A47607:583
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.
So Boatsmen look one way, but row another.
Such perjured Statesmen have the Art to smile
Such pejur'd Satesmen have the Art to smile
Upon my Face, but cut my Throat the while.
But grant, Dread Sovereign of the Universe,
But grant, Dread Soveraign of the Vniverse,
That whilst I weep my Grievances in Verse,