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The Shine of Divine Justice.
Patience, Stand by. Come, Justice, give thy hand,
That I may shew it White, though some think tand.
Though hitherto I other Shines did tend
Thou shinest all the while, and now I bend
My back unto thy burden that thy name
May laid in Gold deck th'Hauraldry of Fame.
That I may shew it White, though some think tand.
Though hitherto I other Shines did tend
Thou shinest all the while, and now I bend
My back unto thy burden that thy name
May laid in Gold deck th'Hauraldry of Fame.
Greate Sins bring dismall Plagues, now out there comes
Gisulfe the Long'bard, and Campania bums,
The Contrey Beneventine wasts, ore turns
Many Italian Cities down he burns.
And Mahameth with Hagarens infest
Armenia, and the Roman Chiefs there prest
Are Caught, and burnt. Egypt revolts and makes
Herselfe a King, who th'title Caliph takes.
The Saracens rend Lybia away
And Africk from th'Imperiall Charge, and Sway.
Gisulfe the Long'bard, and Campania bums,
The Contrey Beneventine wasts, ore turns
Many Italian Cities down he burns.
And Mahameth with Hagarens infest
Armenia, and the Roman Chiefs there prest
Are Caught, and burnt. Egypt revolts and makes
Herselfe a King, who th'title Caliph takes.
The Saracens rend Lybia away
And Africk from th'Imperiall Charge, and Sway.
Justinian doth return, takes Absimare
Who wronged Phillipicas, and payes his fare,
In tryumph led him, on his neck did tread
And after this did sever off his head.
Justinian Reemperor'd still takes
No warning but in tyranny out brakes,
He finds a righteous hand persues his Reign.
Ulid the Saracen Damascus gains
Their Temples doth to Mahomet devote:
Masalmas playes the tyrant: Abbas float
With hosts against Romania: Muctan
Cilician Cities wasts, and playes the man.
Justinians league with Bulgars rotton twine,
Shall not him fetter, arms against them shine.
They in a terrour to the mountains fly,
But seing thence his army stragling, high
Fall on them kill and slay, Justinian Shuts
Himself up in a Castle, and then cuts
His Horses Hamstrings, and in Ships at sea
Unto Byzant with shame did slinke away.
Now Italy look to thyselfe, thy sin
Brings in thy woe Asprand the Long'bard king
By right, yet banisht, got Bavarian aide
In Italy did Come, Colours displaid
Routs Aribert, who drownds himselfe then in
Ticineum Stream, and did his Kingdom win.
Who wronged Phillipicas, and payes his fare,
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And after this did sever off his head.
Justinian Reemperor'd still takes
No warning but in tyranny out brakes,
He finds a righteous hand persues his Reign.
Ulid the Saracen Damascus gains
Their Temples doth to Mahomet devote:
Masalmas playes the tyrant: Abbas float
With hosts against Romania: Muctan
Cilician Cities wasts, and playes the man.
Justinians league with Bulgars rotton twine,
Shall not him fetter, arms against them shine.
They in a terrour to the mountains fly,
But seing thence his army stragling, high
Fall on them kill and slay, Justinian Shuts
Himself up in a Castle, and then cuts
His Horses Hamstrings, and in Ships at sea
Unto Byzant with shame did slinke away.
Now Italy look to thyselfe, thy sin
Brings in thy woe Asprand the Long'bard king
By right, yet banisht, got Bavarian aide
In Italy did Come, Colours displaid
Routs Aribert, who drownds himselfe then in
Ticineum Stream, and did his Kingdom win.
Justinian whom the Chersoneses sought
To slay when in Exile, his army brought
Them to destroy Man, Woman, Child also.
His Captains yet on Children pitty show.
Prince Tadane, Zele and fourty Chiefe ones more
These with their families in Chains they bore
Unto the Emperour. And twenty tost
Into the Sea: and seven they Spit, and rost.
Those Sav'd he bids them send him: rind therein
A tempest Seventy thousand down did bring.
Reveng not Cloy'd an army new he sent
Commanding all the Infants Death and spent
His rage to levell all down to the Soile
And hence the Chersonee's seing such spoile
Sought Chajane's Succour: and Justinians host
Appoint Philippicus to rule the rost.
His former wicked Counsell Theodore
Lievetenant Stephen too were slain before,
Who tortured were exceedingly then burn'd
To death were in a brazen Bull. Then turnd
Against him now at Synopee, and take
Him and Tyberius his Son, and make
Them with his Grandam Anastasia finde
By deaths grim Sentence, justice is not blinde,
The Bulgars now wast Thrace, come to the Doores
Of greate Constantinople. Scarce came ore
To Philippick Armenia's forth part.
