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Judges.
Juda is Captaine, Anaks Sonnes are flaine,
The Cananites as vassals doe remaine.
The Israelites rebell and serue strange Gods,
And are all plagu'd with heau'ns correcting rods.
The men of Midia, Isra'l much did greeue,
Stoue Gideon comes their sorrowes to releeue.
And as Gods Spirit doth his Seruant moue,
He ouerthrowes Baals Altar and his Groue.
A womans hand King Iabins Hoste doth quaile,
And kild his Captaine Sis'ra with a naile.
Abimelch (by wrong) the kingdome gaines,
A woman dasht out his ambitious braines.
Victorious Iphtah, rashly sweares (not good)
And ends his conquest in his Daughters blood.
Great Sampson's borne, whoseuer matchlesse strength
Orethrowes the Philistims in bredth and length.
Faire flattering Dalilah, her Lord deceiues,
He's tane himselfe, himselfe of life bereaues.
The Beniamites abus'd a Leuites wife,
For which all but sixe hundred lost their life.
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