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Zion in distressSion in distress
Zion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Church [sic]Sion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Chruch [sic]
London: printed by George Larkin for Enoch Prosser, 1681
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.
Doubtless, though Grief now seizes thous upon her,
She is a Lady of high Birth and Honour;
Of Royal Stem, extracted from Above,
Nursed in the Chambers of the Fathers Love;
Nurs'd in the Chambers of the Fathers Love;
Espoused to a most Illustrious Prince,
Who over all has Just Preeminence,
Who over all has Just Preheminence,