The Arabians Mistia get: Abbas out start
Did and destroys Pisidia's Antioch.
And Bishop Anepos with Francks out broke
'Gainst Wilian on the Sweves: and here is made
A dismall Slaughter, and a bloody trade.
To slay when in Exile, his army brought
Them to destroy Man, Woman, Child also.
His Captains yet on Children pitty show.
Prince Tadane, Zele and fourty Chiefe ones more
These with their families in Chains they bore
Unto the Emperour. And twenty tost
Into the Sea: and seven they Spit, and rost.
Those Sav'd he bids them send him: rind therein
A tempest Seventy thousand down did bring.
Reveng not Cloy'd an army new he sent
Commanding all the Infants Death and spent
His rage to levell all down to the Soile
And hence the Chersonee's seing such spoile
Sought Chajane's Succour: and Justinians host
Appoint Philippicus to rule the rost.
His former wicked Counsell Theodore
Lievetenant Stephen too were slain before,
Who tortured were exceedingly then burn'd
To death were in a brazen Bull. Then turnd
Against him now at Synopee, and take
Him and Tyberius his Son, and make
Them with his Grandam Anastasia finde
By deaths grim Sentence, justice is not blinde,
The Bulgars now wast Thrace, come to the Doores
Of greate Constantinople. Scarce came ore
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The Arabians Mistia get: Abbas out start
Did and destroys Pisidia's Antioch.
And Bishop Anepos with Francks out broke
'Gainst Wilian on the Sweves: and here is made
A dismall Slaughter, and a bloody trade.
Philippick lost his Eyes, and Crown, up springs
Now Anastase even when Masalmas brings
His army wasting of Galatia:
And do for Leo there their net display.
And Pergamus besiege wherein arose
A vile Magician, saith they'st beat their foes
If they a woman Split up greate with Child
Imbrew their right hands in that blood, all Soild
And in a pot do boile her fruit, which done
God slew them by the foes, which victory won.
Now or the yeare before an Earth quake rings
To them a Peale in Syria as it Springs.
Plectrude King Pipins widdow hands did lay
In Colen on her Step son Charles, got Sway
With nephew Th'odoald Mayer of the Hall
Who war'd with Reginfred and so lost all.
And flew to Dagobert, and force renews
The Countrey by the Mose his tumult Rues.
Charles Martill from his step dams pinfold Slips
Fights for the Rules: the Enemy quite Strips
All places on the Rhene: will not desist
Till from Plectrude hugh Mony Sums they twist[.]
Now Anastase even when Masalmas brings
His army wasting of Galatia:
And do for Leo there their net display.
And Pergamus besiege wherein arose
A vile Magician, saith they'st beat their foes
If they a woman Split up greate with Child
Imbrew their right hands in that blood, all Soild
And in a pot do boile her fruit, which done
God slew them by the foes, which victory won.
Now or the yeare before an Earth quake rings
To them a Peale in Syria as it Springs.
Plectrude King Pipins widdow hands did lay
In Colen on her Step son Charles, got Sway
With nephew Th'odoald Mayer of the Hall
Who war'd with Reginfred and so lost all.
And flew to Dagobert, and force renews
The Countrey by the Mose his tumult Rues.
Charles Martill from his step dams pinfold Slips
Fights for the Rules: the Enemy quite Strips
All places on the Rhene: will not desist
Till from Plectrude hugh Mony Sums they twist[.]
Leo Lievetenant in the East up rose
And Theodose his Empirhood ore throws.
The Long'bards now about in Italy
Took Cuma, but the Pope it got soon by
The Duke of Naple, and the Roman blades.
Mardasan with his Arabs now invades
Numedia unto Nice: Masalmas stroyes
Cesaria Capadocian. Greate woes rise.
The Saracens in East and West invade
Do Europe. Zulemon a fleet out plaid
Of many hundred (of three thousands strong
Some say) which did like Bees in Thrace out throng.
Masalmas ore Abydes whisks. Gizid
From Egypt with three hundred saile too slid,
Beat down the Thracian Castles, and Surround
Th'Imperiall City, whose right Fire ships found
Their Fleet, and many burnt, judgments now tumble
Upon their Head: which now begin to rumble.
