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On Mr FULLERS Historie of the HOLY WARRE.
THen, Christians, rest secure: ye need not band Henceforth in Holy leagues for th' Holy land, To conquer and recover't from the Turk: 'Tis done already: FVLLERS learned work And penne more honour to the cause doth bring, Then did Great Godfrey or our Lion-King. Ierusalem with darknesse long beset, Captiv'd to time more then to Mahomet, Inthrall'd to silence and oblivion (A bondage worse then that of Babylon) Is now redeem'd. Lo, by this sacred Story How she revives into her ancient glory! Look, how her bury'd pinnacles 'gin to peep Out of their venerable dust and sleep! See, how the Temple and the Sepulchre, Wak'd with the trumpet of this Holy warre From their own grave and ruines, do resent A resurrection by this monument! Stay, Pilgrimes, stay; wander not hence so farre; Set up your rest here in this Holy warre. Here you may visit and adore the Shrine For which so many Saints in arms combine. Behold the zealous squadrons, how they stand Arm'd with devotion for the Holy land. They'l take you, if not it: while ye admire Their zeal, your love will kindle at this fire. Thus learned FVLLER a full conquest makes, Triumphs o're time, and mens affections, takes Captive both it and them; his historie Me thinks is not a Warre, but Victorie: Where every line does crown (such strength it bears) The Authour Laureate, and a trophey rears.JAMES DUPORT, B. D. T. C.