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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.
From Mothers Wombs by bloody hands were torn
From Mothers Wombs by bloudy hands were torn
How many thousand guiltless Christians were
Butchered in the Parisian Massacre?
Butcher'd in the Parisian Massacre?
Some broke on Crosses, some were cut in twain,
Whilst others languish in a lingering pain.
Whilst others languish in a lingring pain.