Warning or Lanthorn to London, by the doleful destruction Of faire Jerusalem, whose misery and unspeakable Plague doth most justly declare Gods heavy wrath and judgement for the sinns and wickedness of the people, except by Repentance we call to God for Mercy.
To the tune of, B
[...]g
[...]ndary.
WHen fair
Jerusalem did stand,
whom God did love so dear,
Whom he did keep with his right hand,
as plainly did appear:
[...]or when the people went awry.
That plagues he sent them presently:
With O sorrow, pittifull sorrow,
Good Lord thy vengeance spare.
Although his Temple there did stand,
whose beauty did surpasse:
[...]he onely beauty of the Land
where Gods true honour was;
[...]et when the Lord did on them
[...]rown,
[...]he same was spoyled and thrown down.
with O sorrow, &c.
And for the peoples wickednesse
which in the City dwelt
The Land was brought to great distresse
and many plagues they
[...]t:
Their Enemies they did abound.
That they besieg'd the City round:
with O sorrow, &c.
The mighty Emperour then of
Rome,
the Lord in fury sent,
To bring them all to deadly doome,
who would not once repent:
When half a year he there had line,
The people then began to pine:
with O sorrow, &c.
The vomit which one man did cast,
another man did eat,
Their very
[...]ung they laid not wast,
but made thereof their meat;
And through this famine long begun,
The Mother was glad to eat her Son:
with O sorrow, &c.
The gallant Ladies of that place,
whose pride did late excell,
Full lean and withered was her fare
their bones a man might tell:
And they that were so dainty fine.
Through hunger great to death did pine:
with O sorrow,
The dead men covered all the ground
of fair
Jerusalem,
Such
[...]es
[...]ilence did there abound,
and so infecte
[...] them,
That many a thousand there did dye
Which still unhurted there did lye:
vvith O sorrow, &c.
Yet would not they give over the Towne,
for all this grievous case,
Vntill their Enemies pull'd it down,
and all the Walls did race:
And all the Iewes that lived then,
They took them prisoners every one:
vvith O sorrow, &c.
And those that were of Noble birth,
the Conquerour took away,
The rest the Emperour did make
his hardy Souldiers prey,
Who then for Slaves did sell them bound,
Even thirty for a penny round:
vvith O sorrow, &c.
For
[...]o years space before the war,
within the sky so bright,
Most like a Sword a blasing Star
hung over the City right
And in the skies they might see plain
How men of war did fight amain
With O sorrow, &c.
Yet would they not their lifes lament
in any kind of case,
Nor once within their hearts repent,
and call to God for grace,
Vntill his wrath on them did fall,
And that they were destroyed all:
with O sorrow, &c.
O noble
London warning take
by fair
Ierusalem,
And so the Lord thy prayers make,
lest thou be like to them,
For if he will not spare the Iewes,
Thinkst thou he will thy sins excuse?
with O sorrow, &c.
Thy sins as greatly do abound,
fair
London then beware,
Lest God in wrath do thee confound,
with sorrow grief and care.
For many signs he thee hath sent
That thou mayst yet thy life lament:
with O sorrow, &c.
Let not the wealthy of the Land
in riches put their trust
They cannot keep them from the hand
of him that is most just;
Their Gold will do them little good,
If he with-hold their daily food;
With O sorrow, &c.
The woman eke so fair a face,
and of such dainty taste.
Let them think on their grievous case,
whom Famine did so waste:
And not despise the poor to féed,
Lest they do cry when they have need:
vvith O sorrow, &c,
O Lord we pray for Christ his sake
our grievous plagues remove,
And on the Land som mercy sake,
for
[...]esus Christ his love:
Preserve our King from casualty,
Whose losse would make us weep and cry,
vvith O sorrovv, pittifull sorrow,
good Lord thy vengeance spare.
Finis
Of the horrible and woful destruction of Jerusalem and the signs and tokens that were seen before it was destroyed, which d [...]struction was after Chr [...]s [...] Ascention xlii, years.
To the tune of The Queens Almaine.
AN Emperour
Ves
[...]a
[...]n
Sometime in
Rome there was
Through whom much d
[...]rs then began
of mortall warrs alas,
Within two years that he did raign,
He put the Iewes to mickle pain.
VVith fire and sword both took and slain,
his power so brought to passe:
His son
Titus having no dread
His Army over
Iuda spread,
The people to the City fled,
hoping to have redresse.
Before
Titus Vespatians sonne
Vnto these warrs did go,
Was utter Ascention
long forty years and
[...] O:
Even did the
Romanes with such pride,
Beset the Land both far and wide,
And being then on every side.
to their great pain and wo.
They brought the Iewes in such a case,
The Prophesie to bring to passe,
Spoke by the Lord when he there was,
the Scripture so doth say.
That prudent Iew
Iosephus sayes,
Who did not write in vaine,
That he was present in those dayes,
and saw this mortall pain.
