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Seasonable thoughts in sad times being some reflections on the warre, the pestilence, and the burning of London, considered in the calamity, cause, cure / by Joh. Tabor.
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Tabor, John.
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1667
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Wing T93; ESTC R15193
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if our Sickness hath our Vices purg'd And Fire consum'd our dross we yet shall live To see the War in our full Conquest cease And London rising from her dust in peace 114. Then shall the Wealth of Nations thither flow And silver Thames be rich as Tagus shore And Strangers ravish'd by her beauteous show Turn captiv'd Lovers and go home no more The East shall her adore with Incense and The West enrich her with her golden sand 115. In ample glory lofty and more wide Her Streets with Structures uniform shall stand Surpassing all the world can boast beside The Palace and the Temple of our Land And Swains who Heav'n some glorious City deem Will this the new Jerusalem esteem 116. Her Royal Father whose dear sympathy In her late suff'rings was her sweetest fare Shall in her beauty and her Loyalty Rejoyce and she in his great love and care Their twined Int'rests and Affections shall Native and Forreign Enemies appal 117. We have indeed been compassed with woes Trials to good and punishments to bad We are beset by Sea and Land with foes Who in our sorrows and distress are glad But let our Faith and Courage now appear Nor let us ought but God Almighty fear 118. Who his destroying Angels hand hath staid Who much from flames beyond our hopes did save Who twice our Navy hath Victorious made Whom still the faithful on their side shall have Who to the patient will their loss repair With double gain so patient Job did fare 119. Now for the yet unfinisht part of war Go on brave Seamen and compleat your glory Who die in this their Countries Martyrs are Whose worthy Names shall live in British story Lawson and Mims with honour now do lie Embalmed in the English memorie 120. When bullets flie so thick they darken air The Lord of Hosts in such a storm can save Or if your Souls these to light Mansions bear And Seas your bodies take the Sea 's a grave Trusty as Earth and when the Angel sounds Gives up her dead safe as the sacred grounds 121. But there 's less fear of death than honour now Your vanquisht foes will scarce endure a sight Scarce will their Keels this Spring the Ocean plough The Conquest 's now less difficult than sight They like dull Stars the Sun with-drawn are clear About watch their advantage to appear 122. Or as full Moons rise when the Sun doth set Look big and fierce as if the skies they won Our searching Fleet come in so out they get And shine as if the Ocean were their own But when the Sun looks up the Moon doth hide So can't the Dutch our Navy's sight abide 123. But the Sun hunts the flying Moon until His Opposition doth eclipse her light So seek the shifting Dutch our Navy will Till they eclipse their honour in a fight As for the French they Meteors are no doubt Let them but blaze a while they will go out 124. Those shine like Stars but are indeed a vapour Which hath no proper Orb howe're it shows But only upwards cuts a nimble caper And sinks to Earth again from whence it rose Perhaps these ignes fatui may jeer The Dutch into the Ditch and leave them there 125. But let us pious loyal loving prove To God our King our Church and one another So shall the reliques of our woes remove And prosp'rous days our griefs and fears shall smother Our bliss from Virtue we may calculate More sure than any Stars Prognosticate FINIS * Sept. 2. 1666. by two in the morning began this fire which was not suppâ—â—st in all places till Friday morning following †The roof of Paul's falling broke strangely through into St. Faith's Church underneath Pauls * Many Books by the Stationers were put under Pauls Church to secure them from the fire but there were burned * Lud King of Britain * Who as Stories tell landed at Totnes in Devonshire Anno Mundi 2855. and before Christs birth 1108. years and soon after built here a City calling it Troy-novant (a) Anno Dom. 1086. (b) King of Kent and moved by Mellitus Bishop of London to found this Church Mellitus consecrated Bishop An. Dom. 606. (c) Consecrated Bishop of London An. Dom. 675. (a) Anno Dom. 1087. (a) The Arms of Holland (b) The Arms of Spain from whom the Netherlands revolting were aided by Queen Elizabeth (c) King of Spain (d) The first sight with the Dutch (e) Duke of York (f) Duke of York (g) Five of their Ships set upon the Duke 's at once (h) Colours taken from the Dutch ships ours took and sent up to the King shewed in the Countries they went (i) Berghâ—n business (k) The King of Denmark who profered our King that his ships might take any Dutch ships in his harbours and the Prize to be divided betwixt them (l) According to the common oâ—inion that the waters are hâ—gher than the Earth and lie upon and heap at Sea (m) The second sight with the Dutch in the beginning of June this last Summer when Prince Rupert and the Duke of Albemarle went Generalâ— by joynt Commission (n) The first days fight (o) The second days fight (p) On Saturday even (q) The third day (r) Prince Rupert who came into the Duke on Sunday ever (Å¿) The fourth days fight (t) The fifth day the fight held but an hour or two e're the Dutch withdrew (t) Conâ—isting of 150. Sail.