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The Whore of Babylon (Quarto, 1607)
The Whore of Babylon.
1222
The Empres, Cardinals &c.
1224
Omn.
Peace.
1225
1. King.
Peace there.
1229Goe out of order, tis as if yon Regiment,
1230Weare all in vp-roare: heauen
should then be vext,
1232Dreadfull eclypses, that portend dire plagues
1233To nations, fall to Empires, death to Kings,
1234To Citties deua
station, to the world,
1235That vniuersall hot calamitie
1236Of the la
st horror. But our royall bloud,
1238
Aetna, burns in vs: bearded Comets
shoote
1239Their vengeance through our eyes: our breath is lightning;
1240Thunder our voyce; yet, as the idle Cannon,
1241Strikes at the Aires Invulnerable bre
st)
1242Our darts are phillip'd backe in mockery,
1243Wanting the poynts to wound.
1244
1. King.
Too neere the heart,
1252To an vnusde defiance: giue your reuenge,
1254You tooke, in veyling to her: you haue beene
1256And like a mother (cause her yeares are greene)
1257Haue winck't at Errors, hoping time, or councell,
Would