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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.
To kill or drive them into Banishment;
But with unheard of Cruelties she must
But with unheard of Crueltys she must
Their Bodies mangle, to assuage her Lust;
Their Bodys mangle, to asswage her Lust;
Some hanged in Water, yield their strangled breath;
Some hang'd in Water, yield their strangled breath;
Some brained on Anvils, some were starved to death;
Some brain'd on A•vils, some were starv'd to death;