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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.
They say they are courteous when our Throats they cut
They say they're courteous when our Throats they cut
Or when in Dungeons (vile as Hell) we are put.
Or when in Dungeons (vile as Hell) we're put.
They say they favour us, when they employ
Their Daggers, Pistols, Axes to destroy.
In lingering flames they did our Brethren roast,
In lingring flames they did our Brethren roast,