XXVIII.

Sonne of God heare us, and since thou By taking our blood, owest it us againe, 245 Gaine to thy self, or us allow; And let not both us and thy selfe be slaine; O Lambe of God, which took'st our sinne Which could not stick to thee, O let it not returne to us againe, 250 But Patient and Physition being free, As sinne is nothing, let it no where be.

[The Litanie. _1633-69:_ A Letanie. _A18_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _TCC_, _TCD_]

[17 be, _D:_ be _1633-69_]

[30 serpents, _Ed:_ serpents _1633-69_]

[34 a such _1633:_ such _1635-69_, _JC:_ such a _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec_, _N_, _S_, _TC_

instinct _1633:_ instinct, _1635-69_]

[35 these; _Ed:_ these, _D_, _H49_, _Lec:_ these _1633-69:_ thee _A18_, _N_, _TC_]

[48 Native] Natives _B_, _JC_, _S_

in heavens faire Palaces, _D:_ in heavens faire Palaces _1633-39:_ in heavens Palaces, _1650-69_]

[52 which _1633:_ what _1635-69_]

[56 Grandfathers] Grandfathers, _1633_]

[58 then] that _1635-39_]

[58 Grace and Law, _D:_ grace and law, _1633-69_]

[61 satisfy'd, _1635-69_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _N_, _S96_, _TC:_ sanctified, _1633_

fructifie] fructified _A18_, _JC_]

[63 Faith, _D:_ Faith _1633-69_]

[93 were, _Ed:_ were; _1633-69_]

[97 grow; _Ed:_ grow, _1633-69_]

[100 The] Thy _B_, _D_, _H49_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_]

[109 Thy] The _1635-69_

Academie _1633_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec:_ Academ _1635-69:_ Academe _N_, _O'F_, _S96_, _TC_]

[112 thy] the _1650-69_

Scriptures] Scripture _1669_

wrote] _spelt_ wrought _1633 and MSS._]

[115 adhere; _Ed:_ adhere, _1633-69_]

[122 too, _D:_ too _1633-69_]

[125 Lord: _Ed:_ Lord, _1633-69_]

[128 clods _1633:_ clouds _1635-69_, _B_, _O'F_ (_which corrects_), _S96_]

[133 whom] _om. D_, _H49_, _Lec_

them] _om. A18_, _N_, _TC_]

[134 sweet, _1633_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _S96:_ sweets, _1635-69_, _A18_, _N_, _O'F_, _S_, _TC_]

[137 owing] owning _1669_]

[139 soule] souls _1669_, _JC_, _O'F_, _S_]

[153 fame,] flame, _1633_]

[154 for _1633_, _D_, _H49_, _N_, _S_, _TC:_ through _1635-69_, _JC_, _O'F_, _S96_, _Chambers_]

[156 middle] midle _1633_, _D_]

[157 grace;] grace, _1633_]

[159 Glorifiedst] Glorifiest _1633 some copies_, _D_, _H49_]

[162 Deliver, and] Deliver us, and _Chambers_]

[163 through] though, _1633_

that] thy _B_, _JC_, _O'F_, _S96_]

[164 is still] still is _1633 some copies_, _1635-69_]

[166 fits;] fits, _1633_]

[173 clothes _1633_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec_, _N_, _S_, _TC:_ robes _1635-69_, _B_ (robe), _JC_, _O'F_, _S96_]

[175 born; _Ed:_ born, _1633-69_]

[196 When] Where _many MSS._]

[197 last judgement] the last _JC_, _S:_ Gods judgement _B_]

[202 Allelujaes; _1635-69:_ Allelujaes, _1633_]

[204 say; _D:_ say. _1633-69_]

[209 Pietie; _Ed:_ Pietie, _1633-69_]

[214 offices;] offices, _1633_]

[217 wee _1633:_ me _1635-69_]

[219 wee, _Ed:_ wee _1633-69_

harkning, not _1633-69:_ heark'ning not _Chambers_]

[231 well, _1633_ (_but altered to_ will, _in some copies_), _A18_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _N_, _S_, _TC:_ will, _1635-69_, _Lec_, _Chambers_, _Grolier_]

[233 decline: _Ed:_ decline; _1633-69_]

[239 apt ... doe,] apt, ... doe _1633_]

[243 weake ecchoes, O thou eare, and cry. _1633-69_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec_, _N_, _TC:_ weake wretches, O thou eare and eye. _B_, _S_, _S96:_ _Chambers adopts_ Eye _from S_, _O'F reads_ eye_, _and TCC alters_ crye _to_ eye, _all retaining_ ecchoes. _See note_]

[245 againe,] againe _1633_]

[246 or us _1633_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec_, _JC_, _N_, _S_, _TC:_ and us _1635-69_, _O'F_, _S96_, _Chambers_]

[248 O Lambe] O lambe _1633_]

_Vpon the translation of the Psalmes by Sir_ Philip Sydney, _and the Countesse of Pembroke his Sister._

