A47607:1511
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.
When some are stretched upon the fatal Block,
When some are stretcht upon the fatal Block,
And Justice ready to discharge the stroke;
And Justice ready to discharge the stroak;
Such is the strength of her Inebriation,
That they (oh horrible!) on their Salvation.
That they (oh horrible!) on their Sa•vation.
Protest they're innocent! when all the while
Protest they'r innocent! when all the while