A01981:153
The saints sacrifice
The saints sacrifice: or, a commentary on the CXVI. Psalm Which is, a gratulatory psalm, for deliverance from deadly distress. By William Gouge, D.D.The saints sacrifice: or, a commentarie on the CXVI. Psalme Which is, a gratulatory psalme, for deliverance from deadly distresse. By William Gouge, D.D.
London: printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, 1632
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Cnem. Dear father, I beseech you let me know The cause of this your anger and my stripes So cruelly laid on me.
Cnem. Deare father, I beseech you let me know The cause of this your anger and my stripes So cruelly laid on mee.
Arist. Oh cleanly dissembler, Thou wouldst indeed know thy own fault from me. He beats him afresh.
Arist. Oh cleanly dissembler, Thou wouldst indeed know thy owne fault from me. Hee beats him afresh.
Cnem. Yet now at length, Sir, let me understand What I have done, that thus provokes your wrath, The gods do know my innocence.
Cnem. Yet now at length, Sir, let me understand What I have done, that thus provokes your wrath, The gods doe know my innocence.
Arist. Base wretch, Thy innocence; would she belie thee thinkest thou, That loved thee better than her self? away. Get out of my sight, I will not hear thee speak. Exit Cnemon. My dearest Demeneta, cheer your self, Strive to forget the pain.