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Divine Efficiency.
Divine Efficiency in all these things
Doth more than darkly shine within these Clouds.
But now I come to ope her golden wings
And show her glory in this Age which Crouds
In hints not ordinary in whose folds
Justice more Wreaths too hang as in her holds.
Doth more than darkly shine within these Clouds.
But now I come to ope her golden wings
And show her glory in this Age which Crouds
In hints not ordinary in whose folds
Justice more Wreaths too hang as in her holds.
When that Justinian to Cajan fled
From Absimare, by ship a Tempest greate
So hard lay on them, danger great brought dread.
Majaces Knight Crys, Sir, we dy: Oh make
A Vow to God, If God thy Empire shall
Restore to thee, thou'lt punish none at all.
From Absimare, by ship a Tempest greate
So hard lay on them, danger great brought dread.
Majaces Knight Crys, Sir, we dy: Oh make
A Vow to God, If God thy Empire shall
Restore to thee, thou'lt punish none at all.
To whom he said if of them ought I spare
Let in this very place God drown me then.
Which spoke Danubius grew Calm, and fare.
Which they without all danger up did stem.
Poor Syria danses to an Earthquakes pipe.
The Moon Ecclipsd seems bloody halfe the night[.]
Let in this very place God drown me then.
Which spoke Danubius grew Calm, and fare.
Which they without all danger up did stem.
Poor Syria danses to an Earthquakes pipe.
The Moon Ecclipsd seems bloody halfe the night[.]
Rathbod Duke of the Frisers by the Pains
Of Vulfrans Sermons came to be baptizd.
And one foot in the Waters, now restrains,
Where are the greater part of them I prizd,
My ancestors? in Heaven? or in Hell?
An answer to this question give, me tell.
Of Vulfrans Sermons came to be baptizd.
And one foot in the Waters, now restrains,
Where are the greater part of them I prizd,
My ancestors? in Heaven? or in Hell?
An answer to this question give, me tell.
And hearing most was gone to hell drew back
I'le rather go with most, than few'st he said.
The Divell then never to mischiefe slack.
Transformed like a glorious Angell, ray'd
In robes of Gold and a gold Diadem
Upon his head studed with many a Gem.
I'le rather go with most, than few'st he said.
The Divell then never to mischiefe slack.
Transformed like a glorious Angell, ray'd
In robes of Gold and a gold Diadem
Upon his head studed with many a Gem.
Spake thus, Most Valient Sir, who drew thee so.
To leave the Worship of the Gods? Ne're do'te
Abide in what thou learndst, then thou shalt go
To golden Palaces of glorious note,
Which I will give thee soon Eternally,
(This Rothbod to Priest Ovo did descry)
To leave the Worship of the Gods? Ne're do'te
Abide in what thou learndst, then thou shalt go
To golden Palaces of glorious note,
Which I will give thee soon Eternally,
(This Rothbod to Priest Ovo did descry)
The Fiende goes on, to morrow Vulfran call
The Christians Doctor, and aske thou of him
Whats that Eternall Splendors Palace hall
Which he doth promise thee, Sir know the thing.
Which When he could not do: both parts agree
And Send the Divells golden Hall to see.
The Christians Doctor, and aske thou of him
Whats that Eternall Splendors Palace hall
Which he doth promise thee, Sir know the thing.
Which When he could not do: both parts agree
And Send the Divells golden Hall to see.
Rothbod tells Vulfran, He'l be Christ'ned then
And if his god this Splendid hall Shew not:
A Friser, and a Deacon are the men.
Sent out with whom when out of th'town they got
The Divells Pilot coming went, cries, high
I'le shew the stately Hall Duke Rothbad's joy.
And if his god this Splendid hall Shew not:
A Friser, and a Deacon are the men.
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The Divells Pilot coming went, cries, high
I'le shew the stately Hall Duke Rothbad's joy.
And on they trudge a long a broad broad way.
A Path with various kinds of marble dresst
And Hall like gold far off they saw, and they
Came to a Street before it paved best
With gold and Pearls. And in't they go, and saw
It was an house whose glory had no flaw.
A Path with various kinds of marble dresst
And Hall like gold far off they saw, and they
Came to a Street before it paved best
With gold and Pearls. And in't they go, and saw
It was an house whose glory had no flaw.
Its Glory was to admiration, and
Its Splendor was incredible so bright.
And in't a throne of wondrous Sise did Stand.
This is Prepard Duke Rathbod said that Wight.
At which the Deacon in a maze replide,
If these are made by God, let them abide.
Its Splendor was incredible so bright.
And in't a throne of wondrous Sise did Stand.
