race.
Maggots for him and dogs do gape for her:
To such braue ends their black-spirits them prefer.


Another Fury doth instinct to wrath:
Kain huffs and snuffes, the poyson fils his limmes.
Antiochus conspires the Hy Saints scath:
The mal-contents hold murder for their faith:
Through vaine and artery this fury swims.
But damned ghost leaues first to roague with feare
The Syrians corps with stench to fume his beare.
A third diuell whispers in the eares of some,
And straight they slide to house of brothelrie:
The pox, the vengeance, burning intrailes come
Crying a loud (though at first entrance domb)
Seruing their latter dish in beggerie.
Or Zimri and his Cozbi midst their ills,
Some zealous Phineas pursues and kills.
Another Ghost doth slide into a bedde,
And all the night inuites a man to steale.
With choice of stales he fills his emptie head,
Obiecting to his minde the safest stead:
With O, alls safe, none liuing shalt reueale.
He goes presuming fields both blinde and mute?
But comes to Tyburnes Tripos to dispute.
A fift possessed is with greedy Lust,
A swallowing gulph, immense, insatiable;
A churlish Nabol suffocate with dust,
A lump of Yron cancker-fret with rust:
Tyde vnto quoyue with ten times twisted cable.
A Balaams sprite, right ready all to curse
Prouided he with pence may gorge his purse.
This donghill worme no sooner breaths his last,
Then starueling hagges conuay his soule to hell.


Here in this world he maketh poore agast,
But sealeth vp a curssed lot at last:
Lodged belowe, where damned ghosts do dwell.
Now Plousios would ease his tongue in flame,
But God denies all comfort to the same.
Another diuell consumes a man with drinke,
Another stuffes a corps with gurmandise:
Another causeth Pelatie to thinke
True preaching folly, till he downe do sinke,
And damned be, while Prophet iudgment cries.
another cogs and foists, he fawnes and flatters,
and as may please his diuell he quoineth matters.
What should I tell of spirites and their vaines?
That were a field vnlimmited by line.
What should I tell of hell and al his paines?
Of sinnes deuises, and his motlie traines?
That were to weaue a web of endlesse twine.
Sufficeth it mans prest to euery euell
Nor is there Place nor time where's not a diuel:
Nor is there diuell that thirsteth not damnatiō,
Of euery man, of euery tongue and nation.