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Chaos.
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Wing C1937; Thomason E988_22; ESTC R208122
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chaos_n ante_n mare_n &_o terras_fw-la as_o the_o wanton_a poet_n sing_v rudis_fw-la erat_fw-la molis_fw-la quem_fw-la dixere_fw-la chaos_n it_o may_v be_v well_o wish_v the_o sober_a head_n of_o these_o time_n can_v use_v the_o poet_n word_n erat_fw-la ante_fw-la but_o as_o if_o fortune_n wheel_n be_v turn_v upside_o down_o we_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v in_o the_o first_o condition_n of_o thing_n again_o ubi_fw-la mollia_fw-la pugnant_fw-la dur_fw-la be_v the_o tail_n command_v the_o head_n and_o all_o thing_n be_v out_o of_o course_n insomuch_o as_o a_o solon_n be_v never_o any_o where_n more_o needful_a and_o the_o child_n burden_n be_v grow_v so_o great_a as_o if_o a_o moses_n appear_v not_o in_o time_n it_o may_v be_v fear_v deliverance_n will_v come_v too_o late_o after_o nabuchadnezzar_n know_v that_o the_o most_o high_a bear_v rule_v his_o kingdom_n be_v restore_v england_n no_o doubt_n wish_v their_o ruler_n have_v learn_v the_o same_o lesson_n and_o if_o they_o have_v that_o the_o practice_n thereof_o may_v appear_v in_o public_a for_o though_o the_o sword_n seem_v satiate_v with_o blood_n yet_o the_o element_n threaten_v vengeance_n if_o we_o return_v not_o and_o though_o for_o ruler_n offence_n the_o people_n suffer_v yet_o they_o seldom_o escape_v scotfree_a it_o be_v to_o be_v wish_v example_n hereof_o be_v not_o so_o obvious_a in_o this_o generation_n as_o they_o have_v be_v oh_o that_o england_n ruler_n may_v see_v the_o work_n of_o the_o day_n that_o pride_n tyranny_n and_o oppression_n may_v receive_v their_o reward_n which_o whilst_o man_n accuse_v of_o great_a crime_n sit_v as_o judge_n in_o their_o own_o cause_n can_v be_v expect_v nor_o whilst_o any_o of_o those_o who_o have_v voice_n in_o make_v law_n shall_v be_v admit_v the_o sanctuary_n of_o a_o prison_n to_o shelter_v themselves_o from_o the_o penalty_n thereof_o can_v be_v hope_v for_o o_o horrenda_fw-la &_o impudica_fw-la rabbis_n and_o that_o the_o people_n follow_v their_o guide_n be_v 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