This is Prepard Duke Rathbod said that Wight.
At which the Deacon in a maze replide,
If these are made by God, let them abide.
If by the Divell, let them perish Soon.
And Signd himselfe with Cross, their Pilot then
Appeard the Divell: singing such a tune,
The golden Palace dropt to dirt, the men
Stood in a marshy place all brambly spred
And walking three days home the duke found dead.
And Signd himselfe with Cross, their Pilot then
Appeard the Divell: singing such a tune,
The golden Palace dropt to dirt, the men
Stood in a marshy place all brambly spred
And walking three days home the duke found dead.
Shaffnaburg saith, it rained like a Shower
Parcht Corn, and Barly, Pulse, in Company.
Great plenty after this the sands out poure.
And Pagans turn to Christ in Saxony.
The Sea betwixt Thera and Therase iles
As from a furnace, Fire out thence up boiles.
Parcht Corn, and Barly, Pulse, in Company.
Great plenty after this the sands out poure.
And Pagans turn to Christ in Saxony.
The Sea betwixt Thera and Therase iles
As from a furnace, Fire out thence up boiles.
Which going on for many dayes grew greate
The igneous fume appeard inflamd with fire.
Its Earthy Substance bread Pumice Stones greate,
Of which in heapes all Scattred ore intire
Abydos, Lesbon, Asia, and the Coasts
Of Macedony lay: in mighty hosts.
The igneous fume appeard inflamd with fire.
Its Earthy Substance bread Pumice Stones greate,
Of which in heapes all Scattred ore intire
Abydos, Lesbon, Asia, and the Coasts
Of Macedony lay: in mighty hosts.
And in the middle of this mighty fire
An isle Concocted was of'ts Crusser parts
Which to the Sacred Iles, did fast retire.
An Emblem of the Popes heat that by arts
Spewd out the Emperours, and boild french kings
Of th'Excrementa to Sacred Popes that Cling.
An isle Concocted was of'ts Crusser parts
Which to the Sacred Iles, did fast retire.
An Emblem of the Popes heat that by arts
Spewd out the Emperours, and boild french kings
Of th'Excrementa to Sacred Popes that Cling.
Two blazing Stars attend the Son, the one
His Usher is seen in the morn before him,
The other's serving man in th'Eve made known
To bare his train up after and adore him.
A firy Sign in heaven out now shines
And in the Sun, Moon, Stars too, God sends Signs.
His Usher is seen in the morn before him,
The other's serving man in th'Eve made known
To bare his train up after and adore him.
A firy Sign in heaven out now shines
And in the Sun, Moon, Stars too, God sends Signs.
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The Earth doth take a dance a twelvemonth long.
Stroys many at Constantinople too
Down Temples, Abbies, images do come,
Great Constantine's Attili Gate down threw.
Great Thedez Statue seen ore th'golden gate.
And many Thracian Cities feele like fate.
Stroys many at Constantinople too
Down Temples, Abbies, images do come,
Great Constantine's Attili Gate down threw.
Great Thedez Statue seen ore th'golden gate.
And many Thracian Cities feele like fate.
And Nicomedy in Bithynia,
Prenetus too and Nice are tumbled down:
In which last nam'd one Chappel up did stay.
The Sea breaks prison like a prisond Clown.
Constantinople quickly after rues.
Justice will play her gain; and Sin persues.
Prenetus too and Nice are tumbled down:
In which last nam'd one Chappel up did stay.
The Sea breaks prison like a prisond Clown.
Constantinople quickly after rues.
Justice will play her gain; and Sin persues.
Great Draught; and Earthquakes now the mountains greate
In Saba-Wilderness together kiss.
A Comet north shines out, the Cloudy Seate
Rains ashes down. Another Earthquake is
In th'Caspin Bay, great flocks of Eagles rise
And from our Tables dresst, their prey Surprize.
In Saba-Wilderness together kiss.
A Comet north shines out, the Cloudy Seate
Rains ashes down. Another Earthquake is
In th'Caspin Bay, great flocks of Eagles rise
And from our Tables dresst, their prey Surprize.
A Comet sends it's beams in Syrian Eyes.
A foggy Darkness from the Augusts ides,
Unto Octobers Calends lasts likewise,
Places by Jordan, Syria all ore slides
By Earthquaks which Churches and Abbies spoiles
Plague foams in Continents and mid sea Iles.
A foggy Darkness from the Augusts ides,
Unto Octobers Calends lasts likewise,
Places by Jordan, Syria all ore slides
By Earthquaks which Churches and Abbies spoiles
Plague foams in Continents and mid sea Iles.
