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The Whore of Babylon (Quarto, 1607)
The Whore of Babylon.
1455Which in this oblique and Zodiacall Sphere
1458Shall Fairie land get warmth? meerely from hence.
1459Let but the taper of her life burne out,
1460We haue such torches ready in her land
1462Shall make the frighted people thinke earth burnes,
1463And being dazled with our Copes of Starres,
1467Nor scarce the colour: by your charmes I gather
1468You haue seene Fairie land---but in a Map:
1469Can tell how't
stands: but if you giue't a fall,
1471This to your eare; though you bait hookes with gold,
1472Ten thousand may be nibbling, when none bites,
1474Say that Titania were now drawing
short breath,
1475(As that's the Cone and Button that together
1478Of
stronger talent, of more dreadfull beake,
1479Who swooping through the ayre, may with his beating
1480So well commaund the winds, that all those trees
1482Will tremble, & (through feare
strucke dead) to earth,
1484Driue them from thence, yea and perhaps his talent
1486That it may
shake all Babilon.
1487
Emp.
All Babylon!
1489
Emp.
How the preuention?
1491Our axe mu
st cleaue the kingdome, that's the Oake.
1492
Emp.
The manner.
Com.Ea
sie: