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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.
That Bloody Whore, the Prisoner at the Bar,
That Bloudy Whore, the Pris'ner at the Bar,
Has followed us with a perpetual War,
Has follow'd us with a perpetual War,
Because we would not to her Idols bow,
Nor her cursed Edicts and base pranks allow.
Nor her curs'd Edicts and base pranks allow.
About the dismal Year of Fifty Five,