Eternall God, (for whom who ever dare Seeke new expressions, doe the Circle square, And thrust into strait corners of poore wit Thee, who art cornerlesse and infinite) I would but blesse thy Name, not name thee now; 5 (And thy gifts are as infinite as thou:) Fixe we our prayses therefore on this one, That, as thy blessed Spirit fell upon These Psalmes first Author in a cloven tongue; (For 'twas a double power by which he sung 10 The highest matter in the noblest forme;) So thou hast cleft that spirit, to performe That worke againe, and shed it, here, upon Two, by their bloods, and by thy Spirit one; A Brother and a Sister, made by thee 15 The Organ, where thou art the Harmony. Two that make one _Iohn Baptists_ holy voyce, And who that Psalme, _Now let the Iles rejoyce_, Have both translated, and apply'd it too, Both told us what, and taught us how to doe. 20 They shew us Ilanders our joy, our King, They tell us _why_, and teach us _how_ to sing; Make all this All, three Quires, heaven, earth, and sphears; The first, Heaven, hath a song, but no man heares, The Spheares have Musick, but they have no tongue, 25 Their harmony is rather danc'd than sung; But our third Quire, to which the first gives eare, (For, Angels learne by what the Church does here) This Quire hath all. The Organist is hee Who hath tun'd God and Man, the Organ we: 30 The songs are these, which heavens high holy Muse Whisper'd to _David_, _David_ to the Iewes: And _Davids_ Successors, in holy zeale, In formes of joy and art doe re-reveale To us so sweetly and sincerely too, 35 That I must not rejoyce as I would doe When I behold that these Psalmes are become So well attyr'd abroad, so ill at home, So well in Chambers, in thy Church so ill, As I can scarce call that reform'd untill 40 This be reform'd; Would a whole State present A lesser gift than some one man hath sent? And shall our Church, unto our Spouse and King More hoarse, more harm than any other, sing? For _that_ we pray, we praise thy name for _this_, 45 Which, by this _Moses_ and this _Miriam_, is Already done; and as those Psalmes we call (Though some have other Authors) _Davids_ all: So though some have, some may some Psalmes translate, We thy Sydnean Psalmes shall celebrate, 50 And, till we come th'Extemporall song to sing, (Learn'd the first hower, that we see the King, Who hath translated those translators) may These their sweet learned labours, all the way Be as our tuning; that, when hence we part, 55 We may fall in with them, and sing our part.

[Vpon the _&c._ _1635-69:_ _no extant MSS._]

[17 voyce, _1635-39:_ voyce; _1650-69_]

[22 sing;] sing. _1635-69_]

[23 three Quires, _1669:_ 3 Quires, _1635-54_]

[28 here _1669:_ heare _1635-54_ (_the same word, not_ hear _as in Chambers' note_)]

[46 this Moses _Grosart:_ thy _Moses_ _1635-69_]

[55: tuning; _1719:_ tuning, _1635-69_

part, _1719:_ part _1635-69_]

_Ode: Of our Sense of Sinne._

1. Vengeance will sit above our faults; but till She there doth sit, We see _her_ not, nor _them_. Thus, blinde, yet still We leade her way; and thus, whil'st we doe ill, We suffer it. 5

2. Vnhappy he, whom youth makes not beware Of doing ill. Enough we labour under age, and care; In number, th'errours of the last place, are The greatest still. 10

3. Yet we, that should the ill we now begin As soone repent, (Strange thing!) perceive not; our faults are not seen, But past us; neither felt, but onely in The punishment. 15

4. But we know our selves least; Mere outward shews Our mindes so store, That our soules, no more than our eyes disclose But forme and colour. Onely he who knowes Himselfe, knowes more. 20

_I. D._

[Ode. _1635-69_, _O'F:_ Of our Sense of Sinne. _H40_, _RP31_ (_in margin_, S^{r} Edw. Herbert): _no title_, _B_, _Cy_, _P_, _S_]

[2 doth _1635-39:_ do _1650-69_]

[11 now] new _B_]

[15 The _1635-69_, _Cy_, _P:_ Our _B_, _H40_, _O'F_]

_To M^{r}_ Tilman _after he had taken orders._

Thou, whose diviner soule hath caus'd thee now To put thy hand unto the holy Plough, Making Lay-scornings of the Ministry, Not an impediment, but victory; What bringst thou home with thee? how is thy mind 5 Affected since the vintage? Dost thou finde New thoughts and stirrings in thee? and as Steele Toucht with a Loadstone, dost new motions feele? Or, as a Ship after much paine and care, For Iron and Cloth brings home rich Indian ware, 10 Hast thou thus traffiqu'd, but with farre more gaine Of noble goods, and with lesse time and paine? Thou art the same materials, as before, Onely the stampe is changed; but no more. And as new crowned Kings alter the face, 15 But not the monies substance; so hath grace Chang'd onely Gods old Image by Creation, To Christs new stampe, at this thy Coronation; Or, as we paint Angels with wings, because They beare Gods message, and proclaime his lawes, 20 Since thou must doe the like, and so must move, Art thou new feather'd with cœlestiall love? Deare, tell me where thy purchase lies, and shew What thy advantage is above, below. But if thy gainings doe surmount expression, 25 Why doth the foolish world scorne that profession, Whose joyes passe speech? Why do they think unfit That Gentry should joyne families with it? As if their day were onely to be spent In dressing, Mistressing and complement; 30 Alas poore joyes, but poorer men, whose trust Seemes richly placed in sublimed dust; (For, such are cloathes and beauty, which though gay, Are, at the best, but of sublimed clay.) Let then the world thy calling disrespect, 35 But goe thou on, and pitty their neglect. What function is so noble, as to bee Embassadour to God and destinie? To open life, to give kingdomes to more Than Kings give dignities; to keepe heavens doore? 40 _Maries_ prerogative was to beare Christ, so 'Tis preachers to convey him, for they doe As Angels out of clouds, from Pulpits speake; And blesse the poore beneath, the lame, the weake. If then th'Astronomers, whereas they spie 45 A new-found Starre, their Opticks magnifie, How brave are those, who with their Engine, can Bring man to heaven, and heaven againe to man? These are thy titles and preheminences, In whom must meet Gods graces, mens offences, 50 And so the heavens which beget all things here, And the earth our mother, which these things doth beare, Both these in thee, are in thy Calling knit, And make thee now a blest Hermaphrodite.

