A47607:2373
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.
Some they did bury just unto the Head,
And left them on surrounding Grass to feed.
Struck fast on Tenter-hooks, grave Matrons were,
And Virgins hanged up in their Mothers Hair.
And Virgins hang'd up in their Mothers Hair.
Some, with their small Guts, were forced to run
Some, with their small Guts, were forc'd to run