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Fovre bookes of Du Bartas

I. The Arke, II. Babylon, III. The Colonnyes, IIII. The Columues or Pyllars: In French and English, for the Instrvction and Pleasvre of Svch as Delight in Both Langvages. By William Lisle ... Together with a large Commentary by S. G. S
Lisle, William (1579?-1637)

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A Pastorall Dedication to the King.
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[Fovre bookes of Du Bartas]
  
The end of Adam, and beginning of Nöe.
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The first Booke of Noe, called the Arke.
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The second Booke of Noe, called BABILON.
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The third Booke of Noe, or the Colonies.
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The Pillars, or fourth Booke of Noe.

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24

Thus Noah past the time and lesned all their harme

God makes the flood to cease.


Of irkesome prisonment with such like gentle charme,
His hope was onely in God, who stopping now the vaines,
Whence issued-out before so many wells and raines,
Chidde th'aire, and bid her shut the flood-gate of her seas;

To that end commands the winds to driue backe the water, and drie the earth.


And sent North-windes abroad; go ye (quoth he) and ease
The Land of all this ill, ye cooling fannes of Heau'n,
Earths broomes and warre of woods, my herauts, posts, and eau'n
My sinnows and mine armes; ye birds that hale so lightly
My charriot ore the world, when as in cloud so nightly
With blasting scept'r in hand I, thundring rage and ire,
From smoaky flamed mouth breathe sulph'r and coles of fire.
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