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The Whore of Babylon (Quarto, 1607)
The Whore of Babylon.
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3. Card.
Nor vs.
193Thats bak't within: my gall is ouerflowne,
194My blood growne ranke and fowle: An inflamation
195Of rage, and madnes so burnes vp my liuer,
196That euen my heart-
strings cracke (as in a furnace)
197And all my nerues into my eye-balles
shrinke,
200Fetcht hie, and neare to heauen, light on no ground,
202
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Such are our falles: we once had mountaine-growth,
203With Pines and Cedars.
204
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Now with none of both.
206Of my creation, to be turn'd into
207A dogge, so I might licke vp but her blood,
208That thru
sts vs from our vineyards.
209
Tres.
So could all.
210
4. Card.
Reuenge were milke to vs.
211
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Manna.
213But how? wee will not (as the head supreame
215The Faierie treads on, nor (like serpents) creepe
216Vpon our bellies in humilitie:
217This were (with Fencers) basely to giue ground,
220No, weele at one blow
strike the heart through.
221
Tres.
How?
222
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By ponyards.
223
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No.
225
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No.
227
1. Card.
Neither.
2. Card.
B2