A47607:2771
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.
'Tis she that taught her Sons to swear and lie,
To vouch great falsehoods, and plain truths deny.
To vouch great falshdods, and plain truths deny.
'Tis she that did forbid the Marriage Bed,
Whilst her vile Clergy such ill lives have led▪
Was it not she that Canon did create,
Commanding plainly to abstain from meat,