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Now steams of Garlick whifting through the nose,
Smelt worse than Assa-fetida, or Luthers hose;
With these mundungus, and a breath that smells
Like standing pools in subterraneal cells.
Compos'd Pomanders to out-stink the Devil,
Yet strange to tell, they suffer'd all this evil,
Nor to make water all the while would rise,
The women sure had spunges 'twixt their thighs:
To stir at this good time they thought was sin,
So strictly their devotion kept them in.
Now the Priests elbows do the cushion knead,
While to the people he his Text doth read,
Beloved, I shall here crave leave to speak
A word, he cries and winks, unto the weak,
The words are these, Make haste and do not tarry,
But unto Babylon thy dinner carry,
There doth young Daniel want in the Den,
Thrown among Lyons by hard-hearted men.
Here my Beloved, and then he reaches down
His hand, as if he'd catch the Clerk by th'crown.
Not to explain this pretious Text amiss,
Daniel's the subject, Hunger th'object is,
Which proves that Daniel was subject to hunger,
But that I may'nt detain you any longer,
My Brethren dear prick up your ears, and put on
Your senses all while I the words unbutton.
Make haste, I say, make haste and do not tarry,]The
Exposition.
Why? my Beloved, these words great force do carry.
Au! 'tis a waundrous emphatical speech,
Some men Beloved; as if th'had lead i'their breech,
Do walk, some creep like Snails, they're so sloe pac't,
Truly, my Brethren, these men do not make haste.
But be ye quick dear Sisters, be ye quick,1 Use.
Not like
an anchor.
And lest ye fall,* take hope, hope's like a stick.
To Babylon] Ah Babylon! that word's a weighty one,
Truly 'twas a great City, and a mighty one.
Which as the learned Rider well records,Babel
battered.
Semiramis did build with brick and bords.
Wicked