A Dismall winter doth them storm and stroy,
Men, Horses, Camells, Zulemon, too, die.
Among the Saracens hunger's so greate
Horse, Ass, and Camells, and mans flesh they eate,
Yea their own Excrements in oven bakt,
And Death by Plagus down many of them shakt.
They ran a plundring in Bulgaria
Thirty two thousand of them fell this way.
The rest after a two, or three years seege
Depart, but judgments sent break up their Siege.
The wallowing Seas boild up with Storms thrown down
Of Fiery Haile from heaven all to Crown
Their pitchy Ships with all, which on them Cling
On Neptune's Altar they a burnt offring
Are made by justice. Onely ten a pass
Obtain'd to go, and tell the thing as't was.
Five to the Roman hands Came with this newes.
The other five to Syria did Carews.
And Theodose his Empirhood ore throws.
The Long'bards now about in Italy
Took Cuma, but the Pope it got soon by
The Duke of Naple, and the Roman blades.
Mardasan with his Arabs now invades
Numedia unto Nice: Masalmas stroyes
Cesaria Capadocian. Greate woes rise.
The Saracens in East and West invade
Do Europe. Zulemon a fleet out plaid
Of many hundred (of three thousands strong
Some say) which did like Bees in Thrace out throng.
Masalmas ore Abydes whisks. Gizid
From Egypt with three hundred saile too slid,
Beat down the Thracian Castles, and Surround
Th'Imperiall City, whose right Fire ships found
Their Fleet, and many burnt, judgments now tumble
Upon their Head: which now begin to rumble.
A Dismall winter doth them storm and stroy,
Men, Horses, Camells, Zulemon, too, die.
Among the Saracens hunger's so greate
Horse, Ass, and Camells, and mans flesh they eate,
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And Death by Plagus down many of them shakt.
They ran a plundring in Bulgaria
Thirty two thousand of them fell this way.
The rest after a two, or three years seege
Depart, but judgments sent break up their Siege.
The wallowing Seas boild up with Storms thrown down
Of Fiery Haile from heaven all to Crown
Their pitchy Ships with all, which on them Cling
On Neptune's Altar they a burnt offring
Are made by justice. Onely ten a pass
Obtain'd to go, and tell the thing as't was.
Five to the Roman hands Came with this newes.
The other five to Syria did Carews.
In Spain they also rush, when Julian
Lievtenant was of Tangitana, th'man
(Whose Daughter Cana Roderick defild
In Spain while he was there, whose Choler boild,
For this abuse) against his Prince brought in
Musa, and Tariff with their Moore, to sting,
Two hundred and ten thousand horse, and foot.
Before Tariff a woman this did toote,
She heard her learned father say that Spain
Should Conquourd be by one that did sustain
A Mole on his right Shoulder, and who had
One hand too long for t'other. He then glad,
Having these marks did heart his men hereby
To fight King Roderick Couragiously
Of Foot and Horse Eightscore five thousand Strong.
Seven dayes the Fight from morn to night was long,
And Roderick routed, robes exchang'd, they say,
With a Sheepkeeper, and so ran away
And ne're more heard of was but in the fight
Fall ten and threescore thousand. Oh! Sad sight.
But Julian who did his Counterey
Betray, when in this wretched tragedy
He saw his Wife, and Children perish thus,
They Starvd to death in Prison. Justice Flush.
Lievtenant was of Tangitana, th'man
(Whose Daughter Cana Roderick defild
In Spain while he was there, whose Choler boild,
For this abuse) against his Prince brought in
Musa, and Tariff with their Moore, to sting,
Two hundred and ten thousand horse, and foot.
Before Tariff a woman this did toote,
She heard her learned father say that Spain
Should Conquourd be by one that did sustain
A Mole on his right Shoulder, and who had
One hand too long for t'other. He then glad,
Having these marks did heart his men hereby
To fight King Roderick Couragiously
Of Foot and Horse Eightscore five thousand Strong.
Seven dayes the Fight from morn to night was long,
And Roderick routed, robes exchang'd, they say,
With a Sheepkeeper, and so ran away
And ne're more heard of was but in the fight
Fall ten and threescore thousand. Oh! Sad sight.
But Julian who did his Counterey
Betray, when in this wretched tragedy
He saw his Wife, and Children perish thus,
They Starvd to death in Prison. Justice Flush.
France also Smoaks, soakt by Charles Martills war,
Gainst Chilperick, and Reginfride's his jar.
And four years after having gaind the Crown.
