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EMBLEM XXIII. The dutiful Son.
To the obedient.
Children obey your Parents. in the Lord.
Ephes: 6. 1.
When famous Troy a long Siege had sustained,
And by the whole Greek force could not be ganed,
At last, arrived at its utmost date,
It was enforced to submit to fate.
And by the whole Greek force could not be ganed,
At last, arrived at its utmost date,
It was enforced to submit to fate.
Well may we think the towns-mens case was sad,
Whenas the Victors with revenge were mad;
To which so highly they provoked were,
By having been repulsed full ten year.
Whenas the Victors with revenge were mad;
To which so highly they provoked were,
By having been repulsed full ten year.
Destruction did in every corner rage;
None did respect condition, sex or age:
The tender Infants dashed on the ground;
Aged and Impotent no mercy found.
None did respect condition, sex or age:
The tender Infants dashed on the ground;
Aged and Impotent no mercy found.
The Citie being fir'd, was on a blaze,
Whereat the people round about did gaze:
Each one to save himself did cast about,
And how to be deliver'd from the rout.
Whereat the people round about did gaze:
Each one to save himself did cast about,
And how to be deliver'd from the rout.
Warlike Æneas had an aged father,
Whom he'd not leave, but hazard's own life rather;
And therefore takes him up upon his back,
And by the light o'th' fire away doth pack.
Whom he'd not leave, but hazard's own life rather;
And therefore takes him up upon his back,
And by the light o'th' fire away doth pack.
This all instructs, that they should do no less,
But aged parents help in their distress:
Reproving thousands, who, unto their shame,
Do oft neglect the stock whereof they came.
But aged parents help in their distress:
Reproving thousands, who, unto their shame,
Do oft neglect the stock whereof they came.
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