The Historie of Ivdith in Forme of a Poeme Penned in French, by the Noble Poet, G. Salust. Lord of Bartas. Englished by Tho. Hudson |
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Companions, if your former zeale remaine,
If ardent loue to god ye still retaine:
If wife, or childe, may cause your care or loue,
VVhich should the Centers of your senses moue:
If in your brests a noble hart doth bide,
Let deede beare witnes at this wofull tide.
For sauing God and your foresight, in deede
t'is done, t'is done with vs, and all our seede.
And after this, th' Immortall shall not see
this alter fume before his maiestee.
If ardent loue to god ye still retaine:
If wife, or childe, may cause your care or loue,
VVhich should the Centers of your senses moue:
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Let deede beare witnes at this wofull tide.
For sauing God and your foresight, in deede
t'is done, t'is done with vs, and all our seede.
And after this, th' Immortall shall not see
this alter fume before his maiestee.
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