Brave King up grew of flourishing Renown[.]
On he proceeds gainst their Confederats
Duke Eudo Aquitans, him straps and shaks
All Aquitain. Who Moores from Spain then calls,
They all wast Burgundy on Poictiers fall,
And on to Tours and Martins temple Stroy.
Then he and Eudo Splice, and on them fly.
The King three Hundred, eighty thousand Strong
They with the loss of fifteen hundred bom,
He on the Frizers falls and off them payes,
Persues them flying to Rhene's isle and slayes
Man, Woman, Children too and on he sets
Their Crown on's head, all's fish that comes to's nets.
Gainst Chilperick, and Reginfride's his jar.
And four years after having gaind the Crown.
Brave King up grew of flourishing Renown[.]
On he proceeds gainst their Confederats
Duke Eudo Aquitans, him straps and shaks
All Aquitain. Who Moores from Spain then calls,
They all wast Burgundy on Poictiers fall,
And on to Tours and Martins temple Stroy.
Then he and Eudo Splice, and on them fly.
The King three Hundred, eighty thousand Strong
They with the loss of fifteen hundred bom,
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Persues them flying to Rhene's isle and slayes
Man, Woman, Children too and on he sets
Their Crown on's head, all's fish that comes to's nets.
Now Italy look to't, thy Popes who do
Empires and Realms dispose Knaves all a row.
The Cup comes to thy doore For Luitprand
Doth Clusium Spoile: and then Bononia and
The towns thereof Mount Vely, and Favence,
And Forojule, Foropopily, thence
Caseria, and Auxime, and thence doth come
And Siegeth Rome, against it Sounds his Drum.
But fearing Pipin, back he turns away
Amery, Orta, Polimarce, Blera,
Cities of Roman Dukedoms takes and came
Unto Spoleto tooke he 'fore. Pope! Shame.
The West Goth's that do still abide in Spain,
Amaizd to See him Aquitan to gain,
Call the Burgundians first then th'Saracens.
Whom all he beats, and doth Secure their dens[.]
Empires and Realms dispose Knaves all a row.
The Cup comes to thy doore For Luitprand
Doth Clusium Spoile: and then Bononia and
The towns thereof Mount Vely, and Favence,
And Forojule, Foropopily, thence
Caseria, and Auxime, and thence doth come
And Siegeth Rome, against it Sounds his Drum.
But fearing Pipin, back he turns away
Amery, Orta, Polimarce, Blera,
Cities of Roman Dukedoms takes and came
Unto Spoleto tooke he 'fore. Pope! Shame.
The West Goth's that do still abide in Spain,
Amaizd to See him Aquitan to gain,
Call the Burgundians first then th'Saracens.
Whom all he beats, and doth Secure their dens[.]
In Scotland, they together go by th'ears,
The Picts slay Ambeclet their King. Hence tears.
The Picts slay Ambeclet their King. Hence tears.
Egbert King of Northumberland doth find
His people Factious. ruin hence inclinde.
Thus while they fight for Saint-Idolatry
God's Justice thus doth Scourge them righteously.
His people Factious. ruin hence inclinde.
Thus while they fight for Saint-Idolatry
God's Justice thus doth Scourge them righteously.
Come to Copronymus his time who still
Doth Image worship stroy. They him to kill
Conspire with Artabasd, but miss their aime
Hence God still plagues them by th'Arabian flame.
Nay Civill war is brewd, but Artabasd
Goes to the worst: he's taken, so it was,
And hath his eyes pluckt out and banished
And such as with him image faction bred.
The Bulgars them molest awhile The Turke
Breake from the Caspin Ports Armenia jeark
The Huns again taking Atilas track
Two hundred Sixteen thousand out do pack
From Scythick bags, in Seven troops into
Pamonia at length come, and pitch do.
Tumults abound, war in Bavaria
Sweve, Almans have it and Saxonia
Rome now, and Italy the Long'bords Scourge
Till Charles and Pipin prove to be its purge
The Frisers kill Moguntine Boniface
Who did Rome's Ceremonies give the Grace
To mare the glory of the Churches shine
In France and Germany when in the prime.
Abbas that rag'd against the Christians did
Doth now untruss, and justice now doth bid
To pay him home, an Ethiopian,
A pair of Bellows full of lime did fan
And blow into his nose, and mouth, and face
Dies Choakt there with, justice will keep her place.
Abdellas too dranke of this Cup when God
The Tower threw on his head and made him nod.
