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Now Patience take a Nap, we'l onward get
And strive to ope Justice's Cabinet
For to display her Web all brawder'd ore
With wealthy Glory put upon her Score.

She soon takes bloody Phocas by the Crown
Thundring from God most dismall judgments down.
Cosroes breaks his league and over flows
All Palestine and Syria, on he roves,
Ore Phenice, ore Armenia, and ore
The Cappadox, Galace Paphlagone sore
And many other places. Europe too
By the Avares all ore much doth rue.
The Persian war to wonder sweeps down all
Except two, di'de in blood of Maurice shall.
And fire from heaven, while they did ingage.
Fell on them with a mighty shower and rage.
A dreadfull famine fights them; doth destroy
Both men and beast. The Sea doth frozen ly.
Priscus his Son in law 'gainst him Conspires
With other Senators burnt by his fires,
Write to Heraclius in Africk, who
Sent out his Son Heraclius also
With force by Sea and land who wins the day
The Tyrant takes, His Secrets pares away
That many honest Matrons did deflowre
Cut off his Hands, and Feet, and gave moreore
His body to be burnt in a brass Bull.
His Progeny destroy'd they to the full.
Thus to be Short Justice doth paint her Hall
With Glory when such Varlets blood doth fall.

Gifulph the Lombard who the Churches filld
With Arians, and Orthodox is stilld
Cajan the Avare Prince him routs, destroys
Towns, Cities, Ins, and Shops of Blasphemies
The Arians had. His Wife Romild defile
Fix to a Stump. Men, and Young men Up quoile
In death, their Sons and Daughters sell they do.
The Jews that torturd, tortures Undergo
Theodorick the King of France who's broild
In's brothers blood Counsilld by Brumichild.
And blood of many other Christians, red,
When he his murderd brothers Child would wed,
Inflamed by her beauty, he opposd
By Brunichid, its incest if they Clos'd,
Grew mad, attempts to run her through therefore.
But she Escaping of his Sword, him bore
A deadly grudge and as Trittenhome told
Soon gave him poison, stild with shews like gold.

This Brunichild of whom its firmly said
Ten King[s] were by her means in Deaths arms laid
Beside innumerable vulgar folk,
Is taken Captives (now pluck up this stalk,)
Warring against Lothair: abhord of all
They stoutly on her do with Cudgells fall.
Then bring her to Lothair, and then proclaim
Her Villanies before the Armie plain,
Then ty her by her arms and feet unto
A wild mad horse. She's torn in pieces so.

Chosroes comes unto his reckonings
A six years war in Persia Justice brings.
And he his younger Son designd should reign.
But Syroes his Eldest in disdain
With Souldiers on him rusht, and Captives him,
Chaind by his hand and feet, his neck must bring
A weight of iron on't, thus pinniond, he
Unto the highest Tower Convayd must bee,
(Which he had built to hord his Silver in,)
There fed with bread, and Water. Oh! Good King!
Throwing most Cruell Tawnts out at him thus
That of his gold he'st eate, he up did Crush
Into that place fisht from the blood of all
And havocks of the World, he made to fall.
Thus Crow'd the Cockerill over his Sire,
And led him out, and made his Eyes ev'n tire
To see the horrid slaughter of his Son
On whom he purposed his Crown should run.
And all his other Children in his Sight
He put to death in a most dolefull plight.
Then out he set him five dayes all in jears,
And orderd him to fall by bows and Spears.
Oh Dismall! Justice will so shine that all
May stop their mouths. And down before her fall.

We Come unto Heraclius, now who
Did make Monothelism over flow.
He persecutes the Orthodox, forsakes
His first up springings: incest wedlock makes
Divines by Stars and Birds, and other things.
God by his rashness on his Empire brings
The Saracens when his Lievetenant falls
Upon them and Arabick dogs them calls.
Its said Intercate Water him destroyd,
And as the Scourge of's incest he's annoy'd
His share up turning, all his Urin flew
Up in his face unless he back it threw
By holding of a board to keep down, to
The bottom of his belly when't did flow.

Constance another of the same Complection
Did also smart feeling his Realms deflection.
Fell first into the hands of Saracens
Then scaping with his life he meet's amends
In Sicily, when one there of his Guard
With French Sope had all lavered his beard
Did with his razer Cut his very throate
Justice will shine with this: oft with a rope.

