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The Whore of Babylon (Quarto, 1607)
The Whore of Babylon.
2254Till their great bellies be deliuered
2257Kneeles to these glorious wonders, or be trampled
2258To death for her contempt: burne, batter, kill,
2259Blow vp, pull downe, ruine all, let not white haires,
2260Nor red cheekes blunt your wrath, snatch babes from bre
sts,
2261And when they crie for milke, let them sucke bloud,
2262Turne all their fieldes to lakes of gellyed goare,
2263That Sea-men one day sayling by the land
2267You all are ours, bow and adore the bea
st,
2268On whome we ride.
2269
Omn.
We fall beneath his feete.
2272Humility, he bowes whil
st you adore him:
2274A health to all, and as our cup goes rownd,
2276Who buildes on heartes confirmd, buildes on a rocke:
2277The seale of heauen! who on their foreheads weare it,
2279We marke for Action: Heere, a health to all.
2284
Enter Paridell and his kinsman.
2289For what I doe: A pardon
sign'd, that giues
2290Indulgence plenarie, and full remi
s
sion
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