[To M^{r} Tilman _&c._ _1635-69:_ _no extant MSS._]

[18 Christs] Chists _1635_]

[34 clay.) _Ed:_ clay) _1635-69_]

[52 beare, _1650-69:_ beare _1635-39_]

_A Hymne to Christ, at the Authors last going into Germany._

In what torne ship soever I embarke, That ship shall be my embleme of thy Arke; What sea soever swallow mee, that flood Shall be to mee an embleme of thy blood; Though thou with clouds of anger do disguise 5 Thy race; yet through that maske I know those eyes, Which, though they turne away sometimes, They never will despise.

I sacrifice this Iland unto thee, And all whom I lov'd there, and who lov'd mee; 10 When I have put our seas twixt them and mee, Put thou thy sea betwixt my sinnes and thee. As the trees sap doth seeke the root below In winter, in my winter now I goe, Where none but thee, th'Eternall root 15 Of true Love I may know.

Nor thou nor thy religion dost controule, The amorousnesse of an harmonious Soule, But thou would'st have that love thy selfe: As thou Art jealous, Lord, so I am jealous now, 20 Thou lov'st not, till from loving more, thou free My soule: Who ever gives, takes libertie: O, if thou car'st not whom I love Alas, thou lov'st not mee.

Seale then this bill of my Divorce to All, 25 On whom those fainter beames of love did fall; Marry those loves, which in youth scattered bee On Fame, Wit, Hopes (false mistresses) to thee. Churches are best for Prayer, that have least light: To see God only, I goe out of sight: 30 And to scape stormy dayes, I chuse An Everlasting night.

[A Hymne _&c._ _1633-69:_ A Hymne to Christ. _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD:_ At his going with my Lord of Doncaster 1619. _B_, _and similarly_, _O'F_, _P_, _S96:_ _in MSS. last two lines of each stanza given as one_]

[2 my ... thy] an ... the _P_]

[3 soever swallow mee, that] soe'er swallows me up, that _O'F_]

[10 I lov'd there, _1633_, _A18_, _N_, _TCC:_ I love here, _1635-69:_ I love there _P_

who lov'd mee; _1633_, _A18_, _N_, _TC:_ who love mee; _1635-69_, _B_, _O'F_, _P_, _S96_]

[11 our seas _1633_, _A18_, _N_, _TC:_ this flood _1635-69:_ these (_or_ those) seas _B_, _O'F_, _P_, _S96_]

[12 sea _A18_, _B_, _N_, _O'F_, _S96_, _TC:_ seas _1633_, _P:_ blood _1635-69_]

[15 thee, th'Eternall root] thy eternall work _B_, _O'F_ (_where it is altered to reading of text_), _P_ (externall workes), _S96_]

[28 Fame, _1633_, _A18_, _N_, _TC:_ Face, _1635-69_, _B_, _O'F_, _P_, _S96_]

_The Lamentations of Ieremy, for the most part according to Tremelius._

CHAP. I.

1 How sits this citie, late most populous, Thus solitary, and like a widdow thus! Amplest of Nations, Queene of Provinces She was, who now thus tributary is!

2 Still in the night shee weepes, and her teares fall 5 Downe by her cheekes along, and none of all Her lovers comfort her; Perfidiously Her friends have dealt, and now are enemie.

3 Unto great bondage, and afflictions Juda is captive led; Those nations 10 With whom shee dwells, no place of rest afford, In streights shee meets her Persecutors sword.

4 Emptie are the gates of Sion, and her waies Mourne, because none come to her solemne dayes. Her Priests doe groane, her maides are comfortlesse, 15 And shee's unto her selfe a bitternesse.

5 Her foes are growne her head, and live at Peace, Because when her transgressions did increase, The Lord strooke her with sadnesse: Th'enemie Doth drive her children to captivitie. 20

6 From Sions daughter is all beauty gone, Like Harts, which seeke for Pasture, and find none, Her Princes are, and now before the foe Which still pursues them, without strength they go.

7 Now in her daies of Teares, Jerusalem 25 (Her men slaine by the foe, none succouring them) Remembers what of old, shee esteemed most, Whilest her foes laugh at her, for what she hath lost.

8 Jerusalem hath sinn'd, therefore is shee Remov'd, as women in uncleannesse bee; 30 Who honor'd, scorne her, for her foulnesse they Have seene; her selfe doth groane, and turne away.

9 Her foulnesse in her skirts was seene, yet she Remembred not her end; Miraculously Therefore shee fell, none comforting: Behold 35 O Lord my affliction, for the Foe growes bold.