When that
Titus both bold and stout,
Beset
Ierusalem about,
That none might in or issue out
no way but to be stain:
For
Titus his chief Captaine was
The siege when he had brought to passe,
Great was the cry wo and alas,
the story both make plain.
He stopt their Pipes and Conduits all,
That no water might passe,
With famine they were in great
[...]all,
most wofull was their case:
They were constrained to that need,
With horse and asse themselves to feed,
Both Dog and Cat thus do I read,
most ugly meat it was:
The hunger there it was so great,
Ones vomit was anothers meat,
There was no way for to intreat,
but present death alas.
Six months this siege it did hold on,
About the City great,
Wherein was many a Mothers sonne,
did starve for lack of meat.
The famous Ladies of that towne,
That were before of high renown,
For want of food fell in a sown,
there was nothing to get:
The story thus both specifie,
The Mothers most unnaturally,
They slew their children ruefully,
And roasted them to eat.
This Ti
[...]u
[...] then of high renown,
Mo
[...] valiantly
[...] bold,
The wails so strong he did ca
[...] down
resistance w
[...]red
[...]old;
The people in the streets lay dead,
They ha
[...] no succour drink nor bread,
Much was the blood that then was shed,
alas lament
[...]:
The
Rom
[...]
[...] with such might,
With
[...] s
[...]ords so bright,
They slew all that come in their sight,
no mercy they did hold.
The Gates that covered were with gold,
They threw them to the ground,
That famous City to behold,
for sinne it was confound:
Ele
[...]en hundred thousand slain,
through hunger, sword & po
[...]ent paine,
In this the story doth not fain,
of many a bloody wound:
The stinck of Carkas in the stréet,
The féeble
[...]oules that cou'd not
[...]léet,
For faint of hunger scarce could creep,
full heavy was their sound.
Then
Titus gave his sentence blive,
Which
Romans liked well,
As many as you finde alive,
after this rate them sell:
As Christ was sold for thirty pence
By
Iudas and his false pretence,
So
Titus makes them recompence,
the story thus doth tell:
Thirty
Iewes for a penny bought,
As many more were sold for nought.
Their own confusion thus they wrought
because they did rebell.
And many Prisoners more I wéen,
To
AEgypt they were sent,
Fourscore thousand and seventéen,
in prison had their end:
And
Titus and his company,
Took many such as were worthy,
And led them bound all captively,
to
Rome with him to wend:
There was no help for to revok,
As
Iosephus sayes in his Book,
His Chronsc
[...] who lists to look
of truth they do depend.
Thirty years God gave them space,
That they might yet repent,
Their lives amend and call for grace,
for them Christ did lament:
This loving Lord oft did them call
By sundry signs as here you shall.
Before his wrath on them did fall,
or anger fully bent:
Twelve dayes eclipsed was the Moon,
That they might be converted soon,
But they wist not what to be done,
but sinne did still augment.
Before the signe of any warre,
The s
[...] of all one year
Over the town was soon a warre,
most blazing bright and clear:
So like a sword in
[...]ape it
[...],
VVhereat great grief and wonder was,
Yet
[...] they nor their wickednesse,
when these signes of appear;
More over in the ayre so bright,
In place of Maie and Armour bright,
[...]re séen men ready for to
[...]ht,
to shew their time was neer,
A
[...] day in April.
To hallow they were dight,
And suddenly among them fell
a marvellous strange sight:
So bright and clear with such a gleam,
Passing the Sun as it did séem,
But what it meant no man could déem,
but were all in sore fright:
But while the Priest did this indure,
To offer a
[...]ise they did their cure,
VVhich Calfe a thing against natur,
brought forth a Lamb in sight.
Such many tokens contrary,
VVhich did Prognosticate,
And to the Iewes did signifie
their wofull fall and fate;
Before that
Titus warres began,
Four years of space this prove
[...] can,
How that the sonne of one rude man,
Ananias
low of state:
He ran the stréets in such a rage,
Being a Child of tender age,
To call and cry he did not swage,
repent ere it be too late.
But for his paines he was well bent,
This had he for his hire,
For truth they did him evill intreat,
and gainst him did conspire:
But yet he cryed and would not l
[...],
While he was able yet to run,
Saying, Woe to
Ierusalem,
for kindling of Gods ire;
Woe be to thee and to thy Land,
Thou art beset in wofull band,
Thy day of sorrow is at hand,
of famine sword and fire.
Now séeing that this
Ierusalem,
As Scripture doth tell true,
Was plagued for the sinnes of men
which
Romanes overthrew
VVhat shall the Lord to us expresse
That do live in such excesse
Of whordom pride and covetousnesse,
more now then did the Iew?
There ore is our example this.
Amend the thing that is amisse,
That we may have eternall blisse,
by Christ our Lord Iesu.
Finis
London, Printed for F. Goles, J. VVright, Tho, Vere, and VV. Gilbertson.