Doth Image worship stroy. They him to kill
Conspire with Artabasd, but miss their aime
Hence God still plagues them by th'Arabian flame.
Nay Civill war is brewd, but Artabasd
Goes to the worst: he's taken, so it was,
And hath his eyes pluckt out and banished
And such as with him image faction bred.
The Bulgars them molest awhile The Turke
Breake from the Caspin Ports Armenia jeark
The Huns again taking Atilas track
Two hundred Sixteen thousand out do pack
From Scythick bags, in Seven troops into
Pamonia at length come, and pitch do.
Tumults abound, war in Bavaria
Sweve, Almans have it and Saxonia
Rome now, and Italy the Long'bords Scourge
Till Charles and Pipin prove to be its purge
The Frisers kill Moguntine Boniface
Who did Rome's Ceremonies give the Grace
To mare the glory of the Churches shine
In France and Germany when in the prime.
Abbas that rag'd against the Christians did
Doth now untruss, and justice now doth bid
To pay him home, an Ethiopian,
A pair of Bellows full of lime did fan
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Dies Choakt there with, justice will keep her place.
Abdellas too dranke of this Cup when God
The Tower threw on his head and made him nod.
Copronymus his Son young Leo rose
Takes from the Church a Crown that glory shows
Bedeckt with Jasper Stones, and other gems
And he therewith rounds in his head and hems.
And justly turnd this Scoff on prelates proud,
It is not meet that hee, that is avowd
To poverty should Crowned be with Pearls.
He also down all imag worship hurles.
But God provoked by this wicked age
Still scurgd the East with the Arabian rage.
Syria is made a butchers Shambles still
Maday his troops to Doryleum drill.
Irthuma Asia harrasses, and spoils.
Saxonia still in war with Charles up boils.
In little Bittain he disturbed is.
When Sins breake out justly the rod we kiss.
Takes from the Church a Crown that glory shows
Bedeckt with Jasper Stones, and other gems
And he therewith rounds in his head and hems.
And justly turnd this Scoff on prelates proud,
It is not meet that hee, that is avowd
To poverty should Crowned be with Pearls.
He also down all imag worship hurles.
But God provoked by this wicked age
Still scurgd the East with the Arabian rage.
Syria is made a butchers Shambles still
Maday his troops to Doryleum drill.
Irthuma Asia harrasses, and spoils.
Saxonia still in war with Charles up boils.
In little Bittain he disturbed is.
When Sins breake out justly the rod we kiss.
Irenee with her Son poor Constantine
After the Peoples humour run enshrine
Do Images and worship them, and lo
All things a Snick Snarles run and they down grow.
The Arabs make Asia Armenia too
To groan. Thrace, Greece, and Thessaly do rue,
Pancrace th'Astrologer for Constantine
Doth Conquest ore Bulgarians divine
He therefore goes to tread them down to dirt
But Cardan with his Armie falls to work,
Kills, routs, and beats his army, and Pancrace
And Chiefest Captains slayes, and in disgrace
The Emp'rour flies, losing his Mony, and
His Horses, Tents, and all his Royall strand.
Justice doth pay Astronomy its debt.
And also that which Imageworship set.
After the Peoples humour run enshrine
Do Images and worship them, and lo
All things a Snick Snarles run and they down grow.
The Arabs make Asia Armenia too
To groan. Thrace, Greece, and Thessaly do rue,
Pancrace th'Astrologer for Constantine
Doth Conquest ore Bulgarians divine
He therefore goes to tread them down to dirt
But Cardan with his Armie falls to work,
Kills, routs, and beats his army, and Pancrace
And Chiefest Captains slayes, and in disgrace
The Emp'rour flies, losing his Mony, and
His Horses, Tents, and all his Royall strand.
Justice doth pay Astronomy its debt.
And also that which Imageworship set.
Parnonia smarts, the Huns and Avars there
With the Bavarians 'gainst Charles appeare.
Who smoaks their Sides and almost roots them out.
And so in Saxony his foes too routs.
He bangs the Sclaves, and makes them to him bow.
Italy bleeds, he holds the Popes long plow
And gives them ease, Irenee and he stakes
Do part. She all on th'right hand Naples takes
With Sicily. And he doth take the rest.
He bangs the Saracens in Spain possesst.
In England things go ill: the thievish Danes
Break in on them. Northumberland doth gain
And this bright Justice, Romes Idolat[r]y
Both Old, and New, doth treate accordingly.