10 Upon all things where her delight hath beene, The foe hath stretch'd his hand, for shee hath seene Heathen, whom thou command'st, should not doe so, Into her holy Sanctuary goe. 40

11 And all her people groane, and seeke for bread; And they have given, only to be fed, All precious things, wherein their pleasure lay: How cheape I'am growne, O Lord, behold, and weigh.

12 All this concernes not you, who passe by mee, 45 O see, and marke if any sorrow bee Like to my sorrow, which Jehova hath Done to mee in the day of his fierce wrath?

13 That fire, which by himselfe is governed He hath cast from heaven on my bones, and spred 50 A net before my feet, and mee o'rthrowne, And made me languish all the day alone.

14 His hand hath of my sinnes framed a yoake Which wreath'd, and cast upon my neck, hath broke My strength. The Lord unto those enemies 55 Hath given mee, from whom I cannot rise.

15 He under foot hath troden in my sight My strong men; He did company invite To breake my young men; he the winepresse hath Trod upon Juda's daughter in his wrath. 60

16 For these things doe I weepe, mine eye, mine eye Casts water out; For he which should be nigh To comfort mee, is now departed farre; The foe prevailes, forlorne my children are.

17 There's none, though _Sion_ do stretch out her hand, 65 To comfort her, it is the Lords command That _Iacobs_ foes girt him. _Ierusalem_ Is as an uncleane woman amongst them.

18 But yet the Lord is just, and righteous still, I have rebell'd against his holy will; 70 O heare all people, and my sorrow see, My maides, my young men in captivitie.

19 I called for my _lovers_ then, but they Deceiv'd mee, and my Priests, and Elders lay Dead in the citie; for they sought for meat 75 Which should refresh their soules, they could not get.

20 Because I am in streights, _Iehova_ see My heart o'rturn'd, my bowells muddy bee, Because I have rebell'd so much, as fast The sword without, as death within, doth wast. 80

21 Of all which heare I mourne, none comforts mee, My foes have heard my griefe, and glad they be, That thou hast done it; But thy promis'd day Will come, when, as I suffer, so shall they.

22 Let all their wickednesse appeare to thee, 85 Doe unto them, as thou hast done to mee, For all my sinnes: The sighs which I have had Are very many, and my heart is sad.

CHAP. II.

1 How over Sions daughter hath God hung His wraths thicke cloud! and from heaven hath flung 90 To earth the beauty of _Israel_, and hath Forgot his foot-stoole in the day of wrath!

2 The Lord unsparingly hath swallowed All Jacobs dwellings, and demolished To ground the strengths of _Iuda_, and prophan'd 95 The Princes of the Kingdome, and the land.

3 In heat of wrath, the horne of _Israel_ hee Hath cleane cut off, and lest the enemie Be hindred, his right hand he doth retire, But is towards _Iacob_, All-devouring fire. 100

4 Like to an enemie he bent his bow, His right hand was in posture of a foe, To kill what _Sions_ daughter did desire, 'Gainst whom his wrath, he poured forth, like fire.

5 For like an enemie _Iehova_ is, 105 Devouring _Israel_, and his Palaces, Destroying holds, giving additions To _Iuda's_ daughters lamentations.

6 Like to a garden hedge he hath cast downe The place where was his congregation, 110 And _Sions_ feasts and sabbaths are forgot; Her King, her Priest, his wrath regardeth not.

7 The Lord forsakes his Altar, and detests His Sanctuary, and in the foes hand rests His Palace, and the walls, in which their cries 115 Are heard, as in the true solemnities.

8 The Lord hath cast a line, so to confound And levell _Sions_ walls unto the ground; He drawes not back his hand, which doth oreturne The wall, and Rampart, which together mourne. 120

9 Their gates are sunke into the ground, and hee Hath broke the barres; their King and Princes bee Amongst the heathen, without law, nor there Unto their Prophets doth the Lord appeare.

10 There _Sions Elders_ on the ground are plac'd, 125 And silence keepe; Dust on their heads they cast, In sackcloth have they girt themselves, and low The Virgins towards ground, their heads do throw.

11 My bowells are growne muddy, and mine eyes Are faint with weeping: and my liver lies 130 Pour'd out upon the ground, for miserie That sucking children in the streets doe die.

12 When they had cryed unto their Mothers, where Shall we have bread, and drinke? they fainted there, And in the streets like wounded persons lay 135 Till 'twixt their mothers breasts they went away.

13 _Daughter Ierusalem_, Oh what may bee A witnesse, or comparison for thee? Sion, to ease thee, what shall I name like thee? Thy breach is like the sea, what help can bee? 140

14 For thee vaine foolish things thy Prophets sought, Thee, thine iniquities they have not taught, Which might disturne thy bondage: but for thee False burthens, and false causes they would see.

15 The passengers doe clap their hands, and hisse, 145 And wag their head at thee, and say, Is this That citie, which so many men did call Joy of the earth, and perfectest of all?

16 Thy foes doe gape upon thee, and they hisse, And gnash their teeth, and say, Devoure wee this, 150 For this is certainly the day which wee Expected, and which now we finde, and see.

17 The Lord hath done that which he purposed, Fulfill'd his word of old determined; He hath throwne downe, and not spar'd, and thy foe 155 Made glad above thee, and advanc'd him so.

