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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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But whē the cruell storme doth threat the bark,
to drowne in deepes of pits infernall dark,
while tossing teares both ruther mast & saile,
While mounting seemes the Azur skye to skaile:
while driues perforce vpon some deadly shore,
there is the Pylot knowne and not before.