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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.
Was not content, but tortured me at home.
Was not content, but tortur'd me at home.
Some burnt, some hanged, some scourged, some banished,
Some burnt, some hang'd, some scourg'd, some banished,
Some drowned, and some in Dungeons murdered.
Some drown'd, and some in Dungeons murdered.
A sinking Grief forbids me to enlarge,
A sinking Grief forbids me to inlarge,
Or else with ease I'd aggravate her charge.