18 But now, their hearts against the Lord do call, Therefore, O walls of _Sion_, let teares fall Downe like a river, day and night; take thee No rest, but let thine eye incessant be. 160

19 Arise, cry in the night, poure, for thy sinnes, Thy heart, like water, when the watch begins; Lift up thy hands to God, lest children dye, Which, faint for hunger, in the streets doe lye.

20 Behold O Lord, consider unto whom 165 Thou hast done this; what, shall the women come To eate their children of a spanne? shall thy Prophet and Priest be slaine in Sanctuary?

21 On ground in streets, the yong and old do lye, My virgins and yong men by sword do dye; 170 Them in the day of thy wrath thou hast slaine, Nothing did thee from killing them containe.

22 As to a solemne feast, all whom I fear'd Thou call'st about mee; when his wrath appear'd, None did remaine or scape, for those which I 175 Brought up, did perish by mine enemie.

CHAP. III.

1 I am the man which have affliction seene, Under the rod of Gods wrath having beene, 2 He hath led mee to darknesse, not to light, 3 And against mee all day, his hand doth fight. 180

4 Hee hath broke my bones, worne out my flesh and skinne, 5 Built up against mee; and hath girt mee in With hemlocke, and with labour; 6 and set mee In darke, as they who dead for ever bee.

7 Hee hath hedg'd me lest I scape, and added more 185 To my steele fetters, heavier then before. 8 When I crie out, he out shuts my prayer: 9 And hath Stop'd with hewn stone my way, and turn'd my path.

10 And like a Lion hid in secrecie, Or Beare which lyes in wait, he was to mee. 190 11 He stops my way, teares me, made desolate, 12 And hee makes mee the marke he shooteth at.

13 Hee made the children of his quiver passe Into my reines, 14 I with my people was All the day long, a song and mockery. 195 15 Hee hath fill'd mee with bitternesse, and he

Hath made me drunke with wormewood. 16 He hath burst My teeth with stones, and covered mee with dust; 17 And thus my Soule farre off from peace was set, And my prosperity I did forget. 200

18 My strength, my hope (unto my selfe I said) Which from the Lord should come, is perished. 19 But when my mournings I do thinke upon, My wormwood, hemlocke, and affliction,

20 My Soule is humbled in remembring this; 205 21 My heart considers, therefore, hope there is. 22 'Tis Gods great mercy we'are not utterly Consum'd, for his compassions do not die;

23 For every morning they renewed bee, For great, O Lord, is thy fidelity. 210 24 The Lord is, saith my Soule, my portion, And therefore in him will I hope alone.

25 The Lord is good to them, who on him relie, And to the Soule that seeks him earnestly. 26 It is both good to trust, and to attend 215 (The Lords salvation) unto the end:

27 'Tis good for one his yoake in youth to beare; 28 He sits alone, and doth all speech forbeare, Because he hath borne it. 29 And his mouth he layes Deepe in the dust, yet then in hope he stayes. 220

30 He gives his cheekes to whosoever will Strike him, and so he is reproched still. 31 For, not for ever doth the Lord forsake, 32 But when he'hath strucke with sadnes, hee doth take

Compassion, as his mercy'is infinite; 225 33 Nor is it with his heart, that he doth smite; 34 That underfoot the prisoners stamped bee, 35 That a mans right the Judge himselfe doth see

To be wrung from him, 36 That he subverted is In his just cause; the Lord allowes not this. 230 37 Who then will say, that ought doth come to passe, But that which by the Lord commanded was?

38 Both good and evill from his mouth proceeds; 39 Why then grieves any man for his misdeeds? 40 Turne wee to God, by trying out our wayes; 235 41 To him in heaven, our hands with hearts upraise.

42 Wee have rebell'd, and falne away from thee, Thou pardon'st not; 43 Usest no clemencie; Pursuest us, kill'st us, coverest us with wrath, 44 Cover'st thy selfe with clouds, that our prayer hath 240

No power to passe. 45 And thou hast made us fall As refuse, and off-scouring to them all. 46 All our foes gape at us. 47 Feare and a snare With ruine, and with waste, upon us are.

48 With watry rivers doth mine eye oreflow 245 For ruine of my peoples daughter so; 49 Mine eye doth drop downe teares incessantly, 50 Untill the Lord looke downe from heaven to see.

51 And for my citys daughters sake, mine eye Doth breake mine heart. 52 Causles mine enemy, 250 Like a bird chac'd me. 53 In a dungeon They have shut my life, and cast on me a stone.

54 Waters flow'd o'r my head, then thought I, I am Destroy'd; 55 I called Lord, upon thy name Out of the pit. 56 And thou my voice didst heare; 255 Oh from my sigh, and crye, stop not thine eare.

57 Then when I call'd upon thee, thou drew'st nere Unto mee, and said'st unto mee, do not feare. 58 Thou Lord my Soules cause handled hast, and thou Rescud'st my life. 59 O Lord do thou judge now, 260

Thou heardst my wrong. 60 Their vengeance all they have wrought; 61 How they reproach'd, thou hast heard, and what they thought, 62 What their lips uttered, which against me rose, And what was ever whisper'd by my foes.

63 I am their song, whether they rise or sit, 265 64 Give them rewards Lord, for their working fit, 65 Sorrow of heart, thy curse. 66 And with thy might Follow, and from under heaven destroy them quite.

CHAP. IV.

