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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.
To his Friend the AUTHOR, On the FIRST IMPRESSION.To his Friend the AVTHOR, On the FIRST IMPRESSION.
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.
To thy Distressed Mother, (now the scorn
Of black-mouthed Imps, who are of Satan born.)
Of black-mouth'd Imps, who are of Satan born.)
Aspiring Soul! What from her Sorrows climb
To a Prophetic Spirit in thy Rhyme!
To a Prophetick Spirit in thy Rhime!
Foretelling how she shall delivered be
Foretelling how she shall deliver'd be