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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.
Thou stabbedst men, when thou Pity didst pretend.
Thou stabd'st men, when thou Pity didst pretend.
In times of Peace thy horrid rage has shed
Blood without Measure, thou hast murdered
Bloud without Measure, thou hast murthered
(Perfidious Wretch!) thy nearest Neighbours when
(Perfidious Wretch!) thy nearest Neigbours when
They thought themselves the most secure of m•n,