Zion in distressSion in distress

Name: Sion in distress
Author: Benjamin Keach

Zion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Church [sic]Sion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Chruch [sic]

Benjamin Keach 1640–1704London: printed by George Larkin for Enoch Prosser, 1681

[6], 128 p. · 27k words · Wing K87 · ESTC R27452

Title page typeset from the transcription.

Zion in Distress: OR, THE GROANS OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. › Ireland.Sion in Distress: OR, THE GROANS OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. › Ireland.

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.

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And in a Hole th' expiring bodies flung;

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The youngest on the Mothers breast did stick,

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Cries, Mammy, Mammy, yet is buried quick.

Cries, Mammy, Mammy, yet is buryed quick.

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Some hacked to pieces, travailing Women stripped,

Some hackt to pieces, travailing Women strip'd,

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And half•born Infants from their bellies ripped!

And half•born Infants from their bellies rip'd!

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