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[E]nglands miraculous preservation emblematically described, erected for a perpetual monument to posterity. By John Leicester.
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Leicester, John.
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1647
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Wing L807; Thomason 669.f.10[107]; ESTC R210668
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â—nglands Miraculous Preservation Emblematically Described Erected for a perpetuall MONVMENT to Posterity Though Englands Ark haue furios storms jndurd By Plotts of foes and power of the sword Yet to this day by Gods almighty hand The Ark 's preserud and almost safe at land Earle of Essex Earle of Warwick Earle of Manchesester Generall Lasley Sr. Tho: Fairfax Leint: Gen: Cromwell House of Lords House of ComoÌ„s Asembly THis Ark cal'd Union hath not her Peer On Earth 's laden with a fraught so dear To her Almighty Piloâ— that no waves Of might or malice rais'd b' infernal slaves Of human shape and lofty high estate Nor yet their father that inveterate Old Serpent raging 'gainst this blessed Bark The Antitype of righteous Noahs Ark Can make to sink or split upon the rocks Of ruine maugre all their furious knocks Of powdered bals and force of armed steel By violence to make this Ark to feel Their wrathful open rage when neither plots Nor treacheries fast tyed with the knots Of vows and Sacraments of miracles Impostures fachinations and spels Espoused interests of Potentates Forraign and home-bred Soldiers and Prelates Threats Promises and Protestations Aulick Libels Lyes and Defamations Nor all the cunning study pains and sweat Of all Malignant Foxes smal and great In Court and Campe City and Countrie Nor in this Ark if any lurking lie Can break this Churches Trinity of State Described here nor make them violate That pious Covenant which holds them fast And is indeed that Vessels mainest Mast By which she saileth through the troubled seas Of her affairs and now hath found some case Thanks be unto that heavenly Cynosure Above the Stars which gives a light t' allure Her Mariners and yet wil give light more T' unfold the secrets of the Romish Whore The hellish darkness of those mists and foggs Of blasphemies and errors which those froggs Or unclean Spirits from the Beast proceeding Whose thoughts upon Reformers blood are feeding Have now unbowelled and spread about To put the light of Reformation out And with new Hydra-headed heresies Like to that smoke t' obscure the clearest skies Of sacred Truth a devillish designe More dangerous then was the Powder-Myne And raise tempestuous storms about this Ark And now they cannot beat by force they bark Belch and disgorge their Stygian despight 'gainst the Protector of this Ark outright And stil their horrid rage doth more abound Because this Ark of Union is not drown'd But wait a while and see this cursed crew Pertake of that reward that 's here in view For fix your eyes upon these Seas of ire Involving those that did 'gainst th' Ark conspire See here some headlesse floating in the waves Of direful death some dead and wanting graves See all their warlike Engines and their Forces Now as feeble as their liveless Corses See these bloody men and their Commission To kil Innocents brought to perdition And they that living yet thought it no sin To leave this Ark now wish they had kept in But now they are the scorn of time and fate Who did this tossed Bark despise and hate Augmented more in that they did remove The Royal Steers-man whom our Ark doth love But see these noble Champions lately six Guarding th' assaulted Union and fix Themselves to courage valor care and love To bring to rest this tossed Turtle-dove Their brave atchievements Chronicles shal speak And learned Volumes but my pen's too weak To tel their worth or their due praises spread Whom great JEHOVAH hath so honored Draw neer kind Reader do but view this peece 'T is not of Jason nor of his Golden fleece That here is Emblem'd nor the high renown Of Hectors Acts ere Troy was battered down That here we shew you but it doth presage A watry Landskip of a weeping Age The Ark that rideth here whose tender wals Contains in her our English Admirals For Reformation swimming on the Main 'gainst Superstition which so much did raign Charge on charge on the guard of Pluto al The Pope the Bishop and the Cardinal But you had best retire 't is all but vain For truth hath gotten higher and she wil raign Here Reader pause and judge our Land is free A Chronicle for our posteritie For God hath brought them lo their pride doth swage And we made happy in a peaceful Age Had not the LORD bin for us they had won And cloth'd this Land with red confusion But now sail on you worthies through the Ocean Of sad distempers let your winged Motion Out pace the flight of Eagles that aspire Go take your Sensers fil'd with zealous fire Let truth coÌ„mand the way by her the Ark is guided And let the Gospel sway and Errors be avoyded Great God of wind sea who searchest thro' the dark Who didst command old Noah to enter in the Ark Direct this ARK unto the Key of peace Command deliverance that our Wars may cease An Apostrophe to the Church THen woman thou whose clothing is the Sun Cease to complain nor say thou art undone For thou hast suffered harder things of yore Than now weigh with the present times before Seest thou not how thy sad and heavy night Of fears and sorrows now are vanisht quite Triumphing days thy late griefs do beguile And Halcyon times begin again to smile Behold how rugged Mars is posting hence Seeing thee armed so with heav'ns defence Outward enmity shal not hurt a jot If thine intestine Errors hurt thee not Then wipe thy blubbered face and lay aside Thy mourning weeds and like a loving Bride With spirit mounted on a heav'nly flame Spread abroad thy Bridegrooms glorious fame What tongue of mortal men or Seraphim Can tel sufficiently the praise of him By John Lecester LONDON Printed for John Hancock and are to be sold at his shop at the entrance into Popes-head Ally 1646.