1 How is the gold become so dimme? How is Purest and finest gold thus chang'd to this? 270 The stones which were stones of the Sanctuary, Scattered in corners of each street do lye.

2 The pretious sonnes of Sion, which should bee Valued at purest gold, how do wee see Low rated now, as earthen Pitchers, stand, 275 Which are the worke of a poore Potters hand.

3 Even the Sea-calfes draw their brests, and give Sucke to their young; my peoples daughters live, By reason of the foes great cruelnesse, As do the Owles in the vast Wildernesse. 280

4 And when the sucking child doth strive to draw, His tongue for thirst cleaves to his upper jaw. And when for bread the little children crye, There is no man that doth them satisfie.

5 They which before were delicately fed, 285 Now in the streets forlorne have perished, And they which ever were in scarlet cloath'd, Sit and embrace the dunghills which they loath'd.

6 The daughters of my people have sinned more, Then did the towne of _Sodome_ sinne before; 290 Which being at once destroy'd, there did remaine No hands amongst them, to vexe them againe.

7 But heretofore purer her Nazarite Was then the snow, and milke was not so white; As carbuncles did their pure bodies shine, 295 And all their polish'dnesse was Saphirine.

8 They are darker now then blacknes, none can know Them by the face, as through the streets they goe, For now their skin doth cleave unto the bone, And withered, is like to dry wood growne. 300

9 Better by sword then famine 'tis to dye; And better through pierc'd, then through penury. 10 Women by nature pitifull, have eate Their children drest with their owne hands for meat.

11 _Iehova_ here fully accomplish'd hath 305 His indignation, and powr'd forth his wrath, Kindled a fire in _Sion_, which hath power To eate, and her foundations to devour.

12 Nor would the Kings of the earth, nor all which live In the inhabitable world beleeve, 310 That any adversary, any foe Into _Ierusalem_ should enter so.

13 For the Priests sins, and Prophets, which have shed Blood in the streets, and the just murthered: 14 Which when those men, whom they made blinde, did stray 315 Thorough the streets, defiled by the way

With blood, the which impossible it was Their garments should scape touching, as they passe, 15 Would cry aloud, depart defiled men, Depart, depart, and touch us not; and then 320

They fled, and strayd, and with the _Gentiles_ were, Yet told their friends, they should not long dwell there; 16 For this they are scattered by Jehovahs face Who never will regard them more; No grace

Unto their old men shall the foe afford, 325 Nor, that they are Priests, redeeme them from the sword. 17 And wee as yet, for all these miseries Desiring our vaine helpe, consume our eyes:

And such a nation as cannot save, We in desire and speculation have. 330 18 They hunt our steps, that in the streets wee feare To goe: our end is now approached neere,

Our dayes accomplish'd are, this the last day. 19 Eagles of heaven are not so swift as they Which follow us, o'r mountaine tops they flye 335 At us, and for us in the desart lye.

20 The annointed Lord, breath of our nostrils, hee Of whom we said, under his shadow, wee Shall with more ease under the Heathen dwell, Into the pit which these men digged, fell. 340

21 Rejoyce O _Edoms daughter_, joyfull bee Thou which inhabitst _Huz_, for unto thee This cup shall passe, and thou with drunkennesse Shalt fill thy selfe, and shew thy nakednesse.

22 And then thy sinnes O _Sion_, shall be spent, 345 The Lord will not leave thee in banishment. Thy sinnes O _Edoms daughter_, hee will see, And for them, pay thee with captivitie.

CHAP. V.

1 Remember, O Lord, what is fallen on us; See, and marke how we are reproached thus, 350 2 For unto strangers our possession Is turn'd, our houses unto Aliens gone,

3 Our mothers are become as widowes, wee As Orphans all, and without father be; 4 Waters which are our owne, wee drunke, and pay, 355 And upon our owne wood a price they lay.

5 Our persecutors on our necks do sit, They make us travaile, and not intermit, 6 We stretch our hands unto th'_Egyptians_ To get us bread; and to the _Assyrians_. 360

7 Our Fathers did these sinnes, and are no more, But wee do beare the sinnes they did before. 8 They are but servants, which do rule us thus, Yet from their hands none would deliver us.

9 With danger of our life our bread wee gat; 365 For in the wildernesse, the sword did wait. 10 The tempests of this famine wee liv'd in, Black as an Oven colour'd had our skinne:

11 In _Iudaes_ cities they the maids abus'd By force, and so women in _Sion_ us'd. 370 12 The Princes with their hands they hung; no grace Nor honour gave they to the Elders face.

13 Unto the mill our yong men carried are, And children fell under the wood they bare. 14 Elders, the gates; youth did their songs forbeare, 375 15 Gone was our joy; our dancings, mournings were.

16 Now is the crowne falne from our head; and woe Be unto us, because we'have sinned so. 17 For this our hearts do languish, and for this Over our eyes a cloudy dimnesse is. 380

18 Because mount _Sion_ desolate doth lye, And foxes there do goe at libertie: 19 But thou O Lord art ever, and thy throne From generation, to generation.

20 Why should'st thou forget us eternally? 385 Or leave us thus long in this misery? 21 Restore us Lord to thee, that so we may Returne, and as of old, renew our day.

