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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Some built the breaches of their brokē towne,
that Heauen, and Panim yre, had casten downe.
Some other found a cautell gainst the Ramme,
to saue the wall vnbroken where it camme.
Thus Iacobs townes on alsides had their flankes,
with Gabions strōg with bulwarks & with banks.
Some others busy went and came in routs
To terrace towers, some vnder baskets louts:
Some others also wanting time and might,
to strength their towns, yet vsde all kind of slight,
To dig vp ditches deepe for cisterns good,
To draw to them the best and nearest flood.
that Heauen, and Panim yre, had casten downe.
Some other found a cautell gainst the Ramme,
to saue the wall vnbroken where it camme.
Thus Iacobs townes on alsides had their flankes,
with Gabions strōg with bulwarks & with banks.
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To terrace towers, some vnder baskets louts:
Some others also wanting time and might,
to strength their towns, yet vsde all kind of slight,
To dig vp ditches deepe for cisterns good,
To draw to them the best and nearest flood.
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