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QUEEN’S COURT MANUSCRIPT.
“Mercy from God ’tis meet to seek,
“But not in slavery
“From Tatars wild. Nay! brethren, nay!
“Do not to ruin haste!
“Already now the fiercest heat
“Of noontide is o’erpast!
“God strengthen’d us at noon, and if
“We trust, will aid us at last.
“Out, out upon such words as those!
“And blush for very shame,
“Ye men, that fain would heroes be,
“And bear the hero’s name!
“Die we upon the hill with thirst,
“’Tis God our fate doth guide;
“Surrend’ring to the foemen’s swords,
“Our death is suicide.
“Our God doth slavery abhor;
“’Tis sin to slavery
“A voluntary neck to yield;
“Who thinks thus, after me!
“To where God’s Mother sits enthron’d!
“Ye men that valiant be!”
And after him the multitudes
To the holy chapel haste;