The Executioner under Ebroin
Of brave Leodegar makes Justice shine,
Against his Will. When him the Divell ceisd
And with internall fire scorcht up, diseasd.

Ebroin is slain by noble Hermmfride
Was seen on Divels backs to hell to ride.

Dodo that under Pip in Lampert slew
Di'de of the Lowsy Sickness authors shew.
His souldiers that did steal the sacred things
Of Austrogisil Justice at them flings:
Some with their teeth do one another tare
Some cut their limbs off. One the fire doth heire.

They that slew Project of Avern fare so
One breakes his Arm: Worms eat up Radbert doe.

In England Eanfride Bernicia's King
And Osrick of Northumberland who sing
A recantation, and turn back again
To save their Lives, and Crowns to Idols vain
Are slain by Penda: Penda who defac'd
Christ intrest and then Paganry implac'd
Is with his mighty army slaughterd by
Good Oswy's little host, that looked on high.

The farmers that the Evalds off did cut
Their Prince did slay, to fire their Village put.

The murderers of Chilian, and his mates
Justice doth meet with, one falls mad and rates
And with his teeth all tares himselfe: another
Murders himselfe. Geilane doth all discover
Being possesst, and sore tormented by
The cursed fiends of hell and horridly.
The Duke Theodo of Bavaria
Finding him, whom Landobert then did slay
As having got his sister's maidenhead,
Was innocent, was wroth, Landobert fled
Unto the Huns, and Avar's and there dies
The Dukedom from his Off[s]pring also flies.
He banisht Uta too to Italy,
Although his Daughter, who did Whore, and ly.

Justinian that would no warning take
By all the Strokes that Justice on him makes
At last is by Elias ------
Murd'red, and then the Throne ------

Now Mahomet Son of Abdalla, who
A Persian, or an Arabs was, did flow
From Emina the Jewess, rose and had
A mighty Head, Red face which also fed
A long great beard, light heeld, a Crafty pate,
First tended Camells for a man of State
Then wedding of a Widdow rich became
A merchant man and now ups up his name.
And Quicly then by a Nestorian Monk
Calld Sergius, that came to Mecha, pump
Outs Blasphemies against Christs Deity
With the Sabellians did the Trinity,
And with the Manichees Christ Death revile
And did himself the Jews Messia stile,
Had taught a Dove to peck out of his eare
Its food, which by the people counted were
The Holy Ghost, that him inspir'd, when hee
Was by the Falling Sickness, causd to bee
As in a Transe, and that he then receivd
Of the Archangell Gabriel (thus bereav'd
Of health,) his law. And then he Captain rose
Of Souldiers and in armes he also shows.
He said that Angell, in Jerusalem
Did Carry him from Earth to heavn, when
He learn'd his Mysteries: thence coming down
He made Eubogara, Ali Zaid of renown
To be his Preachers, who did spread his Game
Which in this age flew on the wings of fame.
He by the help of Sergius th'Nestorian
And John an Antiochian Arian,
And two Apostate Jews, did now Compose
His Alcoran, which for their bible goes.
By Magick Art, and Subtilty bewitcht
A multitude, whose ears the Divell twitcht
By Witcheries and lies in judgment just
To run unto him, having Christ off thrust.
Thus on he ran, like to a Snow ball grew,
Till justice by her dart him over threw
First smitten by a Pleurisy, which had
His Old Consort the Epilepsy sad,
These Crack his Crown, his Senses say good night.
His little finger is Crampt backward quite

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His Cursed Soul out flies. He kept when dead
Three dayes to be on the third day up had
To Heaven, as he said he should, but no such thing
Tending his Corps, his friends away it fling:
But Ali took washt, and did cloath the same
And bury it. But Mecha had the fame
Of having it kept in her Temple, where
He by the Eastern parts is worshipt there.

This Plague began in Ishmael stock, made way
Among th'Arabians, there did not stay,
Swept the Saracens soon down: in Mecha hee
Left Venu's Worship, and will worshipt bee.
In Jesrab his own native place, and in
Athrib his Worship quickly up did spring.

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When that the Saracens had Persia won
This Artists poison did them over run
Yea Syria, Jerusalem, also
And all o're Africa this plague did flow
Ev'n in this age Who had Christ's name abusd.
And Justice judging thus will be Excusd.
Now trace this Century, and you shall finde
Justice's Glorious Tasles all o're't shin'de.