22 For oughtest thou, O Lord, despise us thus, And to be utterly enrag'd at us? 390

[The Lamentations _&c._ _1633-69_ (Tremellius _1639-69_), _B_, _N_, _O'F_, _TCD:_ _Tr in the notes stands for_ Tremellius, _Vulg for_ Vulgate. _See note:_ _full-stops after verse-numbers_ _1635-69_]

[2-4 thus! ... is!] thus? ... is? _1633-69_]

[22 Harts] hearts _1669_]

[25 her _O'F:_ their _1633-69_, _N_, _TCD:_ the _B:_ diebus afflictionis suae et ploratuum suorum _Tr_]

[28 Whilest _B_, _O'F:_ Whiles _1633-69_]

[32 seene;] seene, _1633_]

[43 pleasure] pleasures _N_]

[53 hand] hands _1650-69:_ manu ejus _Tr_]

[56 from whom _1635-69_, _B_, _N_, _O'F_, _TCD:_ from whence _1633_]

[58 invite _1633_, _N_, _TCD:_ accite _1635-69_, _B_, _O'F_]

[59 men; _Ed:_ men, _1633-69_]

[63 farre;] farre _1633_]

[65 hand,] hand _1633-35_]

[76 they could not get. _1633:_ and none could get. _1635-69_]

[_Norton conjectures that in_ 75 _we should read_ the sought-for meat: _but see note_]

[78 o'rturn'd,] return'd, _1633_]

[81 heare I mourne, _1633-35_, _B_, _O'F_, _TCD:_ heare me mourn, _N:_ here I mourn, _1639-69_, _and mod. edd.:_ Audientium me in gemitu esse nemo consolatur me. _Tr_]

[87 sighs] sights _1669_]

[90 cloud! _Ed:_ cloud? _1633-69_

flung] flung. _1633_]

[92 wrath! _Ed:_ wrath? _1633-69_]

[95 strengths _1633_, _N_, _TCD:_ strength _1635_, _B_, _O'F:_ munitiones _Tr and Vulg_]

[110 where] which _B_, _O'F:_ locum conventus sui _Tr_]

[112 regardeth] regarded _1669_]

[114 hand _B_, _N_, _O'F_, _TCD:_ hands _1633-69:_ tradit in manum inimici muros, palatia illius _Tr_]

[118-9 ground; ... hand,] ground, ... hand; _1633_]

[121 Their _1633:_ The _1635-69_]

[122 barres; _B_, _O'F:_ barre; _1633-69_, _N_, _TCD:_ vectes ejus _Tr_]

[124 their] the _1669_]

[134 there,] there _1633-39_]

[135 streets, _B_, _O'F:_ street _1633-69_, _N_, _TCD:_ in plateis civitatis _Tr_]

[141 For thee _1635-54:_ For, the _1633:_ For the _1669_]

[143 disturne _1633-54 and MSS.:_ dis-urn _1669:_ disturb _Chambers:_ ad avertendum captivitatem tuam _Tr_]

[145 hisse, _Ed:_ hisse _1633-39_]

[157 against _1633:_ unto _1635-69_, _and MSS.:_ clamat cor istorum contra Dominum _Tr:_ ad Dominum _Vulg_]

[161 poure, for _1633 and MSS.:_ poure out _1635-69_, _Chambers_]

[174 his, _1633:_ thy _1635-69_]

[CHAP.] _ital._ _1633_]

[182 girt] hemde _B_, _O'F_]

[186 before. _1650-69:_ before, _1633-39_]

[187 8 _Ed:_ 8. _1635-69_; _om. 1633_]

[190 mee.] mee, _1633_]

[202 perished. _1633:_ perished, _1635-69_]

[203 mournings _1633-69_, _N_, _O'F_, _TCD:_ mourning _B_]

[216 (The Lords salvation) _1633:_ _no brackets_, _1635-69_]

[226 smite; _Ed:_ smite, _1633-69_]

[229 wrung] wrong _1633_

him, _Ed:_ him. _1633-69_]

[230 this.] this: _1633_]

[231 doth] will _B_, _O'F_]

[238 not; _1650-69:_ not. _1633-35:_ not _1639_]

[239 coverest us with wrath] coverest with thy wrath _B, O'F_]

[243 47 _Ed:_ 47, _1633:_ 47. _1635-69_]

[245 watry] water _1633_]

[246 daughter _B_, _N_, _O'F_, _TCD:_ daughters _1633-69:_ propter contritionem filiae populi mei _Tr_]

[249 citys _O'F:_ city _1633-69:_ propter omnes filias civitatis meae _Tr_]

[252 on me _B_, _N_, _TCD:_ me on _1633-69:_ projiciunt lapides in me. _Tr:_ posuerunt lapidem super me. _Vulg_]

[256 sigh,] sight, _1650-69_]

[260 Rescud'st _B_, _O'F:_ Rescuest _1633-69_, _N_, _TCD:_ vindicabas _Tr_

now, _1633-39:_ now. _1650-69_, _Chambers_]

[CHAP.] CAP. _1633_]

[270 Purest] P _dropped_ _1650-54_]

[274 at _1633-39:_ as _1650-69_, _B_, _N_, _O'F_, _TCD:_ qui taxandi erant auro purgatissimo _Tr_]

[278 live,] live _1633_]

[283 little children] little _om. Chambers_]

[296 Saphirine. _1635-69:_ Seraphine. _1633:_ Sapphirina polities eorum _Tr_]

