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6o8 EPIGRAMS.
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Which of incense of precious Ceder tree
With Balmehke odor did perfume the are
A bird all white, well fetherd on far winces
Hereout didflie vp to the throne of Gods,
And stngtng with most plesant melodic
She climbed vp to heauen in the smoke
Of this faire fire the faire dispersed rayes
Threw forth abrode a thousand shining homes,
When sodain dropping of a golden shoure
Gan quench the glysiertng flame 0 greuous
chaunge!
That which erstwhile so pkasaunt scent did yelde,
Of Sulphure now did breathe corrupted smel
A T length, euen at the lime when Morpheus
A Most truely doth appeare vnto our eyes,
Wcarte to see ih'tnconslance of the heauens
I saw the great Typhœus sister come,
Hr heed full brauely with a mortan armed,
In matestte she seemde to matche the Gods
And on the shore, horde by a violent streame,
She raisde a Trophee ouer all the worlde
An hundred vanquisht kings gronde at hir feete,
Their armes m shamefull wise bounde at their
backes
While I was with so dreadfull sight afrayde,
I saw the heauens wane against hir tho,
And seing hir striken fall with clap of thunder,
With so great noyse I start in sodaine wonder
I
Pon a hill saw a kindled flame,
Mounting like wanes with triple point to
heauen,
Saw an vgly beast come from the sea,
That seuen heads, ten crounes, ten homes did
beare,
Haumg theron the vile blaspheming name
The cruell Leopard she resembled much
Feete of a beare, a hums throte she had
The nughtie Dragon gaue to hir his power
One of hir heads yet there I did espie,
Still freshly bleeding of a grieuous wounde
One cnde aloude What one is like (quod he)
This honoured Dragon, or may him withstands ?
And then came from the sea a sauage beast,
With Dragons speche, and shewde his force by fire,
With wondrous stgnes to make all wights adore
The beast, in setting of hir image vp
'Saw a Woman sitting on a beast
I Before mine eyes, of Orenge colour hew
Honour and dreadfull name of blasphemie
Filde hir with pride And seuen heads I saw,
Ten homes also the stately beast did beare
She seemde with glorte of the scarlet fatre,
And with fine perle and golde pufl vp in heart
Saw afresh spring rise out of a rocke,
The wine ofhooredome in a cup she bare
I Clere as Chrtstall against the Sunny beames,
The name of Mysterte writ in hir face
The bottome yellow like the shining land,
The bloud of Martyrs dere were hir dehte
That golden Pactol dnues vpon the plaine
Most fierce and fell this woman seemde to me
It seemed that arte and nature stnued to xoync
An AngeU then descending downefrom Heauen,
There tn one place all pleasures of the eye
With thondrtng voice crtde out aloude, and sayd,
There was to heare a noise alluring slepe
Now for a truth great Babylon is fallen
Of many accordes more swete than Mermaids Hen might I see vpon a white horse set
song,
T The faithftdl man with flaming counte-
The states and benches shone as luone,
naunce,
An hundred Nymphes sate side by side about, His head did shine with crounes set iherupon.
When from nte htlles a naked rout of Faunes The worde of God made htm a noble name
With hideous cry assembled on the place, His precious robe I saw embrued with bloud
Which with their feete vncleane the water fouled, Then saw 1 from the heauen on horses white,
Threw down the seats, and drone the Ntmpks to A puissant armte come the selfe same way
Then cried a shining Angell as me thought,
That birdes from aire descending downe on earth
Should wane vpon the kings, and eate their flesh
Then did I see the beast and Kings also
Ioinyng their force to slea the fatthfull man
But this fierce hatefull beast and all hir tratne,
Is piltlesse throwne downe in pit of fire
I
Saw new Earth, new Heauen,sayde Saint
Iohn
And be, the sea (quod he) ts now no more
The holy Cilte of the horde, from hye
Descendeth garnishl as a loued spouse
A voice then sayde, beholde the bright abode
Of God and men For he shall be their God
And all their teares he shall wipe cleane away
Htr brtghlnesse greater was than can befounde
Square was this Citie, and twelue gates it had.
Ecke gate was of an orient perfect pearle,
The houses golde, the pauement precious stone
A Ituely streame, more cleere than Chrtstall is,
Ranne through the md, sprongfrom triumphant
seat
There growes lifesfrutie vnto the Churches good