In Syria an Earthquake ruin made
Now Cities some it upside down did pitch
Some onely shatterd, some it then display'd
To lower, plain, and Champion places rich
All walking, Men, Cities and Wall intire
At least a six miles journey, wood and fire.
Now Cities some it upside down did pitch
Some onely shatterd, some it then display'd
To lower, plain, and Champion places rich
All walking, Men, Cities and Wall intire
At least a six miles journey, wood and fire.
In briefe such who beheld this with their eyes,
Mesopotamy, do affirm, was torn
For two miles Space. Out of which depth did rise
An other soile all white and Sandy born.
Out of which rose a Mulelike cleanly beast,
Which with a humane Voice spake e're it ceast.
Mesopotamy, do affirm, was torn
For two miles Space. Out of which depth did rise
An other soile all white and Sandy born.
Out of which rose a Mulelike cleanly beast,
Which with a humane Voice spake e're it ceast.
It said a nation should an inrode make
Against th'Arabians from the Wilderness.
A blazing Star in th'East ten dayes out brake
Another one and twentie dayes shown fresh.
The Turks rush from their dens the Caspin baye.
And inroads make do in Armenia.
Against th'Arabians from the Wilderness.
A blazing Star in th'East ten dayes out brake
Another one and twentie dayes shown fresh.
The Turks rush from their dens the Caspin baye.
And inroads make do in Armenia.
A Dismall Frost assails the World this year
Octobers Calends did the same begin.
The Pontine Sea an hunderd miles frose were.
Whose ice was thirty Cubits thick within.
From top to bottom certainly the main
Such Covering as this did nere more gain.
Octobers Calends did the same begin.
The Pontine Sea an hunderd miles frose were.
Whose ice was thirty Cubits thick within.
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Such Covering as this did nere more gain.
From Lycia to the Danow, to Euphra,
Donastre, Danowper, and Mecropel
All ore to Mesembry, and Maesia,
Even through all Countries this freezing fell,
And on the ice a Coverlid of Snow
'Bove twenty Cubits thick was drawn also.
Donastre, Danowper, and Mecropel
All ore to Mesembry, and Maesia,
Even through all Countries this freezing fell,
And on the ice a Coverlid of Snow
'Bove twenty Cubits thick was drawn also.
The Sea as firm as Land was trudgd on by
Both men, and beasts, Beasts Wild and Tame apace,
From Cazars, Bulgare, and the Iles there nigh[.]
The ice, when February shews its face
Did breake in pieces and swim down unto
Danupsy, and to Hiero did flow,
Both men, and beasts, Beasts Wild and Tame apace,
From Cazars, Bulgare, and the Iles there nigh[.]
The ice, when February shews its face
Did breake in pieces and swim down unto
Danupsy, and to Hiero did flow,
In such a Sort they went to th'City, and
To Propont, and the Iles, and to Abyde.
Filling the bancks and fields a Sea side land
We the Eyewitnesses the pieces eyd
We went with thirty equall agd to us
On one of them alone the sliding thus.
To Propont, and the Iles, and to Abyde.
Filling the bancks and fields a Sea side land
We the Eyewitnesses the pieces eyd
We went with thirty equall agd to us
On one of them alone the sliding thus.
There Living Creatures were upon the Same
Both Wild, and tame: Some dead, and some alive.
And whose would did without let pass plain
From Sophian to th'City, and arrive
By land from Chrysople to Mamas aye
To th'places which are Called Galathi.
Both Wild, and tame: Some dead, and some alive.
And whose would did without let pass plain
From Sophian to th'City, and arrive
By land from Chrysople to Mamas aye
To th'places which are Called Galathi.
One piece against a Step struck of Acrople
Did break, and brake it all to pieces quite
Another of huge bulk with wall did graple
And with a mighty knock did Clash it streight,
So that the houses that within it are
Are made to have with tumbling Sea their Share.
Did break, and brake it all to pieces quite
Another of huge bulk with wall did graple
And with a mighty knock did Clash it streight,
So that the houses that within it are
Are made to have with tumbling Sea their Share.
It Being into three parts Split did round
The City from Mangane to Bosphorus,
Was higher than the Walls, we all scapt sound
With much ado Men, Women, Boyes with us.
And home returnd with tears in our eyes
Not knowing what we could for this devise[.]
The City from Mangane to Bosphorus,
Was higher than the Walls, we all scapt sound
With much ado Men, Women, Boyes with us.
And home returnd with tears in our eyes
Not knowing what we could for this devise[.]
