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Gods three arrows plague, famine, sword, in three treatises. I. A plaster for the…Gods three arrovves plague, famine, svvord, in three treatises. I. A plaister for the…
Gods three arrows plague, famine, sword, in three treatises. I. A plaster for the plague. II. Dearths death. III. The Churches conquest over the sword. By William Gouge Doctor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friars, London.Gods three arrovves plague, famine, svvord, in three treatises. I. A plaister for the plague. II. Dearths death. III. The Churches conquest over the sword. By William Gouge Doctor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friers, London.
London: printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, 1631
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The old men were driven away, and not permitted to keep and defend 1their food from being taken from them: the women were drawn up and down by the hair of the head, for that they hid between their hands some part of their meat, and would not forgo it. No pity was now remaining, neither to old age, nor infancy, but they took young babes eating, their mouth full of meat, and not permitting it to be taken out of their mouths, and threw them against the ground. Now if any one had prevented these thieves, and eaten their meat before they could come at them, then they were more cruel; and the other so much more tyrannously handled, as having committed some greater offence against them. They also devised most barbarous and cruel torments to extort food from others: for they thrust sticks or such like into the cavity of mens yards, and sharp thorny rods into their fundaments: and it is abominable to hear what the people endured to make them confess one loaf of bread, or one handful of corn which they had hidden.
The old men were driven away, and not permitted to keepe and defend 1their food from being taken from them: the women were drawne up and downe by the haire of the head, for that they hid betweene their hands some part of their meat, and would not forgoe it. No pitie was now remaining, neither to old age, nor infancy, but they tooke young babes eating, their mouth full of meat, and not permitting it to be taken out of their mouthes, and threw them against the ground. Now if any one had prevented these theeves, and eaten their meat before they could come at them, then they were more cruell; and the other so much more tyrannously handled, as having committed some greater offence against them. They also devised most barbarous and cruell torments to extort food from others: for they thrust sticks or such like into the cavity of mens yards, and sharpe thorny rods into their fundaments: and it is abominable to heare what the people endured to make them confesse one loafe of bread, or one handfull of corne which they had hidden.
- 1Cruelty used to get food.