[298 streets _B_, _O'F:_ street _1633-69_, _N_, _TCD:_ in vicis _Tr:_ in plateis _Vulg_]

[299 the _B_, _O'F:_ their _1633-69_]

[302 through penury.] by penury, _1633_, _N_, _TCD:_ confossi gladio quam confossi fame. _Tr_ _See note_]

[304 hands _B_, _O'F:_ hand _1633-69_]

[312 so.] so; _1633_]

[316 Thorough] Through _1669_]

[318 garments _1633:_ garment _1635-69:_ quem non possunt quin tangant vestimentis suis _Tr_]

[320 not; _O'F_, _N_, _TCD:_ not, _1633-69_]

[322 dwell there; _Ed:_ dwell; there. _1633:_ dwell there. _1635-39:_ dwell there _1650-54:_ dwell there: _1669_]

[325 their ... the _1633-39:_ the ... their _1650-69_]

[333-4 day. 19 Eagles _Ed: The old editions place a comma after_ day, _and_ 19 _at the beginning of_ 335, _wrongly._]

[335 mountaine tops _1633-39:_ mountaines tops _1650-69_, _B_]

[340 fell.] fell _1633_]

[342 which _1633:_ that _1635-69_

Huz _B:_ Hus _N_, _TCD:_ her, _1633:_ _Uz_, _1635-69:_ in terra Hutzi _Tr_]

[345 And then] And _om. Chambers_]

[CHAP.] CAP. _1633_]

[349 us;] us, _1633-35_]

[354 father _B_, _O'F:_ fathers _1633-69:_ Pupilli sumus ac nullo patre _Tr:_ absque patre _Vulg_]

[355 drunke, _1633_, _N_, _TCD:_ drinke _1635-69_, _B_, _O'F_]

[356 lay. _1650-69:_ lay, _1633-39_]

[368 Oven _1635-69:_ Ocean _1633:_ Pelles nostrae ut furnus atratae sunt _Tr_]

[374 fell ... bare. _1633-69:_ fall ... beare. _B_, _O'F_]

[376 15 Gone _&c._] _Old edd. transfer_ 15 _to next line, wrongly. In consequence, the remaining verses are all a number short, but the complete number of 22 is made up by breaking the last verse_, 'For oughtest thou _&c._,' _into two. I have corrected throughout._]

[389 thus,] thus _1633_]

_Hymne to God my God, in my sicknesse._

Since I am comming to that Holy roome, Where, with thy Quire of Saints for evermore, I shall be made thy Musique; As I come I tune the Instrument here at the dore, And what I must doe then, thinke here before. 5

Whilst my Physitians by their love are growne Cosmographers, and I their Mapp, who lie Flat on this bed, that by them may be showne That this is my South-west discoverie _Per fretum febris_, by these streights to die, 10

I joy, that in these straits, I see my West; For, though theire currants yeeld returne to none, What shall my West hurt me? As West and East In all flatt Maps (and I am one) are one, So death doth touch the Resurrection. 15

Is the Pacifique Sea my home? Or are The Easterne riches? Is _Ierusalem_? _Anyan_, and _Magellan_, and _Gibraltare_, All streights, and none but streights, are wayes to them, Whether where _Iaphet_ dwelt, or _Cham_, or _Sem_. 20

We thinke that _Paradise_ and _Calvarie_, _Christs_ Crosse, and _Adams_ tree, stood in one place; Looke Lord, and finde both _Adams_ met in me; As the first _Adams_ sweat surrounds my face, May the last _Adams_ blood my soule embrace. 25

So, in his purple wrapp'd receive mee Lord, By these his thornes give me his other Crowne; And as to others soules I preach'd thy word, Be this my Text, my Sermon to mine owne, Therfore that he may raise the Lord throws down. 30

[Hymn to God _&c._ _1635-69_, _S96_, _and in part Walton_ (Life of D^{r} John Donne. 1670), _who adds_ March 23, 1630]

[2 thy _1635 and Walton_ (_1670_): the _1639-69_]

[4 the Instrument _1635-69:_ my instrument _Walton_]

[6 Whilst ... love] Since ... loves _Walton_]

[10 to die, _1635:_ to die. _1639-54:_ to dy^{.} _1669_]

[12 theire _S96:_ those _1635-69_]

[18 _Gibraltare_, _1635-54:_ Gabraltare, _1669:_ Gibraltar? _1719_, _Chambers:_ Gibraltar are _Grosart_. _See note_]

[19 but streights, _Ed:_ but streights _1635-69_]

[24 first] sist _1669_]

[28 others souls] other souls _Walton and S96_]

[30 That, he may raise; therefore, _Walton_]

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[Illustration: JOHN DONNE

EFFIGIES REUERENDISS: UIRI IOHANNIS DONNE NUPER ECCLES: PAULINÆ DECANI

_Corporis hæc Animæ sit Syndon Syndon Jesu_

Amen

_Martin [DR monogram] scup_ _And are to be sould by RR and Ben: ffisher_

("Portrait of the very reverend John Donne, lately Dean of St Paul's." The meaning of the second line is highly obscure; possibly "May this be the shroud of my body, Jesus the shroud of my soul"; or possibly: "May this be the shroud of my body, Jesus's shroud that of my soul". The monogram is that of Martin Droeshout)]

From the frontispiece to _Death's Duel_, 1632]

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_A Hymne to God the Father:_