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The Whore of Babylon (Quarto, 1607)
The Whore of Babylon.
604
Tita.
May be to morrow:
605Marke els and iudge whether it may or no:
606When Lambes of ours, are kild by wolues of yours,
607Yet no bloud suckt: when Heauen two Suns endures:
608When Soules that re
st in vnder-groundes,
611That they can wa
sh out murders guilt:
613Can cure our woundes, being cald vpon:
614When from yon towers I heare one cry,
615You may kill Princes lawfully:
616When a Court has no Para
site,
618When Conscience goes in cloth of gold,
620When merchants wiues hate co
stly clothes,
621When ther's no lies in tradsmens oathes:
622When Farmers by deere yeeres do leeze,
623And Lawyers sweare to take no fees:
624(And that I hope will neuer, neuer bee)
625But then (and not till then) I sweare,
626Shall your bewitching Charmes
sleepe in mine eare.
627Away.
Exeunt Faires: Manent 3. Kings.
628
1. King.
Derided to our faces!
630
3. King.
Made fooles!
633
3. King.
Reuenge:
635Sedition, Herezies confederacies,
636The violation of al sacred leagues.
637The combination of all leagues vniu
st,
639And when ye'are swolne with theis, returne againe,
641Whole heards of bulls loaden with hallowed curses,
642With Interdictions, excommunications,
And