But to return to give some instance here
Elpidy who in Sicily dreamed there
(When Irenee had sent him there to rule)
He should be Emperour of all, (great foole)
But being beaten out of Sicily
Flew to th'Arabian[;] they him take for joy,
And boot him do, and with a Diadem
Him Crown in Scorn. Romes Emperour! ahem!
With the Bavarians 'gainst Charles appeare.
Who smoaks their Sides and almost roots them out.
And so in Saxony his foes too routs.
He bangs the Sclaves, and makes them to him bow.
Italy bleeds, he holds the Popes long plow
And gives them ease, Irenee and he stakes
Do part. She all on th'right hand Naples takes
With Sicily. And he doth take the rest.
He bangs the Saracens in Spain possesst.
In England things go ill: the thievish Danes
Break in on them. Northumberland doth gain
And this bright Justice, Romes Idolat[r]y
Both Old, and New, doth treate accordingly.
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Elpidy who in Sicily dreamed there
(When Irenee had sent him there to rule)
He should be Emperour of all, (great foole)
But being beaten out of Sicily
Flew to th'Arabian[;] they him take for joy,
And boot him do, and with a Diadem
Him Crown in Scorn. Romes Emperour! ahem!
So Charles his bastard Crumpbackt Pipin, who
Was Eldest Son, Conspir'd his Fathers woe,
With Certain Peers of France, which broacht, his dad
Into Monastick Penance thrust his lad.
And others, Who had fingers in this Crime.
He treats according to a righteous shine[.]
Was Eldest Son, Conspir'd his Fathers woe,
With Certain Peers of France, which broacht, his dad
Into Monastick Penance thrust his lad.
And others, Who had fingers in this Crime.
He treats according to a righteous shine[.]
Constantine, who heights Image mongers high,
His wicked mother cuts him, and hereby
She holds the Wreath imperiall alone
For Seven years, then he again the throne
Injoyes with her: and in her wickedness
A joynt partaker is: did dispossess
Alexy, and Nicephorus their Eyes.
At Molosis: some tongues cuts out likewise.
And five years after on that very day
He thus did act, his mother tooke away
His Eyes, and Empire too most treacherously.
And this Cut justice kept, its Eye for Eye.
Its said the Sun at this most impious fact,
Winkt seventeen dayes, in which her rayes they lackt
But Justice stayes not long before she send,
Her martial out who knocks, and m--- that end
Upon her Doore, and her arrest. For she
Is Ceised by her Herdsman and must bee
Divested of Imperiall Dignity
And treasure, banisht, and at Lesbon die.
His wicked mother cuts him, and hereby
She holds the Wreath imperiall alone
For Seven years, then he again the throne
Injoyes with her: and in her wickedness
A joynt partaker is: did dispossess
Alexy, and Nicephorus their Eyes.
At Molosis: some tongues cuts out likewise.
And five years after on that very day
He thus did act, his mother tooke away
His Eyes, and Empire too most treacherously.
And this Cut justice kept, its Eye for Eye.
Its said the Sun at this most impious fact,
Winkt seventeen dayes, in which her rayes they lackt
But Justice stayes not long before she send,
Her martial out who knocks, and m--- that end
Upon her Doore, and her arrest. For she
Is Ceised by her Herdsman and must bee
Divested of Imperiall Dignity
And treasure, banisht, and at Lesbon die.
Oh Justice Glorious, let all adore
Thy Shining Beams scatterd the World all o're.
Thou writest thy Glory oft in blood, in Fire,
In water, Plagues, in Cruelties in Ire,
Sometimes in Glory greate, and evry way,
That all may yield unto thy Scepter sway.
This Sinfull Century doth witness give
Whose wickedness would make thee cease to live
And if it could: but can't, for thou di[d]st strike
Thy beams through out the same which do requite
Its wickedness so that thy Glory flames
In all those judgments that do Sins disdain.
I therefore now thy threashold do stride ore
That is thus bright, unto another doore.
Thy Shining Beams scatterd the World all o're.
Thou writest thy Glory oft in blood, in Fire,
In water, Plagues, in Cruelties in Ire,
Sometimes in Glory greate, and evry way,
That all may yield unto thy Scepter sway.
This Sinfull Century doth witness give
Whose wickedness would make thee cease to live
And if it could: but can't, for thou di[d]st strike
Thy beams through out the same which do requite
Its wickedness so that thy Glory flames
In all those judgments that do Sins disdain.
I therefore now thy threashold do stride ore
That is thus bright, unto another doore.
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