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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.
My Brisk Mounsieurs, My Spanish Dons,
Will over-match thy silly Sons:
My Rogues in Grain, I ready have,
Obedient like a Turkey-slave:
Obedient like a Turky-slave:
If bid to thrust their bloody Knives
If bid to thrust their bloudy Knives
In throats of Fathers, Children, Wives,