A47607:2223
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.
Nor her cursed Edicts and base pranks allow.
Nor her curs'd Edicts and base pranks allow.
About the dismal Year of Fifty Five,
A dreadful Massacre she did contrive
Within the Territories of Savoy,
Where thirty Thousand Souls she did destroy
In three days time, Cursed Edicts bid them turn