Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · Halifax : Printed & published by Milner & Sowerby, Cheapside · leaf 220
y behold vanity. S. Chrys. Sup. Mat. xix. What is the evil woman but the enemy offriendship, an avoidable pain, a necessary mis-chief, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity,a domestic danger, a delectable inconvenience,and the nature of evil, painted over with the co-lour of good ? Epig. 5.… … ESTHER VII. O. If I have found favour in thy sight, and if it pleasethe king:, let my life be g^ven me at my petition. Thou art the great Ahasuerus, whose commandDoth stretch from pole to pole; the worlds thy land;Rebellious Vashtis the corrupted will,Which, being calld, refuses to fulfil 218…
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