This yeare in March Starrs fell out of the Sky
And all that saw them strucken were with feare
They thought the end of all the World was nigh
Great draught in Thrace, Pits, Baths, Springs Rivers were
Dry at Constantinople they take Care,
The Valentinian Conduit to repare.
And all that saw them strucken were with feare
They thought the end of all the World was nigh
Great draught in Thrace, Pits, Baths, Springs Rivers were
Dry at Constantinople they take Care,
The Valentinian Conduit to repare.
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Great Charles in's Saxon wars when he down struck
The fane of Hermansal felt three days thirst:
Then nigh an hill there suddenly a brook
To their relieve with plentious waters burst.
At Hersburg Siege, Christians, and Saxons spy
Two bloody flaming Shields Shakt in the Sky.
The fane of Hermansal felt three days thirst:
Then nigh an hill there suddenly a brook
To their relieve with plentious waters burst.
At Hersburg Siege, Christians, and Saxons spy
Two bloody flaming Shields Shakt in the Sky.
'Bout February Sol's Eclipst at noon
When Luna her Ecclipse had but three dayes
Passt o're. And lo Mercuries Star full soon
After the Same is seen by Such as Gaze
At Stars, within the middle of the Sun
Appearing like a Small black Spot there run.
When Luna her Ecclipse had but three dayes
Passt o're. And lo Mercuries Star full soon
After the Same is seen by Such as Gaze
At Stars, within the middle of the Sun
Appearing like a Small black Spot there run.
Now France doth tast of Famine, Plague, and war
When Charles in arms 'gainst Agaland the Moore.
Some Souldiers stuck their Spears down as they are
In th'meads by Caja Streams the day before
They Entred Fight, which on the morn were found
Adornd with flourishing leaves and barks all round.
When Charles in arms 'gainst Agaland the Moore.
Some Souldiers stuck their Spears down as they are
In th'meads by Caja Streams the day before
They Entred Fight, which on the morn were found
Adornd with flourishing leaves and barks all round.
Now In Frisinga Field the aire all Cleare,
And Still there fell wood of a various kinde
Out of the Skies, Images now they reare,
Some thinke the Same was by this wood assignd
There now was blood raind down its said also
Even from the Skies another Sign of woe.
And Still there fell wood of a various kinde
Out of the Skies, Images now they reare,
Some thinke the Same was by this wood assignd
There now was blood raind down its said also
Even from the Skies another Sign of woe.
And firy Dragons through the aire did fly
When Bitrick the West Saxon King did reign.
Famin and Danes did follow by and by.
An Earthquak makes Constantinople train
From houses into open fields lest shee
Should rattle down, and they destroyed bee.
When Bitrick the West Saxon King did reign.
Famin and Danes did follow by and by.
An Earthquak makes Constantinople train
From houses into open fields lest shee
Should rattle down, and they destroyed bee.
At Rome too Tyber overflows its bounds
Stroies the Flammian Gate also the bridge
Antonius Pius built whose ends redounds
On Aventine, and on Janicles ridge.
It sweep away did many building brave
And City Monuments by its Strong wave[.]
Stroies the Flammian Gate also the bridge
Antonius Pius built whose ends redounds
On Aventine, and on Janicles ridge.
It sweep away did many building brave
And City Monuments by its Strong wave[.]
When Charles the Great would by a channell Chain
The Rhene and Danow thats together Dug
Greate heaps of Corn, of Evry sort of grain,
They found in th'fields which kill their beasts that Cud
It in, and't vanisht in their hands when ground.
Lascive and lowing noises nightly sound.
The Rhene and Danow thats together Dug
Greate heaps of Corn, of Evry sort of grain,
They found in th'fields which kill their beasts that Cud
It in, and't vanisht in their hands when ground.
Lascive and lowing noises nightly sound.
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Confused noises and Continuall rain
About the Channell that he dug appeare
That force him from his work and it refrain.
Sicill and Crete by Earth quake shatterd were.
Irenee blinds her Son, and him Dethrones.
And th'Sun grew darke: and days seventeen nere shone.
About the Channell that he dug appeare
That force him from his work and it refrain.
Sicill and Crete by Earth quake shatterd were.
Irenee blinds her Son, and him Dethrones.
And th'Sun grew darke: and days seventeen nere shone.
And Mars his Star this year's not seen i'th'Sky.
In July frost Congels the water hard
That Ice are found. Behold Efficiency
Doth ware its glory with a glorious guard
Of wonders to effect our hearts that wee
May furle the Same with praises rich that bee.
In July frost Congels the water hard
That Ice are found. Behold Efficiency
Doth ware its glory with a glorious guard
Of wonders to effect our hearts that wee
May furle the Same with praises rich that bee.
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