Hosanna, or, Divine poems on the passion of Christ by Francis Quareles.

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Title
Hosanna, or, Divine poems on the passion of Christ by Francis Quareles.
Author
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
Publication
London :: Printed for Iohn Benson, and are to be sold at his shop ...,
1647.
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Jesus Christ -- Poetry.
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"Hosanna, or, Divine poems on the passion of Christ by Francis Quareles." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A56987.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.

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They gave him Vineger and Gall, Mat. 27. And Wine ming∣led with Myrrh, Mark 15.

WHen one was on the cursed tree to die, They gave Narcotick drinke to stupifie And dull the motion of the active sense So to allay the racking violence Of his sharpe tortures, and the Rabbins say That these compounded potions were they Give Wine to men ready to quit their breath, Vineger is his preparative to Death; Hee must have nought but Vineger who hath Trod in the Wine-presse of his Fathers wrath.

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Those lips that once like honey combs distill'd Are now with gall in stead of honey fill'd. And he's presented with a draught of gall, Whose innocence before had none at all. One of the Wise-men that to Betblem went To doe him homage, did him Myrh present. So they did here, but in a different case 'Twas there in honour, here in his disgrace.
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