A47607:2560
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.
In England, France, in Italy, and Spain,
By thy accursed bloody hands were slain
Nine hundred thousand souls, or thereabout,
(Ere many years had run their circuits out)
(E're many years had run their circuits out)
Of poor Americans by cruel Spain
